Truman orders loyalty purge of federal workers
President Truman issued an executive order to investigate loyalty of all federal job applicants and present employees. The plan creates a central master index, loyalty boards, and a loyalty review court, with FBI checks and secret testimony where justified, effective immediately pending Congress funding.
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Poises Broom
Washington
Truman
United States
Civil Service Commission
Department
FBI
Congress
Hidden Hermit Langley Collyer Still Missing in Fifth Avenue Mansion
Langley Collyer, 71, one of New York's reclusive Collyer brothers, is believed hidden in the cluttered Fifth Avenue mansion at 128th Street after Homer Collyer, 75, was found dead in the same house. Attorney John R. McMullen said Langley may still be inside and would be listed as missing if he does not appear soon. Police found unclaimed bank letters on the front stoop.
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Langley Collyer
Fifth Avenue
John R. McMullen
Langley
128Th Street
Homer Collyer
McMullen
B. Morgan Vance
Homer
Collyer Brothers
G. William Collyer
Rutherford, N. J
G. Douglas Collyer
William Collyer
Mother of Governor Named Texas Mother of the Year
Mrs. George C. Jester of Corsicana is named Texas Mother of 1947. her son is Governor Beaufort H. Jester. The award will be given April 20 at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, with a national nomination announced March 25.
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Cleburne
Texas
George C. Jester
Corsicana
Lone Star
Driskill Hotel
Austin
Dolilee Dais Smith
Texas American Mothers’ Committee
Jester
Golden Rule Foundation
New York
Beauford H. Jester
Claude W. Jester
Clay Johnson
Fort Worth
Aberdeen
Miss
Aberdeen Female College
First Methodist Church
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Daughters of American Revolution
Daughters of the Confederacy
Fannie
Navarro County
Lovers Charged in Yacht Blast Case in Newport Harbor
Beulah Overell, 17, and her fiancé George Gollum, 21, were arraigned in Costa Mesa on charges of murdering Beulah's parents, Walter Overell, 62, and Beulah Overell, 57, aboard their yacht in Newport harbor last Saturday. Authorities say the victims were beaten with a hammer and the yacht blown by dynamite with a clock detonator.
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Santa Ana
Cal
Beulah Louise Overell
George R. Gollum
Newport Harbor
Justice of the Peace
D. J. Dodge
Costa Mesa
Gollum
Miss Overell
Walter Overell
Los Angeles
Beulah
James Musick
R. R. Hodgkinson
Newport Beach
Royalty to donate Texas fruit to UK hospitals
King George and Queen Elizabeth read a dispatch that 10 cases of fruit from Harlingen Texas would be sent to them. A royal spokesman said they would donate the Texas offering to hospitals in the United Kingdom as thanks for South African fruit and sunshine benefiting the royals aboard the royal train.
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Royal Train
South Africa
U.P
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Natal Daily News Today
Harlingen
Tex
United Kingdom
All-Time Money Records Topple In Cattle Market
Amarillo’s cattle market set a new money turnover record with sales totaling $956,068 as 9,869 head crossed the auction ring. The Amarillo Livestock Auction Co led marketing, while Panhandle Livestock Commission Co suspended Thursday Sales. Officials expect another heavy run as pens stayed full and stock swelled past previous records.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Livestock Auction Co
Amarillo Auction Company
Panhandle Livestock Commission Co
Panhandle
OPA Meat Controls
Western Stock Yards
Eddie Johnson
Subway Ride For Air Crew On XB-36 Bomber
The Army Air Forces described the XB-36 as giant enough to include a "sub way" with a four wheel scooter for crew movement. The 85 foot communications tunnel runs along one side of the bomb bay and is pressurized at high altitudes to allow crew movement without oxygen masks.
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Washington
Army
Army Air Forces
McCarty Retires as Assistant Publisher
John McCarty retires from The News-Globe as assistant publisher to devote full time to writing. He will remain a stockholder and director, with occasional articles in the paper. McCarty has long been a noted Panhandle Plains writer and author of Maverick Town. He plans to write at his Amarillo area farm.
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The
News-Globe
Mr. McCarty
McCarty
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Southwest
Amarillo
Association of the
People On the
Amarillo Felon Shot to Death in Huntsville Prison Break
Frank W. James, 22, of Amarillo, was shot dead by guards during a prison break at Wynne Prison Farm in Huntsville as he and four others attempted an escape. Four other convicts were recaptured. James had prior armed robbery sentences from Waco and Fort Worth. Funeral services are planned in Amarillo.
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Huntsville
Frank W. James
Wynne
James
Waco
Fort Worth
Wynne Farm
Desperado
Tarrant County
E. F. Cook
Glenwood Baptist Church
Childress
Cook
F. E. James
Mirror
Bill Adams
James Home
Reverend Cook
Paul Williams
Johnny Dodson
Texas
Memorial Park Cemetery
Blackburn-Shaw Funeral Home
Panhandle South Plains Jaycees Hold Region Conference
Region 1 and 2 work conference opens at the Herring Hotel with John Mangrum of Dallas as honored guest and principal speaker. Dr. L J Zachary presides at the general assembly. Amarillo JCs president Arlie Hudson delivers welcome. state officers report and committee program are presented. Dinner dances closed last night.
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Jaycees
Panhandle
South Plains
Herring Hotel
John Mangrum
Dallas
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
L. J. Zachary
Pampa
Crystal Ballroom
Gifts to Youth Center Boost Local Fund Drive
Gifts to the San Jacinto Youth Center totaling 182.50 yesterday raise the grand fund to 2085.50, secretary John Fairey reports. Mail gifts include a 20 check from Phoenix Arizona and a 5 check from Garden City Kansas. Fairey invites further contributions via his home at 7121 or the Youth Center at 7601. A list of yesterday's contributors appears on Page 5.
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San Jacinto
John Fairey
Phoenix
Ariz
Garden City
Kan
Fairey
Peace talks amid Amarillo builders dispute drift
Federal housing authorities prepared to meet builders and building tradesmen in Amarillo after faint peace hints. Bill Williams, a federal housing representative based in Lubbock with an Amarillo office, said Louis Tate from the office of labor relations covering seven Southwestern states was in Amarillo. Williams had been in town last night.
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Federal Housing Authority
Bill Williams
Federal Housing
Lubbock
Louis Tate
Office of Labor Relations
Williams
Meeting Talks on Housing Plan in Amarillo Impasse
R A Ramey president of the Associated General Contractors says a meeting with Building Trades Council and federal representatives will likely occur tomorrow morning at his Paramount Building office. Builders and tradesmen discuss the stalemate as Amarillo’s construction activity stalls with several cement firms noting closure. The dispute centers on recognition of a common labor union amid halted residential and commercial work.
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R. A. Ramey
Associated General Contractors
Amarillo
Association
Building Trades Council
Federal
Paramount Building
Polish underground surrender amnesty claims 10,400 members
Warsaw reports that 10,400 members of underground bands have accepted the post election amnesty offer and surrendered large arms and supplies.
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Warsaw
Weather summary for Amarillo and surrounding areas
Weather bulletin notes cloudy skies with light rain and cooler conditions across Amarillo and West Texas. New Mexico shows partly cloudy skies with scattered showers or thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and evening, temperatures around 65 to 75. Precipitation in the last 24 hours is listed as none.
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Wascau
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Isis
Texas and Pacific Prez to speak in Longview
W G Vollmer president of the Texas and Pacific Railway Company will be a featured speaker in Henderson on April 21 as the East Texas Chamber of Commerce holds its annual convention in Longview area.
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Longview
U.P
W. G. Vollmer
Dallas
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Henderson
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Pate Reported Dead Still Lives After Plane Crash
Lt Clyde Pate formerly of Amarillo was said to have died Friday night from injuries in a PT-13 trainer crash near San Antonio. He remained in critical condition at Brooke General Hospital as of last night. W W Angel Jr of Plainview reported the fatality to The Amarillo Daily News, noting the wife at the bedside. Pate had taught a student pilot and worked for Walker Smither Grocery Co before joining the service in 1942.
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Clyde Pate
Amarillo
San Antonio
Brooke General Hospital
W. W. Angel, Jr
Plainview
Pate
Amarillo Daily News
Walker-Smither Grocery Company
Oak and Walnut Office Chairs Immediate Delivery
Russell Staty advertises oak and walnut office chairs in all styles with immediate delivery from Cdy 611 Taylor.
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Cdy
Taylor
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