Avenue R Thirteenth Street Paving Deeds Settled
Mayor Forest G. Sears announced that right of way issues delaying Avenue R paving have been resolved. Deeds signed by A E Dennis and R T Carroll give the city 10 feet along Thirteenth Street, enabling a joint city and State Highway Department project.
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Avenue R
Forest G. Sears
State Highway Department
Thirteenth Street
Sears
A. E. Dennis
R. T. Carroll
Highway Department
Carroll
Dennis
Avenue S
Producer completes near Snyder city limits with first J. P. Smith well
W P Luse of Dallas reports No 1 J E Lemond near Snyder on Kelley Snyder field yields 268 barrels daily of 43.6 gravity oil with 2 percent water from 6,799 ft depth after acid treatment and 7,000 gal of acid in pay horizon. Gas-oil ratio 902 to 1. Casing 160 psi tubing 690 psi. Nearby wells Scurry Venture and Justice heirs show mixed results with drillstem tests and planned electric logging. Location details given for several surveys.
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W. P. Luse
Dallas
J. E. LeMond
Snycer
Kelley-Snyder
Snyder
KSNY
Lamesa Highway
J. P. Smith
Scurry Venture
W. C. McBride, Inc
St. Louis
E. M. Conrad
Wildcat
Seguiry County
Sharon Ridge Canyon
Conrad
Block 25
H&tc Survey
Justice Heirs R. L. York and
Standard Fryer Drilling Co
Justice Heirs
Garza County
No. 1 Justice Heirs
Strawn
Lion Locations
Lion Oil Co
Navy confirms shootdown of Russian bomber near Korea
The Navy acknowledged that two Corsairs from Task Force 77 shot down a Soviet twin engine bomber off Korea after it fired on UN forces. Moscow claimed the bomber was unarmed and on a training flight. The incident occurred about 30 miles from the task force center.
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Washington
Navy
Korea
U. S
United Nations
State Department
Pentagon
Moscow
Fact finding urged in GE strike by electrical workers
The CIO International Union of Electrical Workers hints that a presidential fact finding board could ease their dispute with General Electric plants. James B. Carey says meetings today may settle matters. if not, he will seek a board to investigate contract issues affecting 32,500 IUE members plus 23,000 more at risk. The union seeks 15 cents an hour in concessions, while GE offers 10 cents and rejects hospital and pension costs.
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Washington
CIO
Electrical Workers
Truman
General Electric Co
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
James B. Carey
Cyrus S. Ching
Carey
General Electric
Scurry Receives 11245 For Polio Victims Aid
Scurry Borden chapter receives 11245 from the national Infantile Paralysis Foundation to cover mid October needs. Wilmer Sims of Abilene delivers the check after the chapter raised about 8600 locally and 4300 for Scurry County polio victims. The foundation funds medical care, post polio therapy, braces, and transport costs for out of town hospital treatment. The article notes the sixteenth local polio case, a 3 year old black child from Loraine diagnosed at Snyder Hospital and taken to Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene.
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National Foundation
Scurry
Boreen
Scurry County
Scurry-Borden
Joe Stinson
National Foundation For
Wilmer Sims
Abilene
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Sims
Snyder
Fort Worth
Scurry-Border
Stinson
J. B Turner
Forrest Beavers
Snyder Hospital
Willie B. Scott
Lonnie B. Scott
Bolger-Barnes
Hendrik Memorial Hospital
Kaiser-Frazer Leads Auto Pay Increases In 1950 Wage Rise
Kaiser-Frazer Corp. signs with CIO United Auto Workers to raise hourly pay for 16,000 production workers by 12 cents and 17 cents for skilled and foundry staff. The boost targets about 700,000 auto workers and includes eight cents as a cost of living rise and four cents as the first of four annual four-cent improvement factors with initial effect last Monday and future increases scheduled for 1952 1953 and 1954.
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Detroit
Pi — Kaiser- Frazer Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
General Motors
Ford
Union Dispute Halts West Texas Rig Construction
A clash between rig builders union and contractors stops rig building across West Texas oil fields. Contractors say contracts were legally terminated while the union maintains the agreement remains valid. The Odessa American highlights the dispute centers on dollies used to skid rigs and contractor demands to shorten movement time.
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West Texas
Odessa
Rig Builders Union
Odessa American
First Allied Tanks Reach Belgian Army Under Atlantic Pact
Antwerp Belgium Sept 7 report thirteen Sherman tanks were unloaded today for delivery to the Belgian army. They mark the first tanks delivered under the Atlantic Pact military assistance program.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Truman Set to Speak Saturday on Home Front Controls
Washington Sept 7 President Truman will address the nation Saturday night to report on homefront controls in the current emergency. He declined to say if any price controls will be imposed but promised details in the speech. Symington denied being named overall mobilization chief and no single stabilization agency is planned.
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Washington
Truman
Emer
Congress
Symington
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
White House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Abundance of Cotton Pickers Predicted For Scurry County Area
Texas Employment Commission officials in Lamesa predict ready labor for the Scurry County cotton harvest as more than 100 area applicants seek work. Farmers have not yet called for help, but Mexican nationals may be available if needed. In Snyder the cotton crop shows only limited ginning at local plants.
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Texas Employment Commission
Lamesa
Snyder
President Confident UN Forces Can Turn Korea Setbacks
President Truman voiced optimism that United Nations troops in Korea will recover from recent reverses before the week ends. He said there has been no material change in the main front line, though some points were pushed back and others crushed. He based his view on daily briefings from General Omar Bradley.
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Truman
United Nations
Korea
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bevin Sails to New York for Big Three Conference
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin sailed from Bevin to New York aboard the Queen Mary to attend a western big three conference and the United Nations General Assembly in September.
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South Hampton
Eng
Ernest Bevin
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Denial by Interior Chief Chapman on Communist ties
Secretary of the Interior Chapman denied any Communist connections under questioning by the Senate Interior Committee. He challenged Sen Schoeppel to repeat charges outside the Senate and accused opponents of using smear tactics and big lie propaganda. President Truman stood by him as the clash over alleged Soviet links intensified.
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G. Milton Kelly
Associated Press
Washington
Chapman
Truman
Senate Interior Committee
Sen. Schoeppel
R-Kan
Schoeppel
Senate
Tramin
White House
Senate Committee
Interior Department
Soviet
Russia
FBI chief says 12000 communists could be arrested if war comes
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reportedly told the Senate Appropriations Committee that agents are ready to arrest 12000 dangerous communists if hostilities with Russia occur. He cited a need for funds to hire 835 more agents and 1218 clerks to oversee these individuals, including half who are American citizens.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Russa
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Truman
Congress
Senate
Justice Department
Czechs Execute Two Accused of Spying
Prague reports two Czech nationals Jaroslav Vetelska and Frantisek Havlicek were executed after appeals were denied by the Czechoslovak supreme court. They were convicted of spying for the United States France and the Vatican, according to the ministry of information.
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Prague
Czechoslovak Supreme Court
Jaroslav Vetelska
Frantisek Havlicek
Ministry of Information
United States
France
Vatican
Casualties Mount as Koreans Press Taegu Front
Allied troops repelled a massive North Korean push toward Taegu as fighting raged along a 120 mile front. U S Marines and infantry fought close to Taegu while U S air power and artillery damaged hundreds of Red tanks and supporting forces. Casualties on both sides were heavy with Red losses in the week tallied at about twenty thousand across the front.
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Associated Presse
Tokyo
Taegu
U.S
Pusan
U. S
U. S. First
Jack McBeth
Kumhwa
Weather update for West and East Texas
West Texas shows clear to partly cloudy skies with a warmer trend across the Panhandle South Plains Pecos Valley and eastern portions tonight. Friday remains partly cloudy. East Texas expects clear to partly cloudy conditions this afternoon and tonight with warmer readings in the north and a northeast wind.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos Valley
East Texas
North Portion
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Cliffside
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Chaplin
1St Cavalry Division
James V. Carnette
Root & Brown Construction Co
Houston
Harold Ward
Kaiser-Frazer
Snyder National
Ralph Getsennauer
Galveston
Snyder National Bank
Denison
Tex
City National Bank of
Bevin
Clifton B. Cates
Marine Corps
Cates
Chapmant
I. B.D
Russell Brines
Waegwan
Ben Price
Yongchon
U. S. 24Th Division
Kyongju
Red
Pohang
Sea of Japan
U. S. 8Th Army
Naktong River
Yongsan
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