Britain apologizes for slur about United States in war talk
London Captain Oliver Lyttelton, Britain's War Production Minister, apologized to Parliament and to the United States for remarks claiming the US provoked Japan. He denied believing the statement though not denying press reports of an interpolation at a luncheon. Secretary Hull called the remarks unfounded and a slur on the US.
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London
Oliver Lyttelton
Britain
House of Commons
United States
Japan
American Chamber of Commerce
Pearl Harbor
Lyttelton
Cordell Hull
Congress
Candidate Morris to Speak in Whitewright Saturday Evening
Senator G. C. Morris of Greenville, candidate for Congress, announces a campaign speech in Whitewright at 8 45 p m on Saturday June 24. He aims to attract a large crowd for the event and bolster support.
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G. C. Morris
Greenville
Congress
Whitewright
Morris
Texas tire stocks low as war demands bite Fort Worth
Texas tire dealers report the lowest tire stocks since the war began. OPA tire rationing chief John McCoy says gains are unlikely this summer. recapping is urged as many trucks and buses face shortages due to mold use for airplane tires. Passenger tire production runs 1.5 million monthly, 100k under quotas. Tubes nearing release from rationing.
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Fort Worth
Texas
John McCoy
OPA
McCoy
Marine recruit reports for duty after basic training
Pfc. Eunice Shepard of Danbury Connecticut, a member of the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve, enters headquarters after completing basic training. She snaps to attention and asks who is leaving so she can free a man to fight.
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New York
Eunice Shepard
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Danbury
Baby Attacked and Killed by Swarm of Bees in Missouri
In Lee's Summit Missouri a backyard bee hive stung three year old William Edward Spooner to death Friday night. His grandfather was nearby and his mother and grandmother witnessed the attack as the child received seven stings. The family includes Donald E Spooner a merchant marine seaman and Ida Spooner the grandmother aged seventy.
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Lee’s Summit
William Edward Spooner
Donald E. Spooner
Ida Spooner
Denison Dam Power Sale Plan OK'd
Federal Power Commission approves a power sales agreement between the Southwest Power Administration and Texas Power & Light for energy from Denison Dam on the Red River at Denison Texas. The deal runs until 1949 or six months after the war ends and includes specific capacity and rate terms.
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Washington
Federal Power Commissions
Southwest Power Administration
Texas Power & Light Company
Dallas
Denison
Red River
Texas
FPC
Texas Power & Light
Southwestern Power Administration
Oklahoma
Texas Power
Interior Department
Season s First Bale From Starr County
Texas sold its first 1944 growth cotton bale at the Houston Cotton Exchange for 850 dollars. George H. McFadden & Bros. agency bought the bale, grown and owned by Francisco E. Garcia of Starr County, who seeded the field January 3.
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Houston
Texas
Houston Cotton Exchange
George H. McFadden & Bros
Francisco E. Garcia
Starr County
Extremely Heavy Tank Production Ordered
Washington reports a surge in Allied armor demand after beachhead clashes with Rommel's Panzer divisions. U.S. plants that paused tank output will reopen to meet a threefold increase in expenditure, according to government sources.
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Washington
Rommel
United States
For Sale An 86 Acre Farm Near Whitewright
An 86 acre farm is offered for sale within a short distance of Whitewright city limits. See Paul Stephens for details. Subscriptions to The Sun are priced at $1.50 per year or $1.00 for six months, with a six month minimum.
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Whitewright
Paul Stephens
Kentuckytown
Wes Brown
Wittitee Farm
Texas loan firms told to hold rate under ten percent
About 90 Texas offices facing injunctions from 10 percent annual rate limit. Judge J. D. Moore upheld a legislative act allowing public prosecutors to enjoin usurious lending. Each defendant was found to habitually lend at excess rates in the cross action matter filed by the state.
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Texas
Austin
98Th District Court
J. D. Moore
Hoped For Tuberculosis Cure Declared Unsafe
Diasone a drug related to sulfus once touted as a cure for tuberculosis was declared unsafe in a report to the American Medical Association. The drug showed good results on guinea pig tuberculosis but failed in Friday’s analysis by Drs. H J Corper and Maurice L Cohn of the National.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
H. J.corper
Maurice L. Cohn
Political Announcements for July and August 1944 Primaries
Democratic primaries to be held in July and August 1944 list candidates for Congress District 4 G. C. Morris and Sam Rayburn, County Judge Jake Loy and Vernie Henderson, County Clerk Calvin Buchanan and Hub White promoted, County Attorney Clan Van Zandt, Public Weigher Pct 3 Finis Aderson second term.
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Jake J. Loy V. R
Vernie) Henderson
J.C
Calvin
Finis Alverson
Hospital Experiments Link Diasone to Tuberculosis Control
Jewish Hospital of Denver reports pig tests show the diasone effect causes oxygen deficiency and nearly asphyxiates tuberculosis germs. Researchers caution humans may face high risk if doses large enough to control TB are used. Buenos Aires is noted as the largest Spanish speaking city.
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Jewish Hospital
Denver
Buenos Aires
Guardian final report in Grayson County probate
The state commands the sheriff or constable of Grayson County to publish this citation in a Grayson County newspaper for ten days before the return day to summon all interested in the estate of Margaret Jane Brooks N C M Guardian Margaret Brooks to appear at the County Court in Sherman on the first Monday after ten days service in July 1944 to contest the report. Witness H Grady Thompson Clerk.
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State OF
Texas
Grayson County
Grayson
Margaret Jane Brooks
Margaret Brooks
Guardian
City of
Sherman
A. D
H. Grady Thompson
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