India Rejects Japan Peace Pact Strain on U S Ties
Nehru refuses to sign a United States backed Japan peace treaty as nine days remain before a 50 nation conference in San Francisco. New Delhi will sign a separate treaty with Japan, while Washington questions Nehru's neutral stance and mulls tougher diplomacy amid Moscow propaganda.
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Washington
India
Nehru
Japan
San Francisco
Russia
Moscow
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
State Department
High Seas
United States
Andrei Gromyko
San Franciso
Burma
Yugoslavia
Far East
Southeast Asia
North Scurry Wildcat Drills In Ellenburger No. 1 Helms
North Scurry wildcat Helms No. 1 drilled into the Ellenburger formation eight miles north of Hobbs and 24 miles north east of Snyder. Top of Ellenburger logged at 7 194 feet with 20 feet of drilling mud in a test showing no oil gas or water. Test open 45 minutes yielded a weak air blow throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion Oil Co
C. O. Helms
Scurry County
Wildcat
Helms
Hobbs
Snyder
H&tc
Kent
Clairemont - Lower Pennsylvanian
Kent County
Sun Oil Co
Dawson Wildcat
el Tee Oil Co
Briley and
Dawson County
M-El&rr
Lamesa
Gaines County
Parks Bankline Oil Co
Joe Parks
Diamond M Pool
Exemptions on Co-ops Taxes Under Senate Scrutiny
The Senate Finance Committee, seeking new revenue, targets tax exempt earnings of co operatives and mutuals in banking, savings and loan, and insurance. Chairman George says talks include taxing undistributed earnings to raise $75 million to $100 million, amid House bill cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
House
Senate
Indecisive Patrol Skirmish in Korea Amid Heavy Air Campaign
Eighth Army reports a three hour clash with Chinese forces in the Iron Triangle as UN probes toward Pyongyang. Other actions occur on the East Central Front with rain limiting sight and air strikes. Fifth Air Force claims nearly 1200 Red vehicles damaged or destroyed over three days and napalm on Communist bunkers near Kamsong.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Red
Iron Triangle
North Korea
U. N
Pyongyang
East Central Front
Pyongang
Kaesong
Fifth Air Force
Red Korea
Kamsong
John Harrington
Waxahachie
Tex
Robber Shows Business Sense at California Liquor Store
In Long Beach California a robber asked for whiskey then forced clerk William H Roberts to lie on the floor. He stole fifty dollars from the cash register before a newspaper customer arrived. the gunman thanked the customer and left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
William H. Roberts
Roberts
Ban on Aid to Countries Supplying Reds Proposed
Senator Sparkman urged the Senate to pass a bipartisan export control measure to cut off U.S. aid to any nation trading with Iron Curtain states. The bill, with amendments from Kem Wherry Byrd and Malone, would ban arms and military material to Russia and satellites and restrict all embargoed trade with Soviet allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sparkman
Ala
Senate
Soviet
Russia
U. S
Kem
Wherry
R-Neb
Byrd
D-Va
Malone
Congress
Truman
National Security Council
MacFadden Plans Niagara Falls Jump After Hudson Feat
Physiologist Bernarr MacFadden aged 83 completed a 2000 foot parachute jump into the Hudson River and said age is a habit. He survived a near miss with trees and rocks before being rescued and later steered his yacht himself. He plans a Niagara Falls jump next year and praises the stunt as good for all.
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New York
Bernarr MacFadden
Hudson River
McFadden
Hudson
Niagara Falls
MacFadden
U. S
New Jersey
Alpine
Yonkers
N. Y
New York City
Matador Land and Cattle Co. Chief resigns after 40 years
General Manager John MacKenzie of Matador Land and Cattle Co in Texas resigns citing age after more than four decades at the helm. His son John Jr. is assistant manager. The firm was recently sold for 18.9 million dollars to an American group and traces its roots to Scottish ownership since 1882. The Matador spans 800000 acres, second to King Ranch in size in Texas.
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Denver
John MacKenzie
Matador Land and Cattle Company
Texas
MacKenzie
King Ranch
South
United States
Summer Heat Tops the Day with 98 Degree High
Clear summer sunshine sent Snyder to a maximum reading of 98 degrees yesterday. The low before dawn today was 71 degrees with 75 degrees at 7:30 this morning, signaling continued heat today.
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Snyder
Harriman to Meet Attlee on Iran Oil Talks Impasse
In London Harriman, Truman’s envoy, will discuss the Iranian oil negotiations with Prime Minister Attlee after a lunch with Richard Stokes. The Tehran impasse follows Mossadegh being attacked in parliament as opponents push for his resignation before November elections.
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London
W. Averell Harriman
Clement Attlee
Attlee
Truman
Richard Stokes
Iran
Harriman
Tehran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Bootleggers Gang Warfare Spotlighted in Texas
State Rep. Charles Murphy warns Texas faces gang warfare over bootlegging and gambling rights. He cites Dallas as a focal point for national crime efforts and notes Houston as a narcotics transit area. The House Investigating Committee plans hearings after recess.
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Houston
Charles Murphy
Texas
America
Murphy
House Investigating Committee
Waco
Dallas
Herbert Noble
County Paving Work to Begin on 6 Mile Section
County paving starts tomorrow on the first six miles of a 157 mile program. W O Pelphrey of Fort Worth holds a $414 995 contract for a 26 5 mile portion in precinct 1. Walter Grant says equipment is in place and crews assigned, with work to extend from six and a half miles east of Snyder toward Camp Spring along Lloyd Mountain. The contract allows 210 working days to complete the Pelphrey segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Grant
W. O. Pelphrey
Fort Worth
Grant
Lloyd Mountain
Snyder
Camp Spring
Pelphrey
Identity Of Hadacol Purchasers To Be Made Public Soon
A New York lawyer acting as spokesman for Hadacol head Dudley J. LeBlanc says the identities of Eastern financiers and businessmen who bought the Hadacol patent medicine company will be disclosed later this week. LeBlanc disclosed the sale of his company for about $10 million on the prior Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hadacol
Louisiana
Dudley J. LeBlanc
LeBlanc
Copper Miners Urge U S to Take Over Industry
United miners representing 58 000 workers walked out after a 7 am local deadline as mediation failed. The I U M M S W asked President Truman to seize control to enforce a government wage and pension plan amid Kennecott Utah properties strike risk.
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Associated Press
America
Truman
Independent International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Midwest
Independent Union
Washington
D. C
Tummsw
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Kennecott Copper Company
Utah
AFL
Nonferrous Metals Industry
Mitchell Jail Bonds Approved by Credit Restraint Committee
Colorado City August 27 The $110 000 Mitchell County jail bond issue has won approval from the Southwestern Investment Banking and Volunteer Credit Restraint Committee of Dallas after an earlier rejection. The bonds were first voted on July 7 and urged for reconsideration by county Judge Sam Bullock and other officials who met with the committee this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado City
Mitchell County
Southwestern Investment Banking and Volunteer Credit Restraint Committee of
Dallas
Sam Bullock
Rains Blanket Large Region Across Nation Today
A vast area saw scattered showers and thundershowers covering the eastern Great Lakes region the Ohio Valley Missouri parts of Iowa and Minnesota and southern central Great Plains. Rain also spread through Southern Arizona Southern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Great Plains States
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Poage Sees Eisenhower During EU Trip
In Paris on August 27 Senator Ferguson and four Congressmen met General Eisenhower during their journey to Turkey for an Inter Parliamentary Union conference. The party included Rep Poage of Texas.
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Paris
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Eisenhower
Turkey
Inter- Parliamentary Union
Rep. Poage
Texas
No Decline In Draft Sparks Talk Of Stricter Deferments
Omaha August 27 Selective Service officials have granted many deferments with only 1 of 16 registrants inducted. Brig. Gen. Louis H. Renfrow told UNICO National that higher draft calls may push tougher deferment rules. October call was 41 000, largest since Korea. Since Korea began 650 000 men delivered to armed forces. current force about 3.5 million.
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Omaha
Selective Service
Louis H. Renfrow
Unico National
Renfrew
Snyder Veteran Returns From Korea on Large Shipload
Cpl. Gay E. Howeth of Snyder is among 100 Texas servicemen due to arrive in San Diego on the USS General W. H. Black. The 2,535 Marines and Navy personnel are rotating home after Korea, marking the largest combat veteran shipment yet to reach port.
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San Diego
Calif
Cpl
Gay E. Howeth
East Twenty - Fifth Street
Snyder
W. H. Black
Annex to Ira School To Be Opened Tomorrow
Ira Parent Teachers association invites the public to view the new annex of the school building and attend a cleanup event the afternoon of the open house. Volunteers are urged to assist with grounds cleanup in preparation for the September opening.
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Ira
Ira Parent-Teachers Association
PTA
Ten Texans Die In Week End Accidents
Violent deaths across Texas rose to seventeen over the weekend with ten traffic fatalities. Other deaths included shootings, a train collision, a stabbing, and a fatal farm accident. Notable victims include Joe L. Collier of Borger and Robert Clark Morton Jr. of Fort Worth. A shooting in Dallas injured a suspect, and an inquest was set for Marfa.
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Associated Press
Texas
Joe L. Collier
Borger
Bowie
Jack Petermen
Dallas
Robert Clark Morton Jr
Fort Worth
W. A. Keen
Wichita Falls
George Washington Fain
Mose Polk
Jacksonville
Cedar Top
Kilgore
S. W. Tolbert
Lamesa
Lamesa Highway
Summer Comes Back to Texas Warmup Across State
Midmorning temperatures rose across Texas with no statewide rainfall. Light scattered showers were recorded overnight from Palacios to Marfa totaling up to .08 inches. The highest Sunday reading reached 105 in Presidio with Corsicana at 103 and Sherman at 102. By 9:30 am, Amarillo was 72 while Dallas 88 and Houston 87 marked the day.
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Associated Press
Texas
Palacios
Amarillo
el Faso
Galveston
Lubbock
Marfa
Pre
Junior Chamber of Commerce to Elect Officers Tonight
The Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual officer election at 7 30 tonight at the Village. Lloyd Clark and Dr Bob Har grove are nominated for the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commere
Lloyd Clark
Bob Hargrove
Communists Reject Allied Kaesong Reply in Armistice Talks
North Korea and China dismissed General Ridgway's statements as malicious lies while proposing a resumption of Kaesong talks. They demand joint reinvestigation of Aug. 22 air raid near the delegation residence and threaten to press for a negotiated armistice, as U N and allied replies face renewed friction.
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Tokyo
Communist High Command
Kaesong
Reds
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Peiping Radio
Kim Il Sung
Red
Peng Teh-Huai
Ridgwa
United States
Ridgway
Olks
Weather Outlook for West Texas Panhandle to Pecos
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with widely scattered thundershowers across the Panhandle South Plains and west of the Pecos Valley. No significant temperature changes expected.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
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Ellenburger
Sun Oil Co. No
D. G. Sampson
Clairemont
Communist
China
Matador
William Jorden Bush
Georgia State College For Women
Milledgeville
Bush
Governor's
Harriman and Attlee
Kennecott
Mitchell
Credit Restraint Committee
Poage
Haston Harvey
Gerald Wade
Wade
Harvey
Ernest Barnett
Martin Knight
Summer
Jimmy Kurriger
Milwaukee
Wis
Jimmy
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