Armed Forces Day set with B36 over Austin and Capitol rally
A B36 from Brooks AFB will roar over Austin at 8 30 a m Saturday to open Armed Forces Day signaling open house at Bergstrom AFB and Navy Reserve Center with visitor tours. Events include a 6 30 p m Zilker Park barbecue led by Lt Gen Charles P Hall and a week of defense activities featuring displays from Army Navy and Air Force units and talks by military leaders.
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Brooks Air Force Base
Austin
Armed Forces Day
Zilker Park Rock Garden
Texas National Guard
Camp Mabry
Lake Austin
Army Organized Reserve Corps
Barton Springs Road
Navy Reserve Training Center
Navy
Army
Engineer Treadway Bridge Company
Texas
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Ashley B. Packard
Charles P. Hall
Pacific
Hall
San Antonio
America
AFL Switchmen Postpone Strike on Midwestern Railroads
Washington dispatch reports an AFL switchmen’s strike set for next Tuesday on 10 Midwestern railroads was postponed until June 1. The National Mediation Board, led by Francis A. O’Neill Jr., will seek a settlement before the new deadline and mediation begins next Tuesday in Washington.
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Washington
AFL
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
O'Neill
South Amboy Blast Kills and Wounds Hundreds
A massive munition-laden barge explosion at the South Amboy Pennsylvania Railroad dock killed two to six and injured nearly 300. The blast damaged homes and stores, with losses estimated in the hundreds of thousands to millions. Fire, rescue operations, and a state of emergency followed as police and guards secured the area.
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South Amboy
N. J
New York
Raritaway
John B. Leonard
Leonard
Stalin
Charles Bersin
Raritan Bay
Andrew Kudrick
South Amboy General Hospital
Perth Amboy General Hospital
Thomas Conroy
Pennsylvania Railroad
G. F. Disbrow
Conroy
Perth Amboy
Perth Amboy Evening News
Paul Rosene
Dramatic the story Beginning in the Sunday American Statesman
A dramatic story unfolds beginning in the Sunday issue of the American Statesman with attention turning to the lead characters and turning points expected on the local stage.
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Sunday American-Statesman
THE
Pioneers
Fred Williams
Sunday American Statesman
Hailstorm Drenches Austin Area With Golf Ball Size Pellets
Heavy hail from pea to golf ball size blankets Austin and Highlands Lakes area causing expected car, roof, and flower damage. Insurance men warn of numerous claims as storms move from 92 degree heat to cooler, unsettled conditions. Weather officials note large stones at multiple sites and forecast continued showers with cooler temperatures into weekend.
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Austin
Highland Lakes
Laurence H. Donahue
Donahue
State Highway Patrol
Disch Field
Pioneers
Sherman Denison
C. T. Johnson
Cherry Lane
John Barclay
Barclay
Wilshire
East Austin
Westside
South Austin
Buchanan Dam
Marshall Ford Dam
Curtis R. Durio
Jack Q. Durham
Texas
Moonshine Operation In Rent House Sparked Landlord Complaint
Enterprising bootleggers turned a rent house into avolc ome distillery with pipes carrying moonshine from the bathtub to the garage where trucks picked it up in the dead of night. A young artist with a varnish job on car windows unnoticed by parents. A mother cat cares for two adopted jackrabbits joining three tiny kittens, keeping the brood in a busy, playful scene. Pages referenced.
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Volcome
Mnother
Truman Links Cold War To Universal Military Training
President Truman told Armed Forces Day banquet that had universal military training been approved in 1945 or 1946 there would have been no Cold War. He urged a postwar training program to defend rights and liberties, noting civilian control of the armed services and opposing any need for a Gestapo. Secretary Johnson urged extending the draft to bolster allied faith and deter Soviet expansion as parades and demonstrations mark the first joint Army Navy Air Force Marine celebration. Berlin will host one of the largest demonstrations.
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New Guinea
Corregidor
Caballo Island
Caraboo Island
Stotsenburg
Manila
Oscar B. Abbott
Texas Military District
Maybin H. Wilson
University of Texas
Harry S. Truman
Jay Mathews
State Adjutant General's Department
Young Men's
Busines League
National Guard
Army Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Serra Club
Fred E. Haynes
United States
Truman
Congress
White House
Soviet Russia
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Mr. Truman
Army
Navy
Pennsylvania Avenue
Berlin
Axis Sally wins 10 to 30 year treason sentence upheld
The US Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld Mil dred Elizabeth Gillars 10 to 30 year treason term for Nazi propaganda to American troops. The court rejected her compulsion defense, noting no reversible error in the March 25 1949 trial. The sentence includes a $10 000 fine and parole possible after 10 years with good behavior.
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Washington
US Circuit Court of Appeals
Mildred Elizabeth
Axis Sally) Gillars
America
Europe
Portland
Miss Gillars
Berlin
Radio Berlin
Sally
Normany
Southern Solons Block FEPC Debate Ends Hope for Bill
Southern senators blocked further Senate debate on the Fair Employment Practice Bill, effectively ending the measure for the session. A cloture motion failed 52 to 32, with Republicans largely backing closure and Democrats split. The plan would have created a federal commission to prevent hiring discrimination and enforce decisions in federal courts.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Lenman
D-Lib. NY
FEPC
Lucas
Ill
Russell
D-Ga
Till
Big Three pledge lead in peace along Soviet borders
Secretary of State Dean Acheson said the United States would spearhead a relentless peace effort along the Communist world’s borders. The Big Three moved toward lightening Austria occupation while planning civilian high commissioners. He urged continued aid to Indochina, Greece, Turkey, Iran, and Germany and lauded the Schuman plan for a Franco German economic union as a path to European unity.
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London
Dean Acheson
United States
Britain
France
Austria
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Acheson
Germany
West
Robert Schuman
Schurman
Dusseldorf
Europe
Medical Center Zoning Refusal Voted by Board
The City Zoning Board of Adjustments voted Friday against a zoning change to allow a $500,000 medical arts building in a residential district. Plans show a five story structure at West 16th and Rio Grande Streets by J Novy, David Howard Novy, and Morris Shapiro. The board’s recommendation to the City Council notes that decisions are not final.
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City Zoning Board of Adjustment
West 16Th and
Rio Grande Streets
J. Novy
David Howard Novy
Senate panel seeks probe of perverts in capital
A Senate appropriations subcommittee urged a full investigation into sex perversion in the capital based on a police estimate that 3,750 homosexuals work for the government. The panel called for examining in key jobs, personnel rule changes, and potential legislative steps including psychiatric rehabilitation and criminal statute revisions.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Appropriations
District of Columbia
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Kenneth &. Wherry
R-Neb
Rey E. Blick
Washington Police
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National Reserve Officers Association
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Acme
Lake Area
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Eesesvereeee
RADIO
Winchell
Seseeneeeers
Axis Sally
Ohio
Southern Solons
BIG 3 Aids
Atlantic Pact Council
North Atlantic
Medical Center
State Department
Wherry
Hill
Defense Department
W York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Joseph R. McCarthy
Rwis
Hills
National Institute of Mental Health
Blick
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