Czech Communist Party Plans Expelling of Hostile Elements
Czechoslovakia’s Communist Party announced a month long December purge to expel hostile elements and issue new membership cards to reliable members in 1950. Enrollment stands at about 2.3 million with 500,000 candidates, following a 1949 purge that removed 100000 members. Housecleaning rules published in The Functionary call a thorough background check on members and applicants. Rude Pravo urged intensifying the drive against rich farmers.
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Czechoslovakia
Pravo
Czecho Communist Party
Freight Handler Held in Chicago Hotel Slaying
A 50 year old freight handler was held without charge in Chicago after the strangulation death of Mrs. Mildred Garlock found in his hotel room. Otto Zinzel, a trucking firm employee, said he choked the woman during a quarrel over her attentions to another man.
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Chicago
John Tyndall
Otto Zinzel
Mildred Garlock
Tyndall
Zinzel
Goodbye to the common cold 36 hour cure
An new antihistamine tablet touted to kill a cold within 36 hours. It claims to stop sneezing coughing and runny noses that spread infection. Government permits direct sale in drugstores without prescriptions. Reader's Digest notes its development and testing for cure and prevention.
Schoolmates of 1917 18 Meet at Cypress Mills
Mrs Helmuth Fuchs hosted a luncheon at Cypress Mills to honor four Johnson City classmates from 1917 18 Mr and Mrs L R Hardin and Mr and Mrs Howard Klett gathered to reminisce about school day fun in Johnson City Texas.
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Cypress Mills
Johnson City
Helmuth Fuchs
L. R. Hardin
Howard Klett
Fire Damages Frame House At 1809 West 10th Street
Fire damaged the roof and two rooms of a five room frame house at 1809 West 10th Street early Sunday. The house owned by M. A. Hayden was also subjected to extensive heat and smoke damage. Fire department answered the alarm at 3 30 p.m.
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West 10Th Street
M. A. Hayden
Ex-Austinite Major Tells Berlin Airlift Tale
Air Force Major James Anderson recalls 1949 Berlin airlift flights from Weisbaden to supply besieged Berlin. Each C54 carried about 24 000 pounds of freight including coal flour vegetables milk and even cognac. He details templehof facilities Russia’s impact on Berlin’s underground airport and life among German and Russian sectors, noting American crews and local Russians mingled with limited incidents.
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Manor
Air Force
James Anderson
Mark Twain
Twain
Anderson
B. E. Anderson
James
Great Falls
Mont
Berlin
Templehof
Germany
Weisbaden
C54
Arport
Messerschmitt
GAF
Russsan
Taylor Couple Wed In Twin Ring Rites At Lutheran Church
Miss LaVern Seggern and Andrew Greinert wed in a double ring ceremony at Christ Lutheran Church in Taylor on Thanksgiving Day. The Rev. G A Zoch officiated with Gladiola Martin providing piano music. Attendants included Delphine Greinert as maid of honor and Martin Schroeder as best man. The couple will reside on a farm near Taylor after the wedding.
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Taylor
Lutheran Church
Christ Lutheran Church
LaVern Seggern
Adolph Seggern
Andrew Greinert
Frank Greinert
G. A. Zoch
Delphine Greinert
Martin Schroeder
Jay Blue
Nowak Ashberry wedding engagement announced in San Marcos
Jeanne Ashberry and Matthew Nowak plan a wedding at the First Christian Church in San Marcos. Jeanne graduates from Southwest Texas State Teachers College, while Nowak, Army Air Corps veteran, studies pre engineering at SWTSTC and will live in San Marcos after marriage.
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San Marcos
Joseph Jefferson Ashberry
Jeanne
Matthew A. Nowak
Stephen Nowak
Jersey City
New Jersey
First Christian Church
Miss Ashberry
San Marcos High School
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Nowak
Army Air Corps
San Marcos Army Air Base
Swtstc
Australian Minister Urges US Cooperation
External Affairs Minister H. V. Evatt urged Australia and the United States to maintain close cooperation in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. He said both nations would rapidly share resources and facilities if another emergency arose, as they did during World War II.
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Sydney
Australia
H. V. Evatt
United States
Pacific
Southeast Asia
America
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Czech Communist Party
Prague
Communist Party
W. 6Th
Bridges Furniture CO
Congress Ave
Reader's Digest
Paul de Kruif
William Henry King
Utah
Salt Lake Hospital
King
Washington, D. C
Senate
Bernie Miesch
Bernard X. Miesch
Manchester
Conn
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft
Bernie Miesich
Institute of Life Insurance
42Nd St
New York
N. Y
West Texas
Hamlin
Austin
Austin High School
University of Texas
RCAF
RAF
Eighth Air Force
England
RAF Coastal Command
12Th Air Force
North Africa
McDill Field
Tampa
Fla
Gladiola Martin
Dorothy Seggern
Frances Fischer
Jeanette Seggern
Austin Orthopedic Appliance Company
the Mutual Savings
Congress
Westinghouse Laundromat
Cae
Wistimenouse Laundromats
Calcasieu
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