Iceland Rejects U S Air Base Plan in Strategic Stand
Prime Minister Olafur Thors declared Iceland will not grant U S air base rights, stalling a key element of an offshore defense system. Washington says it will push United Nations membership for Iceland while negotiations pause until after elections June 30. A U S military base in Iceland remains in operation under a separate agreement.
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Olafur Thors
Iceland
United States
Washington
Moscow
United Nations Security Council
Thors
State Department
United Nations
U.N
Russia
Atlantic
Italy To Keep Part Of Navy In Postwar Settlement
A foreign ministers conference in Paris agreed to leave Italy with a basic naval fleet and divide the rest among the four powers after addressing Yugoslavia and Greece claims. Russia moderated demands. a four man expert panel will determine Italy's naval composition. Submarines mostly to be sunk per Bevin, with few kept for experiments.
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Joseph Dynan
Associated Press
Paris
Italy
Yugoslavia
Greece
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Trieste
Rome
Ernest Bevin
Ruhr
Rhineland
Germany
Hockley Votes To Issue Road Bonds
Hockley county approved an $850000 road bond plan for 170 miles of paving by 1179 votes to 143 with two boxes unreported. Gaines county rejected five bond propositions in incomplete returns, while Morton approved $100000 bonds for a new school building by 107 to two. Building plans follow a recent grade school fire.
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Hockley County
Gaines County
Morton
Z. O. Lincoln
Levelland
Permanent Improvement Fund
Carl Macon
Ladies 17 J. Bulova Catherine advertisement
An early 20th century ad notes a ladies wristwatch model J. Bulova Catherine priced at 33.75 dollars from King's in 1920 Edwy. The brief item highlights a fashion timepiece offered by a local retailer with price.
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J. Bulova
Catherine
King’s
State Bar of Texas Directors End Two Day Meeting
The State Bar of Texas finished an eight hour quarterly meeting at the Hilton with plans for the 1946-47 fee set at 4 dollars and the next session scheduled for June 30 in San Antonio. William J. Park was reelected secretary treasurer and a committee was named to study GI Bill training for young lawyers.
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Lubbock
State Bar of Texas
Lubbock County Bar Association
Hilton Hotel
C. E. Mays, Jr
Sweetwater
H. Grady Chandler
Austin
Wm. J. Park
Murray G. Smyth
Houston
William J. Park
Bar Association
San Antonio
W. W. Campbell
James Little
Big Spring
Pearl Harbor
John H. Bickett, Jr
Dallas
First Methodist Church
The
Texas Supreme Court
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Court of Appeals
Seventh Supreme Judicial District
Huge New Bomber Is Shown By RAF
The XB-35 flying wing bomber, revealed by the Army Air Forces, dwarfs the B-29 with a claimed range about one fourth greater than the world distance record. The craft spans 172 feet with a 37 foot 6 inch center width and houses crew, engines, fuel, and armament inside the wing.
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RAF
Los Angeles
Army Air Forces
Grammar School Winners Named in Interscholastic Meet
Shallowater led Wilson by one point to win the grammar school interscholastic league meet at Cooper held Friday and Saturday. New Deal threatens third place with 43 points. Frenship could rise to 52 by defeating Roosevelt. Reading details list numerous winners in declamation number sense spelling and grades with several 100 percent papers noted.
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Shallowater
Wilson
Cooper
Roosevelt
Frenship
E. A. Deering
Cooper Schools
New Deal
Deering
Billy Lewis
Idalou
Mary Frances King
Southland
Mary Ann Smith
Jimmy Poteet
Bobby Boyd
Bobby Verdeman
Wynelle Baldwin
David Rockley
Peggy Arnold
Novella Crump
Wanda Dixon
Victor Thiel
Speiling
Barbara Knott
Nanilea Coke
Mary Scarborough
Mary Ann Looney
Norma Ruth Wright
Ralph Jones
Pat Clements
Katie McIntire
Eunice Harrison
Richard Evans
Melba Joyce Roberts
la Ruth Faubion
Merle Billingsley
Mary Frances Campbell
H. Parker
LaRuth Faubion
Margaret Brown
Daphne Christopher
Hoover in Siam studies food shortages
Herbert Hoover arrived in Bangkok to study food shortages as part of his global tour. He will depart for Shanghai on Sunday morning after completing his inspection in Siam.
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Hoover
Siam
Bangkok
Herbert Hoover
Shanghai
Lubbock Jaycees Win State Safety Award
Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce won first place for its outstanding safety program at the state convention in San Angelo. J. J. Steele is the safety chairman. Roy Zner of Lubbock was elected state vice president from region 2. The group also received honorable mention for its health program and other activities.
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Lubbock Jaycees
San Angelo
Specia
Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Steele
Roy
Ner of
Lubbocks
Lubbock
Argentina to Lend Spain 30 Million Pesos for Food
Foreign Office sources in Buenos Aires said an agreement allowing Argentina to lend Spain 30 million pesos to buy food in Spain will be signed Tuesday. They denied the loan carries international political importance.
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Spain
Buenos Aires
Foreign Office
Argentina
GOPs To Back OPA Program
Senators Taft and Austin lead Senate Republicans in backing a moderate program to extend price controls while curtailing OPA authority. They seek Democratic help to block last minute amendments and push a plan that preserves anti inflation measures, with a draft ready early next week. The plan would adjust the cost plus approach to cap prices and may lift ceilings as output reaches 120 percent of 1941 levels, potentially easing controls on oil and meat.
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Jack Bell
Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Austin
R-Vi
Senate Republicans
OPA
GOP
Grand Jury Probe In Train Crash Ordered
Chicago April 27 A grand jury investigation was ordered into the Burlington wreck that killed 44 at Naperville as railroad officials and crew members skipped a Naperville hearing to attend a railroad inquiry. State's Attorney Lee Daniels issued subpoenas directing officials and crew to appear before the DuPage county grand jury in Wheaton Tuesday.
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Chicago
Burlington Railroad
Naperville
Lee Daniels
Daniels
DuPage County Grand Jury
Wheaton
UN Deadlock Continues In Spanish Case
Australia’s Lt Col William R Hodgson withdraws from the United Nations Security Council because his wife is ill in Paris. Paul Hasluck will succeed him and continue the push for full documentation on the Spanish case amid Soviet opposition and Mexican efforts to find a solution. Russia boycotts further Iran matter. Gromyko cites evidence to back Poland’s charges against Franco Spain.
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Francis W. Carpenter
Associated Press
EW York
Australia
William R. Hodgson
United Nations Security Council
Paris
Council
Hodgson
Paul Hasluck
United Nations
Col Hodgson
Hunter College
Hasluck
Mexico
Spain
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Poland
Winners Named In Aggie Meet Vocational Agriculture Contest
Clarendon High school swept the four division vocational agriculture judging contest at Texas Tech winning sweepstakes with about 450 participants from 43 West Texas high schools. Dimmitt and Lubbock followed in second and third place.
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Clarendon High School
Texas Tech
West Texas
Dimmitt
Lubbock
W. L. Stangel
Agriculture Division of Tech
Ray L. Chappelle
Aggie Grove
Roy B. Davis
Plains Co-Operative Oil
Showdown in Race Seen Soon
Sen. D. May Be Key Figure In State Campaign as W. Lee O'Daniel rises as a power in Texas politics since his 1938 gubernatorial bid. Political observers anticipate a decisive clash shaping the forthcoming campaign.
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Daniel
Dave Cheavens
Associated Press
Ee W. Lee O'Daniel
Texas
Galveston
O’daniel
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Lakewood Village Named for LAAF Veterans Homes
Veterans and their wives at the former Lubbock Army Air Field selected Lakewood Village as the official name for the new municipality. Murphy A. Root was elected mayor, Ralph Hudgins city auditor, with Weldon Gibbs, Mrs. George Howton, and Joe G. Onstead named other officers as committees form a charter for fire prevention, parking, and public relations. A community church will be organized, with four Sunday school classes announced for nursery to young adults.
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Lakewood Village
Murphy A. Root
Lubbock Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Hudgins
Lubbock National Bank
Weldon Gibbs
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
George Howton
Joe G. Onstead
Texas Tech
Anderson A. Watts
Donald J. Lewis
James W. Birdsong
J. W. Martin
W. Sprusell
Jerry B. Dorsey
Joe F. Raindl
James N. McDaniel
Raymond E. McNeely
John W. Horton
J. D. Beaty
E. L. Langley
Marshall Pushes Peace Talks in Manchuria Amid Truce Hopes
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek pressed peace negotiations with Communist leaders in Manchuria as Gen Marshall and Chou En-Lai met with mediators. A Communist spokesman said a truce could come by Monday, while reports noted Harbin fell to Communist control.
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Gen. Marshall
Chiang
Harold K. Miles
Associated Press
Hungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Chengtu
Marshall
U. S
Chou En-Lai
Democratic League
Shall
Nanking
Pao Ching-An
China
Supreme Army Headquarters Foreign Affairs Department
Harbin
Chungking
British Curfew Imposed on Tel Aviv Area After British Deaths
In Jerusalem on April 27 General A J H Chassels of the Sixth Airborne division announced a curfew for Tel Aviv. He held the entire Jewish community responsible for the killing of seven British soldiers at a military installation. The curfew runs 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. with ban on cafe and traffic in two districts.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
A. J. H. Chassels
Sixth Airborne Division
Elieser Persson
Cassels
Albania seeks stand at foreign ministers conference
Tirana radio said Premier Enver Hoxha appealed to the Paris conference for an invitation to state Albania's point of view on the Italian peace treaty.
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Albania
London
Tirana
Enver Fyaha
Foreign Ministers Conference
Paris
Plumbers Threaten Strike in City Over Wage Scale
City plumbers discuss possible strike after masters demand for a $15 daily wage, up from $13 last November. Journeymen AFL say no strike, while masters claim no notice or arbitration meeting occurred. Government approval could delay any raise. most plumbing done by union workers, with some non union shops.
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Journeymen
AFL
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