Groves Sees Soviet Data From Wartime Secrets
Former A bomb project head General Leslie Groves told reporters he believes the Soviets obtained some wartime secrets and urged continued House un American Activities Committee inquiry into possible large shipments to Russia. He denied pressuring for disclosure and said he withheld secret reports from Henry Wallace. Canadian disclosures of uranium materials to the Soviet Union in 1943 were seen as unlikely to affect bomb work.
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New York
Leslie R. Groves
House un-American Activities Committee
Russia
Groves
Henry A. Wallace
Harry Hopkins
Wallace
Special Committee On Atomic Energy
Washington
House Brobers
House Committee
C. D. Howe
Rochester
N. Y
Edgar A. Coapman
Nome
Alaska
D. C
Nixon
California
Verde
Illinois
Case
South Dakota
Gen
Jordan
Leslie Groves
House
American Activities Committee
Gem Thieves In Panhandle Net $150,000
Burglars cut through the roof of Burk's Drug Store in Perryton Texas and stole sample cases of two diamond salesmen plus 31 watches totaling about 150000. The theft was the Panhandles largest jewel heist. No fingerprints or suspects yet. the safe remained unopened. The two diamond firms were Tynes Company of Dallas represented by John W. Sims and A Edward Fisher Company of New York represented by Henry A. Maas.
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Perryton
Texas Panhandle
Burk
Amarillo
Ray Phagan
Otis Burk
John W. Sims
Tynes Company
Dallas
Henry A. Maas
A. Edward Fisher Company
New York
Maas
Sims
Phagan
Keith Bray
Rites Slated for Dallas Woman Shot to Death
Dallas dispatch reports funeral services are set for Rosemary Blankenship, 26, shot in a downtown office. her husband Harold Blankenship, 25, is charged with murder. The couple had recently separated after a divorce suit was filed.
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Dallas
Rosemary Blankenship
Harold Blankenship
Lint Estimate Hiked As Allotments Urged
The Agriculture Department raised its 1949 cotton crop estimate to 16,034,000 bales, up 510,000 from last month, with a 20 percent 1950 production cut urged by Secretary Brannan. Quotas face a Dec. 15 referendum. penalties apply to excess sales.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Brannan
Census Bureau
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Austin Man Fatally Shot at Ranch Near Victoria
An Austin man, 68 year old Joe L. Ludwick, was found dead from a single gunshot in the hall of the J. N. Keeran ranch 20 miles east of Victoria. His wife Irma Ludwick, about 45, was critically wounded with three .38 caliber bullets in the neck. The shooting occurred after Ludwick arrived from Austin to seek Mrs Ludwick’s signature on a deed. authorities deem the death as by action.
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Victoria
Austin
Here
Justice of Peace
Alfred C. Baass
Joe L. Ludwick
East Lynn Street
Irma Ludwick
J. N. Keeran Ranch
Ludwick
Baass
Scotch Whiskey Seeks U.S. Market Amid Strong Exports
London reports that Britain releases 11 million imperial gallons of Scotch in the year ending, with 7 million destined for North America Belgium and Switzerland. Harold Wilson notes the United States absorbs the majority of this export flow amid strong overseas demand.
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London
Britain
United States
Harold Wilson
Board of Trade
North America
Belgium
Switzerland
Formosa Dilemma Hovers As US Wary Of Chiang Retrenchment
Washington reports fear that Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist regime may lose Formosa to Communist forces. Officials weigh neutralization versus integrating the island into American defense, while Congress and the White House face pressure for action amid inflation and political upheaval.
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State Department
Chiang Kai- Shek
Formosa
Denfeld undecided about quitting Navy
Admiral Louis Denfeld, ousted chief of naval operations, said he had not yet decided whether to quit the Navy or accept a new command in European waters. He would not retire unless it was best for the Navy and national defense as a whole.
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Westboro
Mass
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Navy
European
Denfeld
National Defense
Bastrop cotton farmers to meet lawmakers on allotments
Bastrop growers plan a Monday morning Austin meeting with Congressman Homer Thornberry and Senator Lyndon Johnson to press for transfers of cotton acreage allotments. Will Rogers will organize the session, with Bastrop and Elgin officials and a Smithville delegation expected to attend.
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Bastrop
Austin
Homer Thornberry
Lyndon Johnson
Thornberry
Will Rogers
W. B. Ransome
Dave Kaufman
Cecil Long
M. A. Prokop
Lundgren
Elgin
Government Establishes New Capital on Island of Formosa
The Chinese Nationalist government fled the Mainland and set a fifth capital on Formosa, 100 miles off the Reds coast. Premier Yen and 14 cabinet members arrived from Chengtu. Chiang Kai-shek remained to organize guerrilla resistance as the capital shifts to Sichang under Ku Chu-tung. The plan creates two guerrilla routes led by Wang Tsang-shu and Tang Shih-tseng to contest Communist advances. The move comes as Yunnan falls and Red forces press the South China coast, with Li Tsung-jen and Chiang Chiang Kai-shek at odds and Formosa’s status tied to a future peace treaty.
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Formosa
China
Japan
Philippines
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Department
Taipeh
Yeh Hsi-shan
Chengtu
Chiang Kai-shek
Mei Ling
Yen
Rega
Kunming
Yunnan
Lu Han
Kweichow
Yungning
South China
Pai Chung-hsi
Lu Man
Burma
Indo-China
Hong
Hainan Island
Sichang
Ku Chu-tung
Yang Sen
Hu Tsungnan
Wang Tsang-shu
Tang Shih-tseng
Li Tsung-jen
Sun Lijen
Two A F B fliers die in Oklahoma crash
Two Bergstrom Air Force Base airmen Captain Harold M Sawyer and Staff Sergeant Conrad Liebsack were killed when an F82 fighter collapsed and burned near Ardmore Oklahoma. The crash site lay 12 miles east of Ardmore with wreckage spanning 200 yards. Both bodies burned beyond recognition. Weather was reported as bad in the area.
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Bergstrom Air Force Base
Ardmore
Okla
Air Force
Bergstrom Public Information Office
Harold M. Sawyer
Lincoln
Neb
Conrad Liebsack
Orchard
Sawyer
Liebsack
Howard Johnson
Johnson
Austin
Perrin Field
Sherman
Texas
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Chance Vought union contract reached for 4100 workers
Dallas officials of Chance Vought Aircraft and the CIO Automobile Workers Union indicated they had reached agreement on a work contract for 4,100 employees. Both sides said a joint statement would be issued Friday following a Thursday meeting.
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Dallas
Chance Vought Aircraft
CIO Automobile Workers Union
Cold blast ends unseasonably warm Texas spell
A Canadian cold front pushed into Texas ending five weeks of mild weather. Panhandle saw freezing mist and subfreezing temps while Austin stayed near 57 F then fell toward 40 F. Light rain spread statewide with totals around .06 inches in Austin and higher in Wichita Falls.
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Texas
Panhandle
Austin
Perryton
Texas-Oklahoma
Dalhart
Amarillo
Mrs. Srygley's Services Held
Funeral services were held in Tallahassee for Grace Stumpe Srygley 47 killed in an automobile accident near Lake City. Her husband T Q Srygley of the State Department of Education fractured shoulder and recovering at home, attended her funeral. They had moved to Florida from Texas last January. he was director of curriculum for Austin public schools.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Dee
Grace Stumpe Srygley
Lake City
T. Q. Srygley
State Department of Education
Srygley
Florida
Texas
Austin Public Schools
Chance for Cure Slim What Can Be Done With the Sex Criminal
The piece examines Texas sex crime law and argues current penalties fail to provide individual treatment. It contrasts fines and prison terms with the lack of rehabilitative options, noting offenders often return to crime after release. The author questions the system's effectiveness and hints at a broader discussion on remedies.
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Joe Ann Eicom
Texas
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