More Prizes Offered In This Year's Derby
G Applebay is killed when a shiv on a rig at the John Haggard lease southwest of Pampa splintered. Mrs Applebay collapses at Clegg Funeral Home as a physician is summoned. Justice of the Peace D R Henry will hold an inquest. Lions Club prize committee, led by A B Whitten, has gathered many prizes for Soap Box Derby participants with local merchants’ cooperation. The July 25 derby is cosponsored by The Pampa Daily News Culberson Chevrolet and Chevrolet Division of General Motors. The winner earns an expense paid trip to Akron Ohio for the national finale. the national winner receives a four year college scholarship. The News funds the trip, Culberson’s and the Lions Club arrange officials. Chevrolet Division provides race materials and prizes. The local winner also gets a wristwatch in Akron. Sixty six boys had entered.
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Ohio
College
Culberson
Akron
France Hit By Strikes Across Towns Including Clermont-Ferrand
France endures a wave of strikes with 100000 workers expected off the job by tonight and 50000 idle yesterday in sympathy. clashes at Clermont-Ferrand tire plant left over 20 hospitalized, police inside the factory with rifles as troops reinforce. strikers in metal trades printing tobacco and mines seek roughly a 2 percent wage rise.
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Paris
France
Clermont-Ferrand
General Federation of Labor
Corninform
Humante
Corporation Court Opens Jury Trials
Two separate jury trials began in Corporation Court as a six man panel eyed cases against two men charged in a fatal collision. The proceedings began June 9 at 11 p m and families mourned the six American victims. Public defense was scarce with no attorneys present for the defendants.
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Corporation Court
New York
Careleas
Reckicas
British Isles
Port Lawrence
Ward
Truman Quietly Presses Congress On Domestic Bills
President Truman continues cross country tour on the last lap with stops in Missouri Indiana Ohio and Illinois. He urged Congress to pass housing price control federal aid to education and other bills while warning against foreign policy brawls. Margaret Truman stayed with Mrs Truman as the family traveled through towns and visited relatives. crowds greeted them in Kansas City and Independence.
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Washington
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Ohio
Tlinois
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Kansan
Union Station
New
Kansans
United States
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Sprat
Malaya Crisis and British Exit Plans Amid Red Tension
AP analysis details a Malaya emergency across four states as British authorities struggle with a Chinese civil war spillover. White describes labor unrest, killings by alleged Chinese Communists, and decrees outlawing ten labor unions with a death penalty for unlicensed gun use.
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Malayan Union Plan
Ser Malaya
Stevenson Stands On Past Record
AUSTIN Senatorial candidate Coke Stevenson argues his record as legislator lieutenant governor and governor proves he has delivered in dollars not promises. He criticizes politicians who make promises to win votes and says only performance counts in public service.
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Austin
f/P
Coke Stevenson
Tn & Radio
Fmper
Roverner
Stevenson
Dirac & Dove
United
Bernale
Conference Will Honor Dr Hill At Texas Education Meet
Dr Hill a long time educator at West Texas State College will be honored next month at an education conference in Canyon. He has served as the college president for 30 years and will retire September 1. The conference is sponsored by the Texas State Teachers College Board of Regents and presidents of six other teachers colleges in Texas.
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Canyon
A. Hill
Texas
Texas State College
Texas State Teachers College Board of Regents
United Airlines Plane Crashes Near Mt Carmel Pa
A United Airlines DC6 crashed in flames near Mt Carmel Pennsylvania killing 41. Flight 624 from San Diego to New York carried 37 passengers and four crew members. Eyewitnesses reported a complete disintegration after striking a high tension transformer and 16,000 volt line. No survivors were reported and wreckage stretched over 200 to 300 feet with many remains found in a wooded area.
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UAL
New York
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Ed Darlington
WCNR
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Gary Moore
Bulletin
LOS Angeles
Earl Carroll
Jack Oakle
Beryl Wallace
Pennsylvania
CBS
Moore
Darlington
George Warner
Chicago
Lorena Berg
Repaiia
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Pottaville
Bloomsburg
Third Major Bill Passed Over Veto
Congress overrode President Truman on the railroad rate agreement bill for the third time in four days. The Senate 62 to 25 and the House 287 to 12 approved, with ICC oversight for rate agreements. Earlier vetoes on social security and an Employment Service transfer also became law.
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Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Congressional
United States Employment Service
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Slong
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Tg Ws
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Segregation Halt Ordered by Texas Superintendent
Texas State Superintendent L A Woods issued an order to end segregation of Mexican and other Latin American descent students in all grades above first. The action follows a federal court ruling that segregation beyond first grade violates the U S Constitution. Some language testing may allow separate classes in the first grade if needed for language difficulties.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
L. A. Woods
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Teo
Recapture of Kuhn Reported
German American Bund member Kuhn, who escaped Dachau and was awaiting a denazification trial, was recaptured in Munich. Camp director Anton Zirngih was dismissed following Kuhn’s recapture. Kuhn had been convicted in absentia on April 20 and sentenced to 10 years hard labor as a major Nazi offender.
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Munich
Geeensny Sing Rite
Kuhn
Bundswader
Mala Dias
Dachau
Anton Zirngih
Kutn
Wreck on Highway 152 Injures One and Damages Cars
One woman was slightly injured and two cars damaged in a rear end crash on Highway 152 about 1.6 miles west of the city limits at 8 40 p m yesterday. A gasoline laden truck swerved to avoid impact and crashed into the two cars ahead. Mrs Ritter suffered minor injuries and was taken to Pampa for first aid.
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Highway 152
Sheritt Rute Jordan
Glen Adams
Adams
H. P. Warners
Cleo Ritter
I. Moat
Moat
Ritter
Pampa
Sheriff's Department
Jordan Anid
Texans Split on Bulwinkle Bill Vote Count
Texans split on the Bulwinkle Bill after the House enacted the measure over President Truman's veto. Voted York Burleson Fisher Lucas Teague Thompson Wilson Worley and Beckworth Comba Gassett Kilday Lyle Mahon Patman Pickell Poage Thomas.
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Burleson
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Lucas
Teague
Thompson
Wilson
Worley
Flen
Beckworth
Comba
Gassett
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Lyle
Mahon
Patman
Pickell
Poage
Thomas
Palmer's Voice Calms Baby Through Ballgame Broadcasts
A father troubled by rocking his baby to sleep finds relief as KPPN announcer Ken Palmer broadcasts the ball games. Palmer's steady voice supposedly soothes the infant, turning noisy nights into quiet ones through the broadcasts.
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Ken Palmer
KPPN
Palmer
Laws Covering Employment for Women Violated Locally
Texas labor officials warn businesses overwork of women violates state rules. Local firms cited for nine hour day limits and overtime rules. Deputy Commissioner T. L. Barnes says violations will bring fines and inspections. He notes strict limits on women’s hours, with penalties for excess shifts or overtime in many industries.
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T. L. Barnes
Texas Department of Labor
Texas
Justice
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Alice
Safety Patrol to Be Entertained at Summer Event
Six Juniny Safety Patrol squads at Giler Park will attend an ice cream feed and movie this Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Aubrey Jones chairs the Kiwanis committee and says cream will be served at the theater. Park passes required at both Plawen to identify Junior Safety Patrol members for entry.
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Aubrey Jones
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Oller Park
Baya
Plawen
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Jones Sidld
DDT Fogging Aid Loaned To Panhandle Towns
Pampa lends its DDT fog applicator to McLean Lefors Higgins and Dumas for use within weeks on Dalhart and the Cactus Ordnance Plant. The unit will aid efforts to curb polio and mosquito threats across the Panhandle. City officials alert Panhandle towns of the machine’s availability and its value, noting past reductions in polio following DDT spraying. The Chamber of Commerce sponsors drives to place lids on garbage cans to reduce fly breeding with $13 per lid delivered by garbage collectors.
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Pampa
McLean
Lefors
Higgins
Dumas
Dalhart
Cactus Ordnance Plant
Texas
Pumipa Ia
Steve Matthews
Panhandlevilles
Ita
San Antonio
Jintay Chamber of Commerce
Givallon
Armed trio robs stores and post office near Sacul
Police seek three armed men who overpowered a nightwatchman and robbed three stores and the post office at Sacul, Lex, early yesterday. Sacul lies about two miles northwest of here. Suspects fled after overpowering the watchman and looting two general store outlets and a depot.
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Portal
Bacul
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Nigot Walehni
Horace Widisimsua
Atures
House Votes To Stall Draft Law With Amendments
Washington AP reports the House approved a Shafer amendment delaying draft registration and inductions until after January 1 by a 125 to 90 vote. The measure, amid delays and uncertainty, exempts veterans serving a year or more while shorter service could qualify via National Guard or reserves.
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R-Mich
van Zandt R-Pal
Armed Services
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Congress
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Sonre
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Morse
R-Ore
Nat
Senate
Stassen Predicts Nomination On Ninth Ballot At GOP Meet
Harold E. Stassen arrived in Philadelphia and declared he will win the Republican nomination by the ninth ballot at the party convention. He expected to place third on the first ballot and first on the last, amid questions about Dewey Taft Vandenberg and potential ticket configurations. He denied seeking a second-place spot on a Taft headed ticket and touted his delegate strength.
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Harold IE. Stassen
Iman
Minnesota
Slasnen
Thomas J. Dewey
New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Slasson
Sen
Arthiy Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Stassen
Taft
Fiest
Rmors
Sea “T Connie
S'Tassien
Mysterious Weather and Public Notices From Sumbled Text
Fragmented OCR yields a jumble of names, places, and weather notes. Contains references to Tampa and West Texas forecasts, Oklahoma cloudiness, and odd phrases. Core readable bits mention weather highs and lows, and a dated public notices vibe, but most specifics are garbled.
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