New Hurricane Moves Toward Mauled Florida
A fierce hurricane with winds above 140 mph churned west-northwest toward Antigua and Puerto Rico as Gulf Coast areas reported extensive damage from earlier strikes. The storm damaged Mobile, Pensacola, St Marks, Apalachicola, and Tallahassee roads, docks, and property, with tens of thousands in losses and one fatality in Birmingham.
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Miami
Fla
Puerto Rico
US Gulf Coast
Panama City
Bayside
Mobile
Ala
Pensacola
St. Marks
Apalachicola
George Henders
Tallahassee
Alfred McKethan
Florida
Cooper Green
Birmingham
Gulf Shore
Gulf Shores Hotel
Monroe
Escambia
Alabama
Contac
Tuscaloosa
Antigua
West Indies
Russian Bombers Seen Over Japan
Tokyo reports four engine Soviet bombers have flown over northern Japan since Aug 23 in multiple sightings. Japanese sources claim the flights occurred two or three times with no exact plane count. A US Far East Air Force spokesman denied the incident.
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Tokyo
Japan
US Far East Air Force
Congress Votes Today Conferees OK War Style Economic Control
Congress votes today on a compromise bill granting President Truman war style powers to speed production and curb inflation. The National Defense Production Act of 1950 would allow wage and price controls, rationing, and defense contracts with a two year horizon, expiring mid-1952 for many powers but June 30, 1951 for emergency contracts.
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Washington
President Truman
House-Senate
Truman
Senate
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Conference Committee
Army
NLRB
House
Korea
99 Killed in TWA Plane Crash With 2 Yanks Aboard
Egypt reports a Trans World Airline Constellation crash west of the Nile delta killing 55 aboard including 23 Americans and an Egyptian film star. The Star of Maryland went down near Etay Baroud after takeoff from Cairo destined for Bombay New York.
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TWA
Distel
Ashraff
Egypt
Constellation
Nile Delta
Maryland
Cairo
Etay Baroud
New York
Camelia
Lana Turner
Far East
Lilliane Cohen
Interlaken
Switzerland
Maharajah Singh Prithi
Bombay
Aubrey William Schofield
Exective
Everett Moore Baker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Schofield
San Antonio
Texas
Gulf Oil Company
Kuwait Oil
Baker
International Student Services
Egyptian Civil Aviation Department
Civil Aeronautics Bureau
Washington
Justin Irvin Gist
Earlham
Wye
William C. Gist
Faroul Field
Walton B. Webb
Alden
Haldon Hammitt
Camdenton
Harley B. Hackett
Charleston, S.C
Herbert J. Stiles
Rochester, NY
Ingenuity and GIs Ride Europe in Shorts and Pushers
Here is a vivid sketch of American GIs touring Europe in shorts and pedal pushers, a lighthearted glimpse of mobility and style amid postwar travel. It also notes 700 veterans who have gained practical skills at Hays County Vocational School since it opened three years ago, illustrating postwar retraining and ingenuity.
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Europe
Hays County
Dove Season Opens Amid Brief Autumn Breeze
The Aus area enjoys cooler autumn like weather ending a heat wave. The weatherman notes relief will be short lived with fair skies and warmer temperatures Friday. Dove season opens officially at 5 38 am as the sun rises 6 08 am with a legal shooting cutoff at 7 24 pm.
Tank Led Communists Attack Deep Beyond Pusan Line
North Korea's 150000 strong communist army launched a major general assault along a 47 mile Naktong front toward Pusan and Taegu. About 20 000 reserves prepared to exploit breakthroughs as US forces clashed with armored Red waves and minefields. Air and artillery barrages accompanied the fierce fighting near Haman and Tukson with casualties mounting on both sides.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Pusan
Taegu
Naktong River
Frank Donahue
Army
Stars and Stripes
George Porth
Washington, D. C
Haman
Taksen
Yongsan
Associated Press
Bem Price
Poe
U.S
Associated Tress
Stan Swinon
Nam
Naktong Rivera
Hamnan
Pogung
Evet Bank
Miss Arden Welch Crowned Elgin Yam Queen at First Yamboree
Elgin Texas hosted 3000 at City Park for the inaugural Yamboree by the Chamber of Commerce. Arden Welch won the Yam Queen title from five finalists. Gordon Bergren named her king. Various contests followed including a parade, fiddlers, and sweet potato judging with prizes up to 50 dollars.
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Elgin
ANS
Prettyv
Arden Welch
Bascom Giles
Elgin Chamber of Commerce
City
Miss Welch
Gordon Bergren
Marlene Morrison
Alice Lynn Jarmon
Mary Gregg Hendricks
Zada Lou Holland
Carolyn Fogle
Robbie Morton
Linda Sue Webb
Texas
Edwin Lundgren
Giles
Haenel Tractor Company of
Feilgin
Swedish Association
American Legion Auxiliary
New Century Club
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce
Filgin
Reuben Mather
J. K Smith
Martin Kastner Sr
Ralph Jensen
Tally Pape
R. E. Nelson
R. N. Jensen
J. A. Wise
Pelee
Jimmy Fisher
Schiller
Kermit Nygard
Bastrop
Tommy Mach
Milton Perkins
Joe Sebasta
A. J. Lett
O. D. Lett
Davene
Darlene Swenson
David C. Swenson
Louis Goldberg
Charles West
John Babcock
Alvin Vandygriff
Widow Alma Oehler Found Hanged Near Live Oak Farm
Alma Rahe Oehler a 63-year-old widow and Gillespie County stock farmer's spouse was found hanged in a pasture near Live Oak, Fredericksburg. Justice of the Peace Bruns ruled death by suicide. She left her daughter's home during the night and used a cord and belt to hang herself. She is survived by two sons, Walter of Fredericksburg and Harvey of San Antonio. Funeral services are at Beckmann Funeral Home Friday afternoon.
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Fredericksburg
ANS
Alma Rahe Oehler
Gillespie County
Live Oak
Here
Justice of the Peace
Williams Bruns
Theodore Sultemeier
Bruns
Oehler
Luke Mankin Dies After Long Illness at 81
Luke Mankin 81 former Williamson County attorney and state representative died in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. He had served as justice of the peace and held two terms as state representative and two as county attorney. Survivors include a brother Dr. Carr Mankin of Dallas and a sister Mrs. Mary R. Eastwood of Roth Oklo. Funeral services were conducted by Friedr ich Funeral Home.
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Georgetown
ANS
Luke Mankin
Williamson County
Carr Mankin
Dallas
Mary R. Eastwood
Roth
Oklo
Friedricth Funeral Home
Draft extends to married draft-age men with dependents
Chairman Vinson said the draft will include married men with dependents under 26 soon, possibly up to 400000 eligible. Congress approved living allowances for enlisted families, set from 85 to 165 dollars monthly, retroactive to August 1, and to be funded with government aid.
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Washington
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Alway
Congress
Selective Service
Truman
Hannan Confirmed Taylor Postmaster by Senate
Daniel M. Hannan was confirmed by the Senate as Taylor postmaster. The nomination was sent by President Truman and announced in a telegram from Senator Lyndon Johnson on Thursday.
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Taylor
Daniel M. Hannan
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Hannan
Truman
Two Texas train derailments injure 40 people
Two separate train derailments in Central Texas injure 40, with 45 hurt on Santa Fe passenger No. 76 west of Lampasas and 47 cars of a Houston bound Rock Island freight wrecking at Teague. No fatalities or critical injuries. damaged roadbed blamed, ambulances rush to Lampasas and Temple hospitals.
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Lampasas
Texas
Santa Fe Railroad
Houston
Rock Island
Teague
Pares
Hilton Nichols
New Orleans
Santa Fe
Temple
Belton
Henry Cunningham
Dallas unit alert for active duty in Texas National Guard
Governor Shivers' office announced an additional Texas National Guard unit has been alerted for federal active duty. The fourth Texas unit to be activated will train between October 1 and 10. The 806th Engineer Aviation Company, largely Dallas and Grand Prairie Guardsmen, was alerted Thursday and is company sized.
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Texas National Guard
Allan Shivers
Secretary of the Army
Shivers
Texas
95Th
21Th Medical Battalion
926Th Motor Ambulance
San Antonio
Truman stands firm on Johnson and policy questions
President Truman again said he plans no cabinet changes including Secretary of Defense Johnson and Secretary of State Acheson as long as he is president. He defended Johnson amid calls for resignation while addressing a broad news conference on Korea Red China and global aid.
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Washington
Truman
Johnson Johnson
State Acheson
Congress
Johnson
Tauriello
D-Ny
Red China
Formosan Straits
Senate
Eastern
Russia
America
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National Guard
Okehs Hannan
Dallas Ting
Douglas MacArthur
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South Korea
Navy
J. Lawton Collins
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