Truman Delays Action on Copper Strike in Washington
President Truman said no move until the Wage Stabilization Board reports on the copper strike. The board held hearings after the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union walked out, halting most U S copper production and threatening defense materials. A possible next step is a board of inquiry, with court action and seizure options reserved if no settlement ensues.
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Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
McGrath
Fisher County Wildcat and Nearby Wells Report Drilling Activity
In Fisher County a 6,300 foot wildcat at No. 1 G. E. Kent prospect south of Longworth targets Ellenburger with rotary drilling. Scurry County No. 1 C. O. Helms and Borden No. 1 McDowell report failures at depth to Ellenburger. Stonewall County No. 1 S. E. Lewis lines up 6,600 feet targeting Ellenburger. Hermleigh No. 1 Feldman seeks Ellenburger pay after casing and cementing work.
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Claude E. Aikman
San Angelo
Fisher County
G. E. Kent
S. P. Allen
Gillespie County School Land Survey
Longworth
Roby Field
Ellenburger
Scurry Wildcat Lion Oil Co
C. O. Helms
Scurry County
Wildcat
Stonewall G. E. Cadane & Sons
Wichita Falls
S. E. Lewis
Stonewall County
Aspermont
Two &Tc
Aspermont Lake
Lower Canyon
Borden Failure
C. D. Dunwoody
McDowell
Borden Prospector
Canyon Reef
Reinecke
H&tc
Hermleigh R. Olsen Oil Co
Feldman
Truman Says Oatis Case Won’t Be Closed Until Release
President Truman stated at a news conference that the William Oatis case will remain open in the United States until the American AP correspondent is freed from a Czechoslovakian jail. He rejected the Czech ambassador’s claim that the matter is a closed incident.
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Washington
Truman
Oatis
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Vladimir Prochazka
William Oatis
Damage Suit Files Against Major Oil Firms over Dry Hole
A civil district court suit seeks 4500 in damages against Lion Oil Co Sun Oil Co Ohio Oil Co and individuals in Dallas and Houston. Plaintiffs J R Helms Charlie Joe Helms and Delbert Wayne Helms claim title to minerals in a Texas tract and allege drilling of a dry hole harmed them. Attorneys Sentell Rosser Willborn and Park Hemphill represent Snyder firms.
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Civil District
Lion Oil Co
Sun Oil Co
Ohio Oil Co
Carleton D. Speed, Jr
Houston
Walter Seliman
New York
E. H. Hussey
Ray Sturgis
Dallas
J. R. Helms
Charlie Joe Helms
Delbert Wayne Helms
Sentell, Rosser & Willborn
Park & Hemphill
Snyder
H&tc Survey
Britain denies locating two missing diplomats Burgess and MacLean
London August 30 The Foreign Office denied reports that secret agents have located missing diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean. William Ridsdale said the stories were without foundation and that Britain is still hunting them, with MacLean in contact with his wife Melinda on the French Riviera.
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London
Foreign Office
Guy Burgess
Donald MacLean
William Ridsdale
Ridsdale
Daily Herald
Daily Express
Britain
British
Secret Service
MacLean
Melinda
French Riviera
Herald
Labor Party
Graphic
Paris
Burgess
Washington
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
Widow Accepts President Offer for Soldier's Arlington Burial
The widow of Sgt. Sir John R. Rice, Evelyn Rice, accepted a White House offer to bury her Korean War casualty husband in Arlington National Cemetery, declining a free burial plot from Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery. Rice, who served in World War II and died September 6 1950 near Tabu-dong Korea, was previously denied burial at Sioux City for non Caucasian status, a decision reversed by President Truman.
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Winnebago Nebr
Arlington National Cemetery
Truman
Evelyn Rice
John R. Rice
Sioux City
Memorial Park
Virginia
Rice
White House
Tabu-dong
Korea
First Cavalry
Pacific
DiSalle Seeks Quotas to Stabilize Prices in Speech
Price Stabilizer Michael V. DiSalle told the Senate Banking Committee that some prices may rise even if Congress amends the economic controls law in response to President Truman's request. He argued repeal of three provisions would yield a workable OPS program and restore livestock slaughter quotas to curb meat prices amid inflation fears.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Congress
Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Office of Price Stabilization
Deep Water Well Drilled Near Temple to Alleviate Shortage
In Temple a water well near the Leon River reached 1,147 feet after rainfall drought relief. Lane Texas Drilling Co tests if the well can yield the city 1.25 million gallons daily within a week. City used 2.65 million gallons Wednesday and river reservoir level dropped an inch after a cooling ban.
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Temple
Lane-Texas Drilling Company
Leon River
Russians Seek Cooperative Understanding With West
Moscow dispatch reports Pravda and Izvestia endorse peaceful coexistence of socialist and capitalist systems and reject barriers to Western cooperation. Red Fleet counters U.S. claims, asserting Soviet forces defeated Japan and that American actions in the Central Pacific had little impact on Japan's collapse.
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Russia
Pravda
Communist Party
Izvestia
United States
Soviet Union
China
Red Fleet
Soviet Navy
Japan
Central Pacific
Kwantung Army
Tokyo
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
United States Philippines pledge mutual defense pact
The United States and the Philippines bound themselves to aid each other against aggression in a new defense treaty announced by President Truman. Philippine President Quirino said the pact aims at peace despite military implications, while Secretary Acheson called it a natural outgrowth of the alliance.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
Truman
Pacific
Japan
New Zealand
Australia
Philippine
Quirino
Acheson
Formosa
China
Okinawa
U. S
India
Kuriles
Siberia
Yeb
Excise Taxes Up For Study
Senate Finance Committee weighs sharp increases in liquor cigarettes autos gasoline and other buys as House pushes excise boosts. House totals rise to 1.252 billion with 7.2 billion tax package. Senate has cut about 1.5 billion from income tax changes and may seek more revenue via excises. Staff expect mutual savings banks and loan associations plus cooperatives to add 63 65 and 15 20 million respectively.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
New Equalization Board Is Appointed
The city council appointed W. J. Ely C. N. von Roeder and N. R. Clements to the new tax equalization board, replacing Wayland Holt R. L. Terry and M. R. Estes. A public hearing on raised valuations is set for Sept 10, with notices to affected property owners. The move aims to finish tax rolls before Oct 1 collection. Mayor pro tem R. B. Sears urged full taxpayer cooperation.
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W. J. Ely
C. N. von Roeder
N. RK. Clements
Wayland Holt
R. L. Terry
M. R
Estes
R. B. Sears
Sears
Lawyers Decry Cadet Ouster Tactics at Public Hearing
New York Aug 30. A former West Point cadet Gerry Hart testified that academy officials hinted he could face prison for cheating after being ousted for violating the honor code. Hart, 20, football guard from Brooklyn, spoke at a public hearing by the New York Civil and Criminal Courts Bar Association seaking about fairness under the law.
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New York
West Point
Gerry Hart
Brooklyn
Committee On Justice of the
New York Civil and Criminal Courts Bar Association
Hart
Robert Dary
Peter Herman
Rochester
N. Y
Daru
Hawkins Youth Faces 5 Years
Dallas August 30. John Michael Hawkins sixteen confessed slayer of his wealthy oilman father faces nearly five years confinement today at the state school for boys in Gatesville. Declared a juvenile delinquent and ordered to the state school by Judge Dallas Blankenship the youth was rejected for custody by guardian. He admitted shooting Walace E Hawkins vice president and general counsel Magnolia Petroleum Company while the father slept. The judge ordered the boy turned over to the Texas Youth Development Council until he is twenty one and Chief Probation Officer Sam E Davis noted the council may release him anytime.
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Dallas
John Michael Hawkins
Gatesville
Dallas Blankenship
Blankenship
Hawkins
Walace E. Hawkins
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Texas Youth Development Council
Sam E. Davis
Youthful operator killed two, planned more killings
Kansas City August 30. Richard Donaldson, 29, a laundry operator and former University of Kansas City student, killed Alfredo Ortiz Vargas 53 and Mrs. William Lay 77, saying he would kill five more before killing himself. He admitted the Slayings and named intended victims including relatives and a landlady.
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Kansas City
Richard Barry Donaldson
Alfredo Ortiz-Vargas
University of Kansas City
William Lay
Donaldson
Ortiz-Vargas
Rose Kahn
Gilbert
No Answer On An Offer To Resume Talks
Peiping radio in Tokyo accused American planes of violating the Kaesong neutrality zone in Korea nearly daily. The broadcasts cited Ridgway’s refusal to reopen an inquiry into a claimed Aug 22 Allied bombing and urged a daylight investigation, while offering no date for resuming truce talks.
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Tokyo
Redina
Peiping
Kaesong
Korea
Ridgway
U.N
San Francisco
Red
Heat wave bakes North Texas with record highs
The Associated Press reports a lasting heat wave across North Texas with daytime highs from 100 to 109 degrees in cities like Henrietta, Bridgeport, Albany, Liano, Presidio, Corsicana, Dallas and Big Spring. El Paso records 64, Gulf coast cities reach the high 90s. Rains are sparse. only Salt Flat, Van Horn and El Paso report small totals.
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Associated Press
North Texas
Henrietta
Bridgeport
Albany
Liano
Presidio
Corsicana
Dallas
Big Spring
el Paso
Gulf
Galveston
Houston
Laredo
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Panhandle
Dalhart
Fort Worth
van Horn
Weather Bureau
Big Bend
India Opposes Japanese Treaty While Urging Moderation
India firmly declines to attend the San Francisco peace conference and rejects any separate pact with Japan. Prime Minister Nehru pledges not to sign deals contravening the American treaty while urging U S restraint to preserve friendship.
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New Delhi
India
United States
San Francisco
Jawaharlal Nehru
Japan
U. S. State Department
West Texas Weather Fair Tonight With Thunder Showers
Partly cloudy and high temperatures stay up tonight and Friday. Widely scattered thundershowers are forecast for the El Paso area and Big Bend Country.
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West Texas
el Paso
Big Bend
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