Big Homer Gets Four Years In German Court
Homer Cook known as the Oklahoma eel was found guilty on 18 charges including jail break and illegal entry into Germany and was sentenced to four years and two months in prison. He voiced optimism, saying the sentence wasn’t bad and that he expected ten years.
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Homer Cook
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Muskogee
Okla
Ambrose Fuller
Chicago
Anna Sporer
Anna
Homer
Hon
Texas Tin Smelter Bill Wins Senate Approval
The Senate approved a bill to let the RFC operate a government owned tin smelter at Texas City Texas for five years and sent it to the House for action.
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Washington
Senate
House
RFC
Texas City
Egypt Resists UN Korea War Resolution
Egypt told the Security Council it would not accept the Tuesday night resolution endorsing American intervention in Korea and urged other nations to withhold support. The Council, amid broad backing from 32 nations and protests from Russia, Czechoslovakia and North Korea, discussed coordinating the war effort beyond General MacArthur's on scene decisions.
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Council of the Organization of American States
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Russia
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Forced Overtime Disturbing Cleaner at Sears Building
Louis Mantey, 23, a grease chute cleaner for an industrial firm, spent five and a half hours trapped in a narrow Sears, Roebuck chute from 9th floor to basement. Firemen freed him after cutting eight inches of metal. He muttered he may quit the business due to forced overtime.
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Sears, Roebuck and Company
State and van Buren Streets
George Kaforski
Mantey
Mediators Press Talks for Peace In Rail Dispute
National mediation board accelerates peace talks as 4 000 AFL firemen strike on four Western and Midwestern rails seeks a 40 hour week and 48 cents per hour. Coal yard workers 1 800 AFL strike ties Milwaukee coal movement. Allis Chalmers UAW sign five year deal in Milwaukee with wage and benefit gains. Pittsburgh milk deliveries resume after nearly 3 000 AFI drivers end three week walkout.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Travis County Trails in Bond Drive as Counties Fall Short
Latest US Savings Bonds figures show Travis County ranks seventh among eight large Texas counties with $238,532.19 sold of a $478,000 quota, 49.90 percent. El Paso leads, followed by Bexar, Jefferson, Tarrant, Harris and Galveston. six counties exceed their goals.
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Dallas
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Blanco
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Caldwell
Comal
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Hays
Kerr
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Lee
Llano
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Engineer Advocates Burial Method for City Garbage
State sanitary engineer W. M. Ehlers told city officials that burying garbage would cost about one tenth of incineration and be more efficient. A compost method demonstration occurred at a St. Edward's University farm used as a city disposal site.
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St. Edward's University
George W. Cox
Ehlers
St. Edward's
Jury Indictments Unmatched by Arrests in 126th Court
Seven persons indicted by the 126th District Court grand jury remain at large, with sheriff Mark Best withholding names until arrest or bond. Three more charges were added against Anita Wheeler for murder, James Horton for theft by bailee, and Lois Scott for burglary and habitual criminal. grand jury adjourned to resume Wednesday.
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Ernest Best
Anita Pearl Wheeler
James Herbert Horton
Lois Scott
Ex-Austinite Safe Out of Korea
Miss Mary Dodson, a Presbyterian teaching missionary in South Korea, cabled her two sisters in Austin that she is safe in Fukuoka Japan. The Dodson sisters are Mattie and Sarah of 709 West 25th Street. Dodson has spent most of her adult life in Korea and last visited Austin in October 1947, having been in Kwangju.
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Korea
Mary Dodson
South Korea
Fukuoka
Japan
Mattie Dodson
Sarah Dodson
West 25Th Street
Kwangju
US Using Four Plane Types In Korean War
Washington reports United States aircraft in action over Korea include the B26 Invader bomber with a 70 foot wingspan and 3 crew, the F82 Twin Mustang long range escort with 51 foot wingspan and up to 5,000 mile range, the F80 Shooting Star jet fighter with 39 foot wingspan and 6 nose guns, and the B29 Superfortress four engine bomber with a 5,000 mile range and crew of about 15.
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Washington
United States
Korea
Tanks, not aircraft, the call of Korean fighters in Korea
Seoul police official Captain Paak and US adviser Lt. Col. Gallagher said South Korea needs American tanks to counter Soviet armored forces. They cited Koreans’ panic, wrong shell types, and belief tanks are unbeatable, urging faster delivery and better anti armor training.
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Korea
Bor Yaang Paak
Seoul
South Korea
Russia
James Galligher
Latrobe
Col. Gallagher
Paak
New York
Detroit
America
Terrorism Ended at Metz Park Says Recreation Leader
Beverly Sheffield reported a temporary end to gang terrorism at Metz Park after a police presence and patrols. Earlier meetings disclosed hoodlums disrupted the East Side park, threatening harm to those who reported vandalism and vice.
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Beverly Sheffield
Sheffield
East Side Park
Highways Upkeep Budget Raised for Next Year
The Highway Commission estimates the state highway upkeep for the coming fiscal year at 19 194 020 dollars, up 1 289 725 from the current period. The state added 2 340 miles, with betterment and maintenance lifting the total to about 25 million. Highway Engineer D C Greer notes this is half the department's direct construction and maintenance income as the commission earns two cents of the four cent gasoline tax. Current tax revenue increases would raise annual revenue to 25 million for each one cent tax.
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