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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1951

Page

3

Moscow Press Denounces Truman State of the Union Address

The Literary Gazette in Moscow paddled a harsh critique of Truman's State of the Union, calling it hypocritical and bombastic while accusing the United States of pushing an armaments race and imperialist policy. It blamed the 82nd Congress for militarization and praised bipartisan support from financial elites for ongoing foreign adventures.

Moscow Truman State of the Union Congress Literary Gazette 82Nd Congress Herbert Hoover Robert A. Taft Ohio

8 Mile an Hour Wind Rips California Town

Sunnyvale residents faced a 78 mile per hour wind storm that damaged at least 1.5 million dollars in property and injured one person. The Bay area storm of Wednesday night and Thursday morning also damaged a Westinghouse Electric Plant and caused several injuries.

California Sunnyvale Calif Stanley Golas San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco Golas Westinghouse Electric

Lodge Building Fire Damages Corsicana Lodge and Car

A fire at the Masonic Lodge building in Corsicana injures one firefighter and causes about 100000 in damage. Nearby a fire scorches the private railroad car of R Wright Armstrong as his party escapes to another train. Guests in the Navarro Hotel Annex are evacuated as a wall collapses onto the hotel roof.

Corsicana Masonic Lodge R. Wright Armstrong Fort Worth Denver Navarro Hotel Denton Brown Howard Bivings S. Werner Armstrong Houston

12 Year Old Quits Sixth Grade for Housekeeping Marriage

A 12 year old St. Louis girl quit the sixth grade to marry 19 year old Donald Eugene Gray on December 22. The license was issued after the ceremony by magistrate George W. Johnson. Virginia Pennell, now Mrs. Gray, lives with her husband in a basement apartment. Gray works at a furniture factory.

ST. Louis Virginia Pennell Donald Eugene Gray Virginia George W. Johnson Gray

Floridians Favor U S Troops in Europe Poll

Representative Charles Bennett says a district poll shows constituents want more American troops sent to Europe and oppose abandoning Korea and dropping atom bombs on Russia now. Questionnaires ran in the Jacksonville Journal Gainesville Daily Sun and other papers. Bennett tabulated the results in Washington.

Washington Charles FE. Bennett D-Fla Europe Korea Russia Bennett Jacksonville Fla Gainesville Daily Sun

Frostbitten Private Reeves faces major surgery at Percy Jones

Private Herbert Reeves of Joliet Illinois will undergo surgery on both hands and both feet next week at Percy Jones Hospital. Major Chester H. Davis said only that surgery is required and declined to hazard outcomes including the possibility of quadruple amputation. Reeves, 19, survived severe frostbite after giving his gloves to friends amid 27 below zero conditions. his hands and feet were frostbitten and his ear frozen, with treatment bringing slow improvement.

Battle Creek Mid INS Percy Jones Hospital Herbert Reeves Joliet Chester H. Davis Davis Reeves

76 Year-Old Man Found Dead In Mesquite Field

The body of J. T. Morrow, 76, found in a field near Mesquite after an all-night search by sheriff's deputies and about 25 volunteer firefighters. Morrow had been reported missing at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and died from exhaustion and exposure.

Dallas Mesquite J. T. Morrow

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