President Truman Visits San Antonio For Peace Wish
President Truman toured San Antonio on a Sunday trip visiting the Alamo and the old governor’s palace after breakfast with John Nance Garner. He spoke with no formal address, urged world peace, and told a crowd of more than 200000 that his wish was for a peaceful, happy world. He borrowed ponies from Governor Jester, laid a wreath at the Alamo, played a 90 year old piano, and thanked locals for a pleasant day.
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San Antonio
Texas
Truman
John Nance Garner
Uvalde
Alamo
Beauford Jester
Southwest
Wiliam Bassett Davis
David Crockett
Santa Ana
Maury Maverick
First Baptist Church
Rupert lodge to initiate two candidates in fall rites
Rupert lodge 1.0.C.F. No. 110 plans a Wednesday meeting on September 29 to initiate Harry Griswold and A W Thacker into the degree. On Monday October 4, project encampment No. 54 will confer the patriarch degree on three men A N Dickson John Wise and Fred Kowitz. Meetings at the I.C.O.F. hall start at eight with refreshments served after each meeting.
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Rupert
Rupert Lodge 1.0.C.F. No. 110
Harry Griswold
A. W. Thacker
A. N. Dickson
John Wise
Fred Kowitz
I.c.0.f. Hall
Ten Thousand Officers Offered Return To Air Force Posts
General Vandenberg announced a peacetime expansion inviting 10 000 air reserve and guard officers to apply for extended active duty. The plan targets 5 000 more by year end and 5 000 by next July, with voluntary recalls only and openings across grades up to colonel. Second lieutenants, especially college graduates, are most needed, and eligible officers will be recalled to their highest wartime rank after three years of active duty.
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Air Force Reserve
Air National Guard
United States Air Force
Vandenberg
USAF
Air Rotc
Air Force
United States
Congress
Air Reserve
Eu Claire Police Hunt Brutal Baby Rapist
Police Chief Chris Larsen assigned three top detectives to hunt a man who raped a 21 month old child while her mother briefly left her in a trailer. The suspect, short dark haired about 25, fled toward the Chippewa river. The child suffered internal bleeding but was not in critical danger.
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Eeau Claire
Chris Larsen
EU Claire
Laursén
Chippewa River
R. R. Richards
Laursen
Air Force training center address for application form 125
Application form 125 may be obtained by writing to Headquarters 2344th AF Reserve Training Center Hill Air Force Base Hill Field Utah or to Chief of Staff United States Air Force Washington 25 D C.
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AF Reserve Training Center
Hill Air Force Base
Hill Field
Utah
United States Air Force
Washington
D. C
Hills Hunt Slayer Of Trooper In Arkansas
In Yellville Arkansas authorities hunt a 24 year old World War II veteran accused of killing state trooper Sidney A Pavatt near a mountain cabin. Bloodhounds and planes aid the search but the killer remains at large. a soldier papers bearing a Fort Lewis presence and a rider belt suggest a possible link while locals report burglaries.
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Yellville
Ark
Sheriff's
Sidney A. Pavatt
Fort Lewis
Kenneth Arno
Arno
Philippines
Pavatt
Rupert Demos To Make Choice
At a Democratic Central committee meeting two committees were formed to pick a chairman to replace Charles T. Whittaker who resigned to join the Rupert Chamber of Commerce. They will also select a state senator nominee. Bill Henscheid serves as temporary chairman. A new meeting will be set once a decision is reached.
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Rupert
Democratic Central Committee
Charles T. Whittaker
Rupert Chamber of Commerce
Mollie Wolf
Central Comittee
Whittaker
Bill Henscheid
Obituary of Morris Truman Becktel of Challis Idaho
Morris Truman Becktel 35 of Challis died Saturday evening at General hospital from head injuries after a tree accident near Challis The body is at Hall mortuary with funeral and burial planned in Boise He was born August 8 1913 in Van Wyck Idaho son of Noah and Ida Morris Becktel He married Winona Sprouse January 5 1931 in Yale Oregon He is survived by his wife two children Charlis Montour Idaho his father a sister Velma Christiansen Boise and a brother Sanford Beektel San Francisco
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Morris Truman Becktel
Challis
General Hospital
Becktel
van Wyck
Idaho
Noah and
Ida Morris Becktel
Winona Sprouse
Yale, Ore
Charlis
Montour
Ida
Velma Christiansen
Boise
Sanford Beektel
San Francisco
Crossing Victim’s Body Sent East
The body of James Sidney Kelly, a Union Pacific employee killed at a crossing in Pocatello, was sent to his former Davenport, Iowa home last night. His widow and cousin Marion R. Kelly accompanied the casket. Catholic services are planned for Wednesday at 9 AM, with burial in Davenport.
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James Sidney Kelly
Union Pacific
Pocatello
Davenport
Iowa
Marion R. Kelly
Moffat Visits Rupert to Start Pasco Post
Howard Moffat former Commerce member arrived Saturday from Pasco Washington where he assumed a new post as secretary. Accompanied by his wife he returned to Pasco to take up residence.
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Rupert—Howard Moffat
Rupert
Soviet Greek General Wounded in Greek fighting
Greek military circles report Communist General Markos Vafiades wounded in northern Greece. He is recuperating in a Tirana hospital, with uncertainty whether injuries occurred in recent Vitsi fighting or last month’s Grammos campaign where Greek forces routed guerrillas.
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Athens
Markos Vafiades
Greece
Tirana
Albania
Vafiades
Vitsi
Grammos
Scooters Grow Up Chicago Face Licensing Rules
Postwar motor scooters are declared motor vehicles by Benjamin Adamowski Chicago corporation counsel and must meet licensing and operating regulations like automobiles. The ruling frames scooters as street‑sharing commuters requiring compliance.
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Chicago
Benjamin Adamowski
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Henriksen
aRcon
Onford
Piberglas
Mats
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Fiberglas
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