Sherman Named To Denfeld Post
Vice Admiral Forrest P. Sherman was named to succeed Admiral Louis Denfeld as chief of naval operations. The White House said President Truman would commission Sherman, 53, the Navy’s No. 1 admiral, with Sherman touted as a top compromise expert and aviation advocate.
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Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
National Defense
White House
Truman
Sherman
Navy
US Naval Academy
Wasp
Solomon Islands
Pacific
Charles G. Ross
Matthews Sherman
Pentagon
Denfeld
Secy
Matthews
House Armed Services Committee
Mediterranean
Lauris Norstad
Air Force
Congress
Representative Hardy
D-Va
House
Armed Services Committee
Air Corps
Missing heirloom post prompts family appeal
The Voight family seeks the return of a green tree shaped iron hitching post with a horse head missing from 1207 Lorraine Street. Valued as a century old family heirloom from Round Rock, the post was embedded in concrete and replaced after a Halloween prank. Voight asks anyone with information to contact him.
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Hallowe'en
A. G
Pat) Voight
Voight
Lorraine Street
Round Rock
Truman Sees Peacetime Spending Peak and 5.5B Deficit
President Truman forecast this fiscal year’s federal outlays at 43.5 billion dollars with a 5.5 billion deficit for the year ending next June 30. Budget revisions reflect higher spending and lower receipts than January projections, expanding the national debt beyond 256 billion.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Frank Pace
Rescuers Fail To Save Flier After Navy Ploane Tragedy
In San Diego on November 1 a Navy pilot perished when his jet crashed into the sea. Rescue teams fought to reach the submerged cockpit for nearly four hours, finding an oxygen mask still loose as water entered through a broken cabin.
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San Diego
Calif
Austin Baby Injured In Fall Out of Auto
Jerry D. Hyde a two year old boy from 2704 South First Street suffered minor head injuries and possible rib fractures after falling from a car in front of his home Tuesday afternoon. He was admitted to Brackenridge Hospital in good condition for observation. Officer C Dipprey investigated and reported the mother Mrs Billie Jean Hyde was backing the vehicle when the accident occurred.
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Jerry D. Hyde
South First Street
Brackenridge Hospital
C. Dipprey
Billie Jean Hyde
Mays Found Guilty in Juneteenth Knife Slaying
Ira Mays was found guilty of murder by a jury in the 98th District Court for the 1946 Juneteenth knife slaying of Othella Murray Mays. The jury recommended sentence suspension after deliberating about an hour.
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Ira Mays
98Th District Court
Othella Murray Mays
Murray May
Thornton Rites Set for Longtime Capitol News Chief
Funeral services for William Martin Thornton 70 dean of the Capitol press corps will be held at St Marys Cathedral at 9 30 a m Wednesday. Thornton died of a heart attack at his Normandie Arms home early Tuesday with burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery. He served 51 years as chief of bureau for the Dallas Morning News at the Texas Capitol and was honored recently for half a century of service. Survivors include his widow a daughter and a sister. tributes from Governor Shivers highlighted his fearless reporting and steady guidance to young legislators.
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William Martin Thornton
Capitol Press Corps
Thornton
Normandie’ Arms
St. Mary's Cathedral
Francis Sullivan
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Cook Funeral Home
James M. Moroney
Dawson Duncan
Dallas
Dan Moody
Gordon K. Shearer
Richard M. Morehead
Austin
Gus Am
Dallas Morning News
Capitol
University of Texas
John E. Thornton
Tutley” Thornton
Dallas News
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
James E. Ferguson
Ferguson
Bryce Ferguson
Nancy Ferguson
James P. Nash
Jack Fernandez
S. Newton
Allan Shivers
Tutley Thornton
Texas
Mary
Statehouse
Tutley
Plan Announced For Large Negro Housing Project In Austin
A 300 acre site east of the Dallas Highway owned by the St. John s Regular Baptist Association is slated for a 400 to 500 home Negro housing development. The plan includes a shopping center school site and possible junior college with Federal Housing Authority involvement and staged development.
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North
Austin
St. John’s
Dallas Highway
A. K. Black
St. John’s Association
Black
Rising Star Baptist Church
Russell Lumbard
Crescent Industries
San Jacinto Boulevard
Lumbard
Federal Housing Authority
City Plan
City Board of Education
McCallum High School
Mhe
55 Die in Worst Plane Disaster in US History
A DC4 airliner from Boston to New Orleans collided with a Bolivian fighter near Washington National Airport. Fifty five people died, with only one survivor Eric Rios Bridoux, 28. The crash shattered near the Potomac River and many victims were recovered from the water. Notables aboard included Representative George J. Bates Helen Hokinson Gardner W. Taylor and Michael J. Kennedy.
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Washington
Eastern Air Lines
DC4
Eric Rios Bridoux
Potomac River
George J. Bates
R-Mass
Congress
Helen Hokinson
New Yorker
Gardner W. Taylor
First Savings and Loan Association of New York
Michael J. Kennedy
Tammany Hall
Eastern Airlines
National
Washington, D
Morgan Discussed For Dallas City Manager Post
Guiton Morgan of Austin was interviewed by Dallas city councilmen seeking a new city manager. Morgan said he is not an applicant and had conferred with eight Dallas officials. Mayor Savage noted the matter is under advisement with no decision yet. Morgan has led Austin since 1931 except for World War I service.
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Guiton Morgan
Austin
Dallas
Morgan
Roderic B. Thomas
Wallace Savage
Associated Press
Savage
Joseph Morgan
Taylor Glass
Glass
W. S. Drake Jr
Mrs Ford E Cale Dies at 51 in Taylor
Mrs. Ford E. Cale 51 prominent Taylor resident died at her home Tuesday afternoon. She and her husband founded Motex Manufacturing in Taylor a year ago after moving from Houston. Survived by husband Abigail Ellison Cale daughter mother Mrs W W Morris Atlanta Texas three sisters and three brothers. Funeral at First Baptist Church Wednesday 11 a.m. Rev R C Calvert officiates. Body to Mount Vernon for burial via Condra Funeral Home.
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Earl Morris
Natchitoches
Dial Morris
Texarkana
Cecil Morris
Bright Star
Ark
First Baptist Church
R. C. Calvert
Taylor Methodist Church
Condra
Mount Vernon
Taylor
Houston
Break in Coal Strike Possible As Hopes in Steel Skyrocket
Pittsburgh dispatch reports rising peace hopes as Laughlin Steel joins a Cleveland huddle with Murray to break the steel strike. John L. Lewis calls a war council to address coal shutdown and 380,000 miners walkout amid potential Illinois settlements and federal mediation hints.
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Pittsburgh
Laughlin Steel Corporation
Murray
Cleveland
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Chicago
Illinois
Washington
Cyrus S. Ching
Bethlehem Steel
Ching
Bethlehem
America
US Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
CIO
United Steelworkers
Prletty
Fire Damages Big Fox Food Store on Barton Springs Road
Fire damaged the back portion of the Big Fox Food Store located at 405 Barton Springs Road early Wednesday. Extent of damage was not available at 1:30 am press time.
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Big Fox Food
Barton Springs Road
Love swindler Engel convicted by Chicago jury
Sigmund Engel known as America’s No 1 love swindler was found guilty on a confidence game charge in Chicago. He faces 1 to 10 years in prison after a jury deliberated about an hour. He bilked Mrs. Reseda Corrigan of 8700 amid a marriage claim and acting career ruse. A new trial motion was set for November 9 with bond set at 15000. Mrs. Corrigan fainted after the verdict.
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Chicago
Sigmund
Sam) Engel
America
Engel
Reseda Corrigan
Lothario
George M. Fisher
Warm Days and Cold Nights Forecast for Texas
The Weather Bureau said warm days and nippy nights are ahead for Austin and Texas for the next two days. Austin will drop to 35 at about 7 am with a bright sun lifting temperatures to the low seventies by afternoon. Light frost touched low temps. Lufkin and Dalhart reported freezing conditions in the 20s.
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Austin
Texas
Weather Bureau
Lufkin
Dalhart
McCarthy Rehires Manager Job With Red Sox
Three Red Sox players earn AP All American honors as Joe McCarthy returns to manage Boston. The North and South Open golf event is rained out through Wednesday. Lieutenant Glenn Davis eyes a Chicago White Sox bid. Elgin’s Harry Burke earns back of the week. New Braunfels’ Oscar Cantu named lineman of the week.
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Joe McCarthy
Boston
Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
Glenn Davis
Chicago White Sox
Elgin
Harry Burke
Texas
New Braunfels
Oscar Cantu
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T. O. Lang
W. M. Thornton
Wray Weddell
Department of Public Safety
Bolivia
New Orleans
Ford E. Cale
Philip Murray
Bethlehem Steel Company
Lewis’ War Council
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Austin Kiwanis Club
Sid Eckdale
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