UT Biochemist Details Egg Yolk Cancer Testing Method
University of Texas biochemist Dr Alfred Taylor described growing cancer in fertilized egg yolk to rapidly screen potential anti cancer compounds at the Texas Medical Center cancer symposium. The system injects tumor after 12 days and yields results within 48 hours, tested across 238 experiments and 47 compounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
University of Texas
Alfred Tayior
Biochemical Institute
Austin
Taylor
M Anderson
Texas Medical Center
Six Defendants Plead Guilty in Local Court
Six defendants pled guilty before Judge Jack Roberts in 126th District Court. Raymond C. Calhoun was found guilty on two indictments of forgery and passing and received two to three years, to run concurrently. Murrell D. Scott and George Wright received five year suspended sentences for DWI second offenses. Jo Garcia and Caterino Bonillo got two to three years suspended for burglary. William L. Wolff got five years probation for forgery and passing. H. W Platt's assault with intent to murder trial was postponed to June 20.
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126Th District Court
Jack Roberts
Raymond C. Calhoun
Murrell D. Scott
George Wright
Jo Garcia
Caterino Bonillo
William L. Wolff
H. W Platt
Wandering Teen Identified by Cousin in Crown Point
Crown Point Indiana May 20 A teenage boy who did not know his name was identified as her cousin Donald Simsek by Mrs Alice Walker of Chicago. The 14 year old had been in her care after his parents separated and had been placed in a Chicago parental home. He disappeared last February and will be returned to the Chicago home.
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Crown Point
Ind
Alice Walker
Chicago
Donald Simsek
Walter Hammond
Lake County
Lake Travis May Rise Two More Feet
The rise in Lake Travis is expected to reach about 2.37 feet by Sunday, with the level reaching 667 feet above sea level before stabilization. At 6 p.m. Friday the lake stood at 664.63 feet as Buchanan Dam gates managed excess rainwater from West Texas.
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Lake Travis
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Travis
Buchanan Dam
West Texas
LCRA
Woman Sues Reed Estate For Land Grant In Texas
Dolly M. Bryant of Austin sues the estate of D. C. Reed in 126th District Court claiming a June 16 1945 grant gave her 164th of all oil and gas in 28 Cochran County sections. The action names Hiram M. Reed independent executor Ruth Reed Dyke independent executrix and Dyke's husband plus five children. Bryant says she performed obligations and requests the instrument proved for record or as a written contract.
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Dolly M. Bryant
Austin
126Th District Court
D. C. Reed
Texas
Reed
Hiram M. Reed
Ruth Reed Dyke
Who Am I Picture Sparks Hope in Community
A photo of a boy asking Who am I appeared in Friday's Austin Statesman and sparked hopes in Crown Point Indiana. Bessie Glass of 2110 East Ninth is pursuing her grandson believed to have disappeared with a neighbor in Galveston about nine years ago. The boy said he wandered the Midwest for five years and did not know his identity.
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Austin Statesman
Bessie Glass
East Ninth
Crown Point
Ind
Galveston
Midwest
Fish Can Now Speak Of Man Who Escaped
Fort Pierce Florida May 20 A. R. caught a man. O G Hill hooked a big jewfish from a bridge. The fish pulled hard then returned with a jerk sending Hill over the rail into the water. He clung to the bridge until fellow fishermen hauled him to safety. The fish swam away.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Aar
O. G. Hill
Hill
Russia retreats in Greece signals cautious stance shift
AP analysis notes Moscow softens its line on guerrilla control and accepts a border commission akin to a UN panel while maintaining hard terms on guerrilla peace. Western capitals respond with cold caution as Athens vows continued war until guerrillas surrender.
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Russia
UN Commission
Texas Patrolman Demonstrates Pistol Shooting at Driskill
Sergeant Don Lawrence of the Texas Highway Patrol gave an exhibition of pistol shooting for the Young Men's Business League at the Driskill Hotel. He split a .38 bullet on an axe edge at 20 feet and his shots broke targets on either side. Lawrence holds seven national pistol shooting records.
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Don Lawrence
Texas Highway Patrol
Young Men's’ Business League
Driskill Hotel
Lawrence
Electrical output in the United States rises from 1902 to 1940
The record shows electricity production expanding dramatically from 1902 to 1940, increasing by a factor of about 58. This surge reflects rapid adoption of electric power across industries and households, signaling a major shift in energy use and infrastructure development during the early 20th century.
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United States
Sleepless Indianapolitan Delivers Fort Worth Water Pump
Indianapolis trucker Victor Brown drove 32 hours straight to Fort Worth delivering the city’s new water pump motor toppled by Trinity River flooding. He left Indianapolis Wednesday 4 p.m. and arrived Friday, escorted by police as officials vowed millions of gallons of clean water daily. Brown, 40, said the mission was crucial and he would have completed it in 28 hours if not for rain in Missouri.
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Fort
Indianapolis
Victor Brown
Brown
Fort Worth
Missouri
Holly Plant
Oklahoma
Wichita County Farmer Opens Wheat Season 1949
M L Hartmangruber begins the wheat season harvesting the first load on a nine acre field twelve miles west of Wichita Falls. The Electra resident farms 400 acres and sent the grain to General Mills elevators. The early premium variety was harvested at 1 30 p m on Friday afternoon May 20.
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Wichita Falls
M. L. Hartmangruber
Wichita County
Haskell
Young
Mike Hartmangruber
Electra
Hartmangruber
General Mills
Churchill Attacks British Socialist Party in Glasgow Speech
Winston Churchill condemned the Labour Party and its state ownership policies at Ibrox Park in Glasgow. He argued socialism ends in a Communist state and contrasted US prosperity and aid with Britain's path. He spoke to about 22,000 people as UK politics loomed toward a 1950 election.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Winston Churchill
Britain
Labor
Socialist) Party
Ibrox Park
Churchill
Labor Party
United States
Barkleys French Draws Cheering Bid From Truman
At Washington airport Vice-President Barkley attempted French as Secretary Acheson heads to Paris for talks. The crowd heard a garbled bon voyage while President Truman quipped about the accent.
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Washington
Barkley
Truman
State Acheson
Paris
Bonnet
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