Amarillo To Host Interior Secretary Krug Visit
Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug arrives in Amarillo with Commissioner Michael W. Straus and Assistant Secretary Warner W. Gardner for a conference with Bureau of Reclamation employees at the Herring Hotel. The visit marks the first stop on a western tour, with receptions, a dinner, and an inspection planned before travels to Tucumcari Carlsbad and Boulder Dam.
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Amarillo
Interior
Julius A. Krug
Bureau of Reclamation
Krug
Commissioner of Reclamation
Michael W. Straus
Warner W. Gardner
Washington
Joe Jenkins
Wesley R. Neilson
English Field
Jay Tavner
Taylor
Krue
Arch Hurley Conservancy District
Tucumcari
Interior Group
Carlsbad
Boulder Dam
Oldfield Dies At Home At 69 In Beverly Hills
Barney L. Oldfield once the dirt track speed king died at his Beverly Hills home at age 69 from an apparent cerebral hemorrhage. He was found in bed by his wife Bessie whom he had remarried ten months earlier after a 21 year separation.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Barney L. Oldfield
Oldfield
Bessie
Marines Attackers Fire on Ammunition Dump Near Tangku
At Hsinho five miles west of Tangku unidentified Chinese attacked the U S Marines ammunition and supply dump. One Chinese was killed and another wounded captured. Attack began at 10 45 p m and ended at 12 05 a m with Marine fire forcing withdrawal. The attackers did not breach the barbed wire.
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Peiping
U. S
Hsinho
Tangku
Corps
Panhandle Rains Continue As Weekend Forecast Extends
Incomplete reports show general rains across the Panhandle this morning. Totals include .16 inches at English Field and scattered amounts in neighboring towns with lines of showers along Santa Fe routes. Forecasters predict more moisture this weekend as long-range outlook calls for rain, possibly by Sunday.
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Panhandle
South Plains
U. S
English Field
Memphis
Miami
Muleshoe
Weather Bureau
Pampa
Clarendon
Clayton
N. M
Santa Fe
Spearman
Higgins
Clovis
Fort Worth
Plainview-Lubbock
Urge to Kill Alleged Motive in Lifelong Friend's Slaying
Volsotomir Lala Markovich 19-year-old Navy veteran admits killing Frank Anthony on August 17, saying an inexplicable urge to kill possessed him. He described previous strangling of a pet monkey in Okinawa and claimed robbery was not the motive, with Anthony's payout going to Shriners collection barrels.
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Houston
Volsotomir
Lala” Markovich
Frank Anthony
Markovich
Anthony
Frank
Ramsey
Shriners
Pacific
Okinawa
Monkey
Josephine
South Pacific
Lala
Cabinet meets as meat shortage looms over winter
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson declined to detail cabinet discussions on meat supplies after a 45 minute meeting with President Truman. Economists forecast meat demand will outstrip supply through 1947, while the Price Decontrol Board delays dairy price decisions. Anderson hinted at but did not disclose possible government actions, noting he has suggestions being studied. See CABINET Page 2
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Washington
Truman
Anderson
OPA
Paul Porter
New Mexico
Spence
Kentucky
Porter
Cabinet
Door Slammed On Freed Nazis
In Nurnberg Oct 4 French and British authorities refuse entry to acquitted Nazis Hjalmar Schacht Hans Fritzsche and Franz von Papen into their zones leaving only Soviet and American zones as possible residences. Appeals go to the Allied Control Council in Berlin as a hangman threat looms for Oct 16.
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Mernberg
Hjalmar Schacht
Hans Fritzsche
Franz von Papen
U. S
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Nuernberg
Truman urges immediate Jewish immigration to Palestine
President Truman declared that substantial Jewish immigration to Palestine should begin at once and urged Congress to liberalize U S immigration laws to admit European refugees. He rejected the Morrison plan for four autonomous units and backed the Jewish Agency proposal for a Jewish state with control over immigration and economics.
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Washington
Truman
Palestine
Congress
U. S
United States
Holy Land
Clement Attlee
Jewish Agency
Sandies Paris to Meet in Scheduled Football Game
The Amarillo Paris football game will be played tonight at Butler Field. Kickoff time is set. rain is not expected to interfere significantly. A dry ball can be used with each play and student managers may clean the ball after each play if needed.
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Butler Field
Halian Committee Backs Parliamentary Republic
In Rome a constituent assembly subcommittee rejected the American model and favored a French type parliamentary republic. After a three day session opposing presidential dictatorship the committee’s recommendation is expected to pass to the full assembly for discussion.
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Rome
Constituent Assembly
Full Assembly
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding regions
Cloudy with light rain tonight in Amarillo and vicinity then clearing Saturday. West Texas shows widespread cloudiness with scattered showers this afternoon and tonight, partial clearing in El Paso Big Bend Pecos Valley Saturday. New Mexico partly cloudy west cooler east tonight and Saturday with occasional showers. High 83, low 62, noon 67. trace precipitation.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Big Bend
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Early Meeting of Big Three Rumored
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov left Paris by air for a quick Moscow trip amid talk of a possible Big Three meeting to address East West disputes. He aims to report to Stalin upon arrival and could be in New York for the UN Assembly opening.
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Paris
U.P
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Molotov
le Bourget
Josef Stalin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
New York
United Nations Assembly
Dreamboat carries heaviest load in long Arctic flight
The Pacusan Dreamboat, a heavily loaded B-29, took off at 5:51 A.M. on a 10,300 mile flight to Cairo carrying 148,400 pounds. Col. C. B. Irvine led the mission with Lt. Col. Beverly Warren piloting at John Rogers Airfield as leis faded from Hawaii.
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Honolulu
U.P
Arctic
Cairo
Pacific
C. 8S
Irvine
Hawaii
Associated Press
San Francisco
Beverly Warren
Omaha
Neb
Navy
John Rogers Airfield
Baruch and Wallace clash over atomic control talks
Washington reports a breeding dispute between Bernard Baruch and Henry Wallace as they accuse each other of obstructing U N Atomic Energy Commission efforts. Wallace says negotiations face an impasse over production and stockpiling of atomic bombs and Russia’s insistence on an international inspection system.
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Washington
United Nations
Bernard M. Baruch
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Baruch
Russia
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Truman
Byrnes
New Yorker
Mr. Baruch
Myrna Loy Sues Paper for Million Damages
Los Angeles filed a libel suit by screen actress Myrna Loy against The Hollywood Reporter and editor W R Wilkerson seeking one million dollars. The complaint says the paper printed a false and malicious political story about Loy.
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Los Angeles
Myrna Loy
Hollywood Reporter
Daily Film Trade
W. R. Wilkerson
Miss Loy
OPA Decontrols Brooms After Corn Shortage Listing
The OPA removed price ceilings on household brooms after the Agriculture Department did not list broom corn as in short supply. Officials said decontrol would simplify pricing since broom corn is the largest cost in broom production. Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
New Trial For Lowe Requested
Oscar Lowe found guilty of murder by a 47th District Court jury and sentenced to 15 years. George McCarthy, his attorney, filed a motion for a new trial citing six alleged errors as Judge Henry Bishop weighs next week’s ruling.
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George McCarthy
Oscar Lowe
47Th District Court
Henry 8. Bishop
Lowe
Tom Keith
Fourth Avenue
Keith
Nuernberg
Cot House
Laundry and Dry Cleaning Prices Raised by OPA Order
OPA opened the way for higher laundry and dry cleaning prices effective Oct. 9. The agency authorized field offices to raise ceilings where needed to cover rising costs, but did not indicate how large the increases might be.
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Washington
U.P
OPA
Problem Solved By Wise Father
Bloomington reports that Jean Crane at Illinois Wesleyan University prompted the dean of women to ask parents about out of town permissions. Dr. Dan G. Crane, the father, responded that they should consult his wife first and that Jean is his son and a former Army C-54 pilot, suggesting no cracking down to avoid embarrassment.
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Bloomington
Jean Crane
Illinois Wesleyan University
Dan G. Crane
Jean
Explosion Toll Now At Seven
Seven people were killed and more than 140 injured in a Sun Oil aviation gasoline refinery explosion near Marcus Hook Pennsylvania. The blast began with a packing gland failure triggering gas ignition and a series of explosions that lit the area for hours.
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Marcus Hook
Sun Oil Company
Sun
Arthur E. Pew, Jr
Philadelphia
American Traveler Files Inside Look Across Soviet Russia
John Strohm, a soft-spoken American editor, traveled four thousand miles in the USSR with no official guide, talking to workers and capturing over a thousand photos. He reveals Communist life from the ground, not political elites, in six illustrated dispatches for The Globe with NEA Service. Street interviews and candid images aim to illuminate life behind the Iron Curtain.
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Wabash
Russia
Winston Churchill
John Strohm
Joseph Stalin
U.S.S.R
the Globe
NEA
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Clarence 8
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Buck
Neely -Greenhill-Lowndes—Insurance
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Alex Petrovich
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