Vogeler Pleads Guilty to Spying In Hungary
New Jersey businessman Robert E. Vogeler pleaded guilty in Budapest court to spying for the United States in Hungary. He testified that his ITT position was a cover for espionage work directed by Colonel Sosthenes Behn. Vogeler said the ring planned sabotage during a 1942 Budapest trip.
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Vogeler
Hungary
Spest
Robert E. Vogeler
Jors
Atery Intelligence Serve
Aed
International Telephone and Telegraph Company of New York
Coal crisis looms as unions plan strikes and talks fail
President Truman faces a tense coal crisis as labor leaders push for a wage package and immediate settlement talks fail. Fact finding boards report no immediate agreement while miners and other unions weigh strikes, with 357,000 workers potentially affected and rail workers eyeing a February 27 nationwide action.
One Third Cut In Foreign Aid Urged
Senator Pat McCarran urged a one third reduction in the administrations request for Marshall Plan funds next year to end the recovery program on time in 1952. He argued a gradual cut would ease shock to Europe while warning against withdrawing aid abruptly. Franc is Myers disagreed, saying heavy cuts would erase benefits of the Foreign Aid program. Additional remarks cover civil defense experts citing public panic as a major civil defense challenge.
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Washington
Pat McCarran
Yada
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Paul G. Hoffman
Dean Acheson
McCarran
Marshal Plan Nations
ECA
Western Europe
U. S
Senate
Francis J. Myers
Pennsylvania
Columbia Broadcasting System
Capitol
United States
Congress
Congressional Atomic Energy Experts
You Can Now Walk Under Ship Channel
The Pasadena Galena Park tunnel beneath the Houston Ship Channel opened with a ceremonial cut of the last bulkhead 80 feet underwater. Residents expect driving access by early May once final construction completes the 3791 foot underwater route from Galena Park to Pasadena. County Judge Glenn A. Perry wore a welder's cap and goggles for the cut.
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Pasadena-Galena Park
Houston Ship Channel
Baxstown
Galena Park
Pesadena
Glenn
Happy Airmen Return Home Joyful Wives Great Crash Survivors
Fort Worth reports show bomber crew survivors returning by air after a dramatic landing with one engine dead. Wives and relatives greeted them as they taxied to Carswell Air Field. Seattle describes ongoing search for missing crewmembers on Princess Royal Island amid gale conditions and anxious families awaiting news.
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Fort Worth
British Columbia
Carswell Air Field
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Seattle
Wesh
Martin B. Stephens
Houston
Harold L. Barry
Oklahoma high school walkout over kissing incident sparks fear
In FANY Oklahoma 25 to 200 students walked out after Riddell Riggs kissed Charlotte McLain during a school coronation. They allege strict religious rules and lack of student council sway fueled the protest. Principal Mrs Norwood warned no immediate punishment but concerns over future jackets and coronations linger.
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Fany
Okla
Henta Jarret
Fade
Oklahoma City
Norwood
Riddell Riggs
Charlotte McLain
Sweetnesrs
Bethany High School
Town Notes on McDonald Visit and Local Talks
St Louis ad executive McDonald visits town. Boots Oglesby and Echols staffer work on publicity. Felton reports on election day activity and a public talk sponsored by Bishop Clinton. Bud Betty Pierce organizes Houston meal. Dr Tom not feeling well amid dusting report. Mrs. Virginia Resabsent from work to care for something.
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RE McDonald
St Louis
Oglesby
Echols
Bimat
Nieahow
Felton
Bishop Clinton
Betty Pierce
Houston
Tom
Bill Ighves
Dustin
Virginia
Eperell
Baytown
Pay Water Bills Now Says Barber
A V Barber head of the water department urged Baytonians to pay water bills when received to avoid a jam on the first of the month. Bills have been sent in stag gered periods with two bills in the first month only, reducing office congestion.
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A. V. Barber
Water Department
Barber
Yeeslying
James Roosevelt Denies Anna Not Seriously Ill
In Oakland California on February 18, James Roosevelt says his sister Anna Roosevelt is not seriously ill despite a San Francisco gossip columnist hint. He notes she is undergoing tests at the Claremont Hotel Berkeley while campaigning in California as a Democratic gubernatorial hopeful.
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Oakland
Calif
Anna Roosevelt
San Francisco
James
Roosevelt
California
Claremont
Berkeley
Anna
Sissie Dall
John Buzzie
Dall
New York
Curtis Dall
John Boettiger, Jr
Newaman
John Boettiger
Bosttigar Fast Angee
Senate probes labor ties in telephone industry
A Senate labor subcommittee will study telephone industry labor relations tied to a threatened national strike next week. The inquiry, part of an industry wide bargaining review, aims to assess holding company structures and union pressure, while negotiations continue amid a 15 cent per hour wage proposal.
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Senate
Washington
U.P.J
Senate Labor
James FE. Murray
D. Montang
Senate Labor Committee
Murray
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Corporate Strucure
Communications Workers Union
CIO
Bell
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
CWA
Joseph A. Beirne
Beirne
Sre
C. H. Johnson
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Bell Systems
Council To Pass On Tank Repairs
City officials plan a special meeting Monday at 6 p m to review Mississippi Valley Tank Co bids on repairing two water towers in old Baytown and Goose Creek. Proposals include replacing or repairing the top ring, tank cleaning, paint coats, and interior welds with costs up to 5600 on a cost plus basis or 4400 if only the Baytown top ring is repaired. A second item notes the death of Martin Stephenson age 118, Harris County's claimed oldest resident.
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J. A. Ward
Mississippi Valley Tank Company
Old Baytown
Old Goose Creek
B. F E. Lane
Baytown
Connect
County Auditor's Mother Is Dead
HOUSTON Feb 18 Mrs Lora Loomis Washburn mother of Harris County Auditor Harry L Washburn died at her home here early today She was 91 Services will be held here at 10 am with burial in Columbus Foxes fragmentary text notes burial location and names uncertain
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Houston
Harris County
Texas
Martin Stephenson
America
England
Annie Thompson
Lora “Loomis Washburn
Harry. L. Washburn
Pak
Dial Day In Baytown Dial Telephone Conversion March
Baytown will switch from manual to dial operation on March 11 as Southwestern Associated Telephone Company completes testing. W. W. Hunt says the exact dial time will be announced before the move to a tone system. Executives plan a pre dial dinner and tours of local plants and facilities. Roy Autry is expected to speak at the event.
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Baytown
W. W. Hunt
Southwestern Associated Telephone Company
Hunt
Baytow ‘O
Roy Autry
Southwestern
Bumble CF and Refining Company
la Porte Tennel
Pleasant Weekend Forecast Across Texas
United Press reports a pleasant weekend with cooler temperatures for most of Texas as a weak cold front moves through. Wichita Falls saw an eight degree drop, with statewide readings ranging from the 20s to 60s, cloudiness in the south and east, generally fair weather, no rain in 24 hours, and morning lows around the 27 to 62 degree span in various cities.
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United Press
Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Wichite Falls
Wichita Falls
Dalhart
Galveston
Tax Boost Program Back In High Gear
The Texas Legislature moved fast on hospital funding with a Senate committee backing an omnibus tax bill worth 315,000,000 and a cigarette levy of 7,500,000. The cigarette tax would rise a penny per pack for seven years, directing 5,000,000 annually to a state hospital building fund. The omnibus plan aims to finance hospital operation over 18 months amid broad industrial support and some insurance opposition. W. M. Calloway of Beaumont spoke on the tax boost.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House
State Affairs Committee
W. M. Calloway
Beaumont
Rita's Husband Aly Hurt in Ski Mishap
GSTAAD Switzerland February 18 Prince Aly Khan husband of Eilis Hayworth was seriously injured in a skiing accident on the Wassengrat. He was taken to a nearby hospital with a fractured right leg and no immediate word on the full extent of his injuries.
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Gstaad
Switzerland
Aly Khan
Eilis Hayworth
Aga Khan
Millons
Saanen
Villagers Refuse To Abandon Their Homes In Louisiana Floods
Ferriday La Feb 18 U P Dirty flood waters threaten to isolate two Louisiana towns as Red Cross and National Guard report nearly 2000 people refuse to leave their homes. Marksville and Jonesville face isolation while Ferriday has rising waters. about 9000 have fled flood areas in East Central Louisiana.
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Ferriday
U P
Louisiana
Red Cross
Tensas
Marksville
Avoyelles Parish
Jonesville
Catahoula Parish
National Guard
John Russell
Concordia
Catahoula
Catahoula Parishes
Shrine Ball and Dance Rally Baytown Shriners Plan Event
Baytown Shriners close their crippled children fundraiser with a dance in the community building and a repeat stage show at Robert E. Lee auditorium. Sam Houston orchestra from Huntsville provides music. local Baytown students join as a trio. The event echoes regional Shrine dances across East Texas with a parade earlier and a two square dance segment featured by Art Brandon near 11 pm.
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Baytown Shriners
Robert E. Lee
Shiners
East Texas
Lufkin
Baytown
A. R. Knox
Houstonians
Sam Houston Teachers College
Huntsville
Charles Forque
Eddie Thompson
Paul Webber
Charles Lee
Sam Houston
Baytown Baby Fair set at Robert E. See auditorium
Twenty one young entrants from walking age to six will showcase at the Baytown Baby Fair in the See auditorium Monday. Sponsored by the Baytown Oddfellows and Rebekahs, funds go to Hedgecroft Polio Clinic with a $159,000 goal. Tickets costing 120 entitle 10 votes in the baby popularity contest and admit one performance at the Gulf Coast event.
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Robert E
Baytown
Baytown Oddfellows and Rebekahs
Hedgecroft Polio Clinic
Mammoth Gulf Coast
116 Injured in Crumpled Train Cars
In a head-on electric train collision near Rockville Centre Nassau County two motormen face manslaughter charges as rescue teams number injured and dead. About 31 expected dead with 78 still hospitalized, many in critical condition. 836 escaped unharmed.
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Rockville Centre
U.P
Fwo
Long Island Railragate
Frank Guillotte
Nassau County
Jacob _ Kiefer
Gullotte
Kiefer
J. W. Markim
Son Tap
Gullotta
Ekiefer
Markin
Witness Helped As Doctor Amputated In Train Wreck
Rockville Centre reports a dramatic scene after a train collision. A bystander recalled aiding the surgeon as a patient’s legs were amputated, blaming dilapidated equipment for the bloody wreck while a hospital wait and brave actions saved a life. The witness, a Wall Street stock analyst, described the crash and the doctor’s tense effort.
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Robert ¥. Lee
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