Married Folks Day at University of Texas Planned
March 4 designated Married Students Day at the University of Texas. Married students bring wives and children to classes and gifts for children are handed out on campus. Evening party at the Women's Gym features baby sitting by deans and contests for men and women including diaper changing and a crawl race. Sponsored by University Dames Co-Wed Club Law Wives Club and Alpha Phi Omega.
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University Dames
Co-Wed Club
Law Wives Club
Alpha Phi Omega
Service Fraternity
Wylie Man Charged in Cafe Man's Death
Andrew J. Taylor, 29, of Wylie has been charged with murder after Pete Coffee, cafe owner, was shot five times outside his cafe. Taylor was jailed in Collin County, McKinney, following the Saturday night shooting.
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Andrew J. Taylor
Pete Coffee
Collin County
McKinney
Paul Worden
Landon urges envoy to Vatican as U S breaks line
Alf Landon, 1936 GOP candidate, calls for a fully accredited U S envoy to Vatican City. He says establishing formal rank would counter Muscovite Communism and leverage Rome’s 200 million Catholics in Europe and 60 million in South America, noting Britain already exchanges diplomats with the Vatican.
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Vatican
Kansas
America
Landon
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Nationalist Peace Mission Returns With High Hopes
An unofficial nationalist peace mission arrived in Nanking from Peiping and said talks with top Communists yielded high hopes for settling the civil war. The delegation reported progress on the broad question of national peace despite acknowledged difficulties ahead.
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China
Peiping
Catholic Priest Sentenced in Poland for Hateful Preachings
The Rev. Arnold Goetze of Altonan was sentenced to three years in prison by a Gydnia court after conviction for hateful preachings. The case highlights religious intolerance disputes in wartime Poland.
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Poland
Arnold Goetze
Gydnia
Texas School of Mines Rebuilt After 1917 Fire
On February 28 1917 Texas allocated 100000 to rebuild the El Paso School of Mines main building dormitory power house after a fatal fire. The School of Mines and Metallurgy started in 1913 as a separate unit and became a UT branch on March 13 1919. Henry C Trost designed the rebuilt Bhutanese style campus on 38 acres.
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Texas School of Mines
el Paso
School of Mines and Metallurgy
University of Texas
Henry C. Trost
Ex Film Star Ramon Novarro's Mother Dies in LA
Mrs. Leonor G. Samaniego mother of silent screen star Ramon Novarro and nine other children died in a Los Angeles hospital after arriving from Mexico City. Born in Leon Mexico 76 years ago she came to the United States in 1918. Requiem high mass set for Monday at St. Agnes Church and burial in Calvary Cemetery.
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Leonor G. Samaniego
Ramon Novarro
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Soviets to Deliver Capital Goods to Poland
Warsaw reports Poland expects Russia to begin deliveries soon of about 450 billion dollars in capital goods to boost Polish industrial production.
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Poland
Russia
Axis Sally Aid Offered by GIs
Former GIs and relatives have sent hundreds of letters and telegrams praising Axis Sally. Defense counsel James J. Laughlin seeks to call a large number of these witnesses to testify that her broadcasts gave comfort to soldiers in German camps. Gillars remains on trial in its sixth week with cross examination to follow.
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Land of Lakes Scouts Group To Meet Today
The Land of the Lakes District Boy Scouts committee will meet at Jack Fraser's Cafe in Marble Falls Monday with Burnet County scouters invited. District Chairman Don ald Edgar of Burnet will preside. Topics include the finance drive report, district camporee in April, Camp Tom Wooten promotion, a May court of honor, Marble Falls youth pack setup, and 1949 1959 Strengthen the Arm of Liberty aims. Dinner at 7 p.m.
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Burnet County
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Burma Premier orders end to costly terror
Premier Thakin Nu told 10 000 supporters in Rangoon that a year of rebellion has claimed 30 000 lives and cost about 64 million dollars. He urged unity to restore law and order so elections can start March 23, while neighboring nations discuss Burma’s crisis. Meiktila and Thazi remain key battle targets as government forces push back Karen rebels.
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Many Churches Opened By Women’s Work in 111 Denoms
A Federal Council study notes women keep many small Protestant churches from closing and enable vast missionary work. It covers about 30 million members across 111 denominations and cites 6000 American women serving as foreign missionaries.
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Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
World Council of Churches
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China Faces Possible Split If Civil War Ends
Shanghai observers say China could be divided with Communists ruling the north and Nationalists in the south if peace talks fail to yield a coalition. Li Tsung Jen could push Sun Fo from power as Chiang Kai-shek is seen fading from influence.
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Li Tsung-Jen
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Wichita Falls Man Escapes Blasts and Fire
Auto mechanic Robin Hesler escaped a series of car blasts and a $75,000 fire at the Tanner Tire and Battery Company in Wichita Falls on a Saturday night. He dropped a work light under a car, gasoline vapors ignited, and the gasoline tank exploded. Hesler and five other workers fled the blaze with no injuries as the building and more than a dozen vehicles were damaged or destroyed.
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Tanner Tire and Battery Company
Allied Airlift Shows First Drop in Six Days
Berlin reports the Allied airlift dropped below 7,000 tons for the first time in six days. In 744 flights, British and American planes delivered 6,746 tons to the western sectors, 1,279 tons below Saturday’s peak but over 2,000 tons above minimum daily needs.
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