Congress Mulls Farm Plan Amid Potatoes and Surpluses
Washington crops survey shows potential 54 million bushels above government goal if 1950 potato planting proceeds. Texas farmers boost corn oats and sorghum. rice down. Manchester physician Dr. Herman N. Sander banned from Sacred Heart Notre Dame hospitals after mercy murder acquittal. Medical society files charge. ban to be permanent per hospital chiefs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Manchester
N. H
Herman N. Sander
Hillsborough County Medical Society
Sacred Heart
Notre Dame
Abbie C. Borreto
Sander
Dr. Sander
Adolphe J. Provost
Notre Dame Hospital
George L. Bastian
Sacred Heart Hospital
Bastian
Matthew F. Brady
Strikes Hit Major Italian Cities in Nationwide Protests
Communist led workers crippled northern Italian industry with Monday strikes and violence in Milan Genoa Bologna Modena Pisa Terni and Florence as authorities deployed riot police. In Rome 24 hour duty was ordered while CGIL controlled chambers of labor urged workers to return to benches during a lull.
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Rome
Italy
Milan
Genoa
Bologna
Modena
Pisa
Terni
Florence
Chambers of Labor
General Confederation of Labor
CGIL
Fifty Prison Guards Fired For Laxity and Smuggling
Texas Prison General Manager O B Ellis announced more than 50 prison employees were dismissed in 18 months for carelessness and aiding convicts in receiving dope and whiskey. An eight day secret probe found many charges false yet noted a personnel problem and efforts to improve morale and control.
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Houston
Texas
O. B. Ellis
Ellis
State Department of Public Safety
R. L. Rucker
Huntsville
Allan Shivers
el A
Nume
State Oil Allowable For April Increased By 130 376 Barrels
The Railroad Commission raised Texas crude oil allowables for April to 2 088 722 barrels daily, with a 130 376 barrel rise. Allocation favors 134 fields cut last month under the proration plan, restoring about 45 percent of prior cuts. Total liquids allowables rise to 2 389 369 barrels daily. next hearing set for April 14 in Austin.
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Associated Press
Railroad Commission
Texas
Commission
US Bureau of Mines
Austin
South Texas
Southwest
Gulf Coast
East Central
East Texas
West Central
West Texas
North Texas
Panhandle
Acid Gunman Strikes Dallas Women in Sadistic Spree
Dallas police pursued a high school youth described as a sadistic gunman who sprayed at least five women with battery acid. Detective M. M. Bullock said the assailant likely studied chemistry and knew the effects of sulfuric acid. He warned more burnings could follow and disclosed two or three leads.
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Dallas
M. M. Bullock
Bullock
Bodies of Missing Texas Fliers Found in Wrecked Plane
Two veteran Rio Grande Valley fliers Hal Shumate and Earl Elwell were found dead in their wrecked open cockpit Waco biplane at the mouth of Arroyo Colorado near Bird Island after a Sunday fishing trip. The men had been missing since 10 AM Sunday. a norther and squalls were reported during their flight. Both men were long-time pilots with ties to local stations and the Navy. each left widows.
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Harlingen
Rio Grande Valley
Arroyo Colorado
Red Fish Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Hal Shumate
Earl Elwell
la Guna Madre
Bird Island
Shumate
Elwell
Waco
KRGW
Weslaco
KBOR
Brownsville
KGBS
Navy
Truman Order Delays Western Rail Strikes
KEY WEST Florida March 20 A strike set for Tuesday on 12 western railroads was headed off by a presidential executive order. The order created an emergency board to investigate a dispute between the carriers and the Switchmen's Union of North America and postponed the strike for 60 days. The board's personnel will be named later.
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Key West
Fla
Western Railroads
Truman
Switchmen's Union of North America
McCarthy Charged With Helping Reds
Senator McCarthy faced charges of alleging Communist influence in the State Department. President Truman defended Secretary Acheson, praising his work and stating he would remain in key posts. Ambassador Philip C. Jessup was mentioned in the Washington developments.
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McCarthy
R-Wis
US State Department
Dean Acheson
George C. Marshall
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jessup
Wisconsin Republican
State Department
Far East
United States
Millard Tydings
D-Md
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Tydings
Senate
Vinson
Mr. Truman
White House
Acheson
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Secretary of State
Dust storms sweep Texas as spring backside weather arrives
Dust laden winds from the West hit the Panhandle and South Plains with 54 mph gusts near Amarillo, reducing visibility to three quarters of a mile. Temperatures dip behind a cold front, with 32 to 36 degrees forecast, while other regions report rain and varied warmth.
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Amarillo
Austin
Austin Weatherman
Lubbock
Clarendon
Childress
Abilene
Big Spring
Panhandle
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Georgia
Carolinas
Virginia
Ohio Valley
Illinois
South Dakota
Brownsville
Texas
Morgan City
Weather Bureau
Texarkana
West Texas
Presidio
Rio Grande
Big Bend
Austin Club Reelects Directors Adds Four
The Austin Club reelected all 27 present directors and named four new ones at the Perry Hotel on Monday night during the annual stockholders meeting. New directors are R. W. Byram Howard T. Cox Mrs. Frank Robinson and W. R. Smith Jr. A seven member executive committee will be named to direct club affairs after upcoming director meetings. Membership is now closed with all shares sold. The club, organized in February last year, has been open since December 10.
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Austin Club
Perry Hotel
R. W. Byram
Howard T. Cox
Frank Robinson
W. R. Smith Jr
US Asks Appeal Court To Change Ruling on Miners
The government asked the Circuit Court of Appeals to overrule Judge Keech and punish John L. Lewis and UMW officers for contempt of court after the coal strike. It cited sham obedience to a court order and warned that upholding Keech’s decision would render federal courts impotent in emergencies. An FBI probe into alleged signaling to keep miners out of pits was ordered after reports from Canton Illinois.
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Appeal Court
Washington
Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond B. Keech
John L. Lewis
Justice Department
Reech
United Mine Workers
Arennees
Lewis
Keech
UMW
FBI
Illinois
H Graham Morison
Lloyd H. Sidener
Canton
Ill
Chicago Horsemeat Ring Seized 12000 Pounds In Crackdown
Chicago authorities seized 12,000 pounds of mislabeled horsemeat in a southside warehouse as part of a ring selling horsemeat as beef tenderloins. Two ringleaders involved. shipments reached Texas Florida and Missouri.
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Chicago
Texas
Florida
O. W. Leher
Herman Bundesen
Chicago Board of Health
Dallas
Topeka
Kan
Missouri
Kansas City
Leher
State to decide on charges in horse meat case
City Health Officers say the State Department of Health will decide whether to file charges after 466 pounds of horse meat were found at an Austin wholesale firm. Health officials have the company’s records and indicated no additional horse meat was found in Austin.
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State Department of Health
Ben Primer
Austin
State Health Department
Primer
Mrs Veep and Gussy Moran Top Fashion Honors
In New York on March 20 the Fashion Academy named Mrs Alben Barkley best dressed in public life for adhering to protocol while Gussy Moran won for sports wear praised as trail blazing. Other honorees span Elizabeth Taylor Rosiland Russell Nanette Fabray Faye Emerson and more across fields.
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Mrs. Veep
Gussy Moran
New York
Alben Barkley
Gussie Moran
Fashion Academy
Academy
Veep
Gussie
Wimbledon
Csiro
Elizabeth Taylor
Rosalind Russell
Nanette Fabray
Jinx Falkenberg
Faye Emerson
Lauritz Melchair
William O'Dwyer
Maggi McNellis
Dorothy Shay
William Paley
Leon Mandel
Cary] Barrett
Julian Larson
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Dr. Provost
Rucker
Alice Richard
Sally
Mickey Mackey
Dixie Dugan
Mickey
Dixie
The
Austin American
Merle Houston
King Ranch
Tuesay
Western
Reds
Philip C. Jessup
South Plains
Cnather
Ccess
Jessup “McCarthy
South Bend
Ind
Fort Worth
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