Bevin Blames Russia for Atomic War Threat at UN
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin charged in a UN General Assembly session that Russia would bear all responsibility if atomic war engulfs the world. He cited a 3,000 word Western note and a 25,000 word State Department white paper accusing Moscow of a war of nerves in Berlin and insincerity on disarmament.
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Paris
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Berlin
United Nations Security Council
Soviet Union
United States
Brit
France
Security Council
UN General Assembly
Bevin
Moscow
US State Department
Andrei Vishinsky
Palais de Challot
Seine
Germany
Albania-Tito Split Triggers Terror in Albania
Reports from Belgrade say Albanian authorities ordered militia to shoot on sight anyone showing pro Yugoslav sympathy amid Albania's split with Marshal Tito. Many Albanians flee into Yugoslavia, including army officers and militiamen, as armed bands operate in the mountains.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Albania
Montgenegrin Peoples Front
Pobeda
Tsentinje
Montenegro
Tito
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Hospital Board Post to Puckett
Potter County Commissioners named Dr. B. M. Puckett to Northwest Texas Hospital board of governors to fill the vacancy from John Peterson’s resignation. The vote split along precinct lines with Dr. Puckett backed by Swann and Morris, Holt backed by Daniel, and Judge Northcutt breaking the tie in favor of Puckett.
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Potter County
B. M. Puckett
Northwest Texas Hospital
John Peterson
Dr. Puckett
Puckett
Charlies M. Holt
Southern States Loan Company
Ray Daniel
Jack Swann
Mr. Swann
John W. Morris
Mr. Daniel
John Halley
Holt
Ernest O. Northcutt
Italian leader calls war mongers imperialists in public rise
Palmiro Togliatti resurfaced after an assassination attempt in July denouncing imperialistic war mongers. He claimed that from Russia there is no menace to anyone. The remark was made during a public appearance reported from Rome on September 27.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Russia
Truman endorses Lyndon Johnson for US Senate in Texas
President Truman on a campaign train endorses Lyndon B. Johnson for senator as he urges Texans to vote Democratic in November. Johnson, the certified nominee, defeated Coke Stevenson by 87 votes in the August runoff while Stevenson contests results amid fraud claims in three South Texas counties.
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Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Temple
Austin
Texas
Johnson
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
South Texas
San Antonio
Johnson seeks Supreme Court transfer in voter fraud case
Lyndon Johnson attorneys plan to file a writ of certiorari to move the case from a lower court to a higher one the move to be sought before the Supreme Court. Everett Looney said hearings in Corpus Christi covered Coke Stevenson fraud charges in three South Texas counties. The stay of Judge Davidson's injunction will be sought as investigations proceed.
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Senate
Corpus Christi
Lyndon Johnson
United States Supreme Court
Everett Looney
Johnson
Bin
Bode
Looney
Supreme Court
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
T. Whitfield Davidson
Fort Worth
US Supreme Court
Coke Stevenson
South
Texas
Nogin
Davidson
Senator Declines Platform Role At Truman Fort Worth Visit
Fort Worth on September 27 reports Texas junior senator W Lee O'Daniel declined an invitation to sit on the speaker's platform during President Truman's Fort Worth visit at 2 pm. Secretary Garfield Crawford cited inconvenience and doubted the senator would attend, noting he had driven from his Aledo ranch.
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Fort Worth
W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Truman
Garfield Crawford
Crawford
O’daniel
Forts Worth
Aledo
Statesmen praised by President at San Marcos event
The President saluted Democratic leaders in a San Marcos appearance, naming Johnson and others like Tom Connally Sam Rayburn and Patman as key figures shaping prosperity and world peace. The remark highlighted party unity and the enduring role of statesmen in U S governance.
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United States
Johnson
San Marcos
Truman
Tom Connally
United Nations
Sam “Rayburn
House of Representatives
Ae Patman
Friend of
Business
Farm Coopera
Weather outlook and temperatures for Amarillo and West Texas
Fair weather continues this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with mild days and cool nights. Mexico partly cloudy with widely scattered showers in mountains. High 75 and low 42 recorded this 24 hour period. Russell's promotes a 5 year Christmas Card record book with card orders.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Mexico
Five named to pick queen of Panhandle
A panhandle queen panel selects a winner from 19 candidates in a big Wednesday night show at Municipal Auditorium. Fort Worth Star Telegram writer Miss Nona Lou Green, West Texas State College drama professor William Angus Moore, Amarillo social leader Mrs Sybil Harrington, Perryton publisher Van Stewart, and radio manager Bar ney Oglewell will judge on beauty, poise, education, talent and social attainments. Seats are limited to 3,000, first arrivals only.
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Fort Worth
West Texas State College
Amarillo Society
Perryton
Rio Grande Valley
Municipal Auditorium
William Angus Moore
Moore
Oooma Baptist University
Northwestern
Southern Oregon
University of Michigan
Colorado State
England
University of Wyoming
Oklahoma City University
Can- Yon
Amarillo
Sybil Harrington
Don Harrington
Polk
Stewart
American Legion
Barney Ogle
Taylor-Howe-Snowden
KRGV
Weslaco
Mr. Ogle
Hollywood
Ogle
Sterling Still Critical Amid Health Battle in Fort Worth
Former Gov. Ross Sterling remained in critical condition at Harris Hospital in Fort Worth today, with attendants noting slight improvement from Saturday. A 75 year old, he suffered a stroke last week at the Cresson ranch of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr and Mrs Wyatt C Hedrick. Meyer s Motor Co Chrysler Plymouth.
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Sterling
Fort Worth
Ross Sterling
Harris Hospital
Cresson Ranch
Wyatt C. Hedrick
Want a Good Wife Then Watch Her Hairline While She Dances
New York column notes a hairline test and dance-type categories to judge a potential wife. Coiffeur Mark links hairline shapes to personality traits while Ruby Newman classifies women into five dance types including waltzers and fox trotters with marital implications.
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New York
Manhattan
Mark
Ruby Newman
Newman
Pay Hikes For Potter County Road Workers
Potter County commissioners tentatively approved general pay increases for road building and maintenance crews. Separate pay classifications for equipment operators were approved, with about 5 percent across the board raises for road and bridge fund staff, funded by not filling one vacancy. Spot raises were set for a finish blade operator distributor operator and the general foreman.
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Potter County
Commisioners Court
Frank Harrison
John Crudgington
Harrison
Weather Gives Winter Preview
Amarillo and vicinity saw a winter preview as temperatures dipped to 42 degrees Sunday night the coolest since May 13. US Weather Bureau observer Ivan Layton notes mild days and cool nights to continue with 77 forecast for Monday and 46 Monday night.
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Amarillo
Old Man
Mercury
Ivan Layton
US Weather Bureau
English Field
Layton
Romanian ambassador to Turkey defects as political refugee
Ankara sources report Grigor Moisil, Romanian ambassador to Turkey, abandoned his post and sought asylum as a political refugee. The move highlights tensions between Bucharest and Ankara amid regional politics.
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Ankara
U.P
Grigor Moisil
Turkey
Indonesian troops claim capture of three towns in Java fight
Batavia dispatch reports Indonesian Republic troops pushing to clear Communist held Madioen on Java island claim capture of Sarangan Ngerong and two other towns. Insurance is just as important to driving gasoline. Phone 4334 Wil Mamsee Agency.
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Batavia
Madioen
Java
Sarangan
Ngerong
Wil- Mamsee Agency
World Government: Is It the Answer
A forum on world government is planned at Amarillo College auditorium with no charge. The event aims to discuss whether an international regime could avert crises like the Berlin situation and split the United Nations. Participants are Amarilloans invited to attend.
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Berlin
United Nations
Amarillo College
Abandoned in Kansas Town Boy Gets Break and a Dad
Herbie, an abandoned boy found in Ottawa Kansas last Tuesday, will move to Rochester Minnesota with his auto mechanic father Warren Engle. Ottawa residents rallied to provide a home full education and care, while the hospital transferred custody and Engle prepared for legal steps.
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Ottawa
U.P
Herbie
Rochester
Minn
Warren Engle
Engle
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Kansas Town
Boy
Fire Department
Knights of Columbus
Served as Raider in Pacific
Skeeter the black dog with gray streaks and white feet served with the US Marine Corps in campaigns from Guam to Japan. He won the heart of Sergeant Raymond Barnowsky at Camp Pendleton and became mascot of the Marine Raider Battalion. Now living with Bob Dowell in Amarillo after years with the unit.
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Troy Martin
US Marine Corps
Amarillo
Skeeter
Guam
Japan
Bob Dowell
West
Fifteenth
Mr. Dowell
Camp Pendleton
Cal
Oceanside
Raymond Barnowsky
Sergeant Barnowsky
Marine Raider
Soviet air rules to cripple Berlin airlift proposed
Berlin report says the Soviet Union filed regulations with the Four Power Air Safety Center to ban instrument flights and grant veto power over landings at Templehof, aiming to block the Berlin airlift. American British and French authorities rejected the rules as “impossible” and would curb airflow, especially night flights and weather dependent routes.
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Berlin
Russia
Air Safety
Tapelhof Field
Greater Berlin
Templehof
Greater
Ferdinand Priedensburg
United Nations
Mrs H G Powers News Tip Winner in Contest
Mrs H G Powers wins 5 dollars in this week’s News Tip contest for describing a lost child when a radio station staffer exclaimed that the child was her own. Second prize of 3 dollars goes to Jack Keith for reporting a serious Palisades road accident and George Crawford earns 2 dollars for tipping that Glenn Strange, the Frankenstein actor, is in town.
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H. G. Powers
North West Eighth
Glenn Strange
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