Senators discuss special session cuts to defense budget
Angered senators warned they would trim the Defense Department appropriation by several billion dollars, challenging President Truman who threatened a special session. House and Senate panels debated ceilings and the White House condemned the economy drive as dangerous. The clash coincided with weather notes of storms and rain across the South Plains, boosting crop prospects and prompting tolls of forecasts from the Weather Bureau.
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Truman
Defense Department
Gery
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Smith
D-Va
Congress
Agends
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Arends
Interscholastic League meet crowns Amarillo Phillips
Amarillo and Phillips win large margins at the regional meet with Amarillo totaling 115 points in literary events and tennis and Phillips 82 points in Conference A. Carrouzett tops Conference B with 45 points as Odessa Lamesa Plainview and others follow. Track results pending from Odessa.
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Texas Tech
Odessa
Amarillo
Phillips
P. Melville Larson
Lamesa
Plainview
Lubbock
Pampa
Midland
Pecos
Perryton
Monahans
Rallis
Floydada
Carrouzett
Enlistment Duty To Be Extended
The Defense Department announced extending most enlistments due to expire in the year starting July 2 by nine months. Reserve and National Guard members on active duty or not are affected, with no one required to serve longer than necessary and no change to maximum active duty tours for reservists and guardsmen.
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Associated Press
Washington
U. S
Defense Department
Department
Truman
National Guard
Tragic Oil Well Accident Claims Post Boy
Domingo Garcia 12 died at Lubbock Memorial Hospital after injuries from becoming entangled in a pumping oil well mechanism near Post. He sustained severe leg injuries while playing near the well by the Postex Cotton Mill and was rushed by Mason Funeral Home to surgery. Funeral services were pending at Mason Funeral Home.
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Domingo Garcia
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Pear Post
Mason Funeral Home Ambulance
Eliseo Garcia
Mason Funeral Home
Vandenberg Papers Reveal British Veto on A-Bomb Use
The Vandenberg papers report that Britain held a wartime veto over U S atomic weapon use, an authority later removed by the 1948 shift under the U S Atomic Energy Act. The document notes large stores of atomic material in Britain as late as 1947 and outlines Vandenberg’s opposition to the veto.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Great Britain
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
U.S
Britain
Canada
Flood threat to Omaha eased as river pressure continues
Flood fighters quenched a new Omaha threat while the Missouri River overburdened 700 miles of Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Missouri. Iowa Guardsmen went on flood duty in Muscatine Wapello and Grandview as Mississippi troubles arose. Engineers sealed a flooded sewer by dumping steel beams plates 50 tons of rock and sandbags, diverting water back toward the river.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Midwest
Mississippi
Illinois
Grandview
St. Paul
Mim
Council Bluffs
Millions To View A Bomb Tests On Television Tuesday
The first television broadcast of an atomic blast will attract millions as 1,500 troops take positions near Yucca Flat to observe the detonation 1,000 feet above a desert bullseye. Troops from the 82nd Airborne and other units volunteer for the test with ground observers in foxholes or dugouts.
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Air Poet Special Weapons Group
82Nd Airborne
11Th Armored
31St Dision
42Nd Division
Yucca Flat
Department of Defense
Mary Doak, Texas Tech dean emeritus, dies at 74
Mrs. Mary W. Doak, about 74, longtime dean emeritus of women at Texas Tech, died early today at her home after 50 years on the faculty. Services are set for 4 p.m. Monday at St. Pauls Episcopal Church with burial in Taylor.
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Texas Tech
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Doak
Tech
South Plains
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Claude E. Canterbury
Rix Funeral Home
Taylor
St. James Episcopal Church
the College
Mrs Doan Taught English Before Joining Tech Faculty
Mrs Doan, who taught English and served as secretary in the extension division at the University of Texas, moved to Texas Tech. Her brother, Dudley K. Woodward, from Dallas, is noted in connection with the notice on Page 14.
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University of Texas
Tech
Dudley K. Woodward
Dallas
Doan
Staff Officers Given Korean Truce Issue
Staff officers resumed informal discussions on supervising a Korean truce at Panmunjom as talks continue. Allied forces conducted a raid on Communist platoons on the Central Front, then withdrew after a brief exchange. Weather and patrol skirmishes limited contact elsewhere.
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Munsan
Parpiunjom
Bankers Meet Monday and Stock Show Winners
Good morning. Area bankers gather Monday in the city for meetings. Area stock show results list winners. Page references indicate section placements throughout today’s paper.
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Vwihners
Heavy Rains Bring Relief to West Texas Farmlands
Heavy rains across West Texas improved conditions for drought parched lands. Rain totals ranged up to 2 to 4 inches in the Blackwell area, 0.5 to 0.75 inch on the South Concho, and up to 2 inches near Garden City, with streams rising on the North Concho. The precipitation offered hopeful prospects for the North Concho rise and a $26 million flood control dam above San Angelo. Light showers eased conditions across the region.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Ackerly
Associated Press
West Texas
Liz Concho
San Angelo
South Concho
Eldorado
Blackwell
Oak Creek
Sweetwater
North Concho
Garden City
St. Lawrence
Garden Cit
Rockwood
Colorado River
Tech Board approves stadium expansion and bonds
Texas Tech directors move to enlarge Jones Stadium to 30 000 seats by issuing 7 revenue bonds. The plan adds new concrete sections at each end, relocates old stands, and funds moving costs from college funds. Bids will be opened soon. a negotiated bid of 188 000 was rejected in favor of Council bids.
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C. W. Ratliff
Avalanche-Journal
Jomes Stadium
Texas Tech
Foot Field
Ojd
National Production Authority
Pge
West Conference Plans May Meeting on Stadium Project
E Benson of Lubbock and Tom discuss a north end stadium expansion with a horseshoe shape and seating capacity aim to raise funds for the project.
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North End
Em E. Benson
Lubbock
Tom
Scraps Controls On Rubber Industry
Washington officials announce sweeping revocation of wartime controls on natural and synthetic rubber. The National Production Authority says stockpiles are adequate, synthetic production is satisfactory, and prices are reasonable. Industry reacts with calm to the removal of controls.
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Washington
Ealm
Nation Production Authority
Two New Departments At Tech approved by Texas Tech board
Texas Tech board of directors Saturday approved two new college departments aimed at preserving American heritage. One department will be endowed by a trust estate set up by C. E. and Florenge Maedgen. A distinguished professor will be hired to teach Americanism and the American way of life to students and the public. See LUBBOCK COUPLE Page 14
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Texas Tech
Department of Amerie
C. E
Florengé
Arles
Ernest Maedgen
Lubbock
Quest for Support Crosses Party Lines in Local Delegations
Party leaders from both major parties appeal to voters in ebock area to participate in May 3 presidential nominating conventions. Gov. Allan Stivers guides open invitation while Loyal Democrats oppose loyalty pledges, inviting all qualified voters to attend, with decisions shaping local representation.
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Byd F. Carter
Allan Stivers
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