Polio Surge Warns Texas Cities Amid San Angelo Toll
Polio cases rise across Texas with San Angelo reporting 765 patients, eight deaths, and several transfers to San Antonio for care. Dallas Fort Worth and Temple show new cases while officials rush polyclinic support and airlift patients for convalescence. In Czechoslovakia, Archbishop JONES Boran faces police-led heckling as Communist security clamps down on church activity.
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Associated Press
San Angelo
Texas
National Foundation For Infantila
San Antonio
Jond
Dallas
Temple
Fort Worth
Valley
Rush County
Henderson
Foundation
Shannon Hospital
Prague
Caechoslovakia
Jiones Boran
St. Vitus
Car Sees Lake Splash as Owner Fishes
Cipde U. Stone of 525 N Frost went fishing at Lake McClellan yesterday. His 1949 Chevrolet coupe slid into the lake during as bystanders alerted him. The wrecker hauled the car out after about ninety minutes, with the motor needing full reassembly and cleaning.
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Cipde
U. Stone
N. Frost
Lake McClellan
Culberson Chevrolet Company
Stone
Sorority Sale Raises 178108 for Cancer Drive
Epsilon Sigma Alpha sponsored sale and exchange raised 178,108 dollars for the American Cancer Society drive. Sorority members spent all Gay Saturday selling contributed ties.
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Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
American Cancer Society
Excommunication for Czech Catholic Action Members
In Vatican action, the sacred congregation condemns the government backed Catholic Action Society of Communist Czechoslovakia as schismatic and fraudulent. The Cur servatore Romano reports the decree stating the group urged Catholics to desert the Church and disobey legitimate pastors.
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Vatican
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Vatican City
Catholic Action Society
Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office
Curservatore Romano
Republic
Wallets robbed during Pampa Abilene doubleheader
Five wallets were stolen from players in the park dressing room during a Saturday night ball game. Grover Seitz's son Bobby Ray Seitz lost about 100 dollars, with Tooter Harper’s wallet the heaviest at 80 dollars. Others lost 2 to 6 dollars. The theft was found during intermission. police questioned several suspects with no arrests.
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Bobby Ray Seitz
Grover Seitz
the Park
Tooter Harper
Charley Bodine
Homer Matney
Ken Peacock
Young Seitz
Oller
Pop
Sheriff’s J Department
Pampa Area Scouts Attend Region 9 Air Encampment Buzzboys
Pampa area scouts known as Buzzboys join Region 9 air encampment in San Antonio with 185 scouts from Oklahoma New Mexico and Texas. They travel by convoy from Pampa to Amarillo English Field and Randolph Field then settle into cadet quarters. The encampment features film projects medical exams aviation medicine and instructional Air Force shows while a variety of named patrols participate under joint sponsorship of the U S Air Force and the Boy Scouts of America.
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Pampa
Noth
Bob Epps
San Antonio
Bob Evps
Rafe Jordan
Davis A. Brown
Borger
Panhangle
English Wield
Amarillo
Randolph Field
James Ross
Alex A. Sollsz
Henry N. Rowch
English Field
Randolph
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Flight 4
Bob Oden
Madc
Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Boy Scouts of America
Truman seeks tenth cabinet rank welfare department
President Truman asks Congress to create a tenth cabinet rank department for welfare and to place public roads under the Commerce Department. Seven plans aim to merge agencies, with Hoover Commission guidance, including moving Employment Security and Civil Service functions, and strengthening the Maritime Commission. Plans take effect in 60 days unless blocked, with two more expected and possible shifts in agency duties noted.
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Truman
Congress
Department of Welfare
Commerce Department
Capitol Hill
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency
Federal Security Agency
Commission On Government Organization
Herbert Hoover
Ule Bureau of Employment Security
Labour Department
Post Office Department
Civil Service Commission
White House
Hoover Commission
House of Congress
Senate
House
Federal Security
Oscar Ewing
Ewing
Soo Truman
Big Slash in Defense Funds May Trim Military Budget
Washington reports that Secretary of Defense Johnson told senators behind closed doors defense spending could be cut by 760 million dollars in the coming year mainly by reducing the Air Force force structure from 70 groups to 48 as urged by President Truman. Senate and House negotiators seek larger trims while awaiting full testimony on the 15.9 billion dollar armed forces appropriation.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Truman
House
Elmer Thomas D-Okla
Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
25 Combines Sought As Gray County Harvest Surges
Gray and Roberts counties report slow progress with 2 percent completion in Gray Roberts and 16 percent in Wheeler while July end as target. Urgent demand in Ochiltree and Lipscomb calls for 100 combines 40 bobtail trucks and 60 operators. TEC offices in Perryton coordinate requests amid light showers.
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Gray County
Texas Employment Commission
Amarillo
L. F P. Fort
THC
Fort
Gray
Roberts Counties
Wheeler
Hemphill
Ochiltree
Lipscomb
EB. L. Meklhanan
TEC
Harvest
Perryton Radio Grounds
Lawn
Heat Drives City To Record Temperatures
A scorching day sees noon readings near 94 degrees Fahrenheit as residents endure a heat wave. Officials warn temperatures may rise further, with yesterday already hot by comparison. In Korea, ten Republic of Korea troops were killed and 40 wounded attempting to push North Korean forces from Ongjin Peninsula.
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Seoul
Korean Republic
Ongjin Peninsula
Weather Fight With Weather Bureau Clarified
A fragmented report describes a dispute between The Weather and The Weather Bureau over data and forecasts. It mentions Martiy vloudy and MeL Cerna tied outcomes and a Wednesday event, with partial notes on Langit wid and Dieaant reg. The piece references fishing tackle for Dad at Lewis Hurdwere in a stray context.
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Martiy Vloudy
Cerna
Stent Wynant
Sir Swany
Mavis An
Dad
Lewis Hurdwere
Udv
Speegle Trial Opens Today in Slaying Case
In Yellville Arkansas P Kenneth BD Speegle a 24 year old AWOL soldier goes on trial for first degree murder in the killing of State Patrolman S Van Pavatt on Sept 25. Prosecutor Eugene W Moora seeks the death penalty. Evidence ties Speegle to the crime scene near a cabin owned by Crook a retired railroader found buried nearby. Speegle was captured near Oklahoma City after an extensive SW United hunt and later hospitalized for nervous condition.
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Yellville
Ark
P. Kenneth BD
Speegle
Eugene W. Moora
S. van Pavatt
Indy
Aue BE
Crook
Art Lewis
Oklahoma City
Barger
Tex
Pavatt
Arkansas Hospital
George W. Jackson
Jackson
Peterson
Alimusa
Cole
Miners Return to Coal Pits Amid UMW Talks
United Mine Workers wage talks trigger walkout as district leaders forecast a strike. Nearly half a million workers resume duties while a "no contract, no work" policy remains in effect. Contract expiration set for June 30.
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Auuelis
John T. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
TJ Lewis
Termet
Congress Check-Up on Health Targets Broad Disease Review
A House Commerce Subcommittee begins a thorough health check covering arthritis, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, leprosy, cancer, heart disease, infantile paralysis, and blindness. Dozens of bills seek a new Public Health Service research agency and a nationwide survey of disability in the United States led by Rep. Loganarty.
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Congress
House Commerce
Tuessday
Writley
Public Health Service
United States
Iogarty
Brindle Faces Probation Over Streetcar Conductor Wife
William Brindle demanded his wife quit her streetcar job and return home to cook. He caused a disturbance along the seafront, burned her uniform, and threatened to keep Violet at home, insisting the quarrel was about regaining control of his life and marriage.
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Beawstpool
William Brindle
Newis
Pris Bation
Violet
Brindle
Veterans Admin Grants 1950 Dividend Payment Authorized
Washington announces that Carl R Gray Jr approved next year’s four special 2 billion dollar dividend on national service life insurance. About 16 million World War II veterans will receive funds starting January 1950, with most payouts in the first half of the year. Each eligible policyholder who kept coverage in force at least three months will receive a share, with beneficiaries for deceased policyholders. Applications for the dividend may be ready in August.
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Washington
Carl R. Gray Jr
Gray
iGeay
Warnings on Fire Hazards During Wheat Harvest
Assistant Fire Chief Albert Fuller warned during a morning briefing that dry weeds near wheat fields can ignite from discarded cigarette stubs. Drivers are urged to extinguish cigarettes and check exhausts to prevent field fires, noting several earlier Pampa area wheat fires were stopped before spreading.
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Fuller
Albert
Algo
Walter
Pampa
Shessialand
Four Powers Pause Berlin Talks After Austria Pact
Paris reports the Big Four foreign ministers adjourned after reaching principle on an Austrian independence treaty and a Berlin working agreement. They met in New York next September and will draft articles for Austria and a joint East West arrangement in Berlin. The pact aims to ease international tension and resume trade in Germany.
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Germany
New York
Parisime
News New
Augstin
Berlin
Britain
Ernest Bevin
America
Dean Acheson
Rusaia
Andret
Vish«iusty
France
Robert Schuman
Ping Marble Palace
Austria
Governor Says Clean States First
Freshman Democrat Adlai E Stevenson of Illinois urged states to fund their own programs before seeking federal aid. He opposed heavy federal control and bonds while Congress weighs shifting 20 percent of federal grants to states behind higher taxes. Governors at Colorado Springs conference deliberate relief and spending.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Adial E. Stevenson
Ilinoia
Aaid
Stevenson
U. S
Washington
James A. Duff
Pennsylvania
Varl Warren
California
Aitxen
Nation Eyes Five Million Jobless in Coming Year
Washington reports two national surveys back a six million jobless scenario, with AFL and Public Affairs Institute offering opposite views on near-term steps. The Public Affairs Institute urges tax cuts, public works, and policy actions to spur business, while the AFL foresees potential risks but calls for wage growth tied to productivity and cooperation to curb inflation. Senator O Mahoney says Congress will study employment and investment, noting May civilian employment reached a record high for the period despite unemployment upticks in the year.
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Public Affairs Institute
American Federation of Laabor
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Atentent
Publo Artics Institute
Institute
AFL
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