House Votes Centre Bill Drafted for Truman Powers
The House approved a compromise bill giving President Truman broad power to control the domestic economy and curb inflation tied to Korean War mobilization. It would permit wage and price controls, rationing, hoarding penalties, and real estate and consumer credit controls, with deferral of commodity trading power. The measure moves to the Senate with a June 1951 sunset for wage price and related authorities.
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Thrills and Laughs At Will Rogers Range Riders Rodeo
The Boys Ranch Rodeo sponsored by the Will Rogers Range Riders unfolds Sunday with a 1:30 barbecue and a 2:30 rodeo. Jimmie Tubbs of Lubbock, 11, performs with a burro Cal, plus clown acts, school band music, and pony tricks. Proceeds benefit Boys Ranch. Admission 1.50 adults, 0.75 for under 13.
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Will Rogers
Charlie Lowe
Jimmie Tubbs
Lubbock
Cal
Jimmie
Burro
Dalhart High School
Buetler Brothers
Shamrock Oil Board Votes Quarterly Dividend
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation directors meet in Pittsburgh and approve a quarterly dividend of 40 cents per share payable September 28 1950 to stockholders of record September 15 1950.
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Pittsburgh
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation
Registration at Amarillo High School hits 1863 at noon
Registration at Amarillo High School reached 1,863 students by noon today and will continue through the afternoon. Last year on the second day of classes total registration stood at 1,913 students.
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Amarillo High School
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And Surrounding Area
US Weather Bureau reports fair conditions across Amarillo and vicinity over the weekend with mild day temperatures and cooler nights. Today's high 87, low 55 tonight, tomorrow 88, period high 79 with a 55 low noted earlier. Texas may see fair weather through Saturday with little temperature change. New Mexico expects generally fair skies with isolated thundershowers and minor temperature shifts.
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New Mexico
Services Tomorrow For Mrs. Earl Curry
Funeral services will be held at 3 oclock tomorrow afternoon in Polk Street Methodist Church for Mrs Viola Browning Curry daughter of the Panhandle's first statesman and member of a pioneer Amarillo family. Rev Eugene Slater to officiate with burial in Liano Cemetery under Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home. Pallbearers named Bill Mosley Roy Cox R B Manning Rudy Gamblin A L Morgan and Lee Stroud. Mrs Curry died at 4 oclock yesterday afternoon at St Anthonys Hospital after several weeks illness. The family home is 3902 Harrison. Daughter of the late Lt Gov James N Browning she was born March 29 1895 in Donley County. Her father a noted barrister and former state legislator helped propel the Browning name in Panhandle history. The Brownings moved to Amarillo when she was 4 and homesteaded northeast of the city. He served as lieutenant governor 1899–1903 and later on the University of Texas board of regents. in 1906 he became judge of the 47th Judicial District. Mrs Curry attended Amarillo public schools and graduated from Amarillo High School, later studying at Baylor College now Mary Hardin Baylor. She loved flowers and kept a beautiful flower gar- partir
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Viola Browning Curry
Amarillo
Panhandle
Statesman
Eugene Slater
Liano Cemetery
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Bill Mosley
Roy Cox
R. B. Manning
Rudy Gamblin
A. L. Morgan
Lee Stroud
Mobeetie
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Curry
Board of Regents
University of Texas
Browning Family Matriarch Remembered In Amarillo Obituary
The obituary notes a seamstress known for needle work and long involvement with Polk Street Methodist Church. Daughter Viola Ruth Gibbon lives in Oklahoma City. Sister Mittie Stevenson of El Paso and brothers Morris Browning J N Browning and Robert Browning, all of Amarillo, survive along with husband Earl J. Curry a retired Amarillo fire chief.
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Amarillo
Rumor of 36th Division alert denied by colonel
Col Selden Simpson of the 142nd Infantry Regiment said no alert has reached his unit at North Camp Hood near Lampasas. He noted rumors arose from a Texas National Guard notice concerning another unit, the 1808th Engineer Aviation Company from Dallas and Grand Prairie, led by First Lt Nathan Jacobs. The 142nd is part of the 36th Division and would return home at noon Sunday.
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Amarillo
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Lampasas
Texas National Guard
Austin
1808Th Engineer Aviation Company
Dallas
Grand Prairie
Nathan Jacobs
Belgium to seek longer compulsory military service
A Belgian government spokesman said the Pholien administration will ask Parliament to double the current 12 month compulsory military service. The move aims to extend training time and bolster national defense. The announcement comes as debates over service duration intensify.
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Brussels
Joseph Pholien
Purge Sweeps German Reds From Top Posts
East Germany’s ruling communists ousted six party members including a former Politburo member from the Socialist Unity Party and four government officials. Propaganda chief Gerhard Eisler remained free as speculation swirled. reasons cited were associating with American spies and anti Russian sentiment.
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Neus Deuschland
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Agriculture Ministry
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Radio Berlin
Bruno Goldhammer
Gerhardt Eisler
Willie Kreikemeyer
Drafting Doctors and Dentists for War Service Passes
The House approved a bill to draft male doctors and dentists through age 50 in the reserves, plus four allied specialties. It aims to regularize service for about 5,600 doctors and 3,000 dentists trained at government expense, with a last minute enrollment option for those not yet in the reserve. Draft order prioritizes those with government-funded training and varying war-service histories.
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American Counter Blow Blunts Reds at Haman Pusan Gate
North Korean forces renewed pressure on the western front around Haman as US tanks and infantry recaptured the town. The 25th Infantry Division, aided by air and artillery, halted the assault and secured ridges west of Haman, 35 miles from Pusan. A second major Red offensive near Taegu remained a possibility while retreating Yongsan troops regrouped in the hills east of the town.
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Naktong
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Ben Price
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Mild With Fair Skies Forecast Across the Panhandle
The Panhandle is expected to enjoy fair skies and mild temperatures over the weekend. Forecasted high tomorrow reaches 88 degrees with a low around 55 tonight. Yesterday’s high was 79 degrees and the low was 55.
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Panhandle
Water Foreman Dies After Fall From Tank Ladder
HOUSTON September 1 Water foreman R L Morris 46 fell 112 feet to his death yesterday while working on a 50 000 gallon elevator water tank Morris resident of Emerson Arkansas and father of two was part of a six man Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company crew Morris death followed by an active campaign item noting Vice President Barkley prepared to substitute for President Truman to aid Democratic congressional candidates
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Congress
Fir 2x4 and 2x6 Lumber Price List
Fir 2x4 and 2x6 priced at 7.95 per hundred. Delivered by Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co located at 1200 West Sixth Street.
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Olver & Wiggins Lbr. Co
Man dies after West Texas gun battle beyond Snyder
Sept 1 A 260-pound West Texas oil field worker died after a savage gun battle with teen suspect C F Chapman in Lubbock. Sheriff E M Bass said city marshal M C Holland deputy sheriff and Garza County farmer Charles Probst chased Chapman, who opened fire as he exited his car. In the 15 minute melee over a 51 foot highway stretch all guns were dropped and recovered. Chapman, 40, is in custody at See SHOOTING-Page.
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Peanne Vissweeree
E. M. Bass
Snyder
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
M. C. Holland
Charles Probst
Garza County
Holland
Chapman
Bass
Apman
Demand Jail for Reds Resolution by Amarillo Legionaries
Amarillo Legionnaires push a Galveston state convention resolution calling for jail and swift action against American Communists. The draft proposes a felonious ban on belonging to or aiding the Communist Party, plus FBI and armed forces power to round up and confine known communists for trial. Hanson Post 54, with 1,510 members, backs adoption.
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Neues Deutschland
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