Truman Urges Facts Put Before People At Legion Meet
President Truman urged the American Legion to present all facts to voters during the campaign. National Commander Donald Wilson read the message at Madison Square Garden as Governor Dewey praised the Legion. Truman said he would remain active in public service after leaving the White House.
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New York
Truman
American Legion
Donald R. Wilson
Legion
Madison Square Gaten
America
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
Dewey
United States
Pearl Harbor
State Department
Rogers Kelley
Far East
Madison Square Garden
Dwight D. Eisenhower
AFL
William Green
France
Emanuel Temple
Defense Mobilization
John R. Steelman
Adlai E. Stevenson
40 and 8 Society
Fifth Avenue
Convention For
Texas Co producer at No 1 Fuller well in Scurry County
The Texas Co reports a new producer at its No 1 Fuller in Scurry County after a drillstem test flowed oil from 7,586 to 7,606 feet. Tests produced 42 barrels of oil with no water, with gas present at the surface. Electric log surveys proceed before seven inch casing for completion. Nearby activity includes Lynn County drilling by Garza Land & Cattle and a Dawson area Well by Malco Refineries with swabbing underway.
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The
Texas Co
M. A. Fuller
Scurry Wildcat
H&tc
Kent County
Kentuty
Ellenburger
Fuller
Imperial
Vernon Cox
Cox Canyon
Lynn County
C. M. Ashby
Dallas
Garza Land & Cattle Company
El&rr
O'Donnell
Dawson Well Malco Refineries, Inc
Manning Huddle
Lamesa
Two Sentenced to Prison Here for Forgery and Burglary
Two young men pleaded guilty in district court and received two year penitentiary terms. William Toles of Waco forgery involved a $35 check passed to Rex Miller, Snyder. he claimed intoxication. Theodore Maxwell Jr. of Dallas burglary involved stealing over $40 from a service station’s strong box. he cited cash needs and a separated marriage. Each received minimum sentences after credit for about 75 days served.
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William Toles
Waco
Sam Thomason
Rex Miller
Snyder Grocer
Robert Davie
Toles
Miller
Maxwell
Dawson
Tex
New Orleans
Eisenhower Presses Firm Posture With Russia
Eisenhower argues the Soviet threat requires a final warning and unity among free nations. He outlines three urgent steps including a strong security force, broader allied cooperation, and an uncompromising stance toward Soviet influence in Eastern Europe and Asia.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
American Legion National Convention
WNYC
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Denver
Truman
United States
Kremlin
Russia
Free World
Europe
Asia
Scurry Democrats Quiet on Stevenson Tide lands Stand
In Texas amid rising anti Stevenson sentiment over Tide lands the Scurry County Democrats did not withdraw support for the national nominee. Governor Shivers said Stevenson favored federal ownership of the Gulf coast Tide lands and backed Truman’s veto of state ownership legislation. Shivers could not endorse Stevenson. Democrats in other counties push Texas Democrats for Eisenhower with plans in Austin Fort Worth Dallas and San Angelo.
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Texas
Tidelands
Scurry County
Stevenson
Allan Shivers
Gulf Coast
Truman
Shivers
Austin
Fort Worth
Dallas
San Angelo
Harold Bennett
Scurry Democratic Executive Committee
3 éth Street Is Finished Today
Paving on Thirty-seventh Street from the Big Spring Highway to Highway 84 is completed and will open to traffic this afternoon. Joe Frazier, construction superintendent for W. O. Pelphrey, said the contractor has finished gravel work on the 2.85 mile bypass route as part of the county farm to market road program. The bypass saves over a mile for motorists and crews have begun work on the western approach to the Big Spring Highway.
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Big Spring
Joe Frazier
W. O. Pelphrey Construction
Frazier
Big Spring Highway
Thirty - Seventh
Drought Shrinks Texas Cotton Yield Across State
The Texas drought and heat wave cut cotton prospects sharply with losses estimated at up to 100 million dollars. Karl G. Hunt of the Dallas Cotton Exchange warns that at least 150,000 bales may be lost in 23 days, with some observers doubling that figure.
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Texas
Karl G. Hunt
Dallas Cotton Exchange
Hunt
Pecos River
Presidio
Galveston
Walter Robinson
The
Dallas News
Cotton Exchange
Oil Companies Approve Taxes On District Valuation
About 30 oil company representatives met with the savior school tax board this morning. No complaints were heard as Hardy Scarborough said the group was satisfied with the current tax setup. He estimated the district valuation at about 125 million dollars and noted the tax rate is one dollar per hundred dollars of valuation.
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Morocco
Johnson Committee
Pick
Secretary of the Army
Corps of Engineers
Senate
Pace
Army Engineers
Eqtion
Hardy Scarborough
Scarborough
Criminal Docket Set For District Court
The criminal district court docket was set this morning for Monday October 13 by Judge Ben F Thorpe. If called as scheduled it will mark over 11 months since a contested criminal case was tried here. The last trial occurred November 5 with several undetermined cases tried, including two today. The civil docket has been called several times this year.
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Criminal District Court
Ben F. Thorpe
Civil District Court
103 Degree Heat Sweeps Through Sunday
Yesterday’s high reached 103 degrees with a low of 69 overnight. At 7 30 this morning the thermometer stood at 74 as reported by weather observer Mrs D P Strayhorn.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Miners Stay Out Of Pits As Memorial Holiday Starts
The memorial holiday idled about 400000 coal miners nationwide led by John J. Lewis. Some grumbling but most miners remained at work to keep mines ready for resumption after the 10 day period ending Labor Day. Negotiations with operators are deadlocked and a possible strike looms next month.
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Pittsburgh
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Lewis
Philadelphia
Reading Coal and Iron Co
Heavy Air Raids Hit Communist Positions In Korea
U S bombers struck a 40 acre supply area in Northwest Korea and pounded depots behind the front. Superforts raided Anju and Supung rail yards while B26 crews hit Sandung Tosang Anak Hwangju Toram and Anbyon as weather limited Navy operations. General Barcus said raids are hurting Communists and broadcasts condemned the air strikes.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Bunker Hill
U. S. Eighth Army
Navy
Hungnam
Wonsan
Anju
Pyongyang
Supung
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Sandung
Tosang
Chongju
Anak
Hwangju
Toram
Anbyon
North Korea
Ready Auction of First Bale in Scurry County 1952
Scurry County opens its 1952 season with the first bale of cotton, 586 pounds raised by L. T. Nail, placed at the northwest courthouse corner to be auctioned at 4 PM Wednesday. Leon Huff of the Chamber of Commerce schedules a 3 PM meeting to select an auctioneer and plan premiums for farmers, while Nail harvested the bale from a 30 acreBowden field two miles south. The bale was ginned at Planters Gin on Roby Highway. Previous first bales fetched $909.15 in 1951 and $799.05 in 1950, each with premiums noted for growers.
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Scurry County
L. T. Nail
Courthouse Square
Leon Huff
Chaber of Commerce
Hugh Taylor
Chamber of Commrece
Nail
Jack Bowden
Roby Highway
P. A. Ware
Nolan von Roeder
Snyder Merchants
F. J. Murphee
Snyder National Bank
Weather Outlook for East Central Texas and Panhandle
The forecast covers East Texas, Central Texas, and North Central West Texas. Expect partly cloudy skies in East and Central Texas with a few afternoon thundershowers near the coast and across the Panhandle and west of the Pecos. Temperatures remain steady with light to moderate southerly winds.
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East Texas
Texas
North Central
West Texas
Panhandle
Pecos Valley
Four Explorers Free Themselves From Swiss Cave
Four scientists and their companions escaped nine and a half days underground in the Hells Hole caverns near Silberen Mountain Switzerland. They rationed food kept warm with shared clothing and sang to stay hopeful, walking out unharmed as rescue efforts faced rising waters.
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Muotathal
Switzerland
Hells Hole
Breconshire
Wales
Pierre St. Martin
Pyrennes
Alfred Boegli
Silberen Mountain
Hell’s Hole
Europe
Boegli
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Mesquite
T. B. Doss
Trinity
Raymond Hawthorne
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