Methodists Adopt Rural Rehabilitation Plan At Conference
Kansas City April 29 A Methodist general conference adopted a proposal to stress rural rehabilitation within its program. Gov Thomas L Bailey of Mississippi urged the move stressing the seed soil and sewer parable and argued rural areas must be included in post war planning. The conference will consider a postwar missions fund of 20 to 30 million dollars to rebuild property in China Malaya and Japan and to support chaplains foreign service and home mission programs. Chiang Kai Shek sent a message urging Methodists to unite for the happiness of all mankind and asked for dates of the conference.
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Kansas City
General Conference
The
Methodist Church
Thomas L. Bailey
Mississippi
Bailey
Paul B. Kern
Nashville
Kern
China
Malaya
Japan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wen Yuan Chen
Chunegking
America
German Airmen Misfire In Beachhead Raid Over Mouletta
On the Anzin beachhead the German air force dropped on own troops and damaged a US self propelled howitzer. Sgt. Jesse Murray and nine men saved their gun as two enemy fliers fell to Allied anti air fire. The raid marked the first sizable air attack in six nights.
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Daniel DE Luce
Associated Press
Fifth Army
Anzin
Mouletta
United States
Jesse Murray
Norwood
Ohio
Garden City
Cpl
Albert Goetz
Kansas
Oscar Moore
Valléy Mills
Texas
Texas poets week proclaimed by governor
Governor Coke R. Stevenson designated May 21 to 28 as Texas poets week to prompt Texans to write poetry. Dollilee Davis Smith of Cleburne is named poet laureate of Texas by the conference, to be noted in daily prayers.
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Austin
Gav
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
Dollilee Davis Smith
Cleburne
Demos Precinct Sessions Slated For May County Conventio
L C Ellis of the Lubbock County Democratic Executive Committee announces precinct presidential primaries to elect delegates for the May 9 county convention. Convening hours are set by precinct chairmen. The county meeting is at 4 PM May 9 to pick delegates for the May 23 state convention in Austin.
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L. C. Ellis
Lubbock County
Democratic Executive Committee
Austin
Republican county convention set for May 9 in county courtroom
Mrs. J. Wright Kerr, Republican county chairman, announced a county convention at 2 PM May 9 in the county courtroom. Delegates and alternates from each voting precinct will be chosen at 2 PM Saturday precinct conventions open to all qualified voters. The May 9 county convention will send four delegates and four alternates to the May 23 state convention in Houston to select Texas’s 33 delegates and 32 alternates for the national convention in Chicago.
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Abhock County
J. Wright Kerr
Houston
Texas
Chicago
Kerr
Soldier Drowns While Wading In River
Pvt. Nathaniel F. Tayior aged 23 from San Marcos Army Airfield died accidentally while wading in the San Marcos river late last night. Authorities say three hours of revived efforts failed. He is survived by his widow Mrs Maxine Tayor of San Marcos.
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San Marcos
Nathaniel F. Tayior
Tavior
Maxine ‘Tayin
San
14 Wells Completed In Baton Rouge Oil Report
The minerals division of the state conservation department announced in its weekly oil report the completion of 14 wells with initial daily production totaling 2810.81 barrels and the issuance of 27 permits for new wells. Marcos and his parents, Mr and Mrs FE Taylor of Friona, Parmer County Texas.
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Baton Rouge
Minerals Division
The
State Conservation Department
Marcos
FE. FE. Taylor
Friona
Parmer County
Texas
Explosions and Fires Hit Toulon Port Again
Returning crewmen from the 15th air force raid on Toulon report enemy planes. They describe large fires and explosions at the French port and submarine pens as it suffers its fifth attack.
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Naples
Toulon
Kansas Reports Eight Oil Well Completions
Kansas oil operators completed 11 wells for 8 800 barrels a day and staked 18 locations in the past week. Lion Oil Refining No 1 Andrew in Pratt county had a potential of 713 barrels from Simpson sand at 4 428 feet. Of 23 wells this week 12 were dry holes and no gas wells or salt water dispersals reported.
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Topeka
Kans
Kansas Oil
Pratt County
Lion Oil Refining Company
Andrew
Houghton Brownlee Not To Seek Re election
Austin April 29 Houghton Brownlee longtime state senator from Burnet Lampasas Llano San Saba Travis and Williamson counties says he will not seek re election Ranching duties will keep him from serving in the legislature Joe C Carrington and James Stanford are candidates for the open seat
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Austin
Houghton Brownlee
Burnet
Lampasas
Llano
San Saba
Travis
Willamson County
Travis County
Joe C. Carrington
James Stanford
Senate
Chinese Envoy Sees Hard Year In Asia
Ambassador Wei Toa Ming, freshly from Chungking, warned Washington that 1945 will be the hardest year of the war in Asia due to worsening Chinese hardship. He said Japan has concentrated more forces in China and Burma and plans further actions on the continent, even drawing divisions from the Kwantung army.
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Washington
Wei ‘Toa-Ming
China
Chungking
Asia
Burma
Chinese hope linked to American naval success in Pacific
He cited American navy gains in the Pacific as encouraging to China and noted Chinese success in northern Burma as proof that with Chinese manpower and American materials much can be accomplished.
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Manchuria
Pacific
China
Burma
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