Weather Summary for Texas Regions with Temperatures
Cloudy with scattered showers expected across East Texas and North Texas areas. Austin to Fort Worth highs around the mid 90s, with consistent暖 temperatures and a first quarter moon on Aug 20. Rainfall totaling 0.04 inches in the past 24 hours. year to date 19.81 inches with a 1.53 inch deficiency. Colorado River readings show Montopolis at 2.8 feet and Lake Buchanan near 1009.89 feet.
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Werthaneau
Texas
North Wes
Valley N Day
Manhandle
South Plains
Bsssees Ds
Austin
Montopolis
Lake Buchanan
Lake Travis
Marshall Ford
Colorado
Taree
Abilene
Laredo
Corpus Christ
San Antonio
del Rio
Waco
el Paso
Last Rites Held For Mrs Perry social worker of Austin
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Cook Funeral Home for Mrs. Edgar Howard Perry of Austin who died Saturday after a short illness. Dr. Carlie Marney officiated. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers included ex Governor Dan Moody and local leaders. Surviving are husband E H Perry Sr and son Edgar H Perry Jr with two grandchildren.
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Edgar Howard Perry
Austin
Cook Funeral Home
Carlyle Marney
First Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
James Nash
Evans Swann
Max Brooks
Tom Miller
Tom Butler
North Millican
Theo Davis
Dan Moody
Dudley Woodward
E. P. Cravens
E. H. Perry Sr
Commodore Perry
Edgar H. Perry Jr
Dallas
Edgar H. Perry Ili
George Ann Perry
Name Released of Drowning Victim at Bergstrom Base
Bergstrom Air Force Base officials identify Corporal Floyd R. Van Hoosier a 19 year old from Fanbush Kentucky as the man who drowned Saturday night while attempting to swim the Colorado River near the base. His body was recovered after an hour by fire department boats.
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Bergstrom Air Force Base
Colorado
Floyd R. van Hoosier
Fanbush
van Hoosier
523Rd
Charts Displayed In Trains By German Federal Railways
Charts showing arrivals departures and connections are now shown in all cars of through trains to aid passengers. The display provides updated schedules and transfer information for travel across routes.
Senators Charge President Playing Politics Over Mobilization
Republican Senators Aiken and Martin accused the Truman administration of politicking on home front mobilization and urged an all out program now. They argued the president did not seek wage price controls for political reasons and warned the nation about the gravity of world events.
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Washington
Aiken
Martin
Truman
Congress
Vermont
People of
America
Senate
House
Leader Rogge to Seek Peace Appeal Change in Prague
John Rogge a former US attorney general and Progressive Party figure said he will travel to Prague to urge the World Partisans for Peace to amend the Stockholm Peace Appeal to outlaw aggression by any source and by any country He challenged the idea that capitalism causes wars and urged Soviet renunciation of force by North Korea, noting slim chances of adoption.
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New York
John Rogge
Stockholm
Prague
Czechoslovakia
North Korea
Rogge
Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
Korea
Lee Pressman
CIO
American Labor Party
Partisans For
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia Denies Russian Charge of Albanian Conquest
Belgrade denounces Cominform accusation that Yugoslavia plots with American advice to attack Albania. The regime cites documents showing Ewald Von Kleist handed to the Soviets as a war criminal and notes prior transfer by Britain. Cominform also alleged plans to divide Albanian territory, which Yugoslavia denies.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Albania
Marshal Tito
Ewald von Kleist
Adriatic
von Kleist
Cominform
Greece
Koo To Leave for Washington Post in US Mission
Dr. V K Wellington Koo Chinese Nationalist ambassador to the US will depart Taipei for Washington on Wednesday after arriving August 1 for consultations with the government.
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Taipei
Formosa
V. K. Wellington Koo
Washington
Deaths and Funerals in Central Texas
Obituaries report the deaths of Ben P. Miles in Lockhart aged 95 known as Uncle Ben. Henry F. Harper 70 a former Austin postal worker. Marie E Huck 86 with services at Weed-Corley. John Dee Rogers of Austin. Myrtle Orberg Jones 63 visiting Corpus Christi. Oscar N. Fulcher, former Granger resident, with burial planned in Granger. Survivors include spouses, children, siblings, and relatives. Services held or planned at Cook Funeral Home in Austin and McCurdy Funeral Home in Lockhart.
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Ben P. Miles
Lockhart
Austin
Caldwell County
Ben
McCurdy
Henry F. Harper
Henry Franklin Harper
Weed-Corley
James M. Sapp
Memorial Park
Myrtle
Jones
Myrtle Orberg Jones
Corpus Christi
Cordie Gossett
Etta Riddle
Irene Paschal
W. H. Jones
Houston
Temple
Cook Funeral Home
E. B. Winkler
Oakwood Cemetery
Oscar N. Fulcher Taylor
Oscar N. Fulcher
Granger
Borger
Taylor
Gilstrap Funeral Home
Leon T. Fulcher
Rosa Robinson
Elgin
US Forces Launch Counteroffensive Against North Korean Attacks
United States and South Korean troops report gains near Chinju with Marine reinforcements aiding in clearing Red units cutting supply routes. In Changnyong the 24th Infantry began a heavy rain assault, supported by naval air strikes and new 12 inch rockets. North Korea redeployed infantry and tanks across the Naktong while air and sea attacks damaged rail yards, locomotives, and ships, escalating attrition on both sides.
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Waegwan
Chinju
Changnyong
Church
Naktong
Force 77
Tim
Saeju
Sinanju
Songjan
Yontan
Chinnampo
Austin Chemist Secures Third in Soaring Contest
Dave Malkemus, a 35 year old chemist from Austin and Jefferson Chemical Company employee, placed third in the 17th National Soaring Contest in Grand Prairie. He accumulated 443 points in class B distance soaring aboard an intermediate sailplane with his wife accompanying him.
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Austin
Dave Malkemus
Taulbee Lane
Malkemus
Jefferson Chemical Company
Grand Prairie
Farmer Dies in Plainview After 39 Years Residency
R. W. Cross 74 a retired farmer who lived in Plainview 39 years died Sunday at his daughter's home Mrs Ted Andrews wife of Hale County Sheriff He was a native of Mart Texas Seven children survive funeral services set for Monday at 3 p m
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Plainview
R. W. Cross
Ted Andrews
Hale County
Mart
Tex
GIs Await Additional UN Troops in Korea Front
American GIs at the Korean front ask when more United Nations forces will arrive to share the combat. Reports note UN troops are ready, but current counts show thin UN lines and heavy enemy manpower.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
United Press
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Army
MacArthur
Stars and Stripes
Asia
Indonesia moves toward vote on provisional unitary state
In Jakarta Aug 13, lawmakers prepared to vote to abolish federated states and form a provisional unitary Indonesia. The draft constitution unites 15 former USI states, creates a parliamentary cabinet, a single-house legislature, a centralized government of 10 provinces, and an automatic presidency for Soekarno. Elections will later choose a constituent assembly.
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Jakarta
U.S. L
Indonesia
USI
Reublic
Jogjakarta Radio
Republic of
Soekarno
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Koo
Marie FE. Huck
Marie Estelle Huck
Frederick E. Brooks
Bob Meredith
R. Niles Graham
Leo Martin
Noel P. Amstead
Lawrence Brown
George Smothers
John Dee Rogers
Pearl Rogers
R. L. Schmidt
Faye Sibley
J. L. Moulden
Sam W. Rogers
John Dee Rogers Jr
Dumas
Ed E. Rogers
Jane Shafer
J. L. Rogers
Charles Sumners
Pat Moulden
George Shafer
Sam Rogers Jr
Fieldon W. Berry
Walter H. Ragsdall
M. T. VanOrden
Austin Chemist
Farmer
Mam Hey
Corley Puneral
Lavacalt
Austin Texas
G. B. Vosburg
D.S.C
B. L. Payne
W. 7Th Street
K-Mar Lamp Shop
Rio Grande
Furnaaces
Ward
Southern Union Gas Company
Southern Union
Southern Union Gasemoney
Congress Avenue
Wilke Funeral Home
Chapel of the Bells
Congress Ave
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