Temporary Officers Named for Swing-In Teen Club
Thirty four teens met at the USO to elect temporary officers for the Swing-In club. Kenneth Cawthron is president, Jo Simmons first vice president, Dabney Harvey second vice president, Sue Evans secretary, and Jack Alderson treasurer. Committees were named for membership finance publicity mouse refreshments and entertainment. The group plans a dance and will elect permanent officers this fall under the recreation department.
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USO
Kenneth Cawthron
J. K. Cawthron
Jo Simmons
Ray Simmons
Dabney “Bo” Harvey
Marshall Harvey
Dorrance Guy
Bungy Muller
Sue Evans
Mouse
Elizabeth Wofford
Betty Teal
Buddy Mane
Charles Gardner
Peggy McClatchy
Betty Formby
Wanda Smith
Chine T Dewson
Mary Ann Holt
Patricia Lindsey
A.C Hamilton
Recreation Department
USO Re‘sons
Mexico's Channel Islands Claim Bolstered by Truman Veto
San Diego Aug 3 Mexico's claim to California's Channel Islands gains support after President Truman vetoed a tidelands bill. State Atty. Gen. Kenny said the veto harms U S claims and weakens federal‑state relations. A Mexican commission will study the situation to present formal claims.
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San Diego
Mexica
Channel Islands
California
Truman
Robert
Kenny
Mexico
Chifernca
United
OPA Forgiveness Extends to Gas Stamp Abuses in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City August 3. An OPA official handed out forgiveness to a gas stamp user who confessed illegally using wartime ration tickets. O. B. Martin, OPA enforcement attorney for Oklahoma, noted the clemency after a Cleveland, Oklahoma resident submitted the admission. He asked to make amends late, and Martin said bygones are forgiven. No individual pardons will be offered to other A card holders who misused B or C stamps.
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Oklahoma City
U.P
OPA
O. B. Martin
Price Administration
Oklahoma
Cleveland
Okla
Martin
Capper lauds administration in foreign policy support
Sen. Arthur Capper says the administration has done its best with a difficult task and backs Truman Byrnes peace efforts. He calls Byrnes a great secretary of state and urges bipartisan support on NBC. Sen. Alexander Wiley adds Congress backs current policy and warns against reversing U. S. leadership in world affairs.
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Washington
Arthur Capper
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Capper
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Foreign Relations Committee
NBC
Wiley
Congress
U. S
New Mexico A. and M. Helps Compute Rocket Trajectories
In Las Cruces, the NM A and M physics department has handled calculations for the V-2 rocket tests at White Sands for two months. Dr. George W. Gardiner reports 25 students and faculty, many veterans, are involved under Drs. Delsasso and Buyl. The $25,000 Aberdeen project computes trajectories, speed, range and height. More work and scholarships up to $500 will start with the fall term.
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Las Cruces
N. M
U.P
New Mexico
M. College
White Sands Proving Ground
George W. Gardiner
L. A. Delsasso
D. R. Buyl
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
M. Aeronautics
Oklahoma Traffic Deaths Hit New Monthly High
Oklahoma City reports 1946 traffic fatalities reaching 294 by August 3, with three new deaths last night and a fourth due to injuries four days prior. Mrs Minnie Campbell Wilson of Perryton Texas dies when her car tires blow on US 270 in Harper County. Two others with her escape serious injury as the vehicle overturns. The piece also notes Arizona's Indian population of 50,600, more full blooded Indians than any other state, spread across 17 reservations and 14 tribes.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Minnie Campbell Wilson
Perryton
Tex
Harper County
Wilson
Arizona
United States
Millionaire 71 to wed Milwaukee divorcee in El Paso
John V. Apablasa, 71, Los Angeles descendant and widower with three grown sons, travels to El Paso to marry 29 year old Julie Ann Grant of Milwaukee and Los Angeles. The pair obtained a marriage license and will wed likely in Juarez with plans to honeymoon in Mexico City.
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Los Angeles
Milwaukee
EL Paso
W.P
John V. Apablasa
Julie Ann Grant
Grant
Rio Grande
Jurez
Mexico
Apablasa
Hotel Cortez
Justice of the Peace
Charles Windberg, Jr
Mexico City
John Apablasa
Ive
Spain
Los Angeles Union Station
Woman Faces Fine Over Hat Covering One Eye in Chicago
A Chicago case reports a woman may be fined for driving a car with a hat that covers one eye. Details of the incident, law cited, and potential penalty are outlined by local authorities.
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Chicago
Scout Swimming Meet Held by Yellow House Troop 39
Scout troop 39 of Sudan won the Yellow House district swimming meet at Buck Ross farm with 51 points. Troop 43 of Anton placed second with 46 points and troop 25 of Littlefield third with 42. Individual awards crowned Billy Lane and Durwood Chandler in juniors and Forest Lindsey and Jewel Jackson in intermediates.
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Littlefield
Boy Scout
Sudan
Yellow House
Buck Ross
Anton
Amherst
Muleshoe
Fred Stubbs
Lubbock
Red Cross
Huston Hoover
Cal Harvey
Billy Lane
Durwood Chandler
Skinny Gage
Hopping
Gage
Lane
Owens
Forest Lindsey
Jewel Jackson
Billy Perkins
Lakey
Jack Lane
Jim Fowler
Mac Talkington
Perkins
John Fowler
H. Wright
Joe Lane
Cal Foster
Wright
Talkington
Lindsey
Jackson
Jimmy Clark
Charles Franz
Mrs. W. E. Bray Dies at 71 in Abernathy
Mrs. W. E. Bray 71, ill for years, died at her Abernathy home. Funeral at First Baptist Church Monday at 4 pm with Rev. John Rankin of Monroe officiating. Burial in Abernathy Cemetery under Rix Funeral Home of Lubbock direction. Survivors: husband, three sons C. E. Bray Phillipsburg KS W. B. Bray Dumas KS Albert A. Bray Ashland KS. three daughters Enis Austin Haynes Abernathy KS Vernon Hayes Elkhart KS. 26 grandchildren one great grandchild and four brothers H. G. Jackson Oakland CA B. B. Jackson La Grange GA A. W. Jackson W. M. Jackson Lubbock.
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Lubbock
Texas
Avalanche
W. E. Bray
Abernathy Abernathy
First Baptist Church
John Rankin
Monroe
Abernathy Cemetery
Rix Funeral Home
la Grange
A. W. Jackson
W. M. Jackson
German General Von Falkenhorst Sentenced to Death
Gen Nikolaus Von Falkenhorst, commander of the German occupation in Norway, was tried by a British and Norwegian court and sentenced to death by firing squad for complicity in the murder of Allied commandos in Norway. He appeared grim and expressionless as the verdict was delivered.
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Brunswick
Germany
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Norway
Local Swim Meet Yields Trio of Top Finishes
In the senior races Norris Onstead and Jackie Shelby of troop 26 claimed top spots in side stroke with Onstead first and Shelby second. In breast stroke Onstead again took first with Shelby second, and Shelby won the free style while Onstead placed second. About 60 boys participated in the event.
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Norris Onstead
Jackie Shelby
Onstead
Shelby
Figurehead of the Great Republic Exhibit Shown
An exhibition at the Old Stone Lighthouse museum in Stonington Connecticut showcases the figurehead of the Great Republic, the mid-19th century ship built in Boston by Donald McKay in 1853. The vessel, one of the first bark rigged ships, had a registered tonnage of 4,555, modest by today’s standards.
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Ial
Stonington, Conn
Old Stone Lighthouse
Great Republic
Boston
Donald McKay
Insects Use Leg Taste Organs Including Some Butterflies
Some insect species possess taste receptors on their legs, including certain butterflies. This sensory arrangement helps them sample surfaces as they land.
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