World Peace Conference endorses UN strength at New York rally
About 2,000 delegates at the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace urged strengthening of the United Nations, cooperation with global peace movements, and formation of a cultural committee under the National Council of the Arts Sciences and Professors. Shostakovich attacked Western imperialism while praising Prokofiev and criticized Stravinsky.
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New York
United Nations
National Council of the Arts, Sciences
US State Department
Martin Hopper
Paris
Wroclaw
Dmitri Shostakovich
Shostakovich
Australia Rejects Filipino War Hero Entry but Offers Family Travel Aid
Australia refused entry to Lorenzo Gamboa a Filipino US Army corporal who aided General MacArthur in World War II despite his American citizenship. The government kept its white Australia policy but offered to pay his wife and two children’s travel and stay in the United States.
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Australia
MacArthur
America
Lorenzo Gamboa
Gamboa
Melbourne
Alva C. Carpenter
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Bataan
Port Moresby
Patrick Shaw
GHQ
Douglas MacArthur
Mac
Reds Spy Hunt Allegations Stir Finland Wolves Saga
The Red Star reports Finnish Lapland wolf hunting supposedly hides a military base build near the Russian North. It claims Anglo American observers, two Finnish generals, and disguised US and British officers aided the operation with air photos and radio support, with Moscow accusing Helsinki of excluding Communists.
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Moscow
Red Star
Lapland
United States
Norway
Britain
Finland
Karl A. Fagerholm
Mosco
Soviets Prepare For Komsomol Congress Opening
Moscow hosts the 11th Congress of the Komsomol as young Russians from across the Soviet Union stream toward the capital. The 9 million member youth group outnumbers Russia's 6 million Communist Party members. Ages 16 to 26. Pravda and Red Star urge daily patriotic effort and bravery in armed forces as Komsomol works with the Communist Party.
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Soviet Union
The
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Communist Party In
Russia
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Pravda
Red Star
Party of the Soviet Union
Communist Party
Colonel E. M. House Dies Enigmatic Power Behind Wilson
Col E. M. House of Austin Texas died in 1936 an influential but unseen force in U S politics. Known as a maker of presidents he steered Wilson's ascent from a New York apartment and served as an unofficial emissary in World War I while not seeking public spotlight. His Texas political roots date from early campaigns and he helped shape the League of Nations platform.
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Col E. M. House
Austin
Texas
Woodrow Wilson
Colonel House
New York
House
Wilson
League of Nations
Carolyn Townsend Leads Taylor Brownie Troop 17
Carolyn Townsend now heads Troop 17 of the Brownies at West End School in Taylor. Other officers named include Linda Kay Rogers as vice president Barbara Carlisle as secretary treasurer and Karen Wagner as reporter. The group plans a park picnic next Wednesday with Mrs. Carl Wagner and Mrs. Bob Garvey supervising.
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Linda Kay Rogers
Nancy Seicak
Carolyn Townsend
Karen Wagner
Delores Ann Watson
Betty Ruth Wernli
Cara Wernli
Bobby Joyce Wilson
Dena Frances Hill
Patricia Ann Anderson
Patricia Forrest
Diana Sanders
Dallas Youth Killed When Car Hits Creek
Dallas report states 18 year old William Donald Allard died when his car plunged into Five Mile Creek early Sunday. The incident occurred in Dallas and authorities identified the deceased.
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Dallas
William Donald Allard
Egyptian ex-officer jailed 15 years for fake police force
Mohamed El Wakil, former deputy chief accountant of Cairo police, created a phantom force of 55 officers and siphoned 420000 dollars in wages. He claimed deductions went to a poor woman who testified she never received any funds.
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Egypt
Cairo Police Department
Mohamed el Wakil
el Wakil
Girl Scout Director to Speak in Bastrop Tuesday
Mrs. Opal Clifton executive director of the Girl Scouts of Austin will address a Bastrop meeting at the courthouse annex Tuesday at 4 p.m. She will assist in organizing a Bastrop community group for Girl Scouts, per Mrs. J. V. Ash Jr.
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Opal Clifton
Girl Scouts of Austin
Courthouse Annex
Clifton
J. V. Ash Jr
China Body Demands Mayor Punished for Hearing Disrespect
The control yuan in Nanking on March 27 demanded that the Cabinet censure Shanghai Mayor K. C. Wu for attending an inquiry with his head wrapped in a towel. It charged Wu arrived two hours late and showed no regard for the inquiry members during the session.
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Nanking
China
K. C. Wu
Shanghai
Control Yuan
Communism Falling Flat in US Territories Says Krug
Secretary of the Interior Krug stated that Communism has fallen flat in American overseas possessions. He cited Puerto Rico to illustrate widespread poverty and dim appeal, noting the movement’s failure to gain traction among residents.
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Krug
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Virgin Islands
Hawaii
Sayre
Indonesia
Burma
Indo-China
Shirley Jo Allphin To Marry April 14
Mr and Mrs Joseph Ellis Allphin announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Shirley Jo to Bascom Lawson Hodges on April 14 at First Methodist Church in Bastrop. She is a Taylor High School graduate who attended the University of Texas and works for Capitol Abstract Company in Austin. Hodges, son of Mr and Mrs B C Hodges, is Bastrop High School and Baylor University alum and a UT student.
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Joseph Ellis Allphin
Shirley Jo
Bascom Lawson Hodges
B. C. Hodges
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University of Texas
Delta Zeta
Capitol Abstract Company
Austin
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Bastrop High School
Baylor University
The
Medical Grads 4000 Short Of Filling Need
Hospitals face a 4000 internship shortfall as hospitals in the New York area offer more slots than there are medical graduates to fill them. The Hospital Council of Greater New York notes internships rose 25 percent from 1938 to 1948 while graduates grew about seven percent.
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New York
Hospital Council of
Greater New York
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