Miracle Restore Lye Burned Windpipe After Five Years
Willie Buchanan survived a lye ingestion in 1944 after doctors at Washington University and Children's Hospital devised a new esophagus reconstruction using a skin flap. Over seven operations across four months, the boy regained a food passage from throat to stomach and plans to start school in September.
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ST. Louis
Willie Buchanan
Willie
Children’s Hospital
Eugene Bricker
Thomas Burford
Washington University School of Medicine
UC Seismograph Records Three Earthquakes
Berkeley report notes three quakes detected by the UC seismograph on Monday. The first tremor lasted about a minute at 9 18 24 a m near 195 miles away, the second near Hayward about a half minute at 1 20 49 p m, and a moderate quake centered in Bolivia lasting 25 minutes from 7 20 to 7 45 p m.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Don Tocher
Here
Hayward
Bolivia
South America
Heavy Decision Over Abdication Facing Leopold
In Geneva on March 14 King Leopold III of Belgium faced a pivotal choice. Premier Gaston Eyskens urged abdication after a Sunday plebiscite showed 42 percent against his return. The king held talks with advisors and then a second meeting with Eyskens, while rumors swirled about parliamentary action and possible pressure to abdicate or return.
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Geneva
Leopold III
Gaston Eyskens
Leopold
Eyskens
Brussels
Liberal Party
Exposure victim named in San Antonio death
An elderly man found dead from exposure in a vacant building formerly used by the Salvation Army in San Antonio was identified as Roy Stevenson, 60, of Sonora.
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San Antonio
Salvation Army
Roy Stevenson
Sonora
Culberson Files for Democratic Governor Nomination
Railroad Commissioner Olin Culberson filed for a place on the Democratic primary ballot for governor. State Democratic Chairman John C. Calhoun confirmed receipt of the application and a $100 filing fee on Tuesday in Corsicana California.
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Corsicana
Olin Culberson
John C. Calhoun
Culberson
Mexico Civil Servants Seek Five Day Week Reform
Mexican government workers submitted to President Manuel a proposal for a five day work week with each weekday having one extra hour and Saturday as a full holiday. The request aims to reorganize the standard schedule across all civil service roles.
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Mexico City
Miguel Aleman
Weather outlook with warmer air and scattered showers
Considerable cloudiness and warmer conditions with scattered showers in the south portion and near the upper coast on Wednesday. Cooler in the northwest. Austin forecasts show a range of temperatures with a high near 83 and a low around 26, no rainfall since January 1, and new moon on March 18.
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Austin
Olorado
Ontopolis
Lake Buchanan
Ee Travis
Maranalley
Lorado
Texas
Abilene
Fort Worth
Amarillo Quiveston
Ustin Ouston da Prec
Antone Ff
Film Tot’s Jaunt Stirs Court Mixup
Child actress Lora Lee Michel, nine, caused a court mixup by running away from her foster home. She was found at a minister’s home within an hour, claiming starvation and beating to stay small for film work. Juvenile court investigates while foster mother’s attorney fights a starvation charge. The hearing is set for March 21.
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Hollywood
Lora Lee Michel
Loraine Michel
Lora Lee
Beverly Hills
Justice of the Peace
Henry H. Draeger
Oscar Cummins
Rusk Democrat Leader Dies En Route To Austin
E. S. Erwin, 62, of Rusk Cherokee County educator and Democratic leader, died Monday night while traveling to Austin. Former Cherokee County school superintendent and longtime chairman of the county Democratic executive committee, he was stricken near Taylor and died on arrival at a Taylor doctor’s office. Survived by widow and two children. Funeral service to be held Wednesday at Rusk.
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Jacksonville
E. S. Erwin
Rusk
Cherokee County
Austin
Democratic Executive Committee
Taylor
Usk
McCarthy Names Four in Red Charge at Hearing
Senator McCarthy named four individuals as Communist front supporters during a Wednesday hearing and left before Dorothy Kenyon testified to deny the charges as outrageous. Respondents rejected the accusations as false and denied ties to Communist fronts.
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Washington
McCarthy
State Department
Dorothy Kenyon
Wisconsin
Miss Kenyon
New York
Senate Foreign Relations
United Nations
Harlow ‘Shapley
Harvard
United Nations Commission
Shapley
Cambridge
Mass
Frederick L. Schuman
Williams College
Russia
Schuman
America
Gustavo Duran
Duran
Truman
Lake Success
N. Y
John Stewart Service
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Calcutta
India
Service
China
Loyalty Appeal Board
Civil Service Commission
Shivers Attends Texas Cattle Raisers Meet Spur Horse Meat Debate
Governor Allan Shivers told 1,200 cattlemen at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association 73rd annual convention that government needs business insight. Delegates plan to condemn the Brannan farm plan and address a Texas horse meat scandal while Dr. Edwin G. Nourse urged a practical farm program.
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San Antonio
Allan Shivers
Texas
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Shivers
Joe G. Montague
Fort Worth
Association
Brannan Farm Plan
Edwin G. Nourse
Washington
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
World Go By Dudley Early A Werner Brothers Picture
A Warners release directed by Vincent Sherman features Edmond O'Brien Gordon MacRae Virginia Mayo and Viveca Lindfors in a flashback driven thriller about two veterans one missing in a California hospital and the other seeking a ranch with a murder plot unfolding. The critic calls the film above average but ultimately a bore with uneven suspense and belabored dialogue.
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Werner Brothers
Anthony Velller
Vincent Sherman
Larry Marcus
Ivan Joe
Ben Roberts
Virginia
Mayo
Gordon MacRae
Edmond O’brien
Dane Clark
Wiveca Lindfors
O'Brien
Viveca Lindfors
O’brien
MacRae
California
Arizona
Virginia Mayo
Mother Gives Bone Gift to Save Daughter From Crippling
In Houston a mother of seven, Linda Louise Hay, received surgery using a piece of her pelvis to replace bone in her daughter's leg to treat osteoma. Mrs. Hay, 29, endured pain while her husband, Robert Hay, watched and stressed over their child's condition. The operation aimed to spare Linda from crippling disability and keep mother and child in separate rooms due to hospital rules.
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Houston
Robert C. Hay
Pasadena
Linda Louise
Robert Hay
Linda
Hay
Truman Puts Okeh On Housing Loans
President Truman approves 292000 in federal planning loans for five states housing authorities. Alabama Texas Harlingen Texas listed among communities receiving preliminary planning funds to plan low rent housing projects.
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Washington
Truman
Public Housing Administration
Alamo
Texas
Harlingen
Fragmented OCR News Snippet Mentions Settle and Race
A garbled OCR fragment references various names and places including Virginia, Maine, and New England locales. It hints at starting times, events, and possible legal or meeting notices, but specifics are unreadable and unclear.
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Peter Lawford
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Linda Darnell
William Eythe Lloyd Nolan
Tom and Jerks
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June Haver
Ray Bolger
Yank
Lynne Roberts
Donald Barry
Tim Holt, Marjorie Lord
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Main
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Marjorle
MGM
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Richard Conte
Skyline Club
Uncle Gus
Walt
Dallas Highway
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Cornel Wilde
Patricia Knight
Stooges
Junior Civic Theater
Austin High School
Bo-Peep Baby Shop
Reed Music CO
Austin Civic Theater
Driskill Hotel
Guadalupe
SMTH
Arthur Murray
Congress
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Warner Freres
Rm Theater
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Miss LaMarr
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Settee
Virginia Maze
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Penga
Arte Preugh
Anendey Bhoekproof
Ae Mesday
Bosalg Wit
Marior Gast
RTE
Abe
Burg
Dessau Hall
ED Palla
Larry's Supper Club
Burnet Road
Nelson’s Trading Post
Alamo Coffee Shop
Price’s Hall
Dallas Hiway
Uncle Billy’s Playboys
Fea Gloria Matoska
Austin Symphony
Ezra Rachlin
Eta
June Stokes
Wednesday Morning Music Club
William Charles U
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U.S. Pat
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Kentucky
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