China Officials Abandon Nanking to Red Troops
Communist forces crossed the Yangtze and seized Nanking area as Nationalist officials and garrison fled. Looting spread through the capital while Chiang Kai-shek and Li Tsung Jen pledged to fight to the end for national independence.
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China
Nanking
Yangtze River
Red
No Man’s Land
Pukow
Ho Ying- Chin
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hangchow
Li Tsung-Jen
THAT FATAL STEP
A 24 year old man in DRIVE France jumped from a second story window while sleepwalking and broke his leg. He told police nightmares about his forthcoming marriage.
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Drive
France
House Ends Quorum Fight to Adjourn for Weekend
The Texas House forced a quorum after capping hours of milling and voting to adjourn until Monday. The Senate cleared a long filibuster and then left, as four House bills passed and 25 more waited on the special calendar.
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Associated Press
House
Senate
Texas
Tom Cheatham
Cuero
Highway Patrol
C. S. McLellan
Eagle Lake
President Truman urges compulsory US medical insurance plan
President Truman asked Congress to approve a compulsory medical insurance plan to reduce suffering, proposing a 10-year program to expand hospitals facilities and medical staff. He suggested a 3 percent payroll tax and estimated $4.5 to $6 billion annual funding, while contrasting with limited voluntary plans.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
UN votes down probe into Mindszenty trials
The United Nations rejected an immediate inquiry into the Iron Curtain trials of Cardinal Mindszenty and 15 Bulgarian churchmen, while keeping the issue alive for next fall. A U S backed plan to invoke peace treaty human rights guarantees in Soviet satellite states was approved.
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United Nations
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Magnesium plant transfer gives UT off campus research center
The War Assets Administration approved title transfer of the $8 million magnesium plant to the University of Texas for a permanent off-campus research center. The facility includes 26 buildings on 393.5 acres with utilities and rail sidings, enabling a broad three-phase program spanning university, industrial, and national defense research partnerships.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin American Capitol
University of Texas
The
War Assets Administration
Lyndon Johnson
Homer Thornberry
University
Tom Miller
Austin
J. Neils Thompson
Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
C. B. Smith
Foundation
Jefferson Chemical Company
National Defense
University of Texas Memorial Research Laboratories
Memorial
Beauford Jester
Industrial Foundation
Texas
Internal Combustion Engines
Sen. Johnson
Cong. Thornberry
University of Texas and
Austin Talent
Army Air Corps
Navy
Department of Commerce
Department of Agriculture
Office of Rubber Reserves
New
Jefferson Chemical Laboratories
Washington
War Assets
Jess Larson
Thompson
Amethyst Hit Again By Communist Fire On Yangtze Rescue Attempt
The British sloop Amethyst was struck by Communist shell fire while attempting to reach Nanking. Reports from Nanking and Shanghai say 19 dead and about 40 wounded on the Amethyst with total casualties at 44 dead and 82 or more wounded as three accompanying ships were damaged.
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Shanghai
Yangtze
Nanking
London
Consort
Black Swan
Crowd riots force Pollitt to seek refuge in Dartmouth house
Enraged crowds clash after a political meeting in Dartmouth as Harry Pollitt, Britain’s top communist, is dragged into a house for safety. A father of a Yangtze victim hands Pollitt a rope and note urging self-harm while police try to restore order after shelling incidents involving the Amethyst and Consort.
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Dartmouth
Eng
Britain
Harry Pollitt
Pollitt
Yangtze
Judas Iscariot
C. F. Akhurst
Headless rooster Lazarus dies after 20 days alive
Lazarus the headless rooster dies in Los Angeles after a 20 day period of seemingly living without his head. The owner Mrs Martha Green had won a reprieve from death but inspectors served a kill order under penal code provisions.
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Rooster Lazarus
Los Angeles
Lazarus
Martha Green
Mrs. Green
Stanley Moffatt
Moffatt
US Rushes Diplomat To Sell Germans on Compromise Plan
Washington dispatch reports Robert D. Murphy rushed to Germany to sell a compromise plan for limited self-government in West Germany. The aim is to win German approval to curb Soviet influence and advance Western Allies democracy and stability in the Western zones.
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Washington
Robert D. Murphy
Russia
United
Acheson
Murphy
Germany
Cost of Living Rises Slightly After Five Month Fall
The U S government reports a 0.3 per cent rise in the consumer price index from mid February to mid March driven by higher food costs and rents. Meats also contribute to the modest uptick across 48 of 936 cities with the March index at 169 5 of the 1935 39 base. Prices remain about three per cent below the August September peak and analysts are unsure if the downward trend has ended.
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McCabe
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Patman
Texas
Reserve Board
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Scranton
San Francisco
Youth Wins New Trial in Burglary Conviction
Amarillo district judge orders a new trial for 17 year old Bobby Craig after his guilty plea for burglary of a jewelry store. Judge Bishop ruled Craig was not allowed counsel before pleading guilty and juror bias allegations involving Captain Polk Ivy were raised by Craig's lawyers.
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Amarillo
Henry S. Bishop
Bobby Craig
Bishop
Craig
Captain Polk Ivy
Highway Patrol
Berlin Reds Call Lifting Berlin Blockade
Radio Moscow proposed ending the Berlin blockade and said Western sector businessmen largely welcomed the idea. Western Allies maintained position as Communist forces urged moves. Airlift continued with 8 427 tons delivered in 24 hours, marking a top airlift day.
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Berlin
Radio
Moscow
Frankfurt
Bern
Denison Tot Bruised Cut by Fall in Well
A Denison three year old, Richard Jeanguenot, fell about 35 feet into a boarded up well near Aubrey while playing on top. He landed in water and mud, sustaining only cuts and bruises after a rope and bucket rescue by nearby workers.
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Denison
Richard Jeanguenot
Aubrey
Albert Jeanguenot
Navy destroyers collide near Pearl Harbor injuring one
Two US destroyers collided about 50 miles southeast of Pearl Harbor shortly after 5 am Friday. Both ships proceeded to port under their own power. One man aboard the Fechteler sustained a slight injury as the vessel sustained a 10 foot hole in the port side aft.
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Pearl Harbor
Fechteler
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Ho Ying-Chin
Hsu Yung-Chang
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Shanghai- Nanking
That River
Peiping
Defense Ministry
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Dallas County
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
H. A. (Salty) Hull
Fort Worth
William S&s. Fly
Victoria
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Thomas B. McCabe
Taft
Ohio
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Murray
Mont
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Maryland
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Canada
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Joliet
Nathan Leopold
Illinois Parole Board
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