Truman drafts comprehensive message for Congress
President Truman has drafted a wide ranging address to Congress and will submit a separate communication on atomic bombs. Press Secretary Ross expects final plans after a meeting with congressional leaders and will announce whether the messages go to Capitol Hill or are delivered in person. The plan includes creation of a reconversion Congress and must proposals on jobs, unemployment, surplus disposal, executive reorganization, and wartime controls.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Capitol Hill
Congressional
Senate
House
House «Xpenditures Committee
Beef ration relief raises hopes for Amarillo housewives
Amarillo shoppers can buy beef at many butcher counters with point values largely determining purchase limits. Packers say government quotas are rising, but ample beef remains if customers hold enough points. Local market managers anticipate points removal by October as cattle move to markets in Kansas City and Chicago.
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Amarillo
Fred Miller
Pinkney Packing Company
Mr. Miller
Eddie Johnson
Western Stock Yards
Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Chicago
Jack Walsh
Walsh Food Stores
J. C. Sullivan
Purr Food
J. T. Morehead
MecCartt
Super Markets
Emperor Hirohito Opens Japan's Postwar Diet Session
Hirohito in full military dress leads the 88th Imperial Diet session in Tokyo's bombed Diet Building. Reports describe Japan's desire for peace yet public belief that victory lingered as a result of the emperor, with the army blamed for wartime failures and a wary mood as the nation eyes a difficult road to recovery.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Imperial Diet
Japan
House of Peers
House of Representatives
Diet
United Press
Richard Johnston
Johnston
Troops Land In Jap Homeland In Major Allied Move
AP reports one hundred thousand American troops to be in Japan by nightfall as MacArthur orders requisition powers within Japanese territory. Tokyo to be occupied Friday with key officers present. Hirohito reads rescript amid tears and diet adjourns for a plenary session. Allied advances extend to Dairen Manchuria and Singapore harbor preparations.
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Japan
MacArthy
Tokyo
MacArthur
Hiroito
Olice
First Army
Robert L. Eichenberger
Eighth Army
Yokohama
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Dairen
Manchuria
Guam
Wake
Corregidor
Associated Press
John Grover
Singapore
Al-lied
Penang Island
Sabang
Siatra
China
Cina
Sixth Army
Nanking
Preacher Dies After Snake Bite During Service
In Chattanooga Tennessee Lewis E Ford 32 a lay preacher at the Dolly Pond Church of God died shortly after being bitten by a rattlesnake he was handling as part of a religious service A physician ruled the death caused by the bite and a Grasshopper community resident led to the report to county officers by the night jailer.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Lewis E. Ford
Dolly Pond
Cadets Protest New Contract at Amarillo Air Field
Six thousand RAF cadets at Amarillo Army Air Field protest a postwar training contract offering an indefinite service period or risk of reassignment. Officers say training continues, with no interruption and no comment from Washington.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Truman
Hap Arnold
Army Air Forces
Jimmy Doolittle
RAF
Amarillo Field
Washington
Jimmy Crawford Wins Best News Tip of the Week
Jimmy Crawford of 1314 Bellaire won $5 for the best News Tip to The News-Globe last week. Betty Ruth Rede at 2194 South Pierce will receive $3, Miss Mary Thurmond at 3209 Tyler gets $2 for a tip about a parrot dying. Other callers named. Stock accounting forms and modern record systems. Russell Stationery Co.
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Jimmy Crawford
Bellaire
News-Globe
Betty Ruth Rede
South Pierce
Mary Thurmond
Tyler
Robert Wheeler
Russell Stationery Co
Navy Allows Civilians in Uniform Off Duty
Washington reports the Navy authorized all personnel within the United States to wear civilian clothes when not on duty. Sailors cheered as they shed Navy blues outside work hours, with many rushing to stores for civilian attire. Some noted restrictions like WAVE eligibility for discount trains and movies when off duty.
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Washington
U.P
Navy
United States
James V. Forrestal
Missouri
Italian Communist killed in clash with Polish soldiers near Taranto
Ansa reports one Italian Communist killed and two others seriously wounded in a street fight Sunday in Palagianello near Taranto. The incident involved Polish soldiers and occurred in the village.
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Rome
Ansa
Palagianello
Taranto
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas
The Weather Bureau reports fair warm conditions across Amarillo and vicinity with little change in New Mexico. West Texas will be clear to partly cloudy with temperatures 90 to 100 outside the mountains. highs near 97 and a low around 65 in the past 24 hours. Shop Jenkins Music Co. at 1505 Ong St for pianos organs and giftware.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Jenkins Music Co
Ong St
Chemist on Atomic Bomb Project Here
Dr E Bruce Ashcraft a Pittsburgh chemist visiting Amarillo is noted for work on the atomic bomb project with communications from the War Department restricting what he may say. He studied at the University of Chicago Oak Ridge and Westinghouse and earned a PhD from Cornell before joining Westinghouse in 1930. He helped develop ultra small weighing techniques and miniature labware for precise measurements.
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E. Bruce Ashcraft
Pittsburgh
Amarillo
War Department
Ashcraft
Westinghouse Electric Company
University of Chicago
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge
Westinghouse
Dr. Ashcraft
Texas A & M. College
Lawrence
Kan
Cornell University
German pistol causes boy’s accidental death in Texas
In Dallas on September 4 a German pistol, brought from the European theater as a war relic, caused the accidental death of 15 year old Bille Paul Payne of Kemp Texas. He was visiting a friend when the two pistols were being handled and one discharged.
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Dallas
UPI
Bille Paul Payne
Kemp
Tex
Payne
Majority of Goodrich Rubber Workers Strike
Production at six Goodrich Co. plants in Akron Ohio nearly halted as striking foremen led a walkout. A company spokesman said under 25 percent of the 15 060 production workers entered the plants.
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Akron
BFP. Goodrich Co
No Moisture in Sight Predicted for Five Days
Weatherman reports no precipitation in the next five days with fair skies. Yesterday’s high reached 97 degrees and today’s is expected near 96.
Potter County Tax Rate Remains Same
Potter County approves an $872 178 80 budget and keeps the tax rate at 60 cents per $100 valuation. The budget will receive minor changes from the jury to the general fund after discussion by the Taxpayers League. American Legion Service Office receives $6,000 funding. River Road residents protest hog feeding program.
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Potter County
Taxpayers League
American Legion
Amercan Legion Service Office
River Road
Detroit Auto Strikes Idle 20,000 in Big Three1
Production tieups across Briggs Manufacturing, Hudson Motor Car, and Ford slowed car output as UAW CIO strikes spread. About 11,000 Briggs and Hudson workers joined the walkout, with 4,500 at Ford’s Kelsey-Hayes wheel plant and 3,000 in assembling departs.
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Detroit
U.1
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Hudson Motor Car Company
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Edgewater
N. J
Louisville
Dallas
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Briggs and Hudson
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Company
Ford
Kelsey-Hayes
Buffalo
N. Y
Chester
Richmond
Calif
Pute
General Motors
Chrysler
UAW
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