Britain Threatens Lords Reform and Churchill Record
Britain’s labor government presses to trim remaining Lords powers and uses Winston Churchill’s past calls as political ammunition. Morrison argues rulers cite Churchill’s 1911 stance as precedent while Conservatives threaten an amendment to the king’s speech. Debate continues as press largely backs reform. Paris reads fashion notes on buckskin ankle boots for the “new look.”
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London
Britain
House of Lords
Winston Churchill
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
Gov- House of Lords of Power
J. G. Brrthwaite
Paris
U.P
Child Hit By Auto In Front Of Home
Gary Longanecker a 3 year old boy suffered a broken left arm and a scalp wound when he ran into the path of a car in front of 721 Short. The car was driven by Mrs. C R Fisher who lives on the Can yon Highway south of the city. Eyewitnesses and officers said the child darted into the street. Mrs Fisher stopped and aided the child until a Blackburn Shaw ambulance arrived. He was taken to Northwest Texas Hospital.
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Gary Longanecker
Short
R. E. Longanecker
C. R. Fisher
Canyon Highway
Rumors Prompt Calls About Amarillo Naval Reserve
Rumors that Amarillo Navy men would be recalled to active duty prompted numerous inquiries to local Naval Reserve offices. Lt Comdr John J Vandale stated there is no basis for the rumors and that in peacetime reservists cannot be recalled except at their own request, a line echoed by the Secretary of the Navy.
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Amarillo
Naval Reserve
Navy
John J. Vandale
Secretary of the Navy
Zhdanov Urges Anti-US Front Against United States
Soviet leader Andrei Zhdanov charges a global anti imperialist bloc to resist the United States and the Marshall Plan. He lists nations in the Soviet sphere and condemns appeasement while Brazil Chile and Czechoslovakia sever ties with the USSR and its allies.
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Zhdanov
Associated Press
Moscow
Andrei Aleksandrovitch Zhdanov
Politbureau
United States
Poland
Communist Information Bureau
Europe
Ussr
Zhadanov
Munich
Hitler
Soviet Union
India
Egypt
Syria
Taylor Calls Hollywood Full of Communist Evidence
Actor Robert Taylor testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that Hollywood showed clear signs of Communist activity. He said he opposed the film Song of Russia as propaganda and denied being pressured to act in it. The hearing also focused on 79 individuals alleged to have subversive ties.
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Taylor
Washington
Robert Taylor
Hollywood
House Un-American Activities Committee
Lowell Mellett
Roosevelt
Mellett
J. Parnell Thomas
House Committee On UN
Capitol
Thomas
Russia
James A. McGuinness
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
McGuinness
MGM
Tennessee Johnson
Thaddeus Stevens
Andrew Johnson
Stevens
Johnson
Cal Baby Dies During Flight Home To California
Edwin, 5 days old, adopted son of Mr and Mrs W W Shaw of Long Beach California, died on arrival at Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo after a cross country flight from Columbus Ohio. Cause given infectious diarrhea. The Shaw couple had hoped to complete the adoption. The body lies at Blackburn Shaw Memorial Chapel.
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Amarillo
California
Edwin
W. W. Shaw
Long Beach
Cal
Northwest Texas Hospital
Columbus
Ohio
Blackburn-Shaw
Gallacher criticizes princess marriage as political issue
In London on October 22 Communist MP William Gallacher condemned labeling Princess Elizabeth's betrothal a love match. He warned of political implications and said Commons should not gag debate while pledging to oppose increased royal funds. The exchange drew protests from the chamber.
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London
William Gallacher
House of Commons
Elizabeth
Duke of Windsor
Gallacher
Harry Lauder
Maps improve English Airport with new taxiways and apron
J D Church of the CAA urges extending diagonal runways to 6000 feet and adding a northwest to southeast taxiway plus an east west taxiway to link the apron with the old Army facilities. Total pavement about 125000 square yards at an estimated 250000 dollars with city and government funding split. The district engineer rejects a north south runway extension as unjustified.
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J. D. Church
CAA
Army
Runway Obstructions Noted In Airport Letter
In a letter to N. V. Moss city manager the writer cites obstructions at the north end of the runway that reduce the effective clearance. The note references further details on AIRPORT Page 2.
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N. V. Moss
Testimony Concluded in Ross Murder Trial Seeks Sanity Verdict
The Ross murder case enters closing stages as Judge Fuchs prepares jury charges after ten days of testimony. Defense called one rebuttal witness, Dr. O J Potthast, who described Ross's state as dazed after the Willard York killings. Jury will hear final arguments and face possible verdicts including murder with or without malice, insanity rulings, or acquittal.
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Ross
Willard York
Potthast
Fuchs
H. W. Pitman
Fayette County
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity and Surrounding Regions
Parts of the region see partly cloudy skies today tonight and Thursday with cooler backdrops. Highs reach 85 today and 75 tomorrow with cooler nights lows around 54 to 45. Northward showers and colder conditions forecast in New Mexico especially the northern mountains and southeast areas. Maximum 86 and minimum 62 reported for the past 24 hours with 75 at noon.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Attacks War Propaganda at UN
In New York on October 22, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky opened Russia's drive against warmongers at the United Nations General Assembly. He called for punishment of all who spread "war propaganda" and warned of a battle that could shape the session.
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Lake Success
Andrei Y ¥. Vishinsky
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
United States
Dust storm spurs late wheat rally in Chicago
Wheat prices rose late on the Board of Trade after the Uhlmann Grain dispatch from Hutchinson Kansas reported a major dust storm sweeping the winter wheat area. The early session had seen declines as traders awaited the storm news.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Uhlmann Grain Company
Hutchinson
Kan
Edgewater Beach Hotel Sale Reported for Over Six Million
Chicago physician Dr. Vincent Valentine Marzano and two associates C. Robert Lazerus and Herbert Becker were announced as buyers of the Edgewater Beach Hotel in a sale valued at more than six million dollars. The announcement came today from counsel for the hotel's owners.
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Chicago
Edgewater Beach
Vincent Valentine Marzano
C. Robert Lazerus
Herbert Becker
Michigan killer confession linked to two slayings
State police said Paul J. Schneider, 22, of Harrisburg Oregon confessed to kidnapping and murdering two Michigan filling station attendants. The body of Donald Dusseau, 26, of Erie Michigan, was discovered in a wooded area west of Pontiac.
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Lansing
Mich
Paul J. Schneider
Harrisburg
Ore
Michigan
Pikeville
Donald Dusseau
Erie
Pontiac
Dallas records 24 day traffic-death streak ends
A Dallas woman Mary C Erickson, 40, died from injuries after a Saturday bus collision ending a 24 day Dallas stretch without a traffic death. She drove the car that struck a city bus. The incident occurred in Dallas and the funeral home and loan ads follow.
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Dallas
Mary C. Erickson
Gestapo Chief Sentenced to Die for Killing US Airmen
In Dachau Germany on October 22 a US war crimes court sentenced Leo Kowitzke once Gestapo chief of Bad Harzburg to death for ordering the murder of two surrendered unarmed American airmen who survived their bomber crash.
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