Strikes ripple across auto and telecom as layoffs loom
The nation faces widespread walkouts with 50 000 auto workers idle and 6 000 Packard Chrysler layoffs flagged. CIO Communications Equipment Workers prepare for a 25 000 strike affecting Bell Telephone supply chains. West Coast longshoremen and New York truckers join pending actions. grain processors in St Paul and Minneapolis vote to strike if demands unmet.
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Detroit
Ae Automobile
Briggs
Chrysler
Packard
New York
New Jersey
CIO
Western Electric Company
Chicago
Western Electric
Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Tte
APL
Twin
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Gold Sox, Hubbers Open Playoff Series at Amarillo Park
President Bob Leeds of the Amarillo Gold Sox announced at noon that tonight’s playoff game against the Lubbock Hubbers will start at 8 o’clock at Gold Sox Park in Amarillo. He said light rain could affect conditions if rain falls this afternoon but the field should remain playable.
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Amarillo Gold Sox
Lubbock Hubbers
Gold Sox
Amarillo
Bob Leeds
Leeds
Range Riders Start 58-M mile Three Day Trail Ride
Range Riders Club begins a three day 58 mile trek Sept 24 from Range Riders West Ranch to L8 Ranch HQ. Riders depart after breakfast, stop for lunch at Prying Pan Ranch, camp at Mitchell Canyon, ride 12 miles to lunch, 13 miles afternoon, camp at LS Ranch, final day 15 miles after a noon meal, with annual event plans by publicity chair John Parker.
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Ted
Gib" Gibbon
Clu
Will Day
le Range Riders Club
Range Riders West
John Parkner
Jay Taylor
Arthur Ware
Beale Queen
Charley Lowe
Ralph Hincamp
Floyd Souther
Ralph Osborn
Mason King
Rain and hail pound Plainview region with varied totals
Heavy rain and hail damaged crops across the Plainview area with reports of up to 4 inches near J. M. Buchanan farm and 3 inches east of Plainview. Thunderstorms flooded Tulsa streets and scattered moisture across the Panhandle from Claude to Hereford.
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North
South Plains
Plainview
Panhandle
Amarillo
J. M. Buchanan
Buchanan
Tulsa
R. Kress
Whore Canyon
Male Center
Amherst
Aiken
Floydada
Lockney
Petersburg
Abernathy
Levelland
Spearman
Perryton
Memphis
Weather Bureau
Claude
Clarendon
Dumas
Follett
Hereford
Lub
Gage
Okla
Guymon
Clovis
Reau
English Field
Mercury
Winburn
Federal probe ordered in Texas runoff vote clash
The Justice Department in Washington says no investigation has been ordered yet though The Dallas News reports Clark directed the criminal division to review alleged irregularities in Texas runoff voting after complaints from Houston and other counties. Officials said U S attorneys will be instructed to probe and a grand jury decision will follow. Lyndon Johnson led Coke Stevenson in unofficial Texas counts as canvassing looms.
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Associated Press
Justice Department
Washington
Texas
Senate
Department
Dean Schedler
Dallas News
Walter Hornaday
Clark
Justice Department Criminal Division
Houston
Asst
Atty
Alex
Abbott Rosen
Duval
Cass
Wharton
Land
Campbell
Houston Lamar Fleming, Jr
Leonard Davidson
Andrew Y
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Coke Stevenson
Texas Election Bureau
Johnson
Schecter
Dallas Parents Blame Pauper Ambulance System
An 8 year old boy Leon Cole Jr. died after a 45 minute wait for an ambulance in Dallas. Council clears Dallas Police Department of delay while examining the contracted ambulance service and alleged refusals to respond. The boy’s parents accused the system of failures and questioned the contract as costly and unconstitutional.
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Dallas
Eo Eity Council
Dallas Police Department
Leon Cole, Jr
Leon Cole
Fem
Sp Sarone
Snermrs
Steve Guthrie
William Graves
Coles
Graves
Hubby's Delayed Kiss Provokes Lake Crash
LAND LAKE Mid Sept 8 John W Vos forgot to kiss his wife goodbye then turned back from his lake cottage to Detroit and collided with a car driven by Opal who was rushing to remind him of the kiss. He was hurt.
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Land Lake
Mid
John W. Vos
Detroit
Opal
US Door Open to Germans
Washington reports the United States plans to reopen immigration to Germans from the Reich. About 25,000 Germans will be eligible each year after mass registration in the Western zones and Austria. Registration may begin this month. two million forms have been printed in Switzerland. The influx includes roughly 800,000 displaced persons Congress will admit 205,000 over two years. The German quota, second only to Britain, resumes under the 1924 act.
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Washington
United States
Reich
Germany
Austra
Department
Switzerland
Congress
Hitler
Thundershowers and cooler weather forecast for Amarillo
The report outlines thundershowers and much cooler conditions this afternoon across Amarillo and vicinity, with clearing and cooler conditions tonight. It calls for fair skies Thursday with rising temperatures and notes mostly cloudy conditions with scattered thundershowers across West Texas and cooler nights.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pecos River
del Rio
Eagle Pass
New Mexico
Berlin police kidnap incident alarms Western officials
In Berlin, 19 policemen were seized from city hall by Soviet troops after a guaranteed safe passage, provoking protests from Col. Howley and the Western city government. Demonstrations planned in front of the Reichstag to denounce the acts as a violation of human rights.
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Beruin
Berlin
Mowley
Vassily Sokolovsky
Moscow
Menar
Frank Neumann
Social Democrats
Duval's Boss Rules Latin-American Vote
Houston report outlines George Parr and his Parr machine in South Texas. Kaplan portrays Parr as master of Duval County politics with extensive landholdings and influence over Latino voters, claiming loyalty owed to his schools and connections.
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Duval
Houston
George Parr
Ben Kaplan
Texas
Kaplan
San Deigo
C. G. Palacios
Parr
South Texas
Mum- Tate
San Diego
Johnson
Duval County
Stevenson
Alice
George
Givens
Texas State Bank
Parrin
This Train Is A Family Affair on FW&D Local Freight
A Fort Worth and Denver local freight ran to Childress with engineer C L Giles and fireman Ira Giles, brothers, while conductor H L Giles is the son of the engineer. The unusual kinship pairing had not occurred before in FW&D service. The trip to Childress was expected in about 10 hours, with a likely return to Amarillo after an eight hour layover.
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Bowsers
Doxes
Caboose
Fort Worth & Denver
Childress
H. L. Giles
North East Seventeenth
C. L. Giles
North Grant
Ira Giles
North Lincoln
Giles
Fw&d
Amarillo
Neste Greenhill -Lownder
Inwaran
Worley Names Military Academy Appointments from 18th District
Congressman Eugene Worley, Shamrock, announced results of competitive exams for US Military Academy and US Naval Academy from the 18th Congressional District. He will appoint two men from the district for the next academy openings, likely July 1949. Top applicants include Fred Cox of Tulsa and Charles Curtis Carter of Amarillo, with ranks listed for Army and Navy paths.
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US Military Academy
US Naval Academy
18Th
Congressional
Eugene Worley
Shamrock
Worley
Fred Cox
West Point
Tulsa
Charles Curtis Carter
Annapolis
Amarillo
Army
William Cuard Braner
Amarine
Jota ‘Talmadge Wright
Pampa
Billy J. Poindexter
Canadian
Navy
Ansel_Lewis McDowell
Wellington
James W. Fritzlen
Higgins
Dean Amick Wadsworth
Clarendon
Mr. Worley
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Ions
Yunerim
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Soa
Tommy Para
Sanhot
Transportation Committee
Sesh
Wise
Kitchen
Cabineca
Pal
John Maynard Lor Co
Mt Ey
Winbum
Knox Parr
Texas A&m
Williame-Boree Agency
Cole
Oak Cliff
Sheriff's Department
McKamy
Hubby
Ars
Vemcom
Howley
Kotlov
Reichstag
Amerie
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