Fifteen Nazis Hanged at Landsberg Prison
Fifteen German war criminals were hanged at Landsberg Prison near Munich for wartime killings of concentration camp inmates and American soldiers. The executions bring total since Oct to 73 with 66 more under death sentence. Bishop Theophil Worm urged Truman to stop the executions.
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Munich
Germany
Landsberg
Adolf Hitler
Theophil Worm
Wuerttemberg
Truman
Worm
Wilhelm Karcher
Johann Schneider
Isidor Klumpp
Adolph Eiermann
Hans Wolf
Quirin Flaucher
Army
Flaucher
Dallas Plane Plant To Build Cutlass Lanes for Navy
Dallas officials said delivery of the new Cutlass aircraft to the Navy will begin late in 1949 after two more experiments at Stratford. Nineteen production line planes will be built at the Chance Vought plant in Dallas, with the plant layout already arranged to manufacture the bat-like XF701 secrecy had been withdrawn by the Navy.
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Dallas
Navy
Dalas
Chance Vought Aircraft
Stratford, Conn
Task Force Rendezvous Dramatizes San Francisco Bay Entry
In Port San Francisco on Friday two destroyer divisions entered the bay to meet the Navy first Task Force. Fifteen thousand officers and men went on weekend liberty as the force began its operations.
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San Francisco
Desroyer
San Francisco Bay
Navy
Lrst
Red Skelton’s Southern Yankee spoofing Civil War chaos
Red Skelton stars in a Farce set during the Civil War as a bell hop who slips into Confederate territory with a fake map and spying notes. He is pursued by Arlene Dahl, while misadventures include a dentist scene and a no man’s land gag with a two faced flag.
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Red Skelton
St. Louis
Red
Arlene Dahl
Hedy Lamarr
Skelton
Pappy
No-Man’s Land
Matthews Files Back Pay Suit Over County Juries
County Judge George B Matthews pursues $10,875 in back pay for service on Travis County juvenile board from 1941 to 1948. He claims the 1941 law and later rulings justify payment despite prior denials by county officials. case moves to 126th district court and could go to the Third Court of Civil Appeals.
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George
Matthews
Travis County
126Th District Court
Ralph W. Yarborough
William A. Brown
Matthew
Price Daniel
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Theater Review Praises Actor Known for Miracle on 34th Street
By Steve Perkins the same fellow who did the honors on Miracle on 34th Street delivers another excellent picture. The actor is described as good and well credentialed.
Train Crew Honors Ace Commuter on Birthday
Miss Jennie Kondrasky, a Stamford to Bridgeport daily rider, celebrated her 34th birthday with a surprise party aboard New Haven and Hartford Train No. 6. Conductor George Desrossier organized the event, and the blind commuter received a cake inscription read by braille fingers while the crew offered a knitting bag.
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Bridgeport
Miss Kondrasky
Jennie
George Desrossier
State Employment Service Office
Public Welfare Aid Sent to 231,101 Recipients in November
The State Department of Public Welfare reported 231,101 checks totaling 8,034,914 issued in November. Old age assistance led with 209,289 payments worth 7,082,121, followed by aid to dependent children at 15,023 families and 731,469 in value. The Needy Blind received 5,789 grants totaling 221,324, Texas led in old age roll totals with a net gain of 1,069 recipients and an 18 cent average increase.
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State Department of Public Welfare
John H. Winters
Department
Texas
Charley the Horse Proves No Jumper
Oklahoma City police report Charley the horse failed to jump a hurdle during a Thursday incident. The wagon crashed onto a car hood after driver Grady McKinley Estes swerved to avoid the horse and wagon. Estes, 65, Negro, was jailed.
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Oklahoma City
Charley
C. G. Williams
Grady McKinley Estes
Potato Crop of 1946 Estimated at 66.8 Million Bushels
The 1946 sweet potato harvest was estimated at 66,807,000 bushels, signaling a strong production year for growers. Farmers and industry observers tracked the yield as drought and weather conditions influenced regional output.
Egyptian and Iranian Queens Divorced by Royal Husbands
Cairo reports King Farouk has divorced Queen Farida, mother of three daughters, while Iran's Shah Reza Pahlavi also parted from Princess Fawzia, who bore him a daughter. Both nations cite no male heir as the throne issue, but emphasize the divorces do not affect sisterly relations.
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Cairo
Egypt
Iran
Farouk
Farida
Fawzia
Safi Naz Zulfikar
Mohammed Pasha Said
Tehran
Fawrda
Shah Reza Pahlevi
Chahinaz
Teheran
Persia
Ferial
Fadia
England
Fuad
Bowie’s Search for San Saba Mine Ends Near Alamo
Jim Bowie, famed Louisiana adventurer and Lipan son of Chief Xolic, led 11 Texans toward the San Saba mine in 1831 but their party faced 160 Lipans. After a brutal clash 7 men returned to San Antonio wounded or dead, broadening the saga until later battles including the Alamo.
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Jim Bowie
la Fitte
San Saba
San Antonio
Bowie
Xolic
Alamo
Lee County votes on five-district merger plan
In Giddings, November 19, five Lee County school districts Lincoln Oldenburg Friendship Tennert and Good Hope will vote December 11 on consolidation into one district with Giddings. The election will not affect taxes or valuations now, but a future board action could raise the rate to 1.50 per hundred to fund new buildings as enrollment grows.
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Giddings
Spl
Lee County
Lincoln
Oldenburg
Friendship
Tennert and
Good Hope
Charles Bigham
Giddings High School
Bigham
Giddings Independent
Otter Chases Worker on Florida Campus
An otter from Lake Hollingsworth chased Adam Byrd a grounds worker around the Florida Southern College campus. The 30 pound animal grabbed a trouser leg before Byrd swung a shovel and the otter headed back toward the water.
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Lakeland
Fla
Florida Southern College
Lake Hollingsworth
Adam Byrd
Byrd
Alabama sheriff and deputy charged with civil rights violations
Clarke County Sheriff Jenkins Angus Hill and Deputy Willie Ray Harrell, both 35, were indicted by a federal grand jury on nine counts of depriving Negroes of rights. Arrested in Mobile and released on $5,000 bonds, they face possible January trials over alleged illegal assault and abuse “color of office.”
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Mobile
Ala
Clarke County
Jenkins Angus Hill
Hill
Willie Ray Harrell
Alex T. Howard
Percy Fountain
Bruce seeks return flight after border crash
Verne A. Bruce, a US citizen living in Cutulla Mexico, crossed into Brownsville by private plane on Oct 11 and crashed on Oct 15 destroying the aircraft. He asks local airport manager Teofilo Crixell how to recross the border. Mexican customs requires returning a plane brought in.
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Brownsville
Verne A. Bruce
Cutulla
Mexico
Bruce
Teofilo Crixell
Palestine Worker To Speak Sunday
The Rev. Robert L. Lindsey missionary to Palestine and pastor of the First Baptist Church in Jerusalem will speak at the First Baptist Church here Sunday at 8 p.m. He was among the first missionaries to reenter the Holy Land after the war and has endured several narrow escapes during the recent fighting.
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Robert L. Lindsey
Palestine
First Baptist Church
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Garry Davis Delivers Shortest UN Speech in Paris
Garry Davis, calling himself a citizen of the world and son of a famous American conductor, interrupted the United Nations General Assembly with a brief address. From the balcony he shouted I interrupt I interrupt before trailing off, with security moving to quiet the scene.
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Paris
Garry Davis
United Nations
General Assembly
Secur
Five Friends Arrested Then Released After Paris Incident
A man was grabbed by police and jailed for three and a half hours before being released with a handshake. Five of his friends were arrested and freed shortly after, as detailing observers note the quick release following the disturbance in Paris.
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Ity
Paris
Cadillac Prices Raised Across 1949 Models
Detroit November 19 General Motors announced price increases for its 1949 Cadillacs averaging 3.2 percent over 1948. This marked GM's first disclosure of 1949 model prices.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
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