Flood Devastates Oklahoma Roads Traps Bus Passengers
Severe floods in Oklahoma and northern Texas flood lowlands along streams and creeks after three days of heavy rain. A Greyhound bus near Hydro was swept from US Highway 66 and 100 cars stranded as rescues and searches continued. A woman reportedly washed from a bridge survived by clinging to a telephone post for hours.
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Deer Creek
W. Jones
Amarillo
Oklatits Redie
Hhoma City
Munn
Oklahoma
Kanas
States
Charles Dawson
Hydro
Billie Bryan
Caddo Electric Co-operative
Wallace Kidd
Anadarko
Daily News
Raglesky
Priesen
Dunn
Greyhound
Don Walters
el Reno
Ethel Scarlett
Walters
Scarlett
Supreme Court allows vote for seniors lacking renewal certificate
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that voters over 60 who miss the annual poll tax exemption renewal before February 1 may vote in this year’s elections. The decision reverses the Eastland Court of Civil Appeals ruling that towns of 10 000 or more must obtain renewal certificates to qualify. The ruling quotes Justice Smedley affirming no denial of voting rights for failure to renew.
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Supreme Court
Eastland Court of Civil Appeals
Price Daniel
Eastland
Grover Sellers
Howard County Independent
Toungs Witn
Graham B. Smediey
J. E. Hickman
James P. Hart
W. St. John Garwood
John H. Sharp
W. M. Taylor
Gordon Simpson
Few Brew
Battle Dewey Blitz Taft Stassen Fight For Nomination
The Taft Stassen anti Dewey faction accelerates a counter offensive at the Republican convention. Talks involve secret meetings as nominees vie for ballots with Dewey gaining momentum and open convention hopes. Vandenberg Sigler and Warren are pushed as potential open arena players.
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DEWEY
Taft-Stassen
Taft
Oblonn
Stassen
Duff
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Earl Warren
California
Sigler
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Vanderberg
Vandenberg
Duffy
Joseah R. Grundy
Lee Taft-Stassen
Russells
Taylor
Amarillo Drug Store Owner Eli Johnston Dies in El Paso
Eli Johnston a former Amarillo drug store owner and World War I veteran died at 2 AM in Hotel Dieu Hospital El Paso after a liver illness. He was 55, had operated three drug stores in Amarillo in the early 1920s, and was son of the late Dr E A Johnston. The body to be taken to Amarillo Thursday by N B Griggs Sons.
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Amarillo
Eli Johnston
Hotel Diew Hospital
el Paso
Griggs Sons
E. A. Johnston
Tom Curtis
Gerald
Pierce
Henrietta
Eli
Baylor University
Johnston Page
John Maynard Lbr Co
West Hills
Memory of Beating by Father Brings Blood 20 Years Later
London dispatch reports a patient recounting a 20 year old assault by a father with sadistic acts. He describes renewed injuries and a red welt from rope binding surfacing during a hospital detention episode, reviving memories of the earlier abuse.
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London
Massachusetts Governor Denounces sectional war talk over Conley case
Governor Bradford of Massachusetts rejects a Brockton judge statement as inflammatory. He notes strong Massachusetts Texas ties and recalls wartime bonds, urging all sides to avoid sectarian vitriol while highlighting Massachusetts citizens offering aid after the Texas City disaster.
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Louis B. Conley
Massachusetts
Robert F. Bradford
State House
Boston
Conley
Texas
Texas City
Jester
Francis W. Pritchard
First Presbyterian Church
Bradford
Globe
Brockton
Mass
Louis Walcott Title Bout Postponed To Tomorrow Night
The Louis Walcott fight at Yankee Stadium was delayed due to rain after Promoter Jacobs weighed in at noon and decided to wait until 3 30. Louis weighed 213 and Walcott 194 pounds marking his heaviest ever.
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New York
Joe Louis
Joe Walcott
Yankee Stadium
Joe
Mike Jacobs
Louis
Walcott
Tickling the Kitty Now Might Bring Victory Smiles This Far
A fragmented travel tale from Port, Conn to Stamford shows reporters recounting a dollar heavy ride on a Connecticut special. They describe brash conduct by officials and a rough sergeant, with travel costs and odd detours noted before hinting at further details on Page 13.
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Matefl Howe
Farnham Port
Conn
Mr. Bradley
Connecticut
Stamford
Elect
Paia
New York
Visiting Firemen Busy Jamestown Theft Case
Jamestown New York reports a peculiar incident as several visiting firemen hire a taxi to follow Chief Rudolph H Swanson to two fires. They state they are firemen no matter where they are.
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Jamestown
Rudolph H. Swanson
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