Fitness Forces Culberson Out of State Race
Olin Culberson withdraws from Texas governor race after a heart attack deemed mild by his doctor. At 63, he cites campaign strain and family illness, leaving Gov. Allan Shivers with one opponent in Case March. Culberson, railroad commissioner, had campaigned for over a year amid rising health concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Husky Olin Culberson
Railroa
Culberson
Stamford
Shivers
Beauford H. Jester
Roger Busfield
C. M. Darnall
Paul B Wittman
Houston
Hillsboro
Accidental Shot Fatal to Hunter in Hays County
Bryan Jefferson Crider aged 53 a longtime Austin barber died after his .22 rifle discharged while squirrel hunting three miles south of Henry in Hays County. Justice of Peace Fred DeGraaf ruled accidental death from gunshot wounds. Crider survived by a wife two daughters two sons three sisters and four brothers living in Texas and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Jefferson Crider
Austin
Henry
Hays County
Fred DeGraaf
Dripping Springs
DeGraaf
Crider
Minnie Crider
Maurine Crider
Aline Nauert
William A. Crider
Bryan J. Crider Jr
Zion, Ill
Laura Benson
Lula Chapman
Bertram
Addie Anderson
Atascosa
Fred Crider
Frank Crider
John Crider
Lon Crider
Dallas
Maiden Lady Kept Out of Census Visits Liberty Island Tale
New York report tells of a 13 person island resident described as a maiden lady aged unknown living on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor. Census taker Max Kahn 23 says there is no line for her in the book and notes seven cents per person paid for the census. He visits Bedloe's Island and the Statue of Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Harbor
Max Kahn
Kahn
Bedloe’s Island
Statue of Liberty
Indonesian Seaport Seized by East Indonesian Rebels
Rebels seized Makassar, the East Indonesia seaport and state capital, after a 45 minute assault beginning at 5 45 am. Captain Andi Abdul Aziz led the takeover as federal troops were disarmed. The uprising followed power struggles between central government and Dutch legacy states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakarta
Java
U.S.I
Makassar
Celebes
East Indonesia
Information Ministry
Sultan Hamid II
West Java
Bandoeng
Turk) Westerling
Ambon
Andi Abdul Aziz
Westerling
United States of Indonesia
USS
Aziz
Diapari
Pioneer Robert T. Cooper Dies in Georgetown at 88
Robert T. Cooper 88 a Georgetown pioneer and builder died Wednesday at his home. Funeral services Thursday 4 p m at the family home with the Davis Funeral Home directing. Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Survived by widow three daughters one son two grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He organized Georgetown Fire Department and was a real estate man banker and newspaper owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
ANS
Robert T. Cooper
Davis Funeral Home
A. F. Russell
First Baptist Church
Earl Branden
Fort Worth
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Cooper
Tennessee
First
Vick Announces Candidacy for Lieutenant Governor
Senator Kyle Vick of Waco Thursday formally announces his bid for lieutenant governor. A hold-over senator ending 1953, he is the oldest in continuous service since 1940 and has chaired the Senate as president pro tempore. Vick, a McLennan County native, studied at Sewanee and UT Law, admitted to the bar in 1915, and previously served as assistant district attorney and county judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culberson
Edna
Hill County
Ques
Kyle Vick
Waco
Senate
Farmer Hagedorn to receive community meal after court loss
Lockhart scene centers on 77 year old farmer William Hagedorn who lost $2,632.20 in a Supreme Court ruling over an accident caused by a mule he did not own. A luncheon and donations from across the nation will honor him as District Judge Fuchs is guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockhart
ANS
William Hagedorn
Supreme Court
Lockhart Business Men
Hagedorn
W. C. Alexander
Austin
Washington, D.C
Beaumont
Texas
John R. Fuchs
William George Richards
Fuchs
Alexanders
Texas Civil Appeals Court
Texas Supreme Court
FTC orders Camel and Old Gold ads dropped for false claims
The Federal Trade Commission ordered R. J. Reynolds and P. Lorillard to drop ads claiming less nicotine and irritation in Camel and Old Gold cigarettes. FTC says similar action may target American Tobacco, Philip Morris, and American Cigarette and Cigar. Companies deny intentional false advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission Today
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
P. Lorillard Company
FTC
American Tobacco Company
Philip Morris and Company, Ltd
Philip Morris
American Cigarette and Cigar Company
Pall Malls
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Reynolds
Lorillard
New York
Pp. Lorillard Company
Winston-Salem
N.C
Reynolds Company
Weather Forecast for Texas and Austin
The forecast calls for a 49 to 75 degree day with fair weather in Austin on Thursday and Friday. Expect warmer temperatures and increasing cloudiness with sunshine in the morning and afternoon. Thursday sees 40 to 75 degrees with scattered thin clouds that thicken by Friday and parts of East and West Texas may see occasional rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Mercury
East
West
Texas
Paris Rioters Clash With Police on Champs Elysees
Police battled roughly 1,500 demonstrators along the Champs Elysees in Paris during the evening rush hour. About 65 arrests were made as officers, numbered around 1,000, protected Figaro offices over a protest linked to Otto Skorzeny’s diary publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Broad Champs Elysees
Figaro
Otto Skorzeny
Hitler
Mussolini
Champs Elysees
Arch de Triumph
Communist Party
Baseball game canceled over color line at House Park
The Austin High School Maroon vs Bergstrom Air Force Base exhibition was scrapped due to a deed restriction banning Negro athletes from House Park. Recreation director Beverly Sheffield refused Downs Field for the use by Negro players, citing a specific authorized purpose. Burger said the game was called at noon after no alternate field could be arranged and he remains ready to schedule a Bergstrom clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. House
House Park
Austin
Maroon
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Toney Burger
Austin High School
Beverly Sheffield
Downs Field
Sheffield
Vincent D. Zimmer
Bergstrom
Accord Reached On Housing Bill
Washington April 5 Representatives of the Senate and House reached agreement on a multi billion dollar housing bill after about 12 hours of discussion. Spence chairman of the House banking committee said he hoped to win House approval Thursday before a recess from April 18. The compromise merged Senate and House versions after both rejected Truman’s $2 billion cooperative housing plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Truman
Key West
Gas Attendant Survives Hard Fall With Spare Leg
Ben Adams, a gas station attendant in Tucumcari New Mexico, slipped and fell under a tourist car breaking his leg. He told the driver not to call for aid, then strapped on a spare artificial leg and returned to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumcari
N. M
Ben Adams
Adams
McCarthy to Bring Witnesses on Lattimore Case Next Week
Senator McCarthy tentatively plans to summon next week's witnesses who will identify Owen Lattimore as a Communist. He awaits cooperation from sources to testify before the Senate committee probing State Department Reds with a New York stop planned for Thursday if they consent. The move follows a failed noon deadline for delivering supporting evidence and comes as President Truman's Loyalty Review Board seeks access to the files.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCarthy
Owen Lattimore
Wisconsin Republican
Senate
State Department
New York
Committee
Lattimore
Truman
Loyalty Review Board
Wisconsin
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Pres
FBI
The
Loyalty Board
Conrad E. Snow
Donald L. Nicholsor
Sonnel
Loss of Marshall Mars Flying Boat After Pearl Harbor Landing
The $7.5 million 80 ton flying boat Marshall Mars exploded and burned after a forced landing about a mile off Pearl Harbor. Seven crewmen escaped in Mae Wests and life rafts, with rescue craft reaching the scene as flames raged for over an hour and wreckage sank. Lieutenant Commander Glenn E. Simmons piloted the doomed test flight fromKeehi lagoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Marshall Mars
Pearl Harbor
Svvageiu Toolaavour Aat
Keehi Lagoon
Glenn E. Simmons
Dallas
Texas
Simmons
Mars
Jack Cooper
Philippines Air Lines
Cooper
Don Troxell
Pan American Airways
Simmon
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Keeh Lagoon
Two Texans Killed as Navy Copter Comes Unlashed
A Navy helicopter aboard the carrier Wright broke from deck lashings near Cape Hatteras during training, killing two officers and injuring several others, including pilot Lt. Robert O. Davis and deck officer Lt. Thurman Newell. Victims: Lt. Herbert N. Walters of Lindale and Lt. Carl W. Baker of Amarillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Navy
Wright
Quonset, R. L
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Herbert N. Walters
Lindale
Texas
Carl W. Baker
Amarillo
Walter
Bernice R. Walters
Naval Hospital
Robert O. Davis
Gallipolis
Ohio
Thurman Newell
Davis
Newell
Naval
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Two Killed as Fire Sweeps Ranch Home
A midnight fire on a ranch near Boonville in Ukiah California killed a woman and her visiting niece. Victims were Mrs Linton Knight 48 and 4 year old Carol Lynn Mark. Parents from Rodeo Contra Costa County were visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah
Calif
Boonville
Linton Knight
Carol Lynn Mark
Knight Ranch
Rodeo
Contra Costa County
Venus Suspected After Bergstrom Jet Pursuit
A Bergstrom Air Force Base T33 trainer chased a bright unidentified object over Austin on Wednesday afternoon. Pilots Wendell Oldham and G W Alexander reported the object did not resemble a craft and appeared to move with brightness changes, later identified as Venus by Col Raymond Rudell after observations with a theodolite and radar.
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Bergstrom Air Force Base
Venus
Austin
Bergstrom
Wendell Oldham
524Th
G. W. Alexander
Saens
San Antonio
Raymond Rudell
Hoye S. Dunham
Weather Bureau
Dunham
Col. Rudel
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Associated Press
Allan Shivers
Case March
Price Daniel
Bednasek
Robert Bednasek
Iowa City
Iowa
Margaret Ann Jackson
Bed
Nasek
Clair Hamilton
Bill Bartley
Sultan
West Borneo
USS Army
Capitol
Trade Commission
Commie
Solon
Johns Hopkins University
Seth Richardson
Bergstrom AF Jet
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