Pageantry Features Coronation at AHS
Darliene Keeney was crowned queen of Amaillo High School in a morning coronation at the high school auditorium. The event featured trumpets and a pageant of student lords and ladies, with R B Norman acting as Lord High Chancellor. A second coronation tonight supports Back-to-School Night, following her recent illness from ptomaine poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darliene Keeney
Amarillo High School
J. L. Keeney
Parker
Ama- Tillo High School
Darliene
Sandieland
R. B. Norman
AHS
GOP to cut wartime excise taxes to prewar levels
Republican tax experts say the new Congress will move to cut wartime excise taxes on jewelry phone service luggage liquor and travel fares to prewar levels with a July 1 start. A quick 2 percent personal income tax cut would be enacted first retroactive to Jan 1 reducing treasury revenue by about 3.5 billion annually. The second bill would address excise taxes and admin sections. corporate tax cuts are not planned.
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Washington
Congress
Harold Knutson
Minneapolis
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Knutson
Weather Summary for Amarillo West Texas and New Mexico
Fair conditions dominate this afternoon tonight and Friday with temperatures rising. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies and warmth with lingering mild conditions Friday. New Mexico expects fair afternoons and mild evenings with a warmer north portion this afternoon. The 24 hour high reached 60 with a 36 low and noon at 57. Local ads note Neely Greenhill Lowr ndes Insurance and drafting triangles at Russell Stationery Co 611 Taylor St Regal Co Real Estate and Loans.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Neely
Greenhill-Lowr
Russell _Stationery Co
Taylor St
Regal Co
Truman Heads to Key West for Florida Vacation
President Truman will fly to Florida on Sunday for a week long vacation at Key West. He will depart Washington aboard the President's four engined plane seeking rest and respite from official duties.
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Truman
Florida
Key West
Washington
White House
Battery Thefts Mount In Houston
Deputy Sheriff Stanley Mahavier estimates about 600 automobile batteries were stolen in the Houston area over the last three weeks from shops contractors and motorists.
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Houston
Stanley Mahavier
CIO allegations flare over Texas Guard unit bid
In Austin a dispute erupts as Lt. Gen. Walker and CIO leaders clash over attempts to form the 36th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop in Texas City. McGee denies picket threats while CIO officials challenge the charges and defend labor support for other guard arrangements.
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Austin
Texas City
Fred L. Walker
Texas National Guard
Austin Chamber of Commerce Committee On Military Affairs
CIO
McGee
36Th Cavalry
Walker
G. C. P. Gifford
Houston
Gifford
Marine Corps
Regular Army
Galveston
Oil Guard Unit Proposal Sparks Public Safety Debate
McGee relayed to Akin that no real taxpayer necessity was shown for the guard unit. He said only big oil companies, military officials, and some chamber of commerce members backed it, and fears arose that the plan aimed to create a strike-breaking agency.
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McGee
Akin
Chamber of Commerce
Weatherman H C Winburn Returns to Panhandle Post
Amarillo chief forecaster H C Winburn ends a 6 week leave and returns to English Field. He recalls Houston floods and says Amarillo moisture remains above normal for the year while predicting fair and warming days ahead.
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Amarillo
H. C Winburn
English Field
Houston
Mr. Winburn
Panhandle
Decorations Committee Plans Downtown Amarillo Christmas
The Amarillo chamber of commerce retail merchants committee will meet Friday at 3 PM to decide on dressing downtown with Christmas decorations. Ivor Davies chairs this effort amid merchant interest and a push to revive the project after years of inactivity. Oscar Applequist offers his decorating services and has found affordable stringers and lights, though material shortages remain a hurdle.
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Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Committee
Amarillo
Ivor Davies
Chamber of Commerce
Davies
Retail Merchants Committee
Oscar Applequist
Applequist
Australia attacks UN veto use in Security Council clash
Australia denounces the veto by the Big Five at the United Nations Security Council. Paul Hasluck, Australian delegate, tells the General Assembly committee that great power unanimity has broken down and singles out Russia in criticizing the veto practice.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
Australia
Little Nation
United Nations Security Council
Paul Hasluck
General Assembly
Hasluck
Russia
Hail and Snow Hit Southern California
Storms lash Los Angeles area as hail falls in Hollywood and snow briefly coats Beverly Boulevard. Army rescue teams aid the Denver region, Red Cross sets up emergency HQ at Rush Colorado, two deaths reported and 11 missing from overdue airliner.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
California
Denver
Colo
Chicago
Colorado
American Red Cross
Rush
Colorado Springs
United States
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Nevada
Hollywood
Beverly Boulevard
Canada
Plains States
Reds Stand Firm on Dardanelles Demand
London reports Russia remains firm on basing rights at the Dardanelles amid Potsdam era disputes. A Soviet note shows no policy shift, prompting Western fears of a broader conflict over the straits. Britain keeps silent while Moscow pushes to join Turkey’s defense, a move deemed to threaten Turkish sovereignty.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Russia
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Bevin
Germany
Hugh Dalton
United States
Eden
Labor Party
Dalton
Britain
Moscow
Kremlin
Europe
Middle East
Parliamentary
Labor
Ar T
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Commons
Norway
U.P
Dardanelles
Foreign Office
Turkey
Baptists Urge Prohibition To Halt Liquor Trade
At Mineral Wells on November 14 the Baptist General Convention of Texas heard a plea to outlaw liquor as a solution to social ills. Dr. S. G. Posey and Dr. Walter H. McKenzie argued that a legally dry Texas would reduce divorce and crime and cited recent countywide local option results favoring dry victories.
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Baptist General Convention of Texas
Committee On Civic Righteousness
S. G. Posey
San Antonio
Texas
Posey
Walter H. McKenzie
Dallas
United Texas Days
Dr. McKenzie
McKenzie
Tibbett Is Luck Sign At Metropolitan Debut Encore
Lawrence Tibbett, famed American baritone, later enriched by an extra T in his name, drew the longest ovation in Metropolitan history in a single performance. He duets with Amarillo Philharmonic Friday under Robert Louis Barron, performing two arias and a set of classical numbers. Tickets remain at Tolzien's Music Store for $4.80 downstairs and $3.60 balcony including tax.
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Metropolitan
Lawrence Tibbett
Amarillo Philharmonic
Tibbett
Mr.Tibbett
Hollywood
Metropolitan Opera House
Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Louis Barron
Tolzien
Rent Strike Gains Ground As Landlords Organize
Mrs. Walter Blackburn and Mrs. A. C. West report steady calls favoring a landlord rent strike to protest rent control. They seek a local association, similar to the Landlords Association of Texas, Inc., with more than 10 000 vacant units cited in San Antonio Dallas and Houston. They note some owners will leave apartments vacant while denying calls opposing the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Blackburn
A. C. West
Landlords Association of Texas, Inc
Texas
San Antonio
Dallas
Houston
Blackburn
West
OPA
Mrs West
Pediatric Death Tinned by Pet Dog Hydrophobia
Ronald Joy Light aged 3 died after contracting hydrophobia from a dog bite that occurred three weeks earlier. He received 17 anti rabies shots before his illness worsened and he died in Houston on November 14.
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Houston
U.P
Ronald Joy Light
Five Killed Eight Hurt in Banana Curing Room Explosion
A gas explosion in a banana curing room of the Columbia curb market killed five men and injured eight others. The blast damaged a 100 foot section of the market, shattered windows, and toppled brick and timber. Victims include Nolan W. Wessells and George Watkins from Roanoke Rapids, Arville Gantt of Pelion, J C Abernathy of Inman, and Robert Lee Black. cause attributed to smoking near the gas ripening process.
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Columbia
S. C
Nolan W. Wessells
George Watkins
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Robert Lee _ Black
Arville Gantt
Pelion
J. C. Abernathy
Inman
Marsh
Red Cross demands removal of plasma from Shanghai black market
The American Red Cross asked the Foreign Liquidation Commission to withdraw tens of thousands of wartime blood plasma units from Shanghai’s black market where it sold for two months at 25 dollars per pint. The commission marketed the plasma as surplus to Shanghai merchants at about 50 cents per pint. Donald B. Davis named to Ducks Bank for leaky roofs.
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Shanghats
American Red Cross
Foreign Liquidation Commission
Shanghai
U. S
Donald B. Davis
Plasma sale sparks Red Cross back-to-market dispute
An official from the Shanghai Foreign Liquidation Commission said he would try to buy back donated plasma and return it to the Red Cross. Under military rules, plasma and other Red Cross supplies unused by the armed forces must go back to the Red Cross for free hospital distribution. The sale became public as Chinese newspapers ran advertising ballyhoo.
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Ed Field
Shanghai
Plasma ads spur recalls and protests in Shanghai markets
Advertisements promote “America plasma” as a restorative for depleted systems, urging letters to donors named on boxes. The Shanghai Red Cross protested to the Foreign Liquidation Commission after plasma labels changed to “red and white corpuscles.” The FLC agreed to try a buyback, while plasma remained widespread in drugstores and markets.
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America
Florida Rohrkasse
West Eighth Street
Cincinnati
Pvt
Louisa Rohrkasse
Shanghai
American Red Cross
Navy plasma sale linked to black market profits
Investigation traced plasma reportedly classified as surplus by the U S Navy and sold by the Shanghai Liquidation Commission with medical supplies from Okinawa. Red Cross estimated about 290 measurement tons entered the black market, potentially fetching around 10 million dollars at current prices.
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Tion
U. S. Navy
Shanghai Liquidation Commission
Okinawa
Red Cross
U. S
Several Days of Fair Weather Is Predicted
Amarillo forecaster H. C. Winburn says several days of fair weather are ahead with no change expected until after the weekend. He has returned from a leave of absence and notes rising temperatures with highs around 64 to 67 degrees.
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Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
U. S. Weather Bureau
Winburn
Ford Reports Nine Month Loss of 51.6 Million in 1946
Ernest R. Breech, Ford executive vice president, announced Ford Motor Company lost 51.6 million dollars in the first nine months of 1946. He spoke to Missouri officials, civic leaders, Ford dealers, and sales executives from Dearborn, Kansas City, and St. Louis, introduced by Governor Phil Donnelly.
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Jefferson City
Ford Motor Company
Ernest R. Breech
Automobile Manufacturing Corporation
Ford
Massachusetts Commissioner of Corporations
Breech
Missouri State Supreme Court
State Assembly
Dearborn
Michigan
Kansas City
St. Louis
Missouri
Phil Donnelly
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Straits
FLC
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