Ruhr Steel Board Names Drawn Up by Allied Governors
Officials score tentative Ruhr Board nominees for Allied control of Germanys steel industry. Twelve Germans named by US General Lucius D. Clay and British General Sir Brian Robertson include union picks and surprise candidates from Bar Association and industry groups. Some names linked to Nazi era figures face scrutiny as final appointment looms.
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Ruhr Steel Industry Board
Frankfurt
Germany
Ruhr
Lucius D. Clay
Brian Robertson
Hermann Puender
Bar Association
Iron and Steel Association
Accountant's League
Heinrich Dikelbach
Bereinigte Stahl
Hitler
Puender
Heinrich Deist
Dikelbach
Gotthard von Falkenhausen
Essen
Deutsche Bank
Arthur Menge
Hannover
Alfonz Wagner
Munich
Willi Geldmacher
Bochum
Kentucky town police chief and officer convicted in Middleton killing
Evarts Kentucky a 2100 resident mining community faced police duties by state officers after Police Chief Isachar Combs and Patrolman Lewis Deaton were convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the December 17 street battle that killed Bryan Middleton. Each received a 10 year sentence and bond restrictions barred immediate appeal.
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Evarts
Harlan County
Harlan Circuit Court
Isachar Combs
Lewis Deaton
Combs
Deaton
Bryan Middleton
Middleton
E. H. Bailey
Denton
E. J. Baumgardner
Baumgardner
No. 3
No. 4
Court of Appeals
Kentucky
Hotel and Two Buildings Burn in California Fire
Fire destroyed a vacant three frame hotel and two other buildings in Floriston California on Sunday. The blaze threatened about 40 to 50 homes until residents evacuated women and children while the men kept the flames in check with garden hoses.
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Floriston
Calif
Demo Blames Filibuster Win On GOP Help
Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas and Senator Francis Myers rally in Philadelphia urging civil rights and liberal policies. CIO official Jack Kroll attacks Dixiecrat Republican coalition while highlighting demands for Taft Hartley repeal and expanded social programs.
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Philadelphia
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Calif
Senate
Philadelphia Industrial Union Council
United States
Francis Myers
D-Pa
Congress
Jack Kroll
CIO Political Action Committee
Harry Truman
Kroll
Austin Ki-Anns Hold Second Meeting Today
The Austin Ki-Anns Club wives of Austin Kiwanian members will meet for the second monthly gathering at 11 45 a m at the Georgian Tea Room. The group organized in February with 125 members and is led by president Mrs Walter K Kerr. A short program and brief business session are planned.
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Austin Ki-Anns Club
Georgian Tea Room
Walter K. Kerr
Austin Woman Treated for Shock After Wreck
Mrs. Hilda Washer, 42, of 1912 Nueces, treated for shock at Brackenridge Hospital after an auto collision Sunday at 9:50 a.m. Cars driven by P. A. Washer Jr. and Maurice R. Hofernick collided at the Sa lipo and East 28th streets intersection. Mrs. Washer released after treatment.
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Hilda Washer
Nueces
Brackenridge Hospital
P. A. Washer Jr
Maurice R. Hofernick
West 29Th
Salado
East 28
Washer
Denison Rail Express Messenger Shot Fatality
The body of Billy Gregg a Railway Express messenger from Denison was found in the baggage car of the Denison Wichita Falls train. He had been shot to death and a verdict ruled the death an accidental gunshot wound with Gregg's pistol found near the body.
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Wichita Falls
Billy Gregg
Denison
Missouri-Kansas- Texas
Gregg
Justice of the Peace
H. M. Newman
Senator McGrath Claims AMA Dictatorship Over Doctors
Senator McGrath charged the American Medical Association with creating a medical dictatorship by backing political activities and funding a lobby to oppose prepaid health insurance. He cited a 3.5 million dollar AMA slush fund and a 1 million dollar donation from drug interests. He said doctors opposed to the lobby risk canceled invitations and gagging British physicians reporting on Britain’s plan. He argued the fair deal plan is pay as you go and does not make doctors government employees.
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Washington
McGrath
D-Ri
American Medical Association
AMA
National Physicians Committee
Democratic National Committee
Party
The
United States
Britain
Missing Girl Patricia Birmingham Found Dead in Milwaukee River
The 16-year-old West Allis High School student Patricia Birmingham was found in the Milwaukee River with a concrete block tied to her ankles. She had been missing since February after being reported last seen at her home, and she was identified by her mother Mrs. Albert T. Birmingham. A fire department squad searched the river foot of East Bruce Street but could not locate a prior report of self-harm.
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Milwaukee
Patricia Birmingham
West Allis
Albert T. Birmingham
East Bruce Street
Cars and Metals Stand Out In Sellers' Market Shift
The Commerce Department reports a shift toward a buyer's market across most commodities but notes autos and metals remain strong. Factory activity dips in January February while personal income holds near 2210 billion annually. Unemployment rises by about 1.25 million in February, with February employment still above a year earlier. The Fed sees rising unemployment in early March but not as rapid as earlier months. Wage gains are limited in some industries. Steel and automobile sectors show expansion. steel output runs above capacity in early 1950. Scrap metal prices weaken, and consumer credit declines in January.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve Board
March
Chicago
Commodore Enters Texas Navy In Lake Austin Ceremony
The 71-foot Commodore stern wheeler was commissioned into the Texas Navy at Green Shores on Lake Austin. E. H. Perry, for Governor Jester, officiated as Miss Zelda Reed christened the bow with champagne. The vessel, launched Sunday, led a downriver maiden voyage amid squalls and a 20 mile wind, escorted by cabin cruisers.
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Texas Navy
Lake Austin
Green Shores
Tom Miller Dam
E. H. Perry
Beauford H. Jester
Navy
Zelda Reed
Perry
Switchman Dies in Fall Beneath Galveston Train
Galveston officers report John Dexter Shepherd sixty of Galveston died after apparently falling under the wheels of a Galveston Houston and Henderson Railroad train while working as a switchman Saturday. His body was recovered by a fellow trainman Sunday.
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Galveston
John Dexter Shepherd
Galveston, Houston and Henderson
Shepherd
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Friedrich Harders
Karl Barich
Guenther Henle
Kloeckner Steel Works
Heinrich Meier
Dinkelbach
Herbert Monden
Silesia
Hermann Goering
B. B. Snyder
Williamsburg
No. 1
Generp
Iatr Street
Ada
Comfort, Inc
Austin, Texas
Austin
Wesley
Wesley's
Geo
Wesley Cleaner
Guadalupe
Demo
GOP
Austin Ki-Anns
Denison Rail Express
Austin American
Curly Gumbert
Portland
Ore
Curly
Capital National Bank
Esso Extra
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Commodore
Harry Moffett
Jim Motheral
Max Starcke
Taylor Glass
Paul Gregory
W. M. Wilcox
Henry Y. McCown
Marion Fowler
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Texoma
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