Balance in Treasury Alarm and Odd Notices from 1855
A century ago reports warned the treasury balance near $18.5 million, flagging a drop of over $10 million. Navy ads sought scrubbing brushes and corks. a lost wallet held $30 and $14 in cash. Agriculture touted four wheat varieties as Congress slept, Franklin Pierce offered a note of good will, and inflation loomed in editorials and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Treasury
Department of Navy
J. Thompson
Thompson
24Th Streets
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Franklin Pierce
New England
California
Hall
Department of Treasury
F St
Wild Tales Mark Odd Arrests From Across the Nation
PORT HUENEME California William T Risse 41 of Oxnard arrested on a drunk driving charge teased a white rabbit under his seat when asked how he would get home claiming Jimmy would drive him home Elwood P Dowd’s Harvey like figure. MT CLEMENS Michigan police rescued a boy in a Davy Crockett hat but found a raccoon instead. AKRON Ohio detectives install dictating machines to ease report writing saying detectives are not typists. TROY Ohio John Weaver 33 West Milton confesses to 12 burglaries and three arsons saying jail treatment prompted him to return the favor. TOKYO US military police capture AWOL Pfe Jack Thompson Bucklin Missouri after six month search he escapes when guard answers office call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Hueneme
Calif
William T. Risse
Oxnard
Elwood P. Dowd
Harvey
Risse
Jimmy
Troy
Ohio
John Weaver
West Milton
Tokyo
Jack Thompson
Bucklin
Thompson
A. V. Mote
Ansul Eugene Mote
Texarkana
Fort Bliss
Sanley J. Kowcelski, Jr
Reading
Sam Graff
Portland
Mich
Dean Brenneman
Ashley, Ind
Buford Canady
Okeene
Okla
Pfe
Claude Thomas
Quail
Rubben
M. G. Thomas
Billy Williams
Linda
Jimmy Miller
Wichita Falls
Pick” Barrett
Wellington
Childress
Denistry
Charles Coldwell
Barbara Scarbrough
J. C. Terrell
Sherry Snider
P. B. Snider
Fred West
H. E. McClure
Konowa
Billy West
Groom
Cam West
High Point
Fort Worth
Jeff Hassell
Lon Hassell
W. T. Nelson
Nancy
Kurt
Randy Fromm
Lynn Simmons
E. J. Hassell
Fromm
Weldon Fromm
Bryan
Clarence Carter
Community Center
Lubbock
Kermie Lee Waters
Boulder
Colo
Kermit Waters
A. V. Mote and Son
Theatres Screen Palace and Car-Vu Lineup This Week
The Palace shows Three For the Show with Betty Grable Marge and Gower Champion and Jack Lemmon. A Man Called Peter stars Richard Todd Jean Peters. Stranger on Horseback screens with Joel McCrea. The Gem presents Canyon Crossroads with Richard Basehart Phyllis Kirk Utopia with Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy. High Society features Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall. The Car-Vu offers Island in the Sky John Wayne Sabrina Humphrey Bogart Audrey Hepburn Phffft Judy Holliday Jack Carson and The Black Dakotas with Gary Merrill Wanda Hendrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Grable
Marge and Gower Champion
Jack Lemmon
Peter
Richard Todd
Jean Peters
Stranger On Horseback
Joel McCrea Gem
Canyon Crossroads
Richard Basehart
Phyllis Kirk
Utopia
Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
High Society
Leo Gorcey
Huntz Hall
The
Bowery Boys
John Wayne
Sabrina Humphrey Bogart
Audrey Hepburn
Wiliam Holden
Phffft
Judy Holliday
Jack Carson
the Black Dakotas
Gary Merrill
Wanda Hendrix
Geneva Big Four summit invited to July 18 to 21
McCann notes the United States Great Britain and France formally invite Soviet Russia to a Geneva summit from July 18 to 21. Eisenhower will represent the U S and approach the talks with caution and vigilance. Dulles supports cooperation toward reducing world tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Geneva
Switzerland
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
West Point
Birth announced for Jimmy Ray Myers in community notes
Local notes list many visiting relatives and guests in recent days including Gaylean Riddell, Jackie Marshall visiting from San Diego, Rev R C Nixon moving to serve at the Methodist Church, and numerous hosts in nearby towns. Other items mention trips, dinners, and house guests across multiple families. A Soviet invitation to Adenauer sparks Western reaction, while Italian Premier Scelba gains regional victory. British rail strike disrupts industry, and conflicts flare in Indo China North Africa and Palestine.
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Jimmy Ray
Jack Myers
Sweewater
Myrtice Morris
Gaylean Riddell
Jackie Marshall
Marines
San Diego
Arden Marshall
R. C. Nixon
Nixon
Methodist Church
Tulles Pistole
Albert Horn
Trevin
Hot Springs
Ark
W. G. Warren
Morgan Rest Home
Childress
Bill Hoffman
Lock Seal
Robert Loyd Chewning
Amarillo
R. H. Chewning
R. L. Sherman
Jack Casper
Estelline
Bob Jones
James Mitchell
Jimmie
Charles Gilstrap
W. M. Allen
Velma Trigg
Bill Atkins
Bartlesville
Okla
D. D. Chewning and Sons
Lillie Hawk
Laura Price
E. R. Monson
S. S. Cowan
Lovington NM
G. W. Jenkins
Donald Monson
Denver
Colo
T. A. Riddell
Wyane Timmons
Abilene Christian College
Low
B. C. Price
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Moscow
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Adenauer
Wthice Presdent
Jack Bisco
United Press
Bonn
Mario Scelba
Italy
Christian Democratic Party
Sicily
Scelba
United States
Southampton
Liverpool
Indo-China
French North Africa
Ngo Dinh Diem
North Africa
Algeria
Palestine
Abdel Gamal Nasser
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Handless Man Runs 100 Acre Iowa Farm
BENNETT la. Charles DeWulf lost both hands in 1942 but now farms more than 100 acres with artificial hands. He operates a tractor feeds 50 cattle and 150 hogs and uses enhanced machinery to perform tasks once done by hand. His farm life follows a series of family hardships including a fire and illness in the 1940s.
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Bennett
Charles DeWulf
Darrell
DeWulf
Community News From Union Flat Area Amid War Frame
Local notes cover residents and visitors with relatives stationed at Fort Bliss and nearby bases. Families gather for church, 4-H club updates, school plans, crop efforts, and Bible School attendance as communities keep up despite wartime duties.
West Texas Weather and Local Visits Report
Weather outlook cloudy to partly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers from Pecos Valley eastward through Saturday. No significant temperature changes. Local visit notes include Mable Bonie of Mobile Alabama staying with Mr and Mrs Charlie Scott, and W L Hightower of Wichita Falls. Also details of trips by Clarence Smith family Linda Barbara Bartlett, Jimmy Turner family, Archie Howell Cindy Briley and others to Colorado, Ponce City Oklahoma Arkansas City Kansas and other Kansas Oklahoma locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Pecos Valley
Charlie Scott
Mable Bonie
Mobile
Ala
W. L. Hightower
Wichita Falls
Scott
Clarence Smith Ard
Linda
Barbara Bartlett
Jimmy Turner
Colorado
Archie Howell
Cindy
Helen Briley
Ponce City
Okla
Arkansas City
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
Brownell Endorses Court Photography Limits and News Access
Brownell endorses continued restrictions on photographers in trials while noting courts may adjust rules. He cites trial order powers to control timing and manner of photographs and cites relaxations by federal courts in response to requests. Nearby, local residents and families in Quanah Dumas Weldon Fromm farm and Fort Worth visits are listed in community notes.
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Brownell
US Court of Appeals
Federal District Court For
District of Collumbia
Peggy Mahann
Ben Welch
Quanah
Nettye Pearl
Edith Dawson
Union Flat Club
Lewis Whitley
Dumas
Union Flat
Jake Sanders
Weldon Fromm Farm
E. J. Hassell
Bill Gorley
J. D. Snider
P.B. Snider
Lee Statum
Fort Worth
Hershel Parrish
Carey
UAW Eyes Hard Bargaining With GM Over 60 Percent Pay Plan
CIO President Walter Reuther says GM talks could reach the limit like Ford did as 385,000 GM workers face a 26 week layoff pay guarantee. A long bargaining session ended near midnight with local issues to be addressed before afternoon talks. The union warns a strike could start if no deal by Sunday midnight.
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Page One Motor Company
CIO
Walter Reuther
Ford
General Motors
Reuther
UAW
Markets Fort Worth Poultry Cattle Hogs and Sheep Report
Fort Worth market notes show poultry prices for fowl roosters fryers and eggs and cattle prices with cows listed as slow to steady and calves steady. Hogs are steady with select weights 19.50 and 15 for 340 lb sows. Sheep slaughter lambs and feeders scarce with range 17 to 22 for good lambs and utilities 8 to 19.
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Fort Worth
Polio Vaccine Investigation Details Inactivation Delays
The report notes inactivation sometimes did not follow predicted paths and live virus occurred after expected completion. It traces polio outbreaks among vaccinated children, bans on new vaccine releases, extensive manufacturing probes, stricter safety tests, and the resumption of vaccine clearances.
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By Harman W. Nichols
B. F. Stewart
Stewart
Margaret Rowe
England
Margaret
MT. Clemens
Akron
City Detective Bureau
Boyd F. Burk Jr
Vy Nea Berga Pceches
Pern Dale Nursery
Ussr
Denmark
Corsica
Mediterranean Sea
Poland
Isardinia
Tunisia
Turkey
Baltic Sea
Adriatic
NATO
Soviet Union
Austria
Europe
Yugoslavia
Tito
Andrei A. Gromyko
Stockholm
Sweden
Fineland
Norway
McCann’s News Analysis
Charles M
McCann
Cee Wee News
Handless Man
Iowa Farm
Union Flat News
Grady Stamps
Emma Gartrell
W. B. Gartrell
A. M. Stamps
Gaston Avenue
Dallas
Albert Webb
Raymond Conway
A.M. Stamps
Vestel
Shherry
Carol
Lillie
Orvil Mahann
Lyndia Ann Williams
Bible Baptist Church
Parsons
First Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Main ST
GMC
N. Main
Ya-De
Hargrave Laundry & Dry Cleaning
Ave. G. NW
Pick-Up & Delivery
Dial 7
Childress Office Supply
Texas Ranches
J. W. Williams
Southwest
Ion
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