Senate log rolling threatens OPA as price controls face cutbacks
Senate talks on lifting price controls reveal bartering among senators with commodity interests. Senator Ellender warns of heavy log rolling and urges a reasonable bill extending OPA if it trims nonessential controls and aligns with wage trends. La Follette notes OPA has a fighting chance if mistakes are corrected swiftly. Senate banking committee hearings continue with possible closed door discussions two weeks or more away.
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William T. Peacock
Associated Press
Ashton
OPA
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Congress
LaFollette
Stabilization
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Senate
Winners Named In Floyd Show At Floydada
The Floyd County Junior Livestock show drew 142 entries with top honors to Earl Edwards Jr for grand dairy Jersey and James Powell for grand Southdown lamb. Grand champion hog went to Gordon Hambright, reserve to Seth Johnston. grand beef to Lavon Shearer, reserve to Troy Lee McNeill. Prices ranged from 27 to 45 cents per pound with hogs and lambs averaging 17 cents. Judge Ray C. Mowery from Texas Tech presided over the event with numerous division winners listed.
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Floydada
Floyd County
Earl Edwards, Jr
James Powell
Jackie Lee Johnson
Gordon Hambright
Hampshire
Oden Chevrolet Company
Oden
A. and P. Food Stores
Dallas
Ray C. Mowery
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Earl Edwards
Robert Hambright
Martin Peterson
Edwards
Carmack
Billy Charles Carmack
Jack Cantrell
Powell
Stanley Conner
Jerry Dunn
Kenneth Thornton
Bobby Tom Wesley
Government Sets New Ceilings For Dwellings Nationwide
The National Housing Administration ordered reduced price ceilings for most new homes and required one fourth to be rental housing. At least half of rental units must be under ceilings from $40 in New Orleans to $65 in New York, and half of sold homes below a city specific line from $4,500 in New Orleans to $9,000 in New York. Veterans get top priority for housing priorities, with further preference for builders agreeing to sell or rent under the new lines. Local FHA directors will set city dividing lines.
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Sterling F. Green
Ashington
National Housing Administration
Lclilgl
Wilson W. Wyatt
New Orleans
New York
Federal Housing Administration
Denver
Seattle
Atlanta
Louisville
Fort Worth
Providence
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Break With Franco Seen Doubted As UN Probe Moves Forward
Mexico leads support for Australia’s plan to form a five member UN Security Council committee to probe Franco Spain and report by May 17. Poland Russia and France weigh positions while most delegations express cautious approval and no immediate opposition emerges.
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Spain
W. R. Hodgson
Mexico
Ge Eralissimo Franco
Poland
Oscar Lange
Hodgson
Lange
Russia
France
Campaign Warming Up For Texas Governors Race
Several gubernatorial hopefuls sharpen campaigns adding platforms, HQs, and workers. Notable figures Gov. Coke Stevenson Bob Calvert and James V. Alfred remain noncommittal. Jerry Sadler expands his platform with nine points including education raises and farm to market road construction. Case March logs 10,000 miles touring the state and L. J. Sulak of La Grange announces a bid for Congress.
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Dave Cheavens
Coke R. Stevenson
Bob Calvert
James V. Alfred
Homer P. Rainey
Jerry Sadler
Texas
State Guard
National Guard
John Lee Smith
Young Democrats
Smith
Russia
Jack Carter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Case March
Rio Grande Valley
L. J. Sulak
la Grange
Con
U S Considerations On Japan Food Shipments
The Far Eastern commission may ask the United States to rethink plans to ship over 500 000 tons of food to Japan by late June. The economic and financial affairs committee met for a second day to review the shipments which anger some Allied nations. A full commission vote is expected at the Thursday meeting. The U S argues the issue lies with the British American food board.
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Washington
Far Eastern Commission
United States
Japan
Commission
Combined Food Board
Bankers to Open Annual Convention in Midland
South Plains bankers meet in Midland on Monday at 10 a.m. for their annual convention opening with a record attendance predicted by association president Robert W. Piner of Big Spring.
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Bankers
Midland
Tex
South Plains Bankers
Robert. .W. Piner
Big Spring
Association
McCullough Named Acting City Engineer After King's Death
City Manager Homer Hunter announces N B McCullough acting city engineer while a replacement is sought. McCullough will focus mainly in the engineering office but retain water and street supervision with some duties delegated to foremen. The post became vacant after Arch L King died from a gunshot wound ruled personal safety related.
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N. B. McCullough
Homer Hunter
McCullough
Hunter
Arch L. King
Car of famed aviator found abandoned in Las Vegas
The car of Alex Papana, Romanian Air Force captain and 1932 Olympic bobsledder, was found abandoned with a note about unrequited love. The convertible, registered to Papana of Beverly Hills, bore hotel stationery and hinted at personal turmoil.
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Las Vegas
Alex Papana
Beverly Hills
Calif
Near record Texas crop yields forecast despite labor crunch
An Associated Press survey shows Texas farmers expect near record yields for many crops if weather holds. Labor shortages and scarce equipment hinder harvest, with veterans scarce as wage costs rise. Some areas report adequate help, others face critical shortages in cotton and rice, while storage and transport improve.
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Associated Press
Texas
Houston
Paris
Camp Maxey
el Paso
Howard County
Marshall
Austin
Beaumont
Galveston
Abilene
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Sherman
Corsicana
Lubbock
Temple
San Angelo
Wichita Falls
Denton
Big Spring
Truman Meets Lewis on Coal Strike With No Clear Result
President Truman discussed the soft coal strike with John L. Lewis and Labor Secretary Schwellenbach but White House aides said no conclusive outcome arose. Schwellenbach planned talks with Ezra Van Horn of the mine operators group. The UMW head left negotiations April 10 urging a union administered health and welfare fund. Sixty to seventy percent of the nation faced strike impacts with 400000 UMW members out since April 1 and 640000 others idle or affected nationwide.
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Associated Press
Truman
John L. Lewis
Schwellenbach
White House
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
UMW
Ford Motor Company
Easter Celebrations Across World Mark Coinciding Feasts
Easter joy spans continents as Eastern and Western churches share the holiday on the same date for the first time since 1943. In Jerusalem crowds overflow churches while Russians, Japanese and Americans mark the day in peaceful observances amid global tensions and religious processions.
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Associated Press
World At Peace
Gregorian
Jerusalem
Communists Seize Changchun. Harbin Defense Falters
Hong Kong April 20. Chinese Communists encircling Harbin declared plans to seize the city as government forces retreat. Changchun, the capital 150 miles away, has fallen, with U S envoy General Marshall seeking a five day window for a truce. Government officials report unchecked Communists advancing while U S correspondents and observers remain missing.
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Harold K. Miles
Associated Press
Hong King
Harbin
Manchurian
Manchuria
Changchun
First Army
Szepingkai
U. S
U. S. Army
Marshall
Mahon Ends Los Alamos A-Bomb Project Visit
Rep. Mahon a member of the House Military Affairs appropriations subcommittee left Los Alamos for Texas after a brief inspection of the atomic bomb project. He said a report would be filed after May 1 when the War Department appropriations bill is considered. He will stop at Clovis New Mexico before Lubbock and Amarillo Texas.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Mahon
D-Tex
House
Military Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee
Texas
War Department
Clovis
Lubbock
Amarillo
Tex
Dangerous Tests Planned at San Jose Island Perlas Group
The U S Army Panama Canal department said dangerous military tests would begin next Monday at San Jose island in the Perlas group about 50 miles east of the Pacific entrance of the canal.
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Balboa
C. Z
U. S. Army
Panama Canal
Verse of John 3 16
A Bible verse from John 3 16 states that God loved the world and gave his only begotten Son so that believers may have eternal life. The line emphasizes faith as the path to salvation.
Easter Services Fill Lubbock With Peaceful Observance
Thousands gather in Lubbock churches for Easter services marking the first peacetime holiday in five years. Inter-Denominational Ministers sponsor a union sunrise service for Black worshippers at Booker T. Washington park, broadcast on KFYO from 7 to 730 AM.
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Lubbock
Booker T. Washington Park
Inter-Denominational Ministers Association
KFYO
J. E. Blackmore
Asbury Methodist
First Christian Churches
Asbury Church
Mackenzie Park
First Christian Church
Lewis B. Cooper
G. P. Kuykendall
Showdown in Jap Politics as Premier Hints Resignation
Tokyo reports a crisis edge as Premier Kujuro Shidehara hints at resigning to join a new cabinet as foreign minister. Cabinet Secretary Narahashi suggested a deal with Shidehara in the next cabinet while Shidehara contemplates forming a conservative coalition. Former army officers reportedly organize groups as occupation authorities monitor closely.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kujuro Shidehara
Underground Said
Wataru Narahashi
Shidehara
Eisenhower Returns to Birthplace Denison Texas
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower visited his birthplace Denison on April 20 and told a large crowd that food is essential to world peace. He marched with Sam Rayburn in a parade past cheering locals, visited the house where he was born and shared a breakfast with Denison women.
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Gen. Eisenhower
Denison
W. P. Boswell
Associated Press
Enison
Dwight D. Eisenhower
America
Sam Rayburn
Den
Ike
Jennie Jackson
Jennie
Army
Dwight
Miss Jackson
Truman preps Williamsburg cruise to view Eighth Fleet maneuvers
President Truman ordered the yacht Williamsburg readied to depart down the Potomac River for a two day look at Eighth Fleet maneuvers. He plans to transfer to the 45000 ton aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt and sail off Norfolk to inspect Virginia Capes operations.
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Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
Potomac River
Norfolk
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Virginia Capes
Eighth Fleet
Harriman Starts London Trip From National Airport
Ambassador designate W. Averell Harriman left National Airport aboard a plane bound for London, as official State Department spokesman announced.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
England
National Airport
London
State Department
Bread Use Cut May Be Higher Than 25 Percent
Chicago reports indicate bread and all flour products may fall further than the 25 percent cut ordered by the government unless a federal bonus induces farmers to release stored wheat. Experts predict a widespread reduction across flour based goods with a potential 30 cent per bushel bonus to farmers seen as key to meeting the 160 million bushel target during the food crisis.
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Chicago
Europe
Franklin Bing
American Institute of Baking
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Weather Summary for West Texas and New Mexico
West Texas mostly cloudy with scattered showers and storms brief cool spell Sunday and Monday. New Mexico partly cloudy with isolated showers or storms Sunday, cooler northeast. Sunday highs 65 to 75 north, 80 to 85 along the southern border. Official Texas Experiment Station readings show maximum 83 and minimum 47 across a 34 hour window concluding yesterday.
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Texas
New Mexico
Lezas
Texas Experiment Station
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