Three Metropolitan Papers Face Grand Jury Probe
Three city papers the Chicago Tribune New York Daily News and Washington Times Herald are under federal grand jury investigation for publishing confidential Midway battle information. Attorney General Francis Biddle cites a 1940 law on defensing data and confirms Navy Department endorsed inquiry.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
Midway
Navy Department
Riddle
Robert W. Horton
Office of War Information
Chicago Tribune
New York Daily News
Washington Times Herald
The
Tribune
Chicago
Stanley Johnston
Midway Island
Battle of the
Coral Sea
Navy
Department of Justice
Grand Jury
Johnston
Kiddle
Times-Herald
Horton
the Tribune
Office of Censorship
Power Pool Links 11 Midwest Utilities for War Demand
Tulsa August 21 President R K Lane of the Public Service Company of Oklahoma announced 11 public power companies in the Midwest have formed a pool with 3 000 000 kilowatt hours capacity to meet war industry needs and civilian demand. The plan allows excess generation from one district to back up peak demand in another. Lane said more companies may join and lines would extend from New Orleans to Omaha.
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Tulsa
Okla
R. K. Lane
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
Midwest
Lane
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Onl
New Orleans
Omaha
Sweetwater Man Killed in Car-Truck Collision
Hallie Taylor aged about 33 a refinery employee was killed today in Sweetwater and Cpl Frank Ashworth of the Royal Air Force stationed at Avenger Field was injured in the same wreck.
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Sweetewater
Sweetwater
Hallie Taylor
Cpl
Frank Ashworth
Royal Air Force
Avenger Field
Promotions and service stories from West Texas troops
Promoted Lt Colonel C M Phillips leads a 1600 bed Army hospital at Camp Crowder Missouri and partners with Dr Dupre at Levelland hospital. Other locals, including Harold Dow at Camp Wolters and a wave of sons serving in Navy Army and Marine units, fill reports from Lubbock to San Angelo with training, awards, and postings.
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C. M. Phillips
H. J. Phillips
Sixteenth Street
John Dupre
Phillips-Dupre
Levelland
Army Medical Corps
Camp Crowder
Neosho
Phillips
Lubbock
Lubbock High School
University of Texas At Austin
Medical School
Galveston
State Board of Medical Examiners
Dupre
Army
Camp Wolters
Harold Dow
J. L. Dow
The
Avalanche
Col. Phillips
Nora Taylor
Uncle Sam
Hubert W. Taylor
Naval
Hubert
Arm Guard Center
New Orleans
Howard L. Taylor
United States Marine Corps
San Franccisco
Pacific
Howard
Avalanche Journal
Texas Tech. Corp
Homer O. Taylor
Naval Air Station
Alameda
Calif
Tay- Homer
Charles
Avalanche- Journal
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Army Air Corps
Howard D. Barrett
Charles B. Barrett
James H. McDaniels
L. L. McDaniels
Fifth Street
James D. Linn
Dee Linn
Wayne James Brothers
Wayne Lamb
James Lamb
J. R. Lamb
Slaton
U. S. Navy
James
Wayne
New York
Great Lakes
Louis Sanders
Camp Barkelevy
Texas
Chicago
Slaton High School
Texas Technological College
el Paso
Rockford, WI
W. T. Sanders
Joan H. Stewart
Afr
OT. Ho Stewart
New Menico
Liupbock Fieh School
Corp
Stewart
Row. Dew
Tahoka Highway
Sgt
Wilford Allen Dew
Field Artillery
Dew
Ile
Fort Bliss
Camp Young
India
Marion E. McClendon
M. W. McClendon
Twentieth Street
Ellington Field
Marion
Lloyd A. Williamson
Clark Williamson
Main Street
Dallas Technical High School
Brooks Field
Kelly Field
Jonese
Thomas FE. Jones
36Th
Australia
Sol H. Jones
Lubbock Army
Charles L. Averett
Engineer Replacement Center
Fort Leonard Wood
Orville J. Moore
Floydada
Coolidge
Arizona
Grady Crowley
Post
Ordnance Department
Benjamin Field
Fla
Pasadena
John H. Collins
Foreign Service
Gomer Custer
Camp White
Ore
Lillard
Ace) Sanders
Amherst
Littlefield
Fort Worth Leads Texas in Building Permits for Week
Fort Worth issued a total of 156 761 dollars in building permits in the past week, leading Texas cities. Corpus Christi ranked second with 71 255 dollars, while Dallas, Houston, Beaumont, Galveston, Lubbock, Austin, Corsicana and others posted smaller totals.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Houston
Beaumont
Galveston
Lubbock
Austin
Corsicana
Ballots Set For City Commission Special Election
Ballots will be printed this week for the special city election on August 18 to fill the vacancy from W. G. McMullan’s resignation. Four candidates filed: C. B. Hardin, C. W. Gunn, J. O. Jones, and E. Powell McWhirter. Chas. A. Still did not file after announcing his candidacy.
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W. G. McMullan
C. B. Hardin
C. W. Gunn
J. O. Jones
E. Powell McWhirter
McWhirter
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Big City
Army, Navy, and
Marine Corps
Albuquerque
Tommie N. Loyd
Air Force Advanced Flying School
N. M
Loyd
Grace Loyd
Fourteenth Street
Irene Zetzman
Orton High School
Texas Tech
E. J. Carter
Ordnance Division
Aire Corps
Greenville
S. C
Cora Carter
Hill Street
Margaret Martin
Melvin Alvey
Jim Alvey
Avenue L
Aven L. Shipman
J. W. Shipman
Route 3
Sgt. Shipman
56Th
South Plains
Richard E. Harkins
James E. Harkins
Crosbyton
Shipman
Air Forces
Miami Beach
Eugene A. Blue
Emma G. Blue
Twenty-second Street
Wilford Davis Smith
John W. Smith
Chester W. Wright
Bessie A. Wright
Shallowater
Chiang Kai-Shek
Thadd H. Blanton
Dorothy Fay Blanton
Brownfield
Blanton
U. S
Japan
Katherine the Great
Garland H. Swann
Pat Swann
Wilson
U. S., Marine Air Corps
San Diego
Pearl Harbor
Boots
King of
Jack Oliver
Lamesa
Harlingen
Morton
Cochran County
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
Andrew Essary
W. L. Mooney
Welden Snodgrass
Essary
Mononey
Whiteface
Snodgrass
Rector C. Dacus
al Jean Dacus
Ninth Street
San Bernardino
Las Vegas
Nev
Lowry Field
Denver
Air Corps
White Deer High School
H. A
Buck) Gregory
PD. S. Gregory
Naval Air Base
Gregory
Camp Barkeley
Thomas J. Walker
Woody Johnson
Avenue D
Camp Polk
G. W. Turner, Jr
G. W. Turner
Lynn County
Palasaie
York
Hopesville
Air Service
Leroy Holt
Camp Robertson
Ark
Marshall Formby
Plainview
Melvin Newton
Snyder
Camp Gruber
Fred Bullard
F. M. Bullard
Air Corps Field
Wichita Falls
Henry Oden
Petersburg
Cleburne
Fort Knox
Leroy
Fort Sul
Roy C. Chambliss
Lida Mae Chambliss
Miriam Beach
Olin Reed
Arthur Reed
Abernathy
J. H. Reed
Hale Center
Notre Dame University
Naval Reserve
Woodrow F. Jackson
Hf. W. Jackson
Abilene
Oscar W. Neitsch
Dora Neitsch
Baldridge Bakery
Deward E. Kimbrell
Ydalou
Engineer Replacement Training Center
Fort Leonard
Bataan
Set
Car Treton
RC. Treton
Muleshoe
War Department
Philippines
Richard S. Hopper
Baileyboro
Lubbock Army Flying School
Cuero, Tex
Brady
Bombardier
Jordan DB. Cannon
Midland Army Flying School
Bombardier College
Quinten Aday
J. O. Aday
Adavy
RR. A. Jefferies, Jr
Jacksonville
Bob Anderson
Jim Anderson
Peyton T. McKinley
Henry B. McKinley
Fort Lewis, Wash
Douglas E. Brittain
F. C. Brittain
Spur
Ireland
Ulysses Rowell
Barney Rowell
Tank Corps
Capitol
Lloyd R. Croslin
Citizens National Bank Bldg
Croslin
Robt. H. Bean
Wm. HH. Evans
Dial
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Office of Price Administration
OPA
America
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