Gigantic air show at Municipal Airport today
A free all day air show at the Municipal airport features civilian aircraft, a model plane contest, and an Army Air Forces display including the P-80 jet and drones. Major Victor G. Modena says tours of larger ships will be offered, with flying model demonstrations at 1 PM and Army aerial demonstrations from 2 until 4:30 PM.
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South Plains
Army Air Forces
Lubbock Municipal
South Plains Army Airfield
AAF
Air Transport Command
Avalanche-Journal
Randal Abernethy
National Aeronautics Association
Victor G. Modena
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Boeing
Texas Gubernatorial Hopefuls Move Across State
Three of the big five Buford H Jester Jerry Sadler and Grover Sellers head west this week Rainey travels south to the valley Case March claims unique county coverage and visits 254 counties in campaign Sadler campaigns in San Angelo promising to represent the public Jester in Houston blames polio outbreaks on poor sanitation
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Dave Cheavens
Associated Press
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Buford H.jester
Jerry Sadler
Grover Sellers
Homer P. Rainey
John Lee Smith
Rainey
Dr. Rainey
Sellers
Sadler
Case March
Waco
Anahuac
Chambers County
San Angelo
Jester
Houston
Senate Advances Anti-Racketeering Bill Amid Labor Clash
Senate moves the anti racketeering measure with no amendments as supporters push for broad penalties while labor groups seek carve outs for legitimate activities like picketing. President Truman previously vetoed a similar Case bill over identical wording and may sign this version if exemptions for labor actions are included. The proposal targets acts harming interstate commerce and carries severe penalties.
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Hatch
Truman
Senate
Armen
Capitol Hi
CIO
Fatal Traffic Deaths Rise in Texas City
The Texas State Department of Public Safety reports startling increases in fatal traffic accidents. For January through May 1923 there were 708 deaths and 730 injuries, up from 507 deaths and 408 injuries in the same period last year. May saw 108 deaths and 730 injuries with vehicular run off the road deaths up 633 percent. economic losses for highways and urban areas reached $20,380,650.
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Austin
State Department ‘of Public Safety
Safety Department
Senate House panel agrees on most OPA bill points
Four teen senators and House members approved five of six amendments to the price control extension bill and reach consensus on all but four major issues. Conferees meet again Monday to push the measure to passage while price control expires June 30 unless extended. Bowles called several changes booby traps. one provision requiring federal district attorney consent for enforcement prosecutions was dropped.
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Chester Bowles
House
Senate
Congress
Sen. Downey
D-Calif
Secretary of Agriculture
Bowles
OPA
Lubbock Man Encounters Half-Grown Coyote in Garage
C F Robertson of 2222 Twentieth Street opened his garage Saturday to find a half grown coyote crouched in a corner. He speculates the animal may have hitched a ride on his car bumper after a late Friday drive from Littlefield.
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C. F. Ropertson
Roberston
Robertson
Littlefield
UNRRA Aids Few Nations As Hunger Persists Worldwide
UNRRA says China fills stomachs with clay and bark while Vienna residents nettle like spinach. The agency limits aid to war-torn lands unable to pay, focusing on Albania Austria Czechoslovakia Greece Italy Poland Yugoslavia and China.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Associated Press
Ashington
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
China
Vienna
UNRRA
Albania
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Italy
Poland
Yugoslavia
Coalition Government Formed In Paris Amid Crisis
President Georges Bidault announced a new coalition in Paris linking the Communist and Socialist parties with his Popular Republican Movement to end France's governmental crisis. Communists indicated willingness to compromise on trade union wage demands after late-night talks.
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Georges Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
France
Bidault
Movie Scene Comes To Life In Houston
A Houston theater audience watched a film image of a fire truck racing to a blaze. A spectator shouted fire and flames erupted from a canopy over the orchestra section. Patrons exited calmly, and no injuries were reported.
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Houston
Gents' 17 J. Elgin Deluxe Watch Promoted
Kings Jewelry at 1020 Broadway advertises a 17 jewel Elgin Deluxe men’s watch priced at $50.00 with emphasis on quality and value.
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J. Elgin
Kings Jewelry
Bread and meat shortages linger into next month
The Associated Press reports bread and meat remain scarce across the nation with shortages likely through July. Experts expect limited improvement by July and a broader rebound after late summer as harvests move north and price controls factor into livestock trading.
Scattered rain drenches parts of Texas with showers
Drought relief emerges as scattered thundershowers drop up to about a quarter inch in the South Plains area from six miles south of Lubbock to Cooper. Rain extends east of the Pecos while towns like Abilene Amarillo Corpus Christi report varying totals and a light mist falls in Brownfield. The weather remains cloudy and cooler with a sandstorm reported at Littlefield.
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Pecos Valley
West Texas
Lubbock
Cooper
Levelland
Sliaton
Brownfield
Santa Fe
Slaton
Post and Snyder
San Angelo
Lamesa
Tahoka
Idalou
Crosbyton
Littlefield
Plainview
Associated Press
Abilene
Amarillo
Corpus Christi
Hitchhiking Marine Picked Up by President Truman
A Marine hitchhiked five miles from Washington when a shiny automobile with its top down stopped. He spoke of taking Iwo Jima and being wounded, then learned at Frederick that the driver was President Truman, who rode with him for 30 miles before a police detail met them.
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Associated Press
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Washington
Devil Dog
Iwo Jima
President Truman
Parodi Pushes Spain Question Despite Soviet Veto at UN
French UN delegate Andre Parodi urged keeping the Spanish question on the Security Council agenda despite Russia vetoing a subcommittee report. He warned against conditions in Spain that could fuel future conflict and pressed for action against Franco. Poland drafted a counterproposal to resume council action, while Lange urged a historical record vote.
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Associated Press
New York
Alexandre Parodi
United Nations Security Council
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Russia
Security Council
Iran
Parodi
University of the Air
NBC
Spain
Franco
Poland
General Assembly
France
Atomic Energy Commission
Oscar Lange
Mexico
United States
Great Britain
Herbert V. Evatt
Lange
Farmland receipts rise to midyear total
Washington reports farmers’ cash receipts for the first half of the year near 8.71 billion dollars, matching or exceeding six months’ earnings from the previous year as the Department of Agriculture releases the estimate.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Education Problem Studied Army Bases as Colleges for Veterans
Marine Gen Graves Erskine, tapped by John Steelman, studies using Army and Navy bases and ships as college campuses to widen veteran access. He aims to speed transfer of government property to schools to meet a projected fall demand of about 2.08 million college applicants with 500 thousand turned away including 290 thousand veterans.
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Army
Navy
Robert Geiger
Associated Press
Ashington
Graves B. Erskine
John R. Steelman
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Eeeote Department of Law
Erskine
Ministers To Speed Work On Treaties
The conference of foreign ministers agreed to meet twice daily and set next Friday as a deadline to finalize the Italian and Balkan treaties. An American informant said a general European peace conference could be convoked July 15 with Byrnes urging invitations and continued session if needed. Molotov and Bevin pressed for readying treaty drafts and a quick finish by June 28.
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Joseph Dynan
Associated
Aris
Russia
Conference of Foreign Ministers
V. M. Molotov
HST
Minsters
Washington
Moscow
Byrnes
Molotov
Truman
Ernest Bevin
Italy
Balkans
Gas Blamed For Hotel Disaster In Dallas
Dallas Fire Marshal B C Hilton said gas accumulations likely triggered the Baker hotel basement explosion. Eight people were killed and 41 injured as the 700 room 18 story building rocked downtown Dallas. The eighth death raised toll to eight. seven died yesterday. investigators study wreckage with officials from the fire department and National States Bureau of Mines. Estimated damage placed at 500000 as effort to determine exact cause continues.
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Dallas
B. C. Hilton
Baker Hotel
Hilton
James W. Thomas
C. N. Penn
E. L. Mitchell
San Antonio
National States Bureau of Mines
Diamond Ear Screws 37.50 to 750.00
King’s Jewelry advertises diamond ear screws with prices ranging from 37.50 to 750.00 as a jewelry sale promotion.
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King’s Jewelry
Weather Forecast for West Texas Regions
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers across Pecos valley eastward Sunday. Monday shows partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon thundershowers according to West Texas forecast records.
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Pecos Valley
Ges
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