Texans Vote for Senator in Lone Star Election
Dallas dispatch reports Texans vote in a pivotal Senate race to fill the late Morris Sheppard’s seat. Gov. W Lee O Daniel, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Mann, and Martin Dies pace a crowded field as observers expect a plurality to win. Campaigns mix political theater with stump speeches as the state tallies 814,336 poll tax payers and 200,000 seniors with exemptions.
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Texas
Senate
Lone Star State
Morris Sheppard
Prohibition
Andrew Jackson Houston
Sam Houston
Houston
W. Lee O’daniel
O’daniel
Gerald Mann
Lyndon Johnson
Rep
Martin Dies
House Committee
Johnson
Investigating Ives Case Shifts to Willett House
Inspector Jones questions Mrs Willett over Ives insurance policy and his debts. Jones argues the killer is a creditor who would need the policy to be higher, revealing Spinelli’s danger and hinting at motive behind a possible murder plot.
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Mra. Potter
Jones
Invest
Scie
Anid Richard
And
Pop
Jim. Potter
Mr. Potter
Ives
Henry
A Stitch in Time on Labor Policy and Roosevelt Critique
A collection of editorials argues for moderate anti strike laws and updated labor policy including the Wagner Act to curb mass picketing. It urges secret ballots for strikes, warns of labor leaders resisting reform, and critiques New Deal officials for Communist ties and tariff waiver proposals seen as wartime expedients.
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Walter D. Puller
National Association of Manufacturers
Aluminum Drive Urges Fairmont to Donate Scrap Metal
Mayor LaGuardia calls a nationwide aluminum scrap collection with a goal of 20 million pounds to equip 2000 fighter planes. Local officials will set up depots in Fairmont Marion county West Virginia, urging households to prepare donations on opening day and contribute to the defense effort.
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Fairmont
Marion County
West Virginia
Central American business climate shifts prompt stockholder reports
The Clarksburg Exponent notes a change in American firm attitudes toward Central and South America. Standard Oil of New Jersey is highlighted as a pioneer by publishing and furnishing stockholders with a stenographic report of its annual meeting, a practice others might adopt.
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Central
America
Standard Olt of
New Jersey
Main street rewiring plan gains support for lamp posts
Mayor Thomas Cather began January efforts to replace unsightly Main street poles with steel street lamps after a favorable engineer report. A January 7 meeting sought owner input while trolley and pole owners agreed to cooperate. The drive aims to remove wires from sight and improve town appearance.
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Thomas Cather
Cather
C. C. Hedges
Paul Warder
Hedges
Meeting says to emphasize belonging to host country
W. 5. Parish, president, stated that success and business in South America require deeper integration with the nation. He urged local partners to share direct interest and for the company to become part of the country in every sense.
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W. 5. Parish
South America
Capture of Nazi Prison Vessel Intercepted off Coast
The 203 ton German ship Alstertor, a supply and prison vessel for a Nazi raider, was intercepted. Surviving crew from two British ships, the Rabaul and the Trafalgar, were rescued. nine and twelve were reported killed in the sinkings. The admiralty also noted a raider sunk in the Indian Ocean by HMS Cornwall, with many mines aboard detonated by shells.
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Cornwall
Four Cars of Crack Limited Are Derailed
MASSILLON Ohio June 28 Four cars of the New York Chicago bound Manhattan limited derailed in downtown Massillon today Two express cars and two day coaches left the rails tearing up 500 feet of track but remained upright Police said the only injury reported was a broken ankle suffered by a woman passenger The derailment was believed caused when braking apparatus of one car fell to the test Fourteen loaded cars piled up behind the engine near Niles Engineer G E Brown and Fireman K E Forester both of Wheatland Pa were killed as their freight locomotive jumped the track on a curve
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Germans Traverse Finland to Attack Murmansk
German troops advancing from Norway are moving across northern Finland toward the Soviet Arctic port of Murmansk. Reports say German planes have departed to strike the Kola Peninsula adjacent to Murmansk, while the Soviet air force reportedly operates underground hangars there.
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Reuters
Stockholm
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Arctic Ocean
Breeding Better Horseradish and War News
The column discusses horseradish root practices as an annual crop, noting replanting and trimming of lateral roots for best quality. Interwoven are brief phrases about Red Army actions near Minsk, German advances, and Pravda critique of counterfeit triumphs, with Soviet correspondents supplying the accounts.
Unclear Garden Planting Instructions From Fragment
Fragmentary gardening note describes cutting tops into square shapes and oblique cuts. Instructions mention planting in spring about four inches deep with square cuts uppermost and cautions plants may fail if planted upside down.
Russians Counter Move Against German Advance
Reuters quoted a Soviet communique reporting attempts by the enemy to advance toward Siauliai Vilna and Bara nowicze were stopped by Red Army forces. German gains of 60 to 130 miles were noted. A Red Army cavalry division reportedly annihilated a German regiment in Bessarabia during the counter action.
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Vilna
Baranowicze
Reuters
Red Army
Bessarabia
Red Army Forces Break Through in Isolated Sector
Reported in one sector, Soviet troops repelled a counterattack as men dropped weapons and tunics, surrendering in shirt-sleeved groups of one to twenty after their ranks collapsed under Red army fire.
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Red Army
Mans
Red Jacket Company Plans To Open Mine In Pineville
Red Jacket Coal Company has leased 800 acres in Hutt Creek district and plans to open at least one new coal mine within four months. The mine aims to produce 450000 tons yearly, with foundations for the tipple already started per lease filed with the county clerk.
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Red Jacket’ Cost Corporation
Hutt Creek
Nex
Byp. Cook
RAF Continues Night Raids on Bremen and Vegesack
Allied air forces struck northwest Germany with nocturnal raids toward Bremen and Vegesack. Large fires escalated in port facilities and shipyards as crews attacked vital industrial targets. The operations resumed after dusk and continued into the early morning, according to a com unique report.
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Bremen
Vegesack
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