Fragments Found From Downed Plane in Virginia Vermont
Searchers recovered fire blackened wreckage of a Capital Airlines plane on a Virginia mountainside near Leesburg and learned all 50 aboard died. A second report described a separate crash on Hawk Mountain near Springfield Vermont as a B 29 missing, with authorities assessing aviation safety implications and rescue efforts underway.
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Capital Airlines
Leesburg
Springfield
Civil Aeronautics
Myland H. Jordan
Jordan
Gordon Stone
Red Cross
Virginia
Washington National Airport
Jerry Korn
Associated Press
Washington
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York
Truman
White House
Iowa Braces for Second Flood Wave In Ottumwa
Des Moines River floods Ottumwa again closing bridges and bus service. 8 000 to 9 000 residents likely homeless by midnight as volunteers tarp breaches and sandbags. Upstream Eddyville evacuated, Tracy reports crest over 26 feet. Red Cross notes 7 000 to 10 000 homeless tonight.
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Herschel
Loveless
Church Street
Ottumwa
South Ottumwa
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Weather Bureau
Second Street
Eddyville
Tracy
Rollo H. McCall
Red Cross
St. Louis
Des Moines
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
Speakers for Editors Listed at Texas Newspaper Convention
Three distinguished speakers are booked for the Texas Newspaper convention in Amarillo. Walter Casey of Beaumont will address delegates at a luncheon at the Amarillo Hotel Thursday. Edward Kennedy, Santa Barbara editor, will speak Friday noon about Germany's surrender and his fast story. Paul Porter, former OPA head, will close with the Friday dinner. The event is led by Frank King and expects 350 to 400 delegates from across the state. A special train and entertainment options accompany the gathering.
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Walter Casey
Beaumont
Amarillo
Casey
American Hotel Association
Edward Kennedy
Germany
Kennedy
News-Press
Santa Barbara
Cal
Paul Porter
OPA
American Economic Mission
Greece
Texas Press Association
Texas Newspaper Publishers Association
Downstate
John Snider
Palo Duro Canyon
Amarillo Country Club
Frank King
Associated Press Bureau
Dallas
Casey Resigns Randall County Post
Randall County Commissioner Calvin Casey has resigned from the northern Randall precinct which includes South Amarillo. The commissioners court will appoint a replacement for the remainder of his term at a June 23 meeting. Casey cites ill health of his daughter and the family plans to move to California for treatment.
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Calvin Casey
Randall County
Amarillo
Randall County Commissioners Court
Casey
Palisades
California
Johnston Canyon
Clarence Beckman
Umbarger
Canyon
D. 8. Hill
Ralph
Driver Suffers Arm Injury in Auto Crash
G. R. Chance fifty seven? 47 years old from 306 North Western was thrown from his car and injured with a bruised arm in a collision on Crockett and South Julian around 2 o'clock. Fincher 8S. Sharp twenty seven from 213 East Central drove the other car on Julian.
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G. R. Chance
North Western
Chance
Crockett
South Julian
Fincher
Sharp
East Central
Julian
Tax Action Is Planned On Monday
The White House said President Truman will act sometime Monday on the tax reduction bill sending a message to Congress whether he vetoes or signs. He must act by midnight or the bill becomes law. rivers of mail on the labor bill show broad veto sentiment. The president, back from Canada, declined to say what the message will contain.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Eben Ayers
Ayers
Canada
US Differences With Reds Stall Peace Machinery
The United States and Soviet Union remain at loggerheads over UN peace efforts and global controls. Warren R. Austin warned that East West tension delays peace machinery as Palestine and Balkan inquiries encounter boycotts and criticism of an American member. Security Council set to meet to review the Yugoslav Greek guerrilla report amid Western Russia tensions.
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Lake Success
Russia
United States
United Nations
Warren R. Austin
Boston
Palestine
UN Holy Land Inquiry Commission
Palestine Commission
Jerusalem
Arab Higher Committee For Palestine
Trygve Lie
Holy Land
Yugoslavia
Mark F. Ethridge
Commission
Security Council
Albania
Bulgaria
DeMolays Open Session in Amarillo Conclave
DeMolays begin Father’s Day services at 8 p m in Amarillo First Christian Church with Dr Roy Snodgrass pastor Registration starts 2 p m at Khiva Temple Fifth at Fillmore The main session opens 10 a m tomorrow in Khiva Temple Ballroom Bill Gilstrap will chair and Malvern Marks will deliver the keynote DeMolay: Yesterday Today and Tomorrow State degree teams meet at 1 p m and conclave runs through Tuesday
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Amarillo
First Christian Church
Taylor
Roy Snodgrass
Khiva Temple
Fillmore
Bill Gilstrap
Malvern Marks
Grand Council
Northern District
Texas
High in Music Planned for Fete
Amarillo Western Week will feature Billy Foust and his Western Oakies atop the Potter County Courthouse with a roof platform and Hollywood lights. The Faust orchestra will play at a Western ballroom dance, a municipal concert, and a street parade on July 4 led by Gov. Beauford Jester with 1000 horsemen. Tex Thornton to lead parade committee inviting mounted groups to participate in Amarillo open house events.
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Amarillo
Billy Foust
Potter County
Hollywood
Faust Orchestra
Municipal Auditorium
Beauford Jester
Delbert Dalby
Will Rogers Range Riders
Tex Thornton
Well Known US Personalities Named in Red-Tag Probe
The House Committee on un American Activities tagged the Southern Conference for Human Welfare as a communist front. It linked well known figures including Henry Wallace Melvyn Douglas Mrs Marshall Field Harold L Ickes Joseph E Davies Dorothy Parker and Paul Robeson to the conference in various roles. The report notes some members were misled into joining, while the conference and many named deny Communist ties. The committee prepared for Wallace's June 16 speech in Washington under conference auspices and said observers would attend.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
House
Henry A. Wallace
Melvyn Douglas
Mrs. Marshall Field
Harold L. Ickes
Joseph E. Davies
Dorothy Parker
Paul Robeson
Wallace
Henry Wallace
Truman
Zero Mastel
American Youth For Democracy
Young Communist League
Washington Committee
Rober Ware Straus
Office of Emergency Management
Ruth McKenney
The
Daily Worker
New Masses
Morris
Samuel Rodman
Metropolitan Broadcasting Co
Gifford Pinchot
Women's International Democratic Federation
Paris
American Anti-Communist Association
Federal District Court
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And West Texas
Partly cloudy with Sunday and Monday as partly cloudy days. Widely scattered thundershowers expected after noon in the Panhandle. Warmer conditions on Sunday. New Mexico sees sun and warmth with an eastern shift. Highs mainly in the 80s to 100s. Local hourly readings show mixed temperatures and typical sunrise and sunset times.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
AMR Lawenceen
Rita Blanca rural electrification reaches construction stage
The Rita Blanca project to electrify rural Dallam Hartley Moore and Sherman counties began construction on May 16 with Siscoi Electric Co. hired to complete 120 miles in 90 days. Over 50 miles of poles are already up as 207 miles are staked and 450 more miles planned pending Rural Electrification Administration funding.
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Ing
Rita Blanca
Dallam
Hartley
Moore
Sherman
Sisco
Harris
Rural Electrification Administration
Panhandle
Dallam County
Asa Willis
Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative
Willis
Texline
Buckler
Sam Wolford
Sherman County
R. C. Johnson
Carl Kuper
Fred Finch
Clyde Lathem
Hartley County
F. S. Makeig
James Mortoff
Moore County
Finch
Ralph Wadley
Dalhart
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Vermont
Stone
Vienna
Red Cross Disaster Relief Service
Julian Brooks
Alexandria
L. T. Easley
Plains Chevrolet Co
News-Globe
Grey Lady
Salty Babe
Bonnie
Iowa
Randall
Russell State Co
Anita van Dyke
Mississippi
Maddox Western Leather Craft
Chambers of Commerce
Thornton
Blackburn-Shaw Life Insurance Co
Dalhart Headquarters
Ade
David Rasco
Hollis W. Harris
North Plains
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