Threats escalate as Austin marble and slot raids continue
Police and court officials received anonymous calls urging a stop to raids on marble and slot machines in Austin. Chief Thorp and Judge Thurman vowed intensified action amid warnings of violence, while grand juries branded the business a 1.5 million dollar racket and urged public cooperation to curb the illegal gaming operations.
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Mace Thurman Jr
County Court-at-law
Thurman
Bob Long
Travis County
Jimmie Joe Lung
Lung
Red River
Grand Jury
Thorp
Colorado
Hood
Jack Roberts
126Th District Court
Truman to push national health plan next week
President Truman plans to press a compulsory national health insurance program backed by AFL leader William Green after a White House meeting. Green and CIO officials urged a report declaring organized medicine blocks comprehensive health coverage. The debate centers on a payroll tax financed system and AMA opposition.
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Truman
Washington
William Green
White House
Friay
Green
Congress
Channing Frothingham
Massachusetts State Medical Society
James B. Carey
CIO
Harvey Brown
International Association of Machinists
Frothingham
American Medical Association
AMA
Carey
Chicago
Hollywood
Fla
Joseph D. McCarthy
Omaha
Neb
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Senate
Atom Bomb Lead Stressed by AEC Official
Sumner Pike of the Atomic Energy Commission told Boston Dowdoin Club members that U S leadership in atom bomb manufacture is not temporary and the nation would hold a lead even after a monopoly ends He warned against publishing speculative bomb production figures and noted potential risks at Idaho reactor facilities while highlighting remote operation and safeguards.
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Boston
America
Sumner T. Pike
Atomic Energy Commission
Dowdoin Club
Pike
Idaho
Commission
Peter Rabbit Arrests Stall Smuggling Easter Tale
SAN ANTONIO April 15 A 16 year old in a bunny costume was arrested after his employers accused him of trying to smuggle a suit from a department store. The incident occurred two days before Easter.
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San Antonio
Peter Rabbit
Small Fry
Reds Demand Free Crossing Of Yangtze In Peace Talks
Reports from Nanking say Communist forces press for unopposed Yangtze crossings as proof of good faith in peace talks. Fighting paused along the river but Taiyuan near Yen Hsi-shan's capital is said to have faced a heavy assault.
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Yantze River
Taiyuan
Old Marshal Yen Hsi- Shan
Armistice Talk Roils Texas Statehouse Over G A Bills
Legislative rumbles center on a possible armistice to end the G A school shakeup fight. Proposals include shifting the school board from appointive to elective and delaying GA votes to let other bills progress. May 10 salary cuts and threats to quit add pressure as Beauford Jester resists a special session.
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Gilmer-Aikin School
Austin American
Beauford Jester
Ill gotten infant case dominates city court hearing
A three week old girl lay seriously ill as the homicide squad probes claims that the baby was bought for $75 to $1,000 and later malnourished. The accused woman testified about trafficking in illegitimate children and admitted taking a newborn without adoption papers while more babies remained in her care. The judge postponed the case pending police investigation and a welfare official linked the death to malnutrition.
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J. Harris Gardner
53Rd District Court
Emily Jo Glover
County Probation Department
Thomas Blackwell
San Antonio
Surance
City Welfare Department
Horace H. Shelton
East Seventh Street
Shelton
City Child and Family Welfare Service
California
Sam Lung Still On Missing List
Sam Lung 41 owner of Lung's Chinese kitchen remains missing after he left for the city tax office at 9 40 am Thursday. His car was found parked on Congress Avenue and police checked San Antonio after learning a man of Lung's nationality bought a round trip ticket to that city. He was last seen wearing a gray blue suit a bilge snap brim hat and a white sport shirt.
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Lung
Congress
Thursy
San Antonio
1605
Canterbury
Passion of Christ patient in Bavarian village
Thousands file past Therese Neumann in Konnersreuth to witness her documented Good Friday crucifixion visions. Parish priest Father Franz Nabor guards her bedside as villagers and many Americans watch her bloodied shroud and staged agony, said to recur since 1926 with coma lasting until 3 p.m. each year.
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Germany
Therese Neumann
Therese
Franz Nabor
Christ
Church Adds Canaries To Its Easter Choir
In Brownsville on April 15, the Central Christian Church plans six canaries to join its Easter Cantata Sunday morning. Rev. John W. Wallenburg says placement is important as the birds may overwhelm the human choir with their enthusiasm.
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Brownsville
The
Central Christian Church
John W. Wallenburg
Airlift pilots target 10000 tons into Berlin
Berlin reports American and British blockade pilots push to ship 10000 tons of food and coal in a 24 hour period ending noon Saturday. In 12 hours they carried 6227 tons to Tempelhof Gatow and Tegel as the effort to beat the 8246 ton record continues.
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Berlin
Tempelhof
Gatow
Tegel
Convair XC99 Lifts 100000 Pounds in Test Flight
Fort Worth April 15 Convair's XC99 transport the largest plane in the world lifted a 100000 pound load at Carswell Air Base in a regular flight test program. Pilot B A Erickson and co pilot F Keen flew the 230 foot winged craft designed to carry 400 armed men or 300 litter patients.
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F. Keen
San Diego
Bristol
England
Youth Asks Retrial On Burglary Charge
Amarillo April 15. Bobby Craig 17 asked for a new trial on a burglary charge. Craig was convicted of robbery and sentenced to eight years. Attorney R A Defoe argued the trial was not fair and impartial.
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Amarillo
Bobby Craig
Craig
R. A. Defoe
Lenten Season Ends With Services Across Austin Churches
Lenten period ends officially at noon Saturday with Holy Saturday rites in Catholic churches. Easter Eve baptisms planned in Episcopal parishes. St. Marys Cathedral to bless new fire and baptismal water at 7 am with mass at 8 30 am. St Davids and All Saints Chapel prepare baptismal services in afternoon. Captain Lemon announces free showing of King of Kings at Salvation Army Youth Center Saturday 7 30 pm.
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St. Austin’s Chapel
St. Mary’s Cathedral
St. David’s Church
All Saint’s Chapel
James D. Lemon
Salvation Army Youth Center
Buster Northern Dies In Chair for Stomping
In Huntsville Alabama on Saturday morning Buster Northern 20 was executed by electric chair for stomping to death a 69 year old Oklahoma woman nearly three years earlier. The State Board of Pardons again denied clemency by a 2 to 1 vote.
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Huntsville
Buster Northern
Oklahoma
Northern
State Board of Pardons
Tears On Statue Spark Syracuse Diocese Phenomenon
In Syracuse a broken St. Ann statue allegedly shed liquid drops when kissed by 11 year old Shirley Anne Martin. The diocese cautioned that miracles are possible but not confirmed and the shrine plan was proposed by the girl's grandfather while the statue was later not shown publicly.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse Catholic
Shirley Anne Martin
Robert E. Dillon
James Ii
Secrets
Shirley Anne
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