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Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1949

Page

21

Brother Tells Police Killer Went Berserk From War Hitch

Camden New Jersey September reports 28 year old Howard Unruh killed 12 people Tuesday and claims his brother James said the army service in Europe caused his berserk behavior. James, 25, recalls Unruh returning from war nervous, quiet, and not the same after service. Police found reloading gear, The Shooter's Bible, cartridges, gun cleaning oil, and revolver pictures in his room behind his mother's home.

Camden Howard B. Unruh James Unruh Haddonfield N.J James Europe Howard Temple University School of Cy Woodrow Wilson Senior High School Brown Prep Philadelphia Naval Base Unruh Ammunition and Arms

US Navy Chief Visits Installations in Spain

Admiral Richard L. Conolly, commander of US naval forces in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic, inspected Spanish naval installations in La Coruna including a firing range and electrical school. He invited Spanish officials to a banquet aboard his flagship Columbus. Sailors on shore leave visited the shrine at Santiago de Compostela and Madrid.

LA Coruna Spain Richard L. Conolly Mediterranean Atlantic Conolly Columbus Santiago de Compostela Madrid

Conscience Gets Its Man After 28 Years

A former Fort Worth resident writes City Secretary E S Birdsong from Bethany Oklahoma seeking to settle old debts. He admits taking two lengths of pipe from street excavations for a radio aerial pole in 192[9] and failing to pay personal property taxes on his car in 1931. Birdsong has not yet decided how to proceed.

Fort Worth E. S. Birdsong Bethany Okla

Forrestal pressed Truman to dismiss Symington heard before Navy board

Testimony before a Navy court of inquiry claimed President Truman nearly ordered Air Secretary W Stuart Symington fired, urged against it by former Defense Secretary Forrestal who did not want Symington made a martyr. Witness Hugh L Hanson tied the memo to Worth and traced it to June 1948 conversations.

Washington Truman W. Stuart Symington Naval Court of Inquiry Hugh L. Hanson Glendale Calif Navy Defense Forrestal Symington Forrestal Hanson Navy Board Capitol Hill Forrestal- Symington Cedric R. Worth Mr. Truman Worth House Armed Services Committee Dan A. Kimball Floyd Odlum Atlas Corporation Defense Johnson and Symington House Committee Virginia Charles Easton Charles Thomas E. Davies Davies Frank Wolfe Wolfe K. B. Wolfe Air Force South McCarty Drive Bevers Hills Los Angeles Wolfe Equipment Company Cmdr. Davies Pacific Col. Wolfe James Maher Lockheed Aircraft Company Burbank Stanford B. D. Wood

Dollar Talks Hinge On Welfare Plan In Britain

A London style crisis conference opens in Washington with British leaders led by Bevin and Cripps arguing welfare programs are a foundation for economic recovery. The talks aim for a stopgap remedy as Britain’s dollar reserves dip toward the billion mark despite Marshall Plan aid and planned devaluation debates.

Washington Britain Bevin

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