France Welcomes U S Military Aid as Security Push
President Truman approved early aid to Western Europe six weeks ago with France receiving the first warplane shipment aboard the Dixmude from Norfolk. Paris fears a Cold War spillover and a strong Communist presence, while planning contingencies to defend against invasion and Sabotage at docks.
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France
Western
Europe
Truman
Dixmude
Norfolk
Daridan
la Belle France
Aurio
London
Paris
Britain
Germany
Saar
English Channel
Red Russia
Moscow
Taxicab Strike Ends in Houston
A two day strike by 300 Yellow and Checker taxi drivers in Houston ended with an almost unanimous back to work vote. Local 349 AFL Taxi Drivers Union met at midnight and completed a one and a half hour vote. Drivers resume under old contract terms for 10 days while negotiations with Carroll Bass continue over leasing and management rights.
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Houston
AFL Taxicab Drivers Union
Carroll Bass
Yellow
Checker
Bass
Signal Corps develops single-strand video wire for 100 transmissions
The Army Signal Corps announced a new single-strand wire capable of carrying a hundred different television transmissions simultaneously. The development could transform the current system by expanding television reach beyond major urban centers and enabling nationwide cross-country signals.
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Fort Monmouth
N. J
Army Signal Corps
Signal Corps
Multiple Cinema Showings With Star Casts At Local Theaters
Through Thursday listings include Sword in the Desert with Dana Andrews Marta Toren at Paramount and Lone of Surr renders with Wanda Hendrix Claude Rains state theater. Queen shows Kid from Texas with Audie Murphy Gale Storm. Capitol presents The Lady Takes a Sailor with Jane Wyman Dennis Morgan. Varsity offers Mine Own Executioner with Burgess Meredith. Texas runs Don Quixote de la Mancha with Rafael Rivelles. Various other titles appear including Destroyer Blood on the Moon and God's Country and the Woman with a mix of stars and runs through Friday.
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QUEEN
Texas
Audie Murphy
Gale Storm
Capitol
Jane Wyman
Dennis Morgan
Don Quixote de la Mancha
Rafael Rivelles
Calvo
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Claude Rains
Burgess Meredith
ST Counsen
Glenn Ford
Lana Erene Kelly
June Allyson
van Also
Throush
Blood
Robert Mivepue
Barara Be Geddes
Margaret O Brien
Dean Ockwell
Yane—Throush
Beverly Roberts Searns
Brent
Fe Forest
Lynn Roberts
Arren Douglass
North
Hursday
Jenebel
Betty Davis
Ona
Fonda
Thureday
Pete
Gary Coover
Jane
Montopolis
Qoiri
Jones Beach
Ronald Reagan
Virginia Mayo
Convenient Drug Stores
Good Housekeeping
Guaranty Seal
Shulton
Nydovs
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