Airliner Carrying 58 Aboard Forced Landing Off Ireland
An eightplex four engine airliner carrying 58 people made a forced landing in the Atlantic 15 miles off Shannon Ireland. British boat crews rescued 36 survivors. Ruth Nichols among passengers. Plane traveling from Rome to Shannon en route to the United States. Weather fine. Pilot apparently lost course. Survivors reported in life rafts. radio contact limited.
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Shannon
Ireland
Atlantic Ocean
Transocean Airlines
Orvis Nelson
Rome
United States
Nelson
Stalberg
Skymaster
Transocean
Vandals Fire Nightclub Tied to Mason Slaying Probe
In Alice, vandals set fire to the Rancho Alegre nightclub linked to radio commentator W. H. Mason who had accused it of prostitution and claimed Deputy Sheriff Sam Smithwick owned the property. The fire was extinguished with minor damage as Texas Ranger Ben Krueger and Sheriff’s deputy Charlie Brand investigated.
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Alice
W. H
Bill) Mason
Texas
Ben Krueger
Charlie Brand
Mason
Rancho Alegre
Sam Smithwick
Smithwick
Avelino Saenz
Jorge Casas
Casas
Dance Palace
Krueger
Akron teen wins All American Soap Box Derby crown
Freddy Derks a 15 year old Akron newspaper carrier won the 12th annual All American Soap Box Derby earning a 5000 college scholarship. He defeated 147 finalists from 40 states Canada and Alaska in the 78 heat chase. Donald Kelpsch 14 of Detroit placed second and Charles P Muir Jr 14 of Cleveland was third.
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Akron
Freddy Derks
Akron Beacon- Journal
Donnie Strub
Warren
Ohio
Young Derks
Panama
Canada
Alaska
Donald Kelpsch
Detroit
Charles P. Muir Jr
Cleveland
Jerry Williamson
Charleston
W.va
Tommy Navrkal
Nebraska City
Neb
Fred Collins
Indianapolis
Collin
Durward
Sinton Child Fatally Injured by Automobile
Linda Sue Webb age 2, daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles D Webb of Sinton, died from injuries after being backed over by a car near Sinton. Theo Fitch, the child's grandfather, was identified as the driver.
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Corpus Christi
Linda Sue Webb
Charles D. Webb
Sinton
Theo Fitch
FBI Nabs One Of The Ten Most Wanted Men
Atlanta dated report states Dustean A. Youngs, hiding as Bill Watkins a cook, was arrested in Birmingham Alabama. FBI Special Agent George D. King cites Youngs as a leading confidence man whose scheme involved fraud linking with Farns worth Silversmith & Associates and publishing city directories to gain advertising funds.
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Atlanta
FBI
Birmingham
Ala
George D. King
G-men
Dustean A. Youngs
Bill Watkins
John Bills
Youngs
Bills
Farnsworth-Silversmith & Associates
Atlanta News
King George VI Enjoys Successful Grouse Opening
In Balmoral Scotland on August 14 King George VI reportedly shot 60 grouse on the first day of the season. The king, then convalescing from a leg ailment, travels the moors in a jeep like vehicle while hunting.
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Balmoral
Scotland
George VI
Anti Socialists Lead West German Vote in First Post 1933 Election
Western Germany swung to conservatives and right wing liberals in the first federal election since 1933. CD and Free Democrats led with about 8.5 million votes, Social Democrats logged 5.88 million, Communists 1.12 million, extreme right groups 1.35 million, minor parties 2.89 million. No party won a majority. a coalition appears needed, likely CD and Free Democrats. Turnout surged, Hamburg 82.4 percent, Wuerttemberg Baden 72.4 percent.
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Germany
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Scial Democrats
Social Democrats
Hamburg
Wuerttemberg-Baden
Three Miao Islands See Heavy Red Assault Off Shantung
Reports from Hong Kong and Formosa claim Communist forces landed about 20 000 troops on the Miao Islands off Shantung in a night assault Aug 11 with conflicting indications of success. Nationalist sources cite strengthened defense and losses. later Formosa dispatches suggest at least partial Red gains amid weather and naval blockades.
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Hong Kong
Shantung
Pechili
China
Shantung Peninsula
Port Arthur
North China
Tientsin
Gulf of Chibh
Formosa
Canton
Solons Move to Tighten Foreign Arms Program Rules
A 25 member Senate and House committee group moves to add restrictions to the administration's 1.45 million dollar foreign arms program. Proposals seek to control funds distribution and tie arms aid to North Atlantic defense plans. Leaders expect a bitter Senate fight and possible House approval with few changes.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Korea
Philippines
Hit and Run Fatality in Austin Leaves Man Dead
Austin man Taylor Fagan, 59, dies from injuries after a hit and run on East First Street Thursday night. David Gilbert Hurry faces charges of failure to stop, render aid, and driving while intoxicated. Funeral services set for Monday in Burnet with burial at Burnet Cemetery.
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Fagen
Austin
Fagan
Brackenridge Hospital
East First Street
David Gilbert Hurry
Webberville Road
Pete Nairn
O. H. Ludwig Jrudwig
Hurry
Canterbury
Ada Fagan
M. A Fagan
Burnet
Alice Norris
Edna Kesbesker
California
J. P May
Air Guard Opens San Marcos Drill Largest Maneuver Yet
Air National Guard Field maneuvers begin in San Marcos with over 2700 guardsmen from Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas. Observers include Major General Glenn O Barcus and Brigadier General W A R Robertson of the National Guard Bureau.
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San Marcos
Air National Guard
Air Force
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Glenn O. Barcus
12Th Air Forces
W. A. R. Robertson
National Guard Bureau
Air Diwimen
Washington
Reds Claim New Auto Will Travel 102 MPH
London reports the Moscow Radio says Soviet auto builders tested a new car named Sverda 3 Star 3 capable of 102 mph. The vehicle, built from standard motorcycle parts, could shift toward mass production per the broadcast.
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Reds
London
Moscow
Sun
Diving bell expedition delayed by wind seeks 6000 foot descent
Marine Explorer Otis Barton again could not descend in the Benthoscope after weather damaged the telecine and power lines. Planed to test equipment and return to 6000 feet below the Pacific off Santa Barbara, with the Allan Hancock Foundation backing the project. Weather, cables, and rough seas have delayed the attempt until early Monday morning.
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Neow
Velers II
Allan Hancock Foundation
Barton
Break Expected In Laredo Case
District Attorney E James Karen said a development was anticipated in the George Ochoa case with Ochoa possibly in Northern Mexico. The double killing in a Laredo hotel room involved gunner Henry Whittenburg and Air Force Corporal James Lindsay. Ochoa’s whereabouts were uncertain amid extradition efforts and Mexico travel reports.
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Laredo
E. James Karen
George (Gavo) Ochoa
Ochoa
Mexico
Henry D. Whittenburg
Air Force
James Lindsay
Oneida
Tenn
Karen
David O
Gallagher
Portuguese Motor Ship Goes Down in Atlantic
The 4000-ton Portuguese motor vessel Juha Quarto burned and sank early Sunday several hundred miles southeast of Newfoundland, the Royal Canadian Air Force reported from Halifax Nova Scotia.
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Atlantic
Halifax N S
Newfoundland
Royal Canadian Air Force
British and Turkish airmen killed in Ankara crash
In Ankara on a Sunday flight from Ankara to Limir a C47 crashed killing seven airmen and officers including the British air attache and assistant air attaches and three Turkish crew. British RAF Vampire jet fighters were en route for a visit to Turkey.
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Ankara
Turkey
Lemir
Turker
Truman Forc es Gird to Save Reorganization Plans
President Truman pushes two plans to reorganize federal agencies a welfare cabinet and move the unemployment services to Labor the plans hinge on Senate votes to avoid disapproval and potential death with Hoever Commission input cited supporters urging action while opponents warn of power shifts in health and employment policy and Senate committee maneuvers await a close tally.
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Washington
Federal Security Agency
Ment of Welfare
Oscaring
FSA
US Employment Service
Labor Department
Truman
Executive Department
House
Senate
Tive Expenditures Committee
Hoover
Hoover Commision
Welfare Department
Ewing
Senate Expenditures Committee
McClellan
D-Ark
Taft
R-Ohie
Humphrey
Lucas
Bob Hope Sees Well Brought In near Snyder
Snyder Aug 14 Bob Hope attended a well test north of Snyder with Paul C Teas and A Moncrief Sr The drill produced about 100 barrels of oil per hour Hope called the rig the most important thing he has seen and said the county may be dry to most folks but this liquid is welcomed He planned to return to Hollywood by evening with Crosby at his fishing camp awaiting further news
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Snyder
Bob Hope
Hope
Pgs
Orange Sa
Paul C. Teas
Dake
A. Moncrief Sr
Fort
Bing Grosby
Fire damages San Marcos Hotel. dozen escape unharmed
The Home Hotel in downtown San Marcos was heavily damaged by a blaze that started about 3 am Sunday. The two story and attic building, 65 years old, housed a dozen occupants who escaped uninjured. one man jumped to safety from the top floor. Fire crews battled the flames for hours. belongings were lost and the interior gutted. The owner was listed as Alt?
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San Marcos
Alct
Soviet Officers Killed in Potsdam Bomb Blast Report
West Am Sonntag reported that 20 Soviet Army officers died in a bomb explosion at a Potsdam officers club on July 2. The tale cites unnamed German sources and recalls Marshal Rokossovsky’s role while confirming no official confirmation.
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Hamburg
Germany
West Am Sonntag
Potsdam
Konstantin Rokossevsky
Sowet
Brandenburg
Rokomowsky
Potedem Om
Marble Palace
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