New Foot and Mouth Disease Type Found in Mexico
The US Mexico Foot and Mouth Disease Commission reports a new Type O strain near Chicoloapan, 16 miles northeast of Mexico City. An Oct 17 outbreak killed 269 animals and prompted thorough disinfection as veterinarians fear spread and vaccine ineffectiveness against both O and A types.
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Mexico City
Felet Us-Mexico Foot and Mouthisease Commission
Chicoloapan
Here
Mexico
Commission
Chico
Loapan
Ousts Two Leftwing Unions at CIO Convention
The CIO moves to expel two unions amid anti Communist uprisings, with leaders like Walter Reuther and Harry Bridges arguing the UE is led by bankrupt moral figures. The measure faces appeals and potential charter revocation for unions behind on per capita taxes.
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Walter Reuther
The
Auto Workers
George Baldanzi
Textile Workers
Harry Bridges
Abraham Flaxer
United Public Workers
Bridges
Flaxer
CIO
Trusses and Surgical Garments Sales Notice
Trusses and surgical garments fitted by trained technicians at Wilson X Ray and Surgical Company located at 1701 Guadalupe. Phone number listed 8 1674.
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Wilson X-Ray and Surgical Company
Guadalupe
Quashed Election Date Forecast Triggers British Furor
Labor peer Lord Calverley sparked a political stir by predicting a July 6 1950 general election date. Prime Minister Attlee and Labour leaders denied knowledge of any fixed date, amid rising speculation after pound devaluation and Attlee’s earlier denial of a fall election.
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London
Lord Calverley
George Muff
Hull
Attlee
House of Lords
Labor Party
Morgan Phillips
Philips
British Pound
Stepfather Kills Stepdaughter Then Self in Fire
In San Francisco a 35-year-old man Bruce Harold Brennan killed his 14-year-old stepdaughter Constance Oliver and himself after setting an apartment blaze and detaining police for 15 minutes. Brennan was free on bail on morals charge involving the girl and had a prior rape conviction from 1938.
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San Francisco
Bruce Harold Brennan
Constance Oliver
Betty Brennan
Stokely Wins Third Term as Brownsville Mayor
Brownsville voters re-elected H. J. Stokely as mayor with 2,335 votes to 1,131 for former mayor Robert Runyon. All four Stokely ticket commissioners won. A. C. Hipp defeated C. A. Roy 2,370 to 1,004. Travis Jennings and incumbents I. Zarate Jr. and J. A. Garcia were re-elected, unopposed in their seats.
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Brownsville
H. J. Stokely
Stokely
Robert Runyon
A.C. Hipp
C. A. Roy
Travis Jennings
Well Powell
I, Zarate, Jr
J. A. Garcia
Commission
Weather summary for Texas and surrounding area
The report shows cool nights and a series of temperature readings across Texas and nearby regions. It lists sunrise and sunset times for Austin on Thursday, notes a full moon on November 5, and provides high and low temperatures for multiple cities along with rainfall totals and river stage figures. The forecast suggests little change in the Colorado River levels with modest readings across Abilene Fort Worth Amarillo Galveston Houston and other locales.
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Texas
Austin
Colorado
Montopolis
Lake Buchanan
Lake Travis
Marshall Ford
Abilene
Fort Worth
Amarilie
Galveston
Ustin
Houston
Rownaville
Laredo
Meres Arias
San Antonio
FE Ari Wseo Oiscivass
Paso
NO WARRANT Tatum's Return To Arizona Jail Delayed
NO WARRANT Tatum's Return To Arizona Jail Delayed report from El Paso says it will be several days before Jack Tatum 28 can be returned to Phoenix after breaking jail Oct. 22. He surrendered to FBI agents and was arraigned with bond set at 50000. The escape involved luring the jailer and a shootout with a watchman.
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Tatum
Arizona
EL Paso
Jack Tatum
Phoenix
Ariz
FBI
US Marshal’s
Henry C. Clifton
Maricopa County
Serra Club celebrates first anniversary with banquet
Austin's Serra Club marked its one year with a Country Club banquet. Speakers included Rev George W P Johnson, Ray Jordan, and Bishop Louis J Reicher. Louis B Shurr presented a check for seminary work. Reicher noted 14 Austin diocese men in La Porte, nine in San Antonio, one in Rome. Jordan cited clubs' national count and forthcoming Houston convention with Cardinal Stritch. Johnson offered congratulations.
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Austin
Serra Club
Country Club
George W. P Johnson
St. Austin's Chapel
Ray Jordan
Serra Internation
Louis J. Reicher
Diocese of Austin
Louis B. Shurr
Reicher
la Porte
San Antonio
Rome
Italy
Austin Club
Jordan
Houston
Texas
Canada
Cardinal Strich
Johnson
Salesman's Death Held As Death by Own Action in Houston
A 40 year old salesman died in a Houston hotel from potassium cyanide poisoning. The coroner ruled death a suicide after the body of Lee R. Bart was found Monday with a note reading I alone am responsible. Police were summoned when a maid failed to entry the barred door.
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Houston
Lee R. Bart
W. C. Ragan
Bart
Optimist International Headlands Boys Work in Texas Visit
Franklin A. Steinke of Washington D C president of Optimist International spoke in Austin on a tour of Texas Optimist districts praising the work with boys and urging continued service. He cited experience in Atlanta where juvenile crime fell after a local Optimist club was formed and noted Optimist Week proclaimed by Governor Shivers.
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Optimist
Franklin A. Steinke
Washington, D. C
Optimist International
Texas
Atlanta
United States
Capitol of
Jess Akin
Austin
al Campbell
Sally Lee
Steinke
Mack Hull
Allan Shivers
Taylor Glass
Shivers
Louis FE. Sien Sr
San Antonio
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Washington
Chicago
National Capital Optimist Club of
San Francisco
British urge Greece to spare communists
London reports the British Government hopes Greece will show mercy to captured Communist rebels. Foreign Undersecretary Christopher Mayhew told the House of Commons that the government prefers leniency for those misled, though no diplomatic action with Athens is planned.
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London
Greece
Christopher P. Mayhew
House of Commons
Mayhew
Athens
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Sharge
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Murray
Austin Orthopedic Appliance Company
Rik W
Kuntz- Sternenberg Lumber Co
Eastman Kodak
Ellison
Congress
Anglo
Stepfather
Gurl
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Samuel Bruton
Kenwood
Judith Noe Bruton
Brackenridge Hospital
American-Statesman
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Tulsa
Okla
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Calvert Reserve
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Optimist International Headlands Boys Work
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