Mongolian Invasion With Soviet Planes Reaches Sinkiang
Reports from Nanking reveal Outer Mongolian forces aided by four Soviet aircraft invaded Western Sinkiang. The advance penetrated about 200 miles with heavy bombing of troops and civilians. Chiang Kai-shek named Chang Chih chung to direct northwest affairs as defense strains grow.
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Nanking
Outer Mongolia
Singkiang
Central
Dispatch
Tihwa
Sinkiang
Nanking Long
Dairen
Port Arthur
Manchuria
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Chang Chihchung
Chang
Masud Wa-teh
Tihma
Usman
Ashan District
Peiteshwan
Peitashan
Chitan
Shanghai
Hungary Leaders Race to Outmaneuver Red Purge Military
Premier Lajos Dinnyes says anti democratic elements will be purged from the Hungarian Army, claiming eighty percent have fled west. He vows friendship with the Soviet Union while party members pressure nationalization of banks and bauxite mines. The report ties Nagy’s ouster to U S aid rumors and raises Balkan shifts as Sofia hosts a Bulgarian military delegation.
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Budapest
Hungary
Lajos Dinnyes
V. P. Sviridov
National Assembly
Aluminum
Dinnyes
Assembly
Ferenc Nagy
United States
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Jozsef Revai
Szabadsag
Ferdinand
Kozovski
Soviet Union
Petru Groza
Good Will
Belgrade
Danube
Sofia
Bulgaria
Wheat crop forecast near double prewar average
Washington June 10 AP The Agriculture Department predicts a record wheat harvest of 1.409 billion bushels, about 254 million more than last year. It notes May gains but says total output hinges on the corn crop, with 20-25 percent of corn acreage unplanted as of June 1 due to wet, cool weather, while forecasting winter wheat at 1.093 billion and spring wheat at 316.8 million bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
South Plains Wheat Harvest Spreads Across Panhandle
Combines began cutting into the South Plains wheat empire with J. L. Webb of Silverton earning first delivery honors on his farm fifteen miles east of Silverton. Webb’s Wichita variety wheat yielded about 20 bushels per acre with a 62 pound per bushel test on the first load sold to the Silverton Co op Elevator at $1.96 per bushel. County Agent Leo White predicted peak harvest next week as Briscoe County reports best crop prospects in years with 75 000 acres under cultivation and 1 300 000 bushels expected, up 20 percent over 1946. Plainview area expects starting by Monday in Crosby Hale Swisher and nearby counties while Caprock regions begin harvest in Vernon Haskell Wichita Falls and Paducah districts.
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South Plains
J. L. Webb
Silverton
Mr. Webb
Wveryn Lic
Panhandle
Plaska
Memphis
Webb
Leo White
Briscoe County
Silverton Coop
Plainview
J. B. Kidd
Texas A&m College Extension Service
Crosby
Hale
Swisher
Kidd
Ochiltree
Vernon
Haskell
Wichita Falls
Paducah
South Plain
First Wheat At Hereford
Cal Dickey from Lakeview community delivered Hereford’s first 1947 wheat load. The 60 pound bushel Wichita variety dry land grain sold for $2.25 a bushel with a 25 cent premium. Dickey farms 500 acres yielding 35 bushels per acre.
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Hereford
Cal Dickey
Lakeview
Farmers Grain Company
Dickey
Snake To Double As Watchdog
A young man in Baltimore at the Enoch Pratt Free Library reported a missing snake. Librarian Elsie Phillips helped locate a 14 inch garter snake curled on a music room concerto. The man reclaimed the reptile saying he would use it to teach his wife not to go through his pockets at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Elsie Phillips
Rites Set Today For Fire Victim George H Parker
Funeral services for George H Parker, 26, will be at 10 30 A M at Hereford First Baptist Church. He died from burns after the Adrian 66 Cafe and Service Station exploded Monday noon, with his death linked to a doorway stool position. He lived in Hereford 12 years, born in Panhandle. Surviving are his wife, children, parents Mr and Mrs George S Parker of Hereford, three brothers Murl Tom Parker Hereford Glen Parker Alva Okla, and six sisters Mrs Denbert Brunstetter Alva Mrs Chauncey Rooss Oklahoma City Mrs Frank Gyles Mrs Noble Willier Mrs Clinton Jackson Mrs Jerry Albracht Hereford. Burial at West Park Cemetery Hereford conducted by Boxwell Brothers.
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George H. Parker
First Baptist Church
Hereford
Russell Wingert
Mr. Parker
Northwest Texas Hospital
Adrian
Panhandle
Vega
George S. Parker
Murl
Tom Parker
Glen Parker
Alva
Okla
Denbert Brunstetter
Chauncey Rooss
Oklahoma City
Frank Gyles
Noble Willier
Clinton Jackson
Jerry Albracht
West Park Cemetery
Boxwell Brothers
State Department Aide Resigns Over Luxury of Job
Washington June 110 UP Secretary of State George C Marshall announced that Assistant Secretary John H Hilldring has submitted his resignation, saying he spends too much of his money on the job. Hilldring, in charge of occupied areas, is a former major general who led the War Department civil affairs program.
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Washington
U.P
George C. Marshall
John H. Hilldring
Hilldring
War Department
Bank Bandits Cornered After Shootout Near Grass Valley
Three men who held up a Bank of America branch in Wheatland were cornered by a posse after a gunfight with Yuba County Sheriff John Dower and Marysville Officer Lyle Prothero south of Grass Valley. The bandits fled on foot after abandoning a stolen car, with about $12,000 believed taken.
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Marysville
Calif
Bank of America
Wheatland
Grass Valley
Squirrel Creek Canyon
Yuba County
John Dower
Marrysville
Lyle Prothero
Indian Spring Road
Gorilla Keeper Is Struck By Gorilla Bamboo
Philadelphia June 10 Bamboo the Philadelphia zoo gorilla assaulted attendant Samuel Gunata as he tried to herd the animal into an inside cage Gunata suffered skull injuries and compound fractures two arms and severe scalp lacerations his condition was serious Six attendants and three fire hoses spent minutes forcing Bamboo to release him the incident follows another Bamboo attack within two months
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Philadelphia
Bamboo
Samuel Gunata
Presbyterian Hospital
Gunata
Labor Masses Against Controls in City Parade and Rally
The CIO led a massive 60,000 strong parade through New York ending at Madison Square Garden to hear Philip Murray and Mayor O'Dwyer denounce the Taft Hartley Labor Bill. Murray called the bill provocative and aimed at forcing a showdown with labor while O'Dwyer blamed Republicans for trying to smash unions.
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New York
CIO
Madison Square Garden
Philip Murray
William O’dwyer
American Federation of Labor
Murray
America
O'Dwyer
Mayor Uses Quick Talk To Break Lynching Mob
In Hartsboro Alabama on June 10 19 year old Jimmy Harris was rescued from a mob that hogtied him and threatened lynching. Mayor Hurt Vann aided by three other white men spoke to the crowd and arranged safe custody with Sheriff Ralph Matthews and state troopers. Harris was taken to Phenix City Jail and then Montgomery Prison for protection.
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Hartsboro
Ala
Hurt Vann
Jimmy Harris
Phil
H. T. Ellison
Harris
Alabama
Vann
Russell
Phenix City
Ralph Matthews
Montgomery
Truman joins Canadian fete in Ottawa ceremony
President Truman received warm ovations during an impromptu Ottawa visit after arriving for a three day goodwill tour. He attended the ceremony at Confederation Hall honoring W L Mackenzie King on the 20th anniversary of his prime ministership and the crowd watched a portrait unveiling of King and Sir Robert Borden.
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Ottawa
Truman
Confederation Hall
W. L. MacKenzie King
King
Robert Borden
Government House
Parliament Building
Washington
United States
Senate
J. H. King
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Two Infants Die in City Hospital From Blunt Force
In Massillon Ohio two nine and ten week old girls, Rosemary Morton and Diane Brand, died in the pediatrics ward of City Hospital from blunt force injuries. Coroner Dr E C Reno ruled homicide, listing skull fractures and brain injuries in both cases while police pursued accidental death theories. Nursing staff found the babies alive at 7 45 pm after earlier reports of peaceful sleep.
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Massillon
Ohio
City Hospital
Tepureu Sivatcuwuay
E. C. Reno
Stark County
Rosemary Morton
Harry E. Morton
E. J. Lincke
Marian Lilleck
Lincke
Admits Killing Three Women in 1944 45
Detective Captain Alfred Fiegel said a voluntary admission is being checked by investigators. Ralph W. Lobaugh, a 30 year old Kokomo factory worker, claims responsibility for the unsolved murders of Anna Kuzeff, Wilhelma Hagga, and Dorothea Howard in Fort Wayne during 1944 and 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Alfred Fiegel
Kokomo
Fiegel
Ralph W. Lobaugh
Punch
Lobaugh
Anna Kuzeff
Wilhelma Hagga
Dorothea Howard
Car stolen in city at Thirteenth and Tyler
A 1947 maroon Studebaker sedan owned by Mrs. Hazel Nichols of 1010 Jefferson was reported stolen about 8:15 last night at Thirteenth and Tyler. License AD 1751.
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Studebaker
Hazel Nichols
Jefferson
Thirteenth and Tyler
UT University adds cellulose industries course this summer
The June 10 item notes new UT Austin offerings this summer including a course on cellulose industries. Kiln Dried Granary Lumber is listed, with Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co. at 1200 W 6th Avenue referenced in the snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas
Olver & Wiggins Lumber Co
Amarlio and Vicinity Weather Summary
Amarillo and vicinity see little temperature change on Wednesday and Thursday. West Texas fair midweek with only modest shifts. Yesterday temperatures ranged from 62 to 82 degrees with a max of 93 and a min of 46. Sunrise 5:32 AM sunset 8:01 PM extended forecast through June 14 calls for near normal statewide temperatures with cooler western sections and possible heavy Panhandle thundershowers Saturday.
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Amarilo
West Texas
Texas
Gulf Plains
Rio Grande Valley
Panhandle
United States of Europe Backed by Marshall and Churchill
Secretary of State Marshall and Winston Churchill voiced support for a United States of Europe while urging careful steps and no imposition of a specific political or economic system. Marshall stressed sympathy for the objective and urged cooperation under the United Nations framework. Churchill telegrammed encouragement for American support of the idea ahead of Senate and House committees considering related resolutions.
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Washington
Congress
United States of Europe
Marshall
Winston Churchill
Europe
Cal Or Economic Association
Churchill
Great Britain
America
Senate
House
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State Department
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Snake
Tafenng Shipping Company
Tafeng
Woosung
Russell State Co
Adnits
NEW Studebaker
United Nations
Capitol Hill
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Arkansas
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
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