Gold toothpick gift and Colorado peak facts headline
A West Yellowstone note thanks Ben Lipshy for a solid gold toothpick and holder. It reports Colorado’s Mt Elbert as the highest at 14 431 feet, lists peaks higher than Pike’s Peak, then recounts a Madison River fishing trip with hat bets, rope crossings, and trout catches amid river misadventures.
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Pike's Peak
Colorado
Mt. Elbert
Leadville
Mt. Massive
Mt. Harvard
Blanca Peak
la Plata Peak
Ted Houghton
Madison River
Mr. Houghton
Montana ranching warned as tough on cattle and chickens
A Texas cattleman cautions cowmen about Montana prospects urging investors to stay with Texas holdings. He notes Montana winters hurt calves, hay costs rise, steer trading risks, and warns that many will switch to steers but only the smartest succeed, advising to keep money in Texas.
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Texas
Montana
Montana Fever Weather Warning Prompts Montana Move Advice
The note warns Panhandle residents about harsh Montana winters and frosty July. It urges visitors not to move for money, predicting most who relocate will end up broke within five years and drift back home.
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The
Panhandle
Montana
the Panhandle
Two Men Injured When Car Hits Abutment Underpass
Early this morning two men were treated for injuries after the car they rode in collided with an abutment on the Fillmore Street Underpass. Injured were Willis Judd 21 and Jack Pennell 22. Judd claimed another vehicle cut in front, forcing him to swerve. The pair were taken to St. Anthony's Hospital.
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St. Anthony’s Hospital
Jack Pennell
Polk
Willis Judd
Harrison
Judd
Fillmore
City Checks Paving Costs From 18 Texas Cities
Amarillo city engineer Stan Field requests paving cost data from 18 Texas cities for a cost comparison with Amarillo. He aims to tabulate the information for the city commission’s next meeting and to assess bid competitiveness among contractors for Amarillo street projects.
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Texas
Stan Field
Amarillo
Field
Pieid
Loss of Cocker Spaniel Reported by Earl Wyatt
Earl Wyatt of 1500 Jefferson reports a black Cocker Spaniel missing. He believes the dog strayed or was stolen and notes the animal has a long tail. The owner is five years old.
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Earl Wyatt
Jefferson
Mr. Wyatt
Wesley Nelson honored at regional reclamation going away party
Wesley R. Nelson, appointed July 1 as assistant commissioner of reclamation, was feted at a going away gathering by his staff at the US Bureau of Reclamation regional headquarters. He remains regional director pending successor. a Washington report said Krug will name the new regional director next Monday. About 120 employees and spouses attended at the Herring Hotel with remarks from Spencer Baird.
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Wesley R. Nelson
Krug
Herring Hotel
Garford Wilkinson
Reclamation
Spencer L. Baird
Nelson
Rail car shortages and policy clash plague 1947 wheat movement
Gur levy warned of tight boxcar supply early spring and Yeager cited better harvest prospects before harvest revealed worsened conditions. Gurley pressed railroads to secure all available boxcars as a long range program amid shifting national wheat policies and uncertain crop outcomes.
Greek ministry reports 800 guerrillas scattered near Zagoria
The Greek air ministry said 800 guerrillas, likely including those pushed back from Ionnina, were dispersed near Zagoria by Greek fighter planes raking the woods with machine gun fire. Pilots assessed heavy casualties.
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Ionnina
Zagoria
Air Ministry
Father Reports Polio Victim Is Improved
Dale Nutter an 11 year old poliomyelitis victim shown improvement this morning. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Earl Nutter of 1500 Bowie. Dale is in the polio clinic at Plainview and doctors believe he contracted the disease in South Texas.
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Dale Nutter
Dale
Earl Nutter
Bowie
Plainview
South
Texas
Lamarr Bailey of Hobbs Held on Larceny Charge
Lamarr Bailey of Hobbs was arrested yesterday by sheriff's officers and State police for larceny of a gun in Eunice New Mexico. The sheriff's office said there was a felony warrant against Bailey in Kermit Texas.
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Lamarr Bailey
Hobbs
Eunice
Bailey
Kermit
Tex
Lightning knocks studding from house in construction
Lightning struck last night at a new residence under construction at 2810 Hayden. Mrs. L. V. Wallace said several pieces of studding were knocked out. The property owner is Joe Campbell, with Mrs. Wallace noting her husband is building the house at 721 West Fourteenth.
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Hayden
Markets Kansas City Livestock Report July 18
Cattle 2 000, calves 300 with odd head slaughter yearlings. calves bulls weak to lower. hogs 2 500 fairly active. top 26.00 to shippers for 170-240 lb. cattle and 25 50 for other weights. Sheep 5 000 moderately active. native lambs around 24 50 to 25 50. Chicago markets show similar cautious tone with steers and heifers trading narrowly and lambs steady to slightly lower. Financial data notes Liquidating fund at 1 9794 with offering 2 17.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago
Samuel G Blythe Dies at 79 Noted Journalist
Samuel G Blythe, famed journalist and former editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine, died at Sunset Hill Pebble Beach after a long illness. The writer who advised Presidents from Cleveland to Roosevelt lived in Monterey Bay area 16 years and will be buried in Pacific Grove with funeral services planned for Saturday.
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Cal
New York
Samuel G Blythe
Cosmopolitan
Saturday Evening Post
Old New York World
Sunset Hill
Pebble Beach
Grover Cleveland
Frankling Roosevelt
Pacific Grove
Anti-Trust Inquiry Focuses on Gas Dealers in Texas
Attorney General Price Daniel announced that the anti-trust probe moves to interviews with gas wholesale agents next week. Checks of filling stations will finish this week with the inquiry centered in Austin Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio and Houston.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Houston
House Cuts Foreign Aid in 12.6 Percent Reduction
The House Appropriations Committee voted a 12.6 percent cut in Truman era foreign aid, proposing 1.353 billion dollars in total outlays. The move targets Greece Turkey Poland Austria Hungary and refugees while shifting aid schedules and limiting resources, despite protests from GOP leaders.
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Poland
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Italy
Trieste
Germany
Japan
Korea
Denham Predicts Taft Hartley Will Aid Labor and Industry
Washington July 18 Robert N Denham newly appointed key man behind the Taft Hartley labor law predicted that under proper administration the act will benefit labor and industry He said he does not intend to use his powers to dictate labor relations and that labor does not need a czar Also President Truman named Abe Murdock and J Copeland Gray as additional National Labor Relations Board members with all three posts paying 12000 annually and awaiting Senate confirmation.
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Robert N. Denham
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
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Abe Murdock
Democratic House
Utah
J. Copeland Gray
Buffalo
Senate
Hess Transferred To Spandau Prison
Rudolf Hess and six other high Nazis who escaped the Nuremberg trials were secretly moved to Spandau Prison near Berlin for terms of 10 years to life. Hess, Funk, and Raeder made their first postwar appearance in the capital since 1945 as they entered guarded transport. Spandau is run by the four occupying powers: the United States, Russia, Britain, and France.
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Rudolph Hess
Spandau Prison
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Walter Funk
Erich Raeder
Adolf Hitler
Spandau
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Russia
Great Britain
France
Violence Flare Hits Brooklyn Bank Strike
New violence erupted in a two day old strike against Brooklyn Trust Co. as police clubs were used on pickets. A bank guard was arrested for assault after a CIO member complained of being struck while attempting to join a Canarsie branch line.
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New York
Brooklyn Trust Co
Greater
Court Refuses injunction on BBC bullfight broadcast
Justice David Jenkins refused to grant an injunction preventing the British Broadcasting Corporation from airing a description of a Spanish bullfight. The Performing Animals Defense League argued the program encouraging foreign cruelty would familiarize the British public with brutality.
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London
David Jenkins
Today
British Broadcasting Corporation
Performing Animals Defense League
BBC
Romania bids for United Nations membership study
The United Nations Security Council agreed to study Romania's bid for UN membership. The application was referred to the council's membership committee for review along with other pending bids.
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Romania
Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Council
Guide Feeds Tourists 16 Million Acre Navajo Reserve
A tour group in Gallup New Mexico asked the chamber for a Navajo reservation guide. They were offered a highly knowledgeable guide for ten dollars a day. The party planned a brief look before dinner. The reservation spans 16 000 000 acres.
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Gallup
Chamber of Commerce
Spray Picnic Spots City Parks
Mark Miles city park superintendent used the new city fogger to spray disinfectant DDT on picnic spots in city parks. Two raven weaving mills have been established in Eire.
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Mark Miles
Eire
Chain Stores Set New Summer Hours
The national chain stores adopt a summer schedule per J C Penney Co official P V Alexander. Weekdays 9 to 5 30. Saturdays close at 8 except Sears Roebuck which stays open until 9. Independent apparel shops keep old hours. Most stores run 9 to 6 Monday through Saturday.
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National
P. V. Alexander
J. C. Penny Co
Sears- Roebuck
Sears
Funeral set for General W Alsbrooks veteran leader
Funeral services for General W Alsbrooks longtime state and local veterans leader will be at 4 pm tomorrow at San Jacinto Methodist Church. He died yesterday at Veterans Hospital after a heart attack. Surviving relatives include his widow two daughters several brothers sisters and grandchildren. N S Griggs & Sons directing. The text also notes the Coast Guard officer academy history.
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San Jacinto Methodist Church
T. Edgar Neal
Mr. Alsbrooks
Veterans Hospital
West Eleventh
Allbrooks
Kerrville
American Legion
143Rd Infantry
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Legion
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J. E. Pietzsch
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N. S. Griggs & Sons
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