Elgin Prepares First Yam Festival Amid Festivities
Elgin plans its first yam festival the Yamboree sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce with events at City Park and a downtown parade led by Mayor Edwin O. Lundgren. Activities include a yam queen contest, tack of exhibits, a 75 cent ham and yam supper, a best bushel contest, crafts shows, band concerts, and a bond drive launch.
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Edwin O. Lundgren
Bascom Giles
Royal Party
Chamber of Commerce
Band Boosters
James Fisher
Foods Committee
Louis Lundgren
Ivan Ellis
Elgin Trade Area
Lena Sturges
D. B. McCombs
Alice Lynn Jarmon
Marlene Morrison
Mary Gregg Hendricks
Zada Lu Holland
Arden Welch
Paul Farris
Texas A&m College Extension Service
Charlie Zegub
Milton Dusek
Harvey Allen
Modene Griffin
Jack Webb
Clay Davis
Ray Arbuckle
Burglaries Hit Dunigan’s Grocery at McDade
In McDade Bastrop County burglars broke front door and stole groceries including coffee cigarettes cigars ham lunch meat socks and $6 in change. Sheriff E D Cartwright and Chief Deputy W N Owen investigate the Tuesday morning heist.
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Bastrop County
Cartwright
Coal miners reject no strike pledge amid CIO expulsions
John L. Lewis warned AFL President William Green that UMW would not honor any no strike pledge. CIO expels Longshoremen led by Harry Bridges and Marine Cooks, citing Communist ties. Bridges blasts CIO as a “political dictatorship” while San Francisco headquarters notes. In Ohio, 1000 steel workers walk out briefly at Youngstown, taft visit ends.
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CIO
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Green
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San Francisco
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Hugh Bryson
Communist Party
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Youngstown
Ohio
United Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Taft
R-Ohio
Sen. Taft
Truman Names Hannan Postmaster in Taylor
President Truman sent to the Senate the nomination of Daniel M. Hannan of Taylor as postmaster. The announcement came on Tuesday as part of a batch of nominations.
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Hannan
Taylor
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Senate
Daniel M. Hannan
Base game first to be played under afternoon lights
Report notes the historic afternoon baseball game at Yankee Stadium with the New York and Cleveland clubs as lights activated at 3 28 p m while rain threatened. Fans joked about Indians blowing leads, and the piece hints at weather and scoring tensions. Also teased are livestock price trends and a feature on Longhorn cattle evolution.
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Yankee Stadium
McDonald Defeated Ends Political Career in Texas Race
J E McDonald longtime Texas agriculture official conceded a defeat to John C White of Wichita Falls who won the Democratic nomination for commissioner of agriculture by about 11000 votes. White thanked McDonald in a telegram and McDonald said he is through with politics and would not run on the Republican ticket or as an independent.
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John C. White
Wichita Falls
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Texas
Austin
GOP Committee
Henry Zweifel
Fort Worth
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Texas Tidelands
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America
Joe Stalin
Rio Grande Valley
Commissioner of Agriculture
Harlingen
Santa Rosa
Vito Marcantonio
ALP
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Celler
Congress
House
Senate
Be.fe, Cox
D-Ga
Clarence Brown
J. Howard McGrath
Senate Democrats
Pat McCarran
D-Ney
Judiciary Committee
Immigration Service
United Nations
Isolated Showers Forecast as Heat Persists
The weatherman warned isolated afternoon showers in remote areas on Wednesday and a hot day elsewhere with highs near 97 degrees. Tuesday saw a high of 94.
Formosan Question Placed on UN Security Council Agenda
The United Nations Security Council voted 7 to 2 to place the Formosan issue on its agenda as part of the Korean conflict, with Egypt abstaining and Yugoslavia not voting. China and Cuba opposed inviting a Chinese Communist representative. a separate bid to invite such a representative failed 4 to 7, with Russia, Norway, Yugoslavia, and India voting yes.
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Formosa
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India
Ecuador
France
Britain
Conferees Expand Presidential Wage and Price Controls
A Senate House conference committee reached a deal to grant President Truman broad power to apply wage and price controls selectively. Maybank said details will be settled soon and final approval rests with both chambers before sending the measure to the White House. The plan allows targeted ceilings on individual items rather than universal controls.
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Senate House
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Senate
White House
Gulf hurricane heads for coastal Louisiana and Florida panhandle
An expanding tropical hurricane moves up the Gulf of Mexico toward the low-lying coast between New Orleans and Appalachicola. The Weather Bureau places the center about 450 miles south-southeast of New Orleans in a 3:30 p.m. advisory.
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Gulf of Mexico
Appalachicola
Fla
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Truman lauds MacArthur on Korea policy amid Formosa tensions
President Truman sent a sympathetic note to General Douglas MacArthur after a clash over Formosa policy. He also signaled continued civilian control of foreign affairs, while Republicans pressed for details on military and State Department coordination. The letter followed MacArthur texts to the Veterans of Foreign Wars and summaries of Collins and Sherman reports from Tokyo.
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Korea
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Tokyo
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Chicago
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Pacific
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Truman to explain Korea War in nationwide fireside chat
President Truman plans a fireside chat on the Korean War and its economic impact at home. A White House spokesman said the speech would explain why the United States fights in Korea and the belt tightening needed, possibly outlining events leading to the conflict.
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Truman
White House
United States
Korea
Taylor Worker Injures Hands in Corn Sheller
Otto H. Stoll suffered two mangled hands when they were caught in a corn sheller while cleaning the machine on the W. Werchan farm four miles east of Taylor. Doctors amputated all fingers on his right hand and all but part of the thumb and little finger on his left. condition reported good that night.
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Third Attack Drives on Flank of UN Supply Base at Taegu
Tokyo reports a major Korean drive near Pohang and a flanking push toward Taegu as 50 000 troops shift to a 40 mile arc from Pohang to Uihung. Red forces recapture Battle Mountain near Masan and press along the Naktong front while US units counter in several sectors.
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Tokyo
Pohang
MacArthur
Uihung
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Pusan
Kigye
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Eighth Army
Yihung
Waegwan
First Cavalry Division
Changnyong
Second Infantry
Masan
Stan Swinton
UN Planes Lock Wide Korea Area With 512 Sorties
Allied air forces conducted 512 sorties against North Korean targets from the Soviet border to the south coast. American Australian and British planes struck railroads roads ships and enemy positions with major effort around Pohang and the Kigye area.
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Tokyo
Air Force
Pohang
Seoul
Inchon
Chong-Jin
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
Chongkin
Kyomipo
Pengyang
Sunchon
Kigye
Dependents Pay Plan Worked Out
A Senate House committee compromise sets monthly dependents payments for all enlisted men. Army recruits to private first class would pay 40 cents, corporals to sergeants 60, and top grades 80. Government adds 45 to 85 depending on dependents and rank.
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Armed Services
Senate House
Army
House Votes Stiff Communists Control Bill
Washington report: the House approved a broad anti Communist bill 354 to 20 to curb Communist activity, requiring registration, propaganda labeling, bans on government and defense work, travel limits, and penalties up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 fine. The measure now goes to the Senate for action.
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