Wartime Powers To Aid Flood Area
The Office of Defense Mobilization invoked wartime priority powers to channel materials and equipment to flood damaged defense industries. Chief Flemming said this would occur only if voluntary efforts fail. The move covers over 200 defense related industries and includes selling copper from government inventories for disaster work. An ODM spokesman noted stockpiles remain unaffected and detailed orders will guide field engineers in the massive rehabilitation effort.
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Washington
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Arthur S. Flemming
Flemming
General Services Administration
Sturgis
Nation Faces Large Shortage of Classrooms This Fall
U S Office of Education officials warn the nation will be short over 250000 classrooms this fall despite a record building year 60000 new rooms were readied the most in one year and 5000 more than 1953 but the backlog remains and enrollment is expected to rise by 137 million pupils requiring 50000 additional rooms to meet demand leaving only 10000 for replacements. Public school attendance may exceed 32 million amid teacher shortage and funding gaps.
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Washington
US Office of Education
Ray L. Hamon
Hannon
United Press
Congress
Marion B. Folsom
Mrs Crews Seeks One Year Leave For Master’s Degree
Mary Crews a longtime Wilson school teacher asked for a year long leave to attend Texas Tech and pursue a Master’s Degree. The plan is to have her teach in the Lubbock school system during that year. No replacement has been selected.
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Leota Woods
C. E. Woods
B. Ne
Crippled Childrens Society of
Childress County
J. O. Hix
Leota
Mrs. Woods
Ipe
Mary Crews
Wilson School
Texas Tech
Spt
Newell Odell
Crews
Lubbock
Edith Swings Toward Bermuda But Veers Off U S Coast
Hurricane Edith tracked north-northwest at 4 mph, centered about 330 miles south of Bermuda with 100 mph winds. Forecasters said it would pass east of Bermuda Sunday night and stay well off the U S Atlantic coast from Florida to North Carolina.
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Miami
Miami Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Edith
Bermuda
North Atlantic States
Gordon Dunn
United States
Key West
Fla
Cape Hatteras
N. C Dunn
Atlantic
Hatteras Capes
North Carolina
Hatteras
Connie
Diane
Navy
Newport News
Eisenhower Proposes Middle East Security Plan
The United States issued a bold plan to guarantee Arab and Jewish security, prompted by fears of regional war. Britain backed the move while UN officials praised it. Cairo welcomed the proposal though Arab and Israeli leaders asked for details. Egyptian defense leaders questioned a joint defense with Israel.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Middle East
Egypt
Isreal
John Foster Dulles
Britain
United Nations
Cairo
Garrison Re-elected ASC Committee Head
Odis Garrison was re-elected chairman of the Childress County ASC committee at a Friday meeting. Other officers named were Monroe Hackler as vice chairman O D Phillips as member L M Bartlett as first alternate and Dean Decker as second alternate. The committee takes office September 1.
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Odis Garrison
Childress County
ASC
Monroe Hackler
O. D. Phillips
L. M. Bartlett
Dean Decker
McCarthy Attacks Eisenhower Over Farm Policy
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy charged President Eisenhower with persecuting farmers and warned the administration may lose the 1956 election. He called the farm program abusive and said ongoing farm mood reflects administration policy.
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Washington
Iic
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Secret A-Conferences Exchange on Atomic Safeguards
Six nation scientists from the United States Britain France the Soviet Union Canada and Czechoslovakia held a weeklong secret Geneva conference on guarding peaceful atomic fuels from diversion to weapons. They announced a useful information exchange and discussed an international pool as proposed by President Eisenhower.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Eisenhower
United Nations
Bernard Baruch
D. V. Skobeltzin
Sientists
Local Red Cross Seeks Flood Relief Funds
Childress Chapter of the Red Cross asks for donations to aid flood victims in the New England area. About $5 million has been set aside and over $8 million more is projected needed. more than 10 500 people require aid. Can collections will be placed in local stores banks and utility offices with group and individual giving coordinated through local contacts.
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Childress
Red Cross
New England
United States
Alyeen Ater
Bud Adams
Miss Ater
Court House
Truman Launches Blistering Attack On President In Speech
Former President Harry S Truman declares Eisenhower misrepresents issues and uses demagoguery in a bid to win 1956 votes. He says the GOP is dominated by big business, plundering resources, hurting farmers and labor, and betraying New Deal gains.
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Truman
French Lick
Ind
Eisenhower
French Sick Springs
Wall Street
Congress
Rayburn Promises Little Man A Share Of Any Tax Cut
Speaker Sam Rayburn pledged that the little man will not be left out of any tax reduction Congress may pass in the 1956 election year. The pledge came as a partisan debate over a budget and tax cuts shapes up for next year with President Eisenhower signaling a balanced budget and possible tax relief. Byrd and Patman voiced concerns about balancing the budget before cutting taxes, while Patman condemned Humphrey's tax cut hopes and urged fiscal responsibility across parties.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Mass
Cape Cod
Martin
Rayburn
Bonham
Byrd
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Secretary of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Humphrey
Petman
Panhandle storage to double capacity with new warehouses
Panhandle storage space will more than double with two new wood and sheet iron buildings at 400 South Main Street. Each structure adds 27,000 square feet for a total of 54,000 square feet, enabling storage of about 22,000 bales of cotton once completed. The site has long served as a storage yard for Panhandle.
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Charles Jones
South Main Street
Kirkland School Set to Open Monday
Supt Alvis Dennington announced Kirkland school will open Monday with books issued schedules arranged and lunch served. The staff includes principal and coach Leon Burch Mrs Dennington and several teachers. Lucille Lanier will manage lunch. Albert Lanier and Clyde Holeman are bus drivers.
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Kirkland School
Alvis Dennington
Dennington
Leon Burch
Dick Delaney
Earl Scarbrough
Alice Lacy
Celia Cobbler
Lucille Lanier
Albert Lanier
Clyde Holeman
County Court Fines Hit Multiple Offenders
Veleodia Heath pleaded guilty to barbiturate possession and prostitution and was fined 150 dollars and costs plus 10 dollars and costs for the second count. Linosey Beal, identified as Negro, pleaded guilty to illegal whiskey sales and was fined 400 dollars and costs and remains jailed. The arrests were made Friday night by the Sheriff's Department with aid from a Liquor Control Department agent and the Federal Narcotics Division.
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Leonard King
Sheriff's Department
Liquor Control Department
Federal Narcotics Division
Veleodia Heath
Linosey Beal
Shepperd Undergoes Surgery for Appendicitis
Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd had an appendectomy Saturday at Seton Hospital after severe stomach pains. He was taken there Wednesday and the operation began at 12 45 p m with Dr Jesse J Brady as his physician and his condition described as satisfactory.
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Austin
John Ben Shepperd
Seton Hospital
Shepperd
Jesse J. Brady
US Rejects Jap Plea to Free War Criminals
Washington officials say the United States will reject any request by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu for mass release of war criminals still imprisoned. Talks with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles resume in Washington, with Shigemitsu staying at Hot Springs before three days of discussions on state and defense issues.
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Washington
United States
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Shigemitsu
John Foster Dulles
Homestead
Hot Springs
CIO Chrysler Talks To Avert Auto Strike In Detroit
Negotiators from the CIO United Auto Workers and Chrysler met in weekend bargaining to prevent a strike by 139 000 workers set to begin at midnight Wednesday. Officials warned the issue must be resolved by then or a walkout could occur, while Chrysler argued the union seeks to extend the wage plan to 8 000 office staff, a move the company says breaks industry pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler Co-operation
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Auto Union
Instructors First Aid Course Slated
A 15 hour First Aid Instructors Course will be held Sept 19 to 23 led by Hilton Gilliam from St Louis with Palmer Massey as local chairman. Call Massey or the Red Cross to enroll. Eligible entrants must be 20 or older and hold an Advanced First Aid certificate or have related knowledge or experience.
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Hilton Gilliam
Red Cross
St. Louis
Palmer Massey
Massey
Texas Highway Department
Court House
Childress
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Wis
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Indiana Editorial Association
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson City
Texas
Johnson
Little Man
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