Five-man Atomic Energy Commission named by Truman
President Truman announced a five member civilian commission to guide the nation into the atomic era. Chairman David Lilienthal leads a group including Dr Robert F Bacher William Waymack Rear Adm Lewis Strauss and Sumner Pike. The panel replaces Army control and is tasked with vast responsibilities in peacetime.
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Washington
Uus
Truman
New Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Lilenthal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Lilienthal
Congress
Robert F. Bacher
Cornell University
William W. Waymack
Des Moines Register
Lewis L. Strauss
Army-Navy Munitions Board
Sumner T. Pike
Securities Exchange Commission
Pike
Lubec
Clapp Nominees Await Senate Confirmation in January
The article notes that Clapp and certain nominees are subject to Senate confirmation when Congress reconvenes in January, outlining the procedural step ahead.
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Clapp
Senate
Congress
Rubinstein Concert Program Announced in Amarillo
World famous pianist Artur Rubinstein will perform in Amarillo next Monday presenting a varied program including Beethoven Appassionata Chopin Debussy and Falla pieces. Tickets available at Tolzien Music Store box office with prices from 1.20 to 3.60 for students and adults.
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Artur Rubinstein
Amarillo
Panhandle Concert Bureau
Rubinstein
Debussy
Milhaud
Albeniz
de Falla
Tolzien
Discharge Is Final Nov 9 for Local Serviceman
Technical Sgt Leroy Carver son of Mr and Mrs E R Carver 1506 Ong will be discharged November 9 at Fort Sam Houston after 11 months in Northern Italy. Enlisting March 8 1945 he trained in the U S eight months and served in the Italian Theater before redeployment home. He graduated Amarillo High School January 1945 and plans to enroll at Abilene Christian College for pre medical studies.
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Italy
Leroy Carver
E. R. Carver
Young Carver
United States
Fort Sam Houston
Carver
Amarillo High School
Abilene Christian College
Vast Market Forecast for Home TeleVision Sets
The Boston Edison Co estimates a national market of 10,000,000 home television receivers in five to six years. A survey shows 45.1 percent of urban families interviewed plan to buy such a radio. Also note there are about 2,000 species of ants in Australia.
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Boston
U.2
Boston Edison Co
Massachusetts
Australia
Diamond cutting industry in America employs thousands
The American diamond cutting sector uses about 4 000 cut ters and apprentices, reflecting a sizable skilled trades workforce in the industry.
OPA Ceilings Benefit Crippled Children
An auctioneer at a public sale on the Frank Shapel farm near Oriska solved the problem of selling hard to move farm machinery under OPA ceiling prices. Bidders entered names and donated 25 to 50 cents, three names were drawn, two tractors and a manure spreader sold at OPA price, with about $32 sent to the Crippled Children's Home at Jamestown.
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Oriska
Frank Shapel
OPA
Jamestown
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