Labor Party Expels Two MPs Over ProRussia Heckling
The British Labor Party expelled MPs Ronnie Zilliacus and L. J. Stolley for persistent heckling of policy toward the Soviet Union. Five other Labor MPs lost parliamentary secretary posts as a disciplinary move before the 1950 general elections.
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London
Labor Party
Ronnie Zilliacus
L. J. Stolley
Soviet
Russia
Ers
House of Commons
Britain
Republic of Ireland
Attlee
Zilliacus
Solley
Paris
Winston Churchill
Alphabet Tea at Buckingham Palace Draws 1700 Guests
King George and Queen hosted about 1,700 guests at Buckingham Palace for a tea in a streamlined royal court. Debutantes, dowagers and diplomats from A through L attended, with the U S guests to come Thursday. The King, in Admiral of the Fleet uniform, appeared fit and walked unaided after a leg operation. the Queen wore dove grey with a feathered hat.
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London
George
Royal Court
Buckingham Palace
United States
Coleman Water Haul Ends After 20 Month Relay
Coleman thanks Santa Fe Rail Road for a historic water haul delivering two trainloads daily from Brownwood for 20 months to ease the town’s scarce supply. Facilities were installed and freight rates reduced. the effort ends as rains relieve Coleman.
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Galveston
CNS
Coleman
Santa Fe Railroad
Brownwood
N. T. Underwood
Coleman Board of City Development
J. P. Cowley
Santa Fe
Buying Income Of Centex Hits 532 Million
The Austin metropolitan area in 1948 shows an effective buying income of 200.1 million and the 23 county Austin trade area at 532.7 million, with per family purchasing power around 4 486 dollars. Population estimates for 1948 show no change from 1947, while buying income rises 31.2 percent. The 1948 county figures include Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, and others with varied totals.
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Austin Metropolitan Area
Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
Austin Trade
Austin
Austin Trade Area
CIE Cas Ok Ee Voce
Bastrop Sactssecsdeeee Arpig Ord
Rites Set Friday For Mrs. Justine M. Reilly
Funeral services for Justine M. Reilly 78 long-time Austin resident will be at 9 a m Friday at St. Austin's Chapel with burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery. Rosary precedes at Cook Funeral Home. She died Wednesday after a weeks long illness and is survived by daughter Sister Mary Aubrey of St. Louis, son J Aubrey Reilly of Austin, and granddaughter Mrs. Jack McKay Jr. of Austin. Born March 1 1871 in Union Missouri she graduated from St. Mary's Academy in 1889 and helped found the Home of the Holy Infancy. She was a charter member of St. Austin's Chapel.
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Justine M. Reilly
Austin
St. Austin’s Chapel
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Cook Funeral Home
Reilly
Hamilton A. Reilly
W. T. Caswell
Mary Aubrey
Loretto Order
St. Louis
J. Aubrey Reilly
Jack McKay Jr
Union, Mo
John W. Maupin
Josephine Crow Maupin
St. Mary’s Academy
Home of the Holy Infancy
Geyser at Sea Traced to Gunnery Exercise
A freighter reported a violent disturbance and a 150 foot high geyser of water 100 miles at sea on Wednesday morning with smoke. Coast Guardsmen suspected aerial gunnery and bombing practice. The SS Despina relayed the sighting while the carrier Valley Forge was in the area.
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San Francisco
Coast
Despina
Navy
Valley Forge
Dale and the Gamblers Becoming a Real Game in Town
Houston May 18. The Houston Press reports Constable Richardson a 27 year old anti gambling crusader may shift the kids game of cops and robbers toward his raids. In La Porte, youths imitate Red Ryder style raids while adults fear publicity.
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Houston
Ole Dale
The
Gamblers
Houston Press
Richardson
la Porte
Jack Donahue
Harris County
Donahue
Old Dale
Dale
Publisher Fined In Strike Fight
Hugh Sill publisher of the Bakersfield Press pleaded guilty to assault in police court for slugging James Quick president of the Bakersfield local CIO American Newspaper Guild. Quick says Sill attacked him near the press plant while checking picket lines as the Press unit strikes for higher pay to match rivals. The Press races on with wire service news only as it lacks a local staff and contract.
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Bakersfield, Calif
Hugh Sill
Bakersfield Press
James Quick
Bakersfield
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Sill
Guild
Bakersfield Californian
Panhandle storms reduce Texas wheat yield to 90 million bushels
Amarlio field reports: Panhandle storms trimmed Texas wheat by about 15 percent over two weeks. Despite the loss, the state is still forecast to harvest 90 million bushels from six million acres, according to Wayne Grant the Texas wheat coordinator.
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Amarillo
Texas
Wayne Grant
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