Acheson, Hiss clash echoes in Cold War rift
The opinion piece argues that Secretary of State Acheson should not back Alger Hiss, calling their close ties a sign of a protective crony network within the government. It cites Hiss’s Stalinist espionage conviction and likens Acheson’s stance to dangerous endorsements at the top levels of U.S. policy.
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Acheson
Hiss
Mr. Taylor
Taylor
Mr. Acheson
State Department
United States
Stalin
China
Two Youths Given 2 Years Penn For Local Burglary
Two youthful burglars from Washington state were captured in New Mexico after breaking into the Emil Tatsch home near Harper. Wayne Connally Hoon, 18, and Donald Halliday, 19, were returned to Gillespie County jail and convicted by Judge Thomas Ferguson of burglary, each sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary.
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Emil Tatsch
Faltin Hopf
Harper
Fredericksburg
New Mexico
Gillespie County
Ranger Stewart
Odessa
Wayne Connally Hoon
Donald Halliday
Washington State
Thomas Ferguson
Bob Loth
Tatsch
West Texas
Blanco Co
Blanco
Blanco County
District Court: Parker found guilty of aggravated assault
Judge Ferguson presided as 12 jurors deliberated about 12 hours and convicted Daniel Paul Parker of aggravated assault with a $500 fine and costs. Otto Grienke received a two year sentence and probation for a fatal hit run on Liano Road. Several other criminal cases were set for Wednesday as jail-break notices prompted a re call. Local society notes include visits and hometown updates.
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Ferguson
Daniel Paul Parker
Schmidt
Tom Connally
Joe Petsch
Marvin Blackburn
Junction
Otto Max Grienke
Liano Road
Grienke
A Before Sheriff's Department
Gillespie County Rural Roads Association organized at Friday night meeting
The Gillespie County Chapter of the Texas Rural Roads Association was formed at a Friday night meeting with Adolf O. Kneese elected president Herman Maner as vice president and Rubin Meier as secretary treasurer Membership fees set at 1.00 Robert J. Dillard spoke on rural road needs proposing a 1 cent per million cubic feet severance tax on natural gas to fund new rural roads The next meeting will be announced soon and memberships are available through officers Also noted were Kerrville area Boy Scout tournament results with Harper and Bandera Scouts winning and individual honors awarded by Rex McElroy
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Harper
Kerrville
Stonewall
Scouts
Kerrville Kiwanis Club
Bandera Scouts
Ingram
Bandera
Medina
Harper and Mason
Herman Billnitzer
Tivy
Kiwanis
Rex McElroy
R. R. Tarr
Clayton Garrison
W. A. Salter
Knox Faris
Rodger Adkins
Emerson Lutz
Bob Schmerbeck
Harvey Eckert
Gary Cravens
Clark Bierschwale
Jack Eathorn
Gordon Morgan
Mike Anthony
Teddy Schwartz
Mason
Russel Koontz
Joel Craig
Clyde Barlow Jr
Gillespie Co. Farm Bureau Federation
Gillespie County
Texas Rural Roads Association
Adolf O. Kneese
Herman Maner
Rubin Meier
Robert J. Dillard
Texas
Dillard
Texas A and M Scholars Win First Opportunity Awards
In 1946, five Texas high school graduates earned Opportunity Awards at Texas A and M to fund college, balancing work and study. They graduate with strong averages, held jobs from waiter to roughneck, and led in campus life, military honor, and scholarship societies. The program expanded to 148 students with growing demand for next year.
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A. and M. College of Texas
Texas
Texas A. and
College
Rees Volunteers
M. College
Two Gillespie Jail Escapees Still At Large and Auto Stolen
Two Gillespie County jail inmates who with three others escaped just after midnight Tuesday remained at large Friday as an intensive hill country search continued for James B. Meadows and his brother William L. Meadows. Also noted were four other inmates, a later car theft report near Fredericksburg, and news of a daily Fredericksburg to Harper mail route approval set to begin March 15 1950 with new schedules and contractor Arthur C. Lange.
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Gillespie County
Hill Country
James B. Meadows
William L. Meadows
Brady
San Antonio
Gillespie
Lastham
Meadows
Emilkirck
Fredericksburg
James W. Seaton
Seaton
Bill Heimann
Helmann
Loth
Mason Highway
Daniel Paul Parker
Mason
James M. Craig
Lubbock
Parker
US Marines
Craig
Gilles
Erwin Durst
Two Meadows
Daily Mail
Harper
Weinheimer- Reed Road
U. S. Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
O. C. Fischer
Frank Staudt
U. S. Mail
Harper Lions Club
U.S. 290
Felix Fuhrmann
Doss
Postoffice Department
Hill
Austin
Arthur C. Lange
Harper Highway
Fuhrmann
Tests For Gas To Be Made At Tatsch Well
Kerr County reports gas tests planned this week at Tatsch No 1 the only oil well project now drilling on the Ford Tatsch ranch Reserve community SE corner of Survey 1061 about 144 miles from the Lee Goff ranch. Independent driller W D Owen says the well down to 1751 feet with casing being lowered and aims to drill to 5000 feet if oil or natural gas not found. The 14 000 acre lease has occupied crews on one shift since July with hard rock slowing progress to about 10 feet daily. Owen would bring in a rotary rig if needed and invites visitors to the marked road from Mountain Home Junction Highway.
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Kerr County
W. D. Owen
Lee Goff
Owen
Mountain Home Junction
Kerreville
Mt, Sun
Kerrville Lutherans Break Ground for New Church Edifice
A groundbreaking ceremony occurred Sunday at the Lutheran Church at Sidney Baker and Barnett Streets. Rev. Walter C. Probst turned the last spade to mark the start of the new church building, with contractor F N Halton beginning work Monday. The structure will feature concrete, stucco and hollow tile, expected to be completed this summer.
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Lutheran Church
Sidney Baker and
Barnett Streets
Walter C. Probst
F. N. Halton
Kerrvile Mt. Sun
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Janice
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Carl Oehler
Edison Street Methodist Church
Simon Casper
Sour Lake
Virgil Lennon
Guam
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THE
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Wm. Keene
Walter Parker
Frank Cleland Genoa
John Hunt
Fort Worth
Marvin Mueller
Brenhai
Joe Mullins
Carr
Royce McClure
Dallas
Humberto Reyes
Berclair
Menry Simpson Bellas
Vernom
Portes
Ftory
Jimmy Morrow Gratord
Jonan Taylor
Rotan
Bobby Bland
Merkel
James Robertsoon Pigarion
Grand Jury
Gellermann
Alfred Klaemer
W Rev
Virgil Culpepper
Hunt
Lorenz Wendel
Daghter
Adelina
Frburg
Arthur C. Lang
Tatsch Well
RED Cross
East Prairie
Arkansas
Illinois
America
Kerrville Lutherans
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