Polio Patient Receives Gift of Radio Record Player
Fifteen year old Virginia Simon, a polio victim since age four, is surprised by a gift of a console radio and record player gifted by friends. Bill McDonald, blind, ran a radio appeal that raised about 40 dollars to fund the purchase and the Saegert’s Furniture Store coordinated payment and delivery.
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Austin
Virginia Simon
Bill McDonald
McDonald
Virginia
Bill
Saegert'surniture Store
Hays Record Shop
Pledge of Allegiance Written in 1892
Francis Bellamy wrote the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag in 1892, a key historic pledge later adopted nationwide.
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Francis Bellamy
Cominform says Yugoslavs may ditch Tito
The Cominform bulletin reports a rising underground Communist movement in Yugoslavia that could overthrow Marshall Tito. It cites new conspirator groups, a Yugoslav exile movement radio station, four anti Tito newspapers, and an expanded army and police force of about 800 000 men.
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Bucharest
Romania
Cominform
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Bioc
aBlican
Tito
iTto
Belgrade
Balkan
Moscow
Mother saves son from well in heroic drowning rescue
In Springfield New Hampshire on Thursday a 29 year old expectant mother Mrs Earl Dumont saved her 2 year old son Garry by leaping into a 20 foot well after he fell through a 16 inch hole. She held him above water for an hour until help arrived and is recovering in hospital.
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Springfield
N. H
Earl Dumont
Garry
Central Texas Weather Summary Forecast
United States Weather Bureau notes partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon thunder showers across central Texas. Hourly readings show highs near 101 and lows around 70s to 60s, with temperatures and rainfall totals summarized for Austin, Abilene, Amarillo, Port Worth, and other Texas cities.
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US Weather Bureau
Texas
Bile
Cocessde
Ober. «Castes
Austin
Aus
Colorado
Pontapele
Lake Buchanan
Evis
Marshall Ford
Abilene
Amarillo
Port Worth
Galves
Brownsville
Houston Corpus Christi
Laredo del Rio
Ites Antonio
Going My Way and Other Screen Picks Review
A mixed cinema roundup praising Going My Way with Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald as an amusing ensemble. It notes Ireland set humor, lively scenes, and romance with Ann Blyth, plus additional mentions of Mitchum and Greer in a separate chase thriller, highlighting strong performances and picturesque scenery.
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Ireland
Bing Crosby
Barry Fitzgerald
Barry
Ann Blyth
Crosby
Erin
Bing
Ann
Hume Cronyn
Pilot aided to safe landing by California Guard flyer
Test pilot Jim Younghans of General Motors Allison Division, with instruments dead in an experimental jet, was guided to a safe landing by Lt Walter Rew of the California Air Guard. Rew, a former P40 and P47 veteran, assisted from the F80 Shooting Star, then planned to race to Cleveland.
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Indianapolis
California Air Guard
Jim Younghans
Allison Division
General Mortors Corporation
Walter C. Rew
San Bernardino
Calif
Younghans
Weir Cook
Ren
Lt Rew
Lt. Rew
Aleutians
Germany
Cleveland
Uranium Detected Near White House Monument
Reports say uranium ore was found a few hundred yards from the White House and 290 feet up in the Washington Monument. A geiger counter near granite blocks showed ticking. an expert noted raw ore but not in valuable or dangerous quantity.
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Washington, Sept
White House
Washington Monument
Colorado
Big Mo Crew Observes Surrender Anniversary
The fourth anniversary of Japan's surrender was observed aboard the battleship Missouri near Cuba. Ceremonies included a religious service with a closing prayer by Dr. Joseph F. Thorming, a civilian guest aboard the ship. Missouri leads a 10-vessel task force training cruise en route from Cherbourg to Guantanamo Bay.
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Washington
Japan
Missouri
Cuba
Joseph F. Thorming
Carrolton Manor
Frederick
Cherbourg
France
Guantanamo
Final Polish Put On Dollar Plans To Aid England
British American and Canadian officials near agreement on a six point plan to ease Britain's dollar crisis. The steps include shifting US purchases away from single markets, streamlining customs, relaxing the 1946 loan terms, boosting British advertising, speeding US buys of rubber and tin, and expanding loan and trade with Southeast Asian Commonwealth members. A three power council may handle long term fixes and a tariff conference could cut US duties on British exports. Devaluation of the pound is deemed inevitable by the US officials.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Commonwealth Nations
Economic Council
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
State Acheson
Department Store Sales Dip in 12th District
In the week ended Aug. 27 the 12th Federal Reserve District reported department store sales down 12 percent from a year earlier, versus a 1 percent national decline. For the four weeks ended Aug. 27, district sales fell 8 percent against a 9 percent national drop.
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San Francisco
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
Deaths and funerals in Texas communities
Obituaries list L L Nusom 69 of San Antonio with ties to Austin and banking roles in Range and Robstown. Other notices include Mrs Lottie Cordell Pressley 53 of Houston, L W Raley 75 of Taylor, Frances Elizabeth Bonds 72, Wilburn Curry McCarver 77, Mrs J B Cluck 70 of Cedar Park, and funeral details across Georgetown Smithville and Taylor.
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L. L. Nusom
Texas
Austin
San Antonio
Nusom
National Youth Administration
State Department of Vocational Education
First National Bank
Range
Robstown
University Methodist Church
L. L. Graham
Bandera
Larry Graham Jr
A. C. Nasom
Kenedy
Lottie Cordell Pressley
Houston
Weed- Corley
Earl Martin
Smithville
Wilburn Curry McCarver
McCarver
Monticello
Ark
Georgetown
Sps
J. B. Cluck
Cedar Park
A. R. Osteen
I Don’t Think a Man Has a Right to Be Disappointed
New York report on remarks about Miss Washington Libby Ridrich, 18, from Kelso Washington, who arrived by plane to compete in Miss America in Atlantic City. Reporters asked views on artificial bosoms.
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New York
Washington
Libby Ridrich
Kelso
Atlantic City
Spot More Attentive Than Most Pupils
Amaryllo report says dog Spot walked with 17 year old Donnie McDowell to school and stayed beside his desk until noon. The teacher remarked Spot was more attentive than most of the second grade class.
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Amarillo
Mary
Donnie
Spot
Donnie McDowell
Inventor Defends Disc Plane Claim Against Flying Saucer Link
Las Vegas reports that Jonathan E Caldwell, 66, a Manhattan Beach builder and inventor, rejects any link between his disc type plane and flying saucers. He recalls a 1939 test flight in Glen Burnie, describes nine rotor vanes, a jeep engine, and claims three and a half times more vertical lift per horsepower than a conventional helicopter.
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Las Vegas
Glen Burnie
Air Forces
Shucks
Jonathan E. Caldwell
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Air Force
Caldwell
Willard Driggers
Commerce Department
Adolph Rohrbach
Berlin
Oxnard
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