Clay Returns to Celebrate Berlin Airlift Triumph
General Lucius D. Clay возвращ—returns to the White House and Capitol Hill for a hero’s welcome after directing the Berlin airlift. President Truman honors him with a second oak leaf cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal as he addresses the House and Senate.
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Gen. Clay
Berlin
Washington
Lucius D. Clay
White House
Capitol Hill
Truman
House of Representatives
Rayburn
Texas
Vandals Conquer Spain in 409 Invasion
In 409 the Vandals began a major invasion that led to conquest of parts of Spain. The historic campaign marked a turning point in the late antiquity crisis and reshaped regional power dynamics.
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Spain
Fire Destroys Two-Story Garage Apartment Near Daw son Lane
A fire destroyed a vacant two story rock and frame garage apartment near Daw son Lane in southwest Austin. Flames were seen along Barton Springs Road and Fredericksburg Highway drawing a crowd as fire crews struggled to locate the secluded site and lay one water line.
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Dawson Lane
Austin
Barton Springs Road
Fredericksburg
Boy 9 Is Found Safe After Desert Ordeal Near Ajo
Nine year old Albert Merle Jr. of Ajo was found Tuesday after wandering the desert from Sunday. A mounted posse from Gila Bend reached him near a prospecting camp twelve miles south. He had water from a barrel cactus and ate mesquite sap. He described hiding from javilinas and was taken to Gila Bend where a physician pronounced him well.
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Ajo
Ariz
Albert Merle Jr
Gila Bend
Ralph Davenport
Merle
Aged Austinite Payne Found Dead in River Pump House
A 70 year old Austin man, George Washington Payne, was found dead in an abandoned pump house along the Colorado River near Butler Softball Diamond No 2. Det Herby Taylor led the investigation. Justice of the Peace Mc Bee withheld verdict pending details. Hyltin Manor Funeral Home held the body awaiting relatives.
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Austin
Colorado
George Washington Payne
Butler
Peter J. Fagan
West Eighth
Payne
Fagan
Justice of the Peace
Frank McBee
McBee
Herby Taylor
Hyltin Manor Funeral Home
Ford's Peace Plan Rejected by UAW in Ford Strike
Ford Motor Company offered a square deal to end the 62,200 UAW strike at River Rouge and Lincoln-Mercury plants with most idle workers returning. CIO UAW rejected the plan as unacceptable, calling it divide and rule. The proposal would have restored about 72,000 Detroit area workers immediately and rehired 25,000 elsewhere.
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Detroit
Ford Industrial Relations
John S. Bugas
River Rouge
Lincoln - Mercury
UAW
Emil Mazey
Ford
Bugas
Reds advance toward Shanghai as they encircle port city
Chinese Communist forces drive toward Shanghai with encirclement near Chowpu and Chwansha while Hankow, Wuchang, and Hanyang fall. Nationalists defend Woosung and Lungwha Airport as battles intensify and Canton refugees flee toward Hong Kong. Chinese troops claim a Woosung victory amid heavy artillery and air support dynamics.
Towns Win Rail Round Hillsboro Injunction Ties Train Reroute
Judge Frank MacDonald issued a temporary injunction halting MRT Railroad from abolishing two daily passenger trains on the 227 mile Waco to Stam ford route. The Whitney city and Central Texas Transportation Committee oppose the plan to run a mixed passenger coach on a freight line. Hearing is scheduled for May 26.
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Hillsboro
INS
Waco
Stamford
Frank MacDonald
66Th District Court
MRT
Whitney
Central Texas Transportation Committee
DeLeon
Dubin
Gorman
Iredell
Carbon
Walnut Springs
Cisco
Fourth Polio Case Recorded in Austin
Austin’s fourth polio patient of the year, 5 year old John David Schmid, was admitted to Brackenridge Hospital Tuesday afternoon. Attending physician is Dr. Ralph Hanna. Earlier, A. L. Carter Jr., the third polio patient, remained critical in an iron lung. the 26 year old UT student from Houston.
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Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
John David Schmid
C. J. Schmid
Jarrett
Young Schmid
Ralph Hanna
A. L. Carter Jr
University of Texas
Houston
Legal Race Bill Gets Short Run
The House briefly considered a bill to legalize horse race betting. Representative A. J. Vale introduced it by unanimous consent calling it a livestock standards measure, but after debate the House voted to reconsider and then defeated the permissive motion 69 to 32.
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Austin American Capitol
A. J. Vale
Rio Grande City
Vale
Austin Men Arrested In 2 Marihuana Cases
Two Austin men were arrested Tuesday afternoon on narcotics charges. A 27 year old Latin American man was seized with marihuana cigarettes in the 800 block of East Eighth Street, while a 32 year old man was arrested for allegedly selling five marihuana cigarettes. Detectives Doss Waggoner and Jim Flow led the arrests. They remained in city jail pending federal narcotics action.
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Austin
East Eighth Street
Doss Waggoner
Jim Flow
Two Auto Crashes Injure Three People in City
Two separate accidents left three injured. In the Lyons Road incident Robert Aredonda broke his right leg when his bicycle slipped. companion Victor Castillo 13, suffered bruises. In the Rio Grande Street crash 19 month old Mary Florence Robinson received emergency care for a bruised forehead.
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Robert Aredonda
Castro
Lyons Roads
Victor Castillo
Mary Florence Robinson
Rio Grand Street
Col Miller of The Old West Freed From Jail
Colonel Zach Miller and his driver James Colbert posted $250 bond after speeding in Georgia at 75 mph in a truck. Miller claimed the truck’s max speed was 58 downhill. Both men were released and must face the Madison County Grand Jury in September.
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Buffalo Bill” Cody
Will Rogers
Tom Mix
State Highway Patrol
Greenville
S. C
Georgia
Col. Miller
James Colbert
Tripoli
Colbert
L. C. Ziegler
Madison County
Grand Jury
Howard Gordon
Italy Anti-Red Battle in Alfalfa Held Erupts
In Molinella near Bologna on May 17, hundreds of Communist and anti- Communist workers clashed with scythes and pitchforks over wage agreements. At least 11 were seriously injured as police sent motorized and armored units to the alfalfa field 20 miles northeast of Bologna. The fight followed a Social Democratic majority breaking ties with Communists and seizing union headquarters. The Molinella area, longtime Communist stronghold, sparked the confrontation and recalls Mussolini era tensions.
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Bologna
Italy
Molinella Farm Workers Union
Molinella
Mussolini
Thieves Strike Austin Homes Across Several Break-ins
Austin police reported a two week lull ended by a string of thefts and burglaries. A purse with 2.50 was taken from Mrs. Serur's home, valuables vanished from Forrest Matthews room, dogs were stolen from Eugene Henry's address, and other items including angle iron and tools disappeared from multiple sites around the city.
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Austin
Fred Serur
Sheron Lane
L. D. Smith
Jessie Street
Smith
I. L. Ravel
Windsor Road
Forrest H. Matthews
Whitis Street
Eugene Henry
Haskell
East Avenue
Fred Eby
West 31St
Donald Clark
New York Avenue
Sabine
David King
East 12Th Street
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