Dallas population near 450000 in 1950 count
Dallas city likely to reach about 450000 residents in the 1950 census, a 64 percent rise since 1940. Excludes surrounding municipalities such as Highland Park and University Park. county towns Garland Mesquite Irving and Grand Prairie show varied increases. Houston is expected to be the only Texas city ahead of Dallas.
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Dallas
C. W. Russell
Highland Park
University Park
Cockrell Hill
Fruitdale
Russell
Cockerell Hill
Dallas County
Garland
Mesquite
Irving
Grand Prairie
Texas
Houston
Workers Resume Oak Ridge Jobs After Wildcat Strike
Construction at two atomic materials plants in Oak Ridge resumed at full speed on Wednesday after a weeklong wildcat strike by AFL laborers. The back to work vote followed a pledge of arbitration within 15 days and was seen as a victory for the atomic mediation panel.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
AFL
Atomic Energy Commission
AFC
Atomic Mediation Panel
United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers
CIO
Union
Carbide Corpeee
Judge Refuses Motion For Oil Suit Transfer
In a pre-trial hearing in the 126th District Court Judge Jack Roberts refused a motion to transfer Humble Oil Company's case against A. P. Carr to Gregg County. The Humble Company seeks to stop Carr from reopening or producing any oil or gas from a nearby Gregg County well. Trial is set for June.
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126Th District Court
Jack Roberts
Humble Oil Company
A. P. Carr
Gregg County
Humble Company
Carr
Russia presses US on Hirohito war crimes trial demand
On May 31 Soviet Russia urged the United States to act on its three month old demand that Emperor Hirohito of Japan be tried as a war criminal. The United States says the Far Eastern Commission already waived Hirohito’s trial and would only pursue war crimes under explicit commission direction.
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Washington
Soviet
Russia
State Department
Hirohito
Japan
Department
Far Eastern Commission
Douglas MacArthur
Moscow Radio
London
Vladimir I. Bazy
West Texas Citizens Protest Proposed US 80 Connection
One hundred seventeen residents from 12 West Texas towns petition the State Highway Commission to abandon plans for a new cross‑state highway from Kermit to Reeves County linking with US 285. They argue the route would divert traffic from US 80, harm local economies, and offer little regional benefit.
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Associated Press
West Texas
State Highway Commission
Kermit West
Winkler
Loving
Reeves County
Commission
Fred Wemple
Morris Rainey
van Horn Chamber of Commerce
Rainey
Odessa
el Paso
Monahans
Pecos
Alpine
Mentone
Kermit
Wink
Sierra Blanca
Ysleta
Fort Hancock
McNary
Tornillo
Clint
Fabens
Pyote
van Horn
Texas
Hospital Cornerstone Laid in Texas Methodist Conference
The 300 bed Texas Methodist Conference hospital in Houston saw its cornerstone laid after a rain delay. The ceremony, part of the 112th annual meeting, drew about 125 participants with H R Cullen and his wife donating 1 million toward the 3.5 million project. The conference also raised minimum pastor salaries and named outstanding rural pastor and layman of the year.
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Houston
Texas Methodist Conference
H. R. Cullen
Philantropist
Cullen
University of Houston
Texas Medical Center
University
Production Rate Hearings Scheduled
An efficiency production rate hearing will be held July 11 on the South Esperson Dome Field of Liberty County. The Railroad Commission sets hearing dates for several oil and gas cases including Sea board Oil Company J C Robertson No 6 Aqua Dulce Nueces County Union Producing McFaddin A 16 East McFaddin Victoria County George W Graham Earhart No 1 Jim Wells Sun Oil gas injection project Midfields Field Matagorda County.
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Esperson Dome
Liberty County
Railroad Commission
Seaboard Oil Company
J. C. Robertson
Aqua Dulce
Nueces County
Union Producing Company
George W. Graham
Earhart
Jim Wells
Sun Oil Company
Midfields
Matagorda County
Chinese Poker Player Seeks City Money in Pasadena
Gok Quan Fong, a Chinese poker player, seeks $384.34 seized May 8 during a gambling raid in Pasadena. He was arrested on gambling charges but bailed out, and now asks the city to return his personal funds plus seven percent interest. the case moves to the city attorney.
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Pasadena
Gok Quan Fong
Fong
Lutheran Clergy Conclude Institute With Noted Lectures
Missouri Synod pastors wrap a three day Pastors Institute with lectures by Rev Armin Oldsen Valparaiso University and Rev Werner Jurgens St Paul Lutheran Church Leavenworth Kan. Prof Lorenz Blankenbuehler of St Louis urged clear concrete language and emotional sermons citing Jesus style as a model. He previously taught English and World Literature at Concordia College and heads the Concordia Publishing House editorial department since 1941.
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Missouri Synod Lutheran
Armin Oldsen
Valparaiso University
Indiana
Werner Jurgens
St. Paul's Lutheran Church of
St. Louis
Jesus Christ
Blankenbuehler
Concordia College
St. Paul, Minn
Concordia Publishing House
American barbecue aids St Mary the Boltons rebuild
London May 31. Parishioners of the blitzed Anglican Church of St Mary the Boltons are invited to an old fashioned American barbecue. Vicar John Nickels, with American cooperation, plans the June 23 event to raise about 12 000 pounds for bomb damaged church repairs. Americans provide pigs with US Air Force personnel barbecuing on site and supplying soft drinks. Soldiers in cowboy outfits will sing while emergency lighting is set up. a chuck wagon and tethered horses add atmosphere.
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London
American Overseas Airlines
US Air Force
Air Force
Berlin Stadtblatt reports American airmen captive in Soviet area
A Berlin newspaper published a Stockholm datelined dispatch claiming ten Americans aboard a Navy PT boat crewed airmen were captured in Soviet waters after a Baltic April 8 crash. American officials said no reports support the claim and termed it uncredible.
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Berlin
Baltic
Stockholm
Soviet Union
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