Chiang Kai-shek flees Chungking as Red forces advance
News wires report Chiang Kai-shek fled Chungking ahead of an estimated 20 000 Communist troops. Formosa is named as his refuge while leadership and U S policy toward China swirl with doubt. Acheson defends open door stance and condemns Shanghai blockade.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Formosa
China
Taipei
Hong Kong
China Mail
Li Tsung-jen
United States
Dean Acheson
Shanghai
Acheson
Thomas Asks Court's Mercy On Payroll Padding Charges
Rep. J Parnell Thomas pleads no contest to four count indictment charging payroll padding and fraud. Judge Holtzoff sets sentence for Dec 9. max penalty 32 years and 40 000 in fines. Thomas may resign per precedent but House determines qualifications. FBI linked 8873 57 dollars in kickback payrolls to three women.
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Thomas
Washington
J. Parnell Thomas
Alexander M. Holtzoff
Congress
House
Sai Thomas
Holtzoff
Helen Campbell
Justice Department
Miss Campbell
FBI
House UN- American Activities Committee
Myra Midkiff
Bean D. Chilson
Annette Minor
Jacqueline B. Hill
Miss Midkiff
Miss Minor
Capitol Hill
Car Death Counts Booked on Wyatt
J Elton Wyatt a San Marcos contractor is charged with murder without malice and driving while intoxicated in connection with the auto pedestrian death of 36 year old Tommie Carr a Grapeland railroad maintenance worker struck on Highway 123 south of San Marcos Carr died instantly from a broken neck Wyatt waived examining trial and posted 2500 bond awaiting grand jury action Sheriff Jack Gary filed the charges in Justice W Gosslahan s court Higay Patrolmen B M Sherman and A B McCarter investigated the accident.
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San Marcos
J. Elton Wyatt
Tommie Carr
Grapeland
New Braunfels
Carr
Wyatt
W. Gosslahan
Jack Gary
Higay
B. M. Sherman
A. B. McCarter
Taylor Mourns Death Of Beloved Uncle Billy Compton
W T Compton known as Uncle Billy, aged 78, died after weeks of illness in Taylor. A retired rural mail carrier, he visited hospitals and funerals in town, attended the First Baptist Church daily, and was born in Somerset Kentucky. Funeral Thursday at 4 pm Condra Funeral Home with Rev W A Irvin officiating. Burial in City Cemetery.
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Taylor
W. T
Uncle Billy) Compton
Compton
Taylor Hospital
First Baptist Church
Somerset
Condra
W. A. Irvin
City
New Lease on Play Gives Child Walking Hope
Evelyn Stypula four, born without feet, walked on new legs donated by the Society for Crippled Children and Allegheny County. Her mother recalls the moment she realized Evelyn could be like other children.
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Pittsburgh
Evelyn Stypula
Society For Crippled Children
Sylvia Stypula
Allegheny County Society
Evelyn
Society
Mercy Hospital
Mrs. Stypula
Local teams ready for Friday matches across Texas
Austin's Maroons wrap up final practice at House Park for a Corsicana clash Friday afternoon. Texas basketball meets Oklahoma in Norman on Saturday night. New Braunfels and Rosebud prepare for bi district at Temple Friday night. Mickey Cochrane named Philadelphia Athletics executive.
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Austin’s
Maroons
Corsicana
House Park
Texas
Oklahoma
Norman
Ohio
New Braunfels
Rosebud
Temple
Mickey Cochrane
Philadelphia Athletic Oe
Negro colleges seek admission to Southern Association
At the S A C S S convention in Houston Negro colleges and high schools urged membership to help set standards. Beittel of Talladega College urged action while officials noted no Negro school has yet applied. Plan calls for immediate study of Negro education and possible next year changes.
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Isbrandtsen Company
Shanghai
Acheson
China
America
London
Britain
Houston
Negro Colleges and Schools of the
South
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
A. D. Beittel
Talladega, Ala
Association
E Association
Beittel
Arkansas
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Association of Southern Negro Colleges and Secondary Schools
L. D. Haskew
College of Education
University of Texas
Ivey
Board of Control For
Southern Regional Education
Nesroeg
Bulgaria Sets Stage for Rajk Trial of Own
Sofia reports Bulgaria prepared a Rajk style trial after indicting Traicho Kostov and 10 co defendants for treason spying and sabotage. The 20 000 word document links Kostov to American British and Yugoslav agents and accuses plans to detach Bulgaria from the Soviet bloc and align with Yugoslavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
Rajk
Sofia
Traicho Kostov
Kosiov
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Georgi Dimitrov
Tito
Communist Information Bureau
Kostov
Laszlo Rajk
Boss Lewis Silent As UMW Walks Out On Coal Strike
John L. Lewis kept quiet as the United Mine Workers began leaving pits after a three week truce expired. Walkouts were reported at California Pennsylvania and in Kentucky, with thousands of miners expected to join later as the union pressures for a new contract. Some districts told workers to stay home while maintenance crews also were ordered off the job.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
California
UMW
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Vesta
Kentucky
US Steel Corporation
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Uniontown
New York
Lewis
Union Pacific Coal Company
Tom Wilde
District 22
New York City
West Virginia
Mild Weather Persists As Winter Nears In Texas
A Texas town cooled to 74 with 51 at dawn and fair skies expected into Thursday. Downsville posted a high of 8 degrees while Amarillo’s max reached 62 as many areas saw mild temperatures ahead of a more unsettled pattern.
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Austin
Weather Bureau
Downsville
Amarillo
Cohen and Blonde Enter Grand Jury Probe
Mickey Cohen a blonde and a former Kansas City gambler were called before a federal grand jury in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The jury’s exact questions remained secret with hints pointing to a Kansas City crime and gambling probe and a government agent sitting with the panel.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Kansas City
Slavs Defy New Cominform Threat at UN
Yugoslavia opposed the Soviet backed Cominform drive aimed at ousting Premier Marshal Tito. Ambassador Sava Kosanovic told the 59 nation Assembly that no Cominform resolution could remove the Tito government and that such tactics threaten peace.
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New York
Yugoslavia
United Nations
Cominform
Marshal Tito
Tito
Sava Kosanovic
Kasanovic
Communist Party
Britain
Hector McNeill
Assembly
McNeil
Soviet Union
UN Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishninsky
Gillespie Hears Two-Party Plea In Texas Rally
Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr urges Texas to become a two party state starting with county offices and state legislative seats at a Gillespie County Republican rally. He cites federal spending, notes Dewey carried a third of Texas votes, and calls for GOP Democrat cooperation.
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Fredericksburg
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Texas
Massachusetts
Gillespie County Republican Committee
Fredericksburg Lions Club
Jack Porter
Houston
R. A. Thompson
Democratic State
Martin
80Th Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
Gillespie County
Roosevelt
Dallas Realtor, Oilman, Civic Leader Dies
Frank L. McNeny, prominent Dallas real estate owner, oilman and civic leader of about 40 years, died at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday in a Dallas hospital after entering last Friday. He served as a trustee of Southern Methodist University.
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Dallas
Frank L. McNeny
McNeny
Southern Methodist University
SU President Emeritus Dies
Dr. Charles M. Bishop 87 longtime president emeritus of Southwestern University Georgetown and former St Pauls pastor Houston died Wednesday night en route to a hospital. Survived by wife Phoebe Jones Bishop four daughters son E H Bishop and brother Dr David Bishop. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Houston
Charles M. Bishop
Southwestern University
Georgetown
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Jefferson
N. C
Bishop
St. Paul's
Southern Methodist University
School of Theology
Theological
Alpha Chi College Scholarship Society
Pi Gamma
Sigma Alpha Exeilon
International Society of
T Phi
Phoebe Jones Bishop
Ters
Stewart Goodrich
W. M. Headrick
Gaston Phares
W. L. Murray
E. H. Bishop
Long Island
David Bishop
University of Mississippi
Extradition of Wayne Young Delayed by Appeal
Wayne Nelson Young 28, of New Braunfels, Texas, appeals a Colorado extradition for a murder charge after District Judge J R Fuchs denied habeas relief. He remains free on 2000 bond as his appeal proceeds. He challenges the warrant naming Wayne Young and the Austin extradition hearing conducted by the secretary of state rather than the governor.
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New Braunfels
Wayne Nelson Young
Texas
Colorado
Court of Criminal Appeals
J. R. Fuchs
Young
Walter Joe Parsons
Garden of the Gods
Colorado Springs
Colo
Fred Seman
San Antonio
Wayne Young
W .Nelson
Defendan
Austin
Seman
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Ben Ramsey
Fuchs
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Steamship Company
Hans J. Isbrandtsen
Isbrandtsen Steamship Company
Driscoll
Trenton
N. J
Rep. Thomas
Theodore D. Parsons
Wiliam H. Collins
Frederick Vechery
Billy
Andrew C. Smith
John E. Ivey Jr
Atlanta, Ga
H. L. Donovan
The
University of Kentucky
Budapest
Stefan Kostov
William S. Bailey
British Intelligence Service
Donald RK
Heath
Rostov
Ivan Stefanov
Nikola Pavlov
Nikola Nachev
Boris Christov
Moscow
Tsonoy Tsonchev
National Bank
Ivan Gevrinov
Ivan Tutev
Blagoi Harjipanzov
Vassil ‘Ivanovski
Ilia Bayaktsaliev
Petko Kunin
Manol Sakelarov
Vassil Markov
Georgi Petrov
Puty
Dimiter Ochemidov
Nikola Govedrski
Angel Timev
Ivan Masaltrov
Bogdanov
Department of State Security
Boss Lewis
Wyoming
Utah
Rock Springs
Santa Claus
Wilde
I. N. Bayless
Omaha
REP
Joseph Martin
Gillespie
Yugoslav Peoples’ Front
Vishinsky
Wayne N. Young
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