Berlin Coup Alert Forces Luz in May Takeover
Soviet zone officials ordered police to prepare to take over all Berlin by end of May as Communist forces claim victory. A 24 hour freight train blockade was imposed in East Germany, while West Berlin protests against a communist march gained political footing. Western allies warned American troops could restore order if needed.
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Benin
East Berlin
Waldemar Schmidt
Schmidt
Johannes Stumm
Kurt) Schumacher
Ernst Reuter
Maxwell D. Taylor
West Berlin
X-RAY BOX SCORE REPORT ON CONGRESS AVENUE STATION
The mobile X-ray unit was stationed on Congress Avenue at the Chamber of Commerce Friday. The report lists 491 total X-rayed for Thursday and a cumulative 14,995 to date.
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Congress Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Sanitorium Director Resigns in Texas Appointment
Dr J Edward Johnson resigns as medical director of the Austin Travis County Tuberculosis Sanitorium effective Feb 1. He is replaced by Dr S H Dryden after Johnson faced a state law conflict from holding both state and county jobs. Johnson had led the sanitorium since 1944 while also serving with UT health service.
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Austin-Travis County
J. Edward Johnson
Johnson
S. H. Dryden
University of Texas Health Service
Z. T. Scott
Attorney General's Department
Scott
Travis County
Truck Driver Killed In Highway Accident
SAN ANGELO Feb 9 John Vickers about 35 was killed Wednesday night when the pickup he drove overturned three miles north of McCamey Chester Robinson riding with Vickers was slightly hurt when knocked by a car he tried to flag down for help after crawling from the wreckage Robinson said he dozed and woke to find the truck headed for the ditch He yelled at Vickers who overturned while trying to stay on the highway
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San Angelo
John Vickers
McCamey
Chester Robinson
Vickers
Robinson
Truman Rejects Appeals to Russia to Limit Atomic Arms
President Truman dismissed any new appeal to the Soviet Union or policy change to curb atomic and hydrogen weapons. He endorsed Acheson’s stance on building strength for peace and said no private citizen study group is needed. Dr. Vannevar Bush warned there is no surefire defense against A bombs now.
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Truman
Russia
United States
Soviet
Acheson
Congress
House
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Vannevar Bush
Bush
Senate Armed Services Committee
States Step By Tideland Hurdle
A House judiciary subcommittee approved a tidelands oil bill giving most off shore rights to the states. The measure would place oil within three miles sea ward under state control, with continental shelf oil remains with the federal government but 12 1/2 percent royalties to the states. States’ leases would renew automatically. other federal leases go by sealed bids.
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Washington
House Judiciary
Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Celler
D. N Y
Continental Shelf
House Gets Hospital Land Sale Bill
A bill to relocate state hospitals or special schools and sell land for hospital funding was offered in the House by Rep. Frank Svadlenak of Thrall. The measure would allow relocating institutions within the same county and selling former sites to the highest bidder to finance new facilities.
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Austin
Frank Svadlenak
Thrall
Svadlenak
Austin State Hospital
Durwood Manford
Repao Ntative
Frank B. McGregor
Ace
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Lamar Boulevard
School For the Deaf
Confederate Home
Congress Avenue
Austin Streets
Board of Control
Burnet Highway
Jollyville
Manford
John Shepperd Named Secretary of State for Texas
Governor Allan Shivers appoints John Ben Shepperd of Gladewater as secretary of state effective Friday pending Senate confirmation. The 34 year old attorney replaces Ben Ramsey who resigned to run for lieutenant governor. The move signals Shivers first tier in state government reorganization and industrial encouragement.
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John Ben Shepperd
Gladewater
Senate
Shepperd
Ben Ramsey
Price Daniel
Daniel
United States Supreme Court
Texas
Tidelands
Heman Marion Sweatt
University of Texas
Shivers
House
Future Magazine
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Veterans of Foreign War
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Texas Jaycee
Longview
Kenley, Sharp and Shepperd
Gregg County Bar Association
Para-Rescuers Aid 10 Marooned Fliers in Yukon
Six pararescue troops including a doctor parachuted to a snow covered Yukon mountainside to reach ten men stranded since Tuesday after a crash while pursuing an American C54. Three rescuers suffered fractures yet all six landed within 300 yards of the scene at 5 42 p.m. CST. A USAF helicopter and ground party aided evacuations as search efforts intensified with updates on a possible food signal coded by letters.
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Whitehorse
Y.T
Yukon
Royal Canadian Air Force
Pan Lake
USAF
Aishihik
South Dakota
Ruse Prevents Armed Robbery of Cleaner
In Nashville Tennessee on a February day, Mrs Florence Sanders thwarted a robbery at her dry cleaning shop by using a feigned second holdup. A young man entered and demanded cash, but she directed him to the rear exit and he fled, leaving her unharmed.
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Nashville
Tenn
Florence Sanders
Fact-Finders Speed Up Work On Coal Report to President
A federal judge ruled four John L. Lewis contract demands illegal and issued an injunction but did not halt the nationwide soft coal strike. The fact finding board sent its report to President Truman who may ask for a federal injunction to compel 370,000 miners back to work for 80 days. Truman warned of fines or jail terms for noncompliance.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Truman
Taft- Hartley
Miners’ Welfare Fund
United Mine Workers
Pres. Truman
Bergman Gains Mexican Divorce Ahead of Rome Marriage
Ingrid Bergman won a Mexican divorce from Dr. Peter Lindstrom on grounds of mental cruelty and non support. The decree moves her closer to marrying Roberto Rossellini as a Rome filing is needed before any marriage. Lindstrom has until Monday midnight to appeal, with property and custody talks ongoing in California.
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Juarez
Mexico
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Roberto Rossellini
Rome
Roberto
Miss Bergman
Lindstrom
Fourth Gone That Check's Getting Closer
The US treasury continues issuing GI life insurance dividend checks. By Wednesday it signed the 4,082,991st check against the $2.8 billion fund, bringing total payouts to $725,206,516.29.
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Washington
US Treasury
National Service Life Insurance
Galveston Burglary Suspect Is Burt Mason Son Of Radio Figure
Galveston police say Burt Mason 23, son of slain radio commentator W H Mason, burglarized Gizmo Bar early Thursday. He was caught red handed by detectives after a passerby reported noises. Mason faced burglary and felony theft charges, and was found with a pistol, glass cutter, a punch bar, gloves, and $98 in loose change. He had recent injuries from a Jan auto crash and had been released from a local hospital on Feb 7.
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Galveston
John Fox
Burt Mason
Fox
Mason
W. H
Bill) Mason
Alice
Jim Wells
E County
Corpus Christi
G. Rollish
J. A. Kline
Fox Mason
Stat
W. H. Mason
Sam Smithwick
Jim Wells County
Iton
Belton
Two Gas Tax Bills Placed In House Subcommittee
The House revenue and taxation committee shelved two single shot natural gas tax bills, a 112 cent levy by Deno A Tufares for 18 months and a one cent levy by Vernon McDaniel for operations, with McDaniel hoping a one penny gas tax and cigarette tax could be used as a stand by measure if Horany's 30 million gas tax bill stalls.
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House Revenue and Taxation Committee
House
Deno A. Tufares
Vernon McDaniel
McDaniel
Senate
Rey P. Horany
Horang
Price Daniel
Department
cDaniel
Texas
Light Rain Forecast and Cooling Austin Weekend
A morning sprinkles and cloudy skies are forecast for Austin with a low of 42 degrees. Saturday will bring more clouds and rain as temperatures trend upward slowly. Rainfall for the 24 hours ending Thursday evening totals 0.02 inches, lifting the year to 2.35 inches. a 48 degree low and a 50 degree high were recorded Thursday as a cold front moved through East Texas and the Houston area.
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Austin
Mercury
Associated Press
Texas
Houston
Ee Gulf
Extradition Waiver Tangles Texas Thornton Case
Ewald Johnson 32 waives extradition in the Texas tourist camp murder of oil field expert Tex Thornton. Johnson to be handed to FBI for transfer to Amarillo as wife Diana Johnson faces federal charges and an auto theft case. Washington police report her suicide attempt after detailing the killing.
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Mich
Ewald Johnson
Texas
Arthur Moore
Johnson
FBI
Marquette Prison
Paul Gaither
Potter County
Amarillo
Michigan
W. A
Tex) Thornton
Diana Heaney Johnson
Thornton
Washington, D.C
Fort Worth
Washington
W. W. Riner
Texas Ranger
Frank Probst
Diana Johnson
Anton Louis
T. J. Dowling
Clarence Brom
Marquette
Cosmo Bonello
John Waite
Marquette Post
Washington Police
Aace
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