Rationing Debate Intensifies Meat Shortage Worries
Washington lawmakers clash over meat rationing as Senator Wherry warns of confusion in controls and Secretary Anderson predicts a spring meat shortage. A Senate Banking subcommittee weighs Flanders’ bill to empower a standby rationing system amid reports of black market activity.
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Ashington
Aguinet
Tatthantes
Wherry
R-Neb
A. Senate Banking Subcommittee
R. J. Eggert
Amecleee Meat Packers
Anhcementte
Flanders
Ageia ‘ Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Meat Institute
Department of Agriculture
Sale of New License Tags Starts Monday
New 1948 license plates for all vehicles go on sale Monday Feb 2 and can be attached immediately. County tax assessor J B Johnston announced the change to allow earlier attachment, easing the rush from the 60 day gap before the old plate deadline. Two new types farm truck tractors and house trailers are added. plates are issued in pairs with orange numerals and letters and are produced by Texas prison inmates.
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J. B. Johnston
State Highway Department
Johnston
Texas
Bomb damages La Comuna building in Lomas de Zamora
A bomb wrecked the facade of La Comuna, a Buenos Aires newspaper aligned with the Radical party, in Lomas De Zamora injuring no one. The attack targets a media outlet opposing President Juan D. Peron.
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Buenos Aires
la Comuna
Lomas de Zamora
Noona
Radical Party
Juan D. Peron
King's Bargain Day Advertisement on Broadway
Fragmentary notice recalls a King's store sale at 1 1020 Broadway with street bargain language and promotional wording. No further details available.
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King’s 1
Committee Named To Study Project Crippled Children's Center
A Lubbock based committee was named at a Hilton luncheon to study establishing a crippled children treatment center focusing on cerebral palsy. Texas Society leaders and Dallas center officials outlined progress, with 200 children examined since last April and 100 under treatment, 15 of whom are negroes.
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First Baptist Church
Texas Society For Crippled Children
Mack Wells
Plainview
Juliette Gratke
Dallas
Margaret Watkins
Dallas Center
Martin M.ricker
State Society
Herbert E
McLennan County Center
Waco
Haynes Wells
Avalanche Journal
Lubbock
Hilton Hotel
Steis
Texas
Thomas
United States
Center
Truman urges voluntary grain curb by whisky makers
President Truman asked whisky producers to limit grain use to 500000 bushels a month for January as his allocation powers expire. He urged Congress to extend them nine months and said the grain shortage threatens national security. He appealed to distillers to avoid unlimited ethanol production and to use no wheat in whisky.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr.Truman
Five Prisoners Recaptured After Potter County Jail Break
Amarillo report states five inmates were recaptured and one remained at large, Marvin C. Riley of Emory, Texas, after overpowering jailer Dick Ruffner with a steel saw and using the jail elevator to escape. Ruffner fought the assailants for about thirty minutes before they fled back to cells.
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Amarillo
Potter County
Liberty
Marvin C. Riley
Emory
Tex
Dick Ruffner
Ruffner
Opposition to Take Stand on Ard Aid Program
Public statement notes opposition to the aid program with emphasis on the second year. Senators Vandenberg and Connally discuss timing and potential cuts. Agreement that initial year must focus on food fuel and fertilizer aid while the organization builds capacity.
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Rergram
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Sue
Industrializs
Nyt
Am -Organiza
Connally
Demos Seek To Outbid GOP In Tax Showdown
Democrats proposed a tax overhaul aiming to end the tax ladder and raise rates for higher earners while seeking to outbid GOP plans. The report notes a political clash over fiscal policy in Washington with party leaders framing the stakes ahead of votes.
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Demos
GOP
Elmer Minn Officials Shot in Town Board Meeting
Five town board members were involved in a fatal shooting at a formal Elmer Minnesota meeting after one applicant was denied a beer tavern license. Three board members were killed two wounded and one escaped with Deputy Ed Anderson identifying the attacker as Joe Contanzi 32.
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USUTH
Minn
Van
Elmer
Frank Svoboda
Emil Makela
Albert Dupac
Contanzi
Bernsdorf
Ringhoffer
Hope Fades For Missing Star Tiger Plane
Thirty aircraft from the United States and Bermuda scoured a stormy Atlantic area off Bermuda for the British airliner Star Tiger with 29 aboard. London says the plane is presumed lost while operators hold hope for survivors among 23 passengers and six crew. Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham was among the passengers as seas ran 40 feet high.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Atlantic
U.S. Army
Navy
Kindley Field
British
Ministry of Civil Aviation
London
British South American Airways
Sir Arthur Coningham
Two Persons Injured in Broadway Crash In City
Two men and women were injured in a two car crash at Broadway and Avenue N at 1 35 this morning. Jack Bradley 24 of 703 Broad way was identified as driver of a light car that struck a parked vehicle. Bradley and two women companions were taken to West Texas hospital. They were semi conscious but not believed to be in critical condition after a preliminary exam about 2 am. Names of the women were not obtained.
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City
Broadway
Avenue N
Jack Bradley
West Texas Hospital
Plane crash near Perryton injures Nebraska couple
Mr and Mrs Julian McClenahan of Venango Nebraska were hurt when their plane crashed on a ranch near Perryton. Both suffered broken necks and were hospitalized after the incident reported January 31.
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Amarillo
Julian McClenahan
Venango
Neb
Perryton
Gandhi cremation completes as turmoil continues in India
Indian authorities report Gandhi's cremation finished while rioting persists in Bombay province. Police and troops guard the cremation site as followers mourn, and questions swirl about the assassination's motive. Devadas Gandhi to decide ashes fate at 10 am. Curfews and arrests rise amid political upheaval.
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India
Gandhi
Devadas
Jumna
Ganges
Madras Regiment
Indian Army
Devadas Gandhi
Congress Party
Bombay
Hindu Maha Sabha
Essions
Investigation of murder crowd at Gandhi funeral circle
In the mob scene surrounding the pyre, people formed a circle a half mile wide. A night-long vigil had gathered near Gandhi's quarters as the funeral procession moved five miles through the crowd. Hindu priests in white, both men and women, chanted Hindu hymns.
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Gandhi
UN Partition Group Plans Palestine Arrival In Spring
The United Nations Partition Commission will enter Palestine in March or April depending on talks with Britain and Security Council debate on an international force. Delegates reject Britain's warning to stay out until two weeks before British rule ends May 15, aiming to act on the ground with on site work. The commission will draft a report to the council on the need for a military presence.
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Lake
United Nations Partition Commission
Palestine
Security Council
Holy Land
Britain
League of Nations
Bevin
Council
Special session urged by state representative
State Rep. James C. Spencer of Athens requested Gov. Beauford H. Jester call a special session of the legislature. He cited a deficit in the teacher salary fund and shortages in the penitentiary food fund along with emergency junior college needs and issues from severe cold weather in Texas.
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Austin
James C. Spencer
Athens
Henderson County
Beauford H. Jester
Texas
Spencer
New Record Set in County Poll Taxes Reach Record Total
Lubbock County saw a record poll tax and exemption issuance with more than 22 000 accounted for by the midnight payment deadline. County tax assessor J B. Jmi reported 2 444 poll taxes and about 500 exemptions from two sub stations run by local clubs, with final totals possibly climbing to 22 500 or 23 000.
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J. B. J mi
Call
Lubbock County
John
Lubbock
Mark Halsey
Wylie
Johnston
al- Lubbock Jaycees
County Cotton Crop Sets Record High In 1937 38 Season
Cotton men estimate the final 1937 38 season total will exceed 180000 bales with 97 percent ginned by Jan 15. The record surpassed previous highs of 563500 rolls and suggests the year’s crop will top earlier figures.
Oklahoma School Segregation Ruling Bars Negroes
Oklahoma Attorney General Mac Williamson ruled it unlawful for the University of Oklahoma regents to admit six Negroes seeking graduate work. He said public segregation laws must be enforced until changed by the people or higher authority. The regents sought a direct yes or no on admissions.
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Oklahoma City
Mac Q. Williamson
University of Oklahoma
Williamson
Oklahoma
Jerome E. Hemry
Law School For
State Capitol
Walter M. Harrison
Arny Oem
H . ‘Emry Harrison
Steer Owned By Tech Student Wins Award
Fort Worth January 31 UBC Ernest an 11 month old Hereford from Vernon Wolf 18 won grand champion after earlier taking Hereford division honors at the Exposition and Fat Stock show. Ronnie Fee of Colorado City claimed reserve champion with T O Win. Wolf said he named the steer for Fort Worth breeder Ernest Grissom and plans to use the prize and sale proceeds for education and more steers.
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Fort Worth
UBC
Ernest
Vernon Wolf
T. O. Win
Ronnie Fee
Colorado City
Wolf
Big Spring
Ernest Grissom
Groundhog Shadow Forecast Distant, Cold Spell Incoming
A North American groundhog forecast remains uncertain with a possible shadow Monday as the forecast calls for mainly cloudy skies. Weathermen predict little temperature change, noting a January range from 1 to 80 degrees and a midnights report highlighting variable conditions at municipal airport.
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Bureau
Victor H. Halliburton
Weath
Italy Presses Russia Over Naval Protest and Trade Pact
Rome declares Soviet protest over American warships in Hallan waters as interference and says a permanent Italy United States trade and navigation treaty will be signed Monday. Italo American pact would be first such accord with a European power since the war and grants port privileges to visiting ships of other nations.
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Lta
Cea
Hallan
United States
Russia
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