Austin Upsets Jackets 2014 Homecoming Triumph
Austin Maroons stunned Port Arthur Yellow Jackets 20 to 14 to reach the state Class AA final. Johnny Kitchen led the high scoring start with two early touchdowns as Port Arthur rallied late but fell short. The win sets up a title clash with Wichita Falls area foe in the next round.
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Port Arthur Yellow Jackets
Johnny Kitchen
Bud Tomlin
Maroons
Port Arthur
Austin
Fine Jacket
Austin Maroons Upset Port Arthur Yellow Jackets
Austin Maroons defeat top-ranked Port Arthur Yellow Jackets 20-14 to end their home winning streak. Port Arthur fans show mixed tears as band and students celebrate, while Austin cheerleaders display their victory banner.
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Port Arthur
Austin Maroons
Austin Maroon
Hussar
Warmer Weather With Light Rain Predicted Across Texas
After a Friday low of 27 degrees in Austin, Saturday forecasts call for warmer temperatures from 45 to 68 with increasing clouds and occasional rain. Similar readings included 25 in Amarillo, 28 in San Antonio and Waco, and a high near 70 in Brownsville as a stalled cold front leaves temperatures steady through the weekend.
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Amarillo
el Paso
San Antonio
Waco
Brownsville
Texas
Weather Bureau
Victoria
New York Mayor Weds Texas Model in Florida Wedding
Irish born William O Dwyer mayor of New York plans to marry Elizabeth Sloan Simpson 33 in Stuart Florida after filing for a marriage license and waiting Florida law three days. Simpson, a Texas model and former divorcee, arrived by plane and has been aboard a yacht with observers aboard the Almar owned by H G Matthews.
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O'Dwyer
Florida
Ao A.m
V. A Geary
St. Joseph's
Miss Simpson
Carroll Dewey Hipp
Teaneck
N. J
New York City
Edward M. Bernecker
Bernecker
H. G. Matthews
New York
William J. Donoghue
Stuart
Dallas
William Sloan Simpson
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Yorkesdale
Plasterers
Jewelry theft charges filed in Perryton
Lloyd Edwin Roberts, 24, faces burglary and theft counts for a $150000 jewelry theft from a Perryton drug store. He led officers to $50000 in jewels near the Dallas Ellis County line and prompted additional charges against Margaret Zunell, a Perryton waitress. The recovered gems include $100000 worth of mounted diamonds.
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Perryton
Lloyd Edwin Roberts
Roberts
Justice of the Peace
Dewey Allen
Allen
Margaret Zunell
Stinnet
Dallas-Ellis County
Zuwell
Clyde Tarbox
John W. Sims
Tynes Company
Dallas
Henry A. Maas
A Edward Fisher Company
New York
Mexican Airliner Crashes in Fog Near Jalapa, 17 Dead
A Mexco Merida airliner carrying 17 aboard crashed in early morning fog twenty miles northwest of Jalapa, killing all on board. Among the dead were C. C. Lafleur, oilman from Louisiana and Texas, and Carlos Grossman, Russian-born Mexican citizen formerly of New York City. Police dispatched to the crash site in the Chi conquiaco area, with investigators unsure of exact cause.
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Jalapa
Mexico
Chiconquiaco
C. C. Lafleur
Louisiana
Texas
Carlos Grossman
New York City
CMA
Compania Mexicana de Aviacion
Mexico City
Nautla
Gulf of Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mao Tze Tung Arrives in Moscow for Stalin Birthday
Mao Tse-tung, head of the Chinese Communist Government, arrived in Moscow for a state visit the first by a Chinese leader to the Russian capital. He will attend Premier Stalin’s birthday celebration and likely discuss Sino Soviet relations with Soviet leaders.
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Moscow
Mao Tze-Tung
Mao
Josef Stalin
Lincoln Electric to distribute 3.0 million in incentives
Lincoln Electric Company announced its 16th annual incentive checks totaling 3,005,200 and shared among 1,026 employees. The average incentive is 2,929, raising the average worker’s year earnings to 6,078. Last year the firm paid 3,821,973 to 1,097 workers.
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Cleveland
Lincoln Electric Company
Utah Sex Murder Jury Delivers Shooting Verdict
In Ogden Utah on December 16 Ray Dempsey Gardner 27 of Columbus Ohio was sentenced to be shot for the sex murder of babysitter Shirley Gretzinger.
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Ogden
Utah
Ray Dempsey Gardner
Columbus
Ohio
Shirley Gretzinger
Jury convicts minister in wife murder in Rochester
A jury of 10 men and two women here convicted the Rev George P. Heteny, 40, of shooting his pretty young wife and dumping her body in the Genesee River. The verdict came Friday after deliberations in the Rochester case, marking a high profile murder trial in New York.
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Rochester
N. Y
George P. Heteny
Genesee River
Truman Declares Ike and Him Good Friends in 1952 Speculation
President Truman stated that he and former chief of staff General Dwight D. Eisenhower are good friends and have always been. Press secretary Charles G. Ross dismissed reports that Truman regards Eisenhower as a presidential candidate, noting the president wants the record clear on their friendship. Eisenhower also said he does not view Truman as backing him and has no political angle.
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Key West
Fla
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Eisenhower
Ross
General Eisenhower
Eisen
Ross Rehower
Fort Worth
Gen
Gen. Eisenhower
Sad Sack In Old Sock Gets Christmas Tweed Promise
In Mobile Alabama Sam the featherless rooster awaits a new outfit after Mrs Anne Brown of Ontario California offered to sew a tweed suit following a wire photo. Owner Nick Hasselvander sent Sam’s measurements and the bird stays warm in the chicken house until delivery.
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Mobile
Ala
Sam
Anne Brown
Ontario
Calif
Associated Press
Nick Hasselvander
Hasselvander
US Steel backs price rise as congressional probe looms
Benjamin F. Fairless, president of US Steel, said the firm welcomes a congressional hearing to explain the roughly four per cent price increase that took effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday. Senator O Mahoney urged inquiry, hoping to deter further steel price hikes.
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Pittsburgh
Benjamin F. Fairless
US Steel Corporation
Big Steel
Congressional
Friay
Fairless
Washington
US Steel
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Joint Congressional Economic Committee
America
Avera
U. S
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
Kostov Hanged As Spy in Sofia
In Sofia on December 17, former Deputy Premier Traicho Kostov was hanged for treason spying and sabotage after conviction. He and 10 others faced related verdicts with fines and civil rights stripped. Bulgaria’s parliament reportedly barred appeals. Kostov reportedly apologized claiming nervous irritation and ambition.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Traicho Kostov
Kostov
Communist Party
Central Committee
Grand National Assembly
Astra
Bexar Sailor Dies After Massachusetts CarCrash
John Duncan twenty of San Antonio Texas a sailor died Friday from injuries in a two car collision Thursday night in Albenville Massachusetts The incident occurred near the town with Duncan among the injured survivors listed by local authorities
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Albenville
Mass
John Duncan
San Antonio
Texas
Lie Declines Reappointment as UN Secretary General
Trygve Lie says he is not seeking a second term as UN secretary general after five-year tenure ending January 1951. He hints he might be drafted for UN leadership if needed but plans to return home to Norway. He spoke at his first news conference since September, stressing no candidacy for reappointment.
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Lake Success
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Lie
Norway
Texas Communist Party Records Refused by Immigration Officials
Immigration official L. D. Crossman said James J. Green refused to produce party records as ordered by Federal District Judge T. M. Kennerly. Crossman will recommend contempt charges to the U S district attorney. Green identified himself to reporters noting the middle initial J stands for Jack not Judas.
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Houston
Texas Communist Party
L. D. Crossman
US District Attorney's Office
James J. Green
T. M. Kennerly
Green
Immigration Office
Kurt and
Steffi Regina Wittenberg
Jack
Judas
Crossman
Wittenberg
Kennerly
Jaycees Santa Visits Austin Kids At Capitol Party
Hundreds of Austin children invited by Salvation Army welfare offices queued along Congress Avenue to meet Santa Claus. Firefighters repaired toys, police kept traffic moving, and Jaycees distributed 1800 toys plus 1500 oranges and 1500 bags of candy and pecans at the Capitol Christmas party.
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Austin
Santa Claus
Capitol
Congress Avenue
North Pole
Salvation Army
City Welfare Department
State Welfare
Child and Family Service
Jaycee al Campbell
Ben Howell
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American Or Statesman
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Frank Eidom
Cotton Mills
Bob Frederick
Pat Pate
Acme
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Dallas County
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Ochiltree County
T. L. Holland
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Austin American Staff
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