Rocke Jr Plans July Visit to Soviet Union
John Rocke Jr. expects to visit the Soviet Union in mid July to discuss the oil situation and seek broader collaboration between Standard Oil and the Soviet oil industry, as reported by James MacDonald of the American Foreign Association.
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Anna Batten Teaches Fifty Years In Nebraska Schools
Miss Anna Batten marks fifty years as a Nebraska teacher. Beginning in Pawnee County when the region was pioneer country, she taught through the Bur n railroad era and later in West Virginia schools before returning to Nebraska. She has been nearly constant in her classroom with only two absences in 39 years. Batten plans to begin her 51st year, predicting she will continue teaching a song she loves.
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Kansas State Teachers College Hosts Short Science Course
More than 100 senior and public school students in Kansas and Missouri attend a summer short course at Kansas State Teachers College. The program focuses on science and practical arts under a project sponsored by the state board for vocational education, the college, and the Kansas Engineers Association.
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Science Surely Is Wonderful
United Press reports Washington University psychologist N E Bunch proved that college students staying up all night become sleepy and irritable the next day. In a test of 80 volunteers the subjects heard radio and played bridge, then faced a stiff exam. They were sleepy and less responsive to jokes.
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Four Times Death Takes Fiancees on Eve of Marriage
Birmingham woman Miss Madge Gunner endured four fiancé deaths on the eve of marriage. A war officer, an airman, an engineer and another fiancé all perished before their weddings. She also mourned the loss of her parents and her brother in recent years.
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Indicated Texas Cotton Yield Falls From Last Year
Texas figures show June 1 indicated U S cotton supply at 3 935 000 bales versus 4 447 000 a year before and a seven year average near 3 971 000. May consumption 668 000 and exports 313 000 bales help explain the decline amid smaller overall supply.
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Explosion Injures Dallas Man at Dyeing Co Boiler Blast
In Dallas on June 21 J C Curry 46 an engineer was severely burned when gas built up caused a boiler to explode at the Oriental Dyeing and Dry Cleaning Co injuring him and lightly wounding night watchman H Gerth 61. The blast toppled brick structures and rushed workers into the streets.
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Dallas
J. ¢. Curry
Oriental Dyeing and Dry Cleaning Co
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92 Prisoners Still at Large Hunted Near Prison Farm
Houston reports 92 fugitives still at large after a prison break near Clemons prison farm in Hira zorin county. Twenty-two prisoners remain sought as authorities issue updates and manhunts continue today.
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Moody comments on Washington precedent and social rights
Governor Moody bluntly criticized current Washington customs as a bad precedent and warned that if Misoi residents feel harmed they should have sent a white man to Congress and granted his wife social privileges, signaling a contentious civil rights moment.
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Austin
Ron Moody
Washington
Misois
Moody
Congress
Weevil Infestationes Jump in Texas Fields
The weekly Texas A and M report shows rising bull weevil emergence with 8.18 percent of winter-weevils surfacing before June 16. Dusting for control has begun in Brazoria and Burleson counties Collin county. Roney notes 25 percent of 1,200 squares punctured near McKinney. W H Friend reports weevil activity across the Rio Grande Valley. Woodlands area reports 12 to 18 percent infestation with flea hopper injury increasing statewide.
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South Central
Bell Weevil Infestation Rises Across Oklahoma Counties
Weather conditions last week aided bell weevil emergence. Extension reports show a 2 percent infestation in large cotton near timber across Pittsburg McIntosh Haskell L Flore Johnston and Carter counties with heavy infestations in Carter Johnston and southern McIntosh along the Canadian River. Additional reports note infestations in Choctaw Bryan Marshall and Pontotoc counties.
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Weevil Infestation Reported Across Louisiana Cotton Fields
In Baton Rouge on June 20 a entomologist notes adult second generation weevils near Franklin and high infestation in fields near shelter with 75 percent of squares punctured. St Landry Parish farmers have applied calcium arsenate twice to fight young cotton weevils.
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Colquitt Urges Moody Not to Sign Censure Resolution
In a telegram dated June 21 Colquitt former Texas governor urged Governor Moody not to sign the legislative resolution censuring Mrs Hoover. The message quotes Colquitt saying Me too Dan and was sent from St Louis.
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Weather Outlook for Texas Tonight and Saturday
East and West Texas expect generally fair skies tonight in the Panhandle it will be warmer tonight and Saturday.
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Panhandle
Chicago Executed Two Gangsters After Confessions
Charles Swan and Napoleon Glover were executed in the Cook County Jail by electric chair after admitting murdering two men and committing nearly ninety robberies. The killings followed an incident where one victim upbraided them for desecrating the Sabbath by banditry.
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Napoleon Glover
Cook County
Lions Club Meeting Filmed With Amusing Skit About Neighbors
Lions Club Thursday program featured a skit titled How a Story Grew starring nine Lioness wives. The tale followed gossip about new neighbors that grew into a fake murder before revealing the minister and his family. George Wheeler and Prentice Gross spoke, with Gross outlining Federal duties. Clyde Monds and Baxter Sitzler named for next week. President Tarter fined for judging members.
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Allen Wheeler
Man Electrocuted in Cisco as Safety Lapse Cited
Creed Stephens, 37, longtime West Texas Utilities Co. engineer, was electrocuted when a safety plug was not pulled before a switch shut off the street lighting system in Cisco. He had eight years with the company.
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Creed Stephens
West Texas Utilities Co
Mean Husband Sends Candy During Rapid Weight Loss
A husband sends candy to his wife while she undergoes rapid weight reduction treatment, presenting a contrasting gesture amid her health-focused regimen and personal struggle.
Protests at Texas Insurance Hearing Over City Property Rates
The State Insurance Commission heard protests from Tom Ball of Houston and Harvey Draper of Houston's League of Municipalities. They argued municipally owned properties including Houston port properties faced high rates, claiming insurers profit by about 40 percent. The panel opened hearings on 38 proposed rate changes while the Robison charges hearing was postponed to this afternoon to avoid delaying urgent legislation.
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Houston
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All-Women Juries Considered by Massachusetts Woman
Mrs. Alice Lee West Movius, state chairwoman of the Massachusetts National Woman's party, argues all-women juries should try cases involving female defendants. She says men face discrimination in jury duty and questions whether men would want to be judged by a group of women.
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Boston
Alice Lee West Movius
Massachusetts
National Woman’s Party
Weekend rest shift spreads in Soviet schools
Leninrad reports that Sunday was abolished as a weekly rest day by the Pskovsky Pedagogical Technikum and Ostrovsky School with Wednesday chosen as the new rest day. A movement to make Sunday a working day began in Tomsk and has spread to other regions, signaling a shift in weekly scheduling across towns.
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Leninrad
Pskovsky Pedagogical Technikum
Ostrovsky School
Tomsk
Siberia
Soviet Union
Drew Half-Century Sentence for Killing of Another
Brownwood announces T. Leonard, 35, a driller, sentenced to fifty years in the state penitentiary for the killing of J. R. Wilson in February.
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United Press
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Texas Solons propose 4 cent gasoline tax
The Texas House votes to levy a 4 cent occupation tax on wholesale gases. The bill replaces the previous 4 cent gasoline excise tax favored by the taxation committee and is backed by Montgomery and Hidalgo counties representatives.
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Jurist Says Athletes Seldom Turn Criminal
Cincinnati judge Edward Hurley notes athletes rarerly face arraignment in criminal courts. He attributes this to discipline and self reliance developed through sports, saying participation builds sound mind and character.
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Edward Hurley
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