Ruth Nichols Faces New Probe Over DC4 Crash Claim
Ruth Nichols and five DC4 crew members, returning from Ireland, will be investigated in the United States over her claim she controlled the aircraft for two hours before it crashed. Pilot Edward Bessey contests her account, saying she only sat in the co pilots seat. The group will stop in Gand er Newfoundland before Bradley Field Connecticut. Fifty rescued, eight killed in the Atlantic crash off Ireland after overshooting Shannon airport on a Rome to U S flight.
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Ireland
Ruth Nichols
Transocean Airlines
Civil Aeronautics ‘Authority
Miss Nichols
America
Gander
Newfoundland
Bradley Field
Conn
Atlantic
Rome
US City Streets: Est 300000 Miles Nationwide
A historical note reports an estimated 300000 miles of city streets across the United States, outlining the vast scale of urban road networks. This figure highlights the breadth of municipal infrastructure and its maintenance implications nationwide.
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United States
European Answers on Red Threat at University of Denver
Dr. Josef Korbel, former Czech ambassador to Yugoslavia, tells an Institute of Soviet Relations audience that Russians seek self protection, imperial expansion, and power. He notes postwar security fears shift from Germany to distrust of non Communist governments and warns of aggression toward borders unless Communist controlled.
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Denver
Josef Korbel
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Korbel
University of Denver
Institute of Soviet Relations
Russia
Germany
Used Car Dealer Gets Prison Term
W H Dotson once head of a Pasadena motor company in Houston was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to four theft and embezzlement cases. He swindled three customers and a finance company of about 7500 dollars on car deals last year. Victims found titles were not clear and some cars carried mortgages held by a La Porte bank.
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Houston
W. H. Dotson
Pasadena Motor Company
Rians
la Porte
Dotson
This Lad Should Have Been Seen Not Heard
In Denver on August 17 a boy named Elmer Jr. demonstrated how he activated a false fire alarm by standing on his tricycle and reaching into the alarm box. His father Elmer Sr. and fire chief Floyd P. McCarthy observed the incident as the boy claimed he could not be stopped.
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Denver
Elmer Johnson Sr
Elmer Jr
Elmer
Floyd P. McCarthy
McCarthy
Elmer Sr
Recodification Panel Sets Sept. 5 Meeting Date
The Joint Legislative Committee to plan recodification of Texas insurance laws will hold an organizational meeting on September 5. Representative Jim Hefling of Houston chairs the committee. It will report its findings at the next regular legislative session in January 1951.
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Joint Legislative Committee
Texas
Jim Hefling
Houston
Dallas Plane Inspectors Burned in Flash Flareup
Two TEMCO inspectors were burned during a minor flash flareup on the wing of a C34 parked at the TEMCO plant in Dallas. A third inspector escaped unharmed. The blaze did not spread and the plane remained undamaged. Injured are O. E. Witbeck, 35, Dallas, and Eddie Hiler, 3, Grand Prairie.
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Dallas
Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Company
TEMCO
H. L. Howard
O. E. Witbeck
Eddie Hiler
Grand Prairie
Cheaper pork coming to stores as spring hog crop moves in
A spokesman for the American Meat Institute said retail pork prices should drop in about 10 days due to a bumper spring pig crop reaching Midwest markets. Beef prices may follow if hog shipments stay high. Prices for fruits and vegetables are at their lowest summer levels, with corn and other vegetables cheaper while lettuce remains tight.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
National Retail Grocers Association
Midwest
NRGA
Arkansas
Texas
AMI
Determined Abilene Man Finishes Degree After Long Odyssey
Jim Patterson of Abilene will receive a BA in business administration and accounting from Hardin-Simmons University Friday night. After 16 years and four schools starting at the University of Texas in 1933, interruptions by war, family illness, and a bank failure shaped a circuitous path including Sul Ross College and North Texas State before Hardin-Simmons. He also worked as a border patrolman, sergeant at arms aide, zone deputy for the IRS, and various jobs across fields.
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Jim Patterson
Hardin-Simmons University
University of Texas
Texas Senate
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sul Ross College
North Texas State
Hardin- Simmons
Infant With Cancer To Stay in New York
Eleven month old Marilyn Unruh of Syracuse Kansas will remain at Memorial Hospital in New York for further treatment after two operations and x ray therapy failed to help her. Her parents Mr and Mrs James Unruh will stay with her while doctors study possibilities to halt the cancer.
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New York
INS
Little Marilyn Unruh
Syracuse
Kan
Memorial Hospital
James Unruh
Marilyn
Kansas
Man Uses Plastic Surgery to Hide Fingerprints in Fraud Case
Vincennes Indiana August 17 A man held on a fraudulent check charge allegedly mutilated seven fingers to hide prints. Charles Stoner 47 of Howland Texas identified by state police. Stoner arrested Tuesday night in an Indians hotel after tip from a local auto dealer’s son. He faces charges for a $600 fraudulent car payment.
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Ind
William IL Waggoner
Charles Stoner
Howland
Texas
Stoner
Bicknell
Waggoner
Oklahoma City
Set
Albuquerque
N.M
Menard Ill
BBC Warns Lorre Faces Could Upset Young Viewers
The BBC warned parents to send children to bed early as Peter Lorre performs close up and frightening faces on a television show. He will end the program August 27 by reenacting The Tell Tale Heart from Edgar Allan Poe, prompting concerns over young viewers.
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London
Peter Lorre
British Broadcasting Corporation
Mr. Lorre
BBC
Lorre
Edgar Allen Poe
Pasadena Expands as Houston Loses Annexation Race
Pasadena announces another mile wide eastward annexation along the Pasadena La Porte road, claiming victory in the ongoing annexation battle with Houston. Houston counters that a gentlemen's agreement was violated as city councils maneuver to surround and extend their territories, bringing the Houston environs total to 165 square miles.
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Gulf
Oscar F. Holcombe
Houston
Sam Hoover
Pasadena-La Porte
Holcome
Hoover
Houston Council
Houston City Council
Louis Johnson Plans Next Month Trip to Guatemala
Guatemala reports that United States defense secretary Louis Johnson will visit Guatemala next month to discuss military aid. The trip, noted by local newspapers on Aug 17, aims to strengthen ties and review security assistance.
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Guatemala
United States
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