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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1946
Page
1
Former official cites 1920s crime wave and bootlegging as lessons after World War I. He argues Republicans and Democrats must unite to restore respect for law and order amid recent violations blamed on prohibition era attitudes.
Civilian Production Administrator John D. Small said under the decontrol plan the odds favor industrial peace if price increases are restrained. He noted housing controls, material allocations, and essential exports remain, and that CPA aims to exit business while preserving core functions.
Washington reports that Republicans plan sharp military spending reductions to fund a 20 percent income tax cut and balance the budget. Knutson cites Army and Navy as likely targets while Truman prepares the 1947 48 budget. Northwestern professor advises naming children for ear appeal not in laws.
London November 12 Churchill as opposition leader argues in the Commons that Soviet forces under a despotic government hold much of Europe and threaten France. He notes Western armies are shrinking, praises Bevin, rejects Potsdam responsibility, and urges self-sufficiency for Germans while aiding recovery.
John J. Pelley, 68, president of the Association of American Railroads, died at Doctors' Hospital. Born in Anna, NL, he rose from station clerk in 1899 to lead multiple railroads including Central of Georgia and New Haven Hartford before joining AAR in 1934.
Hollywood reports actress Ann Rutherford and her husband David May, vice president of a department store chain, have separated. They wed in December 1942 and have an adopted daughter Gloria, now two.
Expectant fathers in Inglewood join Centinela Valley High School adults program as a new class begins tonight to study parenting and family life.
Fog blamed for a deadly collision on the Paris Strasbourg line at Revigny Sur Ornain. An east bound local struck a stationary train, smashing six coaches. the locomotive exploded, causing numerous deaths and injuries among passengers, many youths bound for school.
Reports from Lima say a powerful quake hit the Andes foothills killing seventy people. Eyewitnesses described strong aftershocks continuing into Monday with forty killed at Sihaus and thirty at Pomabomba. Some victims remained missing as fissures opened in the ground. Villagers fled to open areas then returned to ruins.
Soviet army troops move to reinforce guards around industrial plants in Russian-occupied Germany after seven large factories burned in recent days. Officials refused comment while sources report a major saboteur search is underway.
The so called man with out a country Howard Spencer returns to the United States after eight years abroad. He left after disagreeing with President Roosevelt and the Democrats and sailed his Nassau home. He landed in Miami aboard his schooner upon hearing last week's election results.
Audiences acclaim Erwin Straus piano solos in the Straus Festival with his European training and jazz flair. Oscar Straus, also Vienna born, helped define the program alongside the Strauss legacy. Tickets at Panhandle Concert Bureau Tolzien Music Store from 60 cents to 3.60.
Three Northwestern University physicians announced a new surgical technique for treating blue babies. They access the great abdominal aorta instead of a smaller artery, offering hope to many and extending life in cases of congenital heart defects. The method, first used on a 21 month old girl two months earlier, mirrors the aim of Blalock Taussig pioneers.
In Cincinnati on November 12 officials for Procter & Gamble and M Work Co announced about a 50 percent rise in bar and packaged soaps. They cited ingredient costs up to 100 percent since price ceilings were removed and labor costs up 50 percent in five years. P&G said a small size toilet soap will cost dealers three cents more with a matching retail rise. Laundry soaps will jump from 12 1/2 to 14 cents per 2 1/2 ounce package, lifting retail from 23 to 35 cents.
Amarillo plans to redecorate downtown with lights and laurel for the Christmas season. Mayor Joe Jenkins and city officials pledge 100 percent cooperation, with an estimated $1,500 needed for materials and installation. Oscar Applequist, longtime decorator, says work begins now to have streets ready for Santa Claus visits.
In Tulsa on November 12 Fred Jones, longtime automobile dealer and sponsor of the new KFMJ station, could only whisper during the dedication day after waking unable to speak. Civic, business, and political leaders greeted the ceremony on air, but Jones did not speak.
Partly cloudy to cloudy with slight warming this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. In west Texas occasional rain east of the Pecos Wednesday. New Mexico also partly cloudy today tonight and Wednesday. High 54, low 35, noon 48. Dry lumber ad for John Maynard Lumber Co at 800 W Sth.
Fort Worth man William Eric Priddy, 34, under $2,500 peace bond, says an unidentified assailant stabbed him Saturday night while he was unarmed. He is hospitalized and awaiting police investigations.
The 24 hour delay in the scheduled 2 30 pm Washington conference between Secretary Krug and John L Lewis pauses contract talks on soft coal. No reason given. In Hollywood violence rises with a grenade attack in Van Nuys as mass picketing resumes at MGM. San Francisco hosts talks to end a 42 day Maritime strike on Pacific ports.
Oklahoma state game warden Jeff Kendall reported no deer kills were recorded on opening day of the 1946 season. The modern archers with bows and arrows failed to make any harvest on the first day, despite the statewide hunt beginning yesterday.
The Weather Bureau at English Field forecast continued rising temperatures through tomorrow with persistent cloudiness. Official highs for today and tomorrow's low could not be provided due to the absence of an official forecaster.
Harold L. Ickes resigns as executive chairman of the Independent Citizens' Committee of the Arts Sciences and Professions citing a wish to avoid group judgment. He notes a need to act freely without full accord from the group in New York.
Social Security Commissioner Arthur J. Altmeyer said the nearly seven billion dollar employment insurance fund will act as a brake on a national downturn. He cautioned neither a full recession nor long prosperity but asserted reserves will prevent deep mood drops and sustain purchasing power as payments assist workers facing job loss.
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