Delegates Head to Democratic and Republican Conventions
Scurry County delegates depart for the Democratic convention in San Antonio and the Republican gathering in Mineral Wells. Democratic delegates will carry three county resolutions urging tidelands ownership, opposition to centralization, and an uninstructed stance at the national convention. Republican delegates favor Eisenhower for president, tidelands retention, states rights, and flood control aid.
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Scurry County
San Antonio
Forest Sears
John Sentell
H. J. Brice
C. T. McLaughlin
Harold Bennett
James Rosser
Tidelands
S. L. Suratt
Eisenhower
Texas
Red Prisoners Rally Flag Displays On Koje Island
Koje Island Korea May 25 communist flags and red banners reappeared over most of the island’s 17 prisoner of war stockades after a night of defiance. Brig Gen Haydon Boatner dismissed a deputy commander and reorganized the staff while warning Reds to obey regulations or face consequences.
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Koje Island
Korea
Haydon Boamer
Boatner
Talkers Take It Easy In Recessed Week End
United Nations armistice delegates pause Panmunjom talks with Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison staying in Munsan while other American members go to Tokyo. Staff relax with volleyball and horseshoes during the weekend recess.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison
Thew
Tokyo
Rayburn emerges as a potential Democratic presidential candidate
House Speaker Sam Rayburn, seen as unlikely to run, delivers a 30 minute prepared speech on foreign aid and places it in the Congressional Record. Backers claim broad support from 84 of 85 Democratic House members and envision a Rayburn surge if early balloting fails to produce a nominee.
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Washington
Congress
House
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Texas
Chicago
Democratic House
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bosque River Flood Destroys Towns Near Waco
Flood waters from the Bosque River flooded Hico and Stephenville after Friday ten inch rains. Two people drowned in Stephenville. hundreds evacuated from Hico as water damaged Wieser Flour Mill and Arthur Burden Feed Mill. Lake Waco officials lowered the lake level to absorb the crest. Local residents sought refuge in churches and neighbors.
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Associated Press
Waco
Hico
Stephenville
H. W. Hedges
North Texas
Wieser
Arthur Burden
France Delays West German Peace Pact Amid French Demands
In Bonn on May 24 reports say France is pressing hard for new guarantees and occupation privileges delaying the West German peace treaty and European Army accord. Western foreign ministers met with Adenauer as Paris weighs demands. signing now targets Monday.
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France
West Germany
Bonn
Germany
Acheson
Paris
U.S
U. S
North Africa
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Schuman
Memorial Day Observed. Snyder Businesses to Close
Leon Huff Jr of the Snyder Chamber of Commerce announces most Snyder merchants will observe Memorial Day next Friday. The merchants committee voted to close for the holiday while some grocers weigh closing. city and county offices will also shut.
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Snyder
Leon Huff, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Huff
Chamber Merchants Committee
Five Texas refineries idle in oil workers strike
After settlements at Port Arthur and other plants, only Crown and Shell in Houston Channel, Magnolia Beaumont, Pan American Texas City, and Pure Oil Nederland remain idle. Texaco workers approved a key package boosting wages and night differentials, easing nationwide disruption.
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Associated Press
Texas
Big Texas Company
Port Arthur
Texaco
Oil Workers International Union Cio
Crown and Shell
Houston Ship Channel
Magnolia
Beaumont
Pan American
Texas City
Pure Oil
Nederland
Connally vows fight to expand foreign aid bill
Senator Connally of Texas vows an all-out fight to push a larger foreign aid bill in the Senate. The House passed a $6.162 billion measure to aid nations against Communism, far above Truman's $7.9 billion request, with two Senate committees trimming it to about $6.9 billion. Connally aims to prevent further cuts as debate opens Monday.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Sen. Connally
Texas
Senate
House
Truman
Connally
United States
Senators Find Right Tag for Chinese Reds
Senate internal security sub committee released a 1945 Army intelligence report labeling Chinese Communists as bona fide Moscow-directed Communists. The document, dated July 5 1945, argues the movement serves Soviet policy and outlines hopes for a postwar coalition, completed before Marshall’s 1945 China mission.
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John Chadwick
Washington
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Soviet Russia
Manchuria
Korea
China
Japan
Senate Committee
U. S
Idaho Prison Riot Ends After Four Hour Standout
Idaho officials report three hundred inmates rioted for four hours at a state prison before tear gas and police action forced surrender. Fires, smashed furniture, and barricaded exits occurred as guards cleared the recreation hall and cell blocks without hostages. Warden L. E. Clapp said ringleaders were attempting to seize control of a grievance committee.
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Boise
Idaho
L. E. Clapp
Clapp
Clark says he knows Russian buildup in Asia
Gen. Mark W. Clark in Tokyo says he knows the capabilities of the Soviet Far East buildup but seeks clarity on their intentions. He notes Soviet forces are increasing in the region and praises Gen. James A. Van Fleet's Eighth Army while urging transparency about repatriation issues and Communist actions.
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Gen. Clark
Asia
Tokyo
Mark W. Clark
Far East
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
Clark
Washington
Ridgway
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
U. S
Italy
Austria
Dps
Red
Ground Patrols Strike Red Lines on Korean Front
Allied ground patrols hit Red positions on the Eastern Korea frontline in pre-dawn actions. A 35-man Communist platoon was wiped out in a one hour 35 minute clash, with capture of 2,500 rounds of ammunition 200 hand grenades and small arms. Fifth Air Force fighters and bombers followed with strikes on front bunkers and a damaged rail system, cutting tracks in 93 places hitting box cars and two bridges.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Eighth Army
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Kiyang
Rainmaking In County May Bring West Texas Rain District
Scurry County rainmaking committee returns $700 to farmers and ranchers after failing to secure enough interest to join the West Texas Weather Improvement District. Tomorrow night in Lamesa a district meeting will hear Brick Water Resources Development Corp. representatives.
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Scurry County
West Texas
Lamesa
Brick Water Resources Development Corp
Roosevelt sanctioned plan to sell 62,000-ton battleship to Russia
State Department release of 1000 documents reveals Roosevelt approved selling blueprints for a 62,000-ton battleship to the Soviet Union in 1938. The plan, tied to Gibbs & Cox, faced a 45,000-ton size limit and was rejected by Moscow, which chose a conventional 16 inch gun warship.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Soviet
Russia
Naval Architects
Moscow
State Department
United States
Mscow
Joseph Davies
New York
Gibbs & Cox, Naval Architects
Hull
Secretary of the Navy
Charles Edison
Hull-Edison
Joyce
Finand
Eisenhower Leads In Washington State GOP Delegates
General Dwight D. Eisenhower won the first test in Washington State's Republican convention as backers claimed potential to secure a majority of the 24 votes. Taft supporters argued they could still win a majority with 20, possibly all 24, and contests continued in Maryland Delaware and Georgia.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington State
Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Delaware
Alben Barkley
Maryland
Theodore R. Mac Keldin
Baltimore
McKeldin
Alabama
Gadsden
Foster
Georgia
Roy G. Foster
Wadley
National Party Organization
Chicago
W. R. Tucker
Dawsonville
Tucker
Texas
New Mexico
Connecticut
Washington
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
C. Elmer Anderson
Roy E. Dunn
Dunn
George E. Eigell
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Dental Society
H. G. Steakley
Colorado City
Seventeenth District Dental Society
Country Club
John Hamblen
S. L. Barron
Dallas
Steakley
E. E. West
Abilene
FDR
Reds
George C. Marshall
Far East Command
Ceief
Loy W. Henderson
Iran
Davies
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