Truman approves Korea and Formosa aid package
President Truman signed an $86 million aid bill to Korea and Formosa to be spent by June 30. The package includes $60 million for South Korea and $30 million from RFC to sustain raw material flow. The plan extends China aid funds to June 30 with about $103 million available. Formosa gets a $28 million earmark, with ECA likely to spend up to $10 million by June 30.
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Washington
Truman
Korea
Formosa
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Republic of South Korea
Far Eastern
Congress
House
South Korea
RFC
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
School Position Goes to an Austinite
Genevieve Bradley Vallentine, a teacher in the Austin schools, was named superintendent of Gonzales County schools to fill the unexpired term of her late father G E Bradley. She was the sole applicant and was appointed by the Commissioners Court. Vallentine has taught homemaking in Baker School and is a Gonzales native and UT alumna.
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Gonzales
Genevieve Bradley Vallentine
Austin
Gonzales County
G. E. Bradley
Monsieur Vincent reviewed at Texas Theater
A French produced film directed by Maurice Cloche stars Pierre Fresnay as Father Vincent de Paul. The Texas Theater adopts a new policy to show foreign films with public support. The review lauds Fresnay's gripping performance and emotional depth while criticizing uneven scripting and time lapses that hinder the narrative.
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Texas Theater
Monsieur Vincent
Pierre Fresnay
Fresnay
Cardinal Richelieu
France
Vincent de Paul
Sisters of Charity
Mr. Soft Touch at the Paramount
The Columbia picture directed by Henry Levin and Garson Douglas stars Glenn Ford as a nightclub owner who fights a gambling syndicate after stealing $100 000. Evelyn Keyes co stars as a settlement worker who aids him and Ford’s Joe Miracle faces a murderous plot and a gunfight ending.
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Columbia
Milton Holmes
Henry Levin
Garon Douglas
Orinnings
Paramount Enter
John Irelan
Glenn Ford
Evelyn Keyes
Percy Kilbride
Ford
Joe Miracle
Through Rite and Silent Features At Paramount
A garbled cinema listing shows Glenn and Evelyn Bers in adult offerings and multiple features across theaters Paramount State Capitol Chief and others. Reads like showtimes and titles such as Pinky, Trigger, Stromboli, and Stromboli with various actors, dates through Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Glenn
Evelyn Bers
Ares
Paramount
Rite
Mr. ‘Or
Queen Sue McCarty Church Queen at First Baptist coronation
Sue McCarty, 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs B W McCarty of 3709 Govaille Avenue, crowned queen of the First Baptist Church intermediate department for 1430 Tuesday night. Runnder-up Miss Dorothy Hollis. other princesses and escorts listed amid a Say It With Music program with solos and a Hardin-Simmons string ensemble.
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Sue McCarty
B. W. McCarty
Govaile Avenue
First Baptist Church
Rogers Wilson
Dorothy Hollis
Terry Meyers
Carol Foust
Mildred Bustin
Peggy Smothers
Winona Snodgrass
Sylvia Cooksey
Billy Fortune
Joe Goddard
Charles Sackrey
Jay Davis
Truman Breed
Sidney Sharkey
Lyn Arnot
Jack Ridley
Dernard Nollner
H. E. East
Kingsville
James A. Berry
Evelyn King
Laura Jean Hank
Hardin-Simmons University
Macon Summerlin
Paula Harris
Bill Williams
Jerry Gannaway
Former Time editor Laird Goldsborough dies in Rockefeller Center fall
A former American counterspy and Time magazine foreign affairs editor leapt from his ninth floor Rockfeller Center office Tuesday night. Police identified the dead man as Laird S. Goldsborough of Greenwich Connecticut, a wartime coordinator of counter espionage for the OSS. Evidence found in his pocket included papers and business cards.
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New York
Time Magazine
Rockfeller Center
Laird S. Goldsborough
Indian Head Point
Greenwich
Endocreme Hormone Cream Claims 12 Year Track Record
An advertisement touts Endocreme as the first successful hormone cream with a 12 year proven results record. It claims origins in medical testing, nationwide approval, and visible skin improvements in about 30 days. Priced at $3.50 plus tax.
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New York
Death Valley Hunted For Escaped Marines
In Death Valley two armed Marines, Douglas Bright of Nederland Texas and Murray Cretz of Brooklyn New York, fled from Tonopah Nevada after deserting sentry posts at Camp Matthews California. FBI agents and county officers hunted them as they fled west. They reportedly stole a car near Tonopah and held up James Udal of Bishop, taking $100 before ditching a California-registered sedan.
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Las Vegas
Death Valley
Texas
Brooklyn
FBI
Douglas E. Bright
Nederland
Murray Cretz
Tonopah
Nev
James Udal
Bishop
Walter E. Moore
Reno
Tonopen
California
Amp Matthews
Calif
Friendship Move or Soviet Pressure Behind New Treaty
American officials doubt the Moscow China pact was simple friendship. They warn secret clauses may squeeze China, with Acheson accusing Russia of attaching parts of China. Moscow pledges Port Arthur and Southern Manchuria rail return. officials doubt surrender without compensation.
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Washington
Russia
China
Acheson
Soviet Union
Moscow
Port Arthur
Manchuria
Yalta
State Department
Ussr
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Red China
Mao Tze-Tung
Kremlin
Mao
Hongkong
Formosa
North China
Austin Churches Slate Film on Apostle Paul
A sound movie detailing the conversion and missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul will be shown in three Austin churches this week. Temple Baptist Church hosts Wednesday night showings followed by Kinney Avenue Baptist Church on Thursday and East Avenue Baptist Church on Friday.
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Apostle Paul
Temple Baptist Church
Kinney Avenue Baptist Church
East Avenue Baptist Church
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