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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1950

Page

3

McCarthy Accuses State Department of Red Agents

Senator McCarthy blasted the State Department in a Senate speech claiming a 124 name list labeled Red agents and sympathizers exists, with at least three still in top posts. The department countered that no FBI chart exists and no state personnel are listed as Communists without thorough loyalty checks.

Washington McCarthy State Department Senate PBI FBI Department Department of State Department of Justice FBL

Magazine Car Story Pulls New Libel Suit

Detroit June 6 A former Republican national committee woman filed a $1 million federal suit against Collier's Magazine over an article about the Tucker automobile company. Regina D. Hay, active in Michigan GOP politics, said the piece titled The Fantastic Story of The Tucker Car harmed her business and professional reputation with false statements.

Detroit Republican National Committee Collier's Magazine Tucker Automobile Company Regina D. Hay Michigan

Blowout Fatal To One Injures One in Dalhart

Don ald McPhail, 76, was killed when an automobile overturned after a tire blowout seven miles southeast of Clayton. The driver, John Heald of Dalhart, was hospitalized in Clayton with a broken neck. Investigating officers cited the blowout as the cause of the crash.

Dalhart Donald McPhail Clayton McPhail John Heald Heald

Soldiers Revisit D Day Beach On Sixth Anniversary

Sixteen officers and men of the US First Infantry Division returned to Omaha Beach on the sixth anniversary of D-Day. They laid a wreath at the marble monument and visited the American military cemetery where 9,321 service members lie. The battered beach remains littered with rusting landing craft as a sign recalls the 1944 debarkation of 110,000 soldiers and 20,000 vehicles.

Omaha Beach Normandy US First Infantry Division

Truman Reappoints Marshall to Red Cross Post

President Truman on Tuesday re appoints General George C Marshall for a new three year term as head of the American Red Cross in Washington.

Washington Truman George C. Marshall The American Redross America

National Betting Syndicate Raided In St Louis Office

Authorities reported a raid on C J Rich & Co in St Louis knocked out a major center for layoff bets on sports events. Prosecutor Stanley Wallach said charges would be filed. records seized were to be documented and shared with federal officials. The Post Dispatch found funds and agents offered 25 percent of winnings to Western Union managers.

ST. Louis Stanley Wallach St. Louis County C. J. Rich & Co Wallach Post-Dispatch Western Union Ohe Iowa

Griffin Abandons Agriculture Race

Mission June 6 Jim Griffin withdrew from the race for state agriculture commissioner charging incumbent J E McDonald lured rivals into the contest by retirement then changing his mind Griffin a cotton farmer says the withdrawal was unnecessary and he did not file before the deadline He plans to run again in 1952 May details from the statement.

Mission Jim Griffin J. E. McDonald Griffin McDonald

Gestapo Aide Executed in Marseille

Ernst Dunker adjutant to the Gestapo commander in Marseille during the occupation was executed by firing squad Tuesday. The reported firing occurred in Marseille France with Allied forces incurring no direct casualties in the event.

Marseille France Ernst Dunker Gestapo

Weather snapshot with warm spell and tides in Central Texas

The report notes mild nights near 65 to 70 degrees and daytime highs around 90 near Austin with partly cloudy skies. It forecasts warmer conditions midweek, a slight cooling Thursday, and lists hourly temps, sunrise and sunset, moon phase, and rainfall totals including 0.24 inches in the last day and 19.5 inches since January 1. It also gives river and lake elevations for the Colorado River, Lake Buchanan, and Lake Travis with a forecast of little change.

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