Pioneer Andrew P. Morris dies after long illness in Snyder
Andrew Perry Morris 82 longtime Snyder resident died at 7 10 last night at 2707 Avenue W after a long illness. Funeral at 3 tomorrow at First Baptist Church with Rev F E Shepherd and Rev Lawrence Hays. Burial Snyder Cemetery. Survivors include widow three daughters one sister and one brother. Morris had been a furniture and music dealer and owned the Morris Melody Shop. born January 2 1870 in Macon Georgia. moved to Texas as a child. married Dora Gosney November 22 1897 in Fort Worth.
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Andrew Perry Morris
Snyder
Avenue W
Mr. Morris
Macon
Texas
P. H. Morris
Fort Worth
Dora Gosney
Tarrant County
Morris Melody Shop
Avenue S
First Baptist Church
Morris
FE. K. Shepherd
Lawrence Hays
Rotan
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Funeral Home
J. B. May
Jourdanton
Jim Snelling
Otis Chalk
Gaither Bell
L. J. Fenley
Gordon Grove
Cal
Lowrey Morris
van Nuys
Calif
Oil drilling updates from Ellenburger and Kent counties
Scurry Ellenburger tester Elmer Howell completed a four hour drillstem test in the Ellenburger formation from 7 355 to 408 feet. Gas appeared at the surface within 10 minutes after opening the tool, fluid unloading began after pulling 17 stands of pipe, total 5 850 feet recovered, composition pending. General Crude Oil Co reports plug and abandonments at Feldman No 2 Ellenburger south and west of Hermleigh Ellenburger field and Webb No 5 Webb near Claytonville pool. No 1 C V O Keefe Kent County wildcat drilling below 3 400 feet. Superior No 1 B Wood Salt Creek Kent at 6 330 feet awaiting core.
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American Trading & Production
Elmer Howell
Ellenburger
Failure
R. Olsen Oil Co
Hermleigh - Ellenburger
H&tc
General Crude Oil Co
G. T. Webb
Fisher County
Claytonville
General Crude
Webb
Thompson
Kent
General
C. V. O ‘Keefe
Kent County
Wildcat
Superior No
Salt Creek
Largest World War II style bombing raid near Pyongyang ends
U N forces report the biggest saturation bombing of the Korean War occurred near Pyongyang. About 800 fighter bombers attacked south west of the capital, destroying 64 troops and supply bunkers, 135 buildings, 12 gun positions, 123 vehicles, plus a bridge, ammunition dump and power plant. More than 108 carrier planes operated at the port of Wonsan.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Taedong
Chinnanpo
Manchuria
Fifth Air Force
Eighth
12Th Marine Air Group
U.S. Navy
Marine
Air Force
U.N
Chorwon
Wonsan
Rain Touched Most of Scurry County Overnight
A quick shower early this morning dropped rain across Scurry County led by Snyder with .05 inch and a May total of .40 inch, yearly 3.69. Hermleigh saw .81 inch with hail, while nearby locations reported .50 to .35 inch. High yesterday reached 96 with a 64 degree low recorded at 7 30 this morning.
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Scurry County
Snyder
W. C. Farguson
Hermleigh
D. P. Strayhorn
Adenauer Defeats Socialist Bid to Stall Peace Pact Signing
Bonn May 23 Chancellor Adenauer thwarted a Socialist move to force a parliamentary debate to block the peace contract with the United States Britain France and West Germany. The pact to be signed Monday ends occupation controls and defines West Germany's sovereignty amid Western defenses.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Western Germany
Free Europe
Bundestag
Adenauer
House
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Iron Curtain
Atom Scientist Weinberg Indicted for Perjury
Joseph W. Weinberg a scientist linked to the atomic bomb program was indicted in Washington on charges he lied under oath about Communist Party membership. The perjury case stems from his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee regarding wartime spying at the University of California radiation lab in Berkeley.
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Washington
Joseph W. Weinberg
Congressional
Communist Party
Weinberg
House Un-American Activities Committee
House Committee
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Berkeley
Generals Demoted in Kose Prison Camp Incident
The Army demoted two generals involved in the Kose prison camp matter. Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd and Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson were reduced to permanent grades of colonel after being seized by Red prisoners of war and agreeing to prisoner demands.
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Washington
Army
Kose
Senate Armed Service Committee
Francis T. Dodd
Charles F. Colson
Airlines Push Decontrol Plea as Aviation Fuel Shortage Deepens
Airlines ask Secretary Chapman to decontrol aviation gasoline amid ongoing fuel shortages and contract settlements. American plans large flight cuts with 42 flights canceled yesterday and 104 to 146 more slated. Pan American trims transatlantic services to London Paris and Frankfurt. The Air Force cautions against decontrol due to its fuel needs while June 3 remains a provisional continuation date for restrictions.
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Denver
Chapman
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
Air Force
Pan American Airlines
American
C. R. Smith
PAC
Miami
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pan American
London
Paris
Frankfurt
Superintendent Resigns Job In Port Neches
Dr Cecil L Yarborough, Snyder's new superintendent, resigns from Port Neches schools after winning a trustees dispute in 1948. He accepted a three year Snyder contract at 10000 dollars for the first year and will move with his wife and six year old son. He will begin duties July 1.
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Snyder
M. E. Stanfield
Yarborough
Port Neches
Associated Press
State Board of Education
Austin
Santa Claus Gave His Boss Money Away to Drinking Pals
Anthony C. Adams a 43 year old messenger handyman at the Union Stock Yards and Transit Company faced felony charges after McCormick and Brown alleged he forged company vouchers to obtain and quietly spend his employer's funds. Over two years he allegedly diverted about $34 300 to drinking companions while his mother managed his pay.
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Santa Claus
Adams
Archer Avenue
James A. Brown
William Brumick
Charles S. Dougherty
William Wood Prince Jr
Union Stock Yards and Transit Company
Prince
Brown and Brumlck
Dam Closure Delayed to July 1 in Southwest Scurry County
E V Spence of the Colorado River Municipal Water District says closure of the dam has been postponed from May 5 to July 1 by mutual agreement with the contractor. If begun July 1, closure could finish by September 1. officials cite expected heavy spring rains and equipment needs as reasons for the delay. Oil operators present had no objection to closure, and another well was staked in the basin this week.
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Scurry County
E. V. Spence
Big Spring
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Abilene
Spence
Water District
S. H. Stephens
J. W. Moorman & Son Construction Company
R. A. Schooling
Snyder
J. W. Moorman & Son
Western Union Strike Ends After 51 Days
Washington May 23 union and Western Union officials reached terms to end a 51 day strike by 30000 employees of the AFL CTU. The pact awards a 10 cent hourly raise for newer hires and a 40 hour week without wage cuts for older workers, contingent on federal approval to raise telegraph tolls and ratification by members.
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Washington
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
CTU
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation Service
W. L. Allen
The
W. U
Tornado Strikes Lawton Oklahoma and Fort Sill
A early morning tornado caused minor damage in Lawton and Fort Sill Oklahoma damaging three buildings. Winds shattered windows toppled a sheet iron building and damaged a garage while power lines were cut no injuries reported. Nearby Electra suffered hailstorms that damaged wheat fields and car tops.
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Preas
Lawton
Okla
Fort Sill
North Texas Wheat Country
Wichita Falls
Tex
Billy Mayes
Electra
Red Pilots Best Available Says Jet Ace Thyng
Col. Harrison R. Thyng, commander of the Fourth Fighter Interceptor Wing, said MIG 15 pilots are using a foul weather tactic in which radar observers guide their aircraft to dive from overcasts to strike U S planes. He noted the MIGs are now flying in bad weather and that their pilots are experienced in new jets.
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Tokyo
America
Harrison R. Thyng
More Coastal Workers Back
Striking oil workers returned to the Gulf Oil Refinery in Port Arthur after voting for a 15 cent hourly raise. About 600 at the Port Neches Texas Company asphalt plant are voting on raises and back pay. Negotiations continue at Crown Central near Houston Shell in Houston Magnolia in Beaumont Texas Co in Port Arthur and Pure Oil in Nederland.
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Associated Press
Texas
CIO
Gulf Oil
Port Arthur
Texas Company Asphalt
Port Neches
Crown Central Petroleum Corp
Houston
Shell Oil Co
Magnolia
Beaumont
Texas Co
Pure Oil
Nederland
Senate hearing weighs government seizure power over plants
Senator Morse asserts government seizure of plants for national security could force a workers stop, as Federal Mediation chief says no mechanism compels work. The hearing probes a Morse bill allowing 60 day takeovers during deadlocked disputes amid Truman steel seizure debate. Bridges questions Truman claim of absolute emergency seizure powers.
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Morse
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Senate
Ching
Congress
Truman
Poppy Sale by VFW Auxiliary Set for Tomorrow
Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary will sell buddy poppies all day tomorrow. Mrs Woodrow Newton chairs the poppy committee. The group ordered 3000 poppies to support the national VFW home for widows and orphans at Eaton Springs Michigan. Poppies will be sold in three 8 woman shifts.
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Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Tomorow
Woodrow Newton
VFW Home For Widows and Orphans of Veterans
Eaton Springs
Mich
CIO Board Members in Labor Hearing Face Red Front Claims
WASHINGTON reports sharp exchanges as House Labor Committee probes Wage Stabilization Board ties to alleged Communist fronts. CIO Rubber Workers Union chief Joseph W. Childs accuses Rep Vail of red baiting and says references target him personally. Childs and two CIO colleagues to respond to insinuations about anti American activities.
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Washington
Barden
D-Nc
House Labor Committee
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
CIO Board
House
Organized Labor
Joseph W. Childs
CIO Rubber Workers Union
Rep. Vail
R-Ill
CIO
Childs
John
Brophy
Benjamin Sigal
Vail
Rubber Workers Union
Joe Childs
Akron
Civil Rights Con
Graduation Night Opens for Snyder High Class of 74
Seventy four Snyder High School seniors will receive diplomas tonight in the school auditorium after a commencement address by Delbert Browning Midland Chamber of Commerce manager. Baccalaureate services were held Sunday with Boyd Fanning Church of Christ minister delivering the sermon.
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Snyder
Delbert Browning
Midland Chamber of Commerce
Boyd Fanning
Church of Christ
Twenty-fifth Street
Weather forecast for West Texas and Central Plains
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and cooler conditions in the Panhandle and Southern Plains and upper Pecos Valley eastward Friday and early Friday night. Saturday mostly cloudy in parts of Texas with cooler north areas and strong southeasterly winds along the coast.
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Texas
Panhandle
Plains
Pecos Valley
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East Germany
Rlin
U.S
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Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
Acheson
Eden
Schuman
Council of Europe
Strasbourg
American High Commission
Cecil L. Yarborough
Anthony C. Adams
Jet Ace
R-Ore
House Judiciary Committee
Rep. Pickett
Dtex
Supreme Court
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Buddy
VFW
Red Front
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