Baltic hunt ends as life raft from missing Privateer found
A derelict American life raft, likely from the missing PB4Y Privateer, was found in the Baltic by the British freighter Beechland. US Air Force officials say the raft could belong to the crew of ten, though no messages were aboard. The search was suspended. Senator Tydings warns tensions with Russia could rise.
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Latvia
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Stockhayn
Beechland
Stockholm
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Sweden
Norway
Navy
J. Henderson
United States
Willy Geiger, Inc
Baltic
Washington
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
AS YOU LIKE IT Seven down and two to go for Tippy the cat
A fragment from Page 5 notes Tippy the cat continues a troubled life with relapses as the life-by-life account unfolds. Page 5 mentions Old Dobbin’s Virginia bender and a missing horse name, with owners still sought on Page 7. Burma New Year customs flood the day with water dousing. Page 7. Captain Kidd era naval work off Scotland coast hints at a buried wreck holding vast gold. Page 10. Big Ears reports US listening to half a million words daily as secret slips unfold amid Cold War intrigue.
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Confederate Vet Riddle Celebrates 104th Birthday in Texas Home
Thomas Evans Riddle, a Confederate veteran from Tennessee born in 1846, marked his 104th birthday at the Texas Confederate Home for men. A 3-decker cake, telegram from Gov. Allan Shivers, and visits by widows and a hillbilly band accompanied the tribute. Riddle served in the 22nd Tennessee and recalled Gettysburg while praising the atom bomb as terrible.
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Virginia
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Allan Shivers
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Gettysburg
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Hy Riddle
Santa Paula
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McCarthy battles split over subversives on round table
In Washington the McCarthy charge inquiry drew sharp party lines as Republicans praised his focus on subversives while Democrats warned of a wedge against bipartisan foreign policy. Budenz, Lattimore, and Morgan figures surfaced ahead of Thursday hearings.
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South Dakota
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Senate Foreign Relations
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Budenz
New York
E. P. Morgan
Morgan
Lattimore
Far Eastern Affairs Authority
Russia
United States
Magnuson
Blair Moody
Manila Police Nab 3 Guerrilla Leaders
Manila police said intelligence agents captured three Hukbalahap leaders in Manila on Sunday. One detainee is Lazaro de la Cruz known as Commander Bulli, son in law of Mariano P. Balgos, a top Communist Party official. Police found dents, newspapers and propaganda leaflets at de la Cruzs residence.
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Bulli
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Communist Party In the Philippines
Huk
de la Cruz
Hurley Spars With Mrs FDR Over Yalta Pact TV Debate
New York April 16 General Patrick Hurley clashed on a TV program with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt over the Yalta pact. Hurley blamed the Communist victory in China on a secret Yalta agreement and charged U S diplomats with surrendering Atlantic Charter principles. Mrs Roosevelt pressed for publication of the document, with Senator Magnuson and Harvard scholar Dr John Fairbank backing her, while Hurley cited the alleged blueprint for Communist conquest and referenced Alger Hiss and others in the Yalta circle.
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China
Yalta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Warren G. Magnuson
Dwash
John King Fairbank
Harvard University
School of Chinese Studies
Richard Lauterbach
Hurley
Russia
Port Arthur
Jepen
Mr. Hiss
Alger Hiss
Chrysler Workers Reject New Offer
DETROIT April 16 Chrysler Corporation made its final offer to end an 82 day strike but the CIO United Auto Workers rejected it. UAW President Walter Reuther called the proposal a major step toward settlement of the pension dispute though the union found other terms inadequate.
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Chrysler Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
Chrysler
Gun Toter Trying To Abduct Cop's Girl Shot to Death
An off duty New York patrolman, Anton Stayduhar, shot and killed a gunman who tried to abduct Stayduhar and his girlfriend Miss Ann Sandles in Ridgewood Queens. The assailant tied Stayduhar with laundry cord, taunted the woman, and drove off before Stayduhar freed himself and fired four shots, killing the attacker, identified as Davis, 25, of Brooklyn.
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Ann
Lightning Fire Destroys Kaufman High School
Kaufman high school building destroyed after a lightning strike during a thunderstorm. The three story 1922 structure valued at about 100000 faced total loss with gym, athletic gear, and trophies destroyed. Three volunteers injured lightly. 350 students disrupted as classes shifted to other buildings and churches.
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Terrell
Ben B. Hines
Albert Nash
Hines
Oscar Garner
James Becker
Jack Hawkins
Pro Tito Party Wins In Trieste Slavic Vote
The Trieste People’s Front supporting Marshal Tito captured an easy victory in the Yugoslav Zone elections. Officials said by 7 pm incomplete returns showed at least 90 percent of the 42,000 eligible voters had cast ballots.
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Trieste Free Territory
Trieste
John Maragon Perjury Trial Opens Today in D C
The perjury trial of John Maragon, a former White House acquaintance, begins in Federal District Court. The case ties Maragon to Major General Harry H. Vaughan and a Chicago perfume firm gift scheme. If convicted on all four counts, he could face up to 40 years.
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Bootblack
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Truman
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Irvin Goldstein
Senator McCarthy
Rwis
New Jersey Molasses Company
Agriculture Department
Albert Verley Perfume Company
Arch
Greece
Verley Company
Utley Banker Joan Barton Sr. Dies at Elgin Hospital
Joan Barton Sr. 77, former president of Elgin State Bank and a director of Citizens State Bank of Bastrop, died Sunday morning at Fleming Hospital in Elgin. He lived his life in Utley, was a farmer with extensive land holdings, and is survived by three sons, Bill, Bruce, and John Jr. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Miller Mortuary in Elgin with burial in Austin.
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Utley
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Odis Senanhals
Walter Puckett
Arthur McDuff
Holland Brown
Lawson Rivers
Ray Arbuckle
W. R. Fitz- Bre
Charles Eskew
Bastrop
Bill Barton
Bruce Barton
John Barton Jr
Two Inch Soaker Boosts Central Texas Crops
A multi million dollar rain soaked Texas Sunday bringing about two inches of rainfall across Central Texas and most of the state. Farmers welcomed the moisture aiding ground prep for planting and providing relief for cotton corn and wheat crops along with pastures and stock farms. In Austin 2.07 inches fell the heaviest 24 hour total since September 1949. Some areas reported two inches or more with Llano at 2.26 inches. A freak late hailstorm rolled through a 35 mile West Texas strip causing concern for ranchland. no major damage reported.
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Drouth
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Henry New
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San Marcos
Llano County
R. J. Knox
Burnet
Lee County
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Spivey
Clairemont
Aspermont
Stamford
Justice of the Peace
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