Central Texas Weather Outlook for Monday and Tuesday
Partly cloudy skies with no significant temperature changes. East Texas sees scattered thundershowers in extreme east and north Monday with cooler conditions northwest. West Texas forecasts partly cloudy with scattered storms around Pecos Valley Monday and cooler Panhandle and South Plains conditions Monday.
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Violent aftermath injures dozens at Robeson concert
In Peekskill New York a Paul Robeson concert sparked violence injuring at least 54 and prompting hospitalizations. Police reported about 1 200 officers patrolling the area as thousands attended the event amid anti Communist demonstrations by veterans.
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N. Y
Paul Robeson
Robeson
Peekskill Hospital
Grasslands Hospital
Sidney Marcus
Brooklyn
New York City
Albany
James C. Hagerty
Dewey
Irving Potash
CIO Farriers
A. J. Gendell
Passaic
N. J
Jackson to Aid Fred Catterall Head Chest Drive in Austin
Fred W. Catterall Jr. will head the Community Chest campaign in Austin and Travis County for 1950 with E. W. Jackson as advance gifts chairman. Catterall, a former Chamber of Commerce president and active community leader, holds multiple director roles and public service posts. Jackson previously led the Chest in 1942 and chaired the Citizens Advisory Committee in a 1940s reorganization effort.
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Austin
Community Chest
Fred W. Catterall Jr
Advance Gifts
I. W. Davis
Community Chest of Austin
Travis County, Inc
Catterall
E. W. Jackson
Chamber of Commerce
Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
Texas Colorado Council of Girl Scouts
St. David's Hospital
Jackson
Citizens Advisory Committee
Tom Miller
Austin School Board
Citizens Committee
Travis County Juvenile Board
Colorado Lakes Area Girl Scouts
Newspaper Ad Office Open Today From 4 to 6
The American Statesman advertising departments will be open 4 to 6 p.m. today for customers to place copy or check proofs. Classified messenger service will not be offered.
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General Short to be Buried in Arlington Cemetery
Major General Walter C. Short, 69, who bore the Pearl Harbor disaster as scapegoat, left Dallas for Washington and will likely be buried Wednesday in Arlington National Cemetery. He died of chronic heart disease and had long claimed vindication would come with full history.
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Racing Amateur Cops Plane Test Triumph at National Air Races
Ben McKillen 33, a novice racer and former Navy pilot from Willoughby Ohio, won the Timernan trophy with a record speed of 386 mph aboard a Corsair. Wilson Newhall 49 of Chicago finished second at 379.7 mph in an Air Force Mustang. The event, a warmup for Labor Day’s Thompson trophy, drew about 58,700 spectators despite intermittent rain.
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Ben McKillen
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Willoughby
Ohio
Wilson Newhall
Chicago
Air Force
Bruce E. Raymond
Bill Odom
Teterboro
N. J
Air National Guard
Indianapolis
Navy
Marine
al Foss
Rosemead
Calif
Luther C. Johnson
Greenwood
S.C
Johnson
Foss
Derailment Halts FW&DC Train South of Sunset
A Fort Worth and Denver City official says a faulty coupling caused the derailment of a diesel freight train section south of Sunset. Eight of the 88 cars derailed. no injuries were reported.
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Pioneers Fall to Eagles in Labor Day Doubleheader
Pioneers drop an 8-7 decision to the Eagles ending a 49 season and prompting a Labor Day doubleheader at Temple. Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder reach the US net finals at Forest Hills with Wilmer Allison and Gilbert Hall contending for veterans title. Bobby Layne and the New York Bulldogs face the Los Angeles Rams in Texas only pro grid game of the year. Red Sox and Cleveland gain in the tight AL race as the Yankees fall to the Senators. Cardinals sweep a twin bill to stay 21 games ahead of the Dodgers in the NL. Tickets for the Maroon Thomas Jefferson game go on sale Tuesday morning.
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Cardinals Sweep Twin Bill
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SQUALL HITS GULF AREA Hurricanes batter Gulf coast and drift toward East
A major easterly squall with 60 mph winds and heavy rain swept the Gulf coast from Mobile to Morgan City, causing no injuries but damage and high tides. Grand Isle bore the brunt with three to four foot tides as the storm moved inland toward Mississippi and beyond.
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Bolivian Troops Retake Two Strategic Towns
Loyal government forces report recapturing Potosi and Sucre from the MNR rebels as fighting eases in the nine day civil war. The two cities, 60 miles apart in the tin region southeast of La Paz, mark a turning point as government says victory is in sight.
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Sucre
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Petersen Talks To Psychiatrist in Dallas Murder Case
Funeral services set for Carolyn Schofield 20 slain by rejected suitor Keith Petersen 21 SMU junior. Petersen says he shot her after she announced marriage to another man and later told reporters he would do it again. Psychiatrist Dr. Guy F Witt interviewed him at county jail.
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Carolyn Schofield
Keith Petersen
Southern Methodist University
Guy F. Witt
Southwestern Medical College
Petersen
Chilean Volcanoes Erupt Densely With Lava and Smoke
Temuco dispatch reports Villarrica and Llaima volcanos belching dense smoke and lava. Both are in Cautin Province about 430 miles south of Santiago and erupted a year ago causing deaths and property damage.
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Five Dead in Swedish Train Crash Near Gaellivare
Five people were reported killed and at least ten injured when a passenger train from Narvik collided with a Swedish iron ore freight train near Gaellivare in Northern Sweden on Sunday. Initial reports described the wreck as a head on collision.
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Norway
Holiday Labor Day Toll Reaches 295 In Accidents
A Labor Day weekend toll reached 295 deaths by Sunday night with 236 traffic deaths and 21 drownings among the victims. The report names several individuals killed in accidents including a boy struck by a train near Houston and others in Texas and across the states. A state-by-state breakdown lists traffic, drowning, and miscellaneous fatalities for Alabama through Wyoming.
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W. B. Phillips
Teague
Junious W. Stewart
Camp Hood
Taylor
Harold Jones
Austin
Louis Hunnicut
Mount Pleasant
Here
Joe Valdez
Lubbock
National Safety Council
Paola
Kas
Terre Haute
Ind
Braidwood
Iowa
Illinois
Alabama
Arizona
Parade To Kick Off Labor Day Festivity
Austin gears up for Labor Day with a 10 a m parade down Congress Avenue featuring 100 floats. A 1:30 p m afternoon program at Zilker Park includes fiddlers, square dancing, and children's games, followed by a 5 p m concert and 6 p m Queen of Labor Day contest.
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Perry Leigon
Carpenter
10Th
Congress
Second Street
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Austin Municipal Band
Zilker
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Olga Madison
Peg Mathews
Jackie Harris
Jean Hudson
Pauline Parnell
Joyce Starr
Austin Labor Union
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Taylor Glass
H. L. Kriswell
Austin Trades Council
Govalle Civic League
New City
Shady Lane
Bolm Road
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American Federation of Musicians
Weldon Covington
American Legion Post 76
Coliseum
Woody Parker
Weather Delays Shirley's English Channel Attempt
Dover England Sept 4 unfavorable forecast postpones Shirley May France's bid to swim the English Channel. The 17 year old from Somerset Massachusetts planned a 4 a.m. start Monday French time, but easterly winds up to 20 mph with rain and thunder squalls prompted her manager Ted Warner to call off the attempt for now. Egyptian swimmers Abdul Moneim Abdu and Fahmy Attalla pressed toward the British shore as a motor launch shadowed one of them.
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Fahmy Attala
High Court Justice Rutledge Improves to Semiconscious State
Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge, age 55, recovering from a cerebral hemorrhage, was reported in a semiconscious but fair condition. Dr. Elmer Tower said he has partially emerged from a three day coma at York village hospital. Outcome remains undetermined.
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Supreme Court
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Tower
Tito Spokesman Declares Yugoslav Resolve Against Russia
Tito aide Moshe Pijade told a Belgrade crowd that Yugoslavians will defend independence and sovereignty despite Russia’s pressure. He criticized Moscow’s campaign, likening its stance to Hitler and denying fear of a Soviet threat while praising national unity.
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Russia
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Czech Reds Condemn Grain Quota Failure
Prague reports the Communist press censures Slovakia districts for failing to meet grain harvest quotas amid Catholic Communist strife. The Sept 4 notice assigns blame to regional authorities and signals political tensions in the region.
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Slovakia
Western Union Seeks Moot Dismissal In Racing News Suit
Western Union hopes to end an injunction suit over distributing horse racing news by wires. The 126th District Court in Austin is set to hear the case Wednesday after the company halted service to Texas Daily Sport News owner A. Coggins.
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Western Union
126Th District Court
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126Th District
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Price Daniel
A. C. Coggins
Texas Daily Sport News
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Coggins
Miller
Federal Communications Commission
Little Rock
Ark
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