Yanks Reynolds Faces Brooks In World Series Opener
Allie Reynolds will start for the Yankees against either Don Newcombe or Elwin Roe in the opening World Series game at Yankee Stadium. Dodgers manager Burt Shotton has not named a starter, while Carl Furillo of Brooklyn contends with a right shoulder issue but is slated to start if possible.
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New York
Allie Reynolds
Papoose
Oklahoma City
Big Don Newcombe
Elwin
Preacher) Roe
Yankees
Dodgers
Yankee Stadium
Reynolds
Casey Stengel
Joe Page
Brooklyn
Page
Joe DiMaggio
Burt Shotton
The
Brooks
Newcombe
Roe
Carl Furillo
Shotton
Furillo
Duke Snider
Gene Hermanski
Johnny Jorgensen
Vic Raschi
Marvin Rackley
Yanks
Roe Or
Joseph H. Gabionwitz
Newark
N. J
Gabionwitz
Dodger
Firemen Cops Head Docket In Austin Longevity Suit
The Third Court of Civil Appeals will hear a suit by Austin police and firemen seeking declaratory judgments on longevity pay and sick leave under state statutes. The case appeals a 50-50 trial ruling: city salaries above minimum, and sick leave from employment date. Oral arguments were waived as briefs were filed.
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Austin
Court of Civil Appeals
Texas
Civil Appeals Court
Jack Roberts
126Th District Court
City of
Roberts
Agreed Judgment Ends Unusual Death Benefit Dispute
An agreed judgment in 98th District Court settles a strange life insurance dispute arising from the May 1948 Orange County Virginia plane crash that killed D. C. Reed and Gilbert Claude Wilson. Policies totaling 100000 dollars named Reed as beneficiary if Wilson died first, and vice versa. The Texas Prudential Insurance Co of Galveston deposited the funds and the court ultimately ordered payment to Reed's executors.
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D. C. Reed
Gilbert Claude Wilson
Virginia
Reed
Austin
Wilson
Pittsburg
Texas
Orange County
Charles O. Betts
Hiram M. Reed
Ruth Reed Dyke
W. H. Wilson
Texas Prudential Insurance Company
Galveston
Sports Sparklers and World Series News Highlights
Pat Pate of Austin Maroon suffers a broken ankle and may miss remaining games. Allie Reynolds of the New York Yankees will meet either Preacher Roe or Don Newcombe of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the World Series opener. A letter goes to Arkansas coach John Barnhill over rough tactics in the TCU game.
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Pat Pate
Austin Maroon
Allie Reynolds
New York Yankees
Preacher Roe
Don Newcombe
Brooklyn Dodgers
John Barnhill
Arkansas Razorbacks
TCU
US Cool on Sino Red Recognition
The State Department said no plans to respond to China's formal request for US recognition of the Communist government. The letter from Chou En-lai was received in Washington and will be reviewed with Britain and other powers before any decision.
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Washington
China
United States
State Department
Chen En-lai
Peiping
Britain
Congress
Russia
O. Edmund Clubb
Mao Tse-tung
Central People’s Government
People’s Republic of China
Chou En-lai
Lincoln White
White
Skunk Dispatched After Chemical Tactics In Basement
In South Bend Indiana on Tuesday Leon Wiggins trapped a skunk that entered his basement through an open window. He released chloroform fumes to subdue the animal and then removed it.
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South Bend
Ind
Leon Wiggins
Wiggins
First North American Jet Transport Unveiled in Canada
The first jet powered transport plane built in North America was publicly unveiled at Malton Airport near Toronto. Trade Minister C. D. Howe hailed the flight as epic making as the craft climbed rapidly. It is powered by four Rolls Royce Derwent engines totaling 14 000 horsepower.
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Toronto
North America
Malton
C. D. Howe
Final 91 Laws Take Effect From 51st Legislature
The 91 laws from the 51st Legislature become effective Wednesday, including creation of Lamar Tech Beaumont, a Texas Citrus Commission, the Texas Real Estate Commission, and the Gilmer-Aikin education framework. Goveror Shivers faces questions on a Naturopathy Examiners Board, district court appointments, and legal interpretations under the new basic science provisions. The package also covers a death penalty for lynching, new voter registration trigger, salary raises for judges, and various administrative reforms.
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American Capitol
Gilmer-Aikin Educational
Board of Naturopathy Examiners
Allan Shivers
Dallas
Tuesay
Lamar Technological College At
Beaumont
Texas Citrus Commission
Texas Real Estate Commission
Joint Legislative Council
Naturopathy Board
Central Education Agency
Gilmer-Aikin
Liquor Control Board
Wome
Weather forecast promises lovely fall day
The Weather Bureau predicts Wednesday will be sunny and comfortable after two days of clouds and rain from a Texas Gulf Coast hurricane. Temperatures should start near 60 and rise to the seventies or low eighties with light winds and pleasant conditions.
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Weather Bureau
Texas Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Arkansas
Louisiana Gulf Coast
Divided Senate Shelves Farm Bill in Bitter Fight
Storm's wake leaves heavy farm damage across Texas with millions in losses to rice cotton and vegetables. In Harris and Jefferson counties crops suffered severe hits while 28,800 people sought shelter in major coastal cities. One death reported from electrocution and a missing mariner off Matagorda Bay.
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Senate
Houston
Texas
Matagorda
Freeport
City Auditorium
Red Cross
Galveston
Port Arthur
Bay City
Victoria
Port Lavaca
Jefferson County
Beaumont
A. H. Boyt
American Rice Growers Association
Harris County
Port Aransas
South Pier
Centex Collision Kills One and Injures Two Near Lockhart
A head on crash on the San Marcos Highway half a mile west of Lockhart during rain killed 87 year old farmer H T Rainey Sr and seriously injured two women from Martindale Mrs Howard Armstrong and Mrs Effie Dunavente. Rainey had lived in Lockhart 60 years and was born in Manor in 1862. The Lockhart American Legion post is named for his son H T Rainey Jr who died in France in World War II.
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Lockhart
San Marcos
H. T. Rainey Sr
Lockhart Hospital
Howard Armstrong
Effie Dunavente
Martindale
Rainey
Travis Countian Elected to Board
Basdell Gardner a Travis County ranchman near Leander was elected subdivision 1 representative on the Taylor Soil Conservation District board of supervisors. Gardner won 25 votes to Herman F. Kruger 9, placing a range country representative on the board for the first time.
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Round Rock
Basdell Gardner
Travis County
Leander
Taylor Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors
Gardner
Herman F. Kruger
Dessau
Kruger
Austin Production Credit Association
Mem
Elgin Farmer Re-elected to Soil Conservation Board
Paul Carlson, a 325 acre Elgin farmer, was re-elected to the Bastrop Fayette Counties Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors for a second five year term. Talks on waterways and Triple-A benefits highlighted the session with advice on terracing funds and timing of work.
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Elgin
Paul Carlson
Bastrop-Fayette Counties Soil Conservation District
Bastrop County
Charles A. Stone
Carlson
CCC
Alvin Camp
Soil Conservation Service
Norman Novosad
Hollis Stagner
Lcra Soil Conservation Department
County Farm and Ranch Improvement Council
Senate Splits Over Crop Price Supports Passes Narrow Amendment
In Washington on Oct 4 the Senate, split on how to price supports for crops, adopted an amendment setting 90 percent parity for major crops after a tie-breaking vote by Vice President Barkley. The decision followed a shift from Anderson’s sliding-scale proposal and paves the path for a broader farm bill this session.
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Washington
Senate
Anderson
D-Nm
Barkley
Agriculture Committee
Senator Lucas
Illinois
Young
Tom Connally
Lyndon Johnson
Aiken
R-Vi
Lucas
Truman
Senate Confirms Sherman Minton for Supreme Court Seat
The Senate confirmed Federal Judge Sherman Minton as an associate justice of the Supreme Court by a 48 to 16 vote. A bid by Republicans to have Minton testify before the Judiciary Committee failed 45 to 21, as Minton resisted appearing. Democratic leader Lucas said Minton will serve well on the high bench.
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Washington
Senate
Sherman Minton
Supreme Court
Minton
Judiciary Committee
Morse
R-Ore
Ferguson
R-Mich
Donnell
R-Mo
Lucas
D-Ill
Houston Gas Company Executive To Resign
Curtis H. Fisher announced his resignation as vice president of the Houston Natural Gas Corporation effective October 15. He joined the firm in 1933 and was promoted to vice president in 1940. After World War II he supervised a Corpus Christi expansion and development program recently completed.
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Houston
Curtis H. Fisher
Houston Natural Gas Corporation
Corpus Christi
Navy Morale Row Triggers Twin Probes
Two investigations were opened after Navy officers charged that morale is shattered and national security weakened under a unified defense. Admiral Denfield announced an inquiry into how confidential naval correspondence was made public, amid Navy Air Force rivalry. Vice Admiral Bogan admitted writing and standing by a letter accusing overemphasis on air power.
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Washington
Navy
House Armed Services Committee
Louis Denfield
Naval Operations
Denfield
Ernest J. King
Air Force
Military High Command
Congress
Truman
Raw
Army
Gerald F. Bogan
Pacific
US Navy
A. W. Radford
John G. Crommelin
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Stony Creek, Pa
Billy Johnson
Wray Weddell
Canada
Department of Public Safety
National Guard
Alpha Hebert
Port Neches
Jimmie Simpson
Palacios
Matagorda Bay
Travis Countian
Dave Shanks
Austin American
Elgin Farmer
P. Engelking
Houston Gas Company
Matthews
Bogan
Valley Forge
San Diego Bay
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