General Clark Visits Korea to Check Troops
General Mark Clark, new commander, tours Korea to assess his forces. U N fighter bombers strike Suan city near Pyongyang, leaving charred rubble as Communist jets attack from Manchuria. Sabre jets downed two MiGs with a third damaged. ground forces report destroying 165 supply buildings, 18 dumps, and 16 vehicles. Truce talks see Communists reject final Allied armistice, call for another meeting Thursday.
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Ted
5Th Air Force
Reds
Foamite Ends Major Petroleum Tank Farm Fire at Corpus Christi
A multi million fire at a Corpus Christi, Texas petroleum tank farm was stopped by foamite after foam supply ran low and a third tank exploded. Five foamite trucks from Houston arrived to douse the blaze saving a two story office and reducing risk to 80,000 barrels of crude. Ten firefighters were injured and losses exceed a million dollars as one area housing development was evacuated.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Morth
Houston
Roy Lay
Southwest Refinery and Oil Company
Southwestern
General American
Lea County Named Critical Defense Housing Area
Lea County has been named a critical defense housing area with rent controls planned. A Rent Control office will be in Hobbs but opening is delayed by government red tape. Field workers will survey the Lea County area and register property once notice is issued.
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Lea County
Hobbs
DPA
ESA
District Court Judgments and Related Orders
Summary of district court entries including divorces, custody, guardianship, property, and monetary judgments. Notable items: Robert L. Griffin and Ruby Lee Griffin divorce. Dorothy Ruth Dawson restraining order against Virgil L. Dawson. Opal Lee Perry divorce from Crawford C. Perry. Kenneth Harris and Lester Harris compensation. Carl Brooks and Bonnie Jean Brooks divorce. A. M. Rose appointed guardian for Lois Tean Edwards. Albert F. Gentry v Coats Jackson Drilling Co. $400, and Gene H. Miller v Live rmore Drilling Co. $825. Taxis and guardianship orders. multiple judgments and tax adjustments. several divorce and custody actions. plus a religious notice from CAUCADEES OF CHRIST SCIENTIST Hobbs NM and an appeal denial for Luther Cooper vs State Engineer.
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Dorothy Ruth Dawson
Virgil L. Dawson
Opal Lee Perry
Crawford C. Perry
Kenneth Harris
Lester Harris
Carl Brooks
Bonnie Jean Brooks
David Hatcher
R. E. Hilburn
A. M. Rose
Lois Tean Edwards
Albert F. Gentry
Coats&Jackson Drilling Co
Gene H. Miller
Livermore Drilling Co
Voodoo Or Not Driver Escapes Uninjured in New Orleans
Walter Manning a 33 year old auto parts salesman found his porch marked with voodoo symbols a cross of wood and cypress branches a jar of canned orka shoes shorts and milkweed. A street car then collided with his car but Manning was unharmed and said neither voodoo nor his ill wisher caused the accident.
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New Orleans
Walter Manning Manning
Saleman
Manning
Five Farmington Policemen Quit Over Wage Dispute
Five of Farmington New Mexico’s eight officers turned in their badges after a wage disagreement with the town board. The men sought a $50 monthly raise while the board approved only a $25 increase.
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Farmington, New Mexico
Insurance pitch for Lester Alston Agency
Insurance advertisement urging immediate purchase of coverage from Lester Alston Agency. Emphasizes protection and warns delaying increases risk. Includes eye catching slogans and a call to action.
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Lester Alston Agency
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United Press
Mark Clark
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Suan
Lovington Machine Shop
J. D. Tatum
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Howard McDonald
Lovington
Bill Hessler
LEA Insurance Agency
West Washington
Lovington, New Mexico
Mandard Stock Company Protection
Jack Mitchell
la Verne
Trixie Easley
Robert M. Mor_gan
Ralph K. Wilson
J. O. Williams
Arthur T. Guernsey
Robert L. Summers
Walter T. Linam
May E. Hinman
Eunice
Dinana Sue Lawson
Janane Schartz
Betty G. Bal
Bingham Beal
W. D. Douglas
Caprened
Oval
Spide Cooper
Monument
Evelyn Pinchback
Roy Pinchback
Cicero Smith
J. R. Black
Mills Roberts
C. T. Kibbee
Tatum
Embry Wall
Cleo Wall
Elida
Cicer
Smith Lumber Co
Aga
Hobbs N. M
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W. J. Crume
Luther Cooper
Farmington
Komac
Oak
Othe
Lawrence Rice
Lea County Lumber Company
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