Inspection Of Cars Lags As Deadline Nears
A near deadline for auto inspections under state law shows Snyder county stations far behind. Eight stations Pollard Motor Dupree Nash Lamb Chevrolet Pierce Ezell Stimson Lee have processed about 4 512 inspections, over a third of Scurry County’s 11 194 autos. To meet Sept 6, Snyder must handle over 800 vehicles per site. past two weeks total under 1 000. Average cost is about 3 dollars with lights listed as main expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Pollard Motor Co
Dupree Nash Co
Lamb Chevrolet Co
Pierce Motor Co
Ezell Motor Co
Stimson Motor Sales
Lee Motor Co
Stoning of U S Army Sergeant in Tehran Street Clash
An American Army sergeant, Sgt. James Hagan of Atlanta, was stoned by about 100 Communist youths in Tehran on Istanbul Street as his jeep stopped at a traffic light. The driver, a Persian soldier, and the sergeant were struck but uninjured. police dispersed the crowd as the vehicle sped away.
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Tehran
Iran
U. S. Army
James Hagan
Atlanta
Istanbul Street
Mossadegh
Drilling Report On Area Wells
Standard Oil of Texas No. 1 C. L. Jones northeast Howard project drills below 2 492 feet in anhydrite near Coro net 1 Brokhage. Cosden No. 1 Reed in East Central Howard to 4430 feet. Stephens No. 1 Simpson in North Central Howard at 1521 feet. Texas Co No. 1 M A Fuller in North Scurry to 6928 feet. Hassie Hunt No. 1 Mary Gatlin in Scurry at 2321 feet. Gaskill No. 1 West Kent in Clairemont area at 920 feet. Burnett No. 1 Shell in North Central King at 6614 feet.
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Standard Oil of Texas
C. L. Jones
Howard Project
San Angelo
Jones
Scurry County
Cosden Petroleum
Reed
Howard Wildcat
Ohio Oil No
Gaskill
West Kent
Wildcat
Clairemont
Shell Oil No
Burnett
King Wildcat
Benton Loses Delay Bid in McCarthy Libel Suit Testimony
In Washington on August 19 Judge Burnita Matthews denied McCarthy's request to delay pretrial deposition of Paul Hoffman. Benton aims to counter McCarthy's charges of fraud and deceit with Hoffman's testimony, highlighting his ECA leadership and ties to the Marshall Plan era.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Paul G. Hoffman
Sen. Benton
D-Conn
U. S
Burnita S. Matthews
Edward B. Williams
Theodore Kiend
Benton
Williams
Matthews
Kiend
Statler Hotel
Hoffman
Kiendl
Theodore Kiendl
New York
Gerhard van Arkel
Economic Recovery Administration
ECA
Europe
Last Day Of Voting By Absentee Ballot
About 144 people had voted by absentee ballot by noon with 197 applications filed. County Clerk Pat Johnston warns that the deadline is midnight tonight for absentee voting.
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Pat Johnston
Weather Record: 104 Degree High Repeats
Yesterday reached 104 degrees as recorded by Mrs. D P Strayhorn weather observer. The low last night was 74 with a 7:30 am reading of 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Strayhorn
MacArthur Name Placed On Texas Ballot By Party
General Douglas MacArthur will appear on the Texas presidential ballot as the candidate of the Christian Nationalist Party after Secretary of State Jack Ross reviewed its petition and found it sufficient. The party lists MacArthur for president, Jack B. Tenney for vice president, and 23 Texas electors including George W. Armstrong and R. W. Donnell among others from Fort Worth Dallas San Antonio and other cities.
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Austin
Douglas MacArthur
Texas
Jack Ross
Ross
Christian Nationalist Party
A. V. Grant
Saint Jo
MacArthur
Jack B. Tenney
Los Angeles
Grant
R. W. Donnell
George W. Armstrong
Cleveland
Ray Summers
Fort Worth
R. M. Mann
Maurice Sevier
H. C. Durst
B. O. Harrell
San Antonio
Ray H. Keasler
Andy Cash
Hugh Gano
Dallas
W. F Rolf
Seguin
Bert A. Tribble
Lubbock
Robert B. Elliott
el Paso
William J. Bezner
Gainesville
F. J. McDonald
Merkel
Horace Sherman Miller
Waco
John S. Sorley
Plainview
D. B. Williamson
Rusk
P. A. Spain
Paris
William Heimer
Floresville
Henry Olejnik
Temple
A. Z. Jones
Dennine
I. A. Bird
Robert
Meeting Called Over Drought in Texas
Gov. Shivers called a meeting for 3:30 p.m. tomorrow to discuss the Texas drought and whether to ask President Truman to declare the state a drought disaster area. Invitations were sent to State Agriculture Commissioner John C. White and to federal officials including Vance and C. J. McCormick, who attended a West Texas drought conference.
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College Station
C. J. McCormick
U. S
West Texas
Abilene
Shivers
Brannan Plans Release of Farm Aid Survey Findings
Secretary Brannan prepares to reveal a nationwide survey on farmers views of federal farm aid programs. About 3 000 reports compiled by county and state groups support strong approval of crop controls and price supports. The summary faces scrutiny from critics including American Farm Bureau Federation’s Allan B. Kline.
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Brannan
Washington
Department
Brannnan
Family Farm Policy Review
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kline
Congress
Democrats For Eisenhower Ballot Bid Moves Ahead
Mississippi Democrats for Eisenhower plan a 11 a.m. meeting to file a petition with 400 signatures to put eight electors on the ballot as an independent slate. The State Democratic Convention voted 222 to 51% to pledge electors to Stevenson Sparkman, while advocating no formal endorsement.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Sam Lumpkin
Eisenhower
Illinois
John Sparkman
Alabama
Hugh White
Fielding Wright
Dixie
Wright
Texas Railroad Commission Sets September Oil Allowable
The Texas Railroad Commission approved a record oil allowable of 3,225,415 barrels per day for September, up from 3,159,477. The increase comes with 22 producing days statewide, two more than August, and affects fields including Pantex Hawkins Millican and West Texas connections to Phillips Goldsmith Plant. Testimony at a proration hearing included criticism of imports while firms urged varied day counts and some favored 23 days.
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BO Byers Austin
Ane
Texas Railroad Commssion
Texas
Maston Nixon
Southern Minerals Corp
Corpus Christi
Ione Sanses
Indore
Ont Petroleum Association of America
Pantex
Pickton
Hawkins
Millican
West Texas
Phillips’ Goldsmith
Signalman Foils Train Robbers Near Itola Station
An alert signal tower man saved the frontier mail train from 60 bandits near Itola station eighteen miles from Baroda. He warned the train to skip the station as bandits looted railway workers homes and injured eight employees. The signalman escaped without harm.
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Bombay
India
Frontier Mail
Itola
Baroda
Armitsar
Superforts Hit Nakwon Grenade Plant in Korea
Fourteen U S Superforts bombed a large Nakwon factory 3 miles south of the Manchurian border, a 78 target list announced by Far East headquarters. The raid, amid anti-aircraft fire, dropped 140 tons of bombs, with claims the plant produced thousands of grenades daily and all planes returned safely.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Tokyo
U. N. Command
Nakwon
Siney
Namsidong
Korean
Sea of Japan
Hokkaido
Japan
No Leads On Boat Sabotage
Police investigating the sabotage of two Henry J. Kaiser speedboats report a lack of good leads. Fingerprint evidence is absent and one boat was fouled with gasoline leaking into the bilge, while the other had a hacksawed main drive shaft and stuffed carburetor parts. Kaiser, calling it a murderous attempt on his life, planned to race one boat Sunday on Lake Tahoe with mechanic Max Collins identifying the sabotage before the regatta.
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Tahoe City
Calif
Henry J. Kaiser
Harry Johannson
Johannson
Kaiser
Lake Tahoe
Max Collins
Four County Races Near Run-off in Scurry County
Scurry County voters head to the polls Saturday to decide run-off candidates in four county races including county judge sheriff and precinct offices. The ballot pairs Edgar Taylor vs C E McGaw for county judge and Tom DeShazo vs R L Terry for constable precinct No. 1 among others with district attorney and supreme court associates also on the slate. Polling places retain the same locations as the first primary across several precincts including courthouse Cottonwood Flat Ennis Creek Dermott Fluvanna Union Knapp Church and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County
Edgar Taylor
C. E. McGaw
F. C. Hairston
Homer Whisnand
Lloyd Merritt
Incumbant
Haskell O. Beard
L. L. Moore
Constable
Tom DeShazo
Aganst R. L. Terry
Renal B. Rosson
Scurry
Borden
Bob Davie
Torney
Keith L. Merrick
Frank P. Culver
Fort Worth
Spurgeon Bell
Houston
State Supreme Court
Martin Dies
Angelina County
Pollina
Cottonwood Flat
Ennis Creek
Dermott
Fluvanna
Merchantile
Union
Knapp Church
China Grove
Iraq School
Dunn
Lone Wolf
Pyron
Hermleigh
Camp Springs
Canyon
Lloyd Mountain
Northwest Elementary
City Hall
Crowder
Truce Hopes Dim Yet Armistice Seen Possible
Maj. Gen. William Harrison, U N Command armistice delegate, said an armistice is possible though he has no idea when. He spoke after a tense Panmunjom news conference following another hour of exchanges with Communist negotiators and no progress on prisoner exchange. The talks recessed for a week as Gen Nam Il accepted a target date of August 27 for the next session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
William Harrison
U. N. Command
U.N
Panmunjom
Nam Il
Harrison
Shipyard Sale To Be Probed By Grand Jury
Attorney General McGranery said the government sale of the St Johns River shipyard in Jacksonville Florida in 1946 will be presented to a federal grand jury on September 3. The Naples sale involved bribery and collusion allegations linked to Louis E Wolfson who led Tampa Shipbuilding and later Capital Transit.
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Washington
McGranery
St. Johns River
Jacksonville
Fla
House
Justice Department
Tampa Shipbuilding Corporation
Louis E. Wolfson
Wolfson
Capital Transit Company
Washington D. C
Capital Transit
Sister Of Canadian Official Linked To Immigration Fraud
The Justice Department named Aline Steigerwald of Windsor as among Canadians tied to a visa fraud probe in Detroit. Her brother is Canadian Public Health Minister Paul Martin. Authorities say about 100 Canadians may have secured U.S. entry by falsifying finances, with arrests of Lawrence MacKinnon and Everett Glassco and a Windsor bank manager's admission of false deposits.
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Washington
Justice Department
Canada
Aline Steigerwald
Windsor
Paul Martin
Detroit
Steigerwald
Lawrence E. MacKinnon
Everett E. Glassco
Roy H. McBride
Provincial Bank of Canada
Glassco
Kamion Attacks Air Strip on Jolo Island
Moro outlaw Datu Kamion attacked a Philippine Air Force strip in Eastern Jolo Island but guards repelled the assault. One Filipino Air Force lieutenant is reported missing.
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Manila
Datu Kamion
Philippine Air Force
Jolo Island
Guards Army
Weather summary for Texas regions Tuesday through Wednesday
East and South Central Texas see clear to partly cloudy skies with mild temperatures. winds from the south along the coast. North Central Texas reports fair conditions with little temperature change. West Texas notes clear to partly cloudy weather with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers in the Panhandle and west of the Pecos Valley.
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Texas
West
Panhandle
Pecos Valley
Oil Cartel Report Draws Reagan Frontline Critique
Senator Homer Ferguson says the government oil cartel report is a rehash of earlier findings from his 1948 Senate committee. President Truman released the secrecy ban after Sen. John Sparkman pressed for publication, while Sparkman vows his subcommittee will probe further before judging the FTC report.
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Washington
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
State Department
Ferguson
Senate
Truman
John Sparkman
Alabama
Federal Trade Commission
U. S
Detroit
Middle East
FTC
Alro
Fede
Sparkman
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Jawbone
Jimmy Emerald
Lee Joslin
Bud Shea
Sonora
Mac
By Keith Fuller
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Vaca
Commission
Ral
Stanolind Oil Purchasing Company
Nixon
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Sun Oil
Gulf and Phillips
Sinelaie
Cities
Shell Oil Company
United States
Vincent Hallinan
Progressive Party
Steilacon
Wash
McNeil Island Federal Prison
Hallinan
San Francisco
Peace Carity
Harry Bridges
Kamion
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