Hughes Bakes Loan Request From Army Officer at Wright Field
William Hughes testifies at Wright Field that Major General Bennett Meyers opposed him yet approved a $40 million plane contract. Hughes says Meyers once warned of a possible obstruction to the F-11 project while Meyers later denied blocking orders. Meyers, deputy chief of Air Force Procurement during the war, is described by Hughes as a key member of a hostile group toward him.
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Hughes
Meyers
Wright Field
Air Force
John W. Meyer
Army Aeronautical Center
Dayton
Ohio
Meyer
Bennett E. Meyers
Hughes Club
Truman says Greek aid kept Greece free amid grave guerrilla threat
President Truman told Congress that U S aid saved Greece from economic collapse and kept her free but warned that the situation remains grave due to ongoing Communist guerrilla warfare. The first report on the 400 million dollar Greek Turkish aid program notes restoration of order as key to recovery. without it there is no prospect of recovery.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Greece
Wwerresn
United Nations General Assembly
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Marshall Seeks 597 Million in Europe Relief Start
Secretary of State George C. Marshall asked Congress for 597 million dollars in stop gap aid for Italy France and Austria as first installment of relief. He estimated a four year plan could total 16 to 20 billion and outlined details for Congress with plans also for China aid. He warned Europe faces Soviet obstruction and stressed UN backed actions to seal borders and restore stability.
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Europe
Washington
George C. Marshall
Soviet Union
Congress
Italy
France
Austria
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
China
Generalissimo
Chaing Kai-shek
Marsha
Unio
Publi
United States
Great Britain
United
Friendship Train gains momentum for Amarillo total
Amarillo mobilizes for the Southwest Friendship Train with church and bank donations. Contributions reported include $131 from the Gideon Bible Class and $57.18 from Pleasant Valley Church, plus $105 in by Monday noon from three area banks.
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Amarillo
Lon Edwards
Gideon Bible Class
First Baptist Church
Pleasant Valley
Herring Hotel
Howard Brooks
General Mills
Edwards
Producers Grain Company
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
California
Nevada
Wichita
Kansas City
Chicago
Odessa
Fort Worth
Waynoka
Okla
Europe
Hatchet Burglar Juan Chavez Charged In Purse Snatching
Amarillo police report 18 year old Juan Chavez known as the Hatchet Burglar is jailed on theft from a person charge after allegedly snatching a purse from 78 year old Paralee Witt near the Municipal Auditorium. The incident led to the recovery of Witt’s billfold and Chavez’s arrest moments later. The report also notes a county election date decision on local option prohibition set for December with dry group input and polling inspector rules.
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Juan Chavez
Amarillo
Chavez
Arthur
Paralee Witt
North East
Municipal Auditorium
C. E. Sadler
William H. King
Potter County Commissioners Court
Potter County
Commissioners Court
R. C. Snodgrass
First Christian Church
Snodgrass
Jim Hollingsworth
Beer Dealers Association
Ray Daniel
Jack Swann
John Halley
John W. Morris
Northcatt
A. D. Foreman
First Baptist Church
Walter H. McKenzie
Dallas
United Texas Drys
Loren Jones
G. C
Jerry” Ratcliff
Amarillo Hardware Company
Hermon C Pipkin
G. C. Ordway
J. B. Briscoe
W. S. Sibley
Leo Southern
Drys
Neal D. Cannon
Polk Street Methodist Church
J. Francis Pritchard
First Presbyterian Church
Leon Hill
C. FE. McKinney
Crockett
Archer
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Cazzell
Tne
Santa Fe
Potter County Youth Court Ruled Out For Now
Potter County Juvenile Court establishment is deemed impossible due to population limits and delayed legislative action. Judge E O Northcutt cited 1940 census figures of 54,000 and noted the Texas Legislature reconvenes in January 1948.
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Potter County
Grand Jury
E. O. Northcutt
Commissioners Court
Texas
Mrs E A Womack Wins News Tip First Prize
Feature tips dominated last week with three News Tip prizes. Mrs E A Womack 2209 Pierce Street won 5 dollars for a freakish angle about Louie Peake age 72. The second prize went to Mrs Floyd Hershinger 2010 Houston for a brace loss tale and a fatal canine collision earned L N Shirley 316 Kentucky two dollars.
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E. A. Womack
News Tip
Louie Peake
Pierce Street
Floyd Hershinger
Houston
West Eighth
Naomi McClure
Garfield
Stanley Stoddard
West Ninth
J. P. Cunningham
van Buren
Byron Lawrence
Ong
C. A. Turner
West Fifteenth
Hazel Husted
North Lincoln
Ed McKenzie
Pierce
Dolores Dial
Johnson
Adelia McMullen
Santa Fe
M. B. Jamison
North East Eighth
A. N. Williams
East Fourteenth
C. G. Spencer
Harrison
Baptists Registering For State Convention In Texas
Baptists from nearly every Texas city gather at the Municipal Auditorium for the annual Baptist General Convention opening a three day program. More than 5 000 delegates are expected with housing arranged for all attendees. A 2 000 strong pre convention meeting of the Texas Baptist Women's Missionary Union proceeded the main events.
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Texas
Robert T. Burnett
L. H. Tapscott
Brotherhood
J.A. Fortenberry
Lubbock
Charles R. Gage
Southern Baptist Relief Center
New Orleans
Lawson H. Cooke
Baptist Brotherhood of the South
Memphis
Tenn
Grover C. Cole
Fort Worth
Missionary Union
Earl B. Smyth
Mart
Mary Alice Gaston
Wayland College
Plainview
John Josey
Amarillo
J. Howard Williams
Dallas
WMU
Jesus
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Panhandle
Partly cloudy today tonight and Tuesday northerly winds and colder. West Texas fair this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Panhandle and South Plains cold with lows 20 to 27 in Panhandle and South Plains New Mexico. Snow flurries in northern mountains and northeast today and tomorrow. Highs and lows listed. Thanksgiving Greeting Cards at Russell Stationary Co. 11 Taylor.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Rita Hayworth Wins Divorce From Orson Welles
Rita Hayworth obtained a divorce from Orson Welles in Los Angeles Superior Court on November 10 after filing on October 1. She testified that Welles did not want to make a home for her, ending a tempestuous marriage.
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Los Angeles
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
Superior
Supreme Court to Decide Oklahoma Negro Admission Case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear if Oklahoma must admit Negro students to the University of Oklahoma law school in a test case brought by Lois Sipuel. She completed undergraduate work at Langston University and was denied admission in the 1946 January semester. A flood in southern Turkey reportedly drowned up to 2000 people along the Seyhan River, with officials skeptical of the higher toll. B. C. D. Bynum, 1500 Monroe, improved at St. Anthony's Hospital after Friday admission for a serious condition.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Law School
High Court
By &da
Lois Sipuel
Langston University
Istanbul
Turkey
Seyhan
Adana
Bynum
B. C
D. Bynum
Monroe
St. Anthony's Hospital
The
American National Bank
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Taylor
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Globe
Golden Light Coffee Company
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Sidney B. Neal
North
Cleveland
Mirian L. Sharp
Polk
James Kile
T. B. Jones
Gary Clark
Roosevelt
M. L. Creek
Kile
Baptists
Russell Stationary Co
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Neely-Greenhill-Lowndess Insurance
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