61 6 Per Cent Pass Draft Tests Dallas Center
Draft registrants examined at the Dallas area center show 61.6 percent pass. Capt. J. W. Bowman said 1,488 of 2,414 were accepted after mental and physical tests. The first week yielded 503 of 963 and 52 percent. The second week rose to 70 percent with 985 of 1,451 passing. The Dallas Army and Air Force recruiting center reported breaking its one day enlistment record with 47 recruits Tuesday.
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Dallas
Dallas Area
J. W. Bowman
Army and Air Force Recruiting Center
Shift Indicated In GI Insurance
Washington reports firm indications Congress will overhaul armed forces life insurance. Representatives Rankin of Mississippi and Hardy of Virginia introduced House bills to replace mutual premium policies with free and automatic insurance. Details differ but aim is similar.
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Washington
Congress
Rankin
Mississippi
Hardy
Virginia
No Strike Pledge Remains Ready Green Says
AFL President William Green told White House reporters labor stands ready to renew the no strike pledge of the last war. He urged President Truman to secure a no excess profits pledge from industry and noted price rises of 13 to 15 percent since mid June while wages stayed flat. He said this should guide any economic controls Congress passes.
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Washington
William Green
AFL
Green
White House
Truman
Congress
Inflation Sure, Dallas Banker Tells Seminar
A Texas economist warned at the Arkansas Bankers Seminar that inflation is certain for the nation. Dr. A. A. Smith of the First National Bank of Dallas blamed low mood and rising prices before Korea and said looming war would amplify inflation. He warned the administration would push a large military budget and continue benevolent policies regardless of conflict.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Texas
A. A. Smith
First National Bank of Dallas
Arkansas Bankers Seminar
University of Arkansas
Korea
Gotham Extends Rain Making Trial
New York City will keep the rain making program for six more months. The Water Department extended Dr. Wallace E. Howell’s contract, paying a daily rate of 100 dollars. Rainfall in the Catskills is reported 6 percent above normal as Howell works to induce rain. He has spent under half of the 50 000 dollar fund in the first six months.
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New York
New York City
Board of Estimate
Wallace E. Howell
Harvard
Water Department
Catskill Mountains
Howell
U S Population Tops 151 Million in Latest Estimates
Washington reports that the U S population rose by 598,000 since April 1, reaching more than 151 million. The Census Bureau notes figures may be revised after the preliminary 1950 census report.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Flood Funds Frozen Hit Public Works Amid Korea War
President Truman ordered a halt to more than half a billion dollars in Army civil works as part of a war effort freeze. The move stops many rivers harbors flood control projects and delays new schemes while continuing only those that meet strict wartime criteria.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate Appropriations
Army
McKellar
Tennessee
Representative Cannon
Missouri
Texans Hit By Polio Reach Century Mark Again
The Texas State Health Department reported 113 polio cases for the week ending August 18, the ninth straight week over 100. The 1950 total rose to 1,761, 18 cases below the all time weekly high.
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Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Short Ballot Headed for Fannin County Voters
Bonham reports a short ballot for the second Democratic primary with seven races. Only two are county offices, Sheriff where incumbent M. D. Anderson faces Stanton Clark, and Tax Assessor Collector with Robert Dale and Manuel Brent as opponents. Anderson and Brent led in the first primary.
France to dispatch battalion to Korea
France will send a special infantry battalion of about 800 soldiers to join United Nations forces in Korea, according to informed sources. The report notes no further details on unit designation or deployment timeline.
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France
Korea
Classified Ads Fragment Showcasing Furniture Real Estate and Services
Mixed want ads list household furniture for sale piano for 100 cash and used dresser with chif fonier at Blanton store. Rentals include five room house five miles south of town with butane and lights. Auto store touts 24 month guaranteed batteries. Two houses in Savoy for sale or trade toward a farm. Grain threshing service offered with new equipment. Watermelons advertised from The Food Market. Insurance rep offers hospital coverage from Reserve Life Insurance Co.
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Frank Wright
Howard Hedgpeth
Blanton
Elizabeth Waggoner
Jack Nossaman
Babcock Auto Store
Savoy
C. E. Cook
Texas
Harmon Hayes
Palace Theatre
Johnson Jewelry
Brunswick
Coolerator
W. E. Stanford
First National Bank
Old Judge Bean's Law Was Never Like This
In Fort Stockton a young buckaroo stole a horse and saddle headed west. Deputy Sheriff Casey Farrington of Balmorhea flew in a private plane to locate the thief four and a half miles west of Balmorhea. Deputy Hal Black later identified the suspect who is jailed in Pecos County on theft charges.
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Fort Stockton
Buckaroo
Roy Bean
Pecos
Casey Farrington
Balmorhea
Here
Davis Mountains
Farrington
Pecos County
Hal Black
Service in Korea Held Unlikely for Draftees
Military officials told Congress that few untrained draftees will see Korea service as most recruits fill divisions and units being built up for Korea. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson urged hope of winning the war in the coming winter or early spring.
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Washington
Congress
Korea
House Appropriations Military Spending Committee
Defense
Louis Johnson
House
Weighing 220 Pays Off Fast
A 6-foot blond man weighing 220 pounds robbed a pinball machine at a Dallas drive-in grocery on West Illinois. He smashed the machine with a hammer and flee with $100 in nickels from the coin box, aided by witnesses who did not intervene.
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Dallas
West
Illinois
Price controls on girls urged in Haifa Moslem community
Moslem sheiks appeal to the minister of religion for price controls on the purchase of women, saying rising costs from 420 to over 1400 dollars push young men toward the Communist Party where marriages need not reflect a husband’s wealth. They compare pigeon racing in Belgium to baseball as a national pastime.
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Haifa
Israel Communist Party
Minister of
Communist Party
Scare Buying Hikes Farm Implement Sales
Kansas City reports July tractor and farm equipment sales at 258 million dollars, up 58 million from June. Implement & Tractor says scare buying drives a 29 percent surge, lifting seven month 1950 sales to 1.276 billion, 3 percent below 1949. July sales outpace July 1949 by one third.
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Kansas City
Implement & Tractor
National Farm Equipment Business Paper
Autopsy Confirms Wasps Caused Patrolman Brunner Death
Patrolman Edward J. Brunner, 38, died within hours after being stung on the face by several wasps. The Westchester County Medical Examiner, Andrew W. Eggston, announced the autopsy confirmed the wasp venom caused the death as Brunner tried a door of an unoccupied summer house in Hartsdale New York.
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Hartsdale
N. Y
Edward J. Brunner
Westchester County
Andrew W. Eggston
Brunner
Possum Plays Midway as Chickens Wake in Bartlett
In Bartlett Tennessee Mrs H W Sanders heard a commotion and found a possum on a nest. She removed the animal and discovered five newly hatched chicks alongside the eggs, totaling a surprising hatch.
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Bartlett, Tenn
H. W. Sanders
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Stetson
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James H. Gosnell
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Bennie Thornhill
Tom Barbee
Whitewright and
Bonham
M. M. Cooper
Barbee
Farley & Hill
Hannah Florists
Carrie Hamilton
The
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Whitewright
Caro Maxey
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Stephens & Bryant
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Chevrolet
Pascal Farley
Belgium
Patrolman
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