Wets Lose Bid in Texas Prohibition Hearing
In Austin the state House committee defeated a amendment for a statewide prohibition vote by 15 to 5. Wets packed the gallery with signs opposing prohibition while Drs and ministers testified amid a lively floor scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Prohibition
Texas
State House
Wctu
Claude Devan Watts
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Cr. L. Clark
Houston
Frank Boydston
Baylor University
James McLain
Dr. I. Q
McLain
Walter Green
San Angelo
San Angelo, Tex
Ellenburger Top Corrected In No 1 Glass
Corrected top of the Ellenburger at 7 324 feet in Southwest Fisher County will host casing and tests to prove production potential. The well flowed 37 barrels per hour during a 55 minute test. electric log later fixed total depth at 7 347 feet. Nearby fields report new wells and offsets in Stonewall County and Scurry County with initial flows around 260 barrels daily and high gas oil ratios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standlard Oil & Gas Co. No. 1
M. A. Glass
Ellenburger
Fisher County
Scurry County Line
Pyron
Ha&tc Survey
Hermleigh
Scurry Coun
Stonewall Seaboard Oil Co
Delaware
W. F. Edwards
Double Mountain
Stonewall County
H&tc Survey
Harrie Winston
Wildcat
Scurry County
Snyder
J. P. Smith
Kent
Senate approves Scurry County court at law bill
Sen Pat Bullock announced in Austin that the Texas Senate passed the Scurry County county court at law measure shortly before noon. The bill, already approved by the House, awaits Gov Allen Shivers signature, expected next week. The new court will relieve the county judge from executive duties, with the first judge appointed by the commissioners court for a two year term. The judge must be a licensed Texas attorney and a Scurry County resident with four years practice prior to appointment. The salary is projected at 5250 annually, matching other county offices, and the measure includes provisions for a shorthand reporter and an official interpreter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Bullock
Austin
State
Senate
Scurry County
House
Allen Shivers
Edgar Taylor
Commissioners Court
Texas
House Journal
Commissioners’ Court
Taylor
Senate Journal
Mexico
City Seeks Bids for Hall Wing and Southeast Fire Station
City secretary Clara Jones says bids will be opened Monday night for two projects the wing addition to City Hall to house more firefighting gear and a new fire sub station in Southeast Snyder. Six contractors requested plans but no bids yet.
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Snyder
Clara Jones
Five Escapees Still Sought After Jail Break
A state wide search continued for five prisoners who broke from Scurry County jail by hacking through a brick wall. Duwell Turner of Fort Worth and four others face armed robbery and related charges. Sheriff Merritt said two locks were broken and a 12 by 16 inch hole was chipped in a foot thick wall to reach the kitchen roof and ground outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beeen
Scurry County
Duwell Turner
Fort Worth
Western Union
Horace Edward Lyday
Snyder
Virgil Muse
Charles Gardner
Fillmore
Calif
Fred Paul Moore
Gail
Bull Pen
Muse
Lloyd H. Merritt
Kiwanis Report Sees $400 Proceeds From Style Show
A preliminary Kiwanis Club report notes about 400 dollars raised by the Womanless Style Show. Incomplete tallies await unturned tickets and funds, with auditorium rental listed as the only expense. Frank Fisher reported on Kiwanis Scout committee activities, joined by Bill Brown and Joe Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Ford Caperton
Frank Fisher
Kiwanis Scout Committee
Bill Brown
Joe Watson
Scout Committee
Kiwanis
Panhandle Endures Severe One Day Winter Storm
The Upper Texas Panhandle faced one of its worst snow and ice events with hundreds of downed utility poles and about 150 cars stranded in Perryton. Snow followed ice as winds hit 50 mph, reducing visibility to zero and prompting outages across five towns and several telephone lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Upper Texas Panhandle
Perryton
Panhandle
San Antonio
Texas
East
Irvin R. Buchanan
Beaven
Oklahoma Panhandle
Booker
Barrouzett
Follett
Spearman
Texanhandle
M Rogers
Guymon
Oxhla
Buchanan
Gambler Croft Refuses to Talk Before Senate Panel
John Croft linked to Northern Kentucky gambling refuses to answer questions from Senate Crime Investigators. He posted a $10 000 bond for possible contempt and faces potential charges if he does not testify Friday before the full committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Croft
Kentucky
Senate
Croft
O'Conor
Keys
FBI
Florida Keys
Miami
James H. Brink
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Yorkshire Club
Newport
Skipper And 8 Girls Missing In Tropicair Sinking Search
Navy and Coast Guard intensified the search for eight girls and their skipper aboard the 43 foot Tropicair missing off the Lower Florida Keys. Winds rose to 20 to 30 mph as small craft and planes combed the area. The crew had left St Petersburg for Havana and were turned away from the St Petersburg Havana race for crew inexperience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Navy
Coast Guard
Florida Keys
Weather Bureau
le Hederman
St. Petersburg
Havana
Board of Directors
Meeting in Berlin to discuss shooting of American convoy
Berlin authorities from the United States and Russia planned a late day meeting to address the East German police firing on a Potsdamer Platz sightseeing convoy of 73 Americans. American officials urged a public reaffirmation of Allied travel rights and assurances the East German police are under proper direction. Three shots damaged a bus but no injuries were reported.
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Berlin
U. S
Potsdamer Platz
Mathewson
East
First Atom Spy Trial Ends with Convictions in New York
In New York on March 29, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and Morton Sobell were found guilty of passing wartime atomic secrets to Russia. The trial tied up seven hours of deliberation, with the jury weighing potential death penalties as the case tied to Klaus Fuchs’s ring. The star witness, David Greenglass, pleaded guilty and awaits sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
United States
Julius Rosenberg
Ethel
Morton Sobell
Klaus Fuchs
England
Nagasaki
Japan
David Greenglass
Ethel Rosenberg
Greenglass
Anatoli A. Yakovlev
Los Alamos
New
French Leader Pledges Help Against Aggression
President Vincent Auriol pledged France will do all within its power to resist and deter aggression and save peace. He called charges France would not fight an insult as cruel as unjust during a National Press Club address in Washington. Auriol’s one week visit prompts debates among American critics of Western European defense plans.
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Washington
Vincent Auriol
France
National Press Club
Auriol
United States
America
Two Trailer Trucks Stolen From E L Farmer Co
The E L Farmer Trucking Co reported two heavy trucks and trailers stolen. A 1948 International tractor with a red and green Spencer trailer and a 1950 GMC Spencer trailer were missing when workers arrived. No tract on the trucks found. police consider oil field equipment theft as a possible motive, though none was reported missing.
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E. L. Farmer Trucking Co
International
GMC
Collie Fish Enters Snyder School Board Race
J Collie Fish 1104 Twenty sixth Street filed for Snyder school board April 7 election joining incumbents J B Turner and E H Williamson. Other announced candidates in Hermleigh and county districts include Grady Williams James Davidson and E L Vandiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder School Board
Snyder
J. Collie Fish
Twenty-sixth Street
J. B. Turner
E. H. Williamson
Grady Williams
James Davidson
E. L. Vandiver
Hermleigh
Edgar Taylor
Fish
Turner and Williamson
Hope Rises In Deputy Meet
Paris March 29 Western sources welcomed Russia's new proposals for a Foreign Ministers Conference agenda. US Britain and France met at the French Foreign Ministry to discuss Andrei Gromyko's conciliatory ideas. They postponed a Friday talk with Gromyko to allow more debate.
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Paris
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Mickey Cohen Faces Texas Hearings Over Contempt Charge
Gambler Mickey Cohen says he has funds to travel to Texas but the State Legislative Crime Committee has not yet decided to hear him. He was cited for contempt for failing to appear and may face fines or jail if the grand jury indicts.
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Austin
Mickey Cohen
Texas
State Legislative Crime Committee
Cohen
California
Fred Meridith
Crime Committee
Mickey
Meridith
Travis County
Tex
Horace Houston
Dallas
New Clues In Cook Murder Near Riverside
Clothing found in a garbage can at March Air Force Base is the latest lead in the desert killings of Doris Cook 18 and her husband Richard Cook 18. Gray trousers and a maroon shirt were bloodstained and linked to a Newark New Jersey suspect Sgt Lawrence J Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Calif
Los Angeles
Here
March Air Force Base
Lawrence J. Walker
Newark
N. J
Newt Abbott
Perris
Doris Cook
Richard Cook
Cook
Cold snap lowers Panhandle temps. Snyder records 31
A cold front brought snow to the Panhandle and hail to South Texas. Snyder saw a low of 31 degrees before dawn, with a 55 degree high and the temperature rising only to 33 by 7 30 am.
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Panhandle
South Texas
Snyder
Five Per Cent Federal Retail Sales Tax Proposed By Group
The Committee for Economic Development urges a five percent national retail sales tax and a $6 billion spending slash to balance the federal budget. It calls for a $10 billion tax increase, tighter credit controls, and a private savings program to yield a $2–3 billion cash surplus in fiscal 1952, while strengthening anti inflation measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Committee For Economic Development
Businessmen’s
Research and Policy Committee
The
Business Research Organization
Marion B. Folsom
Eastman Kodak Co
New Offensive Expected From Chinese Soon
Allied forces on the Central Korean Front faced stiff Communist resistance as reports noted Red troops digging in four miles south of the border. MacArthur warned of a possible April offensive while heavy fighting continued near Kapyong and Chunchon, with air and ground clashes expanding.
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MacArthur
Korea
Kapyong
Chunchon
Nate Polonebzky
Pukhan
Soghan
Red Korea
U.S
Fifth Air Force
Northwest
Seveen
Munsan
Fromt
Redlands
Scurry County Men Sent for Abilene Physical Examinations
Sixty seven men from selective voice board No. 96 were sent to Abilene for physical examinations. Included were 2 from Snyder, 3 from fa, 2 from Hermleigh, and 1 each from Knapp Fluvanna and Dunn. Sixteen men from Sweetwater and eight from Roby reported, with others from Rotan Snyder and additional Scurry County towns named. Names listed include William Alfred Glaun Jr Leroy Alfred Walker George Darby and more.
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Selective Voice Board No. 96
Abilene
Snyder
Hermleigh
Knapp, Fluvanna
Dunn
Sweetwater
Roby
Rotan
R Snyder
Animation
William Alfred Glaun, Jr
Leroy Alfred Walker
George Orlando Darby
Tommy Rea Falls
Jerry Eugene Kelly
Edward Pena
Bobby Lynn Tavelor
Claus Dale Walser
Billy Joe Middleton
Thomas Caudle
Deonald Ray Boren
Stephen A. Jr
Bennie Wax Boone
Doyle Gene McBride
Scurry County
Lee Edw Palmer
Lyndon Carlis Moses Charles Raymond Williams
Albert Phillips
Albert Joemisch
Harvey Joy Key
Knapp
William Jones
Fluvanna
Ch Leonard Goodlett
Weather synopsis for West and East Texas brief
West Texas shows fair conditions in Del Rio Eagle Pass and Bend Country this afternoon with low temperatures near 28 to 34. Panhandle South Plains and Upper Pecos Valley will be colder tonight. East Texas will be partly cloudy and colder tonight with frost in the northern areas. Friday brings warmer conditions in the afternoon across portions.
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West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Bend Country
Panhandle
South Pi
Pecos Valley
East Texas
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Kenneth Moreland
Alexandria
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Martinsville
Kiwanis Children
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Rural Electrical Association
Northern Gas Pipeline Company of America
Gambler
Skipper
Atom
E. L. Farmer
Collie Fish
Hope
William E. Kemp
Kansas City
Citizens Association
Pendergast Democratic Organization
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