Lee O Daniel Near Defeat In Texas Vote
In Dallas Texas on June 30 W Lee O Daniel faces likely defeat as Lyndon Johnson leads by about 4 561 votes with 116 of 254 counties counted and 96 percent of votes in Johnson campaigned on unity and Roosevelt aid while O Daniel previously Texas Governor seeks to hold the seat left vacant by Morris Sheppard death and eight seven year old Houston dies in Baltimore leaving Johnson poised to win the Senate seat.
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Dallas
Tex
W. Lee O’daniel
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
United States
Johnson
Unity
O’daniel
Texas Election Bureau
E.D.T
O'Daniel
Gerald C. Mann
Martin Dies
Election Bureau
Morris Sheppard
Andrew Jackson Houston
Baltimore
Bob Johnson
Washington
Richard Kleberg
Great King Ranch
Roosevelt
James P. Buchanan
British Move Encircles Palmyra in Syrian Desert
The British Middle East command announced they have completed the encirclement of Palmyra, a French stronghold in central Syria. A dispatch says further advances occurred in the Damascus and coastal sectors, while the central sector remains unchanged.
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Cairo
Egypt
Middle East Command
Palmyra
Syrian Desert
Damascus
British Attacks Beaten Off on Syrian Front
Vichy dispatch from France reports British attacks repulsed along the Syrian front with heavy losses on both sides. The heaviest fighting centered on the Damascus to Beirut corridor, while a British advance toward Homs appears stalled south of Nebek where rail and desert road lines intersect.
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Vichy
France
Damascus
Beirut
Homs
Nebek
Machinists Strike Ends In Shipyards Bay Area
Machinists who had been on strike since May 10 return to work today across 11 San Francisco Bay area shipyards and drydocks under a coastwide master contract paying 1.12 dollars per hour plus overtime. The return follows reaffirmation by GOO C. I. O. members after a prior walkout by 1,100 AFL machinists. Negotiations will continue on wage and contract terms as 1,100 workers resume production on defense orders worth about 500 million dollars. Other unions across the region settled or staged actions as transit, mining, and electrical plants weighed striking options and wage demands.
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Associated Press
Defense
San Francisco Bay Area
GOO C. I. O
United Automobile Workers
Elecertic Auto Light Corporation
Port Huron
Mich
Navy
Co. I
White Motor Company
Cleveland
Grain Processors’ Union
W. K. Kellogg Company
Battle Creek
Army
Co. I. Ov
New York
United Automobile Workers, Aviation Division
C.3
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Long Island City
New York City
Frank 5. O'Mara
Trial Board
O'Mara
Grandfather Blessed Twice as Kinship News Marks Three Births
In North Manchester on June 30 Melvin Hip pensteel learned of three new additions in six hours. Roy announced the birth of granddaughter Jean at 10 P.M. from a Wabash hospital, John shared news of grandson Robert from Servia at 1 A.M., and Roy reported Jean’s twin sister Jane at 3 A.M.
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North Manchester
Ind
Melvin Hippensteel
Roy
Wabash Hospital
Jean
John
Servia
Robert
Jane
Practical Preacher Joins Taxi Work In Wisconsin
In Janesville Reverend Curtis Coolidge supplements his small congregation by driving a taxi five days a week. He uses hours between fares to draft Sunday sermons as he travels Shenandoah on June 30. A separate note from Shenandoah mentions a bellhop who encountered a stranger scanning a telephone directory and identifying as Lester Bryte of Los Angeles, a cousin of Jack Bryte. the visitor later returns to California to take a job at the Bryte department store managed by Lester.
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Janesville
Wis
Curtis Coolidge
Shenandoah
Iowa
Bryte
Jack Bryte
Lester Bryte
Los Angeles
Jack
P. S
California
Lester
Mrs. Earle Receives Nazi Bomb Fragments and Flag
Mrs. George H. Earle of Haverford Pennsylvania opens a stamped envelope from her husband the U S Minister to Bulgaria. Inside are bomb fragments and a folded Nazi flag from a German-occupied building in Sofia with a note explaining it was sent as a souvenir.
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Haverford
George H. Earle
U. S
Bulgaria
Sofia
U S Marine Missing in Ship Sinking
A U S Marine is reported missing at sea after the torpedoing of a Dutch vessel named Maarsden carrying a small Marine detachment to England. The ship, now in British service, was sunk in the Atlantic with ten Marines aboard under a major in command. rank and identity of the missing Marine were not released.
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Washington
United States Marine Corps
England
Atlantic
Lloyds Register of Shipping
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