Family Slaying Probe Stayed in Fort Worth
An inquest verdict in the deaths of Richard G. Finch's wife Elizabeth their two children Allen Penny and Mrs Edith Walker was withheld pending Finch's arrival from Ann Arbor Michigan. The family was found shot to death in their Fort Worth home.
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Fort Worth
Richard G. Finch
Ann Arbor
Mich
Finch
Elizabeth
Allen
Penny
Mr. Finch
Edith Walker
Justice of the Peace
Whit Boyd
A. C. Howerton
Howerton
T. C. Hakill
Grepiotes Faces Murder Charges In Case Slaying
Steve Grepiotes, 56, charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his partner Costas P. Caliangas, 48, at the Post Office Cafe in Austin. Caliangas died in the kitchen from multiple gunshot wounds. Grepiotes posted a $3,000 bond and was released after charges were filed in Justice Travis Blakeslee's court. Cal lains moved fast after police found a six-shell pistol at the scene. funeral arrangements are pending.
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Steve Grepiotes
Costas P. Caliangas
Austin
Travis Blakeslee
K. R. Herbert
W. H. Rampy
Grepiotes
Caliangas
Lavaca
Caliangas and Grepiotes
Gas
Blakeslee
Department of Public Safety
Greece
Alamo Hotel
Cook Funeral Home
Chinese Envoys in Paris Desert Chiang Kai-Shek Regime
Members of the Chinese diplomatic staff in Paris deserted the Nationalist Government and pledged loyalty to Mao Zedong's Communist regime led by George Mong. Eleven staffers defected, while the French Foreign Office still recognized Chiang Kai-Shek. In China, Red forces reportedly captured Yingtak near Canton. Czechoslovakia tightens security as priests and dissidents are jailed. In Berlin, Soviet zone plans a large Communist rally to welcome East Germany's new government.
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Associated Press
Paris
Mao Tse-Tung
George Mong
Chiang Kai-Shek
Washington
London
Mong
Tsien Tai
Tuan Mao-Lan
China
Red
Yingtak
Canton
Germany
Berlin
Longhorns Rally Against Razorbacks In Tight Showdown
Sports sparklers note a comeback by the Longhorns over rugged Razorbacks. World Series participants scatter and await pay. Observers speculate on Casey Stengel return with a raise while Burt Shotton may not. Notre Dame Army Oklahoma rise in AP grid poll. Williamson picks Kentucky and Notre Dame. Brenham’s Gas kamp and Burnet’s Field named Centex weekly stars.
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Longhorns
Casey Stengel
Burt Shotton
Notre Dame
Army
Oklahoma
Williamson
Kentucky
Brenham
William Gaskamp
Burnet
Stan Field
Oklahoma Students Parade Capitol After OU Texas Victory
About 200 singing students from the University of Oklahoma jammed the state capitol on Monday in a belated celebration of a win over Texas. They brought Governor Roy J. Turner out twice and presented him with a Dallas street flag trophy.
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Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma
State
University of Texas
Roy J. Turner
Texas
Dallas
Turner
Capitol
Government Reentering Steel Strike Powderkeg
The government moves to end the steel strike with Cyrus Ching and William Margolis planning field conferences with steel firms CIO President Murray and union reps. Pickets ignite fires harass mines as 1 250 000 workers idle in coal and steel layoffs amid pension talks and field visits next week.
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Pittsburgh
Federal
Cyrus S. Ching
CIO
Philip Murray
Ching
William Margolis
Murray
United Steelworkers
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Ind
Margolis
United Mine Worker
John L. Lewis
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Union
Massey-Harris Co., Inc
Buffalo
N. Y
Kelsey-Mayes Wheel Co
Detroit
West Virginia
A. & M. Coal Co
Clarion County
Allegheny Industries
Mahoning
Lewis
Civic workers honor Walter Long with expressway tribute
Austin officials and business leaders honored Walter E. Long with a tribute dinner at the Austin Hotel. They supported naming the interregional highway the Walter Long Expressway to memorialize his 34 years of chamber work. Attendees included Gov. Allan Shivers’s representative Weldon Hart, UT President T. S. Painter, and Long’s family.
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Walter Long
Walter E. Long
Chamber of Commerce
E. B. Moody
Austin Hotel
Janet Long Fish
Walter Kaapke Long
Joe C. Carrington
Chamber of Emmerce
Tom Miller
Painter
T. E. Johnson
Taylor Glass
Weldon Hart
Shivers
A. B. Spires
Malcolm Gregory
Gordon Wilcox
Harry M. Moffett
University Presbyterian Church
Austin
Emergency School Buildings Planned in Austin
The Austin School Board authorized Niggli and Gustafson to draft plans for two emergency classroom buildings in north and northeast Austin. Budgeted at 100000, the structures will later become a joint cafeteria and auditorium for neighboring elementary schools.
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Austin School Board
Austin
Niggli and Gustafson
Brentwood Street
Violet Crown Addition
East 38Th
Maplewood Streets
J. W. Edgar
United States Grants Tariff Concessions on 44 Percent of Imports
The United States agrees to tariff reductions on about 44 percent of imports from 10 foreign countries to boost world trade. Nations pledge to maintain or reduce duties on roughly 45 percent of their imports from the United States, with effects on about 350 key items. Negotiations were held in Annecy, France, and could take time to manifest in markets.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Truman
Annecy
France
Weather To Settle To Dull Cool Pace Across Texas
Weather to settle into a dull cool pattern after a week of scattered storms. In Austin storms failed to materialize forecast calls for warm days and cooler nights with a low around 60. Panhandle to South Plains avoided further trouble while a front from Colorado was not expected to change temperatures much.
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Texas
Austin
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
South Plains
el Paso
Dallas
Colorado
Texans push firing of un American leaning teachers
The Texas Association of School Administrators adopted a 16 point agenda urging immediate dismissal or nonemployment of staff with avowed communistic leanings. They backed National Education Association anti American stance and urged continued Gilmer Aikin program support while noting cost and safety concerns in schools.
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Texas Association of School Administrators
United States
Warren Travis White
Dallas
Gilmer-Aikin
Texas
Driskill Hotel
Miss Walker
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
L. P Sturgeon
A. J. Stoddard
Los Angeles
Sturgeon
Hanks' Trial Delayed Due to Sickness
Raymond N. Hanks of Corpus Christi is delay"ed indefinitely after his lawyer secured a continuance. Judge Jack Roberts granted the motion because Hanks is hospitalized with a brain hemorrhage. The former state comptroller office official faces seven counts of false statements on motor fuel tax refunds and forgery.
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Raymond N. Hanks
Corpus Christi
Jack Roberts
126Th District Court
Paul Holt
Hanks
Holt
State Comptroller
Lee Roberts
MoPac Strike Talk Progress Reported
An operating unions' representative said progress was made in ending a month-old Missouri Pacific Railroad strike after a 90 minute negotiating session. Roy E. Davidson, vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, announced that some of 282 claims against the railroad had been settled but he would not specify how many.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Roy E. Davidson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
UT Plans Program on Columbus Day
Columbus Day observance at the University of Texas features a Wednesday night address by Dr. George Sanchez in the Geology Building auditorium on Latin American culture and continental solidarity. Honor guests include University President T. S. Painter Mexican consul Efrain Doniquez and foreign student adviser Joe W. Neal, with the Latin American Union presenting the program led by Jose M. Reyes, a Dominican Republic student.
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University of Texas
George Sanchez
Johnson Calls Navy Air War Debate a Threat to Security
Secretary of Defense Johnson warned Congress that the air war strategy dispute could damage national security. He urged hearings and suggested inviting Hoover Eisenhower Bradley Denfield Vandenberg Collins and other military leaders to testify. Navy experts said the B36 atom bomb carrier could be detected and attacked, while noting the bomb may not be as destructive as feared.
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Washington
Defense Johnson
Congress
Johnson
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Rep
Herbert Hoover
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House Committee
Brooks
D-La
Navy
Air Force
Hoover
Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Louis E. Denfield
Naval Operations
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Eugene Tatum
Naval Air Ordnance Officer
Tatom
CAP Plane Makes Forced Landing Near Airport
A Civil Air Patrol two place plane piloted by Lieutenant Walter Parker made a forced landing in a field south of the Municipal Airport after the engine quit returning from Taylor en route to Bergstrom Air Force Base. There were no injuries and the landing gear collapsed causing slight damage to the craft.
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Civil Air Patrol
Webberville Road
Walter Parker
Taylor
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Parker
Scout Council Meeting Opens Today in Capitol Area
The Capitol Area Council annual meeting and banquet opens registration at 2 p.m. with about 1,200 expected in City Coliseum. Ed J. St. John presides. Dr. Ray Wyland will address, Harold Lewman and Marvin Vance host, with Silver Beaver awards and committee reports to follow.
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Texas
Capitol Area Council
City Coliseum
Ed J. St. John
Ray O. Wyland
National Boy Scout Council
Harold W. Lewman
Dallas
Marvin Vance
Austin
W. L. Turner
Tom L. Beauchamp
Capitol Council
St. John
John D. Coats
Ralph Frede
W. P. Knox
A. B. Cain
Yoakum
Will Knox
Joe C. Carrington Jr
R. J. Kidd
J. J. Pickle
R. Todd Ford
Dr. Wyland
University Illinois
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Elder Finch
University of Michigan
Oak View Addition
Walker
96Th District Court
Mildred Smelser
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
New York
Chungking
Chiang
Czechoslovakia
Inland Steel Company
Chicago, Ind
Raymond Brooks
The
Austin American
Moody
A. C. Bull
Max Starcke
Samuel Huston College
Edgar
Kealing
Noble Prentice
Paul Bolton
State Board of Education
Woody Jongeward
Bob Woodhouse
Yuma
Bill Barris
Dick Riedel
Fullerton
Calif
K. T. Splawn
Aeronca
National Education Association
Waurine Walker
Waco
Texas State Teachers Association
Aikin
Stoddard
MoPac Strike Talk Progress Reported
Defense Department
Scout Council
Boy Scouts
Council Scout
H. L. Gaskin
James L. Tarr
Tives
Floyd Davis
Gus White
Oris Day
Ray Ealy
John
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