Mystery Sub Eludes Search Off Pacific Graveyard
A “definitely not” ours modern submarine was sighted at dawn off Pt Arguello near the graveyard of the Pacific. Navy planes hunted it without success while Naval Intelligence launched an inquiry. FBI in Los Angeles said it would investigate if saboteur links appeared.
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Los Angeles
the Pacific
Naval
Navy
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Radford
San Diego
FBI
Coast Guard
Pt. Arguello
California
Solons Seek Earmarked Anti Submarine Fund in Defense Push
Washington April 2 Congress debates Eisenhower backed anti submarine spending with Senators Maybank and Bridges urging earmarked funds. He prioritizes Alaska radar and troop housing, aircraft procurement, modernization, and antisubmarine facilities. Other items include intelligence development and industrial mobilization.
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Washington
Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maybank
D-Sc
Bridges
R-Nh
Alaska
Eisenhower
Senate
Air Force
Cancer Crusade To Begin Today In Texas Drive
A statewide Cancer Crusade to raise 500000 for the American Cancer Society opens with Governor Shivers delivering the kickoff from the Senate chamber. Travis County leads locally with a 14000 goal and offices at the Driskill Hotel. 60 percent stays in state for education. 40 percent goes to national research.
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American Cancer Society
Allan Shivers
Senate Chamber
Travis County
Gordon Lloyd
Lloyd
Driskill Hotel
Alden Davis
William White
Chamber of Commerce
Ke Ashburn
Austin
Lay Cairman
Ashburn
Travis County Medical Society
Brackenridge Hospital
Texas
Bixbys Lead Odom in Transatlantic Flight Record Bid
Dianna and Bob Bixby, starting Saturday in San Francisco, and Bill Odom who began in Chicago, race to beat Odom’s 73 hour mark. The Bixbys fly Newark to Paris then Cairo Karachi while Odom follows Paris Cairo Karachi route with similar legs. The Bixbys show a 14 hour 12 minute Paris to Karachi segment but delay at Karachi narrows the gap versus Odom.
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Associated Press
Dianna
Bob Bixby
Bill Odom
San Francisco
Odom
Chicago
Europe
Gander
Mld
Paris
Cairo
Egypt
Karachi
Pakistan
Burglars Sweep University Round Up Across Events
Burglars attended all events at the University weekend Round Up. At the track meet trainer Frank Medina noted their presence by the emptiness of a Stim-A-Lax vibrator. At the dance Elizabeth Ann Cowden reported an overnight bag missing including clothes and $49. After the ball, a purse with $20 an atomizer and a compact was stolen from a parked car.
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Frank Medina
Elizabeth Ann Cowden
Costs Forcing Rio Grande Valley Crops to be Plowed Under
In Progreso Texas on April 2, hundreds of acres of tomatoes onions beets cabbage collards and lettuce are being plowed under as market prices fail to cover harvesting costs. Estimates reach 35000 acres in South Texas with reports of growers losing tens of thousands of dollars.
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Progreso
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
McAllen Monitor
J. A. Oswalt
Hidalgo County
Oswalt
A. Odom
Weslaco
William Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
N. W. Behner
Farm Bureau
Cameron County
Laredo Voters Threatened by Warning Gang Ahead of Election
Police hunted four young men in a station wagon who warned residents to stay indoors Tuesday warnings that there would be trouble at the polls. The Independent Club faced the Popular Party in the first post 1934 municipal race with District Judge James M. Williamson ruling on supervisor counts. Eight Texas Rangers were called as violence flared, while officials downplayed the clash.
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Laredo
Independent Club
James M. Williamson
Old Guard “Independent Club
Williamson
New “Popular Party
Popular Party
Texas Rangers
Old Guard
M. J. Raymond
Webb County
Two Year Old Killed by Jarring Rifle in Barn
MATADOR Texas April 2 David Lewis Cameron aged 2 was alone in a barn when he jarred a loaded rifle and a bullet struck his throat. He died shortly after at a clinic. Visiting cousin Lonnie Lawson age 5 found him bleeding and called for help.
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Matador
Texas
David Lewis Cameron
David
Lonnie Lawson
D. L. Cameron
Panel may subpoena McCarthy data on Lattimore
Senate investigators pressed Senator Joseph R. McCarthy to hand over documentary evidence he says proves Lattimore’s alleged Communist links. McCarthy offered some affidavits and letters but would not reveal all informants, citing source protection. The committee planned a closed meeting to discuss subpoenas as McCarthy defends his sources while hospital bound for sinus treatment.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Owen Lattimore
McCarthy
Theodore Francis Green
D-R.il
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
State Department
Lattimore
Louis Frances Budenz
New York
Budenz
Truman orders cash and carry study before Marshall Plan ends
President Truman directs Army Secretary Gordon Gray to study a cash and carry foreign trade plan by 1952 as Europe recovers. Gray will lead a broad inquiry into stabilizing exports and imports, ensuring hard currency flows without continued special aid. Frank Pace Jr will succeed Gray as Army secretary.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
United States
Army
Gordon Gray
Gray
University of North Carolina
Frank Pace Jr
White House
Nationalists Claim Great Victory Over Reds on Hainan Island
Chiang Kai Shek forces report the largest anti Communist success of the year on Hainan Island after a 12 hour battle that left 5 000 invaders killed and 2 000 captured. The fight involved land air and sea units and followed an amphibious assault.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hainan Island
South China
Burglary Touches Austin Stores Loot Totals 4217.71
Safecrackers stole 4217.71 from Enfield Food Mart and pried open safes at four other Austin businesses. Sherman West reported the break Saturday night into Sunday. the back door entry targeted cash, checks, and papers. Fingerprints were sought and other safes at Hanseler Com pany, Feeders Supply, Austin Beverage, and Capitol Beer were entered with varying outcomes.
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Enfield Food Mart
Austin
Sherman H. West
13Th and
West Lynn
West
Feeders Supply Store
East Sixth
J. L. Donaldson
Austin Beverage Company
East Seventh
Capitol Beer Company
East Fourth Street
Reuther Defends CIOWAltering McCarthy Attacks Criticizes Publicity
Walter Reuther labeled Senator McCarthy's charges of communism in the State Department as harmful to the nation and said his public accusations echo Stalinist tactics. He urged he should have shared evidence with FBI Chief Hoover privately, not broadcast publicly.
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Washington
Walter P. Reuther
McCarthy
State Department
Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Senate
Suboena
Owen Lattimore
NBC
Meet the Press
Stalin
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Needed Showers Hit South Centex
Thunder showers expected across Central Texas for the next few days with a Sunday dry spell. Austin logged .17 inch, while San Antonio recorded .59 inch as storms move through the region and tornadoes touched Ark portal towns.
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South Centex
Texas
Austin Weather Bureau
Tokyo Bank Robber Kills 6 With Sword
A bank robber in Hokkaido killed six people with a sword after looting 800,000 yen from the Mifuka Bank. He forced a watchman to guide him to officials, abducted them to homes, used knockout injections, and then slashed their throats.
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Tokyo
Mifuka
Hokkaido
Asahi
Census Taker Hurt in Calif Collision With Dog
Vallejo California April 2. Census Taker Catherine Anderson became the first casualty among the nations nose counters suffering a fractured leg after colliding with a resident's dog.
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Vallejo
Calif
Catherine Anderson
Serviceman Believed Drowned After Lake Buchanan Sinking
Searchers dragged Lake Buchanan Sunday for a Camp Hood soldier after a boat with three men capsized Saturday. Corporal Arthur Whitley and Private George Fair were rescued by fishermen Emmitt Kuykendall and Oliver Altizer pulled the other two sailors from the water. The Army has not released the drowned man’s name. Dragging was directed by Deputy Sheriff Dean, Liano Sheriff Turbiville, and State Patrolman Modesett.
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Lano
ANS
Lake Buchanan
Camp Hood
Arthur Vernon Whitley
George Edgar Fair
Emmitt Kuykendall
Oliver Altizer
San Saba
Dean
Buchanan Dam
L. B. Turbiville
W. A. Modesett
Women Foil Mop Handle Burglar in Austin Home Raid
Mrs. Gertrude Smith and three neighbors confronted a burglar at 1 a.m. as he used a mop handle to reach purses through a bedroom window. He escaped with cash and keys after entering multiple homes including Dr. Henry C. Paine’s and Wayne Jentsch’s residences. Elsner Distributing Company also reported a break in with about $9.94 stolen.
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Austin
Gertrude Smith
Newfield Lane
Wayne Jentsch
Belive
Elsner Distributing Company
East Sixth
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Cancer Crusade
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West Berlin
Germany
John J. McCloy
House Appropriations
McCloy
Louis Johnson
John Strachey
Johnson
Strachey
Lord Beaverbrook
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Luzon
Jack Woody
Police Identification Bureau
Food Mart
O. G. Hanseler and Compeny
Nueces Street
Afghanistan
United Nations
Joseph McCarthy
Eleanor
Harvard
San Antonio
South Central
Tears
Tuckermann
Ark
Floyd Clayton
Newport
Clayton
Floyd Wayne
Dan
Betty Lou
Bill Beach
Bill Jr
Ray
Jimmy
Carney
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