Governor Shivers to Address West Texas DeMolay Conclave
Gov Allan Shivers will speak at the DeMolay area conclave in West Texas Aug 30. Jimmy Kennedy will deliver the flower sermon for the first time in Texas, as the event includes a parade, initiation, barbecue supper, and public program at O L Slaton Junior High School.
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E. Y. Lee
Order of DeMolay
West Texas
Jimmy Kennedy
DeMolay
Texas
Shivers
Allan Shivers
Kennedy
Dorrance Guy
Chamber of Commerce
John L. Ross, Jr
C. B. Boydston
College Down Broadway
Ave. Q
Sheriff's
Hilton
Guy
Luby's
Masonic
O. L. Slaton
Cocker Spaniel Rescues Trapped Companion Dog
In Alton Illinois on August 13 Mrs Pauline Hoffman her son Gerhard and their dog Ponto followed alert dog instinct to the sound of cries. They found a small cocker spaniel wedged in a hole in Rock Spring Park after earth gave way. The spaniel was dug out quickly with Ponto monitoring from above.
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Alton, Hil
Pauline Hoffman
Gerhardt
Ponto
Rock Spring Park
Hoffmans
University Publishers Get Strange Requests For Books
Columbia University press reviews odd reader queries from The Pleasures of Publishing. A request for Behavior infants was filled with Behavior Development in Infants, and United Nations Charter turned into the deluxe edition. Other mix ups include Algebraic Emotions likely aimed at Algebraic Equations and Crime in Relation to Relations vs Crime in its Relations to Social Progress.
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New York
Columbia University Press
Columbia Press
German Valley Dam Scarred Years After Wartime Bombing
Hamburg reports the Mohn dam in Westphalia breached by British bombers on May 16 1943. The flood killed an estimated 1700 to 1800 people, with many houses rebuilt nearby. Dam repaired by workers in three months. the site remains scarred by ruins and rusting factories.
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Hamburg
Germany
Mohn
Westphalia
Ruhr
Muleshoe High School Delayed in Opening This Fall
Muleshoe faces a late start as the new high school likely won’t be ready for occupancy until October. Until then students will be housed in existing buildings. The campus will relocate a decorated building to the Negro school, while Miss Lottie Hargest teaches there. Teachers meet Aug 31 and registration spans Sept 1–2. The staff will include a band director, librarian, voice instructor, and daily school nurse. A new guidance service is planned to aid pupils in selecting their life work.
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Muleshoe
Lottie Hargest
C. W. Grandy
Bop Gray
Hereford
Grandy
Hale Center to Host Farm Queen Contest on Sept 12
Hale County Farm Bureau chapters select nominees for the county contest to be staged Sept. 12 during the Hale County Farm Bureau membership banquet in the Hale Center High School gym. Candidates must be related to a Farm Bureau member and be the daughter of a farmer. Fourteen communities are expected to participate with the winner advancing to the state queen contest later this year.
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Hale Center
Community Farm Bureau
Hale County
Hale County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
L. E. Ing
Garagemen Find Old Auto With Swarm Of Bees
Rochester Indiana August 13 Garagemen Ray Yeakley and Moren Mathias bought an ancient automobile from a farmer for parts. They brought the vehicle to town yesterday and found a live swarm of bees occupying the front seat cushion.
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Rochester. Ind
Ray Yeakley
Moren Mathias
Anti-Communist Greek Inscription Refused in Dortmund
In Dortmund Germany on August 13 anti communist construction workers were asked to carve a Greek inscription on a new building but refused, mistaking the letters for Russian. The incident highlights tense postwar political undercurrents in the city.
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Dortmund
Germany
Dallas Man Caught In House May Not Be Love Burglar
A 23 year old man in east Dallas was found in an apartment house Friday night and is no longer a prime suspect in the love burglar cases. Victims in two separate incidents failed to identify him in a lineup. One woman, 48, was assaulted. the other, 18, escaped after stalling the intruder. Police say he remains in custody and charges of burglary or lunacy may be filed.
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Dallas
Aug
U.P
Buck Butler
Consolidation For Air Routes Okayed
Continental Air Lines wins CAB approval to merge routes 29 43 and 60 into a single Route 29. Nonstop Wichita service opens new Denver to Tulsa Oklahoma City and southern cities connections, boosting efficiency and mail handling.
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Continental Air Lines
Robert F. Six
Civil Aeronautics Board
Continental
Wichita
Kans
Denver
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Six
CAB
Little Paris In Germany Losing French Atmosphere
Baden-Baden, Germany, once known as Little Paris as the French occupation center, sees its French population decline and the French staff reduced. City officials anticipate unemployment and slower holiday trade as Germany may form a new republic, while Germans released from French service await new opportunities.
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Baden - Baden
Germany
Paris
Baden-Baden
Baden- Baden
President Truman Plans Radio Address To Women On Sept 27
President Truman will address the women of the nation by radio on Democratic Women's Day Sept 27. The address will be broadcast coast to coast over ABC from 2 to 215 p m CST, as announced by the Democratic National Committee.
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President Truman
Washington
Truman
Democratic National Committee
American Broadcasting Company
LDS Church Reports Over 1.04 Million Members
The Latter-day Saints church releases a membership figure of more than 1.04 million, with most members residing in Utah and surrounding areas, indicating concentrated regional strength.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Latter-day Saints (Mormon
Sta
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