American Lands Reds' Treatment
Gordon Ross describes detention by Chinese Reds after his yacht Volador was damaged by nationalist air raids. He and his 11 crew were detained for two months, then moved to Hong Kong on April 20 before being released. Ross, a former US Navy lieutenant commander, praised Reds for keeping the vessel afloat and recounted the voyage from Manila.
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Hong Kong
Gordon Ross
Ross
Santa Monica
Calif
Yakima
Wash
Manila
Fort Bayard
Red China
Porter urges Barkley to skip tidelands FEPC talk in Texas
Jack Porter of Houston, a 1948 GOP Senate candidate, asks Alben Barkley to omit tidelands and FEPC discussion from a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner speech. He warns of boos if Barkley defends Truman civil rights plans and urges mention of Taft-Hartley, federal aid to education, and federal control versus state boards.
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Jack Porter
Houston
United States Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Texas
Porter
Barkley
Truman
Tidelands
Democratic Executive
Committee of Texas
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
FEPC
Board of Education
Boards of Education
Robbers Steal Safe From Cleveland Home
Mrs Rosell Johnson, 34, told police two thieves forced her into a tub full of water while they removed a small safe containing a wrist watch. The safe was found looted nearby.
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Cleveland
Rosell Johnson
St Edward's theater praise for The Man Who Came To Dinner
St Edward's University student theater presented The Man Who Came To Dinner by Kaufman and Hart as its commencement play on Friday and repeat show Saturday. Joseph McHale starred as Sheridan Whiteside with strong support from Vina Fulcher Margie Telepape Gus Opperman IV and others under director Myron J Maul. The rainy gym performance did not dampen the production's quality.
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St. Edward’s University Student Theater
George S. Kaufman
Moss Hart
St. Edward's Gym
Joseph McHale
Sheridan Whiteside
Alexander Woollcott
McHale
Vina Fulcher
Margie Telepape
Gus Opperman IV
Helen Barnes
Sam Johnson
Mary Ann McNamara
Hill Christie
Jean Gilkerson
Paul Cambeilh
Mary Rubarth
Pete Parsons
B. Paul Brock
Myron J. Maul
Newest Lincoln Fire Engine Damaged on Call
Lincoln's Fire Engine No. 1, the city’s newest at $13,000, broke an axle while answering a call from the central station. Engine No. 9, a 30 year old unit, roared by shortly after, adding a flair of red to the scene.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
Central Fire Station
Taylor Cotton Boll Earns National High School Press Honor
The Cotton Boll of Taylor High School received distinguished merit standing from the Interscholastic League Press Conference after recognition by the National Association of High School Papers.
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Taylor
ANS
Taylor High School
National Association of High School Papers
Two California Law Officers Shot to Death
The bodies of Undersheriff Earl Sholes and Deputy Dan Heryford were found Friday near Gibson in North Shasta County. Investigators say they were killed Thursday night around 10 o’clock, shot with their own pistols and their car stolen. Two youths, James McKay 18 and Robert Sturm 19, arrested within two hours admitted the shooting after escaping from a California Youth Authority camp.
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Truckee
Calif
Redding
Here
Earl Sholes
Dan Heryford
Gibson
North Shasta County
Seattle
James McKay
Robert Sturm
California Youth Authority
Tornadoes and Showers Strike West and North Central Texas
Two tornadoes in Sweetwater and Crane caused heavy property damage with no injuries. Four inches of rain fell in Sweetwater, while Crane's damage ranged from $150,000 to $200,000, mainly at the airport. Reports of up to 4 inches in Scurry and Electra areas damaged crops, with hail and strong winds affecting Dallas and other towns.
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Texas
Snyder
Electra
Sweetwater
Crane
Western Compress and Storage Company
House of Prayer
Wilson and Bonner
Scurry County
Red River Valley
Cisco
Eastland
Midland
Big Spring
Dallas
Richard Tedwell
Tedwell
Explosion at Barrow-Douglass Furniture Store
A gas explosion at closing time damaged two nearby buildings and destroyed the Barrow-Douglass Furniture Store in Big Spring. Three people were injured including store manager Joe Smith and Mrs. Lorena Lynch. Fire chief said accumulated gas caused the blast and flames raged about 90 minutes.
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Big Spring
Barrow- Douglass
Joe Smith
Lorena Lynch
Barrow-Douglass
Smith
Garrett Patton
H. V. Crocker
Stanley
Safeway Grocery
Coplon and Fiance Secure Brooklyn Marriage License
Judith Coplon, once a government employee tied to espionage, and her lawyer fiancé Albert H. Socolov obtained a marriage license at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Friday. Coplon, age 29, is free on bail pending appeals from New York and Washington espionage sentences totaling 25 years. Socolov is 28.
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New York
INL
Judith Coplon
Albert H. Socolov
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Miss Coplon
Washington
Socolov
Vacant House Burns Outside City Limits
A four room frame house on Mc Carter Lane was destroyed by fire Friday night. The vacant structure stood a mile outside the city limits across Montopolis Bridge. Two Austin fire trucks arrived at 7 50 p.m. but the house was already burned.
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McCarter Lane
Montopolis Bridge
Austin Fine Department
Weather Summary for West Texas and Adjacent Areas
Weather outlook shows cooler nights and mostly unsettled conditions with showers and scattered thundershowers in the southern and extreme eastern areas. Warmer across western Texas with partly cloudy skies and higher afternoon temperatures. Anson expected around 5 pm on Saturday with dark moonrise and a May 19 high near 92 degrees. Rainfall totals reported 2.4 inches in the past 24 hours, drought concerns noted with lingering dryness.
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Pac Y
Armer
Texas
Anson
Ainfall
Seth Buche
Fort Cole
Setie
Shane
Teadines Prides
Abilene
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Parenveeses
Austin
Houston
Browneville
Rede
Senantonio
Wele
23rd National Spelling Bee Ends in Draw
The 23rd National Spelling Bee produced a tie between Colquitt Dean of College Park Virginia and Diana Reynold of East Cleveland Ohio after 49 rounds as words ran out. Director Charles Schneider announced the result and both finalists share the first prize of 500 dollars.
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Washington
Colquitt Dean
College Park
Diana Reynold
Cleveland
Ohio
Colquitt
Diana
Charles Schneider
New York
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