Texas builds at record pace despite postwar shortages
Texas cities report a surge in building during 1946 as postwar construction booms continue in Houston Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio Amarillo Lubbock Corpus Christi Abilene and other towns with permits totaling millions. Navy announces Aviation Machinist Mate 2c Calvin Sterling Bryant Jr. listed as dead.
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Odessa
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Associated Press
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Galveston
McAllen
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Denton
Marshall
Big Spring
Corsicana
Hillsboro
Newspaper Case Up To Supreme Court Contempt Convictions Appealed
Contempt convictions of three Corpus Christi Caller-Times staffers Conway C. Craig publisher Bob McCracken managing editor and Tom Mulvaney reporter were appealed to the Supreme Court. They were convicted in county court for publishing an editorial about the trial of a civil case.
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Washington
Corpus Christi, Tex
Supreme Court Today
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Bob McCracken
Tom Mulvaney
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Combined Food Board Terminated. Council to Continue Work
A joint U S Britain and Canada statement says the three nation food board ends Monday. The 19 nation international emergency food council formed June 20 will assume its functions. The three-nation board was to run until December 31 before the council's creation.
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Combined Food Board
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Canada
International Emergency Food Council of 19 Nations
Council
American Marines To Keep China Stations
Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson said Marines will stay on guard duty in China until order is assured. More than 20,000 Marines protect supply lines from coal regions to coastal cities. He noted about 100,000 Japanese remain and are being removed while avoiding civil war. He denied U S support for any faction in China.
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Dean Acheson
United States
China
Acheson
Youngster Hospitalized After Heat Burn and Fall
Houston dispatch reports 11 year old Harry Diacos Jr of Lake Charles La suffered a heat burn and broken arm after sliding down a metal playground slide. He jumped off to escape the heat during a visit to the city.
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Houston
Harry Diacos, Jr
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Harry
Outer Mongolia seeks UN admission amid Soviet ties
Three small nations Siam Albania and Outer Mongolia seek United Nations entry. Outer Mongolia under Soviet influence has gained roads small factories an army and autonomous government while Lama priests were expelled. China recognizes it as independent and Mongol leaders present themselves as equals to the world body.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Siam
Albania
Outer Mongolia
United Nations
League of Nations
China
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Californian Admits Slaying Two Infants
Worshes James Newton, a 24 year old ex Coast Guardsman, confessed to deputies after viewing the bodies of his two infant victims. He indicated the Montara canyon location where the bodies were recovered and confirmed the site as the place. Deputy DA Fred Myckoff stated the admission.
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Worhes
James Newton
Fred Myckoff
Coast
Montara
San Francisco
Frank Marlowe
District Attorney’s Office
Newton
De Nicola Elected Italy’s First President of the Republic
Enrico De Nicola aged 68, a veteran Neapolitan statesman, is chosen as Italy’s first elected president by 396 of 504 votes in the constituent assembly. Circiano Facchinetti wins 40 votes and Ottavia Penna 32. De Nicola’s selection followed cross party support, with De Gasperi’s six party cabinet to resign as he is expected to form a new government. De Nicola had served in pre Fascist and Ciolitti era cabinets and in journalism before his election.
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de Nicola
Constituent Assembly
Circiano Facchinetti
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Ottavia Penna
Uomo Qualunque
Common Man
Christian Democrats
Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
Chamber of Deputies
Ciolitti
Orlando
Oxygen in compounds forms half Earth's crust
Oxygen accounts for roughly half of the earth's crust by weight in compounds and about nine tenths of water's mass.
Tornado Wind Speed Revealed In Late 1940s Report
A weather note from Lubbock chronicles tornado wind speeds reaching up to 40 miles per hour as storms cross the landscape. The report links tornado movement to rapid earthward progression and highlights the potential for rapid, dangerous winds.
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Lubbock
Texas
Avalanche-Journal
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