Britain accuses Russia of massive slave labor system at UN
British Undersecretary Christopher Mayhew told the UN social committee that millions of Soviet workers are kept as slave laborers in a “monstrous slave system.” He charged hunger and exhaustion fuel collectivization and said the USSR denies basic human rights. Pavlov sat nearby as delegates demanded the right to reply.
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Russia
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United Nations Social Committee
Mayhew
British Foreign Office
Soviet Union
Alexei Pavlov
Pavlov
Charles Malik
Lebanon
Malik
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Union
Ussr
Grayson County Sheriff-Elect Faces Theft Indictment
Merkel Dicken, sheriff-elect of Grayson County, was indicted by a Collin County grand jury on theft and swindling in grain theft cases. District Attorney Paul Worden said Dicken posted bond, and one more person is indicted, totaling 19 defendants. seventeen Grayson County men were indicted in August.
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Merkel Dicken
Grayson County
Collin County
Grand Jury
Dist
Paul Worden
Dicken
Lewis Brown
Worden
Burrus Mills
Sheriff-elect Dicken Indicted In Grayson County Grain Fraud Case
No indictments yet in Floyd Hale and Swisher counties against Merkel Dicken who was indicted in Collin County for theft and swindling in grain theft schemes. The 17 Grayson County men allegedly manipulated scales to defraud the buying company with losses estimated around a million dollars, with broader inquiries across West Texas.
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Plainview
Floyd
Hale
Swisher
Merkel Dicken
Grayson County
Collin County
Hale County
Ted Andrews
Dicken
South Plains
Clouds Over Amarillo Forecast With Mild Weekend
The Amarillo area forecast calls for scattered clouds and cooler temperatures with no rain. H. C. Winburn of the Weather Bureau at English Field notes continued warm weather into Friday afternoon. Friday highs around 85 with a low near 53, and Saturday’s high forecast at 79 after a 80 degree Thursday.
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Amarillo
H. C. Winburn
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Nazi War Criminals Hanged in Landsberg Prison Courtyard
Ten German war criminals were executed in Landsberg Prison today. Seven were hanged for the murder of American airmen shot down over Germany, and three for atrocities at the Flossenburg concentration camp. The executions took place in the prison courtyard where Hitler drafted Mein Kampf.
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Germany
Flossenburg
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Explosion at Shamrock plant leaves man dead and another hurt
In Dumas, a Friday afternoon blast at the McKee Plant of Shamrock Oil and Gas Corp. killed Claude P. Rains, a company employee, and seriously injured another. The incident occurred about 1 45 PM, ten miles northeast of Dumas.
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McKee
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation
Claude P. Rains
F. W. Wallace
Shamrock Company
Russia the Question Mark in International Situation Discussed
Eugene Worley told about 200 farmers at the District No. 1 Farm Bureau meeting at the Herring Hotel that Russia shapes a domestic course for the distant future. He urged stronger farmer organization as farm prices fall while costs rise, and noted government loans supported commodity floor prices. Walter Hammond and Austin Crownover urged unity and better organization. A queen was to be chosen for the state convention in Galveston next month.
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Eugene Worley
Herring Hotel
District No. 1 Farm Bureau
Panhandle
Mr. Worley
America
Worley
Austin Crownover
Waco
Farm Bureau Federation
Walter Hammond
Tye
Bureau
Galveston
Meanest Woman Robs Old Couple
Sheriff Cantrell reported a woman posed as a public nurse and robbed an 88 year old man and his 87 year old wife in Shamrock. The thief took $163 from the Murchson pair, whose pension was their only income. The suspect used a fine car to reach the home.
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Glenn Cantrell
W. K. Murchson
Murchson
Stassen Headlines Panhandle Rally in Amarillo
Harold E. Stassen arrives at English Field amid a large Panhandle crowd to back the Dewey Warren ticket. GOP figures Porter Lane and Haley planned to speak at Municipal Auditorium with Stassen’s remarks and appearances by Bullington Nolte and others noted.
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University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Ruthelle Bacon
18Th Congressional District
Amarillo
Dewey-Warren
Panhandle
English Field
Alvin Lane
Dallas
Jack Porter
GOP
el Paso
Stassen
Porter
Municipal Auditorium
J. Evetts Haley
Congress
Lane
Texas
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
Mike Nolte
San Antonio
GOB
Braniff
U.S. Aerial Shield Plans for Alaska and Panama Zone
The Air Force outlines a winter air defense in Alaska of five bombers and about 75 fighters, with 12 F-61s in the Panama Canal Zone. Three B-50 flights will rotate Nov 1 to Mar 15, testing Arctic endurance and fuel efficiency. Most other canal defenses have been reduced, leaving a small mixed unit presence and several support aircraft.
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United States
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Panama Canal Zone
Air Force
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Panama Canal
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Smyrna (Tenn.) Air Force Base
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Community Chest Drive Reaches thirty one thousand five hundred
Total gifts to the Community Chest advanced drive amount to 31500 by noon Friday with 21500 received and an additional 10000 pledged. A two day general fund drive starts next Thursday. E M Blackburn Jr calls a 4 pm meeting at the Herring Hotel to distribute folders. no house to house canvass this year.
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Chest
E. M. Blackburn
Herring Hotel
Amarillon Ple
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And West Texas
The forecast calls for scattered high cloudiness and continued warmth this afternoon and tonight across Amarillo and vicinity. Saturday will be fair and not as warm. West Texas may see partial clouds with a few showers west of the Pecos Valley tonight. Cooler readings are expected in the Panhandle and South Plains with widely scattered showers and possible thunderstorms in the northwest portions. Northeast to northwest winds may occur with the slight chance of a few peaking temperatures around the deg ree mark.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
South Plains
Pee Deere
51 Midwest Lovelies Awaiting Judges Nod at Royal Pageant
Kansas City October 15 51 candidates for queen of the 50th American Royal wait for final judging after a luncheon today The rumor stirs that Abel Baker of Wichita will win while Dorothy Ray Bivens of Tulsa remains among top favorites The coronation ball is tonight with escorts from local bachelors.
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Kansas City
Anabel Baker
Wichita, Kan
Bere
Walter
Thomas E. Dewey
Miss Bivens
Jack Dillard
The
Commerce Gy Company
Two Hurt As Cars Sideswipe In Oklahoma City Highway Crash
Early Friday morning on a highway about 15 miles east of Amarillo a California car with four passengers overturned several times after sideswiping a second vehicle. Injured are Mrs. Sidney Williams of Wichita Falls and Mrs. W. F. Campbell of Redwood City Cal. They, along with two other occupants, were taken to St. Anthony's Hospital. Attendants said injuries are not serious. The California car collided with a 1942 ton and a half flat bed truck driven by J. W. Armstrong of Conwar Box 28. Armstrong was driving east as the crash occurred around 6 am. The injured were transported by N. B. Griggs and Sons ambulance.
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Amarillo
California
Sidney Williams
Wichita Falls
W. F. Campbell
Redwood City
Cal
St. Anthony's Hospital
Williams
Campbell
Griggs and Sons
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