GOPers Battle to Preserve Taft Hartley Provisions
Senate Republicans defend most Taft Hartley Act parts while backing a modified Wagner Act substitute. Douglas argues the coalition can push their program across as debate opens. Proposals include plant seizure in national emergencies, union and employer oaths, and good faith bargaining.
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Senate
Douglas
D-Ill
Tait
Ohio
Donnell
Smith
National Coal Association
John D. Battle
Association
Hill
Aiken
R-Vii
Morse
R-Ore
Withers
D-Ky
Humphrey
D.minn
Tobey
R-Nh
GOP
County survey to place Legion Hall as health unit HQ
Frank Wilson, chairman, urges all 4300 residents X-rayed last year to be scanned again as the State Health Department mobile unit opens at the legion hall June 25. Sessions run June 25 10 am to 5 pm, June 26 9 am to 6 pm, June 27 9 am to 6 pm, June 29 9 am to 6 pm, June 30 9 am to 8 pm, July 1 8 am to 6 pm, July 2 10 am to 5 pm. The unit covers Dysart Motor Co in McLean on July 4 and 5. Early detection aids cure.
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Legion
American Legion Vfw
Agein
County Medical and Tuberculosis Association
Frank Wilson
State Health Department
Dysart Motor Company
McLean
Wilson
Strike Keeps Active Sunday After Holiday Break
London reports a broad strike with engineers and firemen out, halting rail traffic across the capital region. The action disrupts service on state lines and keeps workers home as protests enter a third day.
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Britain
Gewia
London
Ady
Size of Atom Stockpile May Be Told
Senator McMahon questioned whether the size of America's atomic bomb stockpile can be disclosed to assess the Atomic Energy Commission. He warned that revealing numbers could affect military considerations, while Senator Hickenlooper urged secrecy. President Truman opposed public disclosure, and Lilienthal faces continued questioning with commission documents in hand.
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America
Atomic Energy Commission
McMahon
D-Cann
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Hickenlooper
Iowa
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
McMehon
Truman
Lillenthal
Connecticut
Lilienthal
Cass
Ste Atom
Hemphill County hit by heavy rain and wheat loss
Canadian reports a four day drought ended by 6 to 8 inches of rain on Friday. Hail accompanying the rain caused 25 to 80 percent wheat damage in Gem and Eller Flat areas, with erosion scars expected to take two years to heal. County Agent Walter Grist notes severe damage and new terraces and dams failing under the flood. Rain total in Canadian reached 8.7 inches. Six killed in a Houston area highway crash affecting two Texas Indiana families, with two people critical.
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Houston
Waller
Here
John Ww
Cop- Pinger
Pasadena
Tex
Thomas J. Balyeat
Bristol
Ind
John Thomas Balyeat
Elkhart
Balyeats
E. L. Reid, Jr
Orange
Reid
Bellville
Balyeat
Navasota
Coppinger
Balyest
Texas A&m College
Bryan
Reids
Austin
Orange Independent
C. Q. Chandler
Justice 1 of the Peace CG
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Carr
Hemphill County
Walter Grist
Gem
Eller Flat
Ramney Brothers
Paul and
Ora
Baren Henderson
Jess Tins
Roy George Place
Canadian
Attack Fatal to Canadian Woman
Mrs. Harold Stolp, 20, died at 4 30 a m Friday after a heart attack Thursday afternoon. She collapsed at the Canadian Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co where she had worked two weeks. She lived in Canadian two years. The body was taken to Christine Kansas by Stickley Funeral Home ambulance, with funeral services pending. She is survived by her husband Hay old of Canadian two children Janie Ann and Tommy and by her parents Mr and Mrs W T Hale of Christine plus two brothers and one sister.
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Harold Stolp
Canadian Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co
Christine, Yax
By & Stickley Funeral Home Ambulance
Hay
Janie Ann
Tommy
W. T. Hale
Christine
Texan Turns Tables With Worm Farm Made Good
Omer Lane of Cisco, aged in his late seventies, quit a furniture job to care for his ailing wife and started a worm farming venture. He now operates multiple beds along Lake Cisco and Lake Bernice, with an estimated 20,000 worms ready for harvesting.
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Cisco
Tex
Omer Lane
Clsco
Lane
Lake Cisco
Lake Berntie
Harvest Halfway Complete Across North Central Texas
Harvest progress remains rapid in most of North Central Texas with many counties expecting completion by June 10. Pampa area harvests to start around June 15 as equipment and labor pools shift north and west. Inter wheat prospects across Northwest Texas show a near record drop despite scattered tornadoes hail and rust.
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North Central
Texas
Amarillo
Pampa
Inter
Fanhandle
South Plains
Clean-up drive in Pam Pa faces weather delays
Persistent rains halted progress of the 1940 six-up paint-up campaign, extending 22 days past the scheduled finish. Fire Chief Ernest Winborne reports Wards 2, 3 and 4 are cleared with 208 loads of trash removed. Ward 1partial remains, weather permitting resumes.
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Pam
Ernest Winborne
Fay
Winborne Gaid
Canadian rancher injured in windmill fall
J. W. Jimmy Smith Lipscomb County rancher was seriously hurt when a rung broke while he stood on a 45 foot windmill tower. He landed on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis a broken arm and a severe concussion. He was treated at Canadian Hospital after the fall Friday morning.
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Farnsworth
Smith
Ion
Texas Square Dancers to Frolic in Venice
Mrs Lilia Lee Baker of Austin will lead a group of Southwest square dancers to Venice Italy for the first international folk music festival September 7 to 11. She chairs the Texas Square D Festival Association.
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Texas Square
Venice
Austin
Lilia Lee Baker
Italy
Texas
Government detains 111 aboard Batory in Ellis Island hearings
New York government agents swarmed the Gerhart Eisler escape ship the Batory detaining 111 passengers for Ellis Island hearings as it docked. Officials debated whether the ship was being seized while a special inquiry board prepared Monday hearings.
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U.S
Eisler
New York
Gerhart Eisler
Ellis Island
Washington
Batory
Bilis Island
Battary’s
Smayy
Dward Shaughnessy
Big Four Progress Very Slow In Berlin Talks
Weary foreign ministers ended a lengthy secret session on uniting Berlin with limited progress claimed by an American source. Western officials noted a possible area of agreement on broad principles, but details remain uncertain.
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Paris
Berlin
Witte
Russia
West
U.S
Dean Achenon
Andre
Vishinsky
Robert Schuman
Lorraine
Red Cross Veterans Claims Talk At Pampa Meeting
R l L Matthews Red Cross field director will discuss veterans claims and appeals at the annual Pampa Chapter Red Cross meeting tomorrow at 740 pm in the City Hall Commission Room. He arrives from the VA regional office in Lubbock and has historical ties to past Pampa Red Cross gatherings.
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R. l L. Matthews
Red Cross
Pampa
American Red Cross
City Commission
City Hall
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Lubbock
Army Air Corps
Matthews
Red Cross Veterans’ Claims and Appeals
Army
West
Texas
Wheeler County Joins Pampa Girl Scout Association
The Pampa Girl Scout Association expanded to include Wheeler County after a Friday board vote. A Wheeler Thursday Review Club delegation explained they sponsor a new Beout troop and seek affiliation with the broader group. New Troop 12 will be led by Mrs. Carroll Pettit with assistants Mrs. Roy Ford Miss Vanelle Starkey and Mrs. Ralph Goad. Five committee mothers were named to support troop 12, which includes 24 tenderfont Scouts beginning second badge work. Troop 18 meets Tuesdays in Wheeler County Courthouse Club Rooms, as Pampa, Hopkins and Wheeler Scouts grow, with White Deer and Loforg potentially joining soon.
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Pampa
Tenderfont
Jery
Wheeler County
Hopkins
Wheeler
White Deer
Loforg
Prizes Offered in Pampa Bicycle Parade June 18
The city wide bicycle parade on June 18 invites every rider to participate. Montgomery Ward & Co and the Pampa Chamber of Commerce sponsor with The Pampa News. William Parke provides many prizes for winners and displays will show the awards. Registration is at Ward’s Sporting Goods on the first floor. Three locals will judge the contest. The parade starts at The Pampa News building at 10 and follows Cuyler, Russel, and Atchison to finish in front of Ward’s. Chief Louis Als ten urges all riders to join for safety.
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Hest
Monty
Montgomery Ward & Co
Pampa Chamber of Commerce
Pampa News
Wiliam I. Parke
Wards
Stove
Sporting Goons
Uy Font
Pampa
News
Hans
Fame
Cuyler
Russel
Atchison
Louie Als Len Agid
Ward 2 Special Election Set For July 29
Ward 2 voters face a July 29 special election to fill the vacancy created by Vernon Hobbs resignation after two heart attacks. Hobbs, who had refused earlier to run, resigned with the City Commission accepting it last week. No candidates had been named as of filing deadline. the date was later tentative and may shift. Only Ward 2 residents will be affected.
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Vernon Hobbs
Hobbs
Burned Boy Clings to Life After Farm Fire
A 10 year old farm boy burned on 70 percent of his body when gasoline ignited during weed burning. Donnie Woodard emerged briefly from a coma, then slipped back, unable to respond to a transfusion, yet asked his father for help and hoped to recover.
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Dontle Woodard
Tim
Donnie
Hite
Not Baby Crying: Just Two Tomcats Not Baby Crying
Authorities respond to a reported baby crying sound in high weeds near a tomcat scene. Capt. Berry investigates and relays a terse finding, noting violence among felines while a community radio patch scrambles for details. No arrests reported.
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Agant Sivang
Luge Wael
Weather note with garbled forecast and ads
Fragmented weather blurb reports afternoon clouds and possible showers with no temperature changes noted The text includes an advertisement for air conditioning services Frigidaire evaporative coolers and Bart A Howell Co at 119 N Ward with a contact number unclear.
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Sindh
Orla Tina Moally
Bart A. Howell & Co
N. Ward
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