Wells irrigation threatens Plains water supply says board
Redevelopment of wells for irrigation in the High Plains of Texas progresses as data show a drastic rise in pumping. From 1934 to 1946 the number of wells rose from under 300 to about 4,500, irrigating roughly 550,000 acres and withdrawing about 450,000 gallons daily.
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High Plains
Texas
United States
State Board of Water Engineers
U. S. Geological Survey
Avalanche Journal
Bailey
Castro
Deaf Smith
Floyd
Hale
Lubbock
Swisher
Truman Clarifies Policy On Wallace Speech
President Truman stated that he only approved Wallace's right to deliver the speech and did not endorse its substance. Senators Connally and Vandenberg voiced support for Byrnes' approach as Byrnes and Pepper weighed in on the rift over U.S. foreign policy with Russia.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Truman
White House
Byrnes
Commerce Wallace
Russia
Connally
D-Tex
Vaendenberg
R-Mich
Paris
Wallace
New York
Britain
Miami
Pepper
de Fla
Secretary of Commerce
Secre
Enrollment Surges at Texas Tech College Amid Scheduling Delays
Texas Tech College reports record fall enrollment surpassing 5,000 with 3,000 veterans among students. Scheduling delays push start of classes to Tuesday to allow more registration, housing shortages curb final counts, and night courses are planned as veterans occupy barracks at Lakewood Village while awaiting housing.
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Texas Technological College
Division of Arts and Sciences
Trent C. Root
W. M. Whyburn
Root
W. P. Clement
Lakewood Village
Lubbock Army Airfield
Bride Dies One Day After Her Wedding
In Houston a 23 year old bride Mrs Mary Alice town died in a city hospital after marrying Navy veteran J P Brown 9 p m Thursday Justice W E Ragan performed the ceremony and ordered an autopsy 24 hours later confirming death by heart attack.
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Houston
Justice W. E. Ragan
Brice
Mary Alicetown
van Nuys
Calif
J. P. Brown
Justice Ragan
Versharp Fountain Pens On Sale At King's Store
Advertisement notes Versharp fountain pens priced at 3.95 to the final dollar amount at King's department store located at 1020 Edwy. The ad highlights a pen sale with a bold price range and store details.
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King’s
Civic group plans veterans housing with five apartment buildings
Randall Abernethy reports the city will form a civic corporation to build 100 veteran families worth of housing in five apartment buildings funded by a $75,000 stock drive and a 90 percent federal loan. Total cost $750,000. Veterans may secure apartments by buying two shares. others may buy stock. The plan envisions future projects if successful.
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Avalanche-Journal
Edision
C. A. Bestwick
City Commission
Homer Maxey
A. E. Davies
Knox T. Thomas
L. E. Davis
George Pierce
L. D. Casey
Davis
Maxey
Fire destroys Great Northern hotel in Hot Springs
A 75 room Great Northern hotel in Hot Springs burned early today killing John Baima of Detroit after he fell from a ladder during rescue efforts. At least 10 were seriously injured as guests fled corridors or jumped to nets. Fire officials report inadequate fire protection and await origin investigation.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Great Northern
John Baima
Detroit
Jack McKenzie
Jor Curtis Ridgeway
Shirley Robinson
Fort Worth
Tex
Hazel
Brother of Student at Tech Is Killed
Corsicana reports a fatal plane crash near the municipal airport. Hugh Gillespie 22 a Texas A and M student home for the weekend died. L R Stroube Jr 26 a passenger and Gillespie’s brother in law was gravely hurt.
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Corsicana
Hugh Gillespie
Texas A. & M
Gillespie
L. R. Stroube, Jr
C. M. Gillespie
Campbell Gillespie, Jr
Texas Tech
Lubbock
H. R. Stroube, Jr
Boy Tells Of Slaying Father and Step Mother
A 16-year-old boy described with calm detail how he and a 15-year-old neighbor killed his father W H Anderson and his stepmother Donnie Marie Anderson to obtain money and a car to flee. He said the motive was harsh treatment by his father and tension with his stepmother. The bodies were found in California with one victim placed on a rick pile. The suspect said his mother lived in Texas and that the parents were divorced long ago.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Emmett L. Shay
Billy Anderson
W. H. Anderson
Yuba City
Billy
Donnie Marie Anderson
Sutter County
Brothers Die in Plane Crash in Longview Street
W. B. Morris Jr of Monroe Louisiana and his brother Edward V Morris of Longview were killed when their two passenger airplane crashed today on a Longview street. The plane burned after the crash.
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Longview
W. B. Morris, Jr
Monroe
Edward V. Morris
Meat Shortage Triggers Coastwide Concern
OPA Chief Paul Porter says meat price ceilings will stay and supplies should improve after the next six to eight weeks while Ralph Helstein of the packinghouse workers union warns output will stay low for weeks. Both blame heavy livestock rush and preexpiration buying for the shortage as talks shift to price controls.
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Associated Press
OPA
Paul Porter
Ralph Helstein
Clio-United Packinghouse Workers of America Union
Porter
Helstein
Prisoner Hangs Self in Dallas County Jail
The body of James Madison Jarvis, 30, of Dallas, was found in a county jail cell shortly after arrest. Justice of the Peace W. L. Sterret ruled death by own action. He was found hanging by a belt.
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Dallas
James Madison Jarvis
Smoot Schmid
Justice of the Peace
W. L. Sterret
Father-In-Law Arrests Suspected Bank Robber in Electra
Joe L. Hixon, 32, Electr a Texas, accused of a Walters Oklahoma bank robbery, was captured at pistol point by his 55 year old father in law R E Dunham in Electra. Dunham said Hixon threatened his brother James Hixon, also charged, who remains at large.
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Alahoma City
The
Oklahoman
Joe L. Hixon
Electra
Tex
Walters
Okla
R. E. Dunham
Dunham
James Hixon
James
Hixon
Progress in Waterfront Negotiations Reported by CIO Leaders
In New York City the Conference of CIO National Maritime union leaders and shipowners adjourned without a wage agreement. A spokesman for the owners said progress has been made and maritime circles indicate momentum toward a settlement amid renewed talks and ongoing wage discussions.
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Associated Press
CIO National Maritime Union
New York City
Indi
Frank J. Taylor
American Merchant Marine Institute
AFL
CIO
New York
Washington
NMU
Molotov Recites Veto Stand In U N Security Council
In Paris on September 14 Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov declared efforts to repudiate the veto in the U N Security Council would be an attempt to trigger a new war and warned that ignoring the Soviet Union would endanger peace. He urged Trieste autonomy demilitarization and proposed an international provisional government with local parties.
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Paris
Molotov
U. N. Security Council
Soviet Union
United Nations
Trieste
Australia
Security Council
United Nations Security Council
Big Four
International Commission
Triest
Two Polio Cases Reported in Nacona Area
Nacona reports two confirmed infantile paralysis cases with a third possible case. Donnley Reed six and Darman Reed ten, sons of H S Reed of Spanish Fort, are hospitalized in Wichita Falls. The Reed neighbor’s young daughter also awaits final diagnosis at the same hospital.
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Nacona
Donnley Reed
Darman Reed
H. S. Reed
Spanish Fort
Wichita Falls
Reed
J. C. Pigg
East Coast Storm Near Miss As Hurricane Advances
New England monitors a tropical hurricane, 200 miles east of Nantucket, with winds easing but gale gusts possible toward Cape Cod. Navy evacuates planes inland and recalls ships as authorities warn of high tides and no threat to New Jersey or Long Island coasts. The storm's approach echoes a 1944 Sept event two years earlier.
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Boston
New England
Nantucket
Navy
Weather Bureau
Nantucket Island
Cape Cod
New Jersey
Long Island
Charge Is Filed In Highway Fatality
Blair Howell, 50, of near Maud, Tex., died from injuries after a highway mishap. Jack Oglesby, 21, of Bowie county, Tex., was charged with negligent homicide and released on $2000 bond. Howell was thrown from a pickup truck. driver J. C. Martin swerved to avoid a passing car pulling a light cattle truck.
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Texarkana
Blair Howell
Maud
Tex
Jack Oglesby
Bowie County
Oglesby
Howell
J. C. Martin
Benrus Embrace cable watch at $59.50
Ad notes a 17-J Benrus Embrace cable model priced at $59.50 offered by King's Jewelry located at 1020 Broadway.
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J Benrus
King’s Jeelry
Tulsa Gets National Jaycee Headquarters
The U S Junior Chamber of Commerce board voted to move its headquarters from Chicago to Tulsa Oklahoma accepting a $100000 cash grant and other terms offered by the Tulsa chamber. Offices in Chicago for seven years would be moved next spring before July 1 with previous headquarters in Louisville.
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Tulsa
Jaycee
Chicago
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Okla
Tulsa Chamber
China
Louis
Weather Synopsis West Texas and New Mexico
West Texas will be partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with widely scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. New Mexico sees partly cloudy conditions with scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures stay similar with highs around 75 in higher elevations and 85 to 95 elsewhere.
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Texas
New Mexico
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