Two Splinter Parties Organize for MacArthur Byrd Ticket
In Chicago on August 9 two new campaigns formed to back Gen Douglas MacArthur for president and Sen Harry Byrd for vice president. The America First party, led by Lar Daly, seeks ballot access in Illinois Missouri and Indiana with 30 000 signatures in Missouri and 8 000 in September. A rival Constitution party described by Philip Lee Eubank as conservative ex Democrats and Republicans plans long range activity but may not influence 1952.
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Chicago
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
America First Party
Lar Daly
MacArthur
Daly
New Party
America First Group
Constitution Party
Irving H. Mezer
Baltimore
MackArthur
Byrd
Philip Lee Eubank
San Antonio
Tex
Eubank
America First
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Kansas City Star
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Daly Sai
Widow Anna Laura Lowe Barnett Dies Penniless in Los Angeles
Anna Laura Lowe Barnett 72 widow of Jackson Barnett once called the world's richest Indian died penniless in Los Angeles after a federal court ruled her marriage invalid due to the husband’s mental incompetence. She had depended on Miss Maxine Lowe for years and blamed the government as she pursued the estate case.
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Los Angeles
Anna Laura Lowe Barnett
Maxine Lowe
GOP Selects Policy Battle Ammunition
Washington Aug 9 Republicans plan to wage a foreign policy versus domestic policy fight in the fall campaign. Arthur Summerfield Republican national chairman says Eisenhower will be portrayed as better on world affairs while Democrats argue long running domestic gains. Dulles and Stevenson figures are cited in the debate with Summersfield and Monroney defending contrasting views on international leadership.
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Washington
Arthur Summerfield
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Summerfield
John Foster Dulles
Acheson
Bummerfield
Steventor
United Nations
State Department
Navy
Frank Knox
Italy
Germany
Sen. A. S
Mike’’ Monroney
Oklahoma
Democratic Speakers Bureau
Dulles
Denver
Hement
C. Wayland Brooks
Chicago
Simple Portrait of English Queen by Dallas Artist
Douglas Chandor, a Weatherford born painter, completes the first portrait of Queen Elizabeth since her accession. The portrait, likely simple and regalia-free, will be shown in Chandor’s Savoy Studio and later sent to the British embassy in Washington for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt to present. He praises Weatherford and Mary Martin, calling it the Watermelon Capital of the World with pride.
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London
Mary Martin Town
Weatherford
Queen Elizabeth
Douglas Chandor
Elisabeth
Chandor
Savoy Hotel
Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
Mary Martin
Goodyear and CIO Reach Wage Settlement Marking Pattern
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co and the CIO United Rubber Workers agreed to a 10 cent an hour general wage increase retroactive to August 8. Other contract terms remain unchanged and union push for higher pensions and insurance was vetoed. The deal awaits Wage Stabilization Board approval and may influence settlements with J.S. Rubber, Goodrich, and Firestone.
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Cleveland
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Bog Four
Wage Stabilization Board
Goodyear
J.S. Rubber
Goodrich
Firestone
Perseid Meteor Stream Begins Saturday Night in August
Astronomer Robert R. Coles says the Perseid meteor shower will light the sky from Saturday night through Aug 13. Observers away from city lights could see 40 to 50 meteors per hour between midnight and dawn on August 12 as Earth passes Wirt's comet debris.
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New York
Robert R. Coles
Coles
Etarium
American Museum of Natural History
Wift
Perseus
Casseopeia
Taurus
Odessans Report Flying Saucers In Northwest
Two Odessa residents Shirley Henson and Juanita Ray reported seeing plate shaped lights near the northwest horizon around 8 p.m. with additional saucers at 8:30. The disks appeared among black clouds and emitted fire downward before fading. Weather bureau found no unidentified objects in the sky.
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Shirley Henson
W. Ada
Juanita Ray
Miss Henson
Weather Bureau
Midland-Odessa Air Terminal
Army Engineeers
Odessa
Collision Ends In Damage Suit
A two car collision that also struck a trailer house led D. P. Stagner to sue for 9050 in district court. He seeks 350 for trailer damage 700 for his wife and 8000 for his child Nellie Mae Stagner and five year old D P Jr Stagner allege injuries including a ruptured stomach from the crash involving Felix J Saindon and Charles R Johnston.
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D. P. Stagner
Felix J. Saindon
Monahans
Charles R. Johnston
Odessa
T Stagner
Johnston
D. P. Jr
Stagner
Aly Khan Visits Saratoga Tracks to See Horses
Prince Aly Khan arrived at Ballston airport and went to the Saratoga track to view horses and lunch at the club house. He declined to discuss Rita Hayworth and said he plans to sell some horses, including Aga Khan thoroughbreds, at next week's auction. An earlier note mentions an emergency in Borneo.
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Saratoga Sprigs
N. Y
Prince Aly Khan
Saratoga
California
Rita Hayworth
Ballston Airport
Swank
Aly
Rita
Prince
Aga Khan
Borneo
Sarawak Declares Emergency After Communist Ambush
Singapore Aug 9 report says a state of emergency was declared in Sarawak British Crown Colony on Borneo after a Communist ambush left one police officer dead and two wounded. Malcolm MacDonald had warned of Communist agitator penetration. Emergency proclamation issued by Sarawak government.
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Singapore
Sarawak
Borneo
Southeast Asia
Malcolm MacDonald
Eva Peron body escorted in historic Buenos Aires procession
Eva Peron’s body was carried by a gun carriage through troop lined streets to the national Capitol in a solemn ceremony. President Juan D. Peron followed as military bands played, marking unprecedented national mourning. The body will lie in state, then be embalmed for permanent display in a multi million dollar monument in central Buenos Aires.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eva Peron
Juan D. Peron
Ministry of Labor
Peron
General Confederation of Labor
CGT
Labor Ministry
Latin America
Photographer sought after images near Texas airbase
Five states probe after a man who posed as a major photographed restricted areas at Carswell Air Force Base. Authorities say he used a forged identification card and failed to report to base headquarters, prompting a nationwide search while officials clarify a prior miscommunication about an unregistered camera incident.
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Fort Worth
Aug
Carswell
Air Force
S. E. Anderson
8Th Air Force
Carswell Air Force Base
Joseph R. Dugan
L. T. Brown
Hole Opens In Street In Philadelphia After Midnight
A 35 foot deep sinkhole opened in Sansom Street Philadelphia swallowing a truck and two cars near 43rd Street and 44th Street. More than 200 residents evacuated as police set a guard around the cave in likely caused by undermining of the Creek sewer system after a prior year’s sewer break.
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Philadelphia
Sansom Street
43Rd
44Th
Albert Piccioni
Piccioni
Sanson Street
State Democratic Executive Committee to canvass primary returns
In Austin on Monday, members of the State Democratic Executive Committee will canvass the July 26 primary results and certify them to county chairmen for the August 23 runoff. Only one contested race remains on the runoff ballot for the Supreme Court seat between Spurgeon Bell and Frank Culver.
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Austin
Democratic
J. E. Wheat
Woodville
Democratic Executive Committee
Allan Shivers
Wheat
Tidelands
Shivers
Adlai Stevenson
Texas
Stevenson
Supreme Court
Spurgeon Bell
Houston
Frank P. ‘Culver
Fort Worth
Veracruzan Couple Marries to Legitimize Daughters
Manuel Rodriguez Lopez aged 103 and Ursula Mendes Hernandez 82 appeared at the civil register to marry and legalize their 62 year union. They cited legitimizing two daughters aged 58 and 3é as a motive for the ceremony.
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Manuel Rodriguez Lopez
Veracruz
Idex
Ursula Mendes Hernandez
Civil Register Office
Three More Bus Victims Identified Near Waco
Three additional victims of the Monday bus collision near Waco were named including a woman known as the mystery figure. The identified include Mrs Enriquita Sanchez 64 of Monte Morelos Mexico, Airman 3c Thomas C Murphy 19 of Lackland AFB San Antonio, and M Sgt John Patke 29 of Fort Hood Chicago ties noted.
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Waco
Ther
Enriquita Sanchez
Monte Morelos
Mexico
Sanchez
Vital Rodrieee
Unwanted Odessa bouncer dies in county jail
Melvyn Eugene Foos 26 of Odessa died alone in county jail after a string of troubles from an unhappy childhood and reform school. He collapsed in his cell and remained dead when found by a jail trustee. Investigators cited possible coronary occlusion due to heavy drinking.
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Melvyn Eugene Foos
East Eighth Street
Odessan
Kansas
Foos
Sheriff's Office
Justice of Peace
M. Newman
George Kelton
Nee
Iity
Don England
E. 10Th
Marshall N. Harris
Oxford
Ala
Medical Center Hospital
Jar
Corporation Court
Ruby Knight
Hidy-Ho Drive
East Eighth
Odessa
D Courts
Great Bend
Kans
Knight
Hubbard Funeral Home
Binion Tax Case Under Consideration By Judge
Federal Judge Edward P Murphy weighed a government bid to send Benny Binion’s income tax evasion case back to Dallas and Binion’s request to plead nolo contendere to a 1949 tax indictment. U S Attorneys Pike and Potter argued over transfer consent and Rule 20 procedures as Binion’s Nevada residence since 1947 was cited. Las Vegas attorney Foley backed Pike and noted no legal precedence for the transfer after consent withdrawal.
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Carson City
Edward P. Murphy
L. B
Benny) Binion
Dallas
San Francisco
Binion
Nolo Contendre
U. S
Miles N. Pike
Reno
Texas
Nevada
Frank Potter
Pike
Nolo
James McGranery
Notuilty
Las Vegas
Tomas Fo‘ley
Editor Arrested Over News Report in Pusan
Chosun Ildo editor Hon Chong In aged 51 was arrested after reporting four cabinet ministers had resigned. He refused to reveal his sources to the public prosecutor and was seized under an old Japanese penal code provision banning malicious reports likely to disturb public peace.
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Pusan
Chosun Ildo
Hon Chong In
Services Held For Builder's Widow
Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs. Birdie Lanier Nix 76 widow of the late Joseph M. Nix a wealthy South Texas builder and real estate operator in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Joseph M. Nix
Birdie Lanier Nix
South Texas
Egyptian Leader Rejects Dictatorship in Egypt
Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib, commander of the Egyptian armed forces and leader of the coup against King Farouk, said he has no faith in dictatorship. He warned parties to purge corrupt elements or face army intervention limited to enforcing a complete purge through the current government.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Reouk
Naguib
Romance Still Off For Texas Girl
Janet Hanrahan of Fort Worth tried to kill herself in Savannah after a rumored broken engagement with Cpl Larry Meeker of Fort Worth. Meeker says he never loved her and that she left a will naming him and a ring and $166. She remained in St Joseph hospital in nervous shock days after the shooting.
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Savana
Texas
Janet Hanrahan
Fort Worth
Hunter Air Force Base
Chris Brady
Savannah Morning News
Cpl
Larry Meeker
Hane Featias
Meeker
St. Joseph Hospital
Brady
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