Bilbo Battle Ends in GOP Victory Gives Republicans Senate control
Republicans won a Senate fight to deny Senator Bilbo of Mississippi his seat at the opening of the new Senate and took control for the first time in 14 years. Bilbo, ill with cancer, will be seated after treatment but not sworn in. Vandenberg was elected presiding officer and the GOP organized. Bilbo vows to return, while the Senate adjourns to hear President Truman’s State of the Union message in a joint session.
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Revised Case Labor Bill Moves Fast in Senate Action
Senate Republicans push a revised Case Labor Bill toward speedy passage overriding calls for a broad study. The plan favors quick action on a bill similar to the one Truman vetoed, with later consideration of Wagner Act changes and other labor measures.
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Baruch resigns from Atomic Commission role in push for unity
Bernard Baruch resigns as United States member of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission after declaring the task completed. He urges permanent U.S. representation on the Security Council and the commission, defends atomic secrecy, and notes the need to continue bomb production until a treaty is ratified. Baruch's aides also resign. Warren Austin praised to take over. Cosmetology exams begin in Austin with over 1,000 applicants.
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Clues in Odessa Man Murder Narrow to Two Suspects
William Henry Culver the Odessa oil field driller was found dead between a highway and a railroad track near Brownfield after his car was abandoned on Polk Street in Amarillo. Sheriff Ocie H. Murry and Texas Ranger Skinny Waters pursued leads from Amarillo to Odessa as officers believe Culver was en route to Brownfield to fetch his wife after Christmas.
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Severe Texas Cold Breaks Records Across Panhandle
Texas endures its coldest spell in years with Beaver City minus 20, Seymour 14 below, and Hemp Hill and Wichita Falls at 12 below. Amarillo and Adrian show rapid temperature swings as cloud cover shifts. Multiple traffic and travel disruptions persist with several deaths attributed to the cold wave across the state.
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Weather summary for Amarillo area and West Texas region
Slightly warmer conditions in Amarillo and vicinity with fair skies. West Texas sees fair weather and rising temperatures through Sunday and Monday. New Mexico reports partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions east of the continental divide with highs 35 to 45 degrees.
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Should Our Future Queen Wed Philip Poll Opens
The Sunday Pictorial in London launches a public poll on whether Princess Elizabeth should marry Prince Philip of Greece. The front page asks readers to send views to the royal marriage department, stressing public input before any decision.
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Ousted WTSC Student Faces Pledge Over Strikes
West Texas State College officials in Canyon debated Armstrong's status after a student strike. Armstrong refused a pledge to quit. he may finish by correspondence. VA payments hinge on residence or correspondence credit as about 500 veterans lost 13 to 24 dollars during the closure.
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Russia requests U.S. handover of defector Kirill Alekseev
The Soviet Union asks the United States to extradite Kirill Alekseev, labeling him a criminal for leaving his Mexico trade mission and condemning dictatorship. Washington reviews the request, considering possible extradition ties and records.
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Immediate excise tax cuts pushed by Congress
Congressmen pressed for immediate cuts to excise taxes scheduled for July 1. Affects liquor, furs, jewelry, luggage, cosmetics with rates dropping from 20 to 10 percent, and liquor from 9 to 6 per proof gallon. Proposals claim $1.5 million annual consumer savings. some seek faster relief to avoid waiting. Knutson promotes a 20 percent cut in individual income taxes as well.
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Butter Price Break Charges Face Dairymen
The government charged the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association Inc its president Henry H Rathbun and three executive committee members with manipulating butter prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange for five days in December The charges allege violation of the Commodity Exchange Act arising from a 10 cent per pound drop in wholesale butter prices after dairy interests reduced support U S Attorney John F McGahhey said Rathbun claimed he aimed to keep milk prices in January at 546 per hundred pounds to protect his members profits
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Pair Held in Negro Beating
Two brothers Bradley Verner and Tom Verner were arrested by the FBI in Georgia on charges they beat Golden Lamar Howard a black witness who refused to divulge testimony before a federal grand jury investigating Walton County lynchings. Howard identified the brothers. a .38 revolver and a German Luger were found in James Verner's room. Tom Verner a soldier will report back to Fort Bragg.
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School song composer dies at 63 in New York City
John Lang Sinclair author of The Eyes of Texas died in New York City at about 63, his brother in law Rev Norman Anderson of College Station reported from College Station. The UT song maker’s death is announced as the pane doors and plywood vendors OLVER & WIGGINS LBR at 1200 West Sixth noted in the local item.
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New Year Dollar Day Sale Begins In Amarillo Stores
Amarillo merchants launch the first Dollar Day sale of 1947 with stocked inventories at peak since before the war. Bargains appear across hoses towels gloves handbags drugs hardware and jewelry as stores clear stock for spring merchandise.
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Snow melts as gasoline fire erupts at Greyhound yard
J P Vanderslice, driver of the dock tractor, escaped injury after a tank overflow spread gasoline over a snow covered area behind Greyhound Bus Company’s maintenance building at 724 West Fourth. The blaze was contained with negligible damage. Fire crews responded to three additional alarms that day including fires at 2200 Washington, Anthony's Garage, and Trailways bus motor near North East Eighth, with the Bivins Service Station compressor motor destroyed later.
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