Purge rumors rise in Baltic area near plane incident
The Associated Press reports Russians purge Baltic nationals near secret coastal defenses amid a claimed US photo mission. Separately heavy rains hit Central Texas, with 2.38 inches in Austin and up to 1.85 inches in Taylor, delaying planting and boosting pastures.
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Associated Press
Germany
Neue Zeitung
Sweden
Austin
Texas
Weather Bureau
Georgetown
Burnet
Aylor
Giddings
Lockhart
San Marcos
Henry New
Hayes County
New
Williamson County
Brown O. Spivey
Lee County
J. Henry Martindale
Austin American
Taylor
Mary Agnes Roddy
Llano
San Saba
North Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
AS YOU LIKE IT AND SLASHERS VERSUS CUTTERS IN BUSINESS
A collage of items from a newspaper page mentions Billy recognizing people by smell in a sightless world, love among royalty, American influence in the Arabian Nights motif, college job quests with hire that man, US tax cuts versus budget cuts, faith guiding a grain elevator president, and a chartered flight of war brides with 38 brides 34 babies and three men departing from New York to London.
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Little Billy
Washington
New York
London
Evacuation Ordered as Chiang Cedes Hainan Island
Chiang Kai-Shek orders evacuation of Hainan Island as forces retreat southward to Formosa. Navy landing craft and three commercial vessels stand by to move top civilian and military officials while 125,000 Nationalist troops may be left to Communist control within days.
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Yulin
Hainan
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Formosa
Hoshow
Five Finger Mountains
Samah
Chiang
Hsueh Yueh
Chen Chi-tang
Hashow
Kwei Yingchin
Hoshow Harbor
Houston Stops Arms Shipment from Colombia at Airport
Customs agents and Houston police detained three Colombian men after a Cessna 170 flight prepared to depart with a sizable quantity of arms and ammunition aboard. The men, described as Bogota businessmen, were held for State Department checks, while flight plans indicated a Brownsville destination for declarations. The seized items reportedly included about 25 revolvers and 1000 rounds of ammunition.
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Houston
Colombia
Brownsville
Sam D. W
Low
Bogota
Davidson
Scharff
State Department
Phone Union Calls Walkout for Today
Nationwide walkout threats loom as CIO division 6 installers at Western Electric press for settlement before 6 am CST. Henry Mayer says talks collapsed after midnight and announce a 10,000-strong force in 43 states may strike. Government may intervene in rail labor disputes as mediation stalls.
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Associated Press
New York
Henry Mayer
Division 6
CIO Communication Workers of America
Bell Systems Manufacturing
Western Electric
Austin
James B. Dyer
Communications Workers of America
Dyer
Washington
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Southern
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Truman
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Nationwide Bell System
Earnest Weaver
CWA
Western Electric Co
At&t
South Bend
Ind
States
District of Columbia
Chrysler
Company
CIO United Auto Workers
Lightning Sparks Two Blazes at Economy Furniture Plant
Two fires, likely from lightning, struck Economy Furniture Upholstery Co at 5100 East Fifth Street. One fire started by shorted fan motors, another on the roof from wood chips. Five companies fought the furniture blaze more than an hour. damage not heavy. Separate runs hit Calcasieu Lumber, Cohn Brothers Store, and Southwestern Bell warehouse with minor damage.
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Economy Furniture
East Fifth Street
Calcasieu Lumber Company
West Second Street
Cohn Brothers
Congress Avenue
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
West 18Th Street
R. H. Dickerson
Texas Shrimpers Seized by Mexicans
Seven Texas shrimping trawlers operating off the coast of Mexico 120 miles south of Port Isabel were seized by a Mexican gunboat Sunday morning. Two boats escaped, and six were from Owns ville with one from Port Isabel. The seizure occurred as they fished in 21 fathoms near Mexican waters, per the US Coast Guard report via short wave radio.
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Port Isabel
Texas
Mexico
Here
US Coast Guard
James A. Alsup
Joyce Marie
Alsup
Ownsville
Acheson Attacks McCarthy as Mad and Vicious
In an off the record speech before the American Society of Newspaper Editors Acheson condemned McCarthy's charges as a mad and vicious assault on U S security. He warned the effort aims to destroy confidence in the State Department and government during a critical era.
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Acheson
Gop
Washington
Secretary of
McCarthy
Wisconsin Republican
American Society of Newspaper Editors
State Department
Truman
Federal Bar Association
Senate
Eyes Check Perfect Too
Dr Scott Johnson tests facial paralysis in a head injury case at Clovis New Mexico. A nurse passes by as the patient whistles, then the doctor jokes about his recovery and tells him to get dressed and leave.
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Clovis
N. M
W. Scott Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Wreck and Fire Kill San Saba County Rancher and Banker
John W. Gibbons 65 prominent San Saba County rancher and former Sah Saba National Bank president is found burned to death in his car near Richland Springs. Authorities say the car hit a tree and caught fire around 7 a.m. He donated land for Camp Billy Gibbons. Survived by widow two daughters and a twin sister. Funeral Monday at 3 p.m. at the family ranch home. Burial at Richland Springs Cemetery.
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San Saba
ANS
John W. Gibbons
San Saba County
Richland Springs
Gibbons
Sah Saba National Bank
Billy Gibbons
Here
M. H. Miller
Haynesville
Buford Mays
Mexico Ranchers Seek Tougher Rustling Law
The Mexican Cattlemen's Association urged the Senate to pass stronger anti rustling measures. They proposed denying bail to rustlers and barring court orders shielding them. Suspected stolen cattle would be held by the association until ownership is resolved.
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Mexico City
Mexican Cattlemen's Association
Senate
Gas Tax Boost Roils British Public and Government
British discontent rises as a nine pence per gallon gasoline tax hike pushes the price to three shillings a gallon. Chancellor Cripps defends the budget while opposition leader Churchill vows a strong challenge in the Commons. Cab firms and industries warn of higher fares and costs, with railways seen as favored.
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London
Britain
Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Home Secretary
Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
Alfred Robens
Parliamenta
Ministry of Fuel
Five Injured as Fire Truck Collides With Auto
A fire truck responding to an alarm collided with an automobile at Nineteenth and Speedway Streets during heavy rain, injuring five. Roy and Etta Shannon, both severely hurt, and their grandson Karel Shannon are among the injured. two firefighters were treated and released. Police traced causes to downhill slide and possible reverse gear as the car spun away.
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Ninteenth
Speedway
B. E. Schmidt
Avenue G
Milton M. Basey
East 39Th Street
Brackenridge Hospital
San Jacinto Street
Shannon
Karel Shannon
Shannons
Schmidt
Boy 3 Dies After Softball Strike in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth on April 23 a 3 year old boy Jeffrey Vaughn Heitzman died after being struck by a softball during a game played by neighborhood children at Arling ton Heights. Heitzman was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Heitzman and an only child.
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Fort Worth
Jeffrey Vaughn Heitzman
William A. Heitzman
Arlingston Heights
Nelson Scharfrick
Heitzman
Justice of the Peace
Whit Boyd
San Diego
Calif
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
Jeffrey Vaughn
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Woodward
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Ottawa
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Dardanelles
Turkey
Crookston
Minn
Red Lake
Minnesota
Red Lake Falls
Ottertail
Reuben Comics
Henee Sports
Seema
Winchell
Hainan Island
Reds
Alvin F. Scharff
J. R
Bob) Davidson
Customs Service
Josephine
Canton
Detroit
Air Express
Ohio
Tydings
D-Md
McMahon
D-Conn
White House
George C. Marshall
Camden
N. J
Peo
Churchill
Robens
Sir Stafford Cripps
Frank D. Basey
Denver
Colo
Roy Martin Shannon
Etta Shannon
la France
E. Carlson
Edwin R. Moore
John P. Dyess
Roy Cates
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