Union Pushes For FEPC In Platform
Labor and civil rights leaders urged Democratic platform drafters to pledge real action on civil rights, seeking FEPC powers, anti lynching laws, end to poll taxes, and desegregation. CIO official James B. Carey warned against mere promises, while NAACP leader Walter White and others pressed for rules changes to enable civil rights legislation. Farm groups urged rejecting Truman price supports and Brannan policies as inadequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Carey
The
CIO
Philadelphia
States Rights Party
Dixie
Federal Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Walter White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Roy L. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Stanley Gewirtz
Americans For Democratic Action
Reuther
U. S .Senate
Senate
Gewirtz
Truman
Brannan
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Herschel Newsom
National Grange
Gas Cut Mud Recovered In Scurry Test
In Scurry County Texas the No. 1 M. A. Fuller wildcat drilled to 2,539 feet in lime after two drillstem tests. The first yielded 290 feet of gas cut drilling mud. the second 310 feet with no oil or water. No. 1 Fuller aims for 8,000 feet to test Ellenburger, six and one half miles SW of Polar Ellenburger field. Other Scurry wells include Eva Laws Northwest Scurry coring below 8,246 feet toward Ellenburger. Elmer Howell Southwest Scurry testing pump. and offerings from Nolan County Honolulu Oil in Rowan and Hope field reporting 261 barrels of 43.3 gravity oil from No. 1 Eula Cooke. Borden wildcat No. 1 William D. Loggie drilling below 1,900 feet toward 9,000 feet NW of Gail. Sinclair Oil No. 1 Sterling Williams nine miles NW of Gail swabbing in Mississippian, 138 barrels oil and 20 barrels acid water in last 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Co. No. 1
M. A. Fuller
Scurry Wildcat
Fuller
Ellenburger
Polar - Ellenburger
Superior Oil Co
Intex Oil Co
T&p
Borden Report
Union Oil Co
William D. Loggie
Borden Wildcat
Gail
El&rr
Sinclair Oil No
Sterling Williams
Pickpockets Arrested After Claiming Honest Cleanup
Three cousins were arrested in New York for pickpocketing a man asleep in a hallway. They denied wrongdoing and claimed money had fallen out as they were returning it, saying they were trying to put it back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Air Force Blamed for Three Murders at Memorial Hospital
Memorial Hospital trustees in Houston charge the Air Force with responsibility for three killings and one suicide at Ellington Air Force Base tied to Captain Bernard F Haywood who shot two guards and a nurse and then killed himself. The letter to Secretary Finletter calls for a full investigation and cites failures in oversight at Ellington Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Trustees of
Memorial Hospital
U. S. Air Force
Thomas K. Finletter
Air Force
George M. Irving
Sec
Finletter
Washington
Renerd F. Haywood
Ellington Air Force Base
Miss Carroll Cooper
Jesse Clyde Fair
Clyde Peterson
Irving
Haywood
Ellington Field
William Lee
Four Dead In Plane Crash Near Los Angeles
A soupy fog crash as a light plane departed Northrop Airport killed four aboard. The unoccupied house it struck burned, damaging a neighboring home. Sheriff officials tentatively identified the pilot as Dale E Baker of Grass Valley Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Navy
Santa Ana
Northrop Airport
International
Sheriff's Office
Dale E. Baker
Grass Valley
Ore
Northrop Aircraft Field
D. E. Baker
Rayburn Sees Party Harmony At Democratic Convention
BONHAM July 17 Sam Rayburn plans to leave by train for the Democratic National Convention confident a platform can be agreed on that all Democrats will accept. As House speaker and dean of Texas lawmakers he will chair the convention and predicts harmony and a Republican reelection bid in November. He has campaigned eight days for a 20th term with opponent Reagan Brown a 31 year old Terrell county agricultural agent seeking his first public office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan Brown
Terrell
Tex
Virginians urged break with Democrats if rebuffed at Chicago
Former Virginia Governor William M. Tuck urged the South to sever ties with the national Democratic party if rebuffed at the Chicago convention. Speaking before more than 2,000 delegates at the state Democratic convention in Roanoke, Tuck denounced Trumanism and Fair Dealism and urged unity for Virginia and the party’s basic principles. He praised Georgia’s Senator Richard Russell and warned the national party cannot endure as currently constituted. The delegations will name the final bloc to the national convention, with Virginia’s 36 delegates holding 28 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
William M. Tuck
Virginia
National Democratic Party
Chicago
Democratic Party
Tuck
Sen
Harry
F. Byrd
Richard Russell
Georgia
South
Truman Set to Return to White House This Week
President Truman, hospitalized at Walter Reed with a mild virus, spent a "very good night" and expects to be back at the White House by Saturday. He is reviewing bills for signature as about 50 remain, while Mrs. Truman returned from Independence to be with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Washington
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
White House
Joseph Short
Congress
Drastic Rise In Allowable Is Approved
The Texas Railroad Commission raised the August oil allowable to 2 924 306 barrels per day from the current rate, adding two statewide producing days. The change follows four months of cuts and affects most fields, with East Texas at 19 days of flow. Bryan W. Payne of Tyler urged the increase at the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Railroad Commission
Texas
Big East Texas
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Bryan W. Payne
Tyler
Soviets Recall Diplomat Spy From London
Russia agreed to expel Soviet embassy second secretary Pavel Kuznetsov from London after he was named in a British spy trial. William Marshall, a Foreign Office radio operator, was convicted of passing secret information. Kuznetsov faces departure with his young son and wife within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Britain
Pavel Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
William Marshall
Foreign Office
Marshall
County Blood Drive Surpasses Quota in Scurry County
Scurry County residents donated 159 pints to the American Red Cross bloodmobile on Tuesday, nine pints above the quota. The event ran at the veterans clubhouse with 30 volunteers from the American Legion VFW and Auxiliaries aiding Red Cross staff despite brief rain and a temporarily impassable road. Mrs. E P Ketner, county Red Cross chairwoman, expressed gratitude to donors and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County
American Red Cross Bloodmobile
E. P. Ketner
Red Cross
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Legion
VFW
Temperature climbs after rain with 95 degree high
Weather observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn reports yesterday’s high reached 95 degrees after a rain that pushed temps unusually low. The low settled near 68 degrees and at 7:30 this morning the thermometer read 73.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Strayhorn
Endorsement Of Fair Deal Is Demanded
President Truman urges no betrayal of the New and Fair Deal as Democratic hopefuls pace a liberal path. Sen. Russell denounces Taft Hartley while Kefauver calls for fighting Republican isolationism and reaction. Delegate tallies show Kefauver leading, with Harrisson third. 616 votes needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Truman
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Fair Deal
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kefauver
Veteran Admits Killing Blonde At Columbia University
Air Force veteran Bayard P. Peakes confessed in Boston to killing 18 year old Eileen Fahey at Columbia University’s American Physical Society office. He traveled to New York in handcuffs and waived extradition to face charges. he said he killed Fahey after being rejected on his thesis about prolonging life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia University
Bayard P. Peakes
Boston
Eileen Fahey
District Attorney's Office
Peakes
Air Force
Miss Fahey
American Physical Society
Pfe
Ronald Leo
First Marine Division
Korea
Leo
Francis Wilson
Northwestern University
Wilson
Society
Back Bay
George A. Loares
Frank S. Hogan
Fahey
Cosmorama Wins Prize in Local Parade Float Contest
Cosmorama Club captured first prize of 195 dollars in the roden parade drawing a crowd of over 5 000 yesterday. The VFW Auxiliary took second with 100 dollars and a truck themed to aid afflicted persons. Lucky 13 Sports Club placed third earning 75 dollars with a horse drawn crepe paper covered wagon. Fourth went to the Rainbow Girls with a rainbow arch and youthful club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmorama Club
VFW
Lucky 13 Sports Club
Rolling Plains
Rainbow Girls Club
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Absentee Totals Reported for July 26 Primary
Absentee ballots cast by 10 am numbered 105 with 116 additional requests filed but not yet voted. The deadline for absentee voting is midnight next Tuesday.
Loyalist Maverick Rejects Texas Compromise at Conference
Maury Maverick a San Antonio veteran in the Loyal Democrat faction says there is no way to reconcile Texas delegations at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He asserts the legal delegation should be seated as seating is set for Friday, while Gov. Allyn Shivers heads to Chicago to back the party platform. Shivers faces a challenge from Houston oilman J. R. Patton over his Fair Deal stance and Opposition threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maverick
Texas
Allan Shivers
National Committee
Shivers
Chicago
Beaumont
J. R. Patton
Houston
Change in Polling Place for Southeast Snyder
County Judge Edgar Taylor announced a polling place change for Southeast Snyder due to remodeling at the high school gym. Voters will use the wooden frame building north of the gym on election day. Southwest Snyder uses city hall, Northwest Snyder uses the Northwest Elementary cafeteria, and Northeast Snyder uses the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Edgar Taylor
Elmer Taylor
Southwest Snyder
Northwest Snyder
Northwest
Northeast Snyder
Weather Update for Texas Coasts and Plains
East Texas sees showers and squalls along the coast and inland today with scattered showers and warmer temperatures Friday. Fresh to strong southeast and east winds on the coast. North Central and West Texas report partly cloudy today through Friday with scattered afternoon thunderstorms and little temperature change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Texas
North Central
West
Texas
Mossadegh Quits As Iran Premier
Iran's Premier Mohammed Mossadegh resigns amid Parliament's failure to grant decree powers for six months to handle the economic crisis. He 82 accepted reappointment after intervention by the Shah, but opposition grows in the Majlis over the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Sheh Mohammed Reza Pab'evi
Mossadegh
Majlis
Hussein Ala
Senate
Sha
Parliment
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Jack Gorwick
Kenneth Wilson
Colorado City
Garwick
Lee Watson
Union
Rayburn
Independence
Thomas J. Gavin
Kansas City
Bruce
Burke Brow
E. A. Brooks
Blonde
Cosmorama
Associated Press
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Oilman
Parten
Southeast
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