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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1950
Page
5
Chicago police told William Espolt that his fiancée Miss Sylvia Beckett has decided to marry another man. Beckett called police after hearing they were seeking her and promised to inform Espolt of her plans. Sergeant Thomas McFadden said he would also notify Espolt.
In San Francisco the Harry Bridges perjury trial nears its twentieth week as the two defense lawyers and the Washington prosecutor clash. Vincent Hallinan and F Joseph Donohue lead bitter exchanges while James M Macknnis defends Schmidt and Robertson. Donohue, a colonel in Army intelligence, faces jurors with military bearing. Hallinan taunts and provokes, calling Donohue “my distinguished adversary.”
A US Navy report warns Shanghai could become inaccessible to commercial shipping within a year due to Yangtze silt filling the harbor. Dredging ceased after 1949 with only the south channel usable, risking isolation as large ships abandon the Yangtze entrance.
Police said Hungarian frontier guards opened fire on a group of Austrian women near Heiligenkreuz in the Russian occupied zone. One woman was killed and another wounded. The incident was reported Sunday.
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