MacArthur Urges Bigger UN Force for Korea War
General MacArthur asked Army and Navy chiefs to press for more United Nations troops to make the Korea war truly UN in character. J. Lawton Collins and Forrest Sherman met in Tokyo after visiting Korea, noting supply and language hurdles but promising to adapt. Collins warned of a tough fight ahead while Sherman said UN naval forces have expanded and function well together.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Navy
United Nations
Korea
Army
J. Lawton Collins
Naval Operations
Forrest P Sherman
United States
MacArthur
Collins
Sherman
Japan
Ithough MacArthur
Uadron
Forgery Charge Filed Against Austin Man
A forgery charge was filed in Justice Travis Blakeslee's court against Perry Columbus Files, 30, of 400 Barton Springs Road. Detective Rampy filed the charge in connection with checks allegedly written by Ellis. Ellis was arrested in his room early Thursday by Sergeants Cope and Cantwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Blakeslee
Perry Columbus
Barton Springs Road
W. H. Rampy
Ellis
Joe Cope
5. L. Cantwell
Group Approves A-Bomb Control Bill Limiting AEC Power
Washington August 24 report says the congressional atomic energy committee approved a bill to give the five member Atomic Energy Commission full authority to hire fire and set salaries for a general manager of the A bomb program. The move shifts power from the current general manager toward the commissioners and ties the bill to the Wilson resignations and the Dean McMahon friction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Enegy Commission
AEC
Atomic Commission
Carroll L. Wilson
Commission
Gordon Dean
Wilson
Dean
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Congressional Atomic Committee
McMahon
Atomic Committee
Carleton Shugg
Candidates Submit to Lie Tests in Ballot Tampering Case
Five Montgomery county candidates agreed to lie detector testing after Texas Rangers probed absentee ballot tampering. D. E. Wheeper to administer tests under guidance of District Judge Ernest Coker. Ballots potentially altered or destroyed noted. precinct judges to decide counting. Investigation expected to extend about a week. County Clerk George Ivy reported tampering with ballots and a damaged office window.
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Conroe
Montgomery
Texas Rangers
Rangers
Ernest Coker
D. E. Wheeper
Texas State Department of Public Safety
Coker
Coke
Blood From Love Field Dispatched for Korea
Delta Air Lines workers at Love Field re iced a shipment of 48 pints of whole blood from the Red Cross in Atlanta and sped it to Korea, bringing relief for the war effort.
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Dallas
Delta Air Lines
Love Field
Atlanta
Korea
Red Cross
Texas Fair Sky Promises Warm Dry Weather Through Saturday
Weather bulletin shows generally fair and warm conditions across Texas with some showers along the lower coast Friday. Hourly temps range upper 70s to mid 80s as Fort Worth, Abilene, Amarillo and El Paso report hot readings. rainfall since January minimal. Colorado River gauges at Montopolis and Marshall Ford show stable levels amid light wind and a near full moon.
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Texas
Panhandle
Austin
Dumine
Nuary
Colorado
Montopolis
Leake Buchanan
Travia
Marshall Ford
Coloigo Pawer
Abliene
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Galveston
Onneville
Formas
Misti
Antonio
Paso
Hood Guardsmen Fight Mock War at North Fort Hood
Air and ground troops from the National Guard joined in a simulated assault on a motor pool at North Fort Hood. The 63rd fighter wing conducted a low level bombing strike to soften the target for the 36th Infantry Division's simulated air ground attack.
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North Fort Hood
National Guard
36Th Infantry
36Th
Shakeup Approved For Panama Canal
The House passed by voice vote a bill to streamline Panama Canal operations, creating Panama Canal Company to run transit and business functions while the canal zone government handles other duties. Tolls capped at $1 per ton for laden vessels. bill debates defense versus commercial use continue.
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Washington
House
Panama Canal
Senate
O'Toole
Panama Canal Company
Canal Zone
Austin Resident Shot Going Through Fence
A 23 year old Austin man was injured when his 410 shotgun accidentally discharged striking his left shoulder. Conrad W. Anderson of 2307 Willow Street was treated at Brackenridge Hospital in fair condition after surgery. He was crawling through a fence at 19th Street and the old Webberwle Road when the gun went off.
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Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Conrad W. Anderson
Willow Street
Alfred Prinz
19Th Street
Webberwle Road
Physicians Meet With Army Brass To Talk Quotas
More than 200 doctors representing Texas’s 6 500 physicians met with Army officials and pledged cooperation to meet the state quota of medical officers. Fourth Army aims to secure 38 volunteers by Sept 8 and the executive council set up county level machinery to streamline requirements. A statewide Grievance Committee will handle public complaints against doctors, ensuring fair fees and adequate service.
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Texas
Fourth Army
State Medical Association
The
David FE. Liston
Medical Association
Council
Medical Society
American Medical Association
Tee
Sol. Liston
Board of Trustees
Executive Council
W. M. Campbell
Association
Medical Profession
Leesch Re-elected State Grange Head in Texas
Arthur F. Leesch of Borne was re-elected master of the Texas State Grange for two years as Greenville hosts the annual convention. Officers named for two-year terms include Dollahue, Conte, Knight, Williams, Metzger, Hart, Keaft, Emerson, Williams, Foss, Dollahue, Horton, and Bailey who spoke at the banquet as a national Grange consultant.
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Greenville
Arthur F. Leesch
Borne
Texas State Grange
The
Grange
John Dollahue
Blanco
Irene Conte
van Ormy
Archie Knight
San Antonio
B. B. Williams
Henry Metzger
Converse
T. J. Hart
Poteet
Lorene Keaft
New Braunfels
W. C. Emerson
Eloise Williams
Ceres
Jeanne Foss
Pomona
Lucille Dollahue
Flora
Margie Horton
Hamilton
Fred Bailey
Washington, D. C
National Grange
Hunt County
Tornado Strikes Almyra Arkansas Injuring Seven
A brief yet violent twister hit the town of Almyra near Stuttgart before dawn injuring seven members of the Starke family. Jimmy Starke was knocked unconscious and found sitting on the ceiling after his two room house collapsed. The storm wrecked several buildings and damaged a block near the business district.
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Stuttgart
Ark
Almyra
Here
Jimmy Starke
Starke
Almyar Busines
Deaths and Funerals for several local residents and visitors
Obituaries list Edward Swan 73 Maria Sarmairipa infant Dr J W Blattner 92 and Henrietta Glass 85 funeral services and burial plans. Robert L Carpenter 86 of Travis and Hays counties. Joseph Marion Seale 79 of Giddings. William C Ball 82 of San Marcos. Annie Dee Daniel 46 of San Marcos. Burial locations include Austin Memorial Park Oakwood Cemetery Ledbetter Cemetery and local church services conducted by Weed-Corley Lehman and First Baptist Church.
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Edward
Swan
Willie
Henrietta P. Glass
Hiram Glass
Austin
Weed-Corley
Oakwood Cemetery
Robert Lee Carpenter
Robert L. Carpenter
Travis
Hays County
Howard Lazenby
Waco
Texas
Ray Carpenter
Robert Carpenter
Bartelsville
Oklo
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Joseph M. Seale Giddings
Joseph Marion Seale
Lehman
Giddings
H. L. McLerran
First Baptist Church
Ledbetter
Mollie Ebner
Thorndale
Ruby Loewe
Carmine
Carlie Seale
Jim Seale
Houston
San Marcos
Guyceland
Soleum
William C. Ball
William Starkey
Annie Dee Daniel
D. F. Daniel
Carrie Spiars
Granger
Florida Crackdown Targets Costello Network in Gambling Bust
Four Costello associates and a Polk County sheriff accused of taking protection money were rounded up as part of a state wide gambling crackdown. Grand juries in Broward and Polk indicted 30 suspects, including Meyer Lansky and Lefty Clark, in Florida's gambling hub near Dade. Governor Warren suspended the Polk County sheriff following an indictment for accepting illicit “ice” payments.
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Miami
Fla
Frank Costello
Florida
US Senate
Fuller Warren
Polk County
Volusia
Daytona Beach
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Broward
Polk
Meyer
Jake Lansky
William Bischoff
Lefty Clark
Vincent Alo
Jimmy Blue Eyes
Costello
Dade
Frank Williams
No Wheels Tourn If FW&DC Struck
Fort Worth and Denver City Railway officials vowed to close the road if the nationwide walkout of trainmen and conductors goes ahead. R Wright Armstrong said operations will cease on the strike date with no supervisory operation and layoffs for the duration. Freight embargo likely. other lines foresee near total halt in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Denver City Railway Company
R. Wright Armstrong
Fw&dc
Light To Detect Subs From Planes At Pasadena Meet
W C Bryant Lockheed engineer reports a new underwing searchlight for Neptune PV2 aircraft. The carbon arc beacon is claimed to produce about 70 000 000 candlepower to spot subs from the air, aiding coastal and shipping defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
Illuminating Engineering Society
W. C. Bryant
Lockheed Aircraft
Lockheed
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Missouri girl draws crowds with stigmata at Lemay church
St. Louis Globe-Democrat reports 16-year-old Joan Rosso displays wound marks on her hands resembling Christ’s stigmata at St Andrew’s Church in Lemay. Reporters observed the marks and a prolonged Latin speaking trance during mass while family declined comment.
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ST. Louis
The
Globe- Democrat
St. Andrew's Church
Lemay
Catholic Chancery
Joan Rosso
Paul W. Rosso
Union Electric Company
Killenberg
Hencke
Rosso
Sai
US Vehicle Output Will Drop Slightly This Week
Automotive News estimates U S factories will produce 172 396 vehicles this week 141 293 cars and 31 103 trucks down from last week due to labor disputes and steel shortages. Final August figures are expected near 820 000 units while the industry set a record 854 000 in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United States
Automotive News
Flynn and Wymore Move Wedding to France
Actress Patrice Wymore 21 will fly to France next month to wed film star Errol Flynn. A Warner Brothers executive said the ceremony could take place in Paris or Nice and the exact date was not set. Flynn is in France filming and had earlier planned a Salina Kansas wedding after his return in October.
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New York
Patrice Wymore
France
Errol Flynn
Warner Brothers
Kesman
Paris
Nice
Flynn
Shell To Make Up GI's Normal Earning Power
Shell Oil announces a lump sum equal to two months pay for employees entering military service. The company will also provide a family allowance to cover the gap between government base pay and normal company earnings, limited to 50 percent of the employee's usual pay.
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Shell
New Orleans
Shell Oi
Bouwe Dykstra
Dykstra
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State Grange
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Maria Sarmairipa
Samairipa
Willie-Donnelly
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Corley Funeral Home
Lavaca
Wilke Funeral Home
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