County Clerk reports excess fees turned to general fund
Irea Huntress delivered 18 647 98 dollars in excess fees to the general fund for the first four months of the year. April contributions totaled 4 433 57 dollars. The office processed 5676 legal papers this past month versus 4618 a year ago as the deeds backlog stretches eight weeks. A Z Ploch runs for county commissioner Precinct 4 in a political advertisement.
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Irea Huntress
General Fund
Huntress
Jap Hoaxed On Gold Brick Hoax in Yokohama found by patrol
In Yokohama on May 1 a First Cavalry division patrol recovered two gilded brass bricks labeled as gold. The owner, a Japanese man, confessed to paying $33,000 for the pieces, admitting the hoax amid ongoing metal searches led by Capt. B. I. Freeman of Pasadena, California.
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Yokohama
First Cavalry Division
B. I. Freeman
Pasadena
Calif
Awaa
Atom Spy Sentenced for Secrecy Act Violation
Alan Nunn May, 34, a British physicist involved in nuclear research in Canada, was sentenced in London to 19 years in prison for disclosing restricted information to Russia. He pleaded guilty to violating the Official Secrets Act amid the wartime atomic energy project involving the United States Britain and Canada.
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London
Alan Nunn May
Iney
Russia
May
Canada
United States
Britain
Three Injured in Car Accidents This Week
Three pedestrians and drivers sustain injuries in separate Broadway crashes. Harry H. Davis, 69, found unconscious, treated at Robert B. Green Hospital. Lanera Grimros, 24, injured in Fort Sam Houston area. Warman Fuller Jr., 20, at fault. Mrs. Clara Knapp, 40, and Paul E. Knapp, 41, injured in a two-vehicle collision at North Alamo and East Commerce streets. Aggie Roundup: Five hundred Texas A&M alumni and guests to attend the 11th annual event May 4 at the Kenedy ranch south of Kingsville.
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Harry H. Davis
Robert B. Green Hospital
Broadway
J. M. Kessler
Davis
Lanera Grimros
Carmen Hotel
Warman Fuller Jr
Fort Sam Houston
Clara Knapp
Hammond Avenue
Paul E. Knapp
Louis Catala
East Commerce Street
North Alamo
East Commerce Streets
AGGIE
Kingsville
Texas A. and
M. Aggies
Aggies
Kenedy Ranch
Here
British Loan Meet Opposition as Senate Debates War Aid
Senator Brooks opposes a 3 750 000 900 loan to Britain calling it a worldwide WPA project that would lower U S living standards while allies prepare a parliamentary maneuver to block the bill A D Johnson plans a point of order to force a house vote and halt Senate consideration If sustained the move could suspend action on the loan and opponents jam behind the effort Central figures including Teese Jones Leo Crowley and Bernard Baruch are named as critics of the plan.
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Washington
Brooks
Senate
Johnson
Congress
House
Senators Seek Loophole Fix for Secrets in Weapons
Senate leaders, including Chairman Eastland, warn that current law allows foreign powers to contract for non-secret parts of guarded weapons and to bring in industrial know how, potentially enabling a foreign government to assemble secret devices using assembled components and training here.
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Eastland
D.-Miss
Federal aid bill for airports heads to President Truman
Congress approved a $500 million airport aid program for state and municipal construction. The Senate voted 43 to 32 for a matching-fund plan, after the House passed the measure on April 2. The $500 million is to be allocated over seven years starting next July 1, with yearly outlays capped at $100 million.
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Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Two Boys Questioned For Tampering With Boxcars
Juvenile authorities questioned two boys, ages 42 and 13, after they were caught tampering with boxcars in the Southern Pacific yards. I B. Rusk, assistant yard agent, said two cars had been opened and fruit jays distributed with no clear motive. Detectives reported a third party involved.
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Southern Pacific
I. B. Rusk
Nhat
Abuse Trial Quickens as US Forces Seek Papers Cleaned
In Germany a court martial of 14 officers and men over brutality at Lichfield heard that Washington instructed high army authorities to finish the trials quickly to avoid bad publicity. A special coordinator testified that the aim was to have the cases over and out of the newspapers. Postponements were granted in two related trials as defense teams argued for more preparation time.
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Gladys Schmit
Besrt
David the King
Ny, Times Book Reviews
Gladys Schmitt
Philadelphia Record
Supech Powel
Bad Nauheim
Germany
Lichfield
England
Washington
Calvin Schindler
Salt Lake City
Granville Cubage
Oklahoma City
Leonard W. Ennis
Peekskill, N
Ennis
Edward Chayes
Schindler
Army Chief of Staff
Co Ed Polls: Vets Seen as Better Lovers Now
Liberty Missouri May college poll explores views of 174 exservice men among 513 students. William Turnage and six veterans survey 20 states’ coeds, finding 66 say veterans are better lovers, while 23 undecided. Campaign for dating among returnees highlighted.
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Liberty, Mo
William Jewell
William Turnage
Prew
Grays Ointment For Skin Soothing Relief
Extra soothing ointment promises relief for itching rash pimples irritations minor burns cuts sprains and bruises. Manufactured as a wholesome soothing remedy, available at all drug stores with convenient pricing and broad external use.
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Richard Grenvile
Honor Harris
N. ¥. Herald Tribune
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Anthony Adverse
Ivanhoe
Marco Polo
China
Epeland
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Stalin
Kathleen Harriman
W. Averell Harrisman
U. S
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Wherry
R.-Neb
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Buck
Senate Banking Committee
George M. Englary
National Apartment Owners Association
Englar
OPA
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Veris the Sonic
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