Texas Gubernatorial Runoff Campaign Heats Up
Beauford H Jester and Homer P Rainey enter their final full week of campaigning in the Texas gubernatorial runoff. Jester plans a multi city tour from Mineral Wells to Abilene San Angelo Waco and Corpus Christi and Rainey will use a chartered plane to cover the Gulf Coast and North East Texas then South Plains. Both men schedule several radio broadcasts with Rainey targeting women and Sellers expected to endorse Jester during a Tuesday broadcast.
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Byte Arsecelegre
Beauford H. Jester
Homer P. Rainey
Texas
Jester
Grover Sellers
Mineral Wells
Abilene
San Angelo
Waco
Corpais Christi
Rainey
Jiio Grande Valley
South Plains
Sellers
Gift Package Shippers Meet Forms Valley Association
Weslaco hosts August meeting to form an association of Rio Grande Valley gift package citrus shippers. Temporary chairman John Mothershead announces leadership plans and aims to raise fruit shipment standards while excluding subpar fruit from premium markets. About 100 shippers may join, with bylaws allowing active and apprentice members and voting rights for those shipping over 500 packages last season.
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Weslaco
Rio Grande Valley
John Mothershead
Weslava
Pitt Frdit
Motherehead
Plane Crash Kills 2 Navy Officers in Gate City
A one engine Navy plane on a routine flight from St Simeon Naval Air Station Georgia to Detroit crashed near Gate City Virginia killing five Navy officers and injuring two others and a seaman. The St Simon air station withheld the names of those involved in the crash.
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Gate City
St Simeon Naval Air Station
Georgia
Detroit
St. Simon
British Warships Prepare Visit to Japan
Two British aircraft carriers and cruisers, destroyers and submarines will visit Japan soon. Vice Admiral Sir Dennis W Boyd, commander of the British Pacific Fleet, will be aboard the cruiser Belfast due at Kure on September 4. From Kure the fleet will stage for naval exercises in Japanese waters.
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Kure
Japan
Jepen
Dennis W. Boyd
Belfast
Services Set for Yoakum Electrician Ed Warkar
Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning in Yoakum for Ed Warkar a 43 year old electrician who was killed Sunday while wiring a store building He is survived by a widow and two children Rev Homola will conduct the services
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Yoakum
Ed Warkar
Yoakum Electrician
Homola
Glider Record Broken at National Distance Meet
Shelly Charles 46 of Atlanta flies 80 miles round trip to Hornell, setting yet another single place sailplane distance record at the 13th annual national soaring contest in Elmira New York. Francis Compton 31 of Miami flew 78 miles to Penn Yan and back, surpassing earlier marks. previous 40 mile record traced to 1939 by Chester Decker of Ridgewood.
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Elmira
Shelly Charles
Atlanta
Eastern Airlines
Charles
Hornell
Francis B. Compton
Miami
Fla
Penn Yan
Maurice L. Weters
Chester VY
Ned , Decker
Ridgewood
Ex-Sheriff Still Puzzled By Athens Riot Clarifications
Ex-sheriff Pat Minsfield of McMinn County Tennessee says he cannot grasp the causes of the August 1 siege of Athens county jail by veteran troops in which 17 people were wounded. He and deputy Boe Dunnty fled as the battle ended and confess they did not fire shots. Mansfield hints at future political and railroad work but vows not to serve in the Senate.
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Athens
Cartersville
Pat Minsfield
McMinn County
Tenn
Insaf Frients Manstfield
Boe Dunty
Vetarans
Mansfield
Ian Slanger
True & Bloods
Elec Vili Slay
Mebuinn
Senate
Mansing
Dunn
Coalition
Dunaan Mansfiel
Mansfinld
State Senate
Ser Ve
Mensfeld
Louisville and Nashville W Railroad
Knox Henry
Arsenic Found In Third Body In Winter Family Case
Wayne County State’s Attorney Virgil Mills reported arsenic found in the body of Lorend Clark, sister of Mrs. Lille B. Winter, and in the investigation of deaths of Winter’s husband Bert and other relatives. The cases center on the death of Donald Tugené Martin, age three.
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Tairfield
Wayne County
Virgil Mills
Lille B. Winter
Relative Jails Frees Groom Then Arrests Indicate Turmoil
New York reports Arthur Pleischman, 17, a navy trainee, jailed on an abduction complaint raised by his father-in-law, released on 1000 dollar bail posted by the same relative, and later arrested with Lydia, his high school sweetheart, after a late night elopement to Maryland. They return for arraignment. public opinion splits on the marriage.
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New York
Arthur Plelschman
Navy
Hig Inks
Lydin Dghns
F Figischman
Lydia
Maryland
Plaisuhman
Truman Refuses To Seize Plant
The White House announced that President Truman will not order government seizure of the strikebound J.T. Case plant. After long deliberation he decided it would not be in the public interest to seize and operate the concern.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Stolen Trailways Bus Detour Spurs Corpus Christi Search
Two sailors snatched a 45 passenger Trailways bus in downtown Corpus Christi and headed out for a coast to coast tour of America. Deputies were asked to block the Corpus Christi highway and watch for the bus, but by Sunday it had not appeared.
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Trailways
Corpus Christi
America
Must Hay
San Antonio
Isie
Son Held As Mother Slain In Salem Case
Salem Massachusetts August 13 Thomas Hang Brown 29 a veteran is charged with killing his mother Annie Dixon Brown 62 after police were summoned to their home Brown told officers Come over and you will find something funny A day bed held the body and a preliminary examination by Dr Herman C Sands indicated she had been strangled Police Capt John Brennan quoted Brown I just murdered my mother I did it for the welfare of the citizens at large
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Salem
Masa
U‘thomas Hang. Brown
Stas Dring
Annie Dixon Brown
Vins Worall
Herman C. Sands
John DB. Brennan
US Buries Jap Dead At War Cemeteries
In Nagoya Japan Aug 12 US built cemeteries honor dead Japanese soldiers with brass tablets. A visiting Japanese skipper Capt Koichi Komatsu praised the gravesite and the desolate island spot, noting no greenery remains and Suribechi’s battle gear still present.
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Nagoya
Japan
Koichi Komatsu
Anon
Court Approves New Subdivision Near Saum San Antonio
County Commissioners approved a new subdivision north of Quintana Road near Mayfield Avenue in Saum. The plan includes 34 building sites owned by Douglas Anderson. Also approved were two land acquisitions for widening the Buntera highway with payments to A B Camp and Claude B Harkey for small acreages. Insurance of 4400 dollars was authorized for half damage to Liles on courthouse road.
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Saum San Antonio
Quintana Road
Mayfield Avenue
Douglas Anderson
Buntera Highway
A. B. Camp
Claude B. Harkey
Polish Refugee Seeks Oil Engineer For US Entry
San Alfonio detectives were called Monday to aid in a case involving Io nate Matthetus Shepard described as an oil engineer in a letter from Stephanie de Bogacka, a Polish refugee in Germany. The letter named Shepard as her only living relative and requested help securing admittance to the United States. The woman, a laboratory technician, said she was forced into labor in 1939 and later worked for an American commander in a hospital in 1945 and 1946.
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San Alfonio
Ionate Matthetus Shepard
Rom Stephanie de Bogacka
Germany
Shepard
United States
Peace in China Eludes Marshall and Stuart Amid Civil War
Weekend statement from Gen George C Marshall and U S Ambassador John Leighton Stuart warns that peaceful settlement in China seems impossible as civil war looms. If conflict escalates, hundreds of millions could face famine and massive deaths, threatening world peace and prompting a clash of political ideologies between Communism and Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalist government.
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George C. Marshall
U. S
John Leighton
Stuart
al Nanking
China
Japan
Marshall
Stuart Lay
Chiang Kai Shek
City Workers Strike in Ohio
EAST LIVERPOOL Ohio August 12 Workers in the municipal street incinerator and water departments struck today as the city begun Victory week celebrations Street department workers spent three hours before the deadline tidying for the celebration then took their trucks in A last minute council caucus failed to settle the employees demands for an 1812 cent hourly wage boost
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East
Liverpool
Ohio
X Street Department
Raim Intercity Council
Ond
Rites Set for Westminster Dean
Last rites will be held today for Dean George B. Sweazey of Westminster College Fulton Missouri. The institution honored Sweazey with a place alongside presidents Truman and Churchill when degrees were conferred in March.
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Westminster
BC Headache and Neuralgia Relief Ad Promotes Quick Action
A vintage ad touts BC as fast relief for headaches neuralgia and muscular pains. It claims rapid action and sedative effects for simple nervousness, stressing 25 cent sizes and urging use as directed with a note to consult a physician if pains persist.
Admirals Plea Slated In Long Beach Coast Dispute
Federal court in Long Beach prepares for a second round of arguments in the Cornero case over a ship named the Admiral. Judge William Myigides may rule on a temporary injunction to stop taxi operations seen as interfering with foreign trade and depriving the vessel owner of constitutional rights. The suit challenges authorities’ moves to regulate the vessel offshore beyond state limits.
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Los Angeles
Aug
INS
Tony Aero
Wiliam" Myigides
Seeghreliis
Cornero
Ted Battery
Tq Servier
Bel E
Long Beach
Leslie
Aly
Long
Comnerro
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