Truman Denounces Russia Policy in Fourth of July Address
President Truman awaits foreign reaction to a sharp denunciation of Soviet refusal to cooperate with the Marshall Plan. He argues for freedom and peaceful reconstruction, condemning Soviet objections as fallacious and urging full information exchange to secure world peace.
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Truman
Merriman Smith
United Press
Charlottesville
Russia
Europe
White House
Colle
Stanley Woodward
State Department
Washington
Tru
Seia
Tom Connally
D. Tex
Mundt
Alsd
House
Rs Committee
Senate
Thomas Home
Rusen
Soviet Union
Axtell Opens San Antonio Branch First in South Texas
Axtell company branch manager A Y Parks returned from San Antonio where the new store will distribute plumbing and well supplies to retailers in South Texas. Hal Cox, former local manager, now runs the San Antonio shop. The briefs also note burglaries, arrests, and a sheriff’s transfer of custody in forgery cases. Indians of America’s western plains reportedly ate crickets and grasshoppers.
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A. Y. Parks
Axtell Company
San Antonio
Axtell
Texas
Hal Cox
Sailplanes Rise Over Sheppard Field In Oklahoma Meet
Fifty national soaring meet sailplanes launched from Sheppard Field at noon. By afternoon ten crews reported in for retrieval as pilots head toward Bartlesville and Tulsa to chase the $100 Phillips Petroleum prize for top man and woman. Ideal conditions boosted hopes for cross country records amid high altitude attempts.
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Wichita Falls
Oklahoma
Sheppard Field
Barttesville
Tulsa
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bartlesville
Barograph
Arab group opposes a Jewish state in Palestine
A member of the Arab Communist party executive said his group opposes a Jews state in Palestine claiming it would back Anglo American imperialism and war against the new democracies and the Soviet Union. Emil C. Touma of the National Liberation league spoke at an Arab office news conference.
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Jerusalem
Arab Communist Party
Palestine
Soviet Union
Emil C. Touma
The
National Liberation League
Communist Party of the Arab Working Classes
Communists Blamed for Fire in Athens Building
In Athens a five story building housing the U S aid mission and the British military mission burned, killing three and wounding 21. Public Order Minister Zervas and Police Chief Evert blamed Communists, arresting two unnamed suspects. Two of the dead were women.
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Athens
Greece
Soldiers’ Pension
UNRRA
Napoleon Zervas
Angel Evert
Obvio
Evert
Arab Unity Sought Over Palestine Commission Support
Touma said his league had 3,000 members and the support of 30,000 Arab workers. He supported boycotting the United Nations commission on Palestine to preserve Arab unity and noted no cooperation between Arab and Jewish Communists, though they might merge if independence occurred.
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United Nations Commission On Palestine
Judge Hutcheson Attacks Bureaucrats At Bar Meeting
U S Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Joseph C Hutcheson Jr berated federal bureaucrats calling them bumbling lame ducks and miserable hacks at a Texas Bar breakfast session He urged confirmation of Joe B Dooley of Amarillo as U S District Judge at Fort Worth and condemned administrative boards for overrunning the law The remarks drew comment from American Bar Association president Carl J Rix who said Dooley should be confirmed if Senate action proceeds on Tuesday.
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Dallas
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr
New Orleans
Joe B. Dooley
Amarillo
W. Lee O'Daniel
Senate
U. S
Fort Worth
Texas Local Bar Association
Texas Bar Convention
Hutcheson
Dooley
Carl J. Rix
Milwaukee
Wis
The
American Bar Association
Beaumont man elected section chairman succeeds Dallas leader
William T. McNeill of Beaumont was elected section chairman succeeding H Bascom Thomas Jr of Dallas. Charles E. Thompson of McAllen was elected vice chairman and Irvin Vogel of Wichita Falls secretary.
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William T. McNeill
Beaumont
H. Bascom Thomas, Jr
Dallas
Charles E. Thompson
McAllen
Irvin Vogel
Wichita Falls
Vehicle sale described in ambiguous Lubbock report
A July 6 1947 Lubbock Avalanche Journal item notes a motor vehicle sale of a 1399 pound vehicle built for mule hitching and a prior transfer to the Army Signal Corps, with unclear description of its operation or fate.
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Lubbock
Texas
Avalanche-Journal
Army Signal Corps
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Avenue G
Charlie Street
George Hall
Police Department
Nineteenth and
Avenue A
Grady Harrist
Fairfield
Calif
Chester Bouknight
Bouknight
Thomas D. Anderson
America
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Harry Kelly
Spearman
Tex
Don Pollard
Roanoke
Pollard
Francis B. “Fritz” Compton
Miami
Fla
Charles Wingfield
U.S
Pendley Body Company
DIAL
Zale
Rogers
Gents Sport Watch
National Labor Board
Cae Aei
Ee Vision
UCL Ly
Fred Feris
Ellis Carp
LEE Optical CO
Zale’s
Easy Credit
Sting
Aix
Diamond
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