Pump Wilshire Clash Looms After Big Frames Friday
Southwest Pump and Wilshire posted decisive softball wins in Bonham League action. Southwest Pump rallied with six runs in the seventh to beat Cotton Mill 11 to 5, while Wilshire exploded for four runs in the fourth to defeat Ector 11 to 4. Pump led 2 0 after Savage walk and Sloan’s homer, then added two in the fourth and others in later frames.
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Pump
Wilshire
Southwest Pump
Cotton Mill
Ector
Bonham
Savage
Sloan
R. Mankin
Lewis
Pumpers
Mill
W. L. Pet
Jaycees
Edwards
Gem
Alexander
Millers Rally Past Ector Narrow Tie Breaker
Millers win 4-3 as Ed Couzens held Mill to few hits in late innings. Tyler led Millers with three hits while Sloan added two. Wilshire Burt each pounded three hits for the Millers and Ector’s Smith Stanford paced two safeties for the visitors.
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Ed Couzens
Tyler
Millers
Sloan
Wilshire
Burt
Smith
Stanford
Ector Club
Answer Filed To Negro's Suit Gain Entry University
Texas Attorney General Grover Sellers stated Herman Marion Sweatt, a Houston black man, should have applied to Texas A and M College operated Prairie View University for higher education. He asked dismissal of Sweatt v Texas suit, arguing state constitution allows segregation. hearing set for June 17.
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Austin
Tex
Grover Sellers
Herman Marion Kweatz
Houston
University of Texas
Texas A. & M
Franrie University
Sellers
126Th District
Sweatt
Texas University
Texas Attorney General
Announcements of Democratic primary candidates
A list of candidates announcing for the July 27 1946 Democratic primary across Precincts 1 2 and 4. Names include Lewis Pearson Huss Cain Calvin Witherspoon Tom Eller D R Alexander Doug Steger Paul Brown Jese Cy Victory for Commissioner etc. Also named are county officers such as County Attorney District Clerk Tax Assessor Collector Sheriff State Senator and Representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Pearson
W. EB
Huss
Cain C. R
Calvin) Witherspoon
T. H
Tom
Eller
D. R. Alexander
Doug Steger
Paul Brown
Jese
B. J. Briggs
Buster B. Anderson
Albert R. Lackey
Bill Robertson
Bernard Emerson
J. R
Joe
Britain Celebrates Allied Victory With London Pageant
Britain mounts a grand victory celebration in London with a massive crowd of twelve million watching a war style pageant. Prime Minister Attlee and Churchill ride in a state carriage as dignitaries acknowledge the Allied triumph and the diverse empire contingents join the march despite some nations declining to participate.
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London
Britain
Russia
Poland
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Clement Attlee
Winston Churchill
Leonard Woman to Join Husband in Austria
Mrs. Tom H. Owen sails from New York for Salisbury Austria to reunite with Lt. Tom H. Owen overseas since November 1944. She is the first local Army wife to join her husband while he serves with the 42 Rainbow Infantry Division in the European Theater. The couple wed last December during his leave and will occupy a seven room Army provided apartment as 24 families accompany the group.
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Owen
Rainbow
Leonard
Salisburg
New York
Ladonia Boy With A Bomb Test Force
Ladonia reports Mervin Clyde Day serves with the Navy Air Groups of Joint Army Navy Task Force One under Rear Admiral Sprague. The mission is to study effects of the Naafuasaki type atomic bomb on naval vessels and military equipment for national defense.
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Mervin Clyde Day
Navy
Army
Navy Task Force One
C. A F. Sprague
USN
Miss Mary Cain Receives Degree At ETSTC
Miss Mary Cain daughter of Mr and Mrs A B Cain earned a B A degree with a major in English from ETSTC on Monday May 27 while active in student activities at the college.
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Ladonia
Mary Cain
A. B. Cain
ETSTC
Miss Cain
Devotion to Bible Costs Boy His Life
In Hutchinson Kansas a boy named Robert Wright died after jumping into Cow Creek to retrieve a Bible. He disappeared in the deep water and his body was recovered downstream about 25 minutes later by two sailors.
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Hutchinson
Kans
Robert Wright
Salvation Army
Cow Creek
Robert
State moves to prosecute high charging loan firms in Texas
Houston June 8 Atty Gen Grover Sellers received approval to launch a statewide drive against high charging loan companies after a Galveston appellate court ruling clarified the 1943 small loans act. He will seek early trials of eight Houston loan firms charged under the act as the state appeals a verdict against two firms.
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Houston
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Grover Sellers
Galveston
W. E. Monteith
Galveston Court
Two Ex Soldiers Die In Accidents In Oklahoma
In Davis Oklahoma on June 8 two ex servicemen died in separate crashes. James Saunders 19 of Duncan was badly injured when his panel truck struck a bridge. Edward Grimes 23 of Achille was killed when his car left the road and hit a tree. Highway toll for the year reached 208, up from 139 a year ago.
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Davis
Okla
Oklahoma
James D Saunders
Duncan
Tishomingo
Edward Owen Grimes
Achille
Highway Patrol
Latin American Unions to Boycott U S Cargoes
CIO maritime leaders report six Latin American affiliated unions pledge to halt U S cargoes if ships are manned with armed forces during the June 15 shipping strike. Louis Goldblatt announced the pact as negotiations at the labor department remain deadlocked amid strike plans. AFL mariners walkouts lessened.
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Washington
U.S
CIO
Latin American Confederation of Labor
U. S
Louis Goldblatt
Committee For Maritime Unity
Labor Department
AFL
New Beltone Hearing Aid Promises Lightweight One Unit
Beltone presents a new one unit hearing aid weighing very little with no battery pack or garment. The X-Cell tube retains full power up to 50 hours and allows self adjustment. It eliminates frequent battery changes and offers comfort and improved hearing. Free booklet and home demonstration offered by Beltone, Dept. 7950, Chicago.
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Beltone
Dept
19Th St
Chicago
Benny
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Veronica Lake
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