Convair Worker Injured in Accidental B36 Gun Discharge
Fort Worth October 27. M. E Burks 36 was shot through the left shoulder when a B36 weapon discharged accidentally on the firing range at Convair Thursday. The top of his shoulder was blasted away and he was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in a Convair ambulance. Burks has six years at Convair and works in field operations where bomber weapons are test fired by remote control.
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Fort Worth
M. E Burks
Convair
St. Joseph's Hoenital
Burks
Nationalists claim Chinmen Isle victory in bold report
Nationalists in Chungking announced a major victory on Chinmen Island near Amoy claiming 20 000 Communist casualties and 4 000 captured with more than 100 vessels sunk. Neutral observers cautioned the claim while noting the test of holding Chinmen remains.
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Chungking
China
Chinmen Island
Amoy
Yangtze
Chinman
Chu Shao-Ching
Red 24Th Army
Spain Greets Franco After Portugal Visit
Generalissimo Francisco Franco returned to Madrid after a week in Portugal. The cabinet greeted him at Barajas airfield and he drove to the government palace through streets decked with decorations. A public holiday was proclaimed in his honor.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Portugal
Franco
Barajas
Ex UT Co ed En Route For Marine Training
Three Texas women headed to Paris Island for Marine boot camp. Cecil Jane Meredith of Austin Beth Garrison of Garland and Leonora Beaulieu of Houston were sworn in Wednesday and set to begin training.
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Dallas
Texas
Parris Island
8. C
Cecil Jane Meredith
University of Texas
Austin
Beth Garrison
Garland
Leonora Beaulieu
Houston
CIO Left Wing Groups To Wait For Freeze-Out
The CIO faces possible expulsion for about 1,000,000 members in twelve unions seen as leftist. Proposals include revoking charters and merging UE FE and Mine Mill into rival CIO unions. UAW chief Reuther leads the resolutions panel as debates over World Federation of Trade Unions backing continue.
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CIO
Cleveland
Concensus
Resolutions Committee
Phillip Murray
Murray
United Electrical Workers
Farmera Workers
United Auto Workers
United Steelworkers
UAW
Walter Reuther
Bridges
World Federation of Trade Unions
WFTU
Special Maritime Committee
Paris
Mexico Italy trade pact signed in San Antonio
A Mexico Italy trade agreement was signed and awaits ratification. It will replace the 1934 pact dissolved during the war and includes a provision for a far payments arrangement to ease exchange. Private charter arrangements are not opposed per the consulate in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Mexico
Italy
Erskine Caldwell Jr Held on Gun Theft Charges
Erskine Caldwell Jr., 27, son of the novelist, was held in Los Angeles on federal charges of transporting a stolen shotgun from Tucson. FBI agents say he is wanted for a Tucson burglary where the gun was stolen, and the weapon was traced to a local pawnshop.
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Los Angeles
Erskine Caldwell Jr
Tucson
Ariz
FBI
Caldwell
Dallas Abandons Battle of Airport
Mayor Wallace Savage says Dallas appears to have abandoned its legal fight with Fort Worth over Midway Airport after the US Supreme Court refused to hear the case. He notes the Civil Aeronautics Administration sees a need for both Love Field and 19-Mile Airport and mentions possible city decisions on which to keep open. Dallas also seeks over 1 million dollars in federal funds to expand Love Field.
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Dallas
Wallace Savage
Midway Airport
Fort Worth
US Supreme Court
Savage
Henry Kucera
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Love Field
Washington
Capital Gals Agog Over King's Visit
Washington society circles buzz over the visit of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi the king of Iran arriving November 16 in President Truman s plane He is unmarried wealthy and widely described as handsome The Iranian embassy says he will study American agricultural and industrial methods while in Washington
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Washington
Embassy Row
Iran
Washington Post Society
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
State Department
Fawzia
Farouk
Egypt
Truman
Two Million Suit Filed Over Oilwell Drill Contract
A Greenville man Edward B. Williams Jr filed a 2 million damage suit in district court Thursday alleging Wheel Trucing Tool Co failed to meet a contract on an oil well drill. Williams claims to have invented the drill and seeks royalties from oil sales.
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Dallas
Greenville
Edward B. Williams Jr
Wheel Trucing Tool Co
Paris Lasso Movement Featured in Paris to Fort Worth Show
Paris fashion sends gown and hat loan to Fort Worth for the Associated Press Managing Editors meeting. Ten Parisian designers select sensational pieces led by Jean Desses showcasing a bare-shouldered Lasso Movement gown and other couture in a week long U.S. preview.
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Paris
Land of Cowboys
Fort Worth
Associated Press Managing Editors’ Association
Legroux Feres
United States
Pierre Balmain
Jean Desses
Jacques Fath
Robert Piguet
Molyneux
Jacques Griffe
Gres
Manguin
Marce Rochas
Patou
Fence Around Lady Godiva Statue Sparks Peeping Tom Tale
In Coventry a three foot barricade surrounds the Lady Godiva statue after crowds trample turf seeking a closer view. Unveiled by Mrs. Douglas, wife of the US ambassador, the nude legend dates back nine centuries and inspired the term peeping tom.
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Coventry
Eng
Lady Godiva
Lewis Douglas
Godiva
Gunmen Wound Eight Philippine Politicos
Eight supporters of Presidential Candidate Jose Avelino were wounded in an ambush on an Avelino motorcade between Bamban and Mabasacat in Tarlac Province. Three were seriously wounded as unidentified gunmen, believed Huk guerrillas, opened fire.
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Manila
Philippines
Jose Avelino
Avelino
Bamban
Mabasacat
Tarlac Province
Huk
Huks
Manuel Quezon
Clark Field
Checkerboard Wing Tags Signal Top Quality Chickens
Advertisers tout little red and white Checkerboard wing tags on fryer Chickens from Purina fed, locally raised meat-type birds. The label promises top quality and tender taste making ordinary chickens seem unsatisfying to discerning cooks.
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Fedrina
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