United States speeds up base expansion in Britain
London papers report the United States plans to base hundreds of aircraft in Britain as part of Western European air defense. Observers say three bomber groups already operate from British fields, with a fighter group added, while officials provided no comment.
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Laborite Daily Herald
Liberal News Chronicle
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Washington
Air Force
USAF
Europe
Thomas K. Finletter
John A. McCone
Dallas Polio Year Totals Reach 244 Victims
Parkland Hospital reports its 244th polio victim of the year, a four year old boy from Grand Prairie. Dallas city cases total 106, county 72, with remaining cases from outside the county.
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Parkland Hospital
Grand Prairie
James Roosevelt Denies White House Race With FDR Jr
James Roosevelt, Democratic nominee for California governor, denied plans for a Roosevelt presidential race. On NBC Meet the Press, he and his brother Franklin D Roosevelt Jr were addressed about an inherited dynasty, which he rejected as a democratic choice by the people.
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White House
James Roosevelt
California
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Taylor Board Adopts Budget For 1950-51 Schools
Taylor will fund a 293000 school budget with about 75 percent for teacher salaries. The rise reflects Gilmer-Akin bill requirements and adds roughly 17000 to last year’s pay. The board of equalization continues hearings on tax renditions for property owners in outlying areas joined to the Taylor Independent District this year.
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Henry Pumphrey
Credit leaders hear Sheppard at Texas conference
Secretary of State John Ben Sheppard told 150 Retail Credit Executives of Texas at the Austin Hotel that sound credit practices lift living standards. UT professor Ernest Sharpe, General Ike Ashburn, and Charles Lux spoke on advertising in credit promotion, public relations, and credit bureau services. The group named Cleburne as next spring meeting site.
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District Four
Texas
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University of Texas
Ike S. Ashburn
Texas Good Roads Association
Charles T. Lux
Retail Merchants Association of Texas
Sharpe
Ashburn
Lux
Your Merchants Association—Credit Bureau
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Southern Unions Company
Cleburne
Family Hunting Ex Soldier Here
A recently-discharged soldier Harold Lee Woods, 25, is missing after last seen Monday morning carrying groceries to a Barton Springs port apartment. His wife Connie Woods says he has lapses of memory and has acted strangely since his Army discharge in April. police have not contacted her as she appeals for information.
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Austin American Sunday
Harold Lee Woods
Barton Springs
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Apartment Fire Damages 207 East Ninth Street Building
A fire late Saturday damaged one apartment in a 14 room building at 207 East Ninth Street. The sleeping room occupant was Ack Loyd. porch and contents were destroyed while the kitchen and dining room suffered heat and smoke damage. The two story building is owned by John Pierson.
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Stolen Streetcar Crashes Through Five and Ten Window
A streetcar thief drove the stolen vehicle on a fast cruise through St. Louis reaching a shattered display window of a five and ten cent store about a mile from the Public Service Company yard. No injuries were reported.
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GOP chief lauds McCarthy service in anti Communism drive
National Republican Chairman Guy G. Gabrielson praised Senator McCarthy for exposing Communists in the State Department at a Midwestern banquet. He called McCarthy a "though hombre" who had the nerve to take on the issue and urged Americans to remember his actions amid a broader two day 12 state session on winning the November election. Gabrielson criticized the Truman administration and said Republicans would defend freedom while avoiding a conspiracy of silence.
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Truman
Methodist Women Meeting At Huston Eliza Dee Home
The West Texas School of Missions sponsored by the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church convened in Eliza Dee Home on the Samuel Huston College campus. About 100 women registered for a week of study, with sessions continuing through Saturday, August 26, at Eliza Dee Home.
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Methodist Church
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Samuel Huston College
Woman's Society
Dominican population climbs to 2.12 million in census
Preliminary census figures announced Sunday place the Dominican Republic population at 2,115,805, an increase of 636,388 since 1935.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Ambiguous Spanish Radio Schedule Listing Various Programs
A fragmented listing shows multiple radio program times and titles in Spanish and English, including musical shows, news blocks, and host names. It reads like a station schedule with inconsistent punctuation and several unreadable segments.
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