Senate May Hold Special Session To Perfect European Aid Plan
Washington July 5 congressional leaders expect a fifty fifty chance of a session by October to work out a Europe recovery program. Congress may skip pending State Department measures without an emergency, while weighing United States resources and possible overseas aid plans including refugee immigration and Greek Turkish aid.
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Texas
Avalanche-Journal
Senate
Alex H. Singleton
Ashington
Europe
Ted
Congress
United States
Herbert Hoover
Bernard Baruch
Secretary of
State Marshall
State Department
Fires Continue To Burn In California After Widespread Blazes
Fires burn across California totaling nearly 20000 acres with over 200 people left homeless. Crews battle multiple outbreaks in Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley areas as resources fly in from nearby regions. One fire near Chatsworth caused property loss including homes and cabins while a large blaze in the Los Padres National Forest remains uncontrolled.
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Los Angeles
Los Anso
Diego County
National Forest
Los Padres Rez Forest
Ous
Chatsworth
San Fernando
Lake Manor
Services For James A. Austin To Be Conducted Here Tuesday
Funeral services for James Albert Austin, 85, of 404 Hub Hames, will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church with Father Wm Blakeslee officiating. Burial follows at Slaton Cemetery under Plains Funeral Home direction. He had lived in Lubbock about 12 years and died Friday about 5:39 a.m. at home.
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Hames
Tuesay
St. Elizabeth Catholic Church
Wm. Blakeslee
CSP
Slaton Cemetery
Plains Funeral Home
Austin
Lubbock
Indian Leader Attacks Mencken Over Native American Valor
Verbal clash erupts in Oklahoma as Inter-Tribal Indian Council president accuses Henry L. Mencken of intolerance for remarks deemed insulting to American Indians. Pottawatomie leader Jack Scott cites World War II service by Native Americans and questions Mencken’s fairness and use of freedom of speech.
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Wewoka
Okla
Inter-Tribal Indian Council of Oklahoma
Baltimore Sage
Jack Scott
Seminole County
Mencken
China
Scott
U. S
Oklahoma
York
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Broken Arrow
Pearl Harbor
Iwo Jima
Midway
Clarence Tinke
Pawhuska
Will Rogers
Rogers
Encyclopedia Americana
Massasoi
Plymouth
United States of America
Foreign Minister Sforza Hosts Luncheon for Quirino Visit
In Rome on July 5 Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza hosted a formal luncheon for Elpidio Quirino vice president of the Philippines republic. Quirino is in Italy to pursue a friendship treaty with the Italian republic.
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Rome
Carlo Sforza
Elpidio Quirino
Philippines
Texas Residents Reported Seeing Flying Discs in 1946
Residents in the Marshall Longview area said they saw bright silver discs near sunset on December 4 1946. J F Hawkins of the Waskom field described a long bright tail and movement eastward while G R Maddox of Borger reported a gleaming silver disc seen from his yard before it vanished.
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Associated Press
United States
Marshall- Longview
J. F. Hawkins
Arkansas Fuel Oil Co
Waskom Oil and Gas Field
Marshall
D. M. Hawkins
Eldorado, Ark
Longview
G. R. Maddox
Borger
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State Police Report Quiet Fourth of July Patrol
Texas State police saw no calls for the new emergency boat gear during the Fourth of July in the Colorado Lakes region. The craft with two outboard motors, drag lines, hooks and life preservers stayed on a trailer ready for rapid deployment. Central Texas radio coverage noted no drownings or water incidents, and Austin police reported the quietest Fourth in memory.
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Austin
Texas
Colorado Lakes
Farmers Plant Peas After Cotton Loss In Brownfield
In Brownfield area many farmers shift from damaged cotton to peas after late winds and hail. Lee Hulse reports that over 100 acres are planted to peas and notes neighboring fields were also affected by the storm.
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Brownfield
Lee Hulse
Ju. S.-Russian Korea Talks Stall Amid Dispute
Seoul July 5 The 1st U S Soviet jet commission on Korea reached another impasse after five weeks of disagreement Maj Gen Albert E. Brown chief U S delegate said the Russians objected to consulting with certain Korean political groups as part of efforts to form a unified provisional government for Korea The note also cites Washington state land and water figures as context.
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Seoul
Keres Hay
Albert E. Brown
U. S
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