150 Miles On Gallon Of Gas Lions Hear Talks
Shell engineer Greenshields told a SAE meeting that 150 miles per gallon could be possible by retuning car operation including higher speeds then coasting. He proposed changes like lighter lubricants, higher compression, increased tire pressure, and removing the fan belt. Also mentions Hi-Y program at State Capitol with Lamoine Hooks and Milo Sullivan as student leaders and Trinity River water survey efforts in Baytown.
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Ilinois
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Robert E. Lee
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Senate
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Bruce Coltharp
John Krolexyk
Rodney Novosad
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Liberty County
Chambers County
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Nelson McElroy
Chamber of Commerce
Baytown
Rebel Inn
Chicago
R. T. Herr
J. Facobs
Port Arthur
Tomamy Rechelle
A. V. Barber
HF. Davis
James Oglesbee
RE. V. Turner
Clyde Foltz
Union roots seen as Communist in early CIO history
Charles Rindone, a New York City Welfare Department guard and former Communist, told a CIO committee that the union forming the CIO United Public Workers was Communist dominated from 1937 to 1942. He named the State County and Municipal Workers of America and claimed 1500 NYC welfare employees were in both the union and the Communist party. Abraham Flaxer dismissed the memory as lies and avoided confirming any past Communist membership.
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Washington
Charles Rindone
New York City
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Brazos Power Dam Bids on March 1
Mineral Wells report notes bids for three Brazos River power dams to be opened by early March. District manager says project cost around 25.76 million dollars, with engineering near finish. Dams planned at Turkey Creek, Inspiration Point, and Decordove Bend, financed by revenue bonds without federal aid.
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Mineral Wells
Brazos River
Decordove Bend
Brazos
Granbury
Through With Love Faye Awaits Quickie Divorce
GE film star Faye Emerson leaves Mexico for New York to pursue a quick divorce from Eliott Roosevelt, son of the late president. She filed suit Monday and expects a decree within 10 days, saying she will not marry again and that she seeks relief from alleged mental cruelty. Emerson will fly to New York for movie and TV commitments and notes no current romance.
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Mexico City
Faye Emerson
Mexico
New York
Eliott Hoosevelt
Roosevelt
Miss Emerson
American Airlines
Cuernavaca
Mente Cruelix
Dems Encouraged On Ohio Prospects
Democratic National Chairman William M Boyle reported great encouragement for Democratic prospects in Ohio for the November elections after two days of talks with labor farm and party leaders. He met seven of thirteen potential Democratic candidates to challenge Senator Robert A Taft and said the mood across Ohio and the nation favored continued prosperity under the Democratic program.
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Coluatsus
William ML Boyle
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Boyle
Democratic Party
Alabama Court Upholds Taylor's Jail Sentence
The Alabama Court of Appeals ruled Senator Glen Taylor must serve a 180 day jail term for attempting to crash a Birmingham auditorium entrance to protest segregation. He may pursue further appeals, including to the U S Supreme Court, with next steps outlined by state authorities.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Court of Appeals
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Birmingham
Taylor
U.S. Supreme Court
Alabama Supreme Court
Henry Wallace
Man Aids Wife In Vain And Fatally Beaten In Brooklyn
In Brooklyn an elderly paper manufacturer Camilo Lyera 74 and his wife Catherine were found fatally beaten after he rushed to aid her during her screams. Son Camilo Lyera Jr 50 reported the scene in their apartment foyer and kitchen. Police seek the murder weapon believed to be an axe or hammer.
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Jan
Brooklyn
Camilo Lyera
Catherine
Camilo Lyera, Jr
North Bergen
New Jersey
Felice
Lyera
Dog Begins Serving Life Sentence for Biting Postman
Kaiser a large mongrel dog was ordered to serve two life sentences after biting a letter carrier. Justice of the Peace W E Richburg told the owners to fence or chain the dog for life and pay a 183 dollar fine. Kaiser arrived wagging as the ruling was announced.
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Dallas
Janu
Kaiser
Justice of the Peace
W. E
Bil) Richburg
D. Gaston
Richburg
Sweden explains nonentry in North Atlantic Pact
MINNEAPOLIS Minn Jan 11 Sweden could mobilize about 700600 men forming 12 first class divisions, said Sven Grafstrom Sweden’s permanent UN delegate while addressing a University of Minnesota institute. He linked nonparticipation to Sweden’s long peace and strategic concerns about Russia and Finland.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Sweden
United Nations
Sven Grafstrom
University of Minnesota Institute
Scandinavia
Europe
Grafstrom
Finland
Russia
Trust Fund To Hedge Venture As A Monk
COLLEGEVILLE Minn Jan 11 WPR Donald Foster 50 a San Francisco businessman who gave up his wife after 2525 years to enter a monastery here said last night he has arranged for a small trust fund in case he cannot adapt to life as a Benedictine monk. He will wear civilian clothes for six months and live as a monk, then spend one year in novitiate. Final vows come four years later. Mrs Foster will stay in San Francisco to wind up worldly affairs and plans to enter a convent. Proceeds from their hobby business which grossed 540000 last year will be shared with relatives and charities.
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Collegeville
Minn
Donald Foster
San Francisco
Foster
Storm Blamed For Man's Freak Death In Washington
A Seattle man, Alfred Mc Math, 84, died after a freak storm event caused a power line overload and a gas furnace explosion at his home near Five Mile Lake. Coroner ruled the accident stemmed from wiring and structural damage triggered by high winds.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Alfred McMath
Five Mile Lake
Washington
King County
McMath
Dallas Woman Freed On Bond In Drug Crackdown
Patsy Noble Warne of Dallas was released on 1060 bond after a Tuesday raid found her apartment a drug "shot station" with 22 heroin capsules. Ten others were arrested on vagrancy charges as police described addicts waiting for a fix from the 21 year old redhaired woman.
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Dallas
Patsy Noble Warne
U. S
George le Lumpkin
Seven Weeks Before Missed in Kentucky Jail Escape Case
Hazard Kentucky January reports a former suspect in the slaying of a 17 year old high school cheerleader escaped Perry County jail November 25. Jail records overseer Porter says the absence was not discovered until this week, amid a recent second escape by Buster Fuente awaiting manslaughter appeal. Gamble was moved from Prestonsburg October 6 after an indictment for Muriel Baldrige’s death June 25. Porter notes Gamble’s escape not reported when he became jailer January 1.
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Perry County
Bub
Wehtigm Gamble
Porter
Buster Fuente
Gamble
Prestonsburg
Kentucky
Muriel Bald_ridge
Jeller
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