Truman orders mediation to settle coal strike dispute
President Truman cleared a board to report on the soft coal dispute amid mediation efforts. A walkout threat looms as the current contract expires June 30 with pension funding a contested issue between miners and operators.
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Pont
Ap- Ngton
U.P
Truman
White House
Cypring
Mr. Truman
John L. Lenge
Pension Fund
T-Finding Board
Palestine to send delegates for Rhodes talks on Palestine
In June in Palestine Count Bernadotte announced that delegates would be sent to Rhodes Week to discuss a permanent settlement. He noted the Jews and Arabs would not meet at the current stage and two delegations would meet with Bernadotte and his truce team. He may seek a formal round table peace gathering with both sides at his headquarters.
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Learrned
Bernadotte
United
Atlens
Bernadotte and
Thadotte
Palestine
Wik
Dallas Lt Speaks to Ely Farmers on Dusting Program
Texan Cotton Seed Crushers Association representative Mr. Spencer, a successful farmer, will speak Monday evening at the Ely Farmers meeting on the topic Dusting Contrel. The talk highlights pest control in cotton fields as the area reports a promising bloom and favorable crop conditions, alongside community updates about poultry and pig farming, church activity, and local farming progress.
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Dallas
Ely Farmers
W. B. Stanford C. B
Spencer
Texan
Cotton Seed Crushers Association
Txas
Ely
Fly Agricultural Assocatia
Tt Hicks
J C Mhoon
OIC
Hampshire
Alfred Winkle
Berkshires
Poland
China
Functia
Boti. Grezatians
Progres
Jandley Vowell
Nat Bea jZley
Nomination of S Blaisdell Jr as Assistant Secretary of Commerce
President Truman nominates S Blaisdell Jr to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce succeeding David Bruce. The move comes as the Economic Cooperation Administration faces scrutiny over travel and vacation questions raised by a congressional committee last week.
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Sshington
P “Ent Truman
S. Blasdell, Jr
Secretary of Commerce
Dell
David Bruce
Commerce
Office of International
Com
Cotton Blooms Arrive Early in Honey Grove
The Honey Grove farm reports early cotton blooms on Monday. Nunnelly, Luther Shelton, and JT McFarland each brought in cotton poms from their fields planted in April, marking an early season yield.
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Nunnelly
Luther Shelton
JT McFar
Heat Wave Presses On Across Texas
Heat wave continues across Texas with temperatures near 100 degrees at many locations. The stretch marks an unusually early peak for the summer, sustaining heat across cities and prompting concerns over health and power demand.
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Texas
Margaret Jackson Trebuted To Collin County
Mrs Margaret Jackson Fannir county transfer announced after county meeting. She came to Fannin in 1947 from Denton and will begin work in McKinney Collins county on Saturday July 16. No successor announced. Education and expansion committee discussed United Nations food and agriculture recommendations. Participants included Mrs Gene Brent Go ber and others.
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Margaret Jackson
Fannir County
Jackson
Miss Jackson
Fannin County
Denton County
McKinney Collin County
Fannincunty
Food and Agriculture Committee
The
United Nations
Texas Home
Gene Brent Gober
Earl Roberts
Floyd
N C Stevens
Randolph
J W Brakebey
Nunnelee
Willie Hah Mulberry
M A Carter
Misa Myrtle Murray
Aft
Encampment Set for July 4-H Dress Revue Weekend
The annual Fannin County 4-H encampment for boys and girls will take place Friday and Saturday July 2-3 at Jones Field. County Agent V. J. Young and Miss Margaret Jackson announced the two day program with a dress revue for 4-H girls on Saturday July 3 at 10 o clock in the Recreation Hall.
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Fannin County
V. J. Young
Margaret
Jackson
Ana Saftstanshiyy
West Germany launches new currency amid Allied plans
The United States Britain and France announced a new currency for West Germany occupying zones backed by Marshall Plan funds. Russia angrily protested halting traffic from the West to the East and refused to attend a Berlin currency reform meeting. The measure aims to integrate German economy into the European recovery program with circulation beginning Sunday in the three Western zones.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Westen Genany
United States
Berlin
Seven Dallas Residents Hospitalized After Car Crash
A single traffic accident on the Dallas outskirts sent seven residents to Dallas hospitals last night. Six victims, two couples, were in one car when it collided with another vehicle.
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Dallas
Texas
Social Security Plan Backed by Sam Rayburn
In 1935 Congress passed the Social Security law with federal matching funds for state contributions. The piece notes Sam Rayburn backed measures expanding old age assistance and outlines possible pension increases if states continue or raise their shares.
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Congress
Sam Rayburn
A C Roebuck Dies Saturday
A C Roebuck, 84, co founder of Sears Roebuck and Co died in a Chicago hospital after visiting his daughter in Evanston. He first joined the firm with Richard Sears in 1890, left briefly, then returned in public relations before retiring permanently seven years later.
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Chicago
Wpac Roebuck
Sears, Roebuck and Compair
Roebuck
Tujunga
California
Raymond Keeler
Evanston
Imanuis
Richard Sears
Fire Destroys Farm House Near Bonham
A house on S. G Miller’s farm about three and a half miles southeast of Bonham burned Friday morning around 10 o’clock. The Bonham Fire Department arrived and saved the barn. The residence was occupied by Wallace Dodson.
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S. G Miller
Bonham
Wallace Dodson
Swimming Tops Summer Recreation Program Involvement
Ross Baldwin reports the summer recreation program lists swimming as the most popular activity with 160 participants. Softball ranks second with 70, tennis 30, and golf 12. schedules vary for golf, softball, and tennis across Bonham facilities and State Park pools for different age groups.
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Ross Baldwin
Baldwin
Bonham Golf Club
Bonham State Park
State Park
Draft Act Passed After Long Senate Session
In a stormy session the Senate approved a compromise draft for national youth enlistment aged 19 through 25 with a 21 month service term. Senator Glen H. Taylor ended his filibuster at 8 15 am aiding quick House approval and presidential signature.
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Washington
Senate Say
Glen H. Tayior
Ida
Senate
House
White House
Ruman
State House
Taylor
Claude Pepper
D. Fila
Congress
Lyndon Johnson Campaign Tour In Bonham Texas
Congressman Lyndon Johnson of Johnson City spoke to a sizable crowd on the east side of the courthouse in Bonham as part of his US Senate bid. He visited Hone Grove Denison and Sherman by helicopter and praised Sam Rayburn while urging federal aid for schools rural roads electrification and national defense.
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Lyndon Johnson
Johnson City
US Senate
Bonham
Johnson
Honey Grove
Denison
Sherman
Heliopter
Doug Johnson
Sam Rayburn
United States
Ins
Vandenberg criticizes Truman trip ahead of GOP convention
Senate leader Arthur H. Vandenberg accused President Truman of partisan sniping as he toured the nation for a non political speaking trip. He said it is early to subordinate national welfare to political squabbles and declined to comment further on the president’s politics.
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Washington
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Truman
Trumans
Vandenberg
Congress
Skrying
Dam Authorized On Trinity In Collin County
The notice states a dam was authorized on the Trinity River east fork near Collin County. Construction to protect lands and irrigate acres is planned with economic impact noted. Officials in Rockwall and Dallas counties oversee the project and related land and tax considerations.
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Trinity
Collin County
Raybur
East Fork
Trinity River
Laa
Calla Kautmu Rockwall
Dallas
Weldon Taylor Brings First Cotton Bloom to Town
Weldon Taylor living south of Bartley Woods brings the first cotton bloom of the season to town on Saturday morning. Taylor says the bloom shows the crop was knee high and was planted in April.
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Weldon Taylor
Bartley Woods
Broucht
Taylor
Man Smothered By Cement In Houston Silo Fall
In Houston on June 19 Deciderio Garza was killed when cement from a silo feeder hole engulfed him after a chunk fell from a pile. Two other workers from Trinity Porting Cement Co. were inside the structure. funeral arrangements are being made.
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Houston
Texas
W.P
Deciderio Garza
Trinity Porting Cement Co
Garza
Garg
Con gressman Sam Rayburn noted in Daily Favorite
The second section of today's Daily Favorite contains facts about Congressman Sam Rayburn. Readers are invited to mail the piece to a friend in the 4th Congressional District or to the Sam Rayburn Headquarters in Bonham.
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Sam Rayburn
4Th Congressional District
Bonham
Congress Argues As Adjournment Time Nears
Washington June 19 UPI House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. said it is almost impossible for Congress to meet the midnight adjournment deadline unless a broad break occurs. Senate Republican leader Taft suggested the Senate might adjourn with most major work done, possibly leaving the housing bill unresolved. Martin later tempered his stance, saying adjournment tonight would be very difficult or impossible, with only orderly business and a potential late session left as options.
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Washington
UPI
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Mass
Congres
Mactan
Robert A Taft
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Martin
Senate
Ohio
Congress
Philadelphia
Taft
Congressmen Given Credit For Service in Armed Forces
Washington June 19. President Truman signed a bill giving members of Congress credit on their civil service pension for time spent in the armed forces. The measure allows members who left office to enter their armed service during a war or emergency to be credited with their periods of military service.
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Washington
Truman
Member of Congress
Senate approves seven billion for armed forces budget
The Senate approved a seven billion dollar appropriation for military expenses of the Army and Air Forces. The House soon passed the compromise bill, aligning with President Truman's budget request. The action echoes ongoing wartime spending and military support directives.
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Senate
White House
Truman
House
One Killed and One Injured in Port Arthur Wreck
In Port Arthur Texas on June 19 a two car collision near Sheldon killed Kemp W Powers a 50 year old Port Arthur resident. The other driver Elys Hargrave Coward of Houston was badly injured.
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Port Arthur
Texas
South Texas
Kemp W Powers
Sheldon
Elys Hargrave Coward
Mouston
Rayburn Homecoming Sets Bonham Campaign Rally
Bonham opens drive for Sam Rayburn re election with a large homecoming at Fannin County Fair Grounds. A 7 PM address will be broadcast on four district radio stations after a 3:30 barbecue and informal program from 6:30. Delegations from all seven counties expected. crowd to be fed with barbecue, pickles, onions, tomatoes and bread. public address system to reach all areas of the grounds.
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Bonham
Fannin County
Fourth
Congressional District
Sam Rayburn
Fannin County Fair Grounds
d@trirer
Rayburn
Congress
Foods Committee
Ang
Bonham Girl Joins Methodist Youth Caravan
Bonham girl Mi Etherlee Wilms participates in a Methodist Youth Caravan course at McMuria. Mae Witham also noted among caravan members. The group plans to depart in June for the extended program.
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Bonham
Methodist
McMuria
Abilene
Sunseller
Hodis Youth Caravan Clu
Olumines Mae
Caravan
Vaniou
Frexus
Social Security Talk by Admin Monday in Banham
The Social Security Administration plans an outreach session at the Texas Employment Commission Office in Banham on Monday June 2 at 10 09 a m. Paul J Files notes many local veterans and survivors may be eligible for special benefits created under a 1946 amendment to the Social Security Act and urged survivors of World War II veterans to contact a Social Security Administration representative.
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Aocal Secu .T. Adminnstratia
Buneunder
Texas Employment Commission
Banham
Paul J Files
Paris Socia Seounty
Fues
Cher
Ade Secu Security Administration
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