Avenue S Re paving Forces Vacation for Businesses
Businesses along Avenue S report a 50 percent drop in trade from Twenty-fourth Street north to Clairemont Road as the State Highway Department paves the street. Some firms report complete access loss while others, like Pierce Motor Co and Downtown Motel, see mixed impact. relief may come if the project ends in 60 to 90 days.
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Avenue
A. W. Pierce
Pierce Motor Co
Twenty-third Street
Avenue S
Pierce
Redwood Court
R. W. Hunter
Jack Lee
Redwood Courts
Avenue R
Roe Home & Auto Supply
B&w Grocery & Market
J. B. Stephenson
Sportsman Cafe
Highway Department
Iran seeks buyers as Mossadegh faces oil crisis
In Tehran the Mossadegh government appeals for oil customers after talks with Britain collapsed leaving the AIOC with no royalties and Abadan refinery shut. Deputies fear a confidence vote. Fatemi cites many requests but gives few details. Afghan oil shipments via truck are the only named potential buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
AIOC
Abadan
Hossein Fatemi
Connally Urges Deeper Cuts in Foreign Aid Policy
Texas Senator Tom Connally called for larger reductions in foreign aid as the Senate committees edged toward trimming about 675 million dollars in economic aid and 290 million in military help from Truman's 8.5 billion request. He favored restoring the 290 million military cut if possible and awaited a 1 billion dollar economic cut, arguing the United States cannot afford sweeping global economic assistance. He defended continued military aid for anti-Communist areas and criticized the ECA's worldwide programs, urging the end of ECA at its 1952 schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tom Connally
Texas
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Armed Services Committee
Truman
Senate
William C. Foster
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Southeast Asia
United States
FBI Probes Engines After Oakland Plane Crash
Forty nine bodies are recovered after a DC 6B crash near Oakland killing 50 aboard. Alameda County coroner Tom Berge identifies 43 victims. FBI and CAB inspect engines for sabotage while investigators assess course and fog conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Tom Berge
Alameda County
FBI
E. R. Mitchel
CAB
Newark
Okland
Lubbock Judge Blair Resigns Bench for Private Practice
72nd District Judge Dan Blair mails resignation to Governor Shivers to enter private practice following a State Court of Criminal Appeals order for a new insanity trial in the Richard W. McGee case. McGee was sentenced to die for the 1948 murder of grocer R. L. Allston. the retrial is set for Sept. 17 in Lubbock. Blair defends his role and cites neglect of personal affairs in the court’s interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Dan Blair
Allan Shivers
Blair
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Richard W. McGee
R. L. Allston
McGee
State Court
Flood Toll Mounts To Forty Four In Mexican Flooding
Flood waters from hurricane rains cut a path of destruction toward Tampico with 44 dead and 1,000 homeless in the region. In Cardenas rescuers searched for bodies from a burst dam as the Pa cific storm's impact eased on Mexico’s west coast. Mayor Jose Garcia Ramos reported ongoing fatalities and critical food shortages while relief trains delivered clothing and blankets. Rescue launches ferried people from submerged El Limon as the dam crest lapsed.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Cardenas
Taxpan
Jamaica
Pacific
Mexico
Robert Allen
Panuco
Allen
Jose Garcia Ramos
el Limon
Grand Jury to Probe Doswell Shooting Case
Dallas authorities announce a regular grand jury will investigate the fatal shooting of oilman Thomas W. Doswell, 55. Doswell’s widow, 52, is charged with murder and free on a 25 000 dollar bond. The case arose after a pistol discharged in a Cadillac outside the Melrose hotel killing Doswell. Police say evidence shows one shot. two cartridge cases were found, and officials say they can account for both. The jury will hear the case after reconvening September 10 with out of town witnesses likely summoned.
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Dallas
District Attorney's
Dallas County
Thomas W. Doswell
Jimmie MacNicoll
Doswell
Melrose Hotel
MacNicoll
Will Fritz
Justice of the Peace
W. FE
Richburg
Coswells
Colorado
New Mexico
Parran M. Morgan
Morgan
Rebecca Stretch
Meridian
Bosque County
Kent County Polio Victim John M. McFadin Dies
John M. McFadin a 27 year old Kent County Commissioner and rancher died of polio at Hendrick Memorial Hospital Abilene after illness began last Sunday He had been in an iron lung since arrival and was the hospital's second polio fatality this year He leaves a wife a three year old son Clinton his parents Mr and Mrs T D McFadin of Clairemont six sisters and one brother with relatives in Throckmorton Plainview Haskell Borger and Clairemont.
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John M. McFadin
Kent County
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
Abilene
McFadin
Hendrick Hospital
Mr. McFadin
Throckmorton
Clairemont
Clinton
T. D. McFadin
Eva Rankin
Ella Green
Plainview
Nellie Ash
Haskell
Edna Steward
Exon
Bobby Furr
Borger
Laverne Tinkle
J. P. MceFadin
Meat Rationing Not Likely Says DiSalle
Michael DiSalle, director of the Office of Price Stabilization, said meat rationing is not likely in the foreseeable future. He noted rationing hinges on supply and demand and that, with stable international affairs and current military consumption, there is no need for controls.
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DiSalle
Omaha
Michael DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
Barkley Feels Fit to Run in Old Age Despite Flattery
Vice President Barkley told reporters he feels as strong as 40 years ago and can work four times as much. He said age would not hinder his activities and joked about not being on the track team. The remarks followed talk that Kefauver might replace him on Truman's ticket in 1952.
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Barkley
French Lick
Ind
Truman
U. S
Kefauver
D-Tenn
GOP
Republican Party
Harding
Flooding isolates Soto La Marina residents in Mexico
Brownsville reports 2 000 inhabitants driven from Soto La Marina by rampaging Soto La Marina River floodwaters. Francisco Polin Tapia, Mexican consul attache, says evacuees fear hunger and no communications as he seeks airborne aid from Mexico City. Some co operative farm communities like Ejido Penitas are cut off.
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Francisco Polin Tapia
McAllen
Brownsville
Rio Soto la Marina
Soto la Marina
Foreign Office
Mexico City
Polin Tapai
Ejido Penitas
Texans Return From Korea on Phoenix Transport
Seventy Texans including Cpl. Harvey Ellington of Snyder are among 2,849 combat troops from Korea due to arrive in Seattle today aboard the transport Marine Phoenix. They head home under the rotation system.
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Seattle
Cpl
Harvey Ellington
Snyder, Tex
Korea
Marine Phoenix
Hadacol Sold To Foundation In Augusta Announcement
Augusta Ga Aug 25 Sale of the Hadacol patent medicine company to the Maltz Cancer Foundation of New York was announced Dudley J LeBlanc Louisiana state senator and promoter was in town He did not name the price but said it was about 10 million He will stay with the foundation for 15 years at 15000 yearly salary LeBlanc built Hadacol into a multimillion dollar business using extensive advertising and tax considerations led him to sell to a charitable organization
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Augusta
Hadacol
Matlz Cancer Foundation of
New York
Dudley J. LeBlanc
Louisiana
LeBlanc
Foundation
Maltz Foundation
Post Card Delivered After Nine Years
In Snyder a postcard mailed May 5 1942 to Miss Larue Autry later Mrs J C Williamson was delivered to 809 Twenty fifth Street recipient Mrs Williamson recalled the stamp from Big Spring and noted the sender Pvt Raymond Duke now in Abilene after serving in World War II with the 36th Division. A curious postal long gap with a wartime backstory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Williamson
Twenty-fifth Street
Joe Dave Scott
Uncle Sam
Snyder Post Office
Pvt
Raymond Duke
Camp Blanding
Fla
Co. G
142Nd Infantry
Larue Autry
Snyder
Miss Autry
Defense Bond Drive To Start Here on Sept 3
The first Defense Bond drive since the Korean War outbreak begins September 3 and runs through October 27. Lyle Deffebach, Scurry County chairman, says no dollar goal is set though state chairman Nathan Adams urges a challenge. Emphasis will be on payroll savings and the bond a month plan with automatic bank deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Deffebach
Scurry County
Nathan Adams
Dallas
Adams
Democratic Executive Committee Calls Sept 27 Meeting
State Democratic Executive Committee Chairman J E Wheat issued the official call for a one day meeting here September 27 at the Country Club. Gov Allan Shivers is expected to attend as the committee works to fill vacancies on the board. A luncheon will be hosted by Scurry County Democrats chairman H O Beard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Democratic Executive Committee
J. E. Wheat Friday
Allan Shivers
Country Club
Scurry County
Democrats
H. O. Beard
Senate Orders Inquiry Into Boyle Charge
The Senate ordered a full investigation into any ties William M. Boyle Jr. may have had with government loans to St. Louis printing firm American Lithoford. Chairman Hoey said the probe aims to clarify the facts with Boyle expected as a witness as the loans totaling 565000 are reviewed. President Truman defended Boyle after an initial inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
William M. Boyle, Jr
St. Louis
Boyle
Truman
Hoey
D-Nc
St. Louis Post-Distact
American Lithoford Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Farmers See Seismographs Draining West Texas Wells
West Texas farmers claim oil exploration seismic tests drain top water sands into deeper strata. USGS official doubts widespread underground rivers exist but says drilling can raise costs to farmers. legal remedies include casing and plugging test holes, with no stated authority for regulators to stop crews.
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Austin
U. S. Geological Survey
Texas Ground Water Survey
West Texas
G.S. William L. Broadhurst
Dean Chenoweth
San Angelo
Broadhurst
Houston
Texas
Lipan
Railroad Commission
State Board of Water Engineers
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Avenue T
Lee Watson
Tran
Civil Aeronautics
James Rugg
Grand Jury
Mexican Gulf Coast
Ridgway
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Conference City
Red
Kim l
Peng Teh-Huai
Armed Forces
Panmunjom
Kaecsone
Lee Soo Yong
Lee
United Nations Truce
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Munson
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