Remembering Japan Surrender Aboard Missouri Five Years On
In Tokyo Bay on this date five years after the surrender, General Douglas MacArthur presided over a formal peace ceremony aboard Missouri. Allied and Japanese leaders gathered on deck as war weary commanders recalled battles and hailed international cooperation and a hope for lasting peace.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Eighth Army
24Th Division
25Th Division
First Cavalry
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Mass strikes hit 115000 workers as CIO seeks wage boosts
More than 115000 workers went on strike as CIO unions push for wage increases since the Korean War era. Twelve thousand UAW Auto Workers walked out at seven John Deere farm equipment plants in Illinois and Iowa, joining 23,000 other UAW members and 32,000 independent farm equipment workers at J I Case plants. In Lynn Massachusetts CIO Electrical Workers picketed five GE plants, with boats on the Saugus River blocking food. GE foremen faced a potential plant flood via pump switches. About 14,000 UAW-CIO workers struck three Ford plants seeking out of contract raises, as Chrysler and Hudson previously granted raises.
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CIO
CIO Auto
John Dare and Co
Illinois
Iowa
UAW
J. I. Case Co
Lynn
Uaw-Cio
Ford Motors
Chrysler and
Hudson
Final Suits for Right of Way
County undertakes five condemnation hearings Tuesday over 37 acres affecting a Bushland house and store owned by Carl Hill and land parcels held by H T Neely and the Sampsons. County Atty. John Peterson leads talks with 60 landowners along Highway 66. The condemnation board includes Wolflin Casey and Gant as hearings proceed to finalize all necessary right of way.
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Western Avenue
Bushland
Peterson
Carl Hill
H. T. Neely
R. C. Sampson, Sr
R. C. Sampson, Jr
Henry Blessen
Charles A. Wolflin
Glen L. Casey
Royce Gant
Three Boys Break From Deputy in Court Run
Three youths jailed for burglary escaped a deputy sheriff during a drive to district court in Snyder. J. D. Martin 17 Abilene Elmo Coleman 18 Athens and Dewey Carl Newton 17 Miland fled on foot but were recaptured within an hour. Martin later received a five year sentence in state prison alongside his companions.
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Martin
Coleman
Haynes
More Civilians On Army's Roll
The armed services added 26,251 civilians to their payrolls in July after the Korean fighting began, lifting civilian government employment to 1,985,139 with an increase of 16,739 over June. Civilian agencies cut 9,512 in the same period. Of the total rise, 19,175 were industrial workers rather than white collar staff. The Allied High Commission barred Western Germany from producing key war materials and related items.
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Washington
Armed Services
Congressional Committee On
Byrd
Virginia
Phone Rates Talks Delayed by City Commission Meeting
The first special meeting of the city commission to study Southwestern Bell Telephone Company’s rate increase is expected tomorrow after today’s postponement. Mayor Gene Klein reports Amarillo residents oppose the hike, which would raise the average customer bill from 50 to 85 percent. The commission will not act before completing a thorough review. A London Zoo incident involved a man removing a 43 inch green snake from a bathroom waste pipe in Tooting suburb.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Gene Klein
Commission
London Zoo
Roy Lord
Tooting
Rodgers Twins Die at Hospital
Donald Ray and Linda Kay Rodgers, twins of Mr and Mrs Edward Lee Rodgers of 82 Alabama, died yesterday at St Anthony's Hospital. Graveside rites set for 4 pm at Liano Cemetery with Dr E B Fincher officiating. Burial by N B Griggs & Sons. Survivors include paternal grandmother Mrs L E Rodgers Amarillo and maternal grandmother Mrs Johnnie Shults also of Amarillo.
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Linda Kay Rodgers
Edward Lee Rodgers
Alabama
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Liano Cemetery
B. Fincher
Southern Presbyterian Church
N. 8. Griggs & Sons
L. E. Rodgers
Amarillo
Johnnie Shults
Amillo
Amarillo Commission Discusses Ellwood Park Pool Plan
City commission luncheon with Gene Jacobs of Paddock Engineering reviewed tentative Ellwood Park pool plans prepared by the firm. Funding for both Ellwood Pool and a small pool in North Heights Negro area is in the proposed budget awaiting a Sept. 19 public hearing.
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Amarillo
Gene Jacobs
Paddock Engineering Company
Houston
Ellwood Park
North Heights
Poage Named to Irish Meeting in Dublin
Rep. Bob Poage of Waco Texas is named to the American delegation to the inter parliamentry union meeting in Dublin Ireland from September 8 to 14 Poage and Senator Ferguson were named to represent the United States on the union s administrative council Poage will depart tomorrow by plane
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Bob Poage
Waco
Tex
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Dublin
Ireland
Barkley
Poage
Ferguson
Michigan
Two Women Die In Truck Crash in Dallas
Two elderly women died in a mobile truck collision at a Dallas intersection. Mrs. Robert Latham, 78, of Madison, Wisconsin, died at the scene. Mrs. Edith M. Barnett, 70, of Dallas, died later at a hospital. Latham’s granddaughter Isabel Stallings, 10, escaped with minor injuries. The truck driver, unharmed, said he did not see the automobile until entering the intersection.
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U.P
Robert Latham
Madison
Fila
Edith M. Barnett
Latham
Isabel Stallings
Convicts Donate Blood for Wounded in Korea
In Dannemora New York 212 Clinton State Prison inmates donated blood to aid wounded servicemen in Korea. A Red Cross mobile unit from Syracuse collected 196 pints at the prison yesterday, reported warder J Vernal Jackson.
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Clinton State Prison
Korea
Red Cross
Syracuse
J. Vernal Jackson
Mysterious Bedstead Coil Made From Buggy Seat
In Watertown New York during the mid 19th century James Liddy crafted a bedspring by reusing coils from a buggy seat. The unusual invention ties local tinkering to early American ingenuity.
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James Liddy
Watertown
N. Y
Farmers Widow Found Hanging in Gillespie County Pasture
Alma Rahe Oehler, 63, was found hanged from a tree in a Live Oak area pasture near Fredericksburg. Justice of the Peace William Bruns ruled death by own action after the widow of a prominent stock farmer improvised a noose from heavy cord and a belt yesterday.
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U.P
Alma Rahe Oehler
Live Oak
Justice of the Peace
William Bruns
Bruns
Gillespie County
Millionaire HUDSON to push history course at University of Houston
Hugh Roy Cullen, longtime Houston benefactor, announced he will investigate why the University of Houston does not require an American history course for graduation. Cullen said he was surprised to learn the university lacks such a requirement and will seek explanations from university leaders, including Ci 'tn, board of regents chairman.
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Houston
Hugh Roy Cullen
University of Houston
Ci ‘Tn
Board of Regents
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