Prison Slayer At Large in Chicago
In Chicago a rap ist and slayer escaped from Cook County jail after beating a guard to death. Police search the city for Harry Williams a 20 year old six foot two inch Negro armed with the guard riot gun. Williams and accomplice Raymond Jenko were linked to the escape. Jenko remained in the cell. The slain guard was George Turley. Williams had confessed involvement in a previous murder rapes and robberies.
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Chicago
Cook County
Harry Williams
Phillip Scanlann
John E. Babb
Williams
Jenko
Point
Joseph W. Duchler
Henko
Patricia Schwartz
Howard Test of Spraberry Well Drilling Scheduled Near Coahoma
Cosden Petroleum plans No. 1 W. W. Lay Jr. wildcat 5 000 feet deep in Spraberry trend four miles north of Coahoma Howard County with operations to start by Sept 1. Other regional rigs include Kewanee Oil No. 1 F near East Polar Pennsylvanian field and Sun Oil Nos. 1 D Bilby Wallace and 2 D Sampson in Kent County with varied depths and drillstem tests.
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Coahoma
Howard County
Cosden Petroleum Corp
W. W. Lay, Jr
T&p
Kent Outpost
Kewanee Oil Co
Wil Connell
Kent County
Clairemont
Bankline Oil Co
Joe Parks
Wildcat
Diamond M Pool
Scurry County
Lion Oil No
Helms
Sun Oil Co
Bilby Wallace
Clairemont - Lower Pennsylvanian
Sun No
D. G. Sampson
Texaco No. 1
Swenson
Salt Creek Field
Optimists pledge full support for park bonds
The Snyder Optimists Club voted to back county park and courthouse annex bonds at a recent meeting. James Rosser, president of the Scurry County Chamber of Commerce, spoke on the bond issues, marking the Optimists as the first service group to officially endorse them.
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Optimists
County Park
Snyder Optimists Club
James Rosser
Scurry County
Temple Aviation Leader Named Texas Aeronautics Director
Cliff Green, aviation director for Temple, has been named director of the Texas Aeronautics Commission by Gov. Allan Shivers. The appointment places Green in charge of state aviation policy and enforcement.
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Temple
Cliff Green
The
Texas Aeronautics Commission
Allan Shivers
Texas Officials Forecast Higher Texas Oil Output
The Production Administration for Defense plans to seek increased Texas crude oil production at a Thursday proration hearing in Abilene. PAD officials will argue for 53 401 more barrels daily in September, aiming for a 3 038 923 bpd total, first time above three million. Washington delegates Richard Lawton A P Frame and Cecil Burrell will attend.
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Production Administration For Defense
Abilene
Ernest O. Thompson
Texas
Commission
Washington
Richard Lawton
A.P. Frame
Cecil Burrell
Oil Tax Men Back County Park Proposal
Oil company tax representatives from Scurry County voiced support for a county park bond issue planned for Saturday. They urged a large, well equipped park and cautioned against funding a small 30 or 40 acre park, suggesting bonds be issued as needed. They also projected a 30 year minimum life for the field with potential production 75 years hence.
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Scurry County
W. R. Shurman
Fort Worth
Shurman
G. Ray Alexander
Dallas
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Dave Basche
Cities Service
Bartlesville
Okla
H. F. Harrington
Texas Co
Houston
Claud Gallamore
Tidewater Oil Co
Tulsa
Snyder publics set two day school registration
Preliminary registration for all Snyder public school students began this morning and continues tomorrow. Elementary students in the northwest area register at the northwest school, others at Twenty-eighth Street and Avenue K. Junior high students register at the junior high on Twenty-eighth Street and high school students register at the high school building.
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Snyder Public School
M. E
Stanfield
Twenty-eighth Street
Avenue K
Twenty - Eighth Street
Iran Rejects British Oil Offer as Talks Persist
Tehran says the latest British compromise on the oil dispute is unacceptable under Iran’s nationalization law which would strip ALOC profits. British negotiator Stokes says agreement may still be possible as talks continue after cabinet rejection.
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Tehran
Iran
Britain
Hossein Fatemi
Richard Stokes
ALOC
Stokes
Fronted Cool Front To Bring Relief Across Texas Panhandle
A cool front driven by a 25 mph wind moved from the Panhandle toward Central Texas expected by Thursday. The weather bureau warned it would be weakened but bring relief from a month of extreme heat that caused deaths and crop and livestock losses.
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Texas
Dalhart
Panhandle
South Plains
Northwest Texas
North Texas
Hearst Will Divides Multi Million Dollar Estate
William Randolph Hearst leaves his widow Millicent V. Hearst and five sons major shares in a 57 page will with nine codicils. The largest bequest is 1.5 million in cash and a 6 million trust to his wife. The will names the University of California and local museums among beneficiaries and notes a Beverly Hills home for Marion Davies, later revoked. Probate hearing set for August 27.
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Los Angeles
William Randolph Hearst
Millicent V. Hearst
New York City
Superior Court
Beverly Hills
University of California
Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art
California Charities Foundation
Marion Davies
Marion Douras
Miss Davies
Millicent V
Spinster Joke Is In Order
Denton holds the second annual Old Maid's Day proclaimed by the mayor. Old maids gather for free movies corsages and festivities begun by Dorothy Babb of North Texas State College to celebrate single status and gifting needs.
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Denton
Dorothy Babb
North Texas State College
Jennie Tanner
Dallas
Youth Dies of Wreck Injury Seventh Fatality
Noe Cadena, 16, Latin American youth, died at Snyder Hospital from injuries after an automobile wreck on Clairemont road Friday. Funeral at Mexican Baptist Church this afternoon, burial in Snyder cemetery conducted by Bolger Barnes. Survivors include parents Jesus and [name unreadable], four brothers and two sisters. The crash involved Cadena's car overturning on a curve. other occupants unharmed. Scurry County records this year’s seventh traffic fatality.
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Noe Cadena
Clairemont Road
Snyder Hospital
Mexican Baptist Church
E. P. Gonzales
Snyder Cemetery
Bolger - Barnes Funeral Home
Jesus Cadena
Cadena
Scurry County
Absentee Ballots Reported for Park and Jail Bonds
County clerk Pat Johnson announced 30 absentee ballots were received before the deadline for the park and jail bond election set for Saturday. Five thousand ballots were printed for the election in 21 boxes across the county. Polls open at 8 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.
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Pat Johnson
Johnson
Quiet Day in Tokyo Marks Sixth Anniversary of Surrender
In Tokyo on August 15, the sixth anniversary of Japan's surrender passed with little notice. Occupation personnel and Japanese citizens conducted normal day to day business with no ceremonies or flags, and most Americans appeared unaware of the war's end six years earlier. Only one major Tokyo daily commented on the surrender, focusing on Japan's future challenges after a peace treaty.
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Tokyo
Japan
Gambler Sherman Tells Probers O Dwyer Sought His Exit
Irving Sherman testified before Senate crime probers that William O Dwyer asked him to leave New York before the 1945 mayoral race to avoid questions about a "terrible blast in the newspaper." He said a go-between warned of a blast tied to Frank Costello and others backing O Dwyer. Sherman was a key link in the inquiry into O Dwyer’s victory and regime.
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Washington
Irving Sherman
Senate
New York
Wiliam O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
U. S
Mexico
Sherman
OG Dwyer
Rockefeller, 77, Weds Widow of Classmate
John D. Rockefeller Jr., 77, married Martha Baird Allen, 56, widow of Providence lawyer Arthur M. Allen, at the bride’s Providence home. The ceremony was led by Rev. Arthur H. Bradford with assistance from Rev. Robert James McCracken.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Martha Baird Allen
Providence
R. I
Arthur H. Bradford
Congregational Church of
Robert James McCracken
Riverside Church
Arthur M. Allen
Rockefeller
Brown University
UN delegates urge subcommittee to break Korean truce deadlock
In Munsan Korea Aug 15 United Nations delegates proposed a two man joint subcommittee to bypass formal talks and push a settlement of the buffer zone dispute. Joy backed the plan while Red generals showed interest though Nam Il defended the 38th Parallel position amid stalled July stalemate.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Red
U.N
Tokyo
Kaesong
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam Il
Joy
Nam I
City Tests New Water Well After Production Indication
The city is testing its newest water well today and tomorrow as W. J. Ramsey, city superintendent, notes the well shows good production but awaits official confirmation. If successful, it can be connected to the city mains within a week.
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W. J. Ramsey
Ramsey
Rabies Shots Under Fire As Polio Link Probed
In Frost Texas volunteers receive a third rabies shot amid debate over a five shot series aimed at proving rabies vaccination prevents polio for up to three years. Health officials warn of risks while Dr Hipps cites records of 700 vaccinated people not contracting polio.
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Frost
Texas
George W. Cox
Dallas
J. W. Bass
Walter E. Hipps
Waco
Corsicana-Navarro County
Austin
Bass
Hipps
Weather Outlook for West and East Texas Tonight and Thursday
Partly cloudy West Texas with widely scattered thundershowers and cooler air in Panhandle and South Plains tonight and Thursday. East Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers Thursday and cooler in the northwest tonight and north tomorrow.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
East Texas
Northwest
North Portion
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Bob Flowers
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Lee Watson
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Admiral Joy
William P. Nuckols
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