Judge Signs Voting Plan for July 27 Primary
District Judge C K Quin signed an agreed judgment to insert James among the six state senate candidates into voting machines for the July 27 Democratic primary. County Clerk Fred Huntress directed machine preparation as the county Democratic executive committee and county commissioners resolve the election dispute. Most candidates had agreed. a few were still contacted. First machine delivery expected Monday to voting places.
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C. K. Quin
Quin
Fred Huntress
County Commissioners’ Court
County Democratic Executive Committee
Clarence Iulwright
Justice Sentences Prisoners in Federal Court
Judge Ben H. Rice Jr presided over a federal court session sentencing 42 prisoners including Faucetta who drew four years for marijuana charges and a second count leading to $1500 bond. Juveniles Dan Medrano Louis Bustamente and Nick Zepeda received three years for theft from interstate shipments. Additional sentences ranged from 60 to 120 days for drug and clothing offenses, with many immigration defendants ordered deported. An unrelated ad promotes Air Corps style sun glasses priced at 4.95.
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Ben H. Rice Jr
Faucetta
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Louis Bustamente
Nick Zepeda
Clifford Hanes
Arthur Williams
E. J. Haywood
George Beasley
Baik
United States
del Rin
U.S
Ed Riggs
Weather summary from July with mixed data
The fragment lists daily and monthly weather figures including total precipitation for the month, wind speeds, humidity, and temperatures. It mentions tide and sunrise sunset times, pollen counts, and regional place names such as Horton, Jacksonville, Corpus Christi, and Memphis among others, reflecting a garbled but broad weather bulletin with station notes and forecasts.
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Palle
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Horton
Chevenir
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Tleleau
Dnheloh
Airport Improvements Start Delayed by Pending Legal Aid
The CAA urged Mayor Gus Mauermann in Worth on Thursday to begin making regular personnel and engineer hires at the municipal airport in anticipation of Tedgral aid. Funding for the improvements was approved in the 1945 bond issue, but the case remains pending in court.
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CAA
Art Worth
Gus Mauermann
Contractor Faces 12 Theft Charges in County Court
Homer Adams, a builder, faces 12 fresh theft counts bringing total to 22 as he remains jailed. The charges allege receipt of advance payments for a house project that failed, with some creditors reportedly repaid. In Hidalgo County, grain sorghum harvest and a large cotton crop drive farming news amid rising acreage and labor needs. The Rio Grande is gradually falling after spring rises across the border region.
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Frank Vaughan
Justice Court
Homer Adams
Adams
Edinburg
James B. Cantrell
Marshall
Hidalgo County
Gurkha Poses Draws Blood
In Kure Japan on July 18 a unit of Indian Gurkhas drew attention from AP photographer Charles Gorry. To pose with drawn knives one soldier was chosen, but after the photo was taken the group rushed him to a hospital as the weapon was drawn to bleed per tradition.
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Kure
Japan
Associated Press
Charles Gorry
Corry
Wide Public Salary List
Washington reports federal, state, and local governments account for more than one of every six dollars paid in wages and salaries nationwide. Government payments total about 16 billion dollars annually, compared with private industry at 84 billion dollars. Federal officials say funds are distributed roughly evenly among federal military personnel, federal civilian employees, and state and local government workers.
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Washington
Fereral
One Man's Opinion on Postwar Germany and Notes
The piece argues Germany unchanged since the war with Americans still at risk in Berlin. It cites Byrnes favoring a united Germany and warns against misread ultimatums after Pearl Harbor. It notes blame among Americans and Japs over noted attacks and reflects on the atomic bomb anniversary and gratitude for survival.
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Pearl Harbor
Typhoon Lashes Hong Kong Coast With 102 MPH Winds
A powerful typhoon battered Hong Kong and the China coast with winds up to 102 miles per hour endangering ships and communications. Vessels drifted from moorings as American and British ships withdrew to open water. Farther up the coast, the 2143 ton Taiposhan ran aground near Swatow and was pounded by the surf.
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Hong Kong
China
Royal Naval Observatory
Isels
Swatow
Russian praises culture of U S in Ehrenburg broadcast
Izvestia by Ehrenburg reports from his United States tour that American spiritual culture is only beginning and will become great and independent. He attributes progress to Franklin D Roosevelt and notes American urban standardization, tech achievements, and a warning about moral standardization reducing individuality.
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London
Evicted Vet Sues Over Forceful Removal From Room
Pacific veteran and ex-prisoner BP Stone claims he and his wife Margaret Stony were renting a room at 1619 North Palmetto from A G Lundgren. He alleges they were paying 7.50 monthly, were refused rent on July 1, then attacked and ejected, with their belongings left on the front porch. He seeks 3000 in damages.
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North Palmetto
BP. F. Stone
Exdap
Lundgren
Stone
Margaret Stony
Uuring
Granger Resident Dies in Lubbock
John W. Nunn a prominent Granger businessman died suddenly at a Lubbock hotel on Tuesday morning He was with his niece Mrs J E Parmele of Granger attending to farm interests Funeral arrangements will be announced in Granger
OPA Head Awaits Law In Truman Price Plan
Washington July 18 President Truman said a successor to Economic Stabilizer Chester Bowles will be named once an OPA law is in place to allow a successor to function. He doubted Congress will pass such a law soon as price control revision efforts continue amid rising prices after the collapse of control. Senator Barkley indicated a showdown on a compromise bill is unlikely before tomorrow. The senate-house conference session yielded much talk and confusion, breaking up over a quorum issue as lawmakers moved to discuss a constitutional amendment on equal rights for women and a deadlock on silver prices.
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Chester Bowles
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Barkeley
Senate-House Conference Committee
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