Death in post wreck Cecil Wisdom victim in post wreck
A gasoline tank truck from Ohlenbusch Oil Co. bound for Lubbock collided with a light car at Highway 84 and Main in Post. Driver Cecil Wisdom, 36, burned to death in the cab as flames engulfed nearby buildings. Evelyn Jennings of Southland escaped with burns and shock, treated and released. Jesse Dale Windham of Post, the auto driver, suffered only a forehead bruise. The Texas Highway Patrol investigated the scene.
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Colorado City
Lubbock
Highway 84
Main Street
Cecil Wisdom
Ohlenbusch Oil Company
Wisdom
Ave. E. Lubbock
Post Clinic
Evelyn Jennings
Southland
Jesse Dale Windham
Post
J. R. Whitmire
T. C. Laws
Texas Highway Patrol
City Hall
Tornadoes Hit In Two Minnesota Towns Seven Die
Tornadoes struck two Minnesota towns as storms unleashed casualties. Seven people died and many were injured amid rapid damage. Affected communities faced power outages and emergency response operations as residents assessed damages.
Tornadoes Kill and Wreck Across Minnesota Areas
The Associated Press reports tornadoes hit two Minnesota areas, killing at least seven people. Wells reports several hundred injured and 300 to 400 trapped in a theater. In Mankato, seven die and 50 injured at the Green Gables tourist camp housing 22 cabins.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Minnesota State Highway Patrol
Wells
Minn
Mankato
Green Gables
Illinois
Missouri
One Dead and 32 Hurt As Bus Overturns Near Pittsfield
A Greyhound bus overturn near Pittsfield Illinois leaves one dead and 32 injured many seriously. The crash on route 36 east of town injured passengers who were transported to Illini hospital. Funeral homes named Mrs Walter Baughman as the dead.
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Associated Press
Pittsfield
Ill
Pike County
Walter Plattner
Walter Baughman
Plattner
Eddy Funeral Home
Sheriff’s Office
Illini
Parkway Hotel
Seven Dead and Dozens Injured in Minnesota Tornado Camp
At least seven were killed and more than 50 injured when a tornado struck the Geen Gables tourist camp near Mankato Minnesota. Sheriff Cords cautioned the death toll could rise as survivors were treated at St Joseph's and Emmanuel hospitals.
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Associated Press
Mankato
Minn
Minnesota River Valley
Frank Cords
Blue Earth County
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Immanuel
Ronald J. Whig
Gerald Nurre
Bancroft
Iowa
Sidney Casper
Donald Nelson
Butterfield Minn
Minneapolis
Geen Gables
Minneopa State Park
Haifa Jews Protest British Deportation Plan
In Haifa a large crowd protests deportation of Jewish illegal immigrants to Cyprus as British authorities abort a new attempt to move 1,400 refugees aboard ships 93 and Fenice. The crowd, urged by a clandestine Hagana radio voice, is warned against risk and violence while officials report no confirmed shipboard clashes.
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Haifa
Palestine
Cyprus
S. S
Voice of Israel
Hagana
State Superintendent To Support Rainey
AUSTIN Aug 17 P L A Woods state superintendent of public instruction announced he would support Homer P Rainey for governor in the run off He said he would speak over the radio Monday night at 8 o'clock on Why I am for Homer P Rainey for governor Woods said in a formal announcement Woods was unopposed for reelection in the first primary
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Austin
P—L. A. Woods
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Gay
Homer P. Rainey
Woods
Meat and Dairy Controls in Debate at Decontrol Board Hearing
The decontrol board probes selective price ceilings, subsidy fund use, and consumer interests as it weighs restoring controls on meat dairy and other foods. With over 100 witnesses, the panel debates keeping some products free while applying ceilings to scarce items. The board is set to decide next Tuesday evening.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Associated Press
Ashington
Decontrol Board
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Roy L. Thompson
Federal Land Bank
New Orleans
Indus
Plains Ginners Name Officers
W O Fortenberry of Monroe was re elected president of the Plains Ginners association at the annual meeting in Lubbock. J H Plemmons of Lubbock was named vice president and N W Ray of Lubbock secretary. Fortenberry also became state director of the Texas Cotton Ginners association. Directors include Cliff Dean and Curtis Boyd of Lubbock Paul Vinson of Ropesville and Elmo Caudle of Hale Center. The group aims to boost cotton yields per acre and announced the area’s ginning industry is freed from price ceilings by the OPA.
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W. O. Fortenberry
Monroe
Plains Ginners Association
Hotel Lubbock
J. H. Plemmons
Lubbock
N. W. Ray
Fortenberry
Texas Cotton Ginners Association
The
Plains Association
Cliff Dean
Curtis Boyd
Paul Vinson
Ropesville
Elmo Caudle
Hale Center
OPA
Allan Shivers Arrives in City for Weekend Campaign
Allan Shivers candidate for lieutenant governor arrives in Lubbock today by Continental Airlines from El Paso at 11 30 a m. He plans to visit friends, do a KFYO radio talk at 6 45 a m Monday, and attend the Lubbock Junior Chamber luncheon at the Hilton Monday noon. Shivers led the first primary with 385 000 votes to 304 000 for Boyce House.
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Allan Shivers
Port Arthur
Lubbock
Continental Airlines
el Paso
Shivers
KFYO
House
Riots in Calcutta Turn Deadly as Communal Clashes Escalate
Rioting Muslims and Hindus battled through Calcutta with gunfire and looting. Reuters reports about 270 killed and 1,600 injured, other counts exceed 2,000 hurt. British troops aided police to restore order.
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Associated Press
Alcutta
Calcutta
Reuters
Soviet Objections Fail As Austria Invited To Conference
The European peace conference voted 15 to 6 to invite Austria to present its views on the Italian treaty with Italy and Albania. Iran was also invited by unanimous vote after British support and U S backing. Yugoslavia Poland Czechoslovakia and others opposed the Austrian move viewing it as a bid to press South Tyrol claims.
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Louis Nevin
Associated Press
Paris
Austria
Italy
Iran
Britain
United States
Albania
Mexico
Cuba
South Tyrol
Big Four
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Finland
Balkan
Soviet Union
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Council of Foreign Ministers
Hector McNeil
U. S. State Department
Benjamin V. Cohen
Author and Dramatist Channing Pollock Dies at 66
Channing Pollock, noted author and dramatist, died of a cerebral hemorrhage at his Shoreham Long Island summer home. He was 66 and had been stricken yesterday, remaining unconscious until death. His daughter Helen lived with him at Shoreham.
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New York
Channing Pollock
Shoreham
Long Island
Pollock
Helen
Newton's trial set for Oct 28 in Hale County
The trial of Dr. W R Newton Cameron physician charged with assault with intent to murder was set for October 28 in 64th district court at Plainview Hale County. It follows an earlier trial in Lamb County where he was convicted and sentenced seven years. appeals reversed and remanded.
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Plainview
W. R. Newton
Cameron
Hale County
Roy Hunt
Littlefield
Lamb County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dr. Newton
Hunt
Jim Thomas
Dawson County
Thomas
Price Hikes Seen in Dairy Products Without Ceilings
The Agriculture department warned that milk butter and cheese prices are likely to rise in fall and winter unless ceilings are re established. Seasonal production declines typically push prices higher and the price control board can re impose dairy ceilings which expired July 1 along with subsidies.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
New Selection Costume Jewelry
King's Jewelry at 1020 Broadway announces a new selection of costume jewelry for sale with an emphasis on affordable, fashionable pieces.
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King’s Jewelry
Three Prisoners Escape Erath County Jail
Three inmates escaped from the Erath county jail in Stephenville prompting a search by county and city officers and the state highway patrol with Mineral Wells reinforcements. Two suspects were sighted by Wesley Hancock about 10 a.m. one mile south of Stephenville in the Bosque river brush.
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Stephenville
Bosque River
Erath County
Wesley Hancock
New Officers Are Named Lost Battalion Reunion in Wichita Falls
In Wichita Falls Texas veterans of the Lost Battalion and survivors of the cruiser Houston gather to mark one year since liberation from Moulmein Burma. The reunion features a barbecue luncheon a business meeting an open house and a banquet with stories of captivity and forced labor along the Burma railroad.
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Lost Battalion
Wichita Falls
Associated Press
Ichita Falls
Tex
Texas
Burma
36Th Division
Houston
Moulmein
Wichita
Scuffle In New Jersey Restaurant Sparks Police Alert
In Swedesboro, New Jersey, around August 17 a clash involving about two hundred black and white patrons erupted at Andre's restaurant. State police were called as groups gathered outside while the dispute began when black patrons entered a white section of the dining area.
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Swedesboro
N. J
New Jersey
Weather outlook for West Texas and New Mexico regions
Partly cloudy West Texas Sunday and Monday with scattered thundershowers and cooler air in Panhandle. New Mexico sees scattered showers mainly in the afternoon and evening, otherwise little temperature change. Readings from West Texas Gas and Texas Experiment Station show highs near 101 and lows around 65 to 75 over the 34 hours ending yesterday.
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West Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
West Texas Gas Company
Texas Experiment Station
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Fred Harrell
Avalanche-Journal
Furr Food Store No. 3
Claude Phillips
Blue Earth
George Burk
Bill Mabray
E. L. Posey
Pat Davidson
Donovan Stafford
Powell
By Carter L. Davidson
Rainey
Eversharp
Parker
King’s
Avalanche-Journal Station
Plains Ginners
City
Newton
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