Oregon Senator Morse resigns from GOP in Stevenson endorsement
Sen. Morse, R Ore, repudiates Eisenhower and resigns from the Republican Party. He endorses Stevenson and predicts a new independent party within years. Morse cites waste in NATO and demagogic campaigning as key reasons for his shift. He says he will vote for Stevenson in the upcoming election.
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Oregon
Sen
Morse
Eisenhower
GOP
William Theis Washington
R.-Ore
Stevenson
NATO
Ike
Washington
Portland
Ore
North Atlantic Defense Organization
Eisenhower Pledges on Korea Withdrawal and Warning
Eisenhower cites Lt. Gen. Wedemeyer’s 1947 report warning that withdrawing US forces from Korea could let Soviet or Soviet-backed Korean units occupy the South. He accuses the administration of disregarding the warning and cites congressional debates and minority reports to challenge current policy and leadership.
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Albert Wedemeyer
Eisenhower
Korea
Wedemeyer
Orient
North Korea
Congress
Walter Judd
Minnesota
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Spur Rites Set For Accident Victim
Funeral services for David Spraberry age 39 who died from injuries after a pickup overturn near Gates Oklahoma will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday at the First Baptist Church Spur burial in Spur Cemetery Chandler Funeral Home in charge He died in Shattuck Oklahoma hospital from cerebral concussion Survivors include a son a daughter a brother two sisters and his parents Pallbearers named J B Karr Virgil Wilson Homer Hill Joe Kidd Willis Smith Russell Williams
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Spur
David Spraberry
Gates
Okla
First Baptist Church
R. D. Hill
Spur Bethel Baptist Church
Chandler Funeral Home
Spraberry
Shatt
Edna Marlene Vaughn
Jerome
Ida
Milton B. Spraberry
Myrtle Lee Turbyfill
Calgary
Alice Turbyfill
W. D. Spraberry
J. B. Karr
Virgil Wilson
Homer Hill
Joe Kidd
Willis Smith
Russell Williams
Earth Blaze at service station causes total loss
Fire at a service station in Earth destroyed the building, adjoining shacks, equipment, two tractors, gasoline and kerosene tanks, and left a scorched lot. About 25 volunteers and multiple agencies helped. no injuries reported while insurance status and prior damages were noted.
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Grey
Amarillo
Lester Hammonds
Hammonds
Earth
Sudan
Orton, Amherst
Littlefield
Clovis
Clovis Air Force Base
Illness May Force Michigan Solon To Abandon Campaign
Cadillac Michigan October 24 WM Sen Homer Ferguson appeared in with fr end s said he is undecided about his part in further campaign activities Ferguson toured as a GOP truth team member tracking President Adlai Stevenson campaign efforts The senator may be ill with a virus infection his camp said threatening to force him to abandon campaigning plans
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Michigan Solon
Campaion
Cadillac
Mich
Homer Ferguson
Fin
Ferends
Michigan
Ferguson
GOP
Campaign For
Adlai Stryarcan
Luther
Ironing Board Safety and Common Iron Accident
An ordinary ironing accident is a fall from the ironing board which can break the handle jam the heat coil or damage internal connections. Prevent falls by keeping the board level and steady and ensuring the cord is out of the way to avoid trips or jerks.
Bid Submited for Trinity Baptist Church Building in Lubbock
A bid of 91,190 was submitted Friday night for the Trinity Baptist Church project at 34th Street and Boston Avenue. John T. Glover and Son of Lubbock was the low bidder. plans by Butler Brasher call for a brick and file building 108 by 78 feet with a 150 seat auditorium later expandable, to be used as sanctuary as part of a 500000 project.
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Trinity Baptist Church
34Th St
Boston Ave
John T. Glover
John P. Baker
Glover
Hammock Brothers Construction Co
Harold Biffle
H.R. Bundock
West Texas Builders
Swain Construction Co
R. Duncan
Seven-year-old struck by pickup on Slaton Highway
Wayne Melkus lay in serious condition at West Texas Hospital after being hit by a pickup at 4 03 p m on Slaton Highway. He tried to cross in front of his grandparents’ house after leaving a school bus. Investigators say Marvin Dunlan of Post drove the 1949 Ford pickup.
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Wayne Melkus
West Texas
Nickun
Slaton
Warne
Ing
Rix
Wiehway
Marvin Dunlan
Post
Bow
F E. O. Summers
Slinton Highway
Don Melkus
Idaho
Forest Fire Threat Grows In Texas Amid Drought
COLLEGE STATION Oct. 24 The Texas Forest Service warns of mounting forest fire danger due to drought. More fires and acreage were reported this October than in all of 1949, with conditions described as worst in memories by veterans. D A Anderson urges hunters to cast aside smoking materials and open fires in timbered areas, noting staff shortages hamper suppression efforts.
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College Station
Texas Forest Service
Texas
D. A. Anderson
Forest Service Research and Education Department
Anderson
The
Forest Service
Local brief notes injuries and conditions
Mrs. Hale, 54, was hospitalized with a broken left femur after a fall at the Lubbock Country Club. Glenn Keyton, 48, recovering from a heart attack and managing Roche Newton & Co., is under care at West Texas Hospital. Two others were treated for minor injuries after a two car crash at Seeadway and Quirt.
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M. N. Hale
17Th St
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Lubbock Country Club
Glenn Keyton
21St St
West Texas Hospital
Roche Newton & Co
Acheson urges unity as Korea war effort tested
Secretary Acheson warned UN members to uphold the sacrifices of nations fighting in Korea and urged that no action weaken their purpose. He outlined five points stressing continued restraint to limit the conflict to Korea, continued UN command, and rejection of neutral prisoner interrogator plans.
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Acheson
Korea
Joao Carlos Muniz
Brazil
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Paris Assembly
New Assembly
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
United Nations
Teachers Group To End Meeting Here
The West Texas Business Teachers Association wraps up its two day annual meeting with a morning session at the Caprock Hotel. John Ben Shepperd, Democratic candidate for attorney general, will speak before a noon luncheon. Officers will be elected for the coming year. The event opened Friday with a dinner and a panel on Teacher Certification led by Dr. J William Davis of Texas Tech.
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West Texas Business Teachers Association
Caprock
John Ben Shepperd
J. William Davis
Texas Tech Department of Government
Lee Willborn
Texas Education Agency
Shepperd
E. N. Jones
Tech
John S. Carroll
Bessie Bullock
Lub- Sock High School
Oklahoma Near-Record Non-Farm Employment Report
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission said 516 100 Miss persons worked on non farm jobs in September a near record. The gain of 3 200 over August comes from retail trade state and local government and manufacturing. The September figure is 7 700 higher than September 1951.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Dave Vandivier
Commission
Pioneer Plainview Man James Pepper Dead at 85
James Elisha Pepper 85 longtime Plainview resident died at a rest home. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Lemons Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. G K. Rogers officiating. Interment in Plainview Memorial Park. Pepper born May 30 1868 in Warren County Tennessee. He lived in Plainview since 1906 and helped develop the Paymaster cotton variety. Survived by three brothers and two sisters.
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Plainview
James Elisha Pepper
Lemons Funeral Home
G. K. Rogers
The
Presbyterian Church
Plainview Memorial Park
Pepper
Warren County
Tennessee
Hill Cornview
7Th
Austin
Edmiston
Anderson, Clayton & Co
D. C
A. R
Wellington
J. A
Hillsboro
E. B. Mulligan
Baird
Maggie Richardson
McMinville
Stevenson Attacks Eisenhower Over Near Munich War Policy
Stevenson accuses Eisenhower of advocating a slick Korean War policy leading to Munich like appeasement. He recalls Eisenhower’s anti quack doctors and fear mongers comments and notes the collapse of the Republican crusade as the election nears. Morse breaks with Eisenhower and will vote Democratic, calling the GOP signals misleading as a substitute quarterback from Ohio.
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Illinois
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Far East
Ike
George C. Marshall
GOP
William E. Jenner
Indiana
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Congress
White House
Republican Party
Cleveland
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Morse
Ohio
Susan Peters Dies After Battle With Ills And Loss
Susan Peters widow of Richard Quine died after a life marked by illness and tragedy. The actress known for Random Harvest faced a premature birth, gunshot injury, and paralysis, then staged a comeback on stage and radio before a 1950s TV career and ultimately ended her fight to live.
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Page One
Richard Quine
Random Harvest
Miss Peters
Juror Fakes Illness, Gets Six Days Without Pay
Chicago report says Stanley Banzin, 47, feigned illness to avoid jury duty and was ordered by Chief Justice Graber to six days without pay. A one word note claimed he could not leave his tie for ten days before failure to appear was discovered by a supervisor of jurors at his business.
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Chicago
Graber
Stanley Banzin
Banzin
Births Notice From Lubbock Area Hospitals
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. W H Gangaware on the birth of a son weighing 7 pounds 11% ounces at 3 25 pm Friday in Lubbock Memorial Hospital. The father is a salesman. Also to Mr. and Mrs. W W Keck on a son 5 pounds 10 ounces at 5 54 pm Friday in Lubbock Memorial Hospital. The father is stationed at Reese AFB. Additionally to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D Franko on a daughter 7 pounds 13 ounces at 5 15 am Friday in St Marys Hospital. The father is a salesman for Levine's. To Mr. and Mrs. A N Johnson Jr Abernathy on a daughter 8 pounds 7% ounces at 1 33 am Friday in is a school teacher. To Mr. and Mrs. W Berry Slaton on a son 6 pounds 10% ounces at 10 45 am Friday in West Texas Hospital. The father is a shipping clerk.
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Abbey Flores
L. G. Flores
Ave. S
Johnny Isquierdo
Josephine Lovato
Ave. R
Clydene Rutledge
W. C. Rutledge
Ave. Q
Neil Barkley
C. G. Barkley
32Nd St
Becky Ann Boase
James E. Boase
Ave. U
Tommy Pressley
Fred O. Pressley
38Th St
Vicki Ann Wilson
R. W. Wilson
Bobby
Linda Hampton
J. A. Hampton
Ave. J
Kenneth
Lennette Neher
J. E. Nehr
Ave. K
W. H. Gangaware
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
W. W. Keck
Lubbock
Reese Afb
Stephen D. Franko
St. Mary’s Hospital
Levine's
A. N. Johnson Jr
Abernathy
Savage Storm Advances Toward Bahamas and Florida
The Weather Bureau warned the hurricane, sweeping from Cuba, will likely pass between southeast Florida and Nassau on Saturday. It lashed Cuba with 100 mph winds, uprooting trees and flooding rural areas, while the freighter Yamakuro Maru grounded near Cayo Breton as damage spread beyond the storm’s path.
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Bimini
Weather Bureau
Florida
Nassau
Bahamas
Cuba
Havana
Norton
Cayo Breton Reef
Cienfuegos
Cienfuego
Atlanta Manhunt Moves Through Tennessee and Alabama
FBI labeled Hill extremely dangerous after he boasted of killing two people and threatening more. Meyers and friend Lee Johnson, 36, were assaulted by the trio while camping near Spencer Tennessee, forced to cook, and Johnson chose to jump from a car trunk as bandits fled. The four men fled across Tennessee and Alabama before reaching Atlanta, as authorities widen checks to prevent more auto thefts. Three teenagers who were forced to join the robberies led police to the suspects after surrendering in Nashville.
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Nashville
Hill
FBI
Meyers
Lee Johnson
Spencer
Tenn
Johnson
Tennesse
Alabama
Pittsburg
Atlanta
Valdosta
Forest Fires Rage Across Texas Timberlands
No rain for over a month as 5 564 acres of pine forest burned Thursday with 3 500 acres in Hardin and 1 200 in Tyler counties. Forester Don Smith warns of 11 new blazes today while Forest Service struggles to staff every fire. Pilot Eli Bynum Jr. injured when a service plane overturned at Lufkin after a patrol. Since the crisis began 1 511 fires destroyed 62 700 acres. nine months recorded 1 388 fires and 29 694 acres burned. Counties hit include Orange Cass Harrison Liberty Montgomery and Marion.
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Don Smith
Woodville
Hardin County
Tyler County
A. Folweiler
Texas Forest Service
Forest Service
Lufkin
Eli Bynum Jr
Orange
Cass
Harrison
Liberty
Montgomery
Marion
12 Year Sentence Of Bookie Harry Gross Upheld
The New York State Court of Appeals upheld the 12 year sentence of Harry Gross, once head of a $20 million betting ring in New York City. Gross had pleaded guilty to one conspiracy and 65 bookmaking counts and was sentenced on Sept. 27, 1951. His attorney argued the sentence was for bribery and contempt rather than the crimes convicted.
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Albany
N. Y
INS
New York
Gross
Scouts Gather Clothing Across Four Counties for Overseas Shipment
Boy Scouts in Lamb, Bailey, Hockley and Cochran Counties plan door to door clothing drives today for shipment to overseas. Clothing gathered will be bundled at the Scout headquarters after the Sudan Fall Festival. Winners of the world peace formula contest, with a $100 prize, will be announced Saturday by judges Dr E N Jones Dr J W Marshall and Mr James Coronete.
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Sudan
Boy Scouts
Lamb
Bailey
Hockley
Cochran
E. N. Jones
J. W. Marshall
James Coronete
Texas Tech
Wayland
West Texas State
Joe T. Salem
Dies in New Orleans Hospital After Texas Nomination
Martin Dies of Lufkin Texas, former congressman, is under treatment at Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans after being admitted yesterday. His ailment is not specified. Dies won the Democratic nomination for Congressman at large in Texas and his name was cross filed on the Republican ballot under a new Texas law.
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New Orleans
Martin
Lufkin
Tex
Texas
Ochsner Clinic
Dies
Use Of A-Bomb As Sabotage Seen
London and Britain discuss the A-bomb test as a sabotage weapon after Churchill says the bomb vaporized a British frigate. The Express and Mail flag ideas of harbor smuggling, radio control detonation, and a tiny gun-fired device as possible threats fueling World War III fears and tighter U S Coast Guard checks.
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London
London Daily Express
Britain
Winston Churchill
United States
U. S. Coast Guard
the Express
The
Express
London Daily Mail
Longtime Henderson Judge R T Brown Dies After Heart Attack
Henderson, Oct 24 Judge R T Brown 79 a district judge for 30 years died today from a heart attack. He was to celebrate his golden wedding anniversary with his wife Sunday. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon.
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Henderson
R. T. Brown
Market advances again led by autos and oils
The New York stock market extended its second straight advance on Oct 24 lifting shares in autos oils rails and several majors while the Associated Press average rose 50 cents to 104.70 with 1 060 000 shares traded. Texas Co gained 1 1 2 percent on a higher regular dividend. Deep Rock Oil rose 3 percent to 49 116. The list of movers included U S Steel J I Allied Chemical Westinghouse GM Chrysler and Goodrich with declines in Santa Fe AT&T Montgomery Ward and Zenith Radio.
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New York
Olls
Associated Press
Texas Co
Deepock Oil
Consolidated Mining
Electric Bond & Share
Kaiser-Frazer
Fort Worth and Regional Livestock Market Report Highlights
Fort Worth market shows cattle price ranges from 12 to 26 dollars with cattle calves and yearlings biweekly, hogs trading around 15 to 18 dollars, and stocker cattle 12 to 22 dollars. San Antonio notes scattered cattle and hog sales with cows and sheep steady to firm, others not tested. Kansas City reports cattle primarily 21.50 for low commercial calves, hogs 18 to 18.5 dollars, sheep limited, testing inconclusive.
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Fort Worth
Pere Hmatengys Wey Sausher
San Antonio
Kansas City
Butter prices and poultry market notes from Chicago and Texas
Chicago reports show butter pricing around 70.5 70 cents per pound with stable to firm bids across grades U S standards. Austin and Waco note poultry markets steady to weak with slow demand. broilers under 3 pounds priced at about 3 dollars per 2.50-3 pounds and turkeys showing movement from moderate to heavy with broad breasted birds around 29-36 cents.
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Chicago
Chiicago
U. S
Austin
Turkey
Mar- Heath
Texas
East Texas
Waco
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