Eisenhower Write-In Surges in Minnesota Primary
With two thirds of the precincts reported Eisenhower won about 39 percent of GOP votes while Harold Stassen led the field with 42 percent on the ballot. Write-ins began Friday and produced a record tally though no automatic delegates are awarded. Humphrey led the Democratic write-ins and Kefauver trailed Truman.
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Minneapolis
Eisenhower
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Sen
Kefauver
Truman
Humphrey
D-Minn
Stassen
Edward C. Slottedahl
Taft
Barl Warren
California
Gen
MacArthur
St. Paul
Duluth
Supreme Court
Paris
Flowing Oil Found In Scurry County Wildcat
McAlester Fuel Corp reports No 1-A T P Allen wildcat in Southwest Scurry County flowed from a lower Permian lime possibly Strawn. Drillstem test showed oil 180 feet of 41.5 gravity oil with no water at 7,447 to 7,462 feet. Prospector notes Strawn section possible, Canyon reef above 7,346 feet produced salt water. Other Scurry wells underway or prepared to test, including Humble Oil and Texaco prospects and nearby Kent and Borden projects.
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McAlester Fuel Corp
T. P. Allen
Wildcat
Scurry County
Allen
Canyon Reef
Snyder
LaVaca Navigation Survey
Scurry
Humble Oil
James Davidson
Scurry Wildcat
Texaco No
P. L. Fuller
Scurry Strawn
American Trading & Production
Elmer Howell
Helmleigh - Ellenburger
Kent and
Borden Sun Oil
Bilby Wallace
Clairemont
Superior Oil Co
A. Wood
Northwest Kent
C.D. Jones
Borden Wildcat
Women Golfers Killed By Plane Crash at Timuquana Course
Two women golfers were killed when a Navy Corsair fighter crash landed on Timuquana Golf Course near Jacksonville Florida. Eyewitness A C Weller reported the engine failed and a nearby caddy was unharmed. The victims were Brady Johnson, a prominent Jacksonville golfer, and Mrs William Dempsey wife of a local contractor. The pilot escaped injury.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Timuquana
A. C. Weller
Timuquana Road
Weller
Brady Johnson
Dinsmore Dairies
William Dempsey
Timuquana Club
Naval Air Station
Wage Stabilization Board weighs steel labor settlement
The 18 member Wage Stabilization Board meets to frame recommendations for the steel labor dispute as a 650,000 worker walkout looms. The board rejected a 13.7 cent offer, while CIO President Murray weighs delaying action. officials warn a strike would disrupt defense programs and inflation controls.
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Washington
WSB
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
Manly Fleischmann
New York
U. S&s. Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin
Murray
Truman
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Truce Negotiators Near Agreement on Entry Ports in Korea
Allied spokesmen said talks on Korean armistice entry ports neared agreement after 53 minutes. The UN proposed a compromise for 10 ports with three per side and a neutral supervision issue. Disagreements remain over repatriation, airfield repairs, and Soviet neutrality. Brig. Gen. William P. Nuckols called Inchon progress promising.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Andrew J. Kinney
Panmunjom
Red
Soviet
Russia
U. N
U.N
Pyongyang
Chinnampo
Sinanju
Hungnam-Hamhung
South Korea
Seoul
Inchon
Reds
Taegu
Suwon
West Korea
William P. Nuckols
U.N. Command
No Contests In City Race
One contested seat in the April 1 city election drew no opponents after F A Karr, highway department employee, asked to remove his name from the ballot for council district No 1 North Sayer. Dr Robert H Hargrove remained the only other candidate for the post. Karr moved to Snyder four years ago from Haskell while with the Texas Highway Department.
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Clara Jones
F. A. Karr
Highway Department
North Sayer
Last Minute Rush For GIs Marrying Japanese Brides
Hundreds of American servicemen wed Japanese brides today to meet a deadline for bringing wives to the United States. At Tokyo consulate about 95 marriages occurred with similar numbers in Yokohama Nagoya Kobe Fukuoka and Sapporo as service members raced to complete civil marriages before the noon cutoff.
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Tokyo
United States
James B. Pilcher
U. S
Chizuko Fukimoto
Korea
Bers
Yokohama
Nagoya
Kobe
Fukuoka
Sapporo
Van Fleet Turns 60 Amid Quiet Korea Day
In Seoul on March 19 General James A. Van Fleet marked his 60th birthday with his son James Jr arriving in Korea to begin flying combat missions. North of Seoul a jet battle saw unnumbered American Sabres clash with 36 MIGs, while heavy bombardments and naval shelling continued along the front.
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Seoul
Korea
Shooting Star
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Air Force
James Jr
Eighth Army
van Fleet
United Nations
Troops Head For Texas War Exercise Long Horn
Combat-equipped troops of the 31st Dixie Infantry Division lifted by air from Shaw Air Force Base bound for war games in Texas. The 1000 mile air lift, described as the largest ever, aims to reach Temple by Monday for Exercise Long Horn starting March 25, with 4000 men already moved by road and the 18th Air Force transporting a full regional combat team.
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Shaw Air Force Base
N. C
31St
Dixie) Infantry Division
Texas
Air Force
Temple
18Th Air Force
Volcano Farms Island Emerges In Pacific Ocean
Manila reports a submarine volcano awoke after 90 years and built a 250 foot high rock mass 315 miles north of Manila. The eruption created a five acre island with boiling waters around a 15 acre area, a 10,000 foot smoke column, and large boulders tumbling. It reappears near the site of a prior underwater eruption that formed rocks 700 feet high 92 years ago.
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Manila
Pacific
Volcano
Tax Offices Targeted by Home Made Bombs in Tokyo
Tokyo reports indicate three government tax offices were struck with home made fire bombs in recent days. The incidents suggest a coordinated act of direct action against tax authorities.
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Tokyo
Farmer Janssen Refuses PMA Over-Planting Fine
DeWitt County tenant farmer Johnnie Janssen defies a $1,207.76 penalty imposed by the Production Marketing Administration for over planting cotton on 70 acres in 1951. He accuses the election of allotments as undemocratic and cites constitutional rights while warning of possible seizure of stored cotton. Claude Jenning of Cuero PMA says the fine reflects excess acreage beyond the allotment set by local farmers.
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Cufro
DeWitt County
Johnnie Janssen
Nevelty
Janssen
U. S
Jenecen
PMA
Cuero
United States
Houston
Tria
Claude Jenning
Cuero Pma
Wells Tested In New City For Summer Water Shortage
Drilling on Avenue Y between Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth Streets yielded a water show in a red clay formation 250 feet deep on the second test hole. The city superintendent reports the goal is to reach productive water without excessive depth. A prior test on Thirty seventh Street, east of Noble Heights, was dry. the first well produced 20 gallons per minute.
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Avenue Y
Twenty - Fourth
Twenty - Fifth
W. J. Ramsey
Noble Heights
Snyder
Another Man Spied On Reds
Harry Owen Bartlett of Garrett County Maryland testified in a federal court trial about his expulsion from the Communist Party after ten years for being too revolutionary. He said he joined in 1938 and became an informer for the FBI after seeking advice from Paul Fletcher. He recalled attending 1947 Cumberland meetings where party members pushed a Celanese plant strike led by the CIO Textile Workers of America to deepen party influence.
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Baltimore
Harry Owen Bartlett
Garrett County
Communist Party
Bartlett
Paul Fletcher
Allegany County
Paul
FBI
PBI
Cumberland
Celanese Corp
CIO Textile Workers of America
Fate Of Underground Water Districts At Stake
In Austin a court faces a Friday or Saturday decision on the 1949 Texas underground water conservation law. The suit by the Colorado River Municipal Water District challenges the Martin County Water Construction District, with implications for Sherman County and Plainview-Lubbock districts. Attorneys argue over district validity, regulatory impact, and the needs of Odessa Big Spring and 60,000 residents.
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Austin
Texas
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Martin County
Jack Roberts
Burt Watson
State Board of Water Engineers
Watson
Sherman County
Plainview-Lubbock
Atty
Victor Bouldin
CRMWD
Roger B. Tyler Jr
State Board
Big Spring
George Thomas
Odessa
Colorado River
Cleanup Man Demands Income Data Amid Corruption Probes
Washington fight over the Truman administration corruption inquiries intensifies as J Newbold Morris seeks detailed financial data from Atty. Gen. McGrath and 595 DOJ officials. A House subcommittee requests tax returns for McGrath and 19 aides while Senate Judiciary advances a plan to appoint a chief investigator and five assistants, with broader access to gathered information. Morris faces criticism for a past outburst and is contrasted with the new approach.
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J. Newbold Morris
Truman
Atty. Gen
McGrath
Justice Department
House Judiciary
Ques
Harold E. Stassen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Morris
McCarran
Dnew
Senate
Gress
Nevadan
New York
Reams Seeks Re election Attacks Parr In Duval County
Judge Sam G. Reams of the 79th District Court announces bid for re election and attacks County Judge George Parr of Duval County. He recalls the 1950 election when Duval backed Vale against him and criticizes Parr for controlling the county. Reams decries dictatorial rule over residents and property.
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Alice
Sam G. Reams
79Th District Court
George Parr
Duval County
Reams
Brooks
Jim Wells
Starr
79Th Judicial District
A. J. Vale
Rio Grande City
Vale
State Election Board
Spring Warmth Moves In With 71 Degree High
Weather observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn reports a 71 degree high yesterday and a 41 degree low last night. At 7 30 this morning the thermometer stood at 45 proving spring warmth returning after a cool spell.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Strayhorn
Weather outlook for Texas regions today through Thursday
West Texas shows fair conditions this afternoon and tonight. East Texas warm and fair today with increasing clouds and warmth tonight. South Central Texas fair today and tonight with scattered showers late Thursday or Thursday night. North Central Texas fair today with cooler Thursday and widely scattered showers southeast.
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West
Texas
East Texas
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Olympia, Wash
Teruko Maeaka
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