Texas Heat Dominates Texas as Teays Forecast Thunderstorms
Friday highs topped 100 across the state with Henriet ta at 114 and Amarillo 94 low. scattered thundershowers expected only in the northwest and extreme west. Weather notes include Uncle Hube Storey’s NM vacation and a Texas oil drill update. social anecdotes wrap the day.
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Mexia
Texas
Amarillo
Pampa
Guadalupe Pass
Henrietta
Waxahachie
Bridgeport
Seymour
Llano
Weatherford
Sherman
Eastland
Dallas
Mineral Wells
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Compperatutes
Hube Storey
Ruidoso
New Mexico
Rube
Club Meetings and Events Calendar for August
Tuesday August 24 Lions Club noon at J and V Cale at Methodist Church Dorcas Class picnic 6 30 p.m Springfield Lodge 8 00 p m Thursday August 26 Rotary Club Noon J and V Friday August 27 IOOF 7 30 p m
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Lions Club
Noon, J&v
Cale
Methodist Church
Dorcas
Springfield Lodge
Seventeen Die In B 29 Crack Up Near Rapid City
Rapid City South Dakota August 21 UP I Air Force officers investigated a crash that killed seventeen aboard a B 29 during a takeoff. The bomber nosed over burst into flames and burned 506 yards from the runway end. Seven victims were identified at Smoky Hill Air Force Base Salina Kansas.
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Rapid City
S. D
UPI
Air Force
Smoky Hill Air Force Base
Salina
Kan
Tom Segler
Laverence Tietz
Sunway
Tietz
Remains of Three Local World War II Soldiers Returned
Remains of five thousand eight hundred sixty four Americans killed in World War II are being returned from Europe aboard the Lawrence Victory. Next of kin may choose burial in private or national cemeteries or interment overseas. Local next of kin from the area include Set. Charles L. Haywood Streetman and Edman E. Hendrick Mexia, and Pvt. Kenneth N. Sevier also of Mexia.
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Henited States
Europe
United States
Lawrence Victory
Department of the Army
New York
Charles L. Haywood
Streetman
Edman E. Hendrick
Mexia
Kenneth N. Sevier
Mexia Guardsmen Practice at Camp Hood Firing Range
National Guardsmen from Mexias Company B 143rd infantry 36th division spent several days at Camp Hood firing range for a two week summer encampment Pvt James Hughes of Mexia led the rifle range with an M I rifle promotion as former Pvt Plummer earned the rank of sergeant and received the stripe on his sleeve
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Camp Hood
Tex
Mexia
143Ra Tnf
James Hughes
Pfy
Plummer
Firefighters Battle 6000 Acre Conroe Timber Blaze
Reinforcements from the Forest Service moved into the Conroe area as more than 6000 acres burned. Assistant Chief M. W. Dunmire said three large fires were active near Conroe and Woodville with 3000, 2500 and 1000 acre perimeters. Most units remain in reserve while further crews are dispatched to the two hardest hit districts.
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Conroe
Woodville
Patton Ranch
Liberty County
Dunmire
Ant
No Word Yet On Illness of Mexia Youth in Dallas
Mexia News reports no word on Jimmy Young a local youth sent to a Dallas hospital after a tentative polio diagnosis. Authorities say he was hospitalized last Thursday for observation as Dallas strain and condition are investigated.
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Freestone County
Dallas
Mexia News Today
Jimmy Young
Mexia
Axis Sally broadcaster Gillars charged with treason
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars was charged with treason for allegedly attempting to spread discontent among American troops by broadcasting Axis propaganda as Axis Sally.
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Washington
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
One Week to Go Stevenson Heads for Lower Rio Grande Valley
Coke Stevenson heads for Manningen and the lower Rio Grande Valley as Lyndon Johnson campaigns in Galveston marking the final week of a costly run off. Johnson challenges Stevenson over pardons and labor endorsements while a former Texas Prison Board chairman accuses Stevenson of releasing 8,500 convicts during his administration.
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Stevenson
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Johnson
Galveston
United Press
Coke Stevenson
Manningen
Lyndon Johnson
Cananates
Henry Wallace
Longview
Fort Worth
Texas Prison Board
Wilson Wyatt
San Antonio
Wyatt
Kremlin talks stall as Berlin kidnapping raises tension
Russian military police kidnap four German policemen from the western Berlin sector prompting Col. Howley to deploy three American riot squads near Potsdamer Platz. British and American sectors tighten border controls as Moscow diplomacy falters and new instructions loom.
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U.S
Carrera
Potsdamer Platz
Berlin
NEA Radio-Telephoto
al Socking
United States
Frank Howley
U. S
U. 38
Howley
Ray Ashoeorth
Jack Chitham
Acme
Chitham
Froivilians
Faror
Direei Witidrs Begar
Sam Wynn Recalled To Berlin Family To Live in Mexia
Mrs. Sam G. Wynn returns to Texas from Berlin with sons Sam Jr 13 John 10 and Reese 7 to settle in Mexia. Her husband, a U S Deputy with the Office of Military Government, had been stationed in Berlin and left Dallas for Berlin Tuesday. The family will begin school in Mexia in the fall, with the children having studied at U S S schools in Berlin.
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Sam Wynn
John T. Reese
Tehuacana
Mexia
United States of America
District of Columbia
Germany
U. S
Berlin
Sam G. Wenn
Texas
Wynn
Dauphinero
Mro
U.S
Tehuatana
Dallas
Berim
Mis. Wynn
Sam, Jr
John
Reese
U. S&s
Ann
Wrenn
Rev and Mrs Gordon Vacation in Colorado Mountains
Rev and Mrs E R Gordon are on a short vacation in the western Colorado mountains. There will be no evening worship at First Methodist Church. Rev C N Morton will deliver the morning sermon at the church.
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E. R. Gordon
Colorado
First Methodist Church
C. N. Morton
U S House Committee Tours Mexican Oil Fields
Fourteen members of the U.S. House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee visited oil fields near Poza Rica and Tuxpan on the Gulf Coast as the final leg of an inspection of Mexican oil resources.
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Tampico. Mex
U. S. House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Poza Rica
Tuxpan
Gulf Coast
Diplomats Brace for Swift Reaction to Lomakin Departure Demand
Reports warn of a sharp Soviet reaction after U S authorities press Lomakin to leave the country. U S intelligence notes widespread inquiries from overseas to gather strategic data, with more than 80 Chambers of Commerce and firms targeted for maps, transport, and communications information. Some see the inquiries as innocent, others flag potential sabotage risk, with scrutiny of sources including Soviet and allied agents and possible Arctic routes through North and South Dakota.
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Washington
Gence
United States
United Pre
FBI
Anny
Commerce Department
Commieres
Terain
North
South Dakota
Cess
Arctic
Witness Peters Hopes to Crack Open Spy Inquiry
House investigators seek J. W. Peters as a potential final witness in the Soviet spy probe. Peters, once a Communist underground leader, may testify after a subpoena and travel plans for a Swedish ship from New York to Europe. State Department and Soviet protests add tension to the diplomatic dispute over Lomakin and related cases.
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J. W. Peters
Washington
House
V. Peters
Peters
United States
House Un-American Activities Committee
Stockholm
New York
Enope
State Department
U.S
Moseray
Vianivetok
Far Toe
Lomakin
Oksana
Kosenkina
Mikhail I. Samarin
Elks Leader to Visit Mexia on Wednesday
Carl A. Mann president of the Elks State Association will visit the Mexia B PO E Elks lodge on Wednesday night August 25 A barbecue will honor President Mann and H S Rubenstein State Elks secretary a will speak at the meeting Secretary Rubens stem as Past President of the State Elks Association The Wednesday meeting will start at 8 00 pm and all visiting members are invited to attend
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Carl A. Mann
R. Mann
Elks State Association
Mexia B. PO. E. Elks Lodge
Mann
H. S. Rubenstein
Elks Reaary
Rubens Stem
Vr Elex Association
Mering
Princess of Age Today
Aug 9 Balmoral dispatch reports the princess reached a milestone, expressing mild discontent at parental restrictions yet enjoying increased autonomy. She also received a fortune of $100,000, symbolizing newfound independence and royal status.
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Balmoral
Rose
Goa
Officials Declare Longshoremen Hiring Halls Illegal
In San Francisco on April 2, a Regional NLRB official charged the Longshoremen's union with unfair practice under Taft Hartley. The unions were ordered to a hearing by Sept. 1 on refusing to bargain in good faith over a hiring hall arrangement deemed illegal, potentially signaling a second injunction to avert a strike planned for Sept. 2.
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San Francisco
National Laan Relations Board
Loothe
Longshoremen’s Ring Tels
Fleaalack
Taft-Hartles
Gould Brown
Reginal
NLRB
Arias to Arrive Here Today Amid Panama Tensions
Arnulfo Arias former Panama president who fled the country and was expelled from Costa Rica was scheduled to arrive at Rapid City per Pan American World Airways. Brannan warned prices may rise further in coming months and blamed Republican congressional leaders. A reciprocal auto agreement was announced by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and Department of Agriculture.
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Arnulfo Arias
Panama
Costa Rica
Pan American World Airway
Washington, Aux
Gerretey
Charles F. Brannan
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Commerce Dept
Jacob M. Lomakin
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Mre
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