FCC Will Detail Betting Wires to Senators Monday
Washington reports Senate crime investigators will hear Wayne Coy of the FCC describe how telephone telegraph and radio networks carried horse race information. The 1942-43 war time survey, long kept secret, is to inform a bill barring interstate gambling information, as Kefauver pushes a broad crime probe and TRA offers cooperation.
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Senate
Wayne Coy
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Coy
Senate Commerce
McFarland
Dariz
Hunt
D-Wyo
Capehart
R-Ind
Tobey Eee
Edwin C. Johnson
D- 016
McGrath
Kefauver
D-T@pn
GOP
Ferguson
R-Mich
Donnell
RMO
Silso
Donald P. Ross
Ies
TRA
New Purl PTA Names Officers for 1950 51 Georgetown
Mrs John Berglund was elected president of Annie Purl Elementary PTA for 1950 51. Officers include Annie Purl first vice president G A Bredthauer second vice president Elmer Fredricson third vice president Jack H Adams fourth vice president Linnie May fifth vice president Eunice Rader secretary and reporter Beulah Hefner treasurer C S Sanders parliamentarian. Committee heads cover piano publications and public relations with Superintendent J C Barnes and Emerson Durrenberger to install officers soon.
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Georgetown
ANS
Annie Purl
John Berglund
Berglund
G. A. Bredthauer
Elmer Fredricson
Jack H. Adams
Linnie May
F. C. Smith
School of the Air
W. B. Caskey
A. C. Weir
Gordon Burks
Emerson Durrenberger
Ninth District
The
Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers
Tea Shower Honors Miss Shirley Perviraz Bride-Elect
Miss Shirley Perviraz, bride-elect of Thomas Edgar Gordon Jr., was honored at a tea shower hosted by Mrs. Minnie McLaughlin and Miss Billie Hausenflake. Guests greeted the couple, with the display of gifts organized by Miss Ruth Lewis and Miss Elizabeth Thomas, and registration managed by Miss Marie Patterson. The event featured roses and spring flowers, and a dining table centerpiece of white roses and Queen Anne’s lace.
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ANS
Shirley Perviraz
Thomas Edgar Gordon Jr
Minnie McLaughlin
Billie B. Hausenflake
Shirley Munson
McLaughlin
Hausenflake
B. R. Perriraz
T. E. Gordon
San Marcos
W. W. Hunt
Munson
Ruth Lewis
Elizabeth Thomas
Ewell McDonald
Marie Patterson
Marsh Rawlings
Joe Perriraz
David Tilden
Carl Adams
Abner Munson
Frank Hausenfluke
Burglary at Carpenter Wee Company Office
Police found an entry through a skylight at the Carpenter Wee Company office in Fourth Colorado. Two money boxes from a filing cabinet were stolen. loss amount unknown but believed slight. Detectives Joe Cope and V. A. Knudson investigated.
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Fourth Colorado
Joe Cope
V. A. Knudson
Leopard Called Most Destructive Animal
The National Geographic Society states that pound for pound the leopard is the most destructive animal.
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National Geographic Society
French Woman Marie de Rodat Canonized Saint at St Peter's
The first Holy Year canonization is for Marie Emile de Rodat born 1787 Rodez France founder of Sisters of the Sacred Family. Pope Pius XII presides as about 60 000 witness ceremony with 14 cardinals and a Te Deum. Her order now has over 200 houses and 2 000 nuns.
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St. Peter's Basilica
Austria Priest Refuses Bishop Oath at St Stephens
Msgr. Franz Jachym shocked Vienna by declining to be consecrated as bishop in St Stephens Cathedral. Dressed in bishop robes, he told Cardinal Innitzer and the assembly he felt unworthy and left the altar. He later went to the convent and declined further comment as officials sought an explanation.
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Theodor Cardinal Innitzer
Barmherzigen Brothers
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Cardinal Innitzer
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Ernst Seydl
Karl Dorr
Johann Delleplanne
Leopold Figl
Felix Hurdes
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One Prairie Blaze Continues To Burn In Roberts County
Firefighters and volunteers battled prairie fires across the Texas High Plains with eight to ten sections burned in Hemphill and Roberts Counties. Lightning sparked the blazes which scorched hundreds to thousands of acres near Canadian, McLean, and Pampa areas, though no property damage or injuries were reported.
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McLean
Gray County
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Hemphill County
Hemphill and Roberts County
Clyde Risley
Newton
Tandy
Frank McMordie
Payne
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G. F. Urschel
Brainard
Dale Nix
Pampa
Shotgun Victim Fair After E Sixth Street Shooting
Norman Lewis Courtney about 30 of 66 Waller Street was reported in fair condition at Brackenridge Hospital after a shotgun blast struck his thighs on East Sixth Street late Saturday. Detective M M Lee questions witnesses as police hold a 27 year old Austin man arrested at the scene. The victim was shot with a 12 gauge shotgun.
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Botice
Snow on the equator sites reach Kenya and Ruwenzori
Snow on Africa's equator reports two snow capped peaks in Kenya and the Ruwenzori range. The unusual high altitude remains notable for its proximity to the equator and suggests ongoing alpine conditions in these regions.
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Ruwenzori
Robinson Murder Trial Moves Toward Verdict
In Wichita Falls Horace Robinson 60 faces closing stages in the murder trial of Arnold L Thom 46. The state rested rebuttal testimony from two doctors who deem Robinson sane while defense doctors described him as manic depressive and highly nervous. No defense rebuttal was offered. Judge Temple Spell said closing arguments would be heard Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning.
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Horace Robinson
Arnold L. Thom
Robinson
Thom
Temple Spell
Wilson Cottage Popular Honeymoon Spot in Arden NC
The cottage where Woodrow Wilson and his bride spent their honeymoon remains a popular destination for newlyweds in Arden, located in the western North Carolina mountains.
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Woodrow Wilson
Arden
North Carolina
Balance Hopes Dim Tax Slashers Outrun Budget Cutters
Budget cutters lag tax slashing efforts as Congress debates a 29.0 billion dollar fiscal year appropriation bill. Ways and Means may push total tax cuts toward 1.0 billion while calls to restore funding for hospitals rivers harbors and defense rise.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman
British Communists lose members and seats as Fuchs case hurts
In Britain the Communist Party faces declines in membership from 60 000 in 1942 to 42 000, with only about 33 000 active, and loses its two MPs in February. The Daily Worker runs a monthly deficit, Izvestia questions their mass appeal, and Labour warns of trouble from the party amid wage and cost of living pressures. General Secretary Harry Pollitt vows renewed mass action in factories and streets in future elections. Gallacher leads the party. Pollitt, a founder and longtime figure, hopes workers seize power in Britain.
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Pupils Teachers Trade Places At Kerrville High
Kerrville April 23 The Student Council plans a week in May at Tivy High School where a pupil will lead a class and the teacher will assume student duties. Senior English students will teach in two elementary schools on May 1 with cooperation from regular teachers.
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Betty Wok
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Corey Windsor
Donnie Smith
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Mary Jane Moore
Hal Lackey
Joe Hyde
Charles Brown
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Pauline Crenshaw
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Fayrene Dietert
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Diplomat Grady Heads to London on Eight-Week Leave
Athens reports Ambassador Henry F. Grady departed Sunday morning for London aboard his own plane. The eight week home leave begins with a three day stay in London for conferences with US Ambassador Lewis Douglas.
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Henry F. Grady
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Lewis Douglas
Cinderella Origins Traced to Ancient Egypt Legend
The tale dates to at least 610 B.C. in the legend of Pharaoh Psammetichus who sought the sandal owner found by an eagle and proclaimed her queen. The story’s ancient roots link to a distant royal search and a transformative marriage.
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Cinderella
Pharoah Psammetichus
Navy Vet Dies in Hotel Plunge
John C. Cauch a 41 year old Navy veteran from Santa Paula California died after plunging from a fourth floor hotel window in New York early Sunday. He was found on the ground with slit wrists and left two sealed notes to his mother Mrs. John R. Cauch of Santa Paula. Police said the cuts came from a razor.
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Madison Square Hotel
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Beauty Schools Name Seven New Officers
W. B. Stevenson of Corpus Christi was named president of the Texas Association of Beauty Culture Schools Inc at a Driskill Hotel meeting. Other officers include Jack Warden Sherman Miss Vera Sheppard Dallas Mrs E L Avery Lubbock vice presidents Miss Lydia Houston Houston secretary treasurer Miss Mamie Isbell Pyle Fort Worth executive chairman Mrs Jack Corbett Tyler sergeant at arms. The group outlined plans for a first state wide convention to be held later this year with time and date to be announced.
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Sherman
Vera Sheppard
Dallas
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Lubbock
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Houston
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Fort Worth
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Tyler
Two Die in Crash Near South Bend
A twin engine plane carrying the body of Harry Inselberg from New York City crashed near South Bend Indiana early Sunday killing the pilot and his assistant.
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