Cotton In Valley Hit By Storm
Heavy showers from a Gulf fringe storm drenched the Rio Grande Valley threatening 200 000 to 300 000 bales of unpicked cotton. Browns ville reported 2.55 inches of rain with winds 10 to 20 mph and forecasts of more showers across the lower valley as a cool front cools Texas. Naval Air Station Corpus Christis planes were boarded up and liberties canceled as a precaution.
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Associated Press
Gulf of Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville
Texas
Weather Bureau
Harlingen
San Benito
Lower Valley
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Padre Island
Deep Wildcat Scheduled In Dawson County
Fort Worth operators A. B. and W. A. Moncrief Jr start No. 1 Cobden Estate wildcat in Dawson County to probe Pennsylvanian lime about 15 miles NW of Lamesa. Nearby No. 191 Scanlon estate remains depth 4,530 feet with no production indications. Other wells include Lion Oil No. 1 Helms and Sinclair No. 1 Bessie McCleaskey drilling near Rotan and Kent County wildcat Texaco No. 1 Swenson.
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A. B
W. A. Moncrief, Jr
Fort Worth
Cobden
Dawson County
Mel&rr Survey
Lamesa
Scanlon
Mel&rr
Fishing Lion Oil Co
C. O. Helms
Scurry Wildcat
Fisher County
Sinclair Oil & Gas Co
Bessie McCleaskey
Rotan
Kent
Texaco
Swenson
Kent County
Wildcat
Navy Plans First Atomic Powered Submarine
The Navy awarded a contract to Electric Boat Company of Groton Connecticut for the first atomic powered submarine. Officials gave few details but sources say the 2 500 ton vessel would have vast underwater range and speeds possibly 50 to 60 mph. The project marks a major step toward reactor powered propulsion with tests to come at sea.
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Washington
Navy
Electric Boat Company
Groton
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Charles A. Lockwood
U. S
Pacific
Russia
Air Force
General Electric Company
MacArthur Turns Down Invitation to Speak at San Francisco Conference
Washington reports General Douglas MacArthur refused to address the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco citing a potential implication of representing the Truman administration. An aide in New York said MacArthur would attend only if directly invited by the conference itself.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
New York
MacArthur
San Francisco
U. S
Col
Lawrence Bunker
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Snyder High School Season Tickets Go On Sale
Season tickets for all Snyder high school football home games go on sale at 9 am Friday in the county school superintendent Forrest Beavers office in the courthouse. Tickets cost 6.50 for five home games saving 1 over five individual tickets. Individual reserved seats 1.50 adults 1 student. General admission 1 adult 0.5 student. Prices set at District 5-AA meeting last week.
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Snyder
Forrest Beavers
Dawson County Pays $1000 for First Cotton Bale
LAMESA August 22 Dawson County tenant farmer Jack Grigg received a $1000 premium for producing the first cotton bale of the season. His bale was ginned Tuesday and the extra funds were raised by local Dawson County cotton men.
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Lamesa
Jack Grigg
Dawson County
No Progress In Talks as Reds Accused of Bad Faith
Aug 22 Munsan Korea Allies accuse Communists of bad faith over Kaesong in sixth Kaesong session failing to progress on armistice line. UN and Communist sides stick to demands, with Joy’s return to Munsan and no new instructions.
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Munsan
Korea
Kaesong
United Nations
United Nations Command
Tokyo
UNC
U.N
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Matthew B. Ridgway
Joy
Hurricane Whips Tampico Center is 60 Miles East
Tampico, Mex, Aug 22 A hurricane slam hit the city with 78 mph winds and a 130 mph center passing 60 miles east. Fifteen injured by flying debris, power cut, refugees evacuated to high ground as firemen pull families from wrecked homes. Floods overflow the Pan uco river and nearby lagoons. port facilities and communications disrupted. Two Brownsville fishermen drowned in the Gulf while the storm raged offshore.
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Tampico
Mex
Weather Bureau
Robert Allen
Tamesi River
Veracruz
Lobos Island
Panuco
Gulf
Chairel
Carpintero
Gulf of Mexico
Brownsville
Willis Trahan
Roy Fontenay
Truman Plans Message to Congress on Stronger Price Controls
Washington officials say President Truman will ask Congress for enhanced price control powers and intends to send a special message by the weekend. Senators Maybank and Capehart voiced early concerns about the new Economic Controls Law and its administration, while Maybank signaled openness to administration proposals.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Joseph Short
Senate
Maybank
D-Sc
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Banking Committee
Infiltration Fears Roil Government Circles Across Agencies
Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby told the House Un-American Activities Committee he believes a Soviet spy network like the Sarge King ring is active in the United States. Senate hearings probe subversive influence on Far East policy with Budenz and Lattimore among witnesses and cases connected to Amerasia and IPR.
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Washington
Charles A. Willoughby
Far East
Japan
United States
Willoughby
House UN - American Activities Committee
Sarge King
Senate
Louis Budenze
Budenz
Institute of Pacific Relations
Little Red School
Daily Worker
Fordham University
Internal Security
U. S
McCarran
D-Nevy
IPR
Earl Browder
Amerasia
Owen Lattimore
New York
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Field
House Unamerican
Douglas MacArthur
House
Richard Sorge
Iran Parliament backs Mossadegh as oil talks continue
In Tehran on August 22 parliament and senate expressed support for Premier Mossadegh while urging continued oil dispute talks with Britain. The Majlis voted 72 to zero in favor and the senate backed his uncompromising policy with 33 votes and three abstentions. Britain’s Richard Stokes extended the ultimatum to 3 pm local time as talks drag.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Senate
Britain
Richard Stokes
London
Mossadegh
Stokes
Mossadegh Seeks Support to Sustain Iran Talks
In a public Majlis session Mossadegh urged national unity to avert a break in talks with Britain over the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. A private session reported deputies warned Mossadegh to resign if no solution is found as the British demand to staff the oil firm under British management faced rejection. Stokes extended a deadline and insisted details were clear while Mossadegh pressed for more specifics.
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Majlis
Mossadegh
Britain
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Iran
Sardar Reza Hekmat
Stokes
Technicans
Anglo - Iranian Oil Company
Reds expect Japan US peace talks in San Francisco
Tokyo reports a belief in Russia signing the Japanese peace treaty next month in San Francisco. Circles say Moscow will demand a fixed departure date for American forces and oppose a bilateral US Japan pact, aiming to avoid a unilateral treaty.
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Tokyo
Russia
San Francisco
Japan
United States
Peiping
Red China
Soviet Russia
Matthew B. Ridgway
Force Vote On European Aid
Senator Lodge called for a test committee vote on a full 5.293 billion dollars in military aid to Europe within the 7.499 billion dollar foreign assistance bill. He urged quick Senate committee action and backed larger outlays for Formosa and Indochina amid House cuts to Asia and Pacific funds. The Senate faced a recommendation to reduce Voice of America funding from 85 million to 64 million for the year ending next June 30.
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Washington
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Europe
Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
House
Truman
Formosa
Indochina
Asia
The
Pacific
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Voice of America
Farm Bureau Fetes 4-H and Future Farmers Leaders
County 4-H clubs and Future Farmers of America members with their fathers will attend a private wiener roast at Wolf Park I camp 5:30 tomorrow afternoon. Ross Williams, Farm Bureau president, will MC the event which will also award plaques to outstanding members of both groups. O M Fowler county agent labeled the gathering invitation only.
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Future Farmers of America
Scurry County Farm Bureau
Wolf Park
Ross Williams
O. M. Fowler
Taft Accuses President On Political Tour
Taft denounces President Truman at a Rockland rally accusing him of lies and dismissing Communist corruption charges. He challenges specifics and signals possible 1952 run while touring Northern New England, stressing early New Hampshire primaries and strong GOP organization. He dodges questions about Eisenhower.
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Rockland
Robert A. Taft
Truman
Ohio
United States
Taft
New England
New Hampshire
Portland
Dwight Eisenhower
Court Reversal in Remington Perjury Trial
The U S Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of William W Remington a former government economist on perjury charges for denying membership in the Communist Party The case goes back to district court for a new trial The reversal cites vagueness in the jury charge and was by an unanimous panel including Chief Judge Swan and Judges Hand and Hand
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New York
U. S. Court of Appeals
William W. Remington
Communist Party
Thomas W. Swan
District Court
Remington
Gregory F. Noonam
Swan
Learned Hand
Augustus N. Hand
Engineers and Judge Tackle County Road Right of Way
Judge Edgar Taylor said he assists Hassie and Green of Lubbock in securing right of way on about 77 miles of the county's 157 mile road project. W. Pelphrey of Fort Worth moved in equipment for the first phase after a $414 995 bid approved by the commissioners court. Construction costs run about 15 691 per mile versus the original 14 000 estimate.
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Edgar Taylor
Hassie & Green
Lubbock
W. ©. Pelphrey
Fort Worth
Commissioners Court
Pelphrey
Third escapee from city jail captured
Three of the four men who escaped from the city jail on the night of Aug. 12 have been arrested. The third escapee was captured yesterday in Sweetwater. Two were recaptured near the jail shortly after the breakout. one remains at large. All were held on misdemeanor intoxication charges at the time.
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Sweetwater
Rainfall totals dominate two day weather scene in Scurry County
Scurry County reports a two day rain total of 1.24 inches with wide variation. Pyron and Fluvanna received the heaviest rain with hail in Pyron causing damage. Snyder Hermleigh Gail and surrounding areas logged multiple rain amounts, with farm reports noting heavier totals up to four and a half inches in some spots. Total yearly precipitation in Snyder stands at 7.15 inches, well below last year and the eight month average.
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Fluvanna
Peyton
Scurry County
Snyder
D. P. Strayhorn
Pyron
O. M. Fowler
Hermleigh
Dunn
Gail
Weather Outlook for West and East Texas
West Texas sees considerable cloudiness with scattered thundershowers east of Pecos Valley and warmer temperatures in the Panhandle and South Plains. East Texas reports clouds and scattered thunder showers tonight and Thursday with squally conditions in the far south.
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West Texas
Pecos Valley
Panhandle
South Plains
East Texas
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