Authentic Liars and a Mountain Buck Tale
A Texas lecturer recalls the term authentic liar from Rotary talks and a Nashville source shares a wild hunting story from northern Howard county. Forrest Wilson relays Bob Parsons account of misfired shots and a deer that escaped with the hunter’s jacket knife stuck on its head, leaving the hunter stood beside the deer hide.
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Texas
Woolly West
Ope
Awill
Gmouth
Louis Graves
Nashville News
Graves
Forrest Wilson
Nashville
Bob Parsons
Athens
Howard County
Parsons
Buck
C of C Board to Handle Vote Petition
The chamber of commerce board met at the chamber office after dinner at Diamond Call. They planned a plaque naming liberal contributors to remodeling, noted minimal operating-budget use, and decided to send the manager to a Dallas institute. They discussed a pine seedling program, county hospital promotion, parking meters, and securing voters for a possible election.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber
Diamond Call
Chamber of Commerce
Southwestern Chamber of Commerce Institute
Dallas
Lyle Brown
Whitten Plans Magnolia Campaign HQ Opening
Vernon Whitten announced opening his Magnolia headquarters on 19. He will name a campaign manager soon and intensify the drive to unseat Congressman Oren Harris in the First District. Whitten and Harris previously clashed in 1848 drawing state and national attention.
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Magnolia
Vernon
Whitten
South Arkansas Lumbermin
Oren Harris
Harris
Eddy Arnold
Arkansas Partly Cloudy Forecast For 4 Baburdey
Partly cloudy conditions are forecast for Arkansas with light winds and mild temperatures. The forecast emphasizes a calm day with no significant precipitation expected and a gradual warming trend through the afternoon.
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Arkansas
Baburdey, Atler
Soong Quits Kuomintang Older Brother of Madame Chiang
Soong Tse-ven, top Nationalist figure and former foreign minister, resigns from the Kuomintang amid tensions with Chiang Kai-shek. He was last seen in New York with H. H. Kung, his brother-in-law, after fleeing Canton for Hong Kong and Paris. He cited the Communist threat and chose not to relocate to Formosa, staying in the United States and remaining one of the world's wealthiest individuals.
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T. V. Soong
Chiang Kaishek
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China
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Soong
Chang
Anton
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Canton
Hong Kong
Paris
Chiang
Washington
Madame Chiang
New York
Truman
United States
Water tower protest ends with removal order in Pasadena
In Pasadena a 70-foot water tower painted yellow sparked a zoning clash. The regional planning commission revoked the construction permit and the board of supervisors ordered the tower torn down, reflecting local disdain for the structure.
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Pasadena
Calif
Sunny Slope Water Co
Regionall Planning Commission
Board of Supervisors
Coffee Trading Crackdown Sought by Senate Panel
Washington June 8 senate agricultural subcommittee urged action on speculative coffee trading. Proposals include injunctive relief against futures on the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange, civil action against foreign interests, investigation of 1948 coffee purchases by General Foods, and U S Justice Department representation at future Inter American meetings.
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Washington
Senate
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
United States
George W. Robbins
Macwell House Division
General Foods Corporaton
National Coffee Department of
Brazil
Justice Department
World Classes Those Who Fish and Those Who Listen to Them
Hal Boyle humorously divides the world into two classes those who fish and those who listen to them. He recalls a Colorado vacation fail and bacon bait tale, noting the sport’s caste, the lure of piscatorial prizes, and how he became a sympathetic listener after a comic rift with a friend.
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Hal Boyle
New York
India
Colorado
Firally
Dante
Chicago
Gome
Decapitation Investigation Into Freight Locomotive Death
Batesville June 9 coroners jury recommended continued investigation of the decapitation death of Max Houston Taylor 50 Beebe found after a freight locomotive strike Follett 19 Velvet Ridge testified he struck Taylor with a rock during an attempted sexual assault leading to Taylor's death as the locomotive was blamed Drunkenness and a fight were listed as possible contributing causes
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Batesville
Max Houston Taylor
Beebe
Joseph Follett
Velvet Ridge
White County
Taylor
Follett
Gore
Pollett
Major Davis Dean of Air Show Pilots and Art Davis Legacy
Major Art Davis praised as the Dean of Air Show Pilots recounts a career from barnstorming to World War One service and skywriting advertising. At 53 he still flies shows, including the Cloudbuster and Clover Leaf loop, with the Legion Air Show on Sunday June 31 in Hollywood.
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Art Davis
Art
Lars
Frank Hawks
Jimmy Wedell
Eddie Rickenbacher
Legion Air Show
John L. Wilson Dies at 73 Former Hempstead Official
John L. Wilson aged 73, longtime Hempstead County official and educator, died at his Hope home. He served as county clerk, county judge, sheriff, and state senator across two decades starting in 1918. Survived by wife, son John L. Wilson Jr, and brother Thomas J. Wilson. funeral Saturday at Herndon-Cofinchius Chapel with interment at New Hope Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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John L. Wilson
Hemstead
Hempstead
John L. Wilson Jr
Thomas J. Wilson
Hope
Herndon- Cofinclius Chapel
Hamilton
New Hope Cemetery
Pat
Drug Addict Fires On Police In Town Killing Son
An armed Earl Frailey, a World War II veteran who fought at the Bulge, confronted police after brandishing a rifle in a drug store and demanding morphine. He opened fire as officers arrived to arrest him and was shot dead. His father Dr M G Frailey, 81, described the scene and noted Earl’s narcotics history and recent drinking.
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PIA Combat Flan
M. G. Frnsley
Weta
Bart
Frailey
Earl
Dr. Vrailey
Hart
Floyd Hudson
Tved
Mt. Judea
Newton County
Karl
Kura Peak
Carlos F. Hurd 73 Former St. Louis Post Dispatch Reporter
Carlos F. Hurd, 73, longtime St. Louis Post Dispatch staffer for 50 years, covered many outstanding news events. He was born in Cherokee, Ta.
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St. Louis
Carlos F. Hurd
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Cherokea
Amerasia leak tied to State Department, Hoover warns
New York report cites OSS chief Gen Donovan revealing Amerasia contained secret State Department papers after OSS raid. Doering, OSS aide, says leak blamed on State Department. Hoover testifies to Congress that U S Communists are going underground with growing activity in strategic industries and regions across the country.
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State Department
Hoover
Reds
New York
War Line Office of Strategic Services
Amerasia Magazine
C. €. Doering, Jr
New York City
OSS
Doering
Pubication
Office of Amerasia
Army
Navy
State
William Donovan
Edward R. Stettinius
Secretary of State
Donovan
Stettinius
East Part of Nation Getting Summer Touch
East half of the country warms to summer with another day of heat and humidity. Temperatures in the 80s and 90s forecast from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic coast, while unseasonably cool conditions persist in the northern plains and Rockies. Snow ends in Montana. rain falls in North Dakota and a broad band from Lake Superior southwest through Wisconsin, Iowa to Kansas. High 104 at Presidio, Texas, and 92 at Lewiston, Montana.
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South Arn
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Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
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Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Montana
North Dakota
Lake
Superior
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
Presidio
Tex
Lewiston
Mont
Masonic Meet Confers Master’s Degree at Whitfield Lodge
Whitfield Masonic Lodge No 239 will confer a Master’s degree Friday night at 7 30. All members are urged to attend.
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Whitfield
Japs Crack Down On Communists In Osaka Tokyo
Tokyo and Osaka police intensified actions against Communists and sympathizers seeking documentary evidence of a Red inspired open letter to General MacArthur. Officials linked raids to the purge of Akahata leaders and said two party offices were searched with copies of the letter found.
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Tokyo
Osaka
MacArthur
Politburo
Akahata
Red Flag
Communist Party
Trumanwarns dangers in world future at Missouri speech
President Truman warned that neglecting aid to allies could be disastrous as he addressed graduates at the University of Missouri. He asserted civilization faces dangers, urging continued American leadership and scientific progress to secure a healthy world order.
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Columbia
Truman
United
University of Missouri
Hichudieg
Beta Kappa
Court sentences debated probation and jail in Trumbo case
Judge Pine ordered Trumbo jailed while denying probation and sentence reduction. Lawyers argued for leniency. Curran and officials noted defiant, evasive conduct at the prior hearing. The dispute centered on whether probation could be granted or the sentence reduced.
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Edward
Cur
David
Pinehade
Teumbo
Curran
Ongethé
Lawson
Pine
Trumbo
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