Thompson's Call Captures Grand Championship at Scurry Show
Thompson wins grand champion Hereford calf at Scurry County Junior Livestock Show with a 915 pound animal. Glenn Frank Thompson, 14, Snyder 4-H Club, earns top honors as Ralph Price tops reserve. Swine, sheep, and poultry awards go to Larry Smith, Marvin J Franklin, Dusty Moore, and others as judges praise high interest and strong participation.
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Glenn Frank Thompson
Scurry County
Rodeo Grounds
Ralph Price
Snyder Ffa
Bobby Hull
Lee Watson
Stanley Anderson
Anderson
Texas Technological College
Snyder
Snyder National Bank
Larry Smith
Marvin J. Franklin
Hampshire
Buddy Drum
Dusty Moore
Moore
Smith
Postpone Oil Strike For At Least 30 Days
Denver report says a nationwide oil worker strike set for Sunday midnight has been postponed at least 30 days. Twenty two unions representing about 250000 AFL CIO and independent oil workers agreed to delay until April 9. CIO official Eric Brown says walkout could start April 9 if not delayed further. O A Knight declines to confirm the date. wage board progress will influence timing.
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Denver
AFL
CIO
Eric Brown
Oil Workers International Union District Four
Beaumont
Texas
International Union
Wage Stabilization Board
O A. Knight
Truman
Amateur Detective Nabs Three Armed Bandits Near Houston
A Rosenberg taxi company owner turned amateur detective helped Colorado County officers capture three armed suspects 90 minutes after they kidnapped and robbed Houston cabbie Louis Nathan. Detective Harley A. Deckert aided by stalling, relaying descriptions, and coordinating with Sheriff Walk er and Police Chief Passant, leading to the trio's arrest and gun recovery.
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Houston
Rosenberg Taxi Company
Colorado County
Louis Nathan
Harley A. Deckert
Rosenberg
Nathan
Missouri City
Harris County
Deckert
Schulenberg
Bill Crosby
The
Chronicle
Eagle Lake
Farle Lake
Richmond
J. O. Walker
Joe Passant
Walker
Manager Delays Port Neches Plant Reopen Amid Labor Row
At the U S Rubber plant in Port Neches manager T A McCoy said reopening depends on all workers returning. The shutdown followed a strike threat after Oil Workers International Union members refused to cross AFL Machinists lines. Gates may reopen Monday if the dispute eases.
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OWIU
Stanfield to resign as Snyder schools chief effective July 1
M E Stanfield longtime Snyder superintendent since 1947 will resign the post on July 1 and move to assistant superintendent in the same district He will stay in the administrative department a plan approved by the board of trustees The board had planned to hire a new superintendent but offered the job to Stanfield instead with a successor to be named later He has served as high school principal and is 54 years old
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M. E. Stanfield
Snyder
Stanfield
Board of Trustees
H. W. Scarborough
Lee Stinson
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Premiums Brought In Auction Sale At Scurry County Show
Climax of Scurry County Junior Livestock Show featured Houston Glassen of Lamesa auctioning stock. Grand champion calf 915 pounds sold to Snyder National Bank for 1.00 a pound, hog 240 pounds to West Texas State Bank for 0.50, and grand champion lamb to Nathan's Jewelry of San Angelo for 88 dollars. Reserve champions included Ralph Price 990 pounds calf to West Texas Bank for 0.65, Dusty Moore lamb to R C Ayers at 1.00, Marvin Joe Franklin hog to Snyder National at 0.30, and Waylon Glass capon to George Parks at 8 dollars.
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Thompson
C. T. McLaughlin
Snyder Oil and Cattleman
Nathan's Jewelry of
San Angelo
Larry Smith
Scurry County
Billy Smith
Waylon Glass
Canadian nuns recount Red China trial ordeal in Canton
Three Quebec nuns expelled from China described being stoned and spat upon during a Canton trial for murder of orphans. They said 20 000 spectators filled Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall, with the event broadcast for propaganda. They reported high infant mortality due to hygiene, opium use, disease, and premature births after a Communist staff takeover.
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Hong Kong
China
Canton
Elizabeth Lemire
Imelda Laperriere
Mermaine Tanguay
Quebec
Sun Yat-Sen
Antionette Couvrette
Jermaine Gravel
Holy Childhood Receiving Home
Pressure on Wage Board Over Union Shop Dispute
Washington report notes industry and union leaders trading high‑pressure propaganda on the union shop issue as Congress and the Wage Stabilization Board review steel and other cases. The outcome could shape future acceptance of union shop demands in labor negotiations.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Congress
Wage Board
Truman
Pinay Forms French Cabinet Amid NATO Defense Pledge
Paris March 8 Conservative Premier Antoine Pinay formed a cabinet with sixteen veteran ministers and one new face Pierre Garett as labor minister. Approval by the National Assembly is expected Tuesday. Schuman remains foreign minister amid debates over NATO, Korea, Indochina, and a European army. If endorsed, it becomes France’s 20th postwar government.
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Paris
Antoine Pinay
France
National Assembly
Pierre Garett
Robert Schuman
NATO
Korea
Indochina
Newbold Morris Denies Red Front Involvement In Hearings
Newbold Morris told Sen Mundt he was not a subversive and avoided Communist fronts. Mundt fired back, urging precise answers as Morris prepares to testify on his role as a lawyer for firms moving goods to Communist China before and after Korea.
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Newbold Morris
Red Front
Washington
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
Congressional Record
Morris
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Red China
Subcommittee
China International Foundation, Inc
United Tanker Corp
China Trading and Industrial Development Corp
China
Capitol Hill
Truman
Korean Front Lines Quiet After Light Saturday Skirmishes
In Seoul on March 9, heavy precipitation produced one of the quietest days of the Korean War. Allied patrols retreated from frontline posts with only light contacts. The Fifth Air Force logged 36 daylight missions. Western Front patrols near Korangpo reported two brief clashes with Communist platoons.
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Seoul
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Korangpo
UN General says Reds in Korea may outnumber lines but can be stopped
Gen. James A. Van Fleet told Seoul reporters that about 900,000 Chinese and Korean Reds have built up forces in Korea with roughly 450,000 on the front. He said Allied troops can halt any spring offensive and that artillery and equipment favor the United Nations. Van Fleet recalled heavy Communist losses last year and noted renewed front strength amid armistice talks.
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Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
U.S. Eighth Army
van Fleet
Goegt
Eighth Army
Panmunjom
United Nations
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Scurry County Junior Livestock Association
FFA
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Monty Hedges
Hereford
Buddy Dennis
Doug Sawyer
Ira 4-H
Jerry Lloyd
Willie Brownfield
Barrow
Ellis Huddleston
Bill Voss
Bobby Burney
John Hataway
Jim Sealy
Ray Parks
Morris Head
Jackie Grimmet
Royce Pierce Os
Johnnie Roberts
Tate
M.E. Stanfield
Red
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Sol A. Rosenblatt
Eleanor Morgan Satterlee
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Geral Greene
Collec
Jim Ikard
Victor Freytag
LaWayne Hulse
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