Disney and Hollywood unions face Communist influence claim
Disney testified that a Hollywood union leader said he could use the National Labor Relations Board as needed. He cited a labor controversy at Disney studios and said Communists were trying to take over his artists. Carlson described a defector who left the Communist Party and vanished in Los Angeles.
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Washington
Walt Disney
Congress
Hollywood
National Labor Relations Board
Disney
Mickey Mouse
Herbert K. Sorrell
Oliver Carlson
Communist Party
Carlson
Missina Red
S. Baer
EE Rere
Are Maiev
Jacobson
New York
Filml
Reds
Los Angeles
The
Teachers Ten
University of California
Lela Rogers
Ginger Rogers
Rogers
Clifford Odets
Robert E. Stripling
Weather forecast for West Texas and surrounding regions
Continued fair weather and slowly rising temperatures today tonight and Saturday. Western areas including Panhandle and South Plains will warm. New Mexico sees fair conditions this afternoon tonight and Saturday with a high around 64 and a low near 42 degrees.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Baruch Faults US War Prep At Senate Hearing
Bernard Baruch told the Senate War Investigating Committee that foot-dragging and fumbling cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars in World War II. He urged a 17 point minimum program for immediate wartime readiness and universal military training. He warned we face a warming cold war though he did not expect new war, and criticized piecemeal price controls and incomplete demobilization.
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Washington
U.P
Bernard M. Baruch
United States
Senate War Investigating Committee
Baruch
Senate
Louis C. Johnson
Boys 9 and 12 to face judge on burglary charge
Two Amarillo youngsters aged 9 and 12 were turned over to juvenile authorities after a laundry burglary at the Wash Tub Laundry 919 West Eighth. They were arrested at their homes around 8 am, entering by breaking window glass and taking about $4 from the cash register, which was recovered.
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Amarillo
West Eighth
Republicans push slow approach to Truman price and aid plan
Washington observers report two House Republican leaders demand caution as President Truman prepares to address the nation on why a Nov. 17 special session is needed. They question administration plans for high prices and foreign relief including potential 642 million in immediate aid for France and Italy.
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Washington
House
Truman
Amarillo
Charles ‘. Halleck
Republican Congress
John Taber
New York
House Appropriations Committee
France
Italy
Tabor
Budget Bureau
Halleck
Congress
New England Fire Devastates Bar Harbor and Six Other Towns
Strong winds whip woodland fires across New England causing massive damage and deaths. Bar Harbor and seven communities evacuate in a dawn-to-dusk exodus as 200 to 300 homes burn, including luxury seaside estates once favored by international society.
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Rao Wasinn
Saan Peak
Brownfield
ENIT
Amarillo, Llc
Texas
Nea
New England
Bar Harbor
International Society
New Hampshire
Rochester
White Mountains
Massachusetts
Raymond J. Kenney
Coast Guard
McCulouch
Boston
America
Doctor Ross appeals for new trial in fatal four death case
Lloyd I. Ross, a Harvard-educated San Antonio surgeon, seeks a new trial in Fayette County district court after being found guilty of murder and facing the death penalty for the May ambush killings of four members of the Willard York family. The motion, filed by his lawyers, aims to overturn the verdict and is not expected to be heard until the trial transcript is completed.
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LA Grange
U.P
Lloyd I. Ross
San Antonio
Fayette County
Weneueesl
Woclhr
J. R. Fuchs
New Braunfels
Comal
Willard York
York
Gertrude
John
Mary York
Gertrude York
Ross
Gladys. Ross
Renna Ross
Alliance
Ohio
National Square Dance Contest Adds 1000 Seats Tonight
The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce sponsors the second annual National Square Dance Contest at the Tri State Fair Grounds. Tonight at 8 00 opening with 7 00 doors, 60 cent tickets. Saturday 2 00 children’s event with judges and dancing. Sunday 7 00 final with Henry Hudson and Pioneer Fiddling Band. Nearly $1000 in prizes.
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Tri- State Fair Grounds
Potter County
Henry Hudson
Amarillo
United DC-6 Crashes in Bryce Canyon Utah
United Airlines reported a DC-6 transport crash in Bryce Canyon Utah. The aircraft carried 46 passengers and a crew of 4. No details on casualties were provided.
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Salt Lage City
United Air Lines
Bryce Canyon
Utah
Chicago
Taft Announces Candidacy for GOP Nomination
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio declared his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. At 58, he faces a party split over his strength and the Taft-Hartley Act, with Dewey seen as the main rival though Stassen is also running.
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Washington
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
William Howard Taft
Taft
SormivpaQimka Vi
Senate
Organized Labor
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Teachers Test Failures Spark Laugh at Denver Quiz
About 100 teachers sampled from 6 000 Denver Public School staff at the Colorado Education Association convention averaged a failing 67 on an American history quiz. Misconceptions included Washington drafting the Declaration and Burr killing Lincoln.
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Denver
Colorado
Lincoln
Colorado Education Association
Denver Public Schools
Cap
George Washington
Robert E. Lee
Aaron Burr
John Smith
Spain
Rocky Mountain News
Soviet Envoy Novikov Replaced by Panyushkin in Washington
London dispatch reports Nikolai Novikov, seen as a pro Soviet American friendship advocate, removed as Soviet ambassador to Washington. Alexander Panyushkin, ex Russian ambassador to China, named his successor. Moscow gave no reason. Novikov had urged cooperation between the U S and Soviet Union in 1959. Novikov left Washington for Moscow on July 27.
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London
Nikolai V. Novikov
Washington
Moscow Radio
Alexander S. Panyushkin
China
Moscow
Novikov
Chicago Council of American
Soviet Union
United States
Stockholm
Grain prices fall on Truman call and market reaction
Bulls stumble as grains slip on the Chicago Board of Trade with limit declines. Wheat December at 3.025, corn 2.227, oats 1.15. Separate reports note a Philadelphia lab explosion, tobacco sales halted in Henderson, and a New York premiere with a theater transformer failure.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Truman
Congress
Navy
Brazil Accuses Russia as Hostages Held in Rio
Moscow Radio says Russia seized the former Brazilian ambassador and staff in London to secure the safe departure of the Soviet embassy staff from Rio de Janeiro. Brazil broke relations after Soviet insults against President Dutra.
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London
Moscow Radio
Russia
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Moscow
Mario Pimentel Brandao
Montevideo
Grigori Sokolov
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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