Texas Oil Proration Sets June Cutback At 32285 Barrels Daily
The Texas Railroad Commission orders a June oil production cut of 32285 barrels daily, setting the statewide allowable at 1987157 barrels per day and reducing East Texas output by 6545 barrels. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson warns of a national petroleum security risk while Senator Lyndon Johnson is briefed on wartime production needs and mobilization potential.
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Corpus Christi
May
Texas
Railroad Commission
Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
Louis Johnson
United States
East Texas
Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Western Hemisphere
Defense
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Sen. Johnson
Small Business Committee of Congress
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Texas Independent
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Middle East
Ploesti
Tokyo Rose Lawyer Plans 17 Witnesses at D'Aquino Trial
Wayne Collins defense attorney for Mrs. Iva Toguri D'Aquino said he will call 17 witnesses and submit more than 40 depositions in her treason trial. Subpoenas target Frank Fujita Electra Texas and Jack Wisener Austin Texas as at least one congressman awaits further information. Wisener, a Texas representative from Wells Cherokee County, attends the University of Texas.
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San Francisco
Wayne Collins
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Japan
Tokyo
Frank Fujita
Electra
Texas
Jack Wisener
Austin
Capitol
Twilight Swim Sparks Search For Four Missing Girls
In Anderson South Carolina on May 19 a man named Jimmy Lee Elgin is jailed for questioning after a twilight in undergarments swim party. Four schoolgirls vanished with evidence including wet undergarments found in his car. Two girls had already been missing since Wednesday and another since eight days prior.
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Dorothy Hawkins Redding
Bobby Jean Ridley
Marion
Elgin
McClain
Thomas Ladd
Etta
Betty Hutton Replaces Judy Garland in Annie Get Your Gun
Betty Hutton signed to replace suspended Judy Garland in Annie Get Your Gun at MGM. Hutton will star in the title role and production resumes next week after Garland was suspended for failure to report. Four days of Garland shooting must be redone, including a costly song number worth about twenty thousand dollars per day.
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Hollywood
Betty Hutton
Judy Garland
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Miss Hutton
Miss Garland
Judy
Metro
Louis B Mayer
75 To Graduate At San Marcos
San Marcos May 19 73 San Marcos High School seniors will graduate in a Wednesday night commencement with the theme Westward the Course. The event features a class pageant directed by Mrs Helen Barber and Miss Mary Dodgen with Ed Gunter and Mrs Evelyn Herrington leading the music. Ruth Munk directs several dance numbers. A board of trustees representative will present diplomas.
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San Marcos
Spl
Fred Kaderli
San Marcos High School
Helen Barber
Mary Dodgen
Ed Gunter
Evelyn Herrington
Ruth Munk
Board of Trustees
Smithville Scouts Top Camporee With 165 Points
Smithville Troop 188 led the Capital Area Council Camporee at Bas trop State Park with 165 points of 300, the highest among troops. Smithville Troop 183 placed second as officials including district commissioner Bill Riemenschneider and field supervisor Ray M. Ealy attended the campfire. Scoutmaster Hugh B. Harris directed activities and served as a director at the campfire.
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Smithville
Capital Area Council
Bastrop State Park
Bill Riemenschneider
Elgin
Ray M. Ealy
Hugh B. Harris
Harris
Leander approves 20 thousand dollar school bond
Leander voters approved a $20 000 school bond by about three to one. The bond passed 116 to 35, raising the tax and bond rate from 1 to 1.20 dollars.
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Leander
BC Headache Tablets and Powders Ad
Brand BC promises fast relief for headaches neuralgic pains and minor muscular aches in tablet or powder form. Two tablets equal one powder and sizes priced at 10 cents and 2 1/2 cents. Sold everywhere.
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America
Underground Water District Bill Approved
The Senate approved a House bill authorizing creation of underground water districts by local option elections in a 27 to 1 vote. It returns to the House to approve two amendments limiting tax power to 50 cents and establishing dissolution procedures.
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Senate
House
Senate Water Laws Committee
B. Holt
Olton
Narcotics Charges Filed Against Three Austin Men
Three Austin men face district and federal narcotics charges filed Thursday. Jessie Barrientos and Dan Lopez are named in a federal indictment by US Narcotic Agent Jack Griffin, with marijuana cigarettes seized. Gilbert Ledesma faces a state narcotics charge after morphine was confiscated, as part of an investigation by federal agent and city detectives Doss Waggoner and Jim Flow.
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Austin
Jessie Barrientos
East 212
Dan Lopez
East Sixth
Jack Griffin
Travis Blakeslee
Gilbert Ledesma
Doss Waggoner
Jim Flow
Wimberley’s Summer Activities Under Way
Summer vacation activities in Wimberley begin with an outdoor plaza dance on Saturday night announced by Raymond Czichos president of the Wimberley Booster Club. The evening also marks the formal opening of a new drugstore owned by J O Doan of Houston.
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San Marcos
Wimberley
Raymond Czichos
Senate okays institutions board shift in Oklahoma
Senate approves a 21 to 6 vote transforming governance of state eleemosynary institutions by creating a nine member board appointed by the governor to take over from the State Board of Control on Sept 1. Excluded are Gatesville Gainesville and Brady juvenile facilities.
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House
State Board of Control
Senate
Gatesville
Gainesville
Brady
Kemper Military School to Graduate Texas Students
Boonville Missouri May 19 Thirty two Texas boys will be graduated by Kemper Military School next week The junior college graduate is Stillman V Taylor of Burnet and the high school graduate is William J Woolsey of 2308 Woodlawn Austin both from Texas The ceremony marks the school’s spring exercises and honors the Texas delegates.
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Boonville
Texas
Kemper Military School
Stillman V. Taylor
Burnet
William J. Woolsey
Woodlawn
Austin
Curbs on Parcel Post To Berlin Lifted
Restrictions on surface parcel post to Berlin were lifted by Postmaster Bob Phinney on Friday. Regular parcel post can be sent to Berlin with fourteen cents per pound, and USA Gift Parcels to the American, British and French sectors at six cents per pound. Gift parcels must be relief parcels from an individual to another for personal use by the immediate family.
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Berlin
Bob Phinney
USA
Germany
United States
Fourteen Couples Fetch Licenses and Thirty-Eight File for Divorce
In Travis County this week a mix of romance and separation occurred. Fourteen couples obtained marriage licenses while 28 other couples filed for divorce. The unusual spring pattern highlights simultaneous unions and dissolutions.
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Travis County
Austin Night School Ends Spring Term
The Austin Evening School closed its spring term with 413 certificates awarded. Principal Sam Martin reported 2,617 students completed the year across three terms, including 13 pupils earning high school graduation work. Certificates went to 69 for perfect attendance, 288 for 75 percent attendance, plus merit certificates for office training 14, shorthand 12, and typing 30.
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Austin Evening School
Sam Martin
Taylor Planning Municipal Band
Taylor voters approved forming a municipal band. M. Jack Nowlin of the Taylor schools will organize and direct it with practice at the high school hall and the first concert planned for about the second week in June.
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Taylor
M. Jack Nowlin
Nowlin
Two Austin Men Face Murder Trials in June
District Attorney Bob Long said two Austin men will be tried in district court early next month. Milton Eugene Cain is set for June 6 in 53rd District Court for murder over the rifle slaying of Dan Jefferson McMillan of Route 6 last November 18. A week later dentist C. H. Roper will face the murder indictment tied to McCreary’s death.
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Austin
Bob Long
Milton Eugene Cain
53Rd District Court
Dan Jefferson McMillan
Route 6
C. H. Roper
McCreary
Crow of Drippi Spin July 17
A Crow was killed by a rifle shot at Roper's home on the Fredericksburg Road. The Cain trial has been postponed twice and the Roper trial three times.
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Crow
Pping Prings
Roper
Fredericksburg Road
Cain
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