Berlin Rioters Clash With News Photographers
Berlin police and rioters clashed around city hall as Communist factions and Soviet zone authorities battled for control. American reporters Ernest Leiser Joe Evans Henry Burroughs and Jack Meehan were assaulted or faced violence as the mob stormed entrances and smashed equipment amid a paralysis of civil governance and looming Allied talks on currency and blockade resolution.
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Oaly
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Chicago
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United Press
Joe Evans
Dubuque Town
Wall Street Journal
Lesser
Henry Burroughs
Associated Press
Jack Meehan
Nice Work If You Can Get Out of It
HAL BOYLE notes a playful holiday: counting from one to thirty as a lighthearted joke. The piece ends with an editor’s note explaining that thirty signals the limit of the day’s knowledge contributions.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Lyndon to Tell All Over Radio Tonight
Lyndon Johnson leads in the Texas senatorial race with 494 158 votes to Stevenson 493 996 as the 7 30 pm broadcast announces no further statements on the matter. The official canvass will occur September 13 in Fort Worth.
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Lyndon
Johnson
Stevenson
Coke
Texas Election Bureau
Bob Calvert
Man of the State
Bob Johnson
Fort
Worth
Texas
KTBC
Austin
Tru
KRLD
KPRC
man-Barkley
Houston
KABC
San Antonio
Beauford Jester
Holiday toll rises to 227 across the United States
Labor Day weekend deaths totaled 227 with 171 traffic, 30 drownings, and 26 miscellaneous. California had 21 fatalities, North Carolina 17, and Pennsylvania reported 1 traffic death and 1 misc. Other states listed include New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Amarillo area reports only one highway accident for the weekend. A priest convicted of armed rebellion against Greece was executed in Athens.
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Associated Ress
California
North Carolina
Carolina
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Amarillo
Canyon
Moone
Athens
Greece
Oil Strike Spurs West Coast Rationing Efforts
Seven major oil firms formed an emergency committee to ration fuels as a California oil strike tightens supplies. They asked federal help, with unions seeking higher wages while conciliators work to bridge gaps. About 18 percent of Pacific Coast refinery capacity is disrupted and a daily 900,000 barrel output is down by roughly 200,000 barrels. Service stations see surging business as motorists stock up, some bringing cans despite restrictions.
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San Francisco
West Coast
California
CIO Oil Worktre International Union
Standard
Shell
Union
Richfield
Texas
Ohio
Lloyard
Rothchild
Alaska
Hawaii
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
General Petroleum
Convicts Escape Pen Through Pipe, Flees Across OK Territory
Six inmates escaped from the penitentiary in pre-dawn hours by squeezing through a utility pipe opening into the clothing room. The trio Hill, Goad, and McKinley fled to McAlester and Canadian areas, while the others, Van Houtan brothers and Ray Story, remained at large. After a three hour chase, Goad, Hill, and McKinley were captured near Muskogee by local police with bloodhounds and air support. driver Joe Santone was forced from a car and fed to a tree during the pursuit.
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Plutarcho C. Hill
Oklahoma City
Goad
Bill van Houtan
Mike van Houtan
Guthrie, Okia
Ray Story
Marietta Okla
Fugitves
Hall
McKinley
McAlester
Canadian
Oklo
Here
Joe Santone
Hill Country
US 64
Jack Lowrey
Muskogee
Hedafoot
Set
Carol Huggins
Harley Huggins
R. L. Keaton
Keaton
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Nearby Areas
The bulletin notes a fair spell this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with cooler daytime temperatures. In Texas conditions remain generally fair across the period with lower heat in the Panhandle and South Plains tonight. New Mexico expects fair weather today and Tuesday with cooler conditions this afternoon. Highs range from 68 to 96 degrees in the south portion, 80 to 90 degrees in the north, and the 24 hour high reached 98 degrees with a 65 degree low.
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Amarillo
Tures
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
North Port
News Tip Winners Named in Amarillo Reunion Coverage
Mrs. Horace Wooten wins third straight news tip prize $5.2 for coverage on the Amarillo King family reunion with page one stories and pictures. Second prize $3 goes to Mrs. Bernie Vaught for report on a grocery store attempted robbery. third prize $2 to R. H. Taylor for Australian war brides visit.
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Horace Wooten
Arthur
Amarillo
King
Globe
Bernie Vaught
West
Therce Street
Jack Fowlkes
R. H. Taylor
Birmingham
Taylor
Jack Robinson
North East
Charles Towne
Morrison
K. E Giasco
Woman Kills Husband Over Suspected Affair With Sister
A 26 year old Philadelphia mother, Dorothy E. Reeves, is held on murder charges for shooting her sailor husband Leslie Reeves after he returned home from an all night outing with Reeves' 18 year old sister Peggy Mills. Police say she shot him when he opened the kitchen door, after detecting signs of the affair. The couple’s two children were asleep upstairs.
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Philadelphia
Dorothy E. Reeves
Leslie
Peggy Mills
Reeves
Naval Hospital
Naval
Jeanete
Truman blasts Congress as lobbyist driven body
President Truman opened his Michigan Labor Day tour attacking the Republican controlled 80th Congress for inflation and housing inaction. He labeled lawmakers as in the pocket of real estate and other lobbies and accused Taft of backing out on his housing bill. He praised Vandenberg as an intellectually honest colleague while criticizing Republican obstruction to low cost rental housing. He spoke to about 25,000 gathered in Grand Rapids Lansing Detroit Pontiac and Flint, arriving by special train and planning a major Detroit city hall address.
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Truman
Michigan
80Th Congress
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Lelsation
Fruman
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Washington
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Detroit
Pontiac
Plint
Vandenberg
Senate
Labor Day Observance Continues With Dances In Thompson Park
On Labor Day 1948 Thompson Park hosts a barbecue dinner for guests while celebrants plan further dances tonight. The town closes for the holiday as most businesses stay shut and government employees at all levels take the day off.
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Thompson Park
Strikes Hit Ships Shelves Across Nation and City
Nationwide labor strikes cripple shipments and grocery shelves as 58 000 idle workers press for policy changes. West Coast and New York City port actions disrupt milk flow and construction, with AFL CIO leaders denouncing Taft Hartley while urging reversal.
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New York
Weaa
Indus
Ries
Maritime
National Maritime Workers
CIO Marine Engineers Union
Air War Ends As Four-Day UK Defense Drill Concludes
United States Air Force and RAP wrap a four day simulated air war over Britain with London Portsmouth and Southampton cap targets. Umpires report raiding bombers eliminated and film analysis underway though outcomes await final study. Four casualties included one American and three RAF fliers during maneuvers.
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United States Air Force
RAP
Anyome
RAF
United States
Portsmouth
Southampton
Weather Forecast Reads Fair Labor Day
The weatherman forecast a pleasant Labor Day with no rain. Light cooling is expected Monday afternoon and night with a high near 92 degrees, down from Sunday's 96. Lows and Tuesday's high hover around 90 degrees.
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P. W. Reynolds
US Weather Bueau
English Field
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