Truman denounces communism and signals readiness to use force
President Truman on Washington's Birthday denounces communism as armed tyranny and vows to use force if needed. He calls for arms reduction and a workable system to control atomic weapons while insisting freedom must be protected from imperialist coercion at the George Washington National Memorial ceremony in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Soviet Russia
George Washington National Masonic Memorial
Alexandria
George Washington
Belton Visit by Owens Family to Mrs. E. Willie
Mr and Mrs Roger Owens and their children Linda and David Lee of Belton visited Mrs E Willie Sunday.
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Roger Owens
Linda and
David Lee
Belton
E. Willie Sunday
Mrs Ada Pratt Visits Son in Floydada
Mrs Ada Pratt is spending several weeks visiting her son Mr and Mrs Cleo Pratt in Floydada during a family visit.
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Mrs. Ada Pratt
Mrs. Cleo Pratt
Floydada
Blake Family and Dorothy Merchant Visit Relatives in Houston
Mr and Mrs Gene Blake and their two sons and Miss Dorothy Merchant spent the past weekend visiting relatives in Houston, according to local society notes.
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Gene Blake
Dorothy Merchant
Houston
Marlin Tops Cameron In Tight 48 45 Victory
Center Gary Shivers with 24 points leads Marlin past Cameron 48 to 45 as Francis Meades adds 19 and Frank Malone 12. Marlin built a 21 4 first quarter edge, Cameron rallying to 45 44 late before Shivers seals win with a field goal and a free throw. The Marlin B s beat Cameron B s 23 17 in the curtain raiser.
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Gary Shivers
Marlin
Cameron
Shivers
Francis Meades
Alton Fuchs
Frank Malone
Yeomen
Marlin B’s
Cameron B’s
Truck Burns at Home Destroys 87 Model V-8
Buffalo Angel's 87 model V-8 truck burned at his home Thursday afternoon when he tried to start it. Fire Department responded but the vehicle was a total loss.
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Buffalo Angel
Mrs Jennie Barrett and Mrs Frank Barrett Visit Yarrellton Hostess
Mrs Jennie Barrett and Mrs Frank Barrett of Yarrellton spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Susie Matthews.
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Jennie Barrett
Frank Barrett
Yarrellton
Susie Matthews
Black Hawk Ointment Sold At Leo Lnake Drug Store
The store offers Black Hawk Ointment for skin conditions including eczema tetter ringworm prickly heat and poison oak with a guarantee. Prices are 60 cents or one dollar.
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Leo Lnake Drug Store
Federal claim to Texas ports and harbors revealed
Texas Attorney General Price Daniel says the federal brief in the tidelands case also claims Texas ports and harbors. He notes the potential impact on title to coastal properties and cites billions spent on port improvements at Galveston Corpus Christi Brownsville and other cities. The tidelands suit is set for the Supreme Court week of March 13.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Texas
Tidelands
Daniel
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Houston
Philip B. Perlman
Perlman
Union
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Mrs. Barrett at bedside of gravely ill father in Milano
Mrs. Charlie Barrett of Corpus Christi visits her father Charlie Griffin as he lies seriously ill at his Milano home.
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Charlie Barrett
Corpus Christi
Charlie Griffin
Milano
Albert Slovak Visits Cameron on Business Trip
Albert Slovak of Buckholts traveled to Cameron recently on a business trip to meet clients and discuss local opportunities.
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Albert Slovak
Buckholts
Cameron
Ozark Man Seeks 1 Million for Noahs Ark Cave
Lester Dill of Stanton Missouri applied to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for a one million dollar loan to develop Meramee Caverns as an underground Noahs Ark bomb shelter. He proposed housing scientists and young talents in a self sufficient underground city with two to three years of food supply.
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Missouri Ozarks
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Lester Dill
Stanton
Meramee
Jesse James
Einstein
Dill
RFC
Washington
Judge Morrison to address Houston Jaycees luncheon
Judge W A Morrison of Milam County will speak at the Junior Chamber luncheon in Houston on Americas Position in the International Picture. He is UT and UT law school graduate and served with the Counter Intelligence Corps in Europe. Harris County Probate Court Judge Clem McClellan leads the event.
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W. A
Bill) Morrison
20Th Judicial District Court
Milam County
Texas draft boards add 2382 men in January
January classifications for Texas local draft boards reach 6038 youths turning 18. Colonel Paul L. Wakefield reports total manpower pool now 51427 with 11260 new classifications of which 8878 are deferred. January registrations lift monthly totals to over 56000 and end January with 530638 registered and 871168 classified.
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Texas
Paul L. Wakefield
Selective Service
Wakefield
Pfe Geral Jackson Leaves Japan for New Army Assignment
Pfe Geral Jackson of Lexington will depart Yokohama Japan for the United States to be reassigned in the Fourth Army Area. He served as a medical supply clerk with the Army Occupation Forces at the 155th Station Hospital arriving in October 1947. He is the son of Mrs Beckie Jackson.
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Geral Jackson
155Th Station Hospital
United States
Fourth Army
Yokohama
Japan
Eighth Army
Jackson
Army
Pfe. Jackson
155Th Station
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Ight Company
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Humble Oil & Refining Company
Esso
Minnie Stedman
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Mamie A. Hefley
Ozark Man
W. A. Morrison
Jaycees
Pfe. Jackson Is the
Beckie Jackson
Lexington
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