Federal Control Of Tideland Oil Urged By Senator O Mahoney
Senator O Mahoney proposes federal management of petroleum operations in tidelands until ownership is settled. He argues interim Interior Department control would preserve existing leases while revenues are withheld and later distributed. House action on state ownership is pending with a veto history noted.
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Tex Easley
Associated Press
Washington
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
California
O'Mahoney
Senate Public Lands Committee
Congress
Department of the Interior
Department
House Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Truman
Cooper Civic Agricultural Club Regular Meeting
The Cooper Civic Agricultural Club held its regular meeting Monday night at Cooper School with about 40 members present. Otis Echols and his Melody Band provided entertainment. A plan was announced for a cheque to be held in Slat on August. New member L. W. Wilkie was introduced. the meeting was presided over by vice president Wilber Lemon.
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Cooper Civic Agricultural Club
Cooper School
A. B. Allen
Otis Echols
Melody Bo
L. W. Wilkie
Wilber Lemon
Condition Of Three Hurt In Wreck Improves In Texas Town
Three of the four taken to Lubbock Memorial Hospital after a Sunday wreck near the Buffalo Lakes turnoff on the Slaton highway are reported in good condition. Bob Brown suffers a fractured leg and bruises. Patsy Flynn has an ankle fracture and bruises. Donald Smith of Phoenix has a possible neck sprain and a fractured clavicle with bruises. A fourth, Patsy McCasland, has a leg cut and was admitted.
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Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Buffalo Lakes
Slaton Highway
Bob Brown
Patsy Flynn
DonaldsTex? Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
Patsy McCasland
Soviets May Join Big Three Talks
Washington June 12 The State Department said the Big Three foreign ministers may meet in New York in August or September and Russia could join. Officials denied any plan to include Andrei Vishinsky. Speculation also touched on India replacing China on the UN Security Council and Pakistan’s Noon for UN Assembly president.
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Washington
INS
State Department
New York
Russia
Department
Michael J. McDermott
France
Britain
United States
London
Acheson
India
China
U. N. Security Council
World Organization
Chiang Kai-Shek
Security Council
Pakistan
Feroz Khan Noon
Legion group names nominating committees for next year
Members of the Allen Bros. Post American Legion formed two nominating committees after hearing committee reports at headquarters Monday night. Arlo Farmer announced Boy Scout Troop 8 won top honors in a recent area meet. Oscar Sherrel is scout master with J W Anderson and Bob Schmidt as assistants. Joe Holmes reported the Junior Baseball program includes 552 boys in Lubbock this summer and presented a trophy from the Olton Regional tournament. The next meeting will hear committee reports. the Legion meets first and fourth Mondays.
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Allen Bros. Post
American Legion
Arlo Farmer
Oscar Sherrel
J. W. Anderson
Bob Schmidt
Joe Holmes
Qualified Officers May Apply For Transfers To Army Groups
Officers in the regular Army and civilian components may apply for voluntary transfers to the corps of engineers ordnance department and signal corps. Transfers to engineers and ordnance are limited to majors and below for regulars and lieutenant colonels and below for reserves and civilians. Civilian applicants route through Fourth Army Fort Sam Houston ORC offices with final Department of the Army action.
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Austin
Regular Army
Army
Corps of Engineers, Ordnance Department
Signal Corps
Mare
Oscar B. Abbott
Texas Military District
Corps of Engineers and Ordnance Department
Fourth Army
Fort. Sam Houston
ORC
Department of the Army
Executive Buys Bracelet for Wrist Watch
In Mah a Neb a June 12 a UP report an executive aims to please his wife by purchasing a bracelet for her wrist watch. The jeweler quotes prices of nine fifty twelve and thirteen fifty with a gift budget of ten to fifteen dollars the second bracelet is selected as suitable.
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Neb
Escaped Airmen Sought After Guardhouse Breakout
Air police from Reese AFB with city and area law enforcement hunted two teenage airmen who escaped the guardhouse Sunday night. Francis Trier 18 Milwaukee Wisconsin and Aller Palmer 19 Atlanta Georgia were identified. Trier had ten year auto theft and AWOL sentences plus a prior escape. Palmer faced a three year term for assault and authorities noted the escape method was unknown.
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Reese Air Force Base
Francis M. Trier
Milwaukee
Wis
Aller Palmer
Atlanta
James A. Geyer
Trier
Dynamite Used in Water to Locate Drowning Victims
In Houston on June 12 fifty pounds of dynamite were exploded in Buffalo Bayou to locate the body of a drowning victim. Carl Winfrey, 19, drowned in the bayou yesterday and Ernest McKinley, 21, of Houston remained missing from the San Jacinto River at Magnolia Gardens after yesterday’s drowning.
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Houston
Buffalo Bayou
Carl Winfrey
Ernest Hamilton McKinley
San Jacinto
Magnolia Gardens
Germans Seize Dutch Bulbs and Soil for War Industry
The report notes German forces shipped large quantities of Dutch flower bulbs and bulb soil to Germany during the war with the aim of controlling the bulb industry.
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Germany
Nehru Pleads For Rebirth of Indian Poetry and Dance
In New Delhi Prime Minister Nehru argues that music poetry and dance are essential for life and urges revival of ancient Indian art forms to enrich culture and national identity.
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India
Pandit Nehru
New Delhi
Defense Chiefs Visit In Hawaii
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson and Gen. Omar N. Bradley arrive in Honolulu en route to Japan to study a peace treaty matter with Japan. They plan to report to the joint chiefs in Washington and seek a recommendation for President Truman, while noting Hawaii's strategic role and observing Mauna Loa.
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Honolulu
Defense
Louis Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Japan
Johnson
Bradley
Washington
Joint Chiefs
Truman
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Acheson
United States
Hawaii
Ameri- Johnson
Fairfield-Suisun
San Francisco
Mauna Loa
Funeral services for Lubbock woman D B Gordon
Funeral services will be conducted at 4:30 p m today at the Pioneer Park Church of Christ for Mrs D B Gordon 49 of Route 7 Lubbock She died at 345 p m Monday in the West Texas hospital after an extended illness She had lived in Lubbock for five years moving here from Brownfield Cline B Drake minister of the Idalou Church of Christ will officiate Burial will be in Tech Memorial Park cemetery Mrs Gordon is survived by her husband a son Weldon Gordon
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Pioneer Park Church of Christ
D. B. Gordon
Route 7
Lubbock
Heroic trucker helps avert electrical danger near school
Henry Wilchek, a radio amateur and truck driver, spotted two downed high tension wires by a street near a school. He drove his truck onto the wires to anchor them with the front wheels and guided children and traffic away until police arrived, preventing a potential disaster.
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Detroit
Henry Wilchek
Wilchek
Local Women Named In Idalou Obituary List
A fragment lists several relatives and connections for Idalou families. Included are Mrs. Roy Langford of Idalou and nine sisters: Mrs Allie Wrenn of Anna, Mrs W A Stalcup of Bell, B Moore of Vernon, Sewell of Vernon, Mrs J C West of Artesia California, Mrs J M Cockery of Wichita Falls, Mrs H A Richardson of Bowie, Mrs O W Welch of Gilliand and Mrs E R Cash of Crosbyton.
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Idalou
Roy Langford
Allie Wrenn
Anna
W. A. Stalcup
Bell
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