No Shows On Test Made In Pennsylvanian
The Texas Co No 1 M A Fuller runs a second Pennsylvanian drillstem test after no shows on yesterday’s test. Today’s test targets 17 232 304 feet with a surface air blow and zero surface pressures. A 7 162 172 foot interval yielded 25 feet of drilling mud in a one hour test. Northwest of Snyder in section 62 5 H GN the Fuller well shows no oil or gas.
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Texas Co. No
M. A. Fuller
Fuller
Snyder
H&gn
Snyder schools see about 60 percent fall registration
About 60 percent of Snyder school students were expected to enroll for the fall during a two day registration led by Superintendent Cecil Yarbrough. The final count after day two reached 2,315 with 495 in high school 380 in junior high 232 at Central Primary 231 at Central Elementary 315 at East Elementary 260 at North Elementary and 402 at West Elementary.
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Snyder
Cecil Yarbrough
Central Primary
Central
East Elementary
North Elementary
West Elementary
Texas Polio Cases Reach New Record
The Associated Press reports Texas set a new yearly polio record with 214 cases last week, bringing total 2,784. State Health Officer George W. Cox urges permanent sanitation campaigns and year-round sanitation to prevent future outbreaks, noting 54 counties affected and ongoing deaths and disabilities.
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Associated Press
Texas
George W. Cox
Cox
Cochran
Denton
Terrell
Harris
Tarrant
Dallas
Galveston
McLennan
Jefferson
el Paso
Nueces
Smith and Bexar
Hidalgo
Lubbock
Potter
Grayson
Travis
Fisher
Gregg
Brazos
Brown
Calhoun
Ector
Hale
Midland
Tom Green
Victoria
Winkler
Bowie
Brazoria
Cameron
Cooke
Coryell
Duval
Floyd
Franklin
Gonzales
Hockley
Kleberg
Lamar
Lavaca
Reagan
Red River
Reeves
Rockwall
San Saba
Taylor
Titus
Upshur
van Zandt
Wharton
Wichita
Yoakum
Texans
Bank Robber Escapes After $18000 Bank Heist
A masked thief robbed the Reyno Farmers and Merchants Bank of about $18,000 in the morning. He locked two bank officials and a customer in the vault and escaped after forcing Miss Oustean Ahrent and Don Athy to kneel. the robber entered through a rear door before opening at 8:45 a.m. CST.
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Reyno
Ark
Reyno Farmers and Merchants Bank
Glenn Brown
Oustean Ahrent
Don Athy
Absentee Ballots Cast In Second Primary
County clerk Pat Johnston reports 205 voters cast absentee ballots by the midnight deadline. An additional 37 ballots sent on application may be counted if received by Saturday at 1 pm, with a potential total of 242. In the first primary more than 300 voted absentee, and two years ago 66 did so in the second primary.
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Pat Johnston
Johnston
Texas drought relief push seeks federal feed aid
Texas farmers urged Gov. Shivers to ask President Truman to designate the state as a drought disaster area under Public Law 875. If approved, the CCC would import surplus livestock feed to Texas, with a committee setting a fair price and excess costs funded by 875 dollars.
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Associated Press
Texas
Austin
Shivers
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farmers Home Administration
The
Weather Bureau
Abilene
FHA
Secretary of Agriculture
Truman
CCC
Nixon Challenges Stevenson in New Hampshire Campaign
Sen Richard Nixon at Hampton Beach accuses Gov Adlai Stevenson of being tied to the Truman machine and big city bosses. He calls on Stevenson to declare support for Truman policies and Dean Acheson, and to reject federal control of tidelands, urging a clear pro Eisenhower stance.
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Hampton Beach
N. H
Richard Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
Dean Acheson
Stevenson
Nixon
Gov. Stevenson
Sen. Nixon
Mr. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Soviet Moves Fool No One
Washington observers say Moscow aims to fool outsiders and Russians by abolishing the Politburo and holding a party congress the first in 13 years alongside a new five year plan. Diplomats see Malenkov as likely successor to Stalin and note his selection to read the main report signals his entrenchment in the hierarchy.
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Washington
Russia
Politburo
Communist Party
Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Josef Stalin
Malenkov
Hermleigh to Hold Water Bond Election and Meter Upgrades
Hermleigh citizens vote September 5 on a 25000 water improvement bond to be paid from taxes. Mayor Herman Richburg says no tax hike is needed. meters will be read to base charges on usage and reduce the flat 2.50 monthly rate. Proposed work adds a new well pumps meters and extended mains for two wells serving about 415 GPM.
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Hermleigh
Herman Richburg
Richburg
New Anti U S Riots In Iran
In Tehran Communist youths attacked U S military personnel with rocks injuring no one aboard two cars carrying American majors and a non commissioned officer. Martial law, eased last week, faced possible reimposition as troops responded to clashes with police, soldiers and rioters in central Tehran leaving two policemen and a soldier stabbed.
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Tehran
Iran
U. S
Arab Nations Activate Own Defense Pact Next Month
Seven Arab states Egypt Syria Lebanon Jordan Iraq Saudi Arabia and Yemen will activate their Middle East defense pact at a September meeting of Arab League military commanders. The 1950 agreement declares collective defense against armed aggression and contrasts with the Western proposed Middle East defense command. Azzam said peace with Israel awaits return of 1948 refugees and UN Holy Land enforcement.
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Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
Arab League
League
Abdel Rahman Azzam
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
U. S
Britain
France
Turkey
Arab League Defense Alliance
West
Azzam
Israel
U. N
Holy Land
Warplanes Hit Red Military Supply Area
U S and allied air forces attacked a Communist supply and troop area on the Korean west coast near Pyongyang. Air strikes destroyed dozens of buildings and damaged enemy positions while weekly casualty figures reported by the Eighth Army show a high toll in the Panmunjom region.
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Red
Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Air Force
U. S. Eighth Army
U. S
Bunker
Siberia
Panmunjom
Directory Says Being Bound for Snyder Publication
The Salisbury Publishing Co under contract to publish Snyder city directory reports the directory printed and at a Dallas bindery. Chamber leaders Huff and Feather visited Artesia and Farmington to verify the firm’s move and finances. Delivery expected in about three weeks with roughly $9,000 in subscriptions and ads already paid.
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Salisbury Publishing Co
Snyder
Leon Huff
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Artesia
N. M
Huff
Herbert Feather
Chamber
Farmington
Marine wounded in action in Korea writes mother about hill 229
Pfc. Pfe Linebaugh of a Marine Corps unit in Korea reports to his mother Opal Gilliam that a mortar wound in his left knee came as he went to aid a wounded buddy during the hill 229 fight east of Panmunjom. He describes 13,000 rounds and 1,100 casualties in ten hours, the ambulance work that saved 189 dead and 263 wounded, and notes the ongoing struggle for Hill 229 amid air strikes and renewed attempts.
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Pfe
Hill 229
Panmunjom
White House calls Swedish reports on Truman guards false
The White House dismissed Swedish newspaper claims that Margaret Truman’s bodyguards roughed up citizens as untrue. Presidential Secretary Joseph Short said preliminary reports show nobody was touched or threatened and the matter is under review by State and Treasury. He noted no incident at city hall beyond a calm discussion after a photographer sought a picture.
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Mashington
White House
Margaret Truman
Joseph Short
State
Treasury Departments
Secret Service
Short
City Hall
Miss Truman
Secret Services
United States
Some Counties Won’t Hold Second Primaries In Texas
Judge Frank P. Culver criticized counties skipping the runoff for the state supreme court race noting state law requires a second primary. Spurgeon Bell, Houston, said counties may act locally. fines exist for failure but enforcement is uncertain. Culver planned a busy campaign route and predicted a wide victory margin.
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Austin
Frank P. Culver
State Supreme Court
Culver
Spurgeon Bell
Houston
Runnels
Concho
Bell
Waco
Dallas
Fort Worth
Mercury Exceeds 100 For Fifteenth Day In August
The report notes August heat with a high of 110 on one day and 104 on another, tagging August as the fifteenth day to surpass 100. July had fourteen days above 100, while the past four days stayed between 95 and 100. The low last night was 73 and 7:30 am reading was 76 per observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Weather summary for Texas shows scattered storms and steady temps
The forecast covers East, South Central, North and West Texas with clear to partly cloudy conditions. Widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers are possible near the coast and in the Panhandle and El Paso areas. Temperatures remain steady with moderate winds along the coast.
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East Texas
Texas
Panhandle
el Paso
Noted Texas Preacher J. Frank Norris Dies in Florida
Fort Worth estimates say the Rev J Frank Norris 74 a Baptist pastor who stirred crowds with fiery sermons died at a Florida Baptist youth camp after a long career in Fort Worth Detroit and Chicago He led the Bible Baptist seminary and the World Baptist Fellowship and faced a murder trial in 1927 binding his name to Texas religious and political conflict. He is survived by three sons and a daughter.
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J. Frank Norris
Texas
Baptist
Florida
Fort Worth
George Norris
Fundamentalist Baptist Churches
Chicago
First Baptist Church
Temnle Baptist Church
Detroit
Mich
Norris
Bible Baptist Seminary
Ft. Worth
First Baptist Church of
World Baptist Fellowship
Hell
I. E. Gates
San Antonio
Dr. Gates
D. E. Chipps
Dadeville
Ala
Hubbard
Baylor University
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
McKinney Avenue Baptist Church
Dallas
Lillian Gaddy
Waco
J. M. Gaddy
George
Joann Franklyn Jr
Jim Gaddy
Lillian Gaddy Weaver
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