Austere Britain Jumping for Jo Torent Tein Ghost on Picket Line
A chaotic report describes union tensions at a county job site involving Ira Stephenson and a house-moving crew. Five county workers, regular employees, work on the new fire station while a legal dispute over union iron workers and picketing unfolds in 108th District Court.
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108Th District Court
Britain
Union of Edinburgh
Buckingham
Palace
George
Hyde Park
New Mexico official urges all out drive for project
City and state leaders press for approval of a dam on the Canadian River north of Amarillo. Arch Hurley backs the plan, seeking flood control, irrigation, and recreation benefits. A National Reclamation Association meeting in Oklahoma City will feature his remarks on operation and maintenance. In Cleveland, Ohio, a separate note reports boy triplets born to Mrs Stakes.
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Department of Interior
Amarillo
William E. Warne
Secretary of the Interior
Lawrence Hagg
Hagg
Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club
Lam
Tms
Warne
National Park Service
Arch Hurley
Conchas
Tucumcari
Hurley
Inter-State Streams Commission
Canadian River Commission
New Mexico
Oklahoma City
National Reclamation Association
Shertok Vows Bloody War to Hold Negev in Palestine
Moshe Shertok, Israel's foreign minister, told the United Nations that Israel will never surrender the Negev desert and warned of bloody battles against any force seeking it. He urged UN recognition for Israel and action to remove invading Arab armies, while pledging to retain Galilee and northern Palestine.
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Moshe Shertok
Israel
United Nations
Negev
Palestine
Shertok
UN Security Council
Palais de Chaillot
Council
Showdown in China near Suchow airfield sparks clashes
Chinese Communists were reported fighting within five miles of the southeast Suchow airfield, northern gateway to Nanking. All flights in and out of Suchow were suspended as 400,000 Nationalist and Communist forces faced off. East of Suchow, 33 units saw Nationalist tanks in action for the first time, destroying 50 Communist pillboxes and nine artillery pieces.
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Suchow
Nanking
Israel
Panhandle Weather Skies Clear Despite Cold Snap Detour
Walter Watts of the US Weather Bureau at English Field reports a Great Basin high pressure system blocking cold air, steering moderate precipitation away from the Panhandle. Today's highs near 70 with tonight around 37, tomorrow near 68 as fair, mild weather continues.
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Walter Watts
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Watts
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Panhandle
Great Basin
Severe Downstate Drouth Grips Texas Regions
Weather Bureau reports the drought as one of the worst in US records, with Amarillo showing a bright spot and widespread deficits across Laredo Brownsville Dallas and Abilene. City water supplies fall short. milk production drops by about 20 percent in North Texas as reservoirs and lakes run low.
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Drouth
US Weather Bureau
US Weather
Hotton
Widion Moustom
Call
Wichita’ Falls
Abilene
Laredo
San Antonio
Panhandleary
Farrell
Amarillo
Haus
Iol
Snr
Yonio
del Rio
Galveston
Arthur
Austin
Dallas
Ers
Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Big Spring
el Paso
Ering
Texas
Collin County
Jack McCullough
Ater
Peace Planners Organize Tonight in Amarillo
Amarillo World Federalists members plan to elect permanent officers at an Amarillo College library session at 7:45 pm. A constitution and by-laws will be adopted. A motion picture on the atomic bomb will be shown as a program feature. Allen Early Jr is temporary airman. Dr R C Snodgrass chairs the nominating committee. Lue Taylor chairs the by-laws committee.
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Amarillo
Amarillo College
Allen Early, Jr
RC. Snodgrass
First Christian Church
Lue Taylor
Meyers Motor Co
Russell's
Two Held After Cop Is Injured In Three Way Crash
Amarillo police charged Jack Lee Taylor 27 with driving while intoxicated after a three way crash at North East Biewnehh and Buchanan on Sunday. A man riding in Taylor’s car was held in connection with a post crash altercation during which Patrolman James Morrison suffered two broken ribs and facial bruising.
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Amarillo
James Morrison
Jack Lee Taylor
Fillmore
Taylor
North East BieNehh
Buchanan
North East Eighth
Weather report from Amarillo area turns cooler today
An Amarillo area weather summary notes continued fair and mild conditions with a cooler trend into Tuesday. The report cites an officer statement about a scuffle and a passenger in a Taylor car. Highs reached 68 degrees in the 24 hour period ending 6:30 AM.
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Brock
Amarillo
Thorpe
West ‘Texas
Taylor
Morrison
Panhandle
Lubbock Drops From 1-AA Realignment Shifts Texas Districts
The Texas Interscholastic League announces 1949 50 Class AA realignment eliminating byes and forming two new Class AA districts. Lubbock and Brownfield move from District 1-AA into a new AA district including Brownfield Mesa Lubbock Midland and Odessa. Amarillo remains with Plainview and two new districts bring total to 16.
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Texas
Amarillo
Golden Sandies
Lubbock
Westerners
Nterscholastic League
Rhea Williams
Brownfield
Westerers
Cubs
Mesa
Midland
Odessa
Plainview
Associated Press Dispatch
Williams
Pampa
Denton
Grand Prairie
Highland Park
Dallas
McKinney
Sulphur
Springs
Gladewater
Henderson
Kilrore
Anieaumond
Orange
Free Tiger Runs Loose At Middlesex Fells. Tiger Shot
A tiger escaped its cage at Middlesex Fells in Mass. as James McCarthy, 87, assistant curator, suffered arm injuries while attempting to close the cage. Police and 700 officials blocked exits, sprayed the animal with hoses, and after four hours shot the tiger as crowds of about 2,000 watched.
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Animal House
Metropolitan District
Michael Waters
Louis Gilman
West Medford
Bond Free Man Sam Couch In Murder Case Release
Sam Couch, held on a shotgun murder charge of his business partner Jesse F. Tennyson, was released from county jail on a $10,000 bond posted by Amarillo used car dealers. He returned to his Jackson Street home as attorneys prepare his arraignment still pending before District Judge Henry S. Bishop.
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Sam C. Couch
Couch
Jesse F. Tennyson
Fifth Street
Sixth
Jackson
Tennyson
Prete
E. T
Dusty” Miller
Henry 8. Bishop
Mother's Death Gives Convicts Their Chance
More than 100 law enforcement officers pursued two convicted killers, George S. Houston and Ernest G. Houston, who escaped from guards while attending their mother's funeral in Excelsior Springs Missouri. The brothers, serving life terms for a 1944 Barton County sheriff murder, fled after climbing out a basement window at a hotel. Police reported unarmed suspects, a broad manhunt within a 50 mile radius, and a stolen red truck sighting. funeral services proceeded as scheduled.
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Excelsior Springs
George S. Houston
Ernest G. Houston
State Penitentiary
Barton County
Lucy Ennis Houston
Houstons
Ity
Houston
Hot Rodders in Borrowed Plane Create Airport Chaos
At Oakland Municipal Airport two teen pilots, Jimmy McCall and Elmer Varvil, stole a Culver Cadet owned by R G Gillespie and attempted an unsanctioned takeoff. Left wheel froze, smoke rose as they raced toward a main runway, drawing a swift response from the airport fire truck and startling a Douglas DC 3 landing nearby. The boys aimed for Riverbank to visit Grandma despite the danger, and authorities opened a fire and safety investigation.
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Oakland
Cal
Oakland Municipal
Jimmy McCall
Alameda
Elmer Varvil
Wnet
Grandma
Culver
R. G. Gillespie
Gillespie
McCay
Stanislaus County
Riverbank
Momoymame
Ben Williams
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Philip
Astrid
Canute
Denmark
Harthacnut
Gungalutes
Daily Worker
Duke of Windsor
Paris
Prince of Wales
Truman
Attlee
Frederik
Cleveland
John Stakes
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China
Shivers
Panhandle Area
Vucht Syndic
Jim R. Brock
North Johnson
Marrison Saa
Alexander
Panhandle Used Car Dealers Association
W. B. Park
North Kentucky
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Park Motor Company
Omar Hermsmeyer
A. W. Butler
A. M. Peek
F. E. Hawkins
Edward Allen
J. B. Patterson
R. A. Couch
R.A. Couch
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