Texas bids on Gulf oil leases despite tideland ruling
Texas Land Board announced bids on 622 Gulf leases totaling nearly two million acres plus 1 141 tracts in bays and uplands as it seeks to fund public schools despite the Supreme Court decision on California tidelands. Officials urged confidence in Texas title and said bids will open November 4 with minimum rentals of one dollar per acre and a royalty of one eighth plus two dollars per acre bonus.
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U.P
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
US Supreme Court
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Gulf
Republic of Texas
High Island
Port O'Connor
Supreme Court
Land Board
Beauford H. Jester
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Bascom Giles
Louisiana
Giles
Wainwright Open to Senate Run If Draft Grows
Gen. Jonathan Wainwright said he would consider a Texas draft movement for a U S Senate seat next year and would be happy to serve if the people of Texas desire him. He noted he was unaware of any active push. The Dallas Morning News had reported the draft as a potential Democratic challenge to W. Lee O Daniel.
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Chicago
Jonathan Wainwright
Texas
United States Senate
Wainwright
Dallas Morning News
W. Lee O’daniel
BusMan Winner In Race BusMan Winner In Race
John F. Gray, a 41 year old Paris Ark. man, jailed in Potter County on felony theft charges after a bus driver chased him from a storefront break in. Four watches worth 112.45 were taken from the L N Pittman Jewelry window and found on Gray. The bus driver, C R Strickland, held Gray on Tyler Street as officers recovered the watches and a shattered RC Cola bottle.
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John F. Gray
Potter County
Greyhound
L. N. Pittman Jewelry Company
Gray
Tyler Street
Paris, Ark
FBI
Polk Street
C. R. Strickland
Oklahoma City
Strickland
Tyler
L. C. Howard
W. W. Hilton
Eisenhower boom gains steam for 1952 nomination
Washington reporters note growing talk of General Ike for the GOP presidential nomination. Roy Roberts cites Kansas City polling and Landon’s letter urging a possible convention role, while Eisenhower avoids drafts and clubs. Roberts predicts a genuine draft would be needed if pursued.
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Columbia University
New York City
Eisenhower
Missouri
Kansas City
Prairie West
Washington
Kansas City Star
Roy A. Roberts
Alf M. Landon
Raymond Moley
Landon
Roberts
Chicago
Ike
Kansas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stooge
Dewey
Taft
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Philadelphia
Gallup
Bevin’s Lend Lease Proposal Stirs Whitehall
Foreign Secretary Bevin proposed reviving lend lease to solve Europe’s economic ills during a dining talk with 135 American Legionnaires. He recalled his Sept. 3 call to redistribute Fort Knox gold and said settlements depend on fixing economic conditions, but officials offered cautious noncomment.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Whitehall
United States
Fort Knox
Treasury
Foreign Office
Bevin
Europe
Paul H. Griffith
The
American Legion
Pioneer rancher hurt by gunshot in Panhandle home
L. E. Williams, a Carson County rancher, is resting comfortably at St. Anthony’s hospital after a gunshot wound to the lower abdomen. His wife Mrs. Williams and his parents were mentioned, with officers suggesting the shooting may have been accidental as no report has been released.
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L. E. Williams
Carson County
St. Anthony's Hospital
Williams
Cal Purvines
Panhandle
Mr. Williams
W. E. Williams
Pampa
Dallas
Friends
Pomroy Station
Jap Sentenced for Beating Amarrilloan POWs
Hichiro Tsuchiya former mine foreman was sentenced in Yokohama to 15 years hard labor for beating Allied prisoners at Osarizawa copper mines. He struck Edward H. White in Brooklyn with a sledge hammer and beat William H. Arterburn into unconsciousness during three and a quarter years in the mines.
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Yokohama
Hichiro Tsuchiya
Osarizawa
Edward H. White
Brooklyn
William H. Arterburn
Amarillo
William Arterburn
Hughes
Honshu Island
British Coal Strike Ends at Grimethorpe Vote
LONDON September 11 a wildcat coal strike ending after a back to work vote by Grimethorpe Colliery workers in Yorkshire. Two thousand workers voted unanimously to end the five week walkout. About 38,000 sympathy strikers and 20,000 others would return to work automatically.
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London
Britain
Grimethorpe
Yorkshire
Truck Collides With Home On Buchanan Street
A 1942 Chevrolet driven by 22 year old Tracy W. Bosley struck a brick house at 502 North Buchanan at 2 40 this morning. The truck first hit a 1941 Chrysler parked outside then crashed into the wall, showering bricks into the bed where Mr and Mrs Lloyd Johnson lay. Mrs Johnson said she heard a noise and saw the truck lights before the wall collapsed. A brick chipped Mrs Johnsons front tooth.
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Globe
H. W. Aycock
Lloyd Johnson
North
Buchanan
Tracy W. Bosley
Garfield
C. W. Trice
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas region
The section notes clear conditions this afternoon tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. Highs reach 83 this afternoon and 85 Friday. lows around 56. Panhandle South Plains see scattered thundershowers with cooler conditions later. New Mexico shows mixed clouds and thunderstorms, cooler by Friday. A separate line references 5x5 windmill timbers and Redwood siding offered by John Maynard Lumber at 800 W. Std, plus Advance skating closes Thursday night at Roller Palace, 6th and Jefferson.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
el Paso
Big Ben
Xico
Friay
John Maynard
Roller Palace
6Th and
Jefferson
Yugoslavia Closes Borders With Italy and Trieste
Trieste Sept 11 Yugoslavia closed its frontiers with Italy and the free territory of Trieste to screen troop movements and prevent a last minute flight of civilians before formal frontier establishment with ratification of the treaty noted by the Trieste Information Agency.
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Trieste
U.P
Yugo Slavia
Italy
Riots in Egypt lash Cairo and Alexandria protest British presence
Crowds stoned the American consulate in Cairo and toppled the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps as protests over UN inaction to remove British troops flared. In Alexandria rocks were hurled at police and shots were fired over the crowds. Cairo remained quiet with heavy police patrols.
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Egypt
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Suez Canal
UN Security Council
Nile Valley
Alexandria
Mighty Mo Faces Storm Headed Same Route As Truman
The battleship Missouri with President Truman aboard and a severe tropical storm moved 1000 miles apart in the Atlantic on Sept 11. Officers expect the ship can avoid the storm, or outrun it if paths cross. Clifford W. Evans and George W. Truman landed in Baghdad after a Cairo hop as part of a globe spanning journey. The State Department says U S will have at least 10 percent less grain for export this year than last.
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Fla
Missouri
Truman
Atlantic
Baghdad
Iraq
Clifford W. Evans
Washington, DC
George W. Truman
Los Angeles
Cairo
Washington
Sept. Il
State Department
Prices rise on Chicago exchanges amid grain debate
Hogs, wheat and eggs hit record highs on Chicago exchanges as Sen. Ralph E. Flanders urged higher margin requirements to curb speculation. Officials saw potential relief from a delayed corn crop but warned retail food prices may stay high. The State Department noted reduced export grain and Secretary Anderson warned US exports may not match last year.
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State Department
Ralph E. Flanders
Vermont
Chicago Board of Trade
Agriculture Department
Flanders
Board of Trade
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