Cross Breed and Fine Wool Sheep Champions Crowned at Snyder Show
Dusty Moore and Buddy Drum, both 16, led in separate lamb classes with Moore winning fine wool and Drum crossbred. Grimmett won second and third in fine wool. Pierce and others filled top places as 146 lambs entered, record turnout. Hog judging to follow with 105 swine entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusty Moore
Snyder Ffa
Scurry County
Rodeo Grounds
Buddy Drum
Walson
Moore
Drum
Jackie Grimmett
Grimmett
Snyder High School
Royce Pierce
Synder Ffa
Junior McCormick
Monnie Hedges
Richard Miller
Snyder
Dick Browning
Robbie Roberson
Hermleigh
FFA
Jim Sealy
Ray Parks
Morris Head
Ed Kerley
Fluvanna
Oscar Fowler
Broadway Browning
BFA
Scurry Coun
Ty Junior Livestock Association
Garza Stepout Drilling Planned Near Garza Field No. 1 W. A. Cash
Alamo Oil Co of Lubbock stakes a No. 1 W. A. Cash stepout northwest of Garza field in Garza County to 3 400 feet targeting San Andres. Location lies 330 feet from section lines, about a half mile west and quarter mile north of the nearest San Andres producer. Borden wildcat No. 2 R. L. Gray at Bor den site drilled 8 471 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo Oil Co
Lubbock
Hunt Oil Co
Mitchell County
Elwood Estate
Colorado City
Ellenburger
J. P. Smith
Union Sulphur & Oil No
E.E. Erwin
Coleman Ranch
Kent County
Kewanee Oil No. 1
Maben
Scurry County
Texas
Fuller
Scurry Wildcat
Blood Soaked Profits Delayed Oil Strike By Unions
The oil strike set for midnight Sunday was temporarily postponed to allow 22 CIO AFL and independent unions to appeal to the Wage Stabilization Board. President Truman certified to the WSB the disputes with eight major oil firms, while Magnolia’s Beaumont refinery began shutdown steps and other plants prepared to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKenna
CIO
AFL
Wage Stabilization Board
Truman
WSB
Texas
Eric Brown
Beaumont
Dist
OWIU
Magnolia
Fred Schmidt
Dallas
Oil Workers International Union
Phillips Oil Company
Probes Expand On Cotton Trade With China After War Start
Senate investigators broaden inquiry into high profit trade where U S surplus cotton was sold to Communist China after Korea War began. Mundt cites new evidence about 48 563 bales and World Commerce China Trading profits as Hutton testifies before panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
China
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
U. S
Korea
China Trading and Industrial Development Corp
World Commerce Corp
New York
Senate Commerce
Sen. O'Conor
D-Md
O’conor
World Commerce
China Trading
Petitions For Liquor Election Filed In Scurry County
Movement to local option the sale of all alcoholic beverages in Scurry County submits 24 copies of a petition to county clerk Pat Johnston. The document carries 638 signatures far above the required 231. Petitions will be reviewed by the commissioners court on March 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scurry County
Pat Johnston
Johnston
Commissioner's Court
Implications Of Tideland Bill Before Senators
Senators debated a bill to give the Federal government control of submerged lands in offshore areas. Critics warned the move could threaten state ownership of coastal property and extend federal reach to filled inland lands and structures. Proponents cited revenue sharing with states and offshore oil operations under Interior, while opponents warned of potential title issues for Miami Beach, Boston tracts, and other coastal developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Long
D-La
Senate
Sen
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Douglas
D-Ii
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Secretary of Interior
Sen. Holland
D-Fla
Long
Miami Beach
Sen. Saltonstall
R-Mass
Boston
Congress
Supreme Court
California
Texas
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Six Big Democrat And Society Lawyer Wounded By Gun Shots
New York society attorney Sol A. Rosenblatt, linked to a J. P. Morgan heiress dispute, was wounded in the left thigh by a mystery gunman as he entered his Park Avenue building. A car, later found abandoned four blocks away, carried the shooter and another man. The incident followed postponed will hearings in Surrogate's Court over a fortune valued from 35 000 dollars upward, with Rosenblatt as chief beneficiary and Dr. Richard Hoffman alleged, amid claims of undue influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sol A. Rosenblatt
J. P. Morgan
Park Avenue
Democratic National Committee
Rosenblatt
Eleanor Morgan Satterlee
J. P. Morgan the Elder
New York Hospital
New York Cloak and Suit
Edward Minerly
Union Oil Workers Set For Nationwide Strike Beginning East
Pan American Pipeline in Texas City employs about 65 union workers who may strike when ordered by their local. Landis Lee, West Texas O W I CIO chairman, says local Texas City unit holds the order. Ramsey predicts a staggered nationwide strike starting in the East with pickets at Pan American offices. Union workers seek 25 cent across the board raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American Pipeline
Landis Lee
West Texas
Oil Workers International, Cio
Pan American
Texas City
A. M. Ramsey
Lee
Ramsey
Paft American
Dam Closure Begun for Colorado River District Dam
J W Moorman contractor says closure of the Colorado River Municipal Water District dam southwest of Snyder has begun and should finish in about 40 days. Dirt will fill a 700 foot gap to 2210 feet elevation, with possible extra height if unimpeded. Two oil companies drill nearby for future lake wells, and mounds are placed to elevate nine wells above water. About 370000 yards of dirt needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Moorman
Colorado River
Moorman
Red China blockade ban proposed in Korean armistice talks
Communist negotiators sought to insert a prohibition on naval blockades of the Chinese coast into the Korean armistice. Col. Don O. Darrow warned the move could extend limits beyond Korea and affect allied plans against China. The discussion followed talks on withdrawing naval forces from Korean waters and prisoner exchange progress in Pusan where 48 foreign civilians were reported held by the Communists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsan
Korea
Red China
Reds
Col
Don O. Darrow
Pu Shan
Darrow
Chiang Kaishek
Formosa
U.N
China
U.N. Command
Pusan
UN. Command
Weather reader records warm spell and chilly night
Mrs DB P Strayhorn the weather observer notes a high of 7 yesterday and a low of 44 last night. This morning at 7 30 the temperature was 50 as reported in the local weather log.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DB. P. Strayhorn
Weather summary for Texas regions
Weather outlook shows partly cloudy skies across West and South Central Texas this afternoon through Saturday with light to moderate rain possible Saturday. Winds from the east remain mild to locally fresh, with no significant temperature changes expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Truman Faces Tough Path On Foreign Aid Bill
President Truman pressed Congress to approve 7.9 billion for foreign aid, asserting every dollar is needed to fight communism. He urged the public in a radio TV address, while lawmakers warned of deep cuts amid election-year politics and scrutiny of waste and corruption. Senate and House leaders signaled possible reductions despite support from some Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Administration
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-la
Korea
Hickentrooper
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
McMahon
Connecticut
Green
Rhode Island
Senate
House
Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Connally D-Tex
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Garza
Kent Report
Pan
The
Associated Press
Joseph J. McKenna
East Chicago
Ill
O. A
Jack) Knight
C. R. Clover
AFL Oil Workers
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Newbold Morris
State Department
Pentagon
Dane Serous
Arris
Houston H. Wasson
Morris
Russia
Wasson
Hoffman
Pavia
Elba Velez
Miss Velez
Puerto Rico
Miss Valez
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