Amarillo Veteran Wins Draw for Washington Farm Units
Vardaman Cook, 24, of 1605 A Taylor, was named among 30 selected in Pasco Washington for initial screening to receive one of 10 irrigation farming units along the Columbia River. He served in North Africa Italy with the 36th Division and has worked at The Globe News. He plans to move with his wife if approved and notes free irrigation for five years.
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Ion
Vardaman Cook
Taylor
Pasco
Wash
van Gerald
Bureau of Reclamation
Olumia
Cook
Aear
Are
Mr. Cook
Phillips Petroleum Company
McKinney
North Africa
Italy
Amarillo
Globe News
Stand Pat on Berlin Seeks Union For Livestock Building
County officials push to keep union labor on the Livestock Exhibition Building job at the county fairgrounds. Several union workers quit after being assigned to the project, while county engineer Frank Harrison says he would prefer to hire union men entirely but must proceed. Labor disputes date back weeks to clashes with contractor Ira Henderson over employing nonunion iron workers, leading to injunctions and appellate appeals as carpenters and unions dispute staffing and penalties.
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Fairgrounds
Frank Harrison
Paul Thomas
Building ‘Trades Council
Harrison
Ira
Biepnenson
Dalhart Army Air Field
Stephenson
Ons
108Th District Court
W. E. Gee
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Carpenters Union
P. ‘Almquist
Carpenters
Almquist
President presses for end to blockade amid Berlin crisis
President Truman pledges to press for repeal of Taft Hartley and the expanded New Deal while urging end to the blockade. He backs Marshall to remain secretary of state and plans a White House review with Marshall and Harriman after their return. Russia demands German questions be raised in any negotiations with the West. Paris reports Moscow insists on a full Germany discussion.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Truman
United States
Germany
Russia
Farlier
United Nations
Stalin
Marshall
Paris
France
Trygvie Lie
Herbert V. Evatt
General Assembly
Benin
White House
Washington
W. Averell Harriman
ECA
Mild Cold Front Brings Shift In Amarillo Weather
Weather observers at English Field report a cold front from the eastern Rocky Mountains will reach Amarillo between 6 and 8 this evening. North winds already present will ease, with a sharp rise in barometric pressure signaling the change. Daytime high near 73 may be the month's peak, and a 40 degree low was recorded last night as the Great Basin high pressure resets for the next five days, keeping temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal.
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Rocky Mountains
Amarillo
Delock
Winburn
Great Basin
Communists Close On Suchow Nanking Threat Escalates
Front reports say Communist forces push south from Suchow with rumors that Suzhou has fallen to the reds. Officials deny the claim as evacuation plans unfold for Western staff and dependents. American advisors leave for Shanghai as gaps widen along the Nanking Pengpu corridor.
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Suchow
Nanking
Here
Bollington Tong
Vernment Information Office
Pengpu
China
Hwei
Two Charged in Attack on Cop
Aggravated assault charges were filed against Jack Lee Taylor and Richard Johnson of Amarillo in connection with an attack on police patrolman James Morrison. Johnson pleaded not guilty in Potter County court. bond set at 750 dollars. Taylor, charged yesterday with driving while intoxicated, bond 1000 dollars. The men were arrested after a collision at North East Eighth and Buchanan early Sunday. Morrison suffered two broken ribs. Taylor's address is 410 West Twentieth and Johnson is listed at 509 Madi-
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Jack Lee Taylor
Richard Johnson
Amarillo
James Morrison
Johnson
Potter County
Taylor
North East Eighth
Buchanan
Morrison
West Twentieth
Madi
Theft Leaves Thief 'Way Out on a Limb
A Pratt Kansas man F V Smyre is involved in a car prowler case where three sample cases were stolen from an automobile last night. The suspect is described as not one legged and faces questions about how he may dispose of the footwear involved.
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F. V. Smyre
Pratt, Kan.a
Prize Angler Snags Boat in Buffalo Lake Fish Rodeo
W A Burrow of 605 North Buchanan won the grand prize a 10 foot Chris Craft speedboat for catching the most tagged fish in the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club Globe News fish rodeo at Buffalo Lake. The event opened April 15 with sponsors Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club and Globe News. about 80 of 400 tagged fish yielded prizes totaling several thousand dollars in fishing gear groceries and merchandise.
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Globe News
Buffalo Lake
W. A. Burrow
North Buchanan
Glen McKenzie
Burrow
Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club
The
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and Vicinity
Fair weather this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Not so warm this afternoon and colder tonight and Wednesday. West Texas fair this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Cool tonight. New Mexico fair today and Wednesday. Cooler in the northeast portion this afternoon. High 73 degrees, low 40.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Mrs C L Litle Wins News Tip First Prize
Mrs C L Litle of 2408 West Second won last week's News Tip Contest for her information about shooting next door and neighbor phone to rail police. Second prize went to Mrs D F Malloy of 607 B East Seventeenth for tip about an electric guitar in Socxtt song getting in on Shane conversation. Other tips came from Clara White 807 Pardue O L Ruykendal 74 Mrs O L Ruykendall 743 North Houston and Mary Cameron 912 Harrison.
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C. L. Lite
D. F. Malloy
Shane
PRR
Fourth Street
Clara White
Pardue
O. L. Ruykendal
O. L. Ruykendall
North
Houston
Mary Cameron
Harrison
Eho Bios HS Avnel
UN Security Council Orders Armistice Talks in Palestine
The United Nations Security Council called on Arabs and Jews to negotiate a permanent armistice in Palestine and ordered withdrawals from the Negev. The council approved the plan in sections by eight votes to zero with abstentions from Russia Ukraine and Syria, directing talks through Dr Ralph Bunche or directly. The Western powers pushed the blueprint as debate continued on a political settlement for Palestine.
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Paris
United National Security Council
Palestine
Negev
Security Council
Russia
Ukraine
Syria
Ralph Bunche
Council
English Scout Leader Touts Do It Yourself Method in Panhandle Visit
Miss Janet Tobitt of Sussex England and New York City is in Amarillo for Girl Scout training. About 150 women attended the 1:30 program at St Andrews Episcopal Parish House, with a 7:30 session to conclude before she heads to Fort Worth for a regional convention. Tobitt, visiting the Lone Star State for the first time, praised American farmland as vast and beautiful. She arrived in 1930 and shifted to Girl Scout work a year later, emphasizing hands on teaching over lectures and noting travel as a sea like experience across land. She has spoken in 102 U.S. cities last year and expects more regional engagements.
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Amarillo
Miss Tobitt
St. Andrews Episcopal Parish
Panhandle
Areca Et Ape
Rees
Seas
FIUA
Bonuses for New Cars Common Says Widespread Payments
Witnesses told the House committee on unfair trade practices in DC of bonus payments to obtain new automobiles. Payments ranged from 300 to 400 dollars for Hudsons from New York Avenue Motors Co, with earlier testimony showing 500 dollar tips at Kearney Oldsmobile Co. Raymond J. Kearney described handling trade ins and resales, noting profits hinge on minimum trade value and maximum resale.
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Washington
House Committee
New York Avenue Motors Co
House
District of Columbia
Macy
New York Republican
Kearney
Oldsmobile Co
William Manuel
The
New Yorker
Heex
Kearney Mobile Company
Raymond J. Kearney
Bus Officials Meet With Amarillo Bus Company Leaders
Representatives of the semi skilled drivers union and Amarillo Bus Company officials plan talks tomorrow morning led by Clarence Aber. The union seeks a driver raise and a contract discussion with Amer George Nussbaum noting the appointment. Aber is a vice president of the Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Operators of America, Local 1424, from Oklahoma City. Pleasant Valley appoints David Harden Boyles as principal, replacing Herbert Campbell who moves to Fort Worth.
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Sem Vis
Amarillo Bus Company
Pemenger Buses
Amer
George Nussbaum
Clarence Aber
Mr. Nussbaum
Bill Ecker
Aber
Third International
Oklahoma City
Pleasant Valley
David Harden Boyles
West
Pleasant Valley School
Herbert Campbell
Fort Worth
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