Texas Lawmakers Push Special Three Cent Stamps
Two Texas lawmakers introduce bills to issue three cent commemorative stamps. Fisher seeks a goat history stamp noting Angora goats dominate U S production since 1849. Lucas proposes a soil conservation districts stamp while Post Office officials warn Congress limits on commemoratives.
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Washington
GTON
Texas
Congress
Post Office Department
Clark Fisher
San Angelo
Wingate Lucas
Tarrant County
Fisher
United States
America
Turkey
Polk
Lucas
Post Office
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bureau of Engraving
Calling all speleologists explore caves and catalogs
Interest in speleology grows among enthusiasts who seek to explore caves and document their findings. The prompt invites hobbyists to join a community devoted to cataloging subterranean features and shared discoveries.
Hope Grows Dim For Fliers Lost In West Texas
Eight airmen including a Doolittle flyer vanish in fogbound Southwest Texas while en route from Hamilton Field to San Antonio. Early reports place a missing C47 near Wink and Terrell County with aerial search paused by low visibility. Local sheriff and motorists report sightings but no wreckage found.
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Texas
San Antonio
Doolittle
Hamilton Air Base
Calif
Hamilton Field
Lucian N. Youngblood
Houston
H. B. Jones
Wellington
Colo
Youngblood
Japan
Jimmy Doolittle
Air Rescue
San Rafael
Jones
Valleyro
Air Force
Terrell County
Texas Big Ben
Jim Nane
Sanderson
Dryden
Comedy ballet or strip tease in Oklahoma court
Evelyn West faced charges of improper exposure in Oklahoma City as state witnesses described her self promoted treasure chest act at a nightclub. West called it a comedy ballet and said the routine featured a dummy and flesh colored tights in a playful, humorous story of wooing.
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Oklahoma City
State of
Oklahoma
Evelyn West
Miss West
Justice of the Peace
Otis James
Russian flier defects lands in Japan from Siberia
Sergeant Viladamir Barashkov, 23, says Soviet air force lacks jets in Asia and that propaganda misled Russians about communism. He landed a Russian C47 on Rishiri Island near Hokkaido on Nov 10, 1948 after fleeing during a routine Siberian flight.
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Tokyo
Siberia
Japan
Viladamir Barashkov
United States
Barashkov
Rishiri Island
Hokkaido
Truman
Henry Wallace
Red Air Force
Kurile Islands
Asiatic-Pacific
Russia
Stalin
Soviet Union
Peretychka
Siberian
Rishii
Tito
Yugoslavia
Marshall Back On Active List
General George C. Marshall has been restored to the active list by presidential approval, with no active duty assignment or pay change. The move follows his retirement when appointed secretary of state, and he remains on full pay as provided by law. Marshall was at Pinehurst, N C, and in New Orleans for Mardi Gras on Tuesday.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Truman
Marshall
Pinehurst
N. C
New Orleans
Austrian Cardinal Charged by Press Over Election Campaign
In Vienna on March 1 a Communist and Socialist press charged Cardinal Theodore Innitzer with interfering in the Austrian election campaign after his pastoral message urged Catholics to engage in politics.
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Vienna
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Not Guilty on Pistol Charge in Houston Shooting
A Houston man, Ozie Main, previously convicted for a fatal shooting, was found not guilty of carrying a pistol at the time of the incident. Judge John Snell ruled the weapon charge did not apply since Main was in his legal residence during the shooting, with testimony from Marie Kessler about room rental.
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Houston
John Snell
Ozie Main
Main
E. C. Horton
Snell
Marie Kessler
US Eases Wheat Flour Export Controls
The United States dropped export controls on shipments of wheat flour and flour preparations as well as rye flour and unhusked ground oats to most regions on March 1. Europe remains under license requirements. Wheat and other grains retain licenses and quotas except within the western hemisphere and to the Philippines. Rice flour is the only grain flour needing a license for exports outside the United States.
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Washington
Europe
Western Hemisphere
Philippines
US Prison Inmates Total 152,564 in '48
The Census Bureau reports 152,564 prisoners in state and federal prisons and reformatories at the start of 1948, up 11,224 from 1947 but still 30,000 below prewar 1940. It lists 145,976 men and 6,588 women. the South leads with 48,964 inmates, while the West has 16,621.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
South
West
Prolific Little Fish A Female Starfish Produces Eggs
A female starfish releases around 200 million eggs each year, highlighting its remarkable reproductive capacity and potential impact on marine ecosystems and population dynamics.
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Texas Chiropractic College
Veterans’ Administration
Texas’ Chiropractic College
San Pedro Park
San Antonio, Texas
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