65 on Airliner Missing at Sea
A non-scheduled C46 airliner with 65 aboard vanished in the Atlantic 330 miles northeast of Miami while en route from San Juan to Wilmington to Nassau. A sister ship reported a flare and flashlight SOS near midnight as the aircraft went down at 8 06 p m CST after pilot Joseph Halsey warned of rapid descent.
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Cotton crop damaged by winds and hail across Williamson County
Rich Williamson County suffers significant damage to its cotton as hail and high winds hit Monday afternoon. Reports say other areas see rain and wind with injuries in southeast Texas and widespread destruction in Kenny, Taylor, and surrounding communities. The Coast Guard deployed multiple craft and planes to aid after a missing aircraft distress near Nassau. Pilot Joseph Halsey reported passengers on the vessel.
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Sam Earley
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Bingo and Jail in a Wet Ink Card Scene
A bingo game ends with a player claiming victory while the operator notes the ink is still wet. Police arrest the player as they search for a portable printing press, in a chaotic scene tied to a local crime story.
Hickenlooper Leads Iowa GOP Primary Early
Iowa voters give Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper a strong early lead in the Republican Senate primary with 15 123 votes in 213 of 2474 precincts. Albert J. Loveland leads the Democratic race with 3536 to 2637 for Kraschel, as national interest grows in both parties.
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Hickenlooper
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Loveland
Nelson G. Kraschel
Brannan
Atomic Energy Commission
Chest Aided But Goal Unreached
Austin's Community Chest received a modest boost at a Monday night library meeting. Representation from 16 organizations pledged support toward a $38 000 goal to sustain the Chest through the next fiscal year beginning October 1.
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Gene Ravel
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Xi Zeta Chapter
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MacArthur bans Japanese Communist central committee
General Douglas MacArthur ordered the Japanese government to ban the 24 member central committee of the Japanese Communist Party from public life. The move follows a Tokyo district crackdown and a parliamentary election where Premier Yoshida's anti Communist government gained ground. Western and German Communist youth groups planned rallies amid warnings from Moscow aligned agencies, while West Berlin limited demonstrations.
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F. German Youth
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Court Holds Houston Negro Law School Not Equal
The Supreme Court ruled Texas must admit a Black applicant to the all white University of Texas law school and found the Houston Negro law school not equivalent to the white school. The rulings limit separate facilities to be truly equal and may spark tidelands debate in Congress.
Truman weighs panel to probe red case claims
President Truman is reported to favor appointing a special, bipartisan panel to review the 81 State Department employees cited by Senator McCarthy as alleged communists. A White House statement is expected Tuesday as Senator Tydings, head of the Senate subcommittee probing McCarthy’s charges, met with the President. Тydings said he would not comment on their discussion.
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Tydings Committee
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Sweatt case prompts UT admission pledge from President
University of Texas President Dr T S Painter said Heman Marion Sweatt would be admitted to the all white law school if Attorney General Price Daniel directs so after the Supreme Court ruling. Daniel in Austin said the decision affirms Sweatt’s entitlement while preserving separate but equal in other state facilities. NAACP officials in Dallas celebrated the ruling and urged immediate enrollment of Sweatt.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Sweatt Says He Will Enter UT Law School Without Malice
Heman Sweatt, a Houston postal carrier, announced he will enroll in the University of Texas Law School in September without malice toward anyone. He welcomed the Supreme Court ruling ordering UT to admit him and called it a milestone for democracy. his wife noted he would not discuss the ruling’s basis about equal opportunity compared to the state Negro law school.
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University of Texas
Heman Marion Sweatt
US Supreme Court
Sweatt
Supreme Court
University Law School
Law School
Texas State University For
Corpus Christi Population at 108051 in Census Figures
Corpus Christi population announced at 108051, a rise from 1940’s 57301. Census figures report the city’s growth and demographic change in the latest tally.
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Corpus Christi
Texas vows to fight tidelands ruling in court and Congress
Texas top officials respond to a 4 3 Supreme Court ruling on tidelands ownership. Governor Shivers Attorney General Daniel and Land Commissioner Giles pledge continued state action, including a rehearing request and congressional efforts to shield public school funds from oil lease proceeds.
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Congress
United State Supreme Court
Allan Shivers
Price Daniel
Bascom Giles
Supreme Court
Heman Marion Sweatt
University of Texas Law School
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Gen
Daniel Soon
Shivers
Giles
Daniel
Atty Gen. Daniel
Public School Fund of
Lusing Workman Killed In Oil Derrick Mishap
LULING June 5. James V. Brewer 29 an oil field worker died Sunday on the W. and lease in Guadalupe County when a cable on an oil derrick broke. He is survived by his wife two children his parents Mr and Mrs Mark Brewer of Luling and a sister Mrs Harold Scales of Orange. Funeral services will be held Tuesday.
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James V
Son Brewer
Guadalupe County
Oke
Mark Brewer
Uling
Harold Scales
Orange
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