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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1950
Page
3
Bangkok reports the cremation of King Ananda, ruled four years, with his brother King Phumiphon leading the ceremony. The vast crowd watched as the pyre was lit and fires spread near the urn, while priests chanted and royal processions marked the solemn rite.
In Lamesa on March 29 a 44 year old policeman Claude W Johnson was beaten to death with his own pistol during a confrontation with Victor F Rogers 28. Rogers admitted the assault saying he struck the officer and took the gun as Johnson found him prying at a department store. Rogers was arrested after investigators found bloodstained clothing and the pistol in his car. Johnson had served in Tahoka and O Donnell before joining the Lamesa force. He leaves a wife and a daughter from a previous marriage.
Chicago investigators linked a typed note reading I just shot and killed Ma to the Moskal family murders. Attorney Irvin Moskal, his wife Stella, son John, and Moskal's mother Mollie were found dead. a second son Leon survived. Moskal died by gunshot, his mother around 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Marin County Deputy Coroner Frank Keaton announced an inquest will be held Thursday in San Rafael into the strangulation murder of Women's Air Force Staff Sergeant Fairy E. Decker at Hamilton Field. Air Police Sergeant Lyle H. Buswell reportedly confessed to the killing while drunk. autopsy hints at possible rape, which Buswell denies. Dozens of witnesses are to be subpoenaed at the request of the U S Attorney's office to answer outstanding questions.
In Anchorage on March 29 an Air Force officer told the chamber of commerce that in case of a U S attack the Air Force could bomb 48 major cities of opponents within three days after the first shot. Lt Col Charles Heffner, director of plans and operations for the 57th Fighter Interceptor Wing, warned that Russia leads in guided missiles and that its troops have first line combat equipment.
The article notes that Marines were tasked with guarding the mails in 1921 and again in 1926 at the request of the Post Office Department. It highlights this as an unusual duty performed by Marine units in those years.
Alexander Nyirati, 33, an American former flier, married Margaret Simmering, 27, the German nurse who cared for him after a parachute crash in Berlin. He credits her with saving his life during 12 days of unconsciousness and extended hospital treatment. The couple plan to move to Steubenville, Ohio, after marrying on December 29 and sailing to the United States on April 6.
Paul B. Monroe sent 1300 to J. D. Mirike, commander of the VFW Post in Cleburne, after Mirike was accidentally shot while handling a German pistol. Mirike remains hospitalized in Lisbons veteran hospital, with funds to cover medical and hospital expenses.
Mozelle Dudney testified life with Roy Dudney was rough. She said he nailed her in the bedroom with nothing to eat no water and chased and beat her. He broke her eyeglasses and jaw. she broke her ankle in a pursuit. She won the divorce with $100 monthly alimony and a restraining order.
Brownwood man Ben A. Fain 65 a longtime dry goods merchant was found dead at his home with a rifle shot to the head two guns in the room one discharged He was dressed and had breakfast preparation noted Justice of the Peace said inquest verdict not yet ready Survivors include wife a son Ben A Jr a daughter Cora Lee at UT Existed in Brownwood Chamber of Commerce president 1920s and Methodist Church leader family relations listed across Weatherford Lubock and US Marine Corps service members.
Thirteen-year-old Florence Sally Horner who said she was kidnapped from Camden New Jersey two years ago will be flown back home Friday Prosecutor Mitchell Cohen said he and the girl would board a United Air Lines plane in San Francisco at 8 40 a m Friday for the trip to Camden Frank La Salle 53 charged with kidnapping Sally and forcing her to roam the country for two years will likely be sent back to New Jersey on the Southern Pacific Streamline City of San Francisco leaving San Francisco Thursday
Hollywood gossip item notes Ginger Rogers railing at men wearing shoulder pads and other padding. She mocks male falsies and calls for less vanity while joking that football players may need padding, not the average man.
The Chinese Nationalist Navy reported its second victory this week off Shanghai. Dispatches said warships routed over 100 armed junks, sank most of them, and tightened the blockade near Nanhwei. Chiang Kai-shek urged youth to crush the Communists and resist Russian aggression.
Pasadena police officer Dan Sheridan discovered his 11 month old son Michael dead in an ambulance after the infant slipped in a high chair and strangled. The ambulance arrived at the hospital as police were notified of the tragedy.
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