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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1950

Page

2

Still Fearful of Cancer Runaway Mother Returns Home

Helen B. Overlander 30-year-old mother who fled with her three children last week said she feared she had cancer and did not want to be a burden. She returned after a doctor found no cancer, embraced her husband Sherrell Overlander, and promised to stay home. Her disappearance prompted a 14-state police search. the family’s children Sherrill Jr. 10 Carl 8 and Mary Elizabeth 6 were cared for by friends during the ordeal.

Rensselaer N. Y Helen B. Overlander Stillwater Okla Overlander Albany Oklahoma New York City Sherrill Jr Carl Mary Elizabeth

Damage Suit To Be Paid Off on Basis Of Life Expectancy

In Patterson New Jersey a jury awarded Miss Jean Panepinto's father Peter 42000 and Mary Capone 28200 after a grade crossing crash killed Jean Panepinto and her 27 year old son Harry Capone. The court ruled the man’s award higher due to longer life expectancy for women and cited missing gateman at the crossing.

Patterson N. J Jean Panepinto Peter Fair Lawn The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Mary Capone Harry Panepinto

Strachey Denies Avowed Communist Claim

London March 3 John Strachey Labour War minister denied remaining a Communist. He said he repudiated Communist policies in 1940 over their stance on Britain's war effort and warned against revolutionary methods while backing a nonrevolutionary British approach.

London John Strachey Britain Strachey Germany Soviet Russia Communist Party Soviet Union

Father saves baby with basketball toss in street crash

Oscar Santoya lifted his 18 month old son to his wife as a car veered onto a darkened Los Angeles street. The man was knocked down and broke his leg while the baby was spared. The incident occurred Thursday night and Santoya reported the near tragedy to police.

Los Angeles Oscar Santoya Santoya

Jordan cites lend-lease shipments of atomic materials to Russia

Former Air Force Major George Racey Jordan testified before the House un American activities committee that thousands of pounds of thorium cadmium graphite and aluminum tubes sent to Russia in 1942 43 and 44 could have aided atomic pile construction. He provided a Russian list of shipments and described their potential use in reactors rather than weapons.

Washington Air Force George Racey Jordan Russia House UN American Activities Committee Great Falls, Mont Jordan

This May Be Sedition Or Just Propaganda

Pasadena reports a letter from Bobby Lynn Collier a Navy veteran from Waco Texas praising Pasadena and expressing a wish to make it his home The item notes the letter arrived at the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and mentions Texas pride and the unusual nature of a native Texan praising Pasadena

Pasadena Calif Texas Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Bobby Lynn Collier Waco Mos

5 Story Fall Injures Worker With Light Injuries

Dean Ward a 24 year old construction worker was on a building hoist nine floors high when the hoist failed sending him to the basement area. He suffered only strained muscles doctors reported. Police and authorities learned of the incident on Thursday after Wednesday’s fall at the partly built structure in Kansas City.

Kansas City Dean Ward Ward

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