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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1950

Page

23

Mass Migration of Korean Civilians Toward UN Lines

A vast civilian exodus in Korea creates crowded columns moving south from the north into UN lines. Air reports estimate 300,000 to 500,000 people, mostly noncombatants, as refugees flood roads and railways while Chinese and North Korean forces press southward.

Korea Coun Seoul Chaeryong Haeju Chongchon River Pyongyang Seventh Division Changjin Reservoir Eighth Army Hinese Manchurian Sariwon Red Citadel Maeju

Bertram Man Injured In Fall From Scaffold

A. Bertram Massey of Bertram injured Monday on the University of Texas campus after falling ten feet from a scaffold. He struck a pile of iron at the building base near 21st and Wichita. Police report a broken rib.

A. Bertram University of Texas Winston Barton Massey Bertram University 21St Wichita A. K. Harvey Herbert Taylor Seton Hospital Massey

Refugees Strain Seoul as Korea Feels Uncertain War

Refugees pour from the north crowd Seoul while South Korea weighs defense options as UN forces face renewed Chinese moves. President Syngman Rhee warns of danger and urges citizens not to flee without secure placement.

Two BAFB Soldiers Charged in Burglaries

Two Bergstrom Air Force Base soldiers Duane Pierce and Don Smith were charged in Justice Travis Blakeslee's court with two burglaries. Read tags list W A Butler Service Station and Skating Palace were hit last summer by the suspects in Austin.

Wo Bergstrom Air Force Base Travis Blakeslee W. F. Flow Duane Pierce Don Smith W. A. Butler Congress Avenue Skating Palace Barton Springs Road

Texas education plan eyed for coordinated system

Texas lawmakers heard proposals for a coordinated public higher education system including expansion of Negro facilities and possible end of segregated schools. Dr W W Kemmerer urged voluntary coordination rather than immediate state action while advocates pressed for broader integration and expanded Prairie View and TSU facilities to avoid falling further behind.

BO Byers Associated Press Monay Texas Legislative Council W. W. Kemmerer University of Houston Texas Kemmerer D. M. Wiggins Texas Tech Lubbock Wiggins W. R. Banks Texas State University For Negroes Board of Regents R. O'Hara Lanier Texas State University For Prairie View TSUN J. H. Morton Samuel Huston College For Texas Council of Negro Organizations Legislative Council

Daisy Mae Type Coed Gets Straightened Out

Baylor University coed complains about rifle squad rivalries but learns the teams do not shoot at each other. Each school shoots separately and scores are exchanged by letter, with matches against Michigan and Notre Dame listed as scheduled.

Waco Baylor University University of Michigan, Notre Dame

Two Austinites Jailed After Battery Thefts

Two Austin men were jailed after a battery theft scheme in which a store porter named Mr Inside stacked batteries at a downtown parts shop while his brother Mr Outside moved them to a junk yard for resale. They stole 37 batteries and $92.50 plus two sun visors before police captured them.

Austinite reports loss of over $400 in town

D. K. Brook of 192 West Second Street told police Monday he lost between $400 and $500 downtown Sunday night. Brook said $250 of the money was in three checks and the role secured with a rubber band.

D. K. Brook West Second Street Brook

Laugh Pagliacci Gets Three Star Foreign Film Rating

Foreign film at the Texas Theater features Italian language with English subtitles. Beniamino Gigli sings arias and portions of I Pagliacci while Alida Valli appears as the daughter. The on screen tale links Leoncavallo to the story and offers generous music with strong performances. Rating: Fair to Good.

Texas Theater Beniamino Gigli Gigli Leoncavallo Marri Leoncavallo Alida Valli Valli

UT Arts College Recital Highlights Soprano Hattie Garwood

A junior recital by soprano Hattie Page Garwood will be presented during Listening Hour at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Recital Hall. Garwood, a Houston native and Pi Beta Phi member, has performed in New York and Houston. Her program features Schubert and Schumann songs, Mozart arias, Debussy, Poulenc, Vaughan Williams, and Carey arrangements. No admission charge. public invited.

Hattie Page Garwood The College of Fine Arts Miss Garwood Floyd Townsley New York Studio Club Houston Pi Beta Phi Schumann Saro Costante Mozart Printemps Debussy Hahn Air Vif Poulenc the Brewer Vaughn Williams Organ Grinder Carey

Fragmented OCR Reads Names and Titles Across 1930s Film Credits

The readable bits list actors and film titles such as Mirith Claude Jarman Juano Mer Baratar a ronado Range and Virginia Huston alongside scattered phrases and location mentions. The garbled text resembles a cinema program or review snippet with multiple names and unfamiliar phrases.

Mirith Claude Jarman Or And Juano Mer

Supreme Court Gives Breaks 0 Red Witnesses

The Supreme Court ruled witnesses may refuse to answer grand jury questions about Communist Party activity on grounds of self incrimination. The ruling upholds the Fifth Amendment and could affect contempt cases and sections of the McCarran Act. Twenty people have been indicted for contempt recently, including Earl Browder, Frederick Vanderbilt Field, and Phillip Jaffe. The Denver case involved Patricia Blau who refused to answer about the Communist Party of Colorado and her employment by it.

Washington Supreme Court High Tribunal McCarran Earl Browder Communist Party United States Frederick Vanderbilt Field New York Phillip Jaffe Amerasia Magazine Senate Tydings Committee Patricia Blau Denver Blau

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