POWs Meet At Barbed Wire Club In San Antonio
Ex prisoners of war invited to social meeting of the Barbed Wire club at Lone Star Brewery in San Antonio. Miss Margaret Alinsky will speak on underground work during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright and W. M. Porter attend. Discuss H R 4044 for POW families and Texas POW convention plans for June in Houston.
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Philippine Islands
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W. M. Porter
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Houston
Rural Roads Association Names McClellan Executive Secretary
State Rep. C. S. McClellan of Eagle Lake was elected executive secretary of the Texas Rural Roads Assn. He will earn $8000 yearly and will not serve as secretary during the legislative session, per association president Judge J. C. Cantrell.
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C. S. McClellan
Eagle Lake
Texas Rural Roads Assn
McLellan
J. C. Cantrell
Mc Kinney
Association
Portland to Have Woman as Mayor
Portland selects Dorothy McCullough Lee as its next mayor, making her the city's first woman to win the post. A 46-year-old lawyer and veteran public official, she has served as state representative, state senator, and Portland public utility commissioner. She and husband W Scott Lee ran a joint campaign, and Lee won about two thirds of the mayoral vote, defeating incumbent Earl Riley.
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California
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Tapers Burn Over Calvary in Jerusalem Holy Sepulchre
Report from Jerusalem May 22 describes slender tapers burning over the rock believed to be Calvary while the Church of the Holy Sepulchre remains quiet amid ongoing Arab Jewish fighting. The article notes heavy clashes in surrounding quarters, but sacred sites like the dome of the Rock and the Wailing Wall have avoided major damage so far. It mentions the Trans-Jordan legion offensive localized to the Jewish and Armenian quarters and warns of further fighting near Jaffa Gate. The piece ends by promoting a separate Sunday feature.
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Old City
Rescue of Jews Fails in Jordan Egyptian Link Continued
The report describes Jordanian troops linking with Egyptian forces advancing toward Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Arab artillery shells Jewish positions at Ramat Rachel as Jews in Jerusalem, including 100,000 residents and thousands of troops, resist. British policy toward Palestine stirs tension with Anglo American friction, while U S diplomat Douglas discusses with Bevin.
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Jerusalem
Ramat Rachel
Israel
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Holy Land
U. S
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Bevin
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Tel Aviv
Jesse James Day Draws Thousands in Lawton Crowd
Lawton Oklahoma May 22 Estimators put the Jesse James Day crowd around 30000 as a 100 year old man claimed to be the outlaw rode through streets to the courthouse. The event tied traffic for 45 minutes as he spoke briefly. Admiral Led Ba Schuster dies at St Marys hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Jesse James
Milton Keating
Courthouse Hawn
Jefferson City
Led Ba Schuster
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