McCarthy Demands Ouster of Acheson and Hiss Ring
Senator McCarthy says the country would be better if Dean Acheson were ousted as secretary of state and if the entire State Department “untouchables” ring were removed. He asserts the department harbors Communists and that the Hiss espionage ring persists, with several dangerous figures still there.
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Washington
McCarthy
Rwis
Dean Acheson
Acheson
State Department
Alger Hiss
Russia
Hiss
McGrath
FBI
Head On Crash Kills Man Near Taylor
One man died and three others were critically injured in a head on collision three miles north of Taylor late Saturday night. Four men from near Jonah were in the Moore car. Frank Perry drove the other vehicle.
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William Urdy
Jonah
Gomes Urdy
Frank Perry
D. W. Jackson
Lena Perry
L. W. Luna
Luna
Moore
Perry
Price of Milk Drops in Valley Area
Retail milk prices fell one to two cents per quart in most valley stores Sunday. A proposed producer price cut prompted a protest from the Valley Milk Producers Association led by H. O. Staples who warned distributors would see a fall to 5.91 per 100 pounds except one case. A. M. Thompson cautioned that small dairies may go out of business.
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Mcallen
Valley Milk Producers Association
H. O. Staples
A. M. Thompson
Associa
Phillips High School Burned In Texas Fire
Phillips high school in Texas burned Sunday afternoon, destroying the 1935 building valued at 200000 dollars. Superintendent Lee Johnson estimates losses at 500000 including equipment. Students watched in tears as firemen from four towns fought the blaze.
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Phillips
Texas
Phillips High School
Lee Johnson
Phillips Schools
Edgar Rice Burroughs Dies At 74 At Tarzan Author Ranch
Edgar Rice Burroughs famed Tarzan creator died in bed at his ranch in Tarzana California reading the funny papers. He was 74 and had suffered heart disease and arteriosclerosis after years of illness and wheelchair confinement. Burroughs left three children Joan Hulbert Burroughs and John, and Sol Lesser called his work enduring American folklore.
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Tarzana
Calif
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan
Burroughs
Joan Pierce
Hulbert Burroughs
John Burroughs
Sol Lesser
Lesser
Chicago
George Tyler Burroughs
Michigan Military Academy
Orchard Lake
Mich
Emma Centennia Hulbert
Las Vegas
Nevada
United Features Syndicate
Sino-Beds Seize US Aid Supplies in Shanghai
Chinese Communist radio announced the seizure of American Economic Cooperation Administration relief supplies in Shanghai. The broadcast said the materials would go to famine areas but did not specify quantities or types.
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San Francisco
American Economic Cooperation Administration
Shanghai
Associated Press
Three Erie Boys Run Away With Dad's $9,000
Three seventh graders Nick Palermo Paul Yoculan and Michael Manning ran from home after supper taking $9 000 hidden by their father. They traveled to Meadville Youngstown and Pittsburgh buying goods before police recovered $9 005. The father planned to retrieve the trio and deposit the money in a bank.
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Pittsburgh
Nick Palermo
Paul Yoculan
Michael Manning
Erie
Palermo
Nick
Mike
Meadville
Young Manning
Twin slaying shocks Fresno family amid hate and phones
In Fresno a 14 year old girl Alice Richard shot and killed her twin Sally after a quarrel over the telephone. Assistant DA Dan Eymann says Alice admitted hatred from sixth grade onward and planned the killing, obtaining a loaded .22 rifle from a brother's closet and firing in Sally's room as she slept.
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Fresno
Calif
Dan B. Eymann
Sally Richard
Alice
Eymann
Sally
Edgard
Robert
Richard
Harvey Avenue
Mrs. Richard
Indochina Reds Riot Over US Naval Visit in Saigon
Four thousand demonstrators seized Saigon's central market in a riot against two US destroyers, using tear gas and gunfire to disperse. About 80 injured, 15 buses overturned, market set ablaze as American and French flags were torn down.
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Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Saigon
Market Place
Bao Dai
Vietnam
France
United States
Here
Austin Girl Heads Area Homemakers
Janice Hall of Austin was named new resident of area five of the Future Homemakers of America here Saturday. Other officers elected included Janet Holder vice president Virginia Rose Davis recording secretary Margaret Ann Phillips Temple corresponding secretary Delphine Wernl Thrall treasurer Georgia Ann Lyles Rogers historian Beverly Garner Sharp reporter Margie Gentle Georgetown parliamentarian Martha Loy Fulp Crawford song leader and Shirley Thrasher Rosebud pianist. Favia Oliver of Belton was appointed area delegate to the state convention at San Antonio in April.
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Temple
Janice Hall
Austin
Area Five
Homemakers of America
Janet Holder
Mart
Virginia Rose Davis
la Ved
Margaret Ann Phillips
Delphine Wernl
Thrall
Georgia Ann Lyles
Rogers
Beverly Garner
Sharp
Margie Gentle
Georgetown
Martha Loy Fulp
Crawford
Shirley Thrasher
Rosebud
Favia Oliver
Belton
Ares
San Antonio
Suitable Weather To Greet Spring
Spring arrival in Austin at 12:36 a.m. Monday will be welcomed by pleasant weather according to the Weather Bureau. The day should see cool morning temperatures and afternoon readings in the seventies, following a Sunday low around 43 degrees and a 65 degree daytime high.
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Austin
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Baby sitter fatally attacked in Columbia crime
Teen babysitter Jeanette Christman was found murdered in a Columbia home where she cared for an infant. Police say she fought her attacker before being strangled with an ironing cord. blood splotches and handprints were found, and a phone may have been attempted.
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Columbia
Janett Christman
Jeanette
Harry H. Wells
Highway Patrol
Ed Romach
Boone County
Carl
Sapp
Charles Christman
Ernie
Romach
Gregory Romach
Romachs
Jefferson Junior High School
University of Missouri
Stephens
Flying Saucers Stir Mixed Belief Across Cities
A nationwide survey finds one in four Americans believe in flying saucers while 66 percent deny their existence and 26 percent are certain they exist. Vox populi from Pittsburgh to New York cites pilots, clerks, and police noting varied sightings, with the Air Force calling reports misinterpretations and mass hysteria.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Herb Morrison
Air Force
Morrison
M. H. Kyle
Los Angeles
Bob Ho
Miami
Louise Filteau
Andrew Grast
Manhattan
Mars
Dorothy Landry
Boston
Denver
Havana
Mexico City
Bursa
Turkey
Fort Worth Guard Airmen Die in Midair Collision
Three Fort Worth National Guard officers from the 49th Armored Division air section were killed in a midair collision near Eagle Mountain Lake base. District Clerk Lewis D. Wall Jr., 32, second lieutenant, Fred W. Bowden, 24, second lieutenant, and Charles R. McMinn, 26, first lieutenant, crashed during a routine training flight. The wrecks occurred about 9:30 a.m. as the planes collided at roughly 500 feet altitude, near a pasture land owned by Mrs. Dora E. Logan. The first lieutenant Paul Williams reached the scene and reported the flames in Wall and McMinn’s aircraft. Bowden’s craft did not ignite. Continued coverage on Page 3.
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Fort Worth
National Guard
49Th Armored Division Army Air Section
Eagle Mountain Lake
Lewis D. Wall Jr
Fred W. Bowden
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
McMinn
Bill Gardner
Austin
Gardner
Capitol
Houston Post
Wall
Bowden
H. P. Richardson
Dora E. Logan
Rhome
Newark
Paul Williams
Leutenant
Williams
Richardson
John Dickey
Jaycees Predict Sold Out Booths At Home Trade Show
The Junior Chamber of Commerce projects a full booth sell out for the Third Annual Home and Trade Show at City Coliseum March 30 to April 2. Ninety one of 116 booths have already sold to Austin firms, with 25 remaining. Booth price is 60 dollars, reservations through the Jaycee office in the Driskill Hotel lobby. Door prizes totaling about 3000 dollars will be offered. tickets will be distributed at exhibiting businesses. Bergstrom Air Force Base will display a two place T 33 jet trainer and ABC Shop will set up a children’s playground. The show began in 1947 to aid Austin firms in presenting products to the public. 60 000 visitors were counted in 1949.
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Dismukes
Austin
Jaycee
Driskill Hotel
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Coliseum
ABC
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