Vandals Visit Texas In Lone Star Showdown At Memorial Stadium
Idaho brings a 0-1 after a 41-0 loss to Oregon to Memorial Stadium to meet unbeaten Texas in a 2 pm Saturday game. Longhorns, riding two blowout wins, face lineup doubts with several starters out. Idaho relies on John Bogan and a strong line to upset Texas, while Texas hopes for a 30th win in 35 inter-sectional clashes.
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Philadelphia
Willamette
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Longhorns
Billy Pyle
Reed Quinn
June Davis
Vandals
Dixie Howell
University of Alabama
John Brogan
Ben
House Red Probers Name Scientist X
The House Un-American Activities Committee named Dr. Joseph W. Weinberg of the University of Minnesota as Scientist X and urged Justice Department perjury charges. Weinberg denied the accusation as mistaken identity, while the FBI noted a long investigation.
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Scientist X
Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
Midwest University
Joseph W. Weinberg
University of Minnesota
Justice Department
Weinberg
FBI
Minneapolis
J. L. Morrill
Senate Passes Postal and Civil Service Pay Increases
The Senate approved pay raises for 1.385 million federal workers including 885,000 civil servants and 500,000 postal workers. The plan adds about 125 dollars yearly for civil staff and 100 dollars for postal workers, with a total annual cost around 171 million. House proposals differ and will seek compromise before final passage to President Truman.
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Burglars Hit Tacoma Service Station for Odd Loot
Kenneth Swanson recounts burglars entered his Tacoma service station Thursday night taking nine exploding cigars four bitterness cigaret powders and four stench loads for cigars. Swanson said the items would likely be used in a crowded room but offered no explanation.
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Shivers Urges Democrats to Keep Fight Inside Party in Texas
Governor Allan Shivers told Texas Democrats in Lufkin to confine disputes within the party and oppose moves to split it. Speaking at the Forest Festival grounds after a barbecue, he urged unity as a harmony session approached and referenced opposing Wright Morrow’s national committee bid.
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Allan Shivers
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Truman
Democratic Committee
Wright Morrow
Houston
Byron Skelton
John C. Calhoun
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Morrow
Ders
Rogers
Moderate Day Will Greet Grid Audience Here
The forecast calls for lower 80s for Saturdays Texas versus Idaho game at Memorial Stadium. High around 85 degrees contrasts with Friday's 79. Weekend heat trend continues with light showers Friday in western areas and fair conditions northeast and central.
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University of Texas
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Presidio
Amarillo
Centex Tot Diagnosed As Polio Victim Here
A two year old San Marcos girl Lorraine Nichols was admitted to Brackenridge Hospital Friday night as a polio patient. Her father is overseas. Eight other polio patients in the hospital were reported in good condition.
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Brackenridge Hospital
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Baseball and football scores from regional games
Boston outscored Washington 11 to 9 while Philadelphia beat the Yankees 4 to 1 in the American League. St. Louis lost to Chicago 6 to 5. Texas defeated Idaho at Memorial Stadium. Southwest Texas B routed Bergstrom Field 32 to 0. Cleveland tied Detroit for third with a 6 to 14 result.
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Berserkman Injures Two On Freight Train Rampage
In Portland Oregon a berserk brakeman Kenneth Hopkins 35 attacked engineer Brent Campbell and fireman Ben Mackenlac aboard a Southern Pacific 70 car freight near Salem. Hopkins lit fusees wielded a hammer and forced the throttle open before being subdued. He died in Salem hospital.
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Campbell
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528 000 Steelworkers Strike Begins Nationwide Action
A nationwide steel strike started with 528,000 United Steelworkers off their jobs. Philip Murray warned of a forced walkout after failed talks over free insurance and pensions. Negotiations collapsed as mills shut, picket lines formed, and the White House declined further action.
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Fairless
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Truman
Report Defends AEC as Hickenlooper Attacks
A Senate committee draft rejects Hickenlooper’s charges of incredible mismanagement against the Atomic Energy Commission. The document, circulated to members, asserts the AEC and Lilienthal are not guilty and frames the inquiry as not yet ended.
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Iowa
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D-Calif
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DNC
Lewis Orders Halting Coal Miners Sympathy Strike
John L. Lewis ordered 80,000 Eastern Pennsylvania anthracite and 22,000 Western bituminous miners back to work Monday, halting a sympathy walkout of 162,000 miners while about 400,000 still strike. The move affects 10 Western states and preserves the three day work week for most districts.
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Union Will Study MoPac Proposal
The Missouri Pacific Railroad strike moves toward resolution as the railroad trustee Guy A. Thompson proposes three referees hear and decide the dispute with a binding decision for the company only. Union leaders meet Saturday to decide, with a late weekend or Monday reply possible.
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Port Arthur Navy Pilot Killed in Nevada Crash
San Francisco report identifies Navy flier Midshipman Robert R. Smith 21 of Port Arthur Texas as the victim of a Nevada plane crash on Thursday His father William H Smith is listed at the same address in Navy records
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Yom Kippur Observances In Austin Synagogues
Yom Kippur begins at sundown Sunday and ends Monday with 24 hours of prayer and fasting. Congregations Agudas Achim Temple Beth Israel and Hillel Foundation outline services including Kol Nidre and Shofar, with sermons by Rabbis Skoff Klausner and a student group gathering at 2298 Guadalupe.
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Cominform states sever Yugoslav ties over Tito split
Poland and Hungary quickly joined the Soviet-led move to renounce Yugoslavia treaties, with Albania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia and Romania likely to follow. Yugoslavia denounced the action as arbitrary and unilateral, while Tito’s regime seeks Western aid amid trade squeezes and loans.
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