Heat Wave to Stay as Rains Dampen Texas Areas
Scattered downpours cooled parts of Texas while a sustained heat wave was forecast for two to three days. Rain fell unevenly with San Angelo and nearby ranchland seeing notable totals, and Lake Nosworthy’s level rose by 3 500 acre feet. County agent Marion Badger valued rain at about 5 000 bales of cotton, yet livestock south of San Angelo faced drought, and a planned $17 million dam awaited federal authorization.
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Texas
San Angelo
Follett
Roanoke
Dallas
Marfa
Wink
Claude
Panhandle
Shamrock
Coleman
Santa Anna
Bronte
Talpa
Miles
Sterling City
Water Valley
Robert Lee
Spearman
Vega
Ballinger
Henrietta
Sherman
Wichita Falls
Gainesville
Middle Concho River
Spring Creek
Tom Green
Marion Badger
del Rio
Fort Stockton
Oilfield Activity Expands In Loraine And Dawson Areas
Hassie Hunt Trust plans No 1 Lillie E Bennett wildcat 7500 feet to test Ellenburger in Northeast Mitchell County near Loraine. Gulf Oil to start No 1 T E Vestal 10700 foot exploration 14 miles northeast of Lamesa, testing Siluro Devonian, offset to Amerada Adcock discovery near 882 barrel daily pay. York & Harper reports No 1 J E Wright Glorietta field opener in Northeast Yoakum County with 360.89 barrels daily from 5940 to 6007 feet, near Cobb Glorietta field, with 265 1 gas oil ratio.
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Hassie Hunt Trust Estate
Dallas
Lillie E. Bennett
Ellenburger
Mitchell County
T&p
Loraine
Dawson Offset
Gulf Oil Corp
T. E. Vestal
Dawson County
Lamesa
Amerada Petroleum
Adcock
D&se
O'Donnell
York & Harper, Inc
J.E. Wright
Glorietta
Yoakum County
Cobb ~ Glorietta
John Gib
Wild Parties For Contracts Implicate Contractor
Senators eyed public scrutiny of wild parties where a contractor supplied women to entertain Army procurement officers. Investigation since last year aims to see if the contractor gained unlawful edge in defense contracts. The firm still holds contracts. two civilian officers resigned amid suspension. The contractor’s name remains secret. A preliminary report mentions entertainment of women at parties without specifics.
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Washington
Army
No Watering Violation Tickets Yet
Police chief Ray Keenan said no water ordinance violations have resulted in tickets. He noted several complaints showed either no watering or watering from a private well. Keenan added that officers will not seek the reporters’ identities.
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Ray Keenan
Keenan
Anglo Iranian Talks Hit New Snag Over Oil Control
Tehran reports pessimism in oil nationalization talks as Britain delays submitting a settlement proposal. Richard Stokes plans to outline the plan while Shah is briefed. Iran questions keep the British proposal on refinery and oilfield management under British influence.
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Tehran
Richard Stokes
Stokes
Kazem Hassibi
Bracero Bill Passes House Moves To White House
The House approved 950000 for operating the Mexican farm labor import program to ease cotton picker shortages in the Rio Grande Valley. About 200000 funds will set up centers at border points including Harlingen Texas where American farmers may hire Mexican nationals. The rest funds a revolving pool to cover moving workers from Mexican towns to centers with employers paying up to 15 dollars per worker for border transportation. A Senate amendment allows the Labor Department to hire Mexican citizens at recruiting centers in Mexico as typists and clerks.
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Washington
House
White House
Rep
Bentsen
D-Tex
Congress
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Harlingen
Tex
Mexico
Action
Senate
Labor Department
Main County Park Near Snyder Proposed in Bond Vote
Two county park sites are proposed under the county park bond vote set for Saturday. Parks planner Paul Keaton says the main park would be centered near Snyder with a lake area at the Colorado River dam serving as a smaller public recreation site on the lake shore.
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Snyder
Colorado River Dam
Paul Keaton
Keaton
Colorado River
Charges Against Boyle Probe Could Go Full Soon
Senator Hoey said a Senate expenditure subcommittee may issue a preliminary report this week on charges against William M. Boyle Jr the Democratic national chairman. Investigators in St Louis probe claims Boyle sought to influence RFC loans and contracts and he denied links to an $565 000 RFC loan to American Littelford Co. He earned 30 000 yearly as chairman and 1 250 prior to 1949 for legal work.
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Washington
Hoey
Senate
William M. Boyle, Jr
St. Louis
Boyle
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
American Litteford Co
Navy Patrol Plane Missing Over Alaska Coast
A four-engined Navy PB4-Y-2 Privateer with 12 crew aboard disappeared Sunday after takeoff from Kodiak on a routine mission. The missing bomber left no further contact after a 10:14 a.m. position report and fuel would be exhausted by 9:35 p.m. Alaska time. An air and sea search was launched as fog and rain hindered rescue efforts.
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Kodiak
Alaska
British Columbia
Sister Kenny Declares Fatal Illness Amid Polio Fight
Sydney August 13 Sister Elizabeth Kenny a famed polio fighter told a reporter she is incurably ill and has little time left. The 65 year old nurse said she would continue her battle against the ravages of disease until she dies and will leave Thursday for the.
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Sydney
Elizabeth Kenny
Polio Nurse Granted US Freedom On Way To Copenhagen
Miss Kenny a Toowoomba nurse travels to Copenhagen for an international poliomyelitis conference under nurse care after being granted American freedom of movement by a special US Congress bill. She says she hopes to return home to Australia and her relatives after the trip.
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United States
Copenhagen
Denmark
Toowoomba
American Congress
LaFayette
England
America
Miss Kenny
Australia
Taft Signals Narrow Defense Plan With Air Force Emphasis
Senator Taft says he will back an Air Force expansion while opposing a broad rise in Army and Navy spending. He warns a $20 billion late-year request could push deficits toward $25 billion annually, favoring a measured airpower increase over full military growth. He notes cost limits and committee plans to review future fund requests.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Army
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Congress
Ferguson
R-Mich
Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Navy
House
Senate
Vinson
Armed Services Committee
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mexicans Get Loan on Rails
The Export Import Bank granted two credits totaling 56 million dollars to Mexico for railway rehabilitation. A 51 million loan funds materials equipment and services for the National Railways of Mexico. Ferrocar rill Mexicano receives five million to operate 560 miles between Mexico City and Vera Cruz.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
National Railways of Mexico
Ferrocarrill Mexicano
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Bank
Herbert E. Gaston
Possible Changes In Japanese Treaty Hint by U S Officer
Manila Aug 13 U S Ambassador Myron M Cowen hinted a possible change in American policy on the Japan peace treaty He said the treaty will not make you too unhappy after meeting with Carlos P Romulo Philippine secretary of foreign affairs The exchange followed a conference with Romulo in Manila
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Manila
U. S
Myron M. Cowen
Japan
Cowen
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippine
Custody Battle Ends in Courthouse Shooting
In Fredericksburg a 38 year old Dallas man Seth A. Good was shot dead on the Gillespie County courthouse lawn after five custody trials over his stepdaughter Carolyn Ann Birk. Lenar O. Birk 41 owner of a local variety store is free on 5000 bond facing murder charges.
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Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Seth A. Good
Dallas
Lenar O. Birk
Mrs. Good
Carolyn Ann Birk
Birk
Carolyn Ann
Weather Relief Brings Cooler High of 94 Degrees
Yesterday the area received no rainfall while Snyder saw none as a heat spell eased. The day topped at 94, with pre-dawn low around 67 and 71 degrees reported at 7 30 this morning.
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Snyder
Hawkins Removes Rattles From Live Snake
Aug 13 in Rotan Texas. Coe Hawkins killed a large rattlesnake behind his barn. He cut off the rattles after a suggestion by his wife. Returning with a flashlight and knife he pinned the snake and snipped the rattles. The next morning he found the rattles still attached, realizing the snake was alive.
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Rotan
Coe Hawkins
Coe
Ife
Hawkins
Twenty Texans Die in Weekend Violent Deaths
Aまとめ of Texas fatalities reports as 20 people killed in a variety of weekend incidents. Included are Mrs. Melvyn Jones of Marshall, a Karnack relation to Senator Lyndon Johnson, and multiple other deaths from car crashes electrocution drownings and a jet crash.
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Texas
Melvyn Jones
Marshall
Marshall-Karnack
Jones
T. J. Taylor
Karnack
Taylor
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
William Andrew Achard
Galveston
Hitchcock
Dallas
Fredericksburg
Air Force
Samuel Guzmas
Coahoma
Big Spring
William T. Shifflett
Sweetwater
Coleman
Lewis Bryan
Stamford
Hamlin
Charles Beckham
David
Alma
Corsicana
James Moore
Pecos
Edward T. Thornton
Wetumpka
Big Lake
Four Men Break Hole In City Jail Roof
Two of four escapees were recaptured minutes after the breakout. Police Chief Ray Keenan said two men remain at large, likely having fled town. a fifth inmate declined to join the escape. The fugitives were jailed on misdemeanor drunkenness charges.
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Ray Keenan
Keenan
Heat Strikes Hit Southwestern Bell Operators in Dallas
Hundreds of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co workers in Dallas walked out at 9 am protesting heat in the switchboard rooms. Figures ranged from 750 to 1,200 strikers. Supervisory staff kept service, while unions questioned the lack of a sanctioned walkout. Temperature was 87 in the morning.
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Dallas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Cwa-Cio
No Agreement On Positions Of Combatants
North Korea’s Lt. Gen Nam Il led a 13th session of U N armistice talks with the United Nations failing to advance on a buffer zone along the 38th parallel. The UN said Nam Il rejected a prior statement while reading from a prepared paper.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Nam Il
U. N
Nam 11
Nam 1l
U.N
38Th Parallel
Kaesong
Adm
C. Turner Joy
William P. Nuckols
Nuckols
North
South Korea
Nam
Joy
Nam II
Nam Tl
Weather synopsis for Texas parts today and tomorrow
West Texas experiences partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers and little temperature change. East Texas sees clear to partly cloudy weather with persistently high temperatures tonight and Tuesday.
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West Texas
East Texas
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