Shreveport Firm Seeks First Oil Test Off Mississippi
Gulf Refining Company of Shreveport La asks the Corps of Engineers for permission to test oil off the Mississippi coast. The plan calls for a mooring for a drilling barge 10 miles southwest of Bay St. Louis in the Mississippi Sound. J H Russell VP Gulf Refining and Gulf Oil Corp says Gulf has drilled two wells in Mobile Bay without oil shows and holds 1 250 000 acres under lease in Mississippi.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf Refining Company
Shreveport
Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Gulf
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Mississippi Sound
J. H. Russell
Gulf Refining and Gulf Oil Corp
Houston
Texas
Missippi
Mobile Bay
Eisenhower frames peace issue against Taft in campaign speech
General Eisenhower campaigns on peace and world security, opposing Taft as an isolationist. He calls for UN and NATO backing, a proactive foreign program, and strengthened spiritual and military power to deter Soviet disarmament. He criticizes isolationists and notes his aides want him to write his own speeches.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
America
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eisenhower
Taft
United States
Louisiana
Chicago
Sen. Carlson
Campaign Banners and Badges Exhibit at Library of Congress
The Library of Congress opens an exhibit titled Campaign Banners Buttons and Badges tracing 1824 to present. It shows by products beyond issues such as cartoons posters sheet music and group items. Highlights include Harrison 1840 log cabin button and hard cider barrel cloth and Currier and Ives Lincoln Douglas cartoons.
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Washington
Library of Congress
William Henry Harrison
Martin van Buren
Harrison
Currier and Ives
Abe
Stephen Douglas
Monroe Major to Lead Army Area School at Fort Rodman
Major Alice L. Peters Jr. of Monroe Louisiana will command the new army area school opening June 29 at Fort Rodman New Bedford Massachusetts. Over 1 000 officers and enlisted men will study quartermaster adjutant general courses command and general staff and methods of instruction through November 1. Peters, a World War II veteran with multiple decorations, will return to the Boston Army Base after the term.
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Boston Army Base
Alice L. Peters, Jr
Monroe
Organized Reserve Corps Training Section
New England
Peters
Greece
United States Army Advisory Group
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
84Th
Europe
Louisiana State University
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Alexandria
Fort Rodman
Boston Army
Voters Set to Cast Ballots in Second Primary
Upwards of 10000 voters are expected to cast ballots today for the mayor and commissioner of finance and utilities races. The mayoral contest is between incumbent John Coon and challenger Jack Howard. Voting opens at 6 a.m. and closes at 7 p.m. Incumbent Frank X. Cline and Fred Millsaps compete for the finance and utilities post.
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John Coon
Jack Howard
Frank X. Cline
Fred Millsaps
Finance and Utilities
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aUia ‘Quabyr
Bonaly
Chanke
Bourbon
Quaker Distilling Company
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
Ike
Sunbeam Coffeemaster
West
Sunbeam
Radiant Conrer Toaster
Sunbeam Model
Slinbeamm Waffle Baker
Trenton Street
Skiinbeam
Simbedimron
Momstinar
UTO
Leon Sutton
Ed Hochenedel
The
Sizzie
Cologne
Stradivari and
Abano
Fed
Olic
Brooks
Budget
DIAL
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