Pentagon Battle Over Unification Sparks Interservice Debate
Three members of the House armed services committee back the B36 bomber amid Navy opposition as hearings target interservice unification. Generals Cates and Vandergrift defend Marine concerns while Army Chief Collins to present the Army case. Senator Smith urges rapid testing and unified uniforms to reduce friction.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Price
D-Ill
Brooks
D-La
Kilday
Pentagon
Clifton B. Cates
A. A. Vandegrift
US Marine Corps
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Tokyo
Collins
Japan
Voorhees
Bates
R-Mass
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
16 Lives Claimed By Violent Death Across Texas
Violent deaths claimed 16 lives in Texas over the weekend. Accidents on streets and highways killed eleven people, while three were shot to death. A train collision killed Adrian Allen and others died in vehicle wrecks or at the scene of crashes across several towns.
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Missouri-Pacific
Odem
Ruby Hart
Refugio
Geraldine Dehm
Woodsboro
Adrian Allen
Tyler
Baylor Surges as SWC's Only Untouched Eleven
Baylor remains the lone undefeated team in the Southwest Conference after a fall of a strong Mustangs. Rice visits Texas in a marquee clash set for Saturday. Also notes include Longhorn comeback vs Arkansas and Minnesota meeting Michigan as a top national showdown. Chicago Bears upset Philadelphia in the pro ranks.
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Baylor
SWC
Mustangs
Rice-Texas
Southwest
Plauds
Longhorn Courage
Arkansas
Minnesota
Michigan
Wichita Falls
Highland Perk
Johnny Lujack
Chicago Bears
Philadelphiaes
Petticoat President: Senator backs woman for White House
Senator Margaret Chase Smith recommended that the Republican Party nominate a woman for president or vice president in 1952. She argued a woman candidate would win for the GOP and govern with a housewife like budget discipline.
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Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Republican Party
GOP
British Ship Under Siege Near Amoy Shelling
Communist shore batteries fired on the British passenger steamer Anhui off Amoy. 1,400 passengers aboard. three Chinese dead and two wounded. Bridge damaged. Third Mate P. H. Ward injured. Butterfield and Swire to file protests. Nationalists split into three centers as Mao’s forces advance toward Canton. Formosa holds Chiang Kai-shek. Amoy and Chushan Islands attacked. 500,000 nationalist troops faced Red onslaught.
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Amoy
Hong Kong
J. L. Mair
Butterfield and Swire
P. H. Ward
London
China
Mao Tse-tung
Canton
Formosa
Chushan Islands
Mercury Here Marches Up as Trend Continues
Austin saw a warm spell with a high of 82 and a cool 51 low reported at 6 am. The Weather Bureau noted a 32 degree low at Ozona, later corrected to 36. Statewide afternoon highs remained balmy with Presidio reaching 90.
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Mercury
Austin
Weather Bureau
Ozona
Texas
Leo Bawcom
Presidio
Texas Water Conservation Assn Opens Fifth Convention
The Texas Water Conservation Association began its fifth annual convention with an executive-board meeting at the Driskill Hotel. Eight of eleven board members attended as they approved the annual report and backed state plans for financial aid to towns and topographical mapping for soil and water conservation.
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Texas Water Conservation Association
Driskill Hotel
Guy C. Jackson Jr
Anahuac
Jackson
Texas
J. F E. Sturrock
Max Starcke
Austin
N. D
House
John J. Bell
Cuero
Henry Hutchings Jr
Dallas
Louis W. Prentiss
US Army
Louis P. Merrill
US Soil Conservation Service
Fort Worth
Waters S. Davis Jr
League City
Association of Texas Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Byrnes Eyes Governorship On States Rights Focus
Former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes said he might run for South Carolina governor on states rights principles. He warned of statism, cited welfare programs, and noted he would seek regional governor cooperation to resist federal encroachment. Byrnes spoke in Lexington and gave an interview in Spartanburg where he currently resides.
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Spartanburg
S. C
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Supreme Court
J. Strom Thurmond
Byrnes
Lexington
Congress
Truman
Benny Undergoes Slight Nasal Operation
Hollywood reports radio comedian Jack Benny went to a hospital Sunday night for a slight nasal operation. He expected to be discharged by Wednesday after removal of an obstruction from his nasal passage.
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Hollywood
Jack Benny
Texas student dies after Tower of University plunge
Police continued the inquiry into Edward Graydon Grounds 19 of Dallas who plunged from the University of Texas Tower. Witnesses including a professor and a student saw a man on the guard ledge about 9:55 am and the body was seen falling around 11:03 am. Grounds signed in at 9:30 am and left about 10 am. The coroner's verdict is expected Monday.
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Edward Graydon Grounds
University of Texas
University
Justice of the Peace
Travis Blakeslee
Robert A. Evans
East 20Th Street
Jerry
F. Bishop
Robert E. Lee Hall
FE. B. Atwood
David
Herbert
Bess Frazee
Grounds
Dallas
Weiland Funeral Home Chapel
Harry Sarles
Stab Wounds Fatal To Austin Worker On Farm
Leslie T. Young, 32, an Austin and Travis County resident, was stabbed to death Sunday on the Bailey Miller farm six miles west of Haskell. An other Austin man was held in connection with the stabbing. Young died from a single knife wound to the neck severing the jugular vein. Funeral plans are pending with survivors including his widow, three daughters, two sons, his mother, four sisters and three brothers.
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Leslie T. Young
Austin
Travis County
Bailey Miller
Haskell
Texas
Bob Cousins
Ollie Kittley
Rule
Young
Haskell County
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Rosie Pearl Young
Annie Fay
Josie Carlin Young
San Saba
Catherine Young
Oliver C. Young
Leslie Jewell Young
Martha Thompson
Effie Stark
Ollie Duval
Josie Pierce
Joe, Bruce
Isaac Young
Coat piece found in car linked to Petaluma crash
Giuseppi Merga, 70, was seriously injured after being hit by a car in Petaluma California. He insisted someone locate a coat fragment missing from his garment. Police recovered the fragment on the car door and Merga recovered $2,766 in $20 bills from the billfold. the crash cost him the sight in his right eye.
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Petaluma
Calif
Giuseppi Merga
Merga
Green Likely to Reject Lewis Plan Amid Labor Strikes
CIO aluminum workers strike paralyzes 16 plants as 1 million idle nation faces steel and coal walkouts. AFL leaders resist Lewis war chest idea while CIO and United Steelworkers push for security and welfare. Coal mine blast adds to tensions in central Pennsylvania.
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CIO
Washington
AFL
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Lewis
United Steelworker
Alcoa
Aluminum Company
Sawyer Forecasts Steel Strike Idle Five Million If It Lasts
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer warned the steel strike could idle five million workers if it continues to December 1 and harm the U S economy. He noted 16 000 aluminum workers preparing to strike while CIO President Murray offered no end date. Small manufacturers fear closures without steel inventory and capital to reopen.
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William N. Margolis
US Conciliation and Mediation Service
CIO
Aluminum Company of America
Washington
ALCOA
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Philip Murray
Diving Star Olsen Marries Baseball Prospect Jensen
Zoe Ann Olsen national AAU diving champion wed Jack Jensen New York Yankee recruit in a double ring ceremony at First Presbyterian Church Oakland California. Jensen 22 Olsen 18 both from Oakland and plan to return to Cal for degree work. Jensen starred for Cal football and led Bears to the Rose Bowl last season.
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Oakland
Calif
Zoe Ann Olsen
Jack Jensen
New York Yankee
First Presbyterian Church
Franklin Hudson
University of California
Jensen
Jackie
Cal
Bears
Squirrels- King Size Bear Encounters Sawmill Worker
Chester Kitwell of Magnolia West Virginia went hunting for squirrels on October 16 and instead killed a 145 pound bear about 200 yards from a Boy Scout camp. He fired twice with a double barrel gun after the bear charged him, the second shot bringing the animal down. Kitwell did not shoot any squirrels.
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Magnolia
W.va
Chester Kitwell
Kitwell
Murder Suspect Hawkins Cornered in Dalhart
Sheriff W L Stout believed Hawkins, a pistol wielding ex baseball player, was hiding in Dalhart after a cafe incident. A massive manhunt spread across the Texas Panhandle and nearby New Mexico with roadblocks in place for a second day. Hawkins faced multiple felony charges including murder in the Clark case and threats against a former girlfriend.
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Dalhart
W. L. Stout
Leonard
Lucky) Hawkins
Hawkins
Upper Panhandle
Texas
New Mexico
Illinois
Sad queues as Prague families hunt for arrested kin
Hundreds of Czechs gathered at Prague police stations and prisons in a wave of post arrest anguish. Parents and relatives offered food parcels to officials hoping to learn if loved ones are being held, with searches and long waits at Bartolomejska Street and Pankrac Prison.
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Prague
Bartolomejska Street
Pankrac
Pankreg
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