Police Hunt Clue in Black Dahlia Type Sex Killing
Police probe retraces last hours of Mrs. Louis Springer in a sex crime case likened to the Black Dahlia murders. The 35 year old hair stylist was knockout and strangled, body mutilated, with a car found nearby and neighbors noting a suspect in a Navy uniform. Police list the slaying among nine similar mutilation deaths.
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Los Angeles
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Evelyn Winters
Dorothy Montgomery
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Lampasas Forms New Texas National Guard Unit
Lampasas reports a new Texas National Guard unit is being organized with enlistments open to men 17 to 36 in the surrounding area. The unit will offer about 40 non commissioned officer vacancies in roles such as mechanics drivers administrative mess and supply personnel.
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Lampasas
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Guardsmen at North Camp Hood Receive Pay During ENC Training
Texas National Guardsmen of the 36th Division lined up for payroll totaling about 313,000 dollars after a flight from Fort Sam Houston. The event accompanied annual field training encampment with demonstrations by the light aviation section and live ammunition firing by artillery units.
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Texas
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Barkleys of Broadway at Paramount in Technicolor
A glowing review of The Barkleys of Broadway starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire at the Paramount. The piece highlights Rogers and Astaire pairing, Technicolor production, five dance numbers led by Swing Trot, and Rogers strong dialogue and screen presence enhancing the musical.
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Fred
Dinah Barkley Shines Amid Light Plot in Stage Drama
Steve Perkins notes Dinah Barkley earns critical notice in a straight play where she delivers a flawed recitation but gains spotlight. Astaire and Levant appear in scenes highlighting witty banter and musical moments with Fred and Ginger in Weekend in the Country. Levant delivers piano humor.
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Josh Barkley
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Dan Dailey
Oscar Levant
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Fred
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Soviet scientist claims two kinds of plants on Mars
Moscow radio quotes Professor Tikhov, founder of astrobotany, stating patches on Mars stay green in summer and winter. He says Martian flora includes evergreens and deciduous species, adapted to cold, with no infra red emission detected by observers.
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London
Mars
Moscow Radio
Tikhov
Astrobotany
Earth
Noahs Ark Searcher Fears Red Sabotage
Dr. A. J. Smith a 61 year old Bible school dean in Greensboro announces a secretly planned expedition to Mount Ararat to seek Noahs Ark fearing Communist sabotage and Russian propaganda labeling him an imperialist spy. He will depart Greensboro Tuesday for a top secret mission.
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Turkey
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United States
Red Canyon at State Theater A Western Review
Universal picture Red Canyon directed by George Sherman uses a Mild Western tale about a cowhand Duff who tames a wild stallion with help from Amy Blyth and a rancher’s daughter. The film features Chill Wills as sheriff, John McIntire as villain’s father, and ends with a gunfight and a happy finish.
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Universal-International
Leonard Goldstein
George Sherman
Maurice Geraughty
Wildfire
Zane Grey
State Theater
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Iene Vv
Ann Blyth Lin Stopesbebsucej
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Ee Mathew Bostel
George Brent
Red Canyon
Howard Duff
Amy Blyth
Duff
Stallon
Chill Wills
John McIntire
Pater
Coolest Light: Firefly Emits One of Nature’s Brightest Glows
The firefly produces one of the most remarkable light forms in nature. Its bioluminescence serves as a striking example of efficient light production in living organisms.
Austin Boy Improves After 63rd Blue Baby Operation
Billie Eugene Hutson, 14, at The Children's Hospital Dallas, was reported doing as well as possible after a three hour surgery to correct a circulatory condition. The operation, performed Wednesday by a seven member team, followed by improved oxygen supply as his blue skin color faded.
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Children’s Hospital
Dallas
Billie Eugene Hutson
Austin
Alabama Governor Calls for Anti-Mask Law
Governor James E. Folsom urged the Legislature to pass an anti-mask statute prohibiting masks in public except for children and during Mardi Gras and similar holidays. He labeled night raiders in the Birmingham area a disgrace and promised they will be stopped.
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Ala
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Folsom
Birmingham
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