Fifty Killed In Plane Tragedy House Group Charges Reds Back Wallace
A Washington House committee labeled the Southern Conference for Human Welfare a Communist front. The report links Henry Wallace Melvin Douglas Mrs Marshall Field Harold L Ickes Joseph E Davies Dorothy Parker and Paul Robeson to the group. It notes some members were misled into joining while others repudiated it. The report precedes Wallace's June 16 speech in Washington under conference auspices.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Ashington
House Committee On un-American Activities
Southern Conference For
House
Henry A. Wallace
Melvin Douglas
Marshall Field
Harold L. Ickes
Joseph E. Davies
Dorothy Parker
Paul Robeson
Wallace
Washington
Henry Wallace
Truman
Zero Mostel
American Youth For Democracy
Young Communist League
Robert Ware Straus
Office of Emergency Management
Ruth McKenney
The
Daily Worker
New Masses
American anti-Communist Association
Federal District Court
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
Watergate
World leaders sign Balkan and Italian peace pacts
President Truman ratifies peace treaties with Italy and the three Balkan states. He criticizes regimes in Bulgaria Romania and Hungary for oppressing people while praising Italy's transition toward democracy. He hopes UN pressure may improve treaty provisions and laments lack of representative governments in the Balkans.
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Italy
Balkan
Senate
Truman
United States
United Nations
Former Hungarian Premier Denied Statements in U S Visit
Unclear OCR text references a former Hungarian premier in the United States with denials of statements. Mentions Laszlo Med and a New York event with a companion, possibly a spouse, and age details. No coherent names or dates emerge to confirm specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
U.S
GOPs to Fight Tax Slash Veto in 1948 Budget Clash
Fragmentary text references GOP leaders challenging a presidential veto on tax cuts during the 1948 budget debate. Mentions Taft era ideas and Democratic opposition, with scattered figures around 2,000,000,000. Core details remain unclear due to garbled OCR.
Shortage Stafsced Feature Tab Le Cl ine End Urged
Readable fragments describe a shortage urging action amid a world crisis. Key names and places are unclear due to damaged OCR but the core theme centers on staffing shortages impacting coverage and response.
Area Weather Stays Cool with Scattered Showers for Plains
Lubbock and the South Plains enjoy a second heat relief with a 44 degree low and 84 day high. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers today and Monday across the Panhandle and South Plains. Temperatures to rise statewide except in the southeast, per Associated Press. Purge planned in Lisbon as government says secret files reveal a revolutionary plot. Thirteen Army and Navy officers and fourteen university professors to be purged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
South Plains
Panhandle
Associated Press
Lisbon
Portugal
Army
Sam C Arnett Buys Bell Ranch Amid Southwest Sale
Sam C Arnett sr president of Citizens National Bank disclosed the 700000 cash deal purchasing 125 sections of land and 1200 head of cattle from the Bell ranch near Tucumcari New Mexico. The sale includes 1000 acres irrigated farmland and plans to grow crops while leasing the Clabberhill ranch in Andrew County.
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Southwest
Sam C. Arnett
Citizens National Bank
Bell
Arnett
Tobe Foster
Andrew County
University of Texas
Tucumcari
Conchas Dam
Secret Weapon Claim Sparks Atomic Bomb Comparison
In Cincinnati June 14 James Marion Snodgrass a 39 year old physicist said he helped develop a new secret weapon he called awesome in itself like the atomic bomb He avoided details noting no tie to biology and declined on its use for humans aircraft or ships He hinted development began after American troops hit Tarawa island with heavy casualties and suggested the weapon could relate to those losses
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Prevss
Cincinnati
James
Marion Snody
Snodgrass
Snodcrass
Tarawa Island
Pacific
Soviet veto blocks tripartite Hungary probe
In Budapest the Soviet commander rejected a U S request for a three party inquiry into Hungarian internal affairs. The note accused the plan of aiding counterrevolutionaries and stated Hungary’s political process followed constitutional rules under Allied control. An American informant said Washington may issue a further protest over Allied control commission interference.
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Jack Guinn
Udapest
Budapest
V. Pidov
Republic
George H. Weems
United States
Hungary
Allied Control Council For
State Department
Commission
Dezso Sulyok
Freedom Party
UN Peace Machinery Probed by East West Rift
United Nations probes on atomic controls armament cuts and global policing stall as U S delegate Warren Austin warns East West tension delays peace machinery. Palestine inquiry faces boycott from Arab Higher Committee and Balkan group disputes surface over Ethridge remarks. Sweden’s Emil Sandstroem heads the Palestine commission arriving at Lydda for a country tour before the Monday plenary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Parris, Jr
Associated Press
Ake Success
Russia
United States
Amman
United Nations
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Boston
Palestine
U.N. Holy Land Inquiry Commission
Palestine Commission
Jerusalem
Arab Higher Committee For Palestine
Trygve Lie
Holy Land
Yugoslavia
Mark F. Ethridge
Ethridge
Bulgaria
Albania
Greece
United Nations Special Commission On
Big Three urged to meet on atomic controls
The New Commonwealth society led by Winston Churchill asks Prime Minister Attlee to arrange an early summit of President Truman Prime Minister Stalin and Churchill to forge an international atomic control plan. It notes UN atomic talks show gaps and favors a high level meeting for a timely solution. Attlee’s stance remains unclear amid Britain’s coolness toward resuming heads of state talks.
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London
New Commonwealth Society
Winston Churchill
Attlee
Truman
Stalin
United Nations Atomic Commission
Society
Security Council
Foreign Ministers Council
Strike Talks Underway To End St Louis Transit Tie Up
Officials and union leaders met with company chiefs in St Louis on June 14 to end a 2 day transit strike that has paralyzed public transportation since the previous day.
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ST. Louis
Ottumwa Flood Forces Citywide Evacuations
Des Moines River rises through Ottumwa causing extensive flood barriers to fail. 8,000 to 9,000 residents risk homelessness as sandbags line riverfront and Coast Guard auxiliary secures high points. Eddyville evacuates its 1,000 residents as up to 20 feet crest looms.
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South Ottumwa
North
Loveless
Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Second Street
Ottumwa
Eddyville
Maritime Workers Threaten Midnight Strike
Joseph Curran of the CIO National Maritime Union said he and his delegation were invited out of a conference with shipowners and predicted a work stoppage at midnight June 15. He called the move a cut and said there is no contract as of June 15 after the meeting at the American Merchant Marine Institute.
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Associated Press
New York
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
Curran
NMU
American Merchant Marine Institute
Youth Confesses More Burglaries
An 18 year old Kansas City youth linked to six Lubbock burglaries admitted thefts at Car ter Motor company and other sites in Canyon Plainview Abernathy Lubbock Littlefield Snyder and Post. Detectives say he planned further exits to Texas City before arrest Friday night and formal charges are filed Monday.
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Kansas City
Lubbock
Texas City
Pat Davidson
Canyon
Plainview
Abernathy
Littlefield
Post
Snyder
Carter Motor Company
Avenue H
Gilbert Newton
Police Department
Motor Company
Lawson
H & H Distributing Company
Avenue G
Atkins Lumber Company
Maxey Lumber Company
Nineteenth
Lufkin Girl Crowned Miss Texas of 1947 in Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi June 14 A honey blonde Miss Lynn Mc Clain of Lufkin was crowned Miss Texas tonight at Buccaneer days events. Gov. Beaufort Jester crowned her three times for photographers. The 20 year old daughter of a foundry draftsman will represent Texas in Atlantic City. Alternates are Beverly Besancon and Kitty Adamson.
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Corpus Christi
Lynn McClain
Lufkin
Ins
Beverly Besancon
Seminole
Kitty Adamson
Kilgore
ABC Rodeo at Tech Stadium draws massive crowds
UBBOCK S Madison Square Garden rodeo drew 8 000 plus fans despite cold winds and boosted gate receipts to about 56 500 with 17 000 after expenses. Decker topped cowboy events in saddle bronc and steer wrestling while Finley, Taylor, and Boughman won key events. Gov Mabry and Atty Gen Daniel attended as 30 000 more watched the parade and show.
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Earl Scudday
Avalanche-Journal
Ubbock’s
Decker
Tater Decker
Roswell
N. M
Frank Finley
Phoenix
Ariz
Dan Taylor
Big Spring
Wart Boughman
Archer City
Tex
Autry
Champion
Southwest
George Mills
Jasbo Fulkerson
Lubbock
New Mexico
Texas
Thomas J. Mabry
Price Daniel
Wallace Brooks
Sweetwater
Jack Skipworth
Clovis
Billy Breen
Dalhart
Troy Fort
Carl Olson
Alberta
Canada
Larry Finley
Chinese Press Accuses Russia of Directing Communist Drive
Central News agency in Nanking accuses a certain nation of planning and directing the current Chinese Communist offensive in Manchuria. It claims 30,000 Japanese war prisoners and 90 tanks backed the drive as communists encircle Mukden and raid North China near Peiping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Russia
Manchuria
Mukden
China
Peiping
Big Vermont air crash and Virginia recovery efforts
Victim recovery continues after a DC-4 Capital Airlines crash on a Blue Ridge slope in Virginia with 50 bodies found. Rescue teams amid rain and rough terrain carried out the grim task four miles from Red Cross headquarters, while a Pittsburgh to Bedford flight remains missing.
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Associated Press
Vermont
Civil Aeronautics
Virginia
Hawk's Mountain
Springfield
Civil Aeronautics Communications Office
Burlington
CAA
Portland
Pittsburgh
Bedford
Mass
Red Cross Emergency Headquarters
Callard
Capital Airlines
Gordon Stone
Red Cross
Washington National Airport
Jerry Korn
Lubbock Jaycees Capture Two National Awards
Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce won two top honors at the national US Junior Chamber convention in Long Beach California. The group led by Glenn Woody earned first place for public health work and for a traffic safety program for cities 25 000 to 100 000 in population.
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Lubbock Junior Chamber of Commerce
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach
Calif
Glenn Woody
Lubbock Jaycees
Lubbock
Woody
John Ben Shepherd
Gladewater
Bill Billins
James J. Steele
National Safety
Steele
Weather outlook for Lubbock and vicinity
Partly cloudy today and Monday with widely scattered showers. Official readings recorded at the Municipal Airport show variable readings across the day with times listed for morning to evening observations.
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Lubbock
U. &Bureau
Municipal
U.S Weather Bureau
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Sears
Tookie
Econent
Taft
Cess
KFYO
Avalenche-Journal Station
King’s Jewelry
T. D. J. Leech
New Zealand
George VI
Des Moines
Church Street
Herschel Loveless
ABC Rodeo
Bulova
King's
Mackenzie
Mackenzie State Park
W. D. Cook
H. G. Gaither
City Sanitarian
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