Hollywood Debutantes and Screen Plans for 1940s Stars
Phyllis Kirk, 22, rising star, appears in Lana Turner’s A Life of Her Own and is set for Jane Powell’s The Tender Hours. Dan Dailey Jr., 22, scenes with Navajo Indian in Durango filming A Ticket to Tomahawk. Vic Mature, 6 ft 3 in, 210 pounds, co star with Betty Grable in Wabash Avenue and planning a Brentwood home.
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Phyllis Kirk
Jane Powell
Dan Dailey, Jr
Pop
Durango
Colo
Dan
Vic
Betty Grable
Wabash Avenue
Brentwood
Death and Disaster In Fiery Rail Crash
A freight train left the tracks at Addis Louisiana tearing into 25 cars and bursting into flames. One boy was killed and a $1 million damage estimate was issued as the station sheds and 19 cars burned. Roy Washington aged 4 was found dead in the debris after going to the station for water. Seven tank cars carried crude oil and butane gas fueling the fire. Texas and Pacific Railroad investigates the derailment.
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Addis
Roy Washington
The
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Connecticut and Michigan State Bird: The Robin
A compact note identifying the American robin as the official state bird for both Connecticut and Michigan, underscoring its symbolic status in the two states.
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Connecticut
Michigan
Texas City marks date of disaster third anniversary
Texas City observed the third anniversary of the 1947 waterfront disaster with quiet memorials in churches after the 9:10 AM explosion of the Grandcamp and the subsequent High Flyer blast. The catastrophe killed 560 people, injured thousands, and caused extensive property damage along the industrial waterfront.
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Texas City
Grandcamp
Boy Drowns in Colorado River
In Austin on April 17 UP search crews continued dragging the Colorado River for 9 year old Bobby Gene Raven who disappeared after ignoring warnings and jumping into the swift cold water with two playmates.
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Austin
U.P
Colorado
Bobby Gene Raven
Dangers in Unlimited US Spending
Senator Margaret Chase Smith argues that a five billion dollar 1951 deficit is looming despite a House budget cut. She cautions that defense still dominates spending, urges deeper cuts, warns against inflation from deficits, and frames balanced budgets as a matter of liberty and personal freedom.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
United Features Syn
Confederate Vet Celebrates No 104 Birthday in Austin
Thomas Evans Riddle, one of Texas four living Confederate veterans, celebrated his 104th birthday at the Texas Confederate Home for Men. He recalled serving with Company I, 22nd Regiment Army of Tennessee on his 18th birthday in 1864 and said he is proud to have fought under General Robert E Lee at Gettysburg. Born in Tennessee in 1846, he came to Texas in 1879 and commented that the atom bomb is “pretty terrible.”
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Austin
Thomas Evans Riddle
Texas
Riddle
Army of Tennessee
Confederate Home For Men
Robert E. Lee
Gettysburg
Tennessee
Four Die as Tanker Burns in Pacific
Four persons were killed when the Shell Oil Company tanker Lingola burned last night at Pulau Samboe, an island near Singapore. Two sailors died aboard the ship and two Indonesian shore workers died later in hospital. Ten crewmen were reported missing after abandoning the Lingola and boarding nearby ships. The Lingola carried two million gallons of aviation gasoline. Five states have adopted the mocking bird as official state bird.
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Singapore
Shell Oil Company
Pulau
Samboe
Marie Antoinette Promoted Potatoes in France with Blossoms
Marie Antoinette helped popularize the potato in France by wearing blossoms and spreading its fashionable appeal. The anecdote ties the royal figure to a horticultural trend that influenced public interest and garden culture across the country.
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Marie Antoinette
France
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U. S. Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
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Amarillo
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Spearman
Amarillo Printing Company
the Mirror Enterprises Syndicate
Los Angeles
Pacific
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