Pappy Aiming At Presidency Anew
Dallas reporter notes W Lee O Daniel weighs presidential aspirations after saying he is not currently a candidate for office. He avoids ruling out future runs, signaling openness to national or state roles as 1952 and 1954 elections loom. The piece traces his political trajectory from governor to possible federal ambitions.
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Austin
W. Lee O’daniel
Capital
Odaniel
O’daniel
United States
West Point Appointment Earned by Texas Panhandle Youth
Ned Brooks on NBC Washington newscast highlights Earl Leroy Smith of Boys Ranch Amarillo and Ben Guill of Pampa as key figures. Smith, 17, orphan since age 11, earned appointment to the US Military Academy at West Point after guidance from Guill and the Boys Ranch leader Cal Farley. Smith attends Texas A&M on a half scholarship from the Panhandle A&M Club.
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Sunoca
NBC
Washington
Amarillo
Boys Ranch
Cong
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Pampa
Smith
Earl Leroy Smith
Congress
US Military Academy
West Point
Brooks
Texas
Guill
Cal Farley
Farley
Boys Ranch School
Texas A&m College
Panhandle A&m Club
Gui
Mental Patient Stain by Inmate Stabbing at Iowa Hospital
In Mason City Iowa May 29 a mental hospital inmate killed fellow patient Louis Beenken 52 by stomping him after Beenken reportedly “bothered me all the time.” Harold Westcott 37 said he struck Beenken with his feet Beenken’s body lay on the floor with a battered head Westcott faces remittance to Cherokee State Hospital or Anamosa Insane Ward per County Attorney James Brown.
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Mason City
Iowa
Lawrence Cain
Cerro Gordo County
Harold Westcott
Louis Beenken
Beenken
Westcott
James Brown
Cherokee
Anamosa
DAREDEVIL DRIVER 10 TO LECTURE SAFETY DAY DOWNTOWN AMARILLO
Capt. Jack O Diamonds a Southern California daredevil known as The Man Who Has Had More Wrecks Than Anyone Else in the World will headline a Safety Day exhibition in Amarillo Saturday June 10 from 4 to 530 PM. He will demonstrate safe driving stopping distances at 20 30 40 and 60 mph skidding avoidance and hand signals then perform risky feats to illustrate what not to do. The event sponsored by the Amarillo Safety Council features Bozo the clown and Miss Audrey Lester with Diamonds sharing his philosophy of choosing safety over speed.
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Southern California
Amarillo
Jack O. Diamonds
Hollywood Daredevil Aces
Amarillo Safety Council
Maynard Drake
Safety Council
Diamond
Ocean Park
Cal
Diamonds
James B. Loveday
Hollywood
World Wide Pictures
Rio
Russian Army of 300000 in Red China
Nationalist China accuses the Soviet Union of pouring 300000 troops into Red China. Beijing says 150000 Soviet troops man key Manchurian cities while 10000 to 20000 are south of the Great Wall. Tens of thousands wearing Chinese uniforms with Russian gear arrived in Shanghai amid rice requisitions.
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Formosa
China
Russia
Red China
Manchuria
Defense Ministry
Manchurian
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Harbin
Mukden
Changchun
Great Wall
Peiping
Tientsin
Tsinan
Shanghai
Haakow
Britons Hark The First Lark in Damp May Dawn
In Glanton England 700 bird fans endured damp hills to hear the first lark of the day. The inaugural note rang at 2 52 from Scotland's eastern lowlands and the lark edged out the curlew by one minute in the annual listening derby begun in 1933. Noble Rollin of Glanton Bird Research Station compiles the reports. the common house sparrow earned a jab about laziness, keeping quiet until 4 20.
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Glanton
England
Scotland
Hold Rites for Vaudeville Star
Funeral services for vaudeville veteran Leon Abner Weaver age 67 will be held in North Hollywood tomorrow. Weaver died Saturday of a heart attack at his brother Frank Weaver’s home known as Cicero in the Weaver Brothers and Elvira act. Elvira in real life is Frank Weaver’s wife June. The body will be flown to the family home near ae Mo for another service Wednesday.
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Cal
Leon
Abner) Weaver
Weaver
Frank
Cicero
Weaver Brothers
Elvira
Elviry
Frank Weaver
June
Ae. Mo
Brookings urges staged tax cuts for high earners and corporations
The Brookings Institution called for a long-range program to cut taxes for corporations and high income individuals to spur investment and healthier industry. It recommends easing dividends taxation, reducing the corporate rate toward 10 percent, and lowering the top personal rate from 82 to 60 percent, then to 50 percent as finances improve, while opposing cuts to sales or excise taxes.
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Washington
Brookings Institution
Lewis H. Kimmel
Gibson Heads Fifth Division in Texas Legion Meet
Charlie C. Gib son Amarillo elected commander of the Fifth Division of the Texas Department. Delegates named to national conventions include William Sohl and Mrs Sohl as division and auxiliary delegates. The two-day event at the new Legion home drew 364 Legionnaires and 98 Auxiliary members with speakers from Beaumont Austin and Fort Worth.
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American Legion and Auxiliary
Charlie C. Gibson
Amarillo
Gibson
Department of Texas
Wayne Middleton
Dick Warren
Altus
Okla
Oklahoma
Joe Spurlock
Fort Worth
Texas
William Sohl
Alpine
National Legion
Los Angeles
Sohl
Texas Department
Louis Jordan
Abilene
Jim Wilson
Floydada
H. A. Breaux
Beaumont
Thomas Rishworth
Austin
Legionnaires
Rossen Wins Second Directing Honor for All the King’s Men
Hollywood May 29 Robert Rossen earned a second directing award for All the King’s Men after winning an Academy Award. He accepted the Directors Guild gold plaque for the best directorial job of 1949 in a recent ceremony.
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Hollywood
Robert Rossen
All the King’s Men
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Rossen
Screen Directors Guild
Strawboard and strawpaper output in Netherlands halved
The Netherlands shows strawboard and strawpaper production at roughly half of its prewar total, signaling a significant postwar decline in output. The downturn highlights lasting effects on manufacturing capacity and industry recovery amid economic adjustments.
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Netherlands
Young Businessman, Today Will Be a Leader Tomorrow
Darrell Leachman age 17 and Amarillo High senior earns prize money and a Detroit trip in Plymouth contest. He designs and flies model airplanes and plans to attend Amarillo College after saving via Globe News route on Van Buren Street. He lives with his stepfather and mother at 2200 Crockett.
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Detroit
Plymouth
Amarillo High School
Globe News
van Buren Street
Amarillo College
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