Gas Truck Blast Near Austin Sparks Fire and City Traffic Tie
A gas truck two miles south of Austin exploded Friday night, igniting oxygen and acetylene tanks and scattering flaming debris along Highway 290. No injuries were reported as flames trapped nearby homes and a grocery were damaged. Traffic rerouted for hours while fire crews controlled hot, unexploded tanks. Witnesses described the blast as resembling an atomic explosion.
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Austin
Eer Tee House
James Garcias
Ido
Pteagrey Oi
San Antonio Highway
Felix Ludwig
55 080 Mile Trip Wins a Sheepskin
Robert J. Lucas of Austin will graduate January 27 from Southwestern University with a double major in business administration and journalism. He joined campus activities as editor of the weekly newspaper and secretary of Delta Epsilon. In 1949 he earned a field trip to the United Nations at Lake Success. Lucas resides at 2004 Oldham with his wife and daughter.
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Georgetown
Delta Epsilon
National
Southwestern
United Nations
Lake Success
Long Island
Lucas
Oldham
Allied Corps Advance Near Seoul After Drive Through Western Front
Allied forces push up a 40 mile front in western Korea advancing within 15 miles of Seoul after repelling a Chinese Communist attack. US ships shell Inchon as UN troops seize a key hill and report heavy enemy losses. Patrols note Red movements east of Suwon while the drive is described as a limited objective attack.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations
Seoul
Suwon
St. Paul
Inchon
Jim Becker
Cap
Harriet Craig stars as a feared wife in new film
Joan Crawford headlines The Woman You Love to Hate in Harriet Craig. The piece notes her convincing portrayal of a psychotic wife. Also mentions Llano County’s largest livestock show exhibits may boost FFA and 4 H attendance on Saturday.
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Joan Crawford
Harriet Craig
Llano County
Solons Propose Drafting of Veterans With Brief Service
Washington reports House Armed Services Committee open to drafting World War II veterans with brief enlistments and those who did not go overseas. Debate centers on deferments, age limits, and potential 18-year-old inclusion as Defense Department proposals seek tighter law.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Defense Department
Department
Anna M. Rosenberg
Defense
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Rosenberg
Gen. Hershey
Prices and Wages Frozen in One Day Rollback
The government froze most prices and all wages at Thursday levels after a rapid Friday night action. DiSalle signed the price order restricting price increases, with exemptions for many foods due to Defense Production Act limits. Wage freezes applied to all wages as of Thursday, though board unanimity questions linger.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Eric Johnson
Cyrus 58
Ing
Wage Stabilization Board
Ching
Ney
DiSaile
Office of
Wage Board
OPA
Truman
New AF Fighter Group Scheduled For Bergstrom
Washington telegrams report a three-squadron Air Force group will move to Bergstrom Air Force Base increasing local base personnel from about 2 500 to 5 200 and possibly more later. Officials and civic leaders discussed housing schools transport and recreation for incoming airmen and families.
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Bergstrom
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Tom Connally
Homer Thornberry
W. L. Thompson
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Louis N. Goldberg
Businessman
Statesman
Thompson
Thornberry
Air National Guard
Missouri
Mississippi
Associated Press
Air Force
Austin
A. B. Spires
The
Austin National Bank
Taylor Glass
Tom Miller
E. H.ery
Charles E. Green
Theerican Statesman
Tom Graham
Willie Kocurek
Walter Seaholm
Jake Pickle
Herman Jones
Parke Houston
Chamber of Commerce
Fatal Stabbing Of Wife Brings Murder Charge
Harrell King 26 of East Third Street was charged with murder for the fatal stabbing of his wife Helen Laverne King in Victor's Bar at 509 East Sixth Street at 11 15 a m Friday Detectives said witnesses placed King in the bar earlier and again after the knife attack He was arrested by Patrolman Barney Priest in the 400 block of East First Street and held in the County Jail under $5000 bond.
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Harrell King
East Third Street
East Sixth Street
Helen Laverne King
Victor's
King
Barney Priest
Fast First Street
Justice of the Peace
Frank McBeen
Aes
Himsel
Long Road to Citizenship For 20 Year Resident Group
Twenty aliens pursued varied paths to the Federal Building Friday as 19 secured U S citizenship. One Czech, Frank Kortis, stayed behind due to a delayed case caused by English limits. Sgt Jean Martin born Mange Ulrich Hirschberg traced a globe trotting life from Berlin to China, including evacuation from Nanking in 1937.
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Frank Kortis
Kortis
United States
Air Force
Jean Martin
Mange Ulrich Hirschberg
Martin
Berlin
Germany
China
Nanking
Panay
Three Year Old Boy Bitten by Stray Dog
A three year old boy, Chester Forgy, was bitten four times in his front yard by a stray dog. The injuries to the forehead, cheek, chin and hand were treated at Brackenridge Hospital. The dog, owner unknown, was taken to the city.
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L. J. Chapman
Chester Forgy
Red Bluff
Brackenridge Hospital
Chapman
Britain to Train 100000 for Radioactivity Detection
Britain will start training its 100000 civil defense volunteers to detect radioactivity, with the program announced from London on January 23. The effort aims to bolster early warning capabilities in the event of nuclear incidents.
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Britain
London
Civil Defense
Arctic cold front to plunge Texas early Sunday
A first class norther from Canada will sweep into Central Texas late Saturday, bringing the year’s coldest temperatures. Temperatures drop to around 28 degrees Sunday morning with bitter winds and a hard freeze expected Monday. East and West Texas will turn much colder with subzero readings in the Panhandle and single digits in the South Plains.
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Texas
Canada
Weather Bureau
Ed River Valley
West Texas
Panhandle
Upper Pecos Valley
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Texas Manufacturers Urge Least Harmful Tax Policy
Earle Cabell of Dallas urged Texas lawmakers to tax with the least harm to the economy at a Texas Manufacturers Association luncheon. He called for cutting higher education and state program spending, repurposing road and fuel funds, and resisting expansion of unemployment benefits while strengthening labor laws.
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Leonard Mohrmann
Texas Manufacturers Association Board of Directors
Earle Cabell
Dallas
Cabell
TMA
TMA Board of Directors
Stephen F. Austin
Cabel
General Fund
Shivers
Texas
Cothe
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