Two questioned in Guam rape slaying of Ruth Farnsworth
Police questioned an unidentified enlisted man and Terriel Baxter Meshew in the Guam murder of Ruth Farnsworth a 27 year old Navy civilian employee from San Francisco. Meshew was fined for vagrancy after spending the night at taverns while the other suspect could not account for his whereabouts.
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Guam
Ruth Farnsworth
San Francisco
Terriel Baxter Meshew
San Antonio
Texas
Meshew
Civil Service
Seminary Choir To Go On Air
The Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary male choir will broadcast a 30 minute Christmas concert on KVET at 8 30 p m Thursday program manager Fred Caldwell said The recording was made by the 21 voice choir December 13 under Evelyn Mosier Foster direc tion Most members cannot hear the program The 24 member choir has appeared in Austin and San Antonio including a seminary chapel concert December 7 and a caroling event for UT dormitory residents on December 10 They also sung for Beacon Hill and Alamo Heights Presbyterian churches in San Antonio on December 12.
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KVET
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Fred Caldwell
Evelyn Mosier Foster
Austin
San Antonio
Seminary Chapel
Dallas County Escape Case Probed by Grand Jury
Sheriff Guthrie District Attorney Wilson and several deputies met with a recalled grand jury probing how prisoner Allen Lagow 47 kept liberty at 4 a m Sunday after a minor East Dallas crash Lagow was jailed on DWI and license suspension charges Sheriff accused Lagow of forging Deputy Rogers name on a jail pass to gain release from Deputy Benkins with unfamiliar routine.
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Dallas
Steve Guthrie
Will Wilson
Allen Ernest Lagow
Lagaw
Jimmie Rogers
B. T. Benkins
Allies Set Up Own Berlin Rule
Stolpe, a small village outside Berlin in the French sector, is cut off by a Soviet roadblock after residents voted anti Communist in local elections. French commander Brig. General Jean Ganeval defends the move as protecting airlift needs and notes the Soviet claim remains disputed.
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Berlin
Stolpe
Jean Ganeval
Tegel
Texas Towns Compete In Yale Decorations
Gilmer and Plano wage a holiday decorating battle in Texas. Gilmer boasts thousands of lights and multiple schemes to outdo Plano which counters with its own ten decorations. The light war centers on town pride and festive displays during the season.
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Texas
Yale
Gilmer
Plano
Chambers Denies Duggan Passed Papers in Spy Case
New York December 21 Whit taker Chambers admitted he did not know Laurence Duggan and denied that any secret papers were passed to him. Duggan a State Department official and Institute of International Education president died after leaping from a 16th floor window. FBI questioned Duggan but disclosed no details. Duggan’s colleagues praised him as a devoted public servant.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Communist
Laurence Duggan
State Department
Chambers
Duggan
Dugan
The
Institute of International Education
Fifth Avenue
House un-American Activities Committee
Isaac Don Levine
Levine
Adolf A. Berle Jr
Mr. Duggan
Grand Jury
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Thomas J. Donegan
House
Harvard University
Division of
Washington
United States
Francis B. Sayre
Donald J. Shank
Institute For International Education
Karl Mundt
R-Sd
unAmerican Activities Committee
Mundt
Mexican Deserter Receives Five-Year Term
Mexican citizen Jesus Gonzales, 41, convicted by a general court martial in Chicago on desertion charges from November 1942 after a post induction furlough. He contends he was never drafted and that only a physical examined and no oath occurred. The 5th Army must approve the sentence including a dishonorable discharge.
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Chicago
Jesus Gonzales
Gonzales
Army
5Th Army
Funeral for Sylvia Drikos Held as Suicide
Baytown authorities report funeral services conducted Tuesday for Sylvia Drikos aged 22 whose body was found at her home early Sunday. Justice of the Peace Roscoe Zierlein stated she died by her own hand and a small caliber pistol was found near the body.
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Baytown
Sylvia Drikos
Justice of the Peace
Roscoe Zierlein
Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey 86.8 Proof
Calvert Distillers Corp of New York City markets Calvert Reserve blended whiskey at 86.8 proof with 65 percent grain neutral spirits noted.
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Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
Rattlers Favor Southwest Region Among Snakes
Among 13 U.S. rattlesnake species, 19 are reported to inhabit the Southwest. The statistic highlights the concentration of rattlers in the region versus national distribution.
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United States
Labor Leaders Demand Jester Back In End Restrictive Laws
Texas labor leaders urged Governor Beauford H. Jester to push repeal of restrictive labor laws and opposed the possible appointment of former state Senator Ben Ramsey as secretary of state. The group cited the platform from Fort Worth and pressed for a conciliation law to curb overreach by labor or management.
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Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Ben Ramsey
San Augustine
Joe T. Steadham
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Jeff Hickman
Texas State Industrial Union Council
CIO
Organized Labor
Fort Worth
Hickman
Jester
Ramsey
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Federal Grand Jury
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Rio Grande
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Eas’ Cuide
Penneys
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Adonna
New
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Penney
House of Representatives
Senate
Steadham
Robert Eckhardt
Communications Workers of America
Robert H. Wood
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Harry W. Acreman
Texas State Federation of Labor
James A. Shields
Order of Railway Conductors
H. L. Reynolds
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
J. H. Gibson
Eastman Kodak Gealer
Ellison
Wm. Rogers
Holloware
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Tray
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Joe Koen
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