Socialist MP Blackburn Calls for Churchill Coalition Government
Raymond Blackburn, a Socialist MP, resigned from the Labour Party urging a Churchill led coalition government. He warned of civilization’s danger and said Churchill is the man to prevent another war. His move tightens Attlee’s slim majority as Britain shifts toward wartime production.
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London
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
Raymond Blackburn
Birmingham
Churchill
Blackburn
Clement Attlees
Labor
Attlee
Britain
Church Vows All-Out Battle to Hold Naktong River Line
American forces under General John Church pledge an all-out defense to keep the Naktong River line in Korea. The 24th Infantry, veteran of Anzio, will dig in and resist North Korean offensives with new bazookas and aircraft, while maintaining positions near the Kum and Pusan perimeter.
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Korea
John Church
Anzio
Naktong
Church
Kum
William Dean
Taejon
Pusan
Kochang
Chinju
AFL Ends Strike Against T and P
A two month strike by Texas and Pacific Motor Transport drivers and mechanics ends. The Texas and Pacific Railway subsidiary will resume operations in Texas Louisiana Arkansas and New Mexico starting Monday. No settlement details were disclosed. About 300 workers sought 8 8 percent wage increases and better conditions. The strike halted 242 trucks except for a few mail carriers.
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Dallas
Texas and Pacific Motor Transis Company
Ariay
The
Texas & Pacific Railway
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
New Mexico
O. E. Bellamy
M. R. Dixon
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Three Liquor Violations Charged In Court
In Edgar Graef of Creedmoor three liquor law violations were filed Friday in Count Court at Law. Graef was charged with sale of beer without a license and possession of beer for sale without a license by State Liquor Control Board agent Able Seal. Elery Artie Hudson of 1807 Nickerson Street pleaded guilty to selling beer to a minor and was fined $150. the complaint was filed by D. W. Lowe, agent for the State Liquor Control Board.
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Edgar Graef
Creedmoor
Able Seal
State Liquor Control Board
Elery Artie Hudson
Nickerson Street
Hudson
D. W. Lowe
Acheson Visits Recuperating Daughter in New York
Secretary of State Dean Acheson and his wife arrived by plane for a weekend visit with their daughter Mary who is recovering from an operation. Mary, wife of William P Bundy, is recuperating at a private camp near Upper St. Regis after several months in a tuberculosis sanatorium in Saranac Lake.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Dean Acheson
Mary
William P Bundy
Upper St. Regis
Grains end Friday sharply lower on demand slump
Chicago markets register wide losses led by soybeans and corn as crop prospects and export sales weigh on prices. Wheat and oats also fall with cash demand softening. Midwest weather and government export activity cited among factors.
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Chicago
C. M. Galvin
James £. Bennett God Company
Midwest
Death of Patrick C. Jack on August 5 in Texas history
Patrick C. Jack died August 5 1844 in Houston during the yellow fever epidemic. A veteran of the Texas Revolution he helped in the Anahuac and Bexar campaigns and later partnered in Wharton and Jack of Brazoria. His brother William H. Jack was a prominent lawyer and congressman. Curtis Bishop.
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Patrick C. Jack
Houston
Jack
Wilkes County
Georgia
Texas
John Bradburn
Anahuac
Bexar
Wharton and Jack
Brazoria
John A. Wharton
Patrick
William H. Jack
Bill
Jack County
Tanks Too Hot So Guardsmen Go Navy
Nine Texas National Guardsmen joined the Navy in Gainesville on Friday. If they pass physicals in Dallas they will train in San Diego California. Local guardsmen may delay release pending a ruling from National Guard officers in Fort Worth.
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Gainesville
Texas National Guardsmen
Navy
Dallas
San Diego
Calif
National Guard
49Th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
49Th Armored Division
Lacy Wheeler
Fort Worth
Rep Bentsen backs rigid price controls urged by VFW
McALLEN August 4 Rep Lloyd M Bentsen D Tex agrees with a local VFW post calling for price freezes to June 1 levels. He cites rapid postwar price rises since Korea began and supports Baruch style legislation plus standby power to freeze prices and wages.
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Mcallen
Lloyd M. Bentsen
D-Tex
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Bentsen
District 18
FE. R. Kimberlin
Korea
Il Am
Baruch
Lee Announces Jump In Tire and Tube Prices
Lee Rubber and Tire Corp said effective immediately it will raise prices by seven and a half percent on truck and bus tires and five percent on passenger car and tractor tires. The company also announced natural rubber tube prices would rise about eighty percent.
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Conshohocken, Pa
Lee Rubber & Tire Corporation
Cattle and Hogs Steady to Strong Across Markets
Fort Worth and Chicago livestock markets report mixed moves with cattle steady to weak for some grades and hogs uneven but mostly steady to higher on good weights. Feeder calves, stockers, and Brahman types show gains. sheep and goats show selective strength in spring lambs and feeders.
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San Qin
Fort Worth
Qi 2
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Munns Victory Film Entertains Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club luncheon in Lansing featured a screening of Coach Biggie Munns Michigan State football film of the 1949 win over Penn State. Woody Johnson of Kilgore Junior College projected the movie at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel during the Texas High School Coaches Association meeting.
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Capital City
Kiwanians
Biggie Munn
Michigan
Penn State
Lansing
Mich
Stephen F. Austin
Munn
Texas High School Coaches Association
Woody Johnson
Longhorn
Kilgore Junior College
House Numbers Plan Reached At Rockdale
Rockdale prepares a street numbering and marking program sponsored by the local Young Men's Business League and the city council. The plan covers 78 street names with street name posts at 151 intersections led by Sam Peebles as league president and Clyde Franklin as chairman.
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Rockdale
ANL
Young Men's Business League
Sam Peebles
Clyde Franklin
Walter A. Urban
George Lumpkins
W. P. Hogan
John Weed Jr
B29 Training Program Forming At Randolph
Transfer of 47 pilot instructors and 186 aviation cadets from Randolph Air Force Base to other bases to clear space for B29 combat crew training will finish before August 10. Seventeen instructors and 56 cadets go to Connally AFB Waco Texas and 16 instructors and 56 cadets to Perrin AFB Sherman.
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San Antonio
Randolph Air Force Base
Connally Afb
Waco
Goodfellow Afb
San Angelo
Perrin Afb
Sherman
Stock Market Hits Six-Week High Amid Uncertainty
The New York stock market rose to a six week high with broad gains in motor, oil, chemical and industrial shares. The Associated Press average climbed 0.6 to 76.7 as traders weighed war legislation and Korean War developments.
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New York
Maquor
Chemical
Hedge Sales Hit Cotton Again Fifth Time Declines
The New York cot ton futures market closed weak for the fifth straight session as heavy hedge selling persisted, with nearby deliveries down 1.05 per bale and distant futures aided by short covering at times. Spot markets in Galveston and New Orleans posted steady to lower readings amid mixed demand.
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Gulf of Mexico
New York CCC
New York
Arch
New Orleans
Ealin
Mdl
Galveston
Houston
Savannah
Dallas
Montgomery
NEW York Cars
Ark Nat Gas
Humble Oil
Lone Star Gas
At & T
Illinois Central
St Penn AR
Southern Louis Sf
Tex Corps Pacific 4
Western Unions
Ask
Jaye
War May Bring Larger 1951 U S Cotton Acreage
Representative Gathings says war pressures could lift the 1951 national cotton allotment to about 25 million acres from 21 million this year. He notes Agriculture Department planners are considering a higher total due to wartime demand and supply concerns, reversing earlier talk of cuts.
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Gathings
House Agriculture Committee
War Agriculture Department
Man Says He Spends Weekends In City Jail
County Court-at-Law Judge Mace Thurman questions a man brought before him on Friday. The man denies prior trouble and explains he spends only weekends in the city jail.
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Mace Thurman
Thurman
Kyle School Set to Open September 11
Kyle announces the 1950-51 session will begin September 11 with pupil registration on September 8. Superintendent James L. Childs reports first grade teacher Eris Wimberley has resigned after six years to take a post in Ganado. vacancy not yet filled.
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Kyle
ANS
James L. Childs
Eris Wimberley
Ganado
Georgetown Youth In Naval Reserve School
James R. Gallaway of Georgetown is enrolled in the Reserve Officers Candidate School at the Naval Training Station Newport Rhode Island. Approximately 630 candidates attend the school and will be eligible for the rank of ensign in the Naval Reserve after graduation and successful completion of the advanced course.
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Great Lakes, Ill
James R. Gallaway
Georgetown
Reserve
Naval Training Station
Newport
R. I
Naval Reserve
Centex Business Shows Expansion In New Charters
Central Texas business growth shown as four local corporations receive charters from Secretary of State John Ben Sheppard. Texas Publications Inc of Austin with $1,000 capital. Foust Construction Co of Georgetown with $25,000. Nyl-Up Inc of New Braunfels with $10,000. Texwear Manufacturing Co of Fredericksburg with $35,000. Foreign firms Beneficial Finance and Thrift Co and Fairchild Camera and Instrument Co get Texas office permits with Arthur P. Bagby as state agent.
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Central Texas
John Ben Sheppard
Texas Publications, Inc
Austin
Jan H. S. Anderson
Jane H. Anderson
Phyllis A. Hand
Foust Construction Company of
Georgetown
G. C. Foust
Morris E. Foust
Dan Benson
Nyl-Up, Inc
New Braunfels
Brant G. Shacklette Jr
Carl E. Mulhollan Jr
George E. Holland IL
Texwear Manufacturing Company
Fredericksburg
John W. Metzger
Alex R. Frantzen
Ed Krauskopf
Texas
Beneficial Finance and Thrift Company
Delaware
San Antonio
Arthur P. Bagby
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
State's Balance Nearly 30 Million Under Cap The Capitol
The state's general fund balance rose to 29,612,064 by July end and August start as receipts nearly matched disbursements. For 11 months to August 1, total revenues from all sources reached 511,188,362, up about 30.8 million from the prior year, with omnibus and cigarette levy effects included. Expenditures for the year stood at 490,586,675, led by public welfare, education, and highway construction.
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General Fund
Robert S. Calvert
General
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