State Health Department Plans To Offer Radiation Study Course
The State Health Department announced a January radiation monitoring short course in cooperation with the US Public Health Service. It covers instrument calibration and interpretation, radiation origins, biological effects, shielding, and will invite safety representatives from industry and insurers to attend. Attendees must bring own instruments for the lab portion. lectures available otherwise. Notify Dr. George Cox to participate. Course runs January 8 to January 13.
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Chicago Airport Named for Hero
Chicago names its new international airport in honor of Lt. Cmdr. Edward H. O Hara The 7000 acre facility near Park Ridge was constructed in 1942 43 for wartime C54 production by Douglas Aircraft. O Hara a Chicagoan earned the Medal of Honor posthumously for defending the Lexington on February 20 1942 against seven Japanese bombers.
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Monster International Airport
Edward H
Butch) O'Hara
Selma O'Hara
St. Louis
Edward
Park Ridge
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
O'Hara
Lexington
San Saba Man Killed In Fort Worth Wreck
J E Shipman aged 61 from San Saba died after a pickup struck a utilities pole Saturday night in Fort Worth cutting power to the West Side for about an hour. The truck driver, a 31 year old Fort Worth man, was arrested on careless collision charges.
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Fort Worth
J. E. Shipman
San Saba
Audie Murphy Earns Medal Of Honor In World War II
September 19 1944 highlights Audie Murphy a Farm ersville Texan who led a detail and called for artillery. He answered headquarters question on distance to the enemy with a calm Texan line and then spoke to the foe himself. Murphy received the Medal of Honor and many other decorations for his World War II service.
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Farmersville
Murphy
Coupland Pastor's Aide Holds Regular Meeting
Seventeen members attended the regular monthly meeting of the Pastor's Aide of St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church in the Community Building. A biblical quiz was led by Mrs. Nelson Spiegelhauer and a skit was presented by Miss Ruth Pfluger and several others. Mrs. Kermit Dreidel directed the business session. Hostesses were Mrs. Otis Hardi and Mrs. C. E. Guentzel.
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Otis Hardi
C. E. Guentzel
Dutch Indonesian talks in hush hush parley at Namur
Dutch and Indonesian delegates meet in Namur Belgium in a hush hush parley to break the deadlock on the Indonesian problem. They are seeking a basic solution to future relations between Holland and its former East Indian colony.
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Namur
Belgium
Holland
Budget Cut Seen For Armed Units
Senator Tydings said on WBAL radio that administration sources aim to trim the next fiscal year's armed services budget to about 13.5 billion dollars, down from this year's roughly 15 billion. He noted the effort seeks economy without weakening the three services.
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Verne Mudge
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Air Force
House
Omar N. Bradley
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Tobin Seeks Expanded Unemployment Benefits
Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin urged extending unemployment compensation to 26 weeks nationwide and raising the weekly amount to 30 dollars. He spoke for broadcast with the Western States Democratic Conference and pledged to push Congress to widen coverage and benefits to support workers and the economy.
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Labor
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Democratic Conference
Congress
Philip Cohen's car found in Queens after Long Island murder
The 1949 sedan linked to ex mobster Philip Cohen, known as Little Farfel, was found abandoned in Queens near 118th Street and Rockaway Boulevard. Police believe the vehicle was involved in the gangland killing after Cohen's body was dumped on a Long Island road.
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New York
Philip (Little Farfel
Austin Seminary Shows Signs of Fast Growth
The Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary at 100 West 27th Street reports its largest enrollment as brick laying begins on a new Gothic library. Enrollment reaches 127 with 93 undergraduates and 25 graduates amid plans for a $250000 expansion, additional housing, and a new administration building as Dr. David L. Stitt resumes his presidency.
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Marvin Eickenroht
San Antonio
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Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Texas
60 Year Old Warned Not to Rock Grandfather
In MANAGIL Sudan on Sept 18 a 60 year old Sudanese man was warned by the district commissioner that he would be arrested if complaints continued about him throwing stones at his grandfather.
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Managil
Blue Nile Province
Sudan
Hutto PTA Holds First Meeting of School Year
In Hutto on Tuesday the Hutto Parent-Teacher Association will meet in the school auditorium for a 2:45 p m business session followed by refreshments. New president Mrs Walter Albert urges all parents with children enrolled to attend.
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HUTTO
Hutto Parent-Teacher’s Association
Walter Albert
Pastors Plan Meeting Led by Dr Flowers Tuesday
The Austin Ministerial Alliance will hold its first fall meeting on Tuesday at 12 noon in the Campus Cafeteria. Dr J G Flowers president of Southwest Texas State Teachers College will speak on Observations on Educational Problems of Post War Germany. New officers Bertram Klausner J E Chester T M Yerxa will be installed.
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Anglo Air Marshal Tours U S Bases In September Visit
Air Marshal Lord Tedder chief of staff of the British Royal Air Force arrived in Washington from London for an inspection tour of US Air Force installations. General Hoyt Vandenberg welcomed him at National Airport at 12 21 a m CST. The visit lasts about three weeks before Tedder proceeds to Canada.
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Beheading Room Turned Into Munich Motor Repair Shop
The Stadelheim penitentiary near Munich once famed for Nazi era beheadings is being cleaned and redeveloped into a motor repair shop. More than 1,100 executions occurred there, reshaping local memory as the facility undergoes conversion.
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Munich
Stadelheim
Group To Probe Hike in Oil Price
Senator Maybank of South Carolina announced a Senate banking committee probe into recent price increases in heating and fuel oils. He warned the rise would hurt families and said the gap between gasoline and heating oil prices must narrow to spur refiner output for winter.
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Senate Banking Committee
South Carolina
Ancient but agile Glidden tour plans 650 mile vintage run
Washington reports 85 antique automobiles led by a 1901 Oldsmobile prepare for a Glidden tour from Gettysburg to Williamsburg. Participants include James Melton and M. J. Duryea, with the era spanning from 1901 to 1919 and models like Winton, Stutz Bearcat, and Mercer. The journey runs Sept. 25 to a weeklong route through Pennsylvania to Virginia.
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Gettysburg
Williamsburg
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M. J. Duryea
America
Ford
Texas Medical Group Reviews Progress Reports at TMA Session
The Texas Medical Association executive council heard progress reports Sunday. Read by two boards and numerous councils and committees, the reports outline work for 1949. Over 100 officials attended the session at the Driskill Hotel, first open meeting since the May San Antonio convention.
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