Diary to Support Hopkins Charge
Former Army Air Force Major George Racey Jordan says he will present a detailed diary to congressional investigators to back charges that Harry Hopkins and two State Department officials shipped uranium to Russia during World War II. FBI questioned Jordan and examined his diary. Air Force and AEC pledge cooperation to probe.
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Washington
Army Air Force
George Racey Jordan
New York
Harry S. Hopkins
State Department
Russia
Hopkins
White House
Roosevelt
Air Force and
Atomic Energy Commission
Jordan
Air Force
AEC
Congress
FBI
American Pacific Industrial Corp
Lewis’ Farm
Hollywood
Seattle
George F. Roberts
Mine Delegation Waits UMW Call
A three man delegation from eastern Kentucky small mine operators awaits a call from UMW headquarters to start contract talks with John L. Lewis. They expect a Wednesday meeting date and have proposed McGee Hodges and Picklesheimer as their Pikeville representatives. They seek a 95 cent daily wage increase a 15 cent royalty boost for welfare and retirement eight hour workday and a stronger willing and able to work clause.
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Kentucky
UMW
Washington
John L. Lewis
Tom McGee
Lewis
McGee
John Hodges
Jack Picklesheimer
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
Collision Near Taylor Injures Five Persons
Five persons were injured, one seriously, in a head on collision Sunday at 6 15 pm on State Highway 30 between Elgin and Taylor. The drivers were S H McShan of Elgin and Roosevelt Taylor of Winchester. All injured were Negroes with Will Taylor in serious condition and Lucille Taylor and Clinton Taylor among other injuries. The cause was undetermined.
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Clinton Taylor
Oean
Acciden
NAACP Plans Suit Over State Park Segregation
A regional NAACP attorney told a Negro youth meeting that a suit against the Texas State Parks Board over segregation will be filed within a week. He alleged all 44 parks exclude Negroes. officials disputed this, citing lack of facilities and ongoing talks with engineers to create Negro parks. The gathering elected officers and featured remarks by A Maceo Smith and J J Rhodes as they pledged continued legal action against segregation.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
A. Simpson Tate
NAACP
Gordon K. Shearer
Parks Board
Galveston
A. Maceo Smith
J. J. Rhodes
Texas Council of Negro Organization
Tate
Texas
Rhodes
University of Texas
Smith
Hazel McElwee
Tillotson College
James McClure
Samuel Huston College
George Washington
Samuel Huston
Lowell Owens
San Antonio
Gladys Bracy
Tillotson
Bennie V. Crenshaw
Bertrell Hollins
Fort Worth
Tillman Perry
Play There Alice Coyotes Advance After Coin Flip Toss
Beeville Texas December 4 Officials from Alice and Austin held a coin toss at a conference to decide the site for the Texas schoolboy quarter finals football game. The game will be played Saturday at Alice at 2 p.m. with a winner advancing.
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Beeville
Alice
Austin
Kyle man found dead near Kyle in early morning hours
The badly beaten body of 42 year old John Espinosa Jr. was found by four hunters on a lonely road west of Kyle. Morris Washington, 29, of Kyle faces serious case with malice charges in Justice Callihan's court with bond set at 5000 dollars. Three men admitted being in the same car with Espinosa. one described a contest at the Missouri Pacific depot in San Marcos before the attack. The investigation included Sheriff Jack Gary and deputies with aid from Highway Patrol and DPS technicians.
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Kyle
John Espinosa Jr
Here
Hayes County
Jack Gary
Morris Washington
W. G. Callihan
Callihan
Gary
Espinosa
Missouri-Pacific
San Marcos
Funeral Home
Justice of the Peace
L. C
Violent Orange High School boxing athlete attacked during carjacking
A gunman roamed a rural road near Orange injuring a boxing athlete and a 16 year old girl then abducted two girls and forced four youths to bind and torture them. The suspect fled into darkness as officers searched the area with no arrest by Sunday night.
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Orange
Chester Holts
Don Hutsopple
Hutsopple
New York Faces Three Year Water Shortage Crisis
New York City braces for a three year water emergency as reservoirs fall to 37 percent capacity. Water consumption must drop by 200 million gallons daily to maintain supply, with warnings that mains pressure could fall by January 1.
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Gotham
New York
Stephen J. Carney
Edward J. Clark
Post- Home News
Daily News
Austin Man Nearly Encounters Large Buck in Yard
Barney Stinson of 1505 Eva described a large buck deer entering his backyard Sunday afternoon. The animal jumped a high fence into a neighbor’s yard then leaped a lower barrier and dashed into the street toward West Monroe Street, heading away from the area with no further sightings by nightfall.
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Austin
Barney Stinson
Eva
Stinson
West Monroe Street
South Texas
Centexas Weather Holds Steady Amid Cloudy Sunday
Austin saw minimal temperature variation from 7 p.m. Saturday to 7 p.m. Sunday, staying mostly at 59 or 60 degrees. The high reached 61 at 1 p.m. and the low 57 at 4 p.m. Sunday. Skies clear Monday with warmer temps, a trace of rain only in the south.
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Austin
Catholics Warn Regime Over Church Control Laws
Czechoslovakia's Roman Catholic bishops warned the Communist government they cannot submit to church control laws that destroy religious freedom. They suggested a possible religious fight and blamed the state for enforcing the new rules. The bishops urged fulfillment of constitutional religious freedom and noted nine million Catholics in a 13 million population.
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Antonin Zapotocky
Bishops’ Council
Josef Beran
Prague
Klement Gottwald
Alexi Cepicka
East Asia
International Missionary Council
World Council of Churches
International Council of Christian Churches
Steel Firm Plans Price Boost and Antitrust Drive Ahead
Sun head of Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp says steel prices must rise due to higher costs. FTC weighs a consent order to end a price fixing case involving about 100 steel firms as Sawyer outlines a broader anti trust program. ANALYSTS note mixed views on price rises and labor contracts amid industry pressure.
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Commerce Sawyer
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
West
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Joint Economic Committee
Boy Injured After Being Struck on Lamar Boulevard
A 12 year old boy was injured Sunday afternoon in an auto pedestrian crash in the 2800 block of Lamar Boulevard. Thomas Hill of 904 West 37th Street was treated for lacerations and bruises and admitted to Brackenridge Hospital for observation of a possible fractured skull. The car was driven by Alva C. Bryan Jr. of 734 Gunter Street.
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Lamar Boulevard
Thomas Hill
West 37Th Street
Brackenridge Hospital
Alva C. Bryan Jr
Gunter Street
Two Horsepower Per Pound Propeller Gas Turbine Engine Of US
The United States announced the Allison division of General Motors built a T40 propeller gas turbine engine claiming two horsepower per pound. Used in the Navy XP5Y patrol flying boat, the engine delivers 5,500 horsepower with twin units weighing 2,500 pounds. One half of a T40 can be used for cruising, offering substantial fuel economy. The XP5Y will carry four twin units, and a T38 half-unit has already flown in a B17.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Allison Division
General Motors Corporation
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Calif
Student Admits Hammer Slaying in Sinkhole Near Hopkinsville
Franklin Thomas Slay, 22, of Griffin Indiana, confessed to killing 16 year old Mary Ellen Harmon of Evansville Indiana with a hammer near Hopkinsville Kentucky. He said the plan was to kill her and himself after she proposed death in each other’s arms. The body was found beneath leaves and bushes. investigators noted she was five months pregnant. Slay was a student at Florida College.
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Indiana
Here
Franklin Thomas Slay
Griffin
Ind
Mary Ellen Harmon
Evansville
Florida College
Grand Jurors Order Noble to Testify in Murder Plot
Dallas report says gambler Herbert Noble, whose wife was killed in an underworld hit, has been summoned by the Tarrant County grand jury. Noble claims an underworld price of 30 000 dollars on his head and says four attempts have been made on his life, including a bomb threat last Tuesday. He is to appear in Fort Worth for questioning as a third attempt to kill him is alleged.
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Dallas
Herbert Noble
Tarrant County
Grand Jury
Dallas News
Noble
Fort W
Federal Reserve Board Member Lawrence Clayton Dies
Washington man Lawrence Clayton age 58, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, died unexpectedly from a heart ailment Sunday morning at his home. He passed away at about 3 o'clock.
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Washington
Lawrence Clayton
Board of Governors
The
Federal Reserve System
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