Acheson Seeks More Arms Aid as Senate Debates Policy
In Mington June 2, Acheson urged continued arms support for allies, stressing Korea and the Far East. He outlined U.S. resolve to prevent further spread of communism and warned of future events in Korea, the Philippines, and China. Senate considers extending rent controls. an informal poll favors six months. Displaced persons legislation moves toward final approval.
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Gation
Anid
Com
Nnt
Senate
Far East
East Asia
Korea
Japan
China
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Ruling on wage case appeals to Third Court
The Attorney General's Department asks the Third Court to reverse its May 17 ruling in the El Paso Bail Construction Trades wage case. The dispute centers on a temporary injunction seeking to raise the highway commission’s wage rate and a trial court hearing. The Civil Appeals Court had reversed the lower court, but the state contends seven points were misapplied and argues the labor group has a justifiable interest.
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Brm
Attorney General's
Third Court of All
el Paso Bail Construction Trades
AFL Labor Council
Lahore
Wheat allotments set for 1951 farms in Fannin County
Farmers in Fannin County were told that 1951 wheat allotments will be issued for eligible farms. Wheat on land planted in 1947 1949 or 1950 qualifies, with forms available at the county PMA office in the basement of the county jail. Applications for wheat allotment must be filed by June 26.
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Fannin
AX County
Fannin County
PMA
Nty
Ray Graham
PMA AN
Spring Pickets Rise in Labor Strikes Across States
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 150 more strikes in May than April, with 400 walkouts in March involving 8 workers. April shows 550 strikes, with further activity noted into June per UP.
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Bureau of Labor
Hine
Movie Lucille Ball Reports Prow Case at Chisago Hotel
Lucille Ball visit cited as reporting a prowling incident at a Chisago hotel. Police reported minimal details as investigators sorted early clues. Ball publicly described the event as troubling while authorities reviewed surveillance footage.
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Lucille Ball
Prowey
Chisago Hotel
Graduation address urges finding a fitting life job
In Bonham high school 1980 graduates hear Dr. Trent C Root urge students to locate the specific work they are suited for and excel at it. He notes many may not become famous figures, but doing one's best in the chosen role matters most. The ceremony included honors, diplomas, music, and prayers.
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Bonham High School
Trent C Root
Southern Methodist University
Edison
Dr. Trent
Velma Jean Wright
Margaret Hodge
T. E Anderson
Supt
C. H. Dillehay
Css
Mary Alice Pritchett
Torothy Heaton
Mittie Beth Parker
Betsy Buron
Marggaret Hodge
C G. Long
First Presbyterian Church
Paul Campbell
First Christian Church
Desperadoes Surrounded in Dense Mountain Thicket
Police surround a dense thicket near the Tennessee border after a high speed chase from the Chattanooga area. A red haired woman and two desperadoes are believed hiding there with machine guns following a gunfight with a highway patrolman who was overpowered after stopping to question them.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Tennesee
Summer School Begins Monday at Bonham High
Bonham High School will hold summer classes starting Monday June 5. Registration begins today and classes begin Monday morning. Miss Alma Kinkead and Mrs Annie Pear Heaton will teach the summer sessions.
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Bonham High School
T E. Anderson
Alma Kinkead
Annie Pear Heaton
London Taxi Drivers Strike Over Fare Hike
London cabbies protest in a citywide strike as more than half of the 7,000 cabs stay off the streets. Drivers demand a larger share of a 33 percent fare increase that took effect yesterday and carry signs reading Dam a owner-driver.
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London
Japan police halt Communist protest near Tokyo
In Mito north of Tokyo 600 Communists clashed with police as Premier Shigeru Yoshida prepared to speak. Reds blocked his car until officers dispersed them, with authorities reporting no further clashes.
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Tokyo
Mito
Shigeru Yoshida
Reds
Yoshida
Havana elects Communist backed mayor in surprise win
In Havana Cuba Nichol Castellanos, supported by a coalition including the Communist Party, wins re election as mayor defeating the president's brother. The Havana mayoralty is a key high office in Cuba.
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Havana
Cuba
Nicholas Castellanos
Mauna Loa Lava Flows Cut Roads In Hawaii Eruption
Hundreds of tons of molten rock stream from Mauna Loa as lava ravages the countryside. The eruption sent smoke and flame 20 002 feet high, with a flow potentially lasting days and no local casualties reported.
Changes Be Made in U S Policy on Germany and Japan
Washington reports plan to alter occupation policies in Germany and Japan. Western powers reportedly allow a 5000 member federal police in West Germany, about one tenth of the Soviet zone force. Washington also weighs returning pre war possessions to Japan including some Ryukyu Islands.
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London
Washington
United States
Germany
Japan
Peoples Police
Ryukyu Chain
Formos
Acreage Checked by 30 PMA Reporters
Thirty PMA reporters are in the field checking acreage planted to cotton, peanuts and other crops with issued allotments. An ECA secretary in Barnard announced that farmers or their representatives must be present during measurements.
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Prodetion Marketing Administration
PMA
Barnard
ECA
New Yorkers Gain Unrestricted Water Use
New York City residents may use water freely for pools lawn sprinkling and high pressure hoses for a month starting June 1 1950 The Water Department lifted nine month old restrictions crediting the citys water saving campaign led by Water Commissioner Stephen Carney.
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New York
The
Water Department
New York City
Stephen Carney
Welcome Mat Is Rolled Out For Visiting Bonhi Exes On Weekend
Rainy showers delayed farm work across Bonham and nearby areas adding to wet fields and risk of cotton insect infestation. County Agent Nick Owen announced a cotton insect control meeting for Saturday at 10 am in the Sixth District Courtroom with entomologist A C Gunter to discuss control methods and poisons.
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Bontim
Bonham
Savoy
Here
Nick Owen
A. C Gunter
A. & M. Extension Service
Mr Owen
Brownsville Floods After 7 Inches of Rain
Brownsville faces widespread flooding as more than seven inches of rain soak the city. Water blocks streets and runs through town, with hundreds of homes inundated and telephones largely out. Airport runways see six inches of water and extensive property damage reported.
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Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Cache
Hundreds Return for Two Day Bonham High Reunion
Bonham hosts a two day reunion for hundreds of former Bonham High exes with registration Saturday morning at the high school and a tea at the golf club. Saturday features a 7 pm barbecue and an auditorium program with Sam Rayburn honored and several former teachers and students appearing. Sunday morning finishes with a 9 30 program and a speaker before attendees begin their journey home.
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Bonham Golf Club
Josephine Gray Mitchell
Margaret White
Rose McFarland
Beverly Christian
Betty Blake Gerner
Charles Meeks
John Bacon Saunders
HH Dillehay
Nina White Burk
Bennie Estes
Exes
Bonham Ramblers
Martha Nevill
62 FHA Students To Participate In Summer Program
Sixty two members of the Girls Homemaking Classes at Bonham High School will continue FHA work at home during the summer. Projects include foods, recreation, child care, home improvements, and gardening. Credit earned will count in the regular high school curriculum. Miss Polly Ann Brown and Mrs Sam Caldwell guide the students with summer grading. The program is an elective. Delegates Polly Brown Dorothy Heaton Martha Heaton Brown will attend the National FHA meeting in Kansas. they depart June 27 and return July 2.
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Bonham High School
Polity
Ann Brown
Sam Caldwell
Aldwedloo
Gusta
Kansas
Polly Brown
Dorothy Heaton
Martha Hanie Bronhi
Bonham
FBI to Review Texas City Claims In Fact Finding Survey
About thirty FBI agents will review individual claims against the Federal government arising from the Texas City blast three years ago. Agent in charge Arthur Forton says the team will assess each claim’s value and validity in the Galveston area next week. Federal Judge Kennerty had ruled the government liable for twenty thousand dollars in a cumulative damage suit, which attorneys for the United States are appealing.
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Houston
FBI
Texas City
Galveston
Arthur Forton
Lorton
TM. Kennerty
Uncle Sam
Bonham Area Weather Forecast
Cloudy to partly cloudy with occasional showers and thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Saturday not so warm Saturday. East Texas mostly cloudy this afternoon tonight and tomorrow with local thundershowers. Fresh southeast winds along the coast. Low temperatures near 64 degrees tonight.
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United Prepas
Texas
Weather Bureau
Dallas
Mercury
Panhandle
Guadalpe Pass
Presidio
Galveston
Dalhart
Brownsville
Houston
Palestine
Alice
Marfa
Clarendon
Laredo
Salt Flat
Tyler
Cotulla
Victoria
Bonham
East Texas
Texas Farm Welcomes Lithuanian Family From Bremen to Denison
A displaced European family from Idthuania arrives in Fannin County. The Suelus family of eight is settled on Judge W. F. Leslie’s farm six miles north of Windom to begin a new life. They travel from Bremen to New York then Bonham, aided by Travelers Aid and DP Commission.
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Lithuania
Fannin County
W. F. Leslie
Windom
Alex Suelius
Idthuania
Penison
Denison
Con
Leslie Wa
Ales Ruelius
Valerije
Maria
Alexan
Franas
Jurgis
Regina
Leslie
Port of Entry
DP Commission
Bremen
Germany
New York
Bonham
New York Travelers Aid Society
Burow Named to East Texas Taxation Committee
H. A. Burow named as member of the taxation committee at the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. Announcement by Hubert M. Harrison general manager follows Burow’s tenure as manager at Bonham Cotton Mill. Paul Carrington polled president noted the appointment.
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Bonham Cotton
Fort Worth Markets Livestock Prices Mixed Across Categories
Reports show 300 cattle with steady to uneven demand. Kerr steers and good cows mostly steady with limited numbers of canners and cutters. Hog offerings around 300 with steady to slightly lower values. sows weak and feeder pigs down. sheep around 900 trading poorly with medium grade lambs at 25 to 27 per hundredweight.
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Fort Worth
Searce
Employment in Houston Area Shows Increase
Employment in the Houston area rose this period with workers added to permanent offices and metal fabrication plants. The rise spans several industries as the local labor market expands and growth is noted across sectors including manufacturing and related services.
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Houston
Motorists Driving Safer Despite Higher Road Deaths
The National Safety Council reports drivers are safer overall when considering miles traveled, yet monthly accident totals remain higher than in the past. The analysis highlights increased driving exposure and notes a rise in reported incidents.
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CRITE
National Safety
Lal
Dense Fog Slows Nova Scotia Forest Fire Battle
Dense fog drifted in from the Atlantic aiding suppression of a forest fire in Nova Scotia. About 2,000 firefighters are fighting the blaze across 35,008 acres, a fire that has already destroyed rich timberland since Monday.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Atlantic Ocean
Investigators Seek Copies of Old Telegrams Across Agencies
Washington investigators press to obtain full records of sent telegrams and wires from major agencies. The move aims to study communications history and verify previous dispatch details amid ongoing inquiries.
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Sete Tate SN
Chan Man Bates Kekeuver
Motor Vehicles Built During April Reach High Output
Detroit reports April output of 697 293 motor vehicles, the highest for any April in automotive history. The Automotive News estimate notes strong performance across cars and trucks, marking a record month for the industry.
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Detroit
Pactoa
Andust
Pentagon Burglaries Reported at Arlington Lagoon
An apparent security lapse at the Pentagon allowed an intruder to reach the lagoon area in Washington and steal five outboard motors and a runabout, with possible further incursions noted. The incident highlights vulnerabilities across the Army Navy and Air Force security.
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Army
Navy
Air Force
Anwey
Pentagon Lagoon
Gut Agaln
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