Sharp Reduction In Prospect For Auto Production
DETROIT Feb. 27 Production in the auto industry is headed for a leveling off or cutback due to dwindling coal supplies. Output likely won’t match last week’s 117,531 vehicles, though the industry has produced over 1 million vehicles in under two months. Kaiser-Frazer plans to resume with Frazer models as ships begin March 10, while a second Kaiser line readies for new models.
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Kaiser-Frazer
Frazer
Kaiser
K-F
State Auditor Cavness to Lead Travis Red Cross Campaign
State Auditor C. H. Cavness named chairman of the Travis County Red Cross drive division as it opens Wednesday at 4 30 p m in the State Highway Building Hearing Room. He urged state employers to support the 1950 goal of 74 555 and noted his department’s past contributions. Col James E Duke Jr will speak, with nationwide Red Cross drive to begin Tuesday on radio.
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C. H. Cavness
State Departments
Travis County Red Cross
Joe Dacy
Cavness
Allan Shivers
State Department
State Highway Building
Travis County
The
Red Cross
San Antonio
University of Texas
James E. Duke Jr
US Army
Marshall
American Red Cross
KNOW
Austin
KVET
Stevan Donahos
Federal Judge Cuts Prince Prison Term For Bank Robberies
Ollie Otto Prince 44 Corsicana received a 10 year cut in his 45 year total for bank robberies. The 20 year Malone State Bank sentence will run concurrently with the 10 year First State Bank of Rice term, starting May 22, 1949, and the 15 year Malone count starts after the 20 year term. Prince is in Falls County jail after last fall’s conviction and appeared in court Monday.
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Ollie Otto Prince
Corsicana
Texas
Ben H. Rice
Rice
Malone State
First State Bank
Prince
Malone
Falls County
Pearson Seeks Court Order to Disclose Howser Finances
Los Angeles dispatch reports Drew Pearson seeks a federal order to force Attorney General Fred Howser to disclose his finances for the past decade. The move relates to Howser's $300000 libel suit against Pearson filed in Washington DC. He allegedly refused 50 deposition questions claiming harassment and irrelevance.
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Drew Pearson
Fred Howser
Howser
Pearson
District of Columbia
James T. Mulloy
Long Beach
Calif
Extradition Ordered For Dallas Gambler Benny Binion
LAS VEGAS Nevada Feb 27 A governor's warrant for the arrest and extradition to Dallas of gambler Benny Binion arrived in Las Vegas The warrant issued in Carson City by Gen Vail Pittman becomes effective Tuesday at 10 am Binion's attorney Harry Claiborne says he will seek release on a writ of habeas corpus Binion is indicted in Dallas on operating a one million dollar a year numbers game He has resisted removal to Texas in prior legal moves Governor Pittman said on Feb 21 he granted Texas request for extradition and will not settle the legal questions involved
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Nevada
Dallas
Benny Binion
Carson City
Vail Pittman
Binion
Harry Claiborne
Texas
Pittman
Navy Pilot Walks Away After Hellcat Crash Near Dallas
A Navy Grumman Hellcat fighter crashed near Rich Bird Airport on Dallas western outskirts. Pilot Dean K. Mitchell, 35, of Norfolk Virginia, walked away unhurt after his single seater’s engine cut out and a field landing went awry when a fighter clipped a tree.
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Rich Bird Airport
Dean K. Mitchell
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Mitchell
Air Force expands B50 B29 groups with more bombers
The Defense Department announced the Air Force will strengthen nine B29 and B50 superfortress groups by expanding to 45 bombers per group and adding one squadron of B29 tankers. Several groups in the United States and one in the United Kingdom will receive planes, with builds ongoing and more units planned.
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Washington
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United Kingdom
United States
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Department
Well Known Valley Pioneer Dies at 74
William Shafer, 74, a famed valley pioneer and former Texas Ranger, died Sunday night. Known as Bill Lester in Cleo Dawson's novel, he appeared in public life as a deputy sheriff and guardian of the peace. Funeral services and burial were held Monday.
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Cleo Dawson
Shafer
Miss Dawson
Bill Lester
Bessie McMurray
Missouri
el Paso
Texas Ranger
Ski Accident Victim Sings Hymns Amid Fractured Leg
A 65 year old Gladstone woman Mrs Otto Dahlbeck fractured her leg in a ski fall Sunday night. She kept up courage by singing hymns for three hours while awaiting help. Her daughter Mrs Robert Hupy wrapped her in blankets. state police moved her by toboggan to an ambulance. she was taken to St Francis Hospital. Her condition was good Monday.
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St. Francis Hospital
Three Cisco Youths Hurt in Truck Wreck
In Cisco on Sunday night a pickup overturned three miles east of town injuring three Cisco High School boys. Arthur Gallagher 14 suffered a right leg fracture Ben Tabor 14 treated for a neck injury Jimmie Waddell 16 was least seriously hurt. Max MecCaviey and James Thurmond were not injured.
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Cisco High
Graham
Arthur Gallagher
Ben Tabor
Jimmie Waddell
Max MecCaviey
James Thurmond
Navy Ranks Available For Graduate Nurses
The Navy opens commissions for the Navy Nurse Corps and invites graduate nurses to interview. Lieutenant Junior Grade Virginia S. Hamilton from the Office of Naval Officer Procurement in Dallas will visit Austin March 1-2 to recruit at the Navy recruiting station at 61 Street and Colorado.
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Theavy Nurse Corp
Virginia S. Hamilton
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
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Austin
Hamilton
Si* Street
Colorado
Handler May Get Bite Of Snake That Bit Him
Tex Sullivan an 84 year old San Antonio snake handler is hospitalized after a Feb 20 bite. A. B. Stokes manager of Brackenridge Park reptile garden says the rattlesnake that bit Sullivan will be fried and served up in tidbits.
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Tex Sullivan
A. B. Stokes
Brackenridge Park
Sullivan
Grocer Association Leader Sees Texas Record Prosperity
G. C. McDonald of Abilene says Texas enjoys the most prosperous period in state history as the 37th annual grocers convention opens in San Antonio. He notes 0 to 65 percent of foods processed locally, grows rich possible markets, and cites Crystal City spinach packing and Corpus Christi corn plants transforming cotton acreage. He predicts stabilized prices and low poverty.
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Texas
G. C. McDonald
Abilene
Joe Wholesaler Grocers Association
McDonald
California
Crystal City
Corpus Christi
Uod
Postman's New Foe Takes Hunk of Leg
Austin mail carrier Thad McBride was attacked Monday by a neighbor’s dog while sorting mail on West Elizabeth. The dog bit a chunk from his thigh. the animal was confined for observation for possible rabies.
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West Elizabeth
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