US Memorial Day tribute notes peace through strength
A sprawling memorial observance spans Washington London Paris and war cemeteries as wreaths honor unknown soldiers. General Omar Bradley and Secretary Gordon Gray urge steadfast America while Grey and Matthews praise a strong Navy and air power to deter future wars.
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Paris
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Francis P. Matthews
Sea Service
Dangerous Days: Texas Toll Hits Fourteen as Deaths Rise
The 13 toll in Texas places the state fourth in the nation for holiday fatalities since Friday evening. Readings include 35 traffic deaths, 43 drownings, and 33 misc deaths. Austin reported no fatalities but several drunk driving incidents. Paralee Dunigan 80 injured in auto pedestrian crash, James Hibler driver, others x rayed at Brackenridge Hospital. Ed Wilke 45 and Lincoln Thompson 24 among those injured. A stabbing at Steamboat Inn caused a lung puncture. the assailant jailed for disturbing the peace.
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Paralee Dunigan
Duval
Brackenridge Hospital
James Dayton Hibler
San Marcos
Mary Woodward
Manchacha Road
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Glenn M. Lancaster
Chicon and
Willow
Lincoln Thompson
Morales
Steamboat Inn
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Thompson
Retired Amarillo Man Dies on Fishing Trip
A retired Amarillo man died during a fishing trip at Eagle Nest New Mexico. He is survived by his widow and two sons and two daughters, all of Amarillo. The report notes the deceased had been enjoying a fishing outing when the death occurred.
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Amarillo
Eagle Nest N. M
Sunday Heat Record Falls in Austin Weather Outlook
A sultry 93 degrees topped Austin's 1949 high but was forecast to rise further as the Weatherman warned of warmer days ahead. Moisture in the atmosphere suggests rain remains unlikely in the near future except for North and Northeast Texas.
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Austin
Austin Weather Bureau
Texas
Russians Expected To Reject Plan For Germany Unity
Paris May 29 American sources predicted Russia will reject Western requests for a unified Germany under a federal democracy and a Berlin operating framework. Foreign Minister Vishinsky weighs the reply as Western powers push Bonn constitution terms, elections, and an occupation statute.
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Germany
Berlin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Moscow
Bonn
High Commission
Poland
Clorakia
Allied Control Council
Vishinsky
Berlin strike averted as Soviet peace claim rises
Soviet officials say peace love kept the Berlin railway strike from escalating. They cite General Howley and Western Berlin police taking over yards from Soviet directions after 12,000 striking railway workers and Russian control tensions.
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Soviet Union
Berlin
Ford D A W Votes To End Walkout
The CIO United Auto Workers ended the Ford strike after 25 days. River Rouge and Detroit Lincoln locals approve settlement sending 106,000 idled Ford workers back to work. Arbitration will decide the speedup dispute as UAW Chief Reuther calls the move a milestone though not a complete victory.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Lincoln
Ford
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Dallas Firemen Find Missing Woman Body
Dallas firemen recovered the body of 40 year old Susie Mae Close from Tu Creek after a three and a half day search. Her ear was found and the body drifted about a mile from the Trinity River area where she was last seen.
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Tu Creek
Susie Mae Close
Trinity River
Centex Methodist pastors named in Texas conference
May 29 reading of pastoral appointments closed the 91st annual Southwest Texas Methodist conference at Travis Park Church. Bishop A. Frank Smith announced district superintendents and numerous appointment changes across Austin Kerrville and surrounding areas, detailing churches and circuits with assigned pastors.
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San Antonio
Methodist Church Southwest
UT Graduates 2000 Tonight for Baccalaureates
University of Texas and Austin High School hold baccalaureate services with Dr Morris Wee of Park Ridge Illinois delivering UT sermon at the Main Building terrace. ROTC commissioning for 113 graduates set for Monday at 4 pm in the Music Building auditorium. General Handy and General Snavely to speak.
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Austin
Morris
Wee
Park Ridge Illinois
Austin High
ROTC
Thomas T. Handy
Fourth Army
Dr. Wee
Ats
J. & Chester
Arrest in Florida Cracks Zales $50,000 Burglary Case Here
A Florida arrest and recovery of 19 jewelry items cracked the January Zale burglary case here, announced Captain T C Klaus. A man posing as a jewelry salesman traveled through Florida.
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T C. Klaus
Austin
J. J. Sears
St. Petersburg
Merle Wells
Pete Weaver
Fred L
Montgomery and Ward
Vt Zale
Pat Saunders
St. Pete
Atele
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Moslem Vows Repeated By Rita and Aly
Rita Hayworth and Prince Aly Khan repeated their Moslem wedding rites at Chateau de Horizon in a quiet ceremony attended by six to eight guests. The event followed a civil marriage, with both in ordinary clothes and the Arabic service lasting about 15 minutes. El Hadj Baradi led the witness and the ceremony ended with a blessing.
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France
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Wittéagesmaar
Chateau de Horizon
Aly
Rita
el Hadj Baradi
Paris
Treasurer W. A. Julian Killed in Auto Crash
Bethesda Md May 29 W A Julian treasurer of the United States since the Roosevelt era died in a head on collision near Bethesda His chest was crushed and rescue workers spent half an hour freeing him from the wreckage Willeni Ellis and Paul Smith suffered only minor injuries Julian was 76 and his death ends a long career in public finance with the Treasury issuing 87 billion dollars in currency during hard times
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W. A. Julian
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Washington
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Frank J. Brosnes
Wits
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