Rally urges universal training and defense over peace
The Past Generals Association of Texas sponsors a San Antonio rally urging expanded national defense. Speakers including Maj. Gen. Grande V. Birkhead press universal training in schools, oppose compulsory drafts, and warn of a grave threat from abroad. Maverick calls for universal service and unity across society.
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Max GC. Wale
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American Youth and
Americknlsa
Willam N. Hensley
War talk and prayer mark town meeting on peace drive
A crowded municipal program featured remarks by Cols Tutte and Hensley urging restraint and centralized control for any home guard, plus a call for international peace collaboration from the Very Rev Colotka. The event included God Bless America singing, a Lost Battalion introduction, and a display of military pageantry with a scripted battle fleet sequence.
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Hensley
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W. B. Tutte
America
Tittle
Theodore Rosevelt
H. L. Landers
John W. Neal
Lost Battalion
Betty Langaker
Wilson
Walter F. Colotka
St. Mary's University
Fire Department
Robert Lee Bobbitt
Texas Highway Commis
Weather data and letters from 1949 sampling and jokes
The item compiles early morning wind and humidity readings with other meteorological figures, including precipitation totals and sunrise sunset times, followed by a 1949 letter exchange excerpt featuring Walter Huston quoted on war and peace and a humorous anecdote about a tailor and make of pants.
Big Snow Cruiser Held Unsuccessful
Clearwater report says the giant snow cruiser favored by Admiral Byrd failed in frigid tests. Engineer Charles Meyer, returning to visit relatives after the expedition ship, said the main issue was insufficient power, leaving the monster disappointed the explorers.
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Clearwater
Pill Gauge for Metal Temperature by Harry Blumberg
Jersey City metallurgist Harry Blumberg developed colored pills that melt at specific temperatures to indicate when metal reaches target heat. Pills range from 200 to 900 degrees in 10-degree steps and are accurate within 10 degrees, improving temperature measurement during heating.
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Cleveland
Julie
Harry Blumberg
Jersey City
Flumberg
Blumberg
Prisoners donate to Tulsa policemen pension fund
Inmates at Oklahoma penitentiary plan contributions to a Tulsa police pension fund. Warden Jess Dunn agrees to sponsor the prison baseball team to play a police team in July, supporting the fund amid tensions with local officers.
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Oflo
Juste 22
Oklahoma Prison
Tulsa Poice
Tulsa Lofficers
Jess Dunn
Fruits and vegetables inbound from Texas and Florida markets
The report lists numerous produce items including onions potatoes tomatoes peaches pears and apples with state origins Texas Florida and others. It notes arrivals on track market steadiness and price points such as Florida melons at 45 cents per melon and various cucumber grape and cantaloupe batches with several city markets and quantities detailed.
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Florida
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Tex
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Tom Watson
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Chicago
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Louisiana
War Roundup Reports Bitter Fighting Across France and Europe
A Berlin dispatch and other British and Italian sources describe heavy combat in France and the Mediterranean as negotiations over French surrender terms unfold. Reports claim French cabinet debates, German demands for unconditional acceptance, and widespread air raids injuring civilians in Britain and Europe.
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I Ialian
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Bordeaux
Britain
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Mediterranean
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Libya
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Darceilie
Washington
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Rhone
Miller
Germany
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Complegne Forest
G O P Prepares For Peace Plank
PHILADELPHIA June 22 48 Despite early arguments the Republican platform committee moved toward a peace plank while delegates debated defense policy In Philadelphia Senator Bridges of New Hampshire suggested he might accept the vice presidential nomination and Willkie strength rose among delegates while Dewey Taft and Vandenberg remained contenders The agriculture group wrestled with a farm program continuing subsidies without crop control and the committee set rules for the temporary convention roll and adjournment of the convention arrangements
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Hoover
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Jonal Republican Commtee
Joseph H. Talbert
Tieiessie
Boothe Caroling
Alaska
Belgian Royal Children Reach Portugal After Invasion
The Belgian royal children Princess Josephine Charlotte Prince Baudouin and Prince Albert arrived in Guarda Portugal last evening. They will travel on to Coimbra the Belgian royal party is under the protection of former Belgium prime minister Paul van Zeeland. They have been in France since the German invasion on May 10.
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Guarda
Portugal
Paul van Zeeland
Belgium
Coimtra
Josephine Charlotte
Prince Baudoin
Prince Albert
France
Future Is Seen For Chiropody Convention Talk
Marshall Harvey, president of the Texas Society of Chiropody, and M B Harmolin of the Ohio College of Chiropody discuss future education in chiropody. Harmolin notes standards have risen to require one year of college work plus four years of chiropody training. The Texas group plans meetings at theater hotel on June 23 to review treatment methods and training implications.
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Harmolin
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United States
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Texas
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Aiream
Notable Marine General Smedley Butler Dies at 1
Philadelphia June 22. Major General Smedley D. Butler known as the Fighting Quaker and a 10 year Marine veteran, died at Naval Hospital from an abdominal ailment. He began service in 1898, fought in Boxer Rebellion at Tien-Tsin, led duties at Camp Fontenelle Brest, commanded at Quantico and San Diego, and once directed Philadelphia Public Safety. Survived by widow, two sons and a daughter.
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Austin
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Mrs Linebaugh Lecture at Center on Roslerician Faith
Mrs Linebaugh will lecture as part of the continuing series on the fundmenters of Roslerician Christianity. Exther B Ling bargh, president of the local center of a Roalemician fellowship, discusses "Death and Life in Purginary" Sunday at 6 40 p.m. in the Army room at the Gunter rate.
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Gandhi urges nonviolence against Hitlerism
Bombay dispatch reports Mahatma Gandhi in Harijan argues nonviolence is the only way to meet Hitlerism. He says Hitler seeks empire as burden and that defeating it with counter-Hitlerism is impossible. Gandhi insists nonviolence can resist and bind conquered nations to a humane outcome.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
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Harijan Today
Adolf Hitler
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Gindhi
Customers leave as clothing store losses mount
A late Friday shopping incident at 206 South Main Street South Gani Antonia saw W. H. Schubert enter seeking shoes. After a dissatisfied encounter the customer departed without a purchase, soon followed by a report of 12 shirts and two pairs of paints missing from the store.
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Antonia
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Schubert
Chiropractics to Hear Rev Shirkey at College Service
The graduating class of Texas Chiropractic College will hear Rev. Albert P. Shirkey, pastor of Travis Park Methodist Church, deliver a baccalaureate sermon on Why Surrender. Shirkey will also speak on What Price Victory at the Burday morning service. The Adult Council of the Church meets Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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Texas Chiropractic College
Albert P. Shirkey
Travis Park
Inventive Roanoke man foils thief with wooden collar
Roanoke man June 6 reveals a homemade wooden collar device used to secure a thief's stolen milk bottles from a porch. The inventor, E Stanley, waited for the thief to unlock the collar and retrieve the loot, finding it effective in preventing further losses.
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W. E Stanley
Lsbeby
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Ing
Four French Submarines Seized at Le Havre Yard
Berlin reports four French submarines in a shipyard at German-held Le Havre have been seized by German authorities. The German radio announced the action today amid ongoing wartime tensions and occupation measures.
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le Havre
Tutankhamen Sarcophagus Moved to Secret Vault in Cairo
In Cairo Egypt on June 22 reports say Tutankhamen s solid gold sarcophagus after 16 years in the Cairo museum has been moved to a bomb proof subterranean vault Along with other treasures from the Akhnaton collection the artifacts were relocated as part of a security measure and preservation effort .
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