Surrender Ends 20 Year Prohibition Agent Murder Case
Antagonistic gun battle near San Antonio 20 years ago resurfaces as Lynn Stephens surrenders to Sheriff Kilgay. Indicted for the ambush that killed Prohibition Agent Beams, Stephens says he will stand trial, denying involvement. The case recalls one of the era’s great manhunts and a collapse of earlier convictions. Also: Senate and House conferees push to hammer out the farm price support bill amid political maneuvering on parity, minimum wage, and appropriations as adjournment looms.
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Bexar County
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Sievers
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Texas Ranger
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Kilday
Thomas
House
Senate
Appropriations
Senate Appropriations Committee
Albion Carrier Collision Sinks Freighter Maystone
British carrier Albion 2 sank the North Sea freighter Maystone after a collision five miles north of Longstone Light. The Maystone, 2025 tons with 24 crew, sank immediately. Albion took on water but survived with tug assistance. Reports say Albion, launched last May, was undergoing tow to Rosyth amid gale conditions.
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Heevilleden
Britain
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Rosyth
Tyne
England
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Clement Attlee
London
Longstone Light
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Northumberland
Pion
Lewis Resumes Soft Coal Talks Amid Looming Crises
United Press reports John L. Lewis and union negotiators resumed talks with soft coal operators as federal mediator Cyrus Ching planned to approach U S Steel about the steel strike. Observers fear little progress, urging presidential intervention to seize mines or mills while stocks slide on labor unrest.
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John L. Lewis
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U.S. Steel Corporation
Truman
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Youngstown
Eign “Steel
Bell Aircraft Corporation
Missouri Pacific Railroad
CIO Electrical
Radio Corporation of America
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Northern
Western
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West Virginia
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Southern
Bluefield
UMW
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CIO
Queuille May Try To Form Government In France
Paris Oct 15 President Vincent Auriol asked former Premier Henri Queuille to abandon semi retirement plans and head a new centrist coalition government Queuille, who resigned 12 days earlier after setting a postwar record for survival among premiers, was to reply today Radical Socialist Rene Mayer said he promised Auriol to urge Queuille to accept the premier post Mayer warned he might try to form a government himself if Queuille declines Auriol appealed after Moch’s resignation and a reluctance by Popular Republicans to lead Auriol’s path depends on middle-of-the-road parties, with possible new elections demanded by Communists and De Gaulle backers if a coalition cannot be formed.
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Henri Queuille
Queuille
Rene Mayer
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Queuile
Mayer
Jules Moch
Charles de Zaulle
Dense Fog Shuts Houston Ship Channel Skyline
Dense fog, the first of the season, blanketed the Houston ship channel and much of the city, delaying traffic while allowing limited airport operations by instrument landings and takeoffs. Forecasters said the murky weather would persist intermittently through May, due to moist air and light winds.
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Houston
Air Secretary Defends Air Power in Senate Hearing
Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington accused the navy of false testimony and attacks on national defense plans. He blamed admirals for long standing opposition to long range air power and urged committee members to listen to top air force leaders who have direct experience in strategic bombing. Symington criticized anonymous documents and warned that naval critiques imperil United States security.
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Washington
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Navy
Congress
United States
Cedric R. Worth
Arthur W Radford
Pacific Fleet
Air Force
Host S. Vandenberg
Leopold I Explains Belgian Surrender to Germany
Exiled Belgian King Leopold I breaks nine years of silence to explain that Britain’s 1940 decision to abandon continental fighting and evacuate Dunkirk misled Belgian command. He cites May 26 warnings to Allies and contrasts Churchill and Reynaud comments with British failures. See Leopoldo page 12.
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United Press
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Switzerland
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Geneva
Leopold
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Paul Reynaud
Reynaud
Churchill
Leopoll
Red Feather drive kicks off in Baytown 1939 campaign
The Red Feather campaign begins in Baytown and East Harris county with over 409 volunteer workers in three divisions launching fund raising for the Community Chest. The goal is 59893 dollars as 375 solicitors and leaders gather at the Baytown Community House, while 45 workers in Baytown Pelly suburban division meet at Jack Saunders Buick Agency. Goose Creek division kickoff planned at Hemphill Pontiac Company. Clergy and community leaders, including Rev Wayne MacCleskey and Rev Milton Jorden, address solicitors about democracy and service. Curtain Club members perform a skit Pause Before You Pledge to reinforce training.
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Galveston
Highlands
Baytown
Regia
Sad Highlands
Red Feather
Carol Frazier
Houston
Eson
Vance
D.C
Sam Stern
H. L Davis
Bryan Stratton
Srt Duke
D. H. Rogers, Jr
Danny
Sxahachie
Vis- Shay
W. Welding
East Harris
Baytown-Pelly
Jack Saunders
Buick
Goose Creek
Hemphill
Pontiac Company
Wayne MacCleskey
St Mark’s
Lynn O'Hagan
McCleskey
Russia
Community Chest
Democracy
Ry Jordan
Wee Rev Jordan
Jordan
Curtain Club
Ann Ruth Sehmaci
Guy Winstead
Olive Gene Bail
Andy
Sandy Gaston
Joe Chandler
Britain Ready To Recognize Peiping For Hong Kong Rights
British officials reported informal talks in Peiping offering step by step recognition of the Communist regime in exchange for guarantees of British rights in Hong Kong Kowloon and the new territories.4 concessions cited by Communists include full diplomatic recognition withdrawal of the British mission surrender of Nationalist assets in Hong Kong and extradition of Nationalist officials.
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Arthur Gots
Hong Kong
Britain
Peiping
London
W. C G. Graham
China
Kowloon
New Territories
Ist
Unrest Reported In Soviet Mines
Berlin reports that German uranium miners rioted in Zeickau near the Czech border causing the freeing of eight arrested miners. Three Soviet zone police were killed and one more person reportedly died in the clashes. The disturbance began September 16 when police arrested miners for riding on the outside of a crowded train.
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Berlin
East Germany
Wickau
Zeickau
Erz Mountains
Wallgren Approved for Federal Power Commission Post
Washington bulletin reports the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved Wallgren for the Federal Power Commission. Also approved was former Senator James M. Mead of New York for the Federal Trade Commission. Farm bill accord reached as conferees agree on long-range measures.
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Federal Power Commission
James. M. Mead
New York
Federal Trade Commission
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Wallgren Named For Job Olds Lost
President Truman nominated Wallgren to the Federal Power Commission after the Senate refused to confirm Leland Olds for reappointment. James M. Mead, former New York senator, was named to succeed Garland Ferguson on the Federal Trade Commission. The nomination for the National Security Resources Board chairman was withdrawn after the Senate armed services committee rejected it 27 to 1.
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Truman
Federal Power Commission
Senate
Leland Olds
James M. Mead
New York
Garland Ferguson
Federal Trade
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Nomi.nation
Senate Armed Services’ Committee
Texas Dams To Hike Water Storage Supply
Austen Oct 18 The state will gain storage capacity of 3.24 2,930 acre feet as nine Texas dams under construction progress. Col Louis W Prentiss, Southwestern division engineer, spoke to about 200 at the Texas Water Conservation Association convention detailing completed and planned projects. Whitney dam on the Brazos River is 28 percent done at nearly 42 million dollars, Belton on the Leon River is set for completion, and San Angelo on the North Concho River has a 1955 target and a 18,525,008 cost.
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Texas
Rhode Island
Drafting Board
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Whitney
Brazos River
Belton
Leon River
San Angelo
North Concha
Shotgun linked to Vallone case handed to deputies
A shotgun believed to have killed Vincent Vallone was handed to deputy sheriffs by a junk dealer who said he found it in Buffalo Bayou in August while scrap metal hunting. The weapon search followed confessions and denials by suspects Carlini and Marino in a gang style slaying that occurred July 15. Authorities continued diving for the murder weapon after a 3000 pound diver was used to aid the Buffalo Bayou search.
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Houston
Vincent Vallone
Buffalo Bayou
Swithh
Diego Carlino
Charles Richard Carling
Percy Foreman
J_ Marino
Carlina
Carlini
Texas City
Buster Kern
Texas Rangers
Carling
Vallone
Chocolate Bayou
Sheriffs Department
India Neutral In Cold War Nehru Speech at Columbia
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said India would not take sides in the cold war unless peace or liberty is endangered. He spoke at Columbia University where General Dwight D. Eisenhower awarded him an honorary doctor of laws. Nehru argued that detachment is not isolation or neutrality when peace or freedom is threatened.
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New York
Jawaharlal Nehru
Pandit Nehru
India
Columbia University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia
Tito May Release Catholic Prelate if Pressed
Diplomatic sources say Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia might release Catholic Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac from prison if Soviet pressure on the Balkan satellite continues. U S Ambassador Cavendish Cannon has raised the possibility with Tito's foreign office, with Vatican officials also said to be pushing for freedom for the prelate.
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Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Aloysius
Stepinac
Balkan
U.S
Cavendish We
Tito
Vatican
Tito-ba
Strikers at Mathieson Plant Face Mass Picketing Charges
ROYSTON Det 18 UP 22 strikers charged with mass picketing after 10 week CIO labor dispute at Mathieson Chemical near Pasadena. Deputies dispersed crowd while grand jury planned full probe into skirmishes including an attack on 43 year old Meedgen. Reward offered for information on five assailants. Ellis identified as attacker.
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White
Cain
Sheriff's Department
Ika
D. Meedgen
Mathieson
Mathieson ~ Corporation
Meed
C. W W. Eis
Hazardous traffic zone marked near police station
A colored map pin labeled the police station area as a hazardous zone after a fourth police car was damaged by two passing drivers. An attempted dodge by a youth in the street led to a rear crash, with a tall light broken and major body damage. Police said three patrol cars and one dispatcher car have been wrecked similarly at the same spot, per D. D. Jones, radio supervisor.
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Yoorman
D. D. Jones
Murder suspect nabbed in New Mexico slaying
A murder suspect captured after a hunt spanning two days denies killing friend Alfred Clark, 23, of Clayton New Mexico. He allegedly fled through a maize field and hid in a cane patch before authorities found three revolvers on him. Local reports link the case to a bush league player Rankins. Police pursued by air and ground as they questioned the suspect at Middlewater High.
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Tllinois
Ih Rankins
Middlewater
Hawkins
Alfred Clark
Clayton
New Mexico
Cate
Clark
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