Bergman Drops Suit in California Settlement
Ingrid Bergman and Dr. Peter Lindstrom settle property and custody disputes with Pia to live in California. Lindstrom gains physical custody during school terms, joint legal custody, and a guardianship account with Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Los Angeles as co guardian. Bergman to pursue divorce action in Los Angeles County. Rossellini relation noted.
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Los Angeles
Pes
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Lindstrom
Gregson Bautzer
Miss Bergman
Isaac Pacht
Rome
Roberto Rossellini
Dr. Lindstrom
Stromboli
Italy
Rossellini
Juarez
Mexico
Pacht
Los Angeles County
Pia
California
Coguardian
Pia Lindstrom
United States
Farmers and Merchants National Bank of
John Vernon
Vernon
Beverly Hills
Hazel Scott Wins Discrimination Suit in Spokane
Hazel Scott, a Negro pianist, wins 250 in damages from a Spokane jury after ruling she was denied service at a Pasco restaurant due to race. Husband Adam Clayton Powell aided the suit. the case rested on a 1909 Washington public accommodation law.
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Spokane
Wash
Hazel Scott
Sam M. Driver
Miss Scott
Adam Clayton Powell
New York
Washington
Judge Driver
Eunice Wolf
West
Driver
Bill Signed Aiding Two Indian Tribes
President Truman signed an $88.57 million aid bill for the Navajo and Hopi tribes in the Southwest. The measure removes a provision that would have put Hopis and Navajos under Arizona New Mexico and Utah civil and criminal jurisdiction. The federal government will cover about 90 percent of on reservation social security payments, a point of long dispute with Arizona and New Mexico over funding responsibilities.
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Washington
Truman
Southwest
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Oil Worker Jailed After Fatal Shooting
Odessa oil field worker Ray Elmer Smith, 37, is jailed after Dewey Blevins of Roby was shot seven times on an Ector County drilling rig near Goldsmith. Sheriff Broughton says Smith claimed Blevins had previously threatened him with a gun.
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Odessa
Dewey Blevins
Roby
Ector County
Ray Elmer Smith
Floyd Webb
Goldsmith
Blevins
Ernest Broughton
Smith
Senate Bill Bars Slot Machine Shipments Nationwide
The Senate approved a unanimous bill prohibiting shipment and possession of slot machines in states where illegal, with penalties up to two years and 5000 dollars fine for violations. The measure also requires clear labeling on packages and authorizes seizure by federal agents. It now goes to the House amid questions of constitutionality and fast action urged by Senator Edwin C. Johnson.
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House
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
McGrath
Johnson
Congress
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Weather sketch for Austin area central Texas awash with mild temps
Central Texas skies vary from clearing to cloudy with mild temperatures in the Austin area. Lows near 50s and highs around 70s, warmer interior and east Texas fair to warm. hourly readings show daytime temps reaching mid 80s in spots and a first quarter moon on April 25. Local highs include 88 degrees on March 26 and 49 degrees on January 1.
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Austin
Texas
East
Weat
Edenes
Austin Py
Piatt
Joches
Colorado
la Buchanan
Travis Gara
Hiver
Ouston Abilene
Fort Worth
Pelo Nee
Antoiie
ST Amarillo
Galveston
Waco
Russia in Lead Says Symington at San Francisco Dinner
In a San Francisco Chamber of Commerce dinner speech, former Air Force Secretary Symington warned that Communist Russia is advancing in armaments. He claimed the USSR has the world’s largest military forces and warned the U.S. to strengthen readiness to deter attack. He noted security consumes 50 cents of every tax dollar and pledged future leadership of the National Security Resources Board.
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San Francisco
Russia
United States
Air Force
Stuart Symington
Navy
Symington
National Security Resources Board
Washington
Indonesian Says Sultan Hamid II Confessed to Plot Murders
An official USI communiqué reports Sultan Hamid II jailed West Borneo ruler confessed to ordering the assassination attempt on three top Indonesian military leaders. He allegedly directed Dutch insurgent Westerling to strike a cabinet meeting and kill key officials, a plot never carried out.
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Jakarta
USI
Sultan Hamid II
West Borneo
Information Ministry
Sultan Hamid
Westerling
R. P P
Turk” Westerling
Sultan Hamengku Buwono
Defense Ministry
Ali Budiardo
Simatupang
Hamid
Bandoeng
Officer Celebrated at School Crossing by Jubilant Crowd
New York police officer Martin Sheehy 63 who has guarded Public School 122’s crossing for 36 years was greeted by cheering students and families after enduring a traffic jam at First Avenue and Ninth Street. He earlier survived a December accident and received a kiss from a grandmother as photographers waited.
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New York
First Avenue
Ninth Street
Martin Sheehy
Public School 122
Sheehy
East Side
Officer Sheeh
James Griffin Plans Run for State Agriculture Commissioner
Mission April 19 James Griffin announced he would file as a candidate for state commissioner of agriculture next Wednesday. Griffin, who was in a runoff with incumbent J E McDonald two years ago, said he would mobilize his farm campaign after preparing his cotton crop and farm operations.
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Mission
James Griffin
Griffin
J. E. McDonald
Deaths and Funerals Highlight Austin Area
Obituary notices from Austin and surrounding towns list Zedock P. Dempsey and Claus E. Helm among the deceased. Burial plans, church services, and pallbearers are noted, with survivors including children in Austin Los Angeles Ft Worth and other Texas cities.
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Zedock P. Dempsey
Austin
Los Angeles
California
Zedock P. Dempsey Jr
Frank G. Dempsey
Ft. Worth
R. P. Robbins
Ernest Campbell
Errol Pendergrass
Hylton Manor
Marvin Vance
First Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Claus E. Helm
Evangelical Free Church
Paul Rosell
Eugene Weinberg
N. G. Christensen
O. T. Olson
Vernon Stohl
Alfred Youngquist
Efraim Jacobson
Robert Carlson
John Nygard
Oakwood
Jim Montgomery
Cook Funeral Home
Memorial Park
E. E. Douglas
Hamilton
Texas
Price supports on perishables urged to be dropped
Democratic farm leader proposes abandoning price supports for potatoes eggs and other perishable crops as too costly and unworkable at a White House conference. Cooley urges administration to offer an alternative to the Brannan Plan and notes hearings will resume with input from farmers Brannan Secretary of Agriculture attends along with Speaker Rayburn and other leaders.
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Washington
White House
Cooley
Dn.c
House Agriculture Committee
Truman
Brannan
Agriculture Brannan
House
Rayburn
Texas
MacCormack
Villalobos murder case moved to Chihuahua jurisdiction
Jose Villalobos, charged with killing Texas Sheriff O W Morrow, has been transferred from Ojinaga to Chihuahua Mexico. A hearing on an amparo in Ojinaga was not held after the transfer order from Juarez judge. Villalobos awaits transfer date while in custody, with Texas pursuing extradition as a Mexican national.
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Ojinaga
Mex
Jose Villalobos
Texas
O. W. Morrow
Chihuahua
Mexico
Juarez
Villalobos
MacArthur Frees Two Convicted Japanese Soldiers
In Tokyo on April 19, Gen. MacArthur ordered the release of two former Japanese soldiers previously sentenced to death for the wartime killings of five Filipino civilians at Hailo. The act cites reasonable doubt and says one accuser was in Manchuria when the crimes occurred.
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Tokyo
INS
MacArthur
Fiepipino
Toneo Shirakura
Osami Watanabe
Useg
Manila
Manchuria
Hailo
Philippine Islands
Japan
T Mili
Kem
Erosion Threat To San Jacinto Battle Ground
The San Jacinto Battleground along the Houston Ship Channel erodes as waves from ships batter the slip housing the Battleship Texas threatening the nearby Masonic Memorial. Officials seek state or donor funding. plans include an $80,000 bulkhead repair or building a basin inside the slip to protect the memorial.
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Houston
San Jacinto Battle Ground
Houston Ship Channel
Texas
Masonic Memorial
Battleground
Battleship Commissions
Lloyd Gregory
Battleship Commission
Allan Shivers
Gregory
Masonie Memorial
First Leather Splitter Patent Issued in 1809
Samuel Parker of Newburyport Massachusetts patented the first machine for splitting leather hides in 1809. Before this invention hides were shaved to the desired thickness for shoe soles with all shavings wasted.
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Samuel Parker
Newburyport
Mass
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Ingrid
Ellison
Holyoke
Nu’ Rnutnn
San Jacinto
Willie
Bill
Cesar Romero
Schenley
GARE
Schunley Distributors, Incorporated
New York City
Zedock
P. Dempsey
Eva Sparks Collins
Leslie B. Collins
Motor Carrier Insurance Company
Landon Lane
Wichita Falls
First Baptist Church
Ed Hanvey
G. W. Nash
James W. Collins
A. E. Noble
Mrs
Katholeen Hill
First Nazarene Church
W. E. Moore
Hyltin Manor
Masonic Cemetery
Walter A. Phelps
Carlyle Marney
George W. Burleson
Travis County
Emma Whited
Lizzie Adams
Dallas
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Hustin Manor Funeral Home
Lucy H. Mitchell
G. R. Mitchell
Weed- Corley
Jess Hail
Greenwood Cemetery
A. McAngus
Billy Mitchell
R. V. Reynolds
Wilford Norman
R. F. Jennings
J. N. Scott
Black Hickman
Emil G. Polzin Taylor
ANS
Emil G. Polzin
Condra Funeral Home
Rev. H. C. Ziehe
Taylor City Cemetery
William Rosenthal
Alvin Dickeroff
San Antonio
Ben Rosenthal
Taylor
Erick Rosenthal
New Braunfels
Paris
B. Hallum
Emma Watson Burnet
Emma Watson
Burnet
Burnet Church of Christ
Roy Stephens
Liberty Hill Cemetery
Clements Funeral Home
C. K. Watson
Archer City
Athol Sites
Barnes
Aliie Mills
Barnet
Brazos
C Oo Re Funeral Home
Weed*corley Funeral Home
Lavaca
Austin Teaas
Chapel of the Bells
Congress Ave
Dial
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