Soviet Spy Gubitchev Accepted Suspension to Return Home
Valentin Gubitchev the Soviet engineer convicted of seeking US secrets agreed to suspend his 15 year sentence and return to Russia Secretary of State Acheson recommended the suspension and repatriation with a ship likely the Gnia America Line Batory noted no confirmed sailing date Critics accused Acheson of meddling in the case while pursuing diplomatic appeasement and Wherry attacked the move as a failure in foreign policy
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New York
Valentin Gubitchev
Russia
Gubitchev
Judith Coplon
Dean Acheson
Ghnia- America Lines
Gerhardt Eisler
Abraham L. Pomerantz
United Nations
State Department
Senate
Kenneth S. Wherry
Acheson
J. Howard McGrath
Kremlin
Wherry
Robert A. Vogeler
Panyushkin
United States
Paris
France
West Germany
Washington
Adenauer
Wolfgang Hedler
Bulgaria
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Molotov
Foreign Ministry
Mrs. Ella Jessen Dies After Lingering Illness at 75
Ella Jessen, 75, longtime president of Von Boeckmann Jones Co and Austin civic leader, died Friday night at St. David's Hospital after a long illness. Funeral at Weed Corley Sunday 3 30 p.m. with Dr Lewis Speaker. burial in Oakwood. Survived by four sons, one sister. born in Kassel Germany, she moved to Austin over 60 years ago and led civic and charity work with multiple organizations.
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Ella Jessen
von Boeckmann-Jones Company
Austin
St. David's Hospital
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Dr. Lewis Speaker
Oakwood
Jessen
Wolfgang Jessen
Business and Professional Women's Club
Altrusa Club
Travis County Tuberculosis Society
the Red Cross
The
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Garden Club
Texas Fine Arts Asociation
Austin Symphony
University Community Church
Austin Public Schools
Nice Tropical Winds Forecast Hits City Saturday
Weatherman Hoye predicts pleasant tropical light weather for Austin Saturday. Arm and humid conditions are expected with gusty south southeast winds. Temperatures rise from 64 degrees in the morning to 75 in the afternoon. Mercury Friday ranged from a low of 56 at 6 am to a high of 72 at 4 pm.
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Austin
Hoye
Mercury
Court Ruling Halts El Paso Road Work
Judge J Harris Gardner granted a temporary restraining order stopping the Texas Highway Commission from opening bids on two El Paso projects after a union suit claiming the bid wage rates were substandard. The hearing set for March will decide if the union wage scale applies locally and must be used for prevailing wage determinations.
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Fred Williams
J. Harris Gardner
el Paso
53Rd District Court
Texas Highway Commission
el Paso Building and Construction Trades Council
American Federation of Labor
Bill Lott
Gardner
Supreme Court
Commission
Nat Wells
Dallas
Hungary Demands U S Recall of Three Military Attaches
Budapest cites Vogeler espionage case to demand recall of Colonel James Kraft Lieutenant Colonel John Hoyne and Major Donald E Griffin from the U S legation in Budapest. Hungary also seeks recall of British attaches Captain Percy Capron and Edward Southby amid persona non grata actions and protests over legation staff size.
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Budapest
Hungary
Robert A. Vogeler
United States
James Kraft
John Hoyne
Donald E. Griffin
Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Hoyne
Griffin
Kraft
Vienna
Percy Capron
Edward Suthby
Edgar Sanders
Britain
Capron
Southby
Michigan Navy Flier Dies in Padre Island Crash
Corpus Christi March 10 An AD1 Douglas Skyraider crash on Padre Island killed Midshipman Gerald L. Skorupski 21 of Grand Rapids Michigan. The aircraft went out of control near bombing control targets about 35 miles south of here.
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Corpus Christi
Bayer Diet
Padre Island
Gerald L. Skorupski
Grand Rapids
Mich
Skorupski
Navy
Ere
South Austin High School Site Purchase Nears Approval
Public school officials plan a new South Austin high school on 35 to 40 acres at 1250 dollars per acre, totaling about 50000 dollars. Four area owners D M Bryant Mrs T B Nowlin A F Schriber and A G Klunkert have signed sales agreements. Abstracts are with school attorneys for review and construction awaits approval.
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City Board of Education
Mayhall
South Austin
St. Edward's University
East Liveoak Street
D. M. Bryant
T. B. Nowlin
A. F. Schriber
A. G. Klunkert
Ex Doughboy Endorses Horse Meat Over Beef Tender Disclosures
A World War I veteran claims horse meat is nutritionally similar to beef and recalls eating it in France. He notes beef can be tough and jokes about questionable meat sources, preferring horse over rattlesnake and sharing memories of horse dishes from the war.
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Austinies
Ike Ashburn
Texas Good Roads Association
Ashburn
France
Kaiser Wilhelm
Cafe turns disc wise in Beverly Hills gag
A Beverly Hills restaurant operator entertained patrons with a knee high table and a sign reading Reserved for flying saucer pilots 23 inches tall or under The playful setup shows a lighthearted approach to customer care.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Charge unlikely in 'Filly' meat scandal in Austin
The city health department said no charges will be filed after 466 pounds of horse meat were found with an Austin wholesale meat distributor. Health inspectors traced the shipment to Dallas as the distribution point, with meat entering Houston and Fort Worth markets. the dealer cooperated fully and surrendered books for inspection.
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Austin
Texas
State Department of Health
Sean Ae
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
City Sanitation
H. E. Hargis
Hargis
State Health Department
Plunge by Truck Claims 3rd Life In Hutto Creek
The 40 foot plunge of a pickup into a creek near Hutto on Tuesday night killed three youths. Johnnie Brinkmeyer, 16, died in Taylor hospital Friday afternoon, following Ben Kruger and Otto Schiller who were killed instantly. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 3 p.m. with Reverend Virgil Anderson officiating. Brinkmeyer is survived by his parents, two brothers, and grandparents in Taylor and Hutto.
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Taylor
ANS
Hutto
Johnnie Brinkmeyer
Ben Kruger
Otto Schiller
Virgil Anderson
Brinkmeyer
W. J. Brinkmeyer
Norman Brinkmeyer
Ray Brinkmeyer
Charles Brinkmeyer
Senate Will Vote on Medium Cost Homes Plan
The Senate voted to begin deciding next week on a housing bill aimed at moderate income families. It favors cooperatives with a national mortgage corporation insuring loans and selling debentures. The bill seeks $1 billion in loans after trimming from $2 billion.
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Washington
Senate
Bricker
Ohio
Maybank
DSC
Banking Committee
Truman
National Mortgage Corporation
Sparkman
D-Ala
Molotov Urges Long Lasting Peace While Denouncing Capitalist Threats
Moscow dispatch reports Vice Premier Molotov warning that war remains likely while capitalism exists and urging partisans of peace to act. He outlined Russia's aim for a long lasting peace, cited Western threats, and praised Soviet co existence with capitalism in peaceful competition during a rally ahead of Sunday elections.
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Moscow
Viacheslav Molotov
Russia
Molotov
Truman
Politburo
Georgi M. Malenkov
Malenkov
Soviet Union
Man Claims to be Jesse James in Missouri Court
An 80-year-old man named J Frank Dalton testified in Circuit Court that he is Jesse Woodson James. Judge Ransom E Breuer dismissed his petition to restore the name, noting possible fraud and urging repentance if true. Dalton defended himself amid witnesses including Jesse James relatives and Meramec Caverns operator funds backing the case.
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Union, Mo
Jesse James
Ransom E. Breuer
J. Frank Dalton
Jesse Woodson James
Dalton
Zeralda Cole James
Robert M
Kearney
Breuer
Missouri
James Gang
Eagan
Bigelow
St. Joseph
Bigelows
James
Ne James
West
Guerrila
Daton
Lester Dill
Meramec Caverns
Jesse FE
Stella James
Los Angeles
Jesse E
Calif
James R. Davis
Nashville
Tenn
Davis
Edgar Eagan
Jesse
Stella
Zerelda Cole Samuels
South America
Ford
H. M. Priest
St. Louis
Jesse Howard
Howard
Priest
Meramec
Fifteenth Victim Dies in Sandia Guardhouse Fire
The 15th victim of the Sandia guardhouse flash fire died from internal lung damage caused by smoke. Private Harry C. Handley, 23, of Hamilton Ohio, died as experts ruled out an oil heater as the cause. His wife Mary C. Handley was inside during the incident.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Ith
Sandia Secret Weapons Base
Harry C. Handley
Hamilton
Ohio
Mary C. Handley
Hertford
Kenner F. Hertford
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Kurt Schumacher
Saar
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Qn High School
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China
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Sandia
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