Texas Dixiecrats Struggle to Capture Texas Vote in 1948
The Texas Poll shows Dixiecrats with about 7 percent in a four way race with Truman for the Texas electoral vote unless they control the State Democratic Convention in Fort Worth. Across the South they trail with 14 percent in a recent Gallup poll. The Dixiecrats aim to name electors pledged to Thurmond at the September 14 convention as the primary path to victory.
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Austin
Fort Worth
Texas
Truman
South Carolina
Mississippi
Thomas £. Dewey
New York
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
J. Strom ‘Thurman
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
Philadelphia
Thurmond
Brooks Promoted to El Paso Santa Fe Office
W P Brooks is promoted to El Paso as division freight and passenger agent of the Santa Fe railroad. Dave F Tipple succeeds him as assistant division freight and passenger agent in Lubbock. Brooks had served two years as assistant to Ray Forbes. Tipple comes from Dallas and will reside in new apartments on Thirty fourth street.
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W. P. Brooks
el Paso
Santa Fe Railroad
Dave F. Tipple
Lubbock
Brooks
Ray Forbes
Tipple
Dallas
Thirty-fourth Street
Army Finds What Appears To Be Effective Typhoid Remedy
An army medical center team from Fourth Army headquarters announced a potential breakthrough in typhoid treatment. The drug chloromycetin, derived from a Venezuelan earth mold, showed promise after tests in Kuala Lumpur Malaya led by Dr. Joseph E. Smadel.
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Army Medical Center
Fourth Army
Harold Fulghum
Army and
Air Force
Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Joseph E. Smadel
Manila Bay Sinking After Collision With U S Navy Boat
A fishing boat with an undetermined crew sank in Manila Bay after colliding with a small United States Navy craft. U S Air Force planes and Navy surface ships searched the area for hours but found no survivors.
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Manila
Manila Bay
U. S. Air Force
Special Venire for Milus Steen Murder Trial Set
A jury pool will report at 10 a m Monday before Judge G V Pardue for the murder trial of Milus Steen 36 charged with malice murder in the February 23 shooting of Narvis Smith 23 in a grocery store incident Witnesses described Steen firing after an earlier confrontation Steen surrendered a .45 thumbuster pistol and said I just shot a man and here is the gun The state seeks 17 witnesses the defense 32 Steen is defended by Crenshaw Dupree Milan Crenshaw.
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G. V. Pardue
Milus Steen
Steen
Narvis Smith
Lloyd Croslin
E. G. Pharr
Smith
George Eubank
Carl Francis
Crenshaw, Dupree, Milan and
Crenshaw
City to open farm camp bids in Lub bock on Tuesday
Lub bock officials expect bids to be opened Tuesday for constructing essential buildings for an itinerant cotton pickers camp at the northern edge of Lub bock. City Manager Marlin R. Smith said contractors have been contacted and more may join. The camp should be ready by Oct 1 with a simple shelter and sanitation facilities, all to stay within a $6 500 appropriation.
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Lubbock
Marlin R. Smith
L H McElroy Named Gaines County Farm Agent
SEMINOLE Texas September 4 L H McElroy formerly Terry county agent has been named Gaines county agent He will arrive Monday to assume duties succeeding Kline E Morris who resigned in August McElroy spent about a year out of state on special post graduate work in his field and was the only Texas county agent selected for that program
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Seminole
L. H. McElroy
Terry County
Gaines
Kline E. Morris
McElroy
Texas
Little Theater Opens Contest for Cover Design
The Lubbock Little Theater invites entries before Sept 19 for a best drawing to serve as permanent cover design for programs. Two reserved-seat season tickets will go to the winner, chosen by the theater board as contest judges. The prize is a patron membership.
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Lubbock
Little ‘Theater
Little Theater
G. V. Pardue, Jr
Little Theater Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Charlotte Bronte
Amarillo Baby Death Indictment Details Bail
The Brinkley family faces charges in the death of a baby after the infant fell from a bed onto a cement floor prompting an investigation by an undertaker and hospital staff who observed extensive bruising. Charges include beating with a strap and with an unknown instrument with malice aforethought.
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Brinkley
Milan of Lubbock named Head of Jaycee Committee
Abilene Sept 4 Carl B Everett of Gladewater is new chairman of the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce Aviation committee and T A Milan of Lubbock heads the War Memorial Fund committee. Both were named by Melvin B Evans of Wichita Falls, president of Texas Jaycees, during a visit to headquarters yesterd ay in the county courthouse.
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Abilene
Carl B Everett
Gladewater
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce Aviation
T. A. Milan
Lubbock
War Memorial Fund Committee
Melvin B. Evans
Wichita Falls
Texas Jaycees
Brownwood Chamber Reaffirms Stevenson Speech Plan
Brownwood Chamber of Commerce will feature Stevenson as speaker at the September 28 quarterly meeting after inviting him and facing demand from readers. The chamber stood firm noting Stevenson accepted and will speak regardless of outcome.
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Brownwood
Barcentrate claims to end hunger and weight gain
An advertisement by Mrs. Avalanche Journal touts Barcentrate as a diet aid to reduce appetite, curb weight, and prevent starvation moments. It promises rapid weight loss and better energy when mixed with talon dom, claiming the user can lose up to 15 pounds and control weight.
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