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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1950
Page
5
President Truman snubs James Byrnes with a sharp remark that Byrnes can do as he damn pleases as Byrnes campaigns for South Carolina governorship. The exchange underscores the rift between the two and the broader political tensions highlighted in a wide-ranging news conference.
One of the world s strangest burial grounds is at St Catherine s Monastery at the foot of Mt Sinai in southeast Egypt. There the skeletons of all monks who died there are preserved in a small building with skulls piled in a heap and bones stored separately.
The FBI said it knows the serial numbers of about one tenth of the nearly one million dollars taken by nine masked gunmen in Boston. Key developments include J Edgar Hoover taking overall charge, a New Jersey ex convict detained in Miami, three money bags marked Federal Reserve Bank of Boston found in New England, and a region wide shoreline search as authorities chase possible seaside escape.
General Henry H. Arnold known as Hap was laid to rest at Arlington with full military honors. President Truman and Vice President Barkley attended the funeral alongside top military leaders and dignitaries. Rain prevented an air tribute from jets and bombers planned for the procession.
MERCEDES Jan 19. W W Collier 88 famed ex ranger and retired San Antonio banker will be buried here Friday. He died Wednesday in Arlington Masonic Hospital. Collier lived in Mercedes 12 years and once fought King Isher unarmed. He founded Uvalde National Bank and was friend of ex VP John Nance Garner. Surviving sons J P Collier W W Collier Jr Brig Gen J H Collier and daughter Mrs Carl Carter.
The Kosi River dam in eastern Nepal is planned to rise between 750 and 800 feet, according to the National Geographic Society. It would be higher than the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River.
Alger Hiss lawyer Claude B Cross labeled Whittaker Chambers a liar and Henry Wadleigh the real thief of state secrets in a closing appeal for acquittal on prejury charges. Cross argued the case rests on Chambers lies and that the pumpkin papers were provided by Wadleigh, not Hiss. Deliberations were expected to begin Friday after prosecutors wrap up.
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