United Nations awaits Vishinsky reply on Soviet war support
The United Nations pressed for a formal Soviet denial of ten charges that Moscow supplied material aid for the Korean War. Andrei Vishinsky, replying in the General Assembly, gave no firm commitment to speak, as Ambassador Lodge’s list of alleged Soviet weapons and aircraft remained unchallenged.
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United Nations
N. Y
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
Vishinsky
General Assembly
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Yalu River
Inchan
Korean
North Korea
Porter urges Texas GOP realignment as tidelands loom
National Committeeman Jack Porter told a Houston Kiwanis gathering that a tidewater title revert to Texas in a few weeks could aid a GOP surge. He urged conservative Democrats to switch parties to build a stronger Texas GOP and win local and state offices. He warned Dems would be punished with weak nominations.
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Houston
Texas
Tidelands
Jack Porter
Service Club
Porter
Kiwanis Club
GOP
Separate Courts Believed Assured for Odessa and Midland
Texas House Judicial Districts Committee gave unanimous approval to a bill creating two permanent district courts for Odessa and Midland. Midland will keep the 70th District Court, while Odessa would gain a new court after years of docket delays and local advocacy by Judge R W Hamilton and others.
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Odessa
Midland
Texas House Judicial Districts Committee
Austin
R. W. Hamilton
Judiciary Committee
Judiciary
Albanian Court Sentences Two to Death in Spy Case
London report says an Albanian military court sentenced two men to death and six others to prison on charges of spying for British, Yugoslav, and Greek intelligence, information broadcast by Tirana Radio.
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London
Tirana Radio
Jelke Lawyers Rest Case In Morality Trial
Jelke’s lawyers rested their case in the vice trial as the 23 year old heir to an oleomargarine fortune faced charges of inducing three young women into prostitution. The prosecution spent two weeks presenting evidence before Judge Francis L. Valente and an all male jury. The judge barred press and public for lurid testimony.
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New York
Mickey Jelke
Francis L. Valente
Jelke
Jeske
Elizabeth Clark Teal
Robert Merritt
Ray R. Davioni
Pat Ward
Diane Harris
Cafe Society
Miss Ward
Park Avenue
Danbury, Conn
Defense Resumes Case In Trial
Defense attorneys were to resume their case in Nacogdoches Texas as they argued Dewey Shofner was insane when he stabbed his wife to death on February 8 after an argument. The state had completed its murder case after calling 12 of 57 witnesses, highlighting District Attorney James Moore’s success in admitting a purported statement by Shofner.
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Nacogdoches
Tex
Dewey Shofner
James Moore
Shofner
Harvard Professor Refuses to Name Political Beliefs Before HUAC
Harvard physicist Wendell H. Furry refused to say to the House Un-American Activities Committee whether he belonged to a Communist cell. He was among 21 named by Robert G. Davis as members of a Harvard Red cell in the 1930s. Boorstin testified he joined Communist groups at Oxford and Harvard, quit before long, and later became an anti Communist. Davis said he and others split from Stalinist policies.
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Wendell H. Furry
House Un-American Activities Committee
Furry
Robert G. Davis
Smith College
Harvard Red Cell
Davis
University of Chicago
Harvard
Oxford
Daniel J. Boorstin
Boorstin
Rep
Velde Bill
Velde
Granville Hicks
Communist Party
Bellaire Mugger Strikes Again
In Bellaire Houston on February 26 a mugger attacked Miss Joan Martyn Dunn 21 a draftswoman after she exited a bus and walked near Pershing Junior High school yard. Neighbors' porch lights forced the suspect to flee with only minor injuries to the victims.
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Houston
Bellaire
Joan Martyn Dunn
Pershing Junior High
Kirklin and Rutherford Attack State Health Chief Cox
Texas lawmakers Kirklin and Rutherford harshly attacked State Health Officer Dr. George Cox and the State Health Department over handling of the 1951 polio epidemic and a West Texas horsemeat case. Rutherford urged a fair, impartial Health Board review, not legislative probing, and backed Turner for the Health Board, while Kirklin warned of department uncooperativeness and called for action if requested.
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Kirklin
Rutherford
Cox
American
Austin
W. G
Cotton) Kirklin
George Cox
State Health Department
J. T. Rutherford
Ector
Winkler
Odessa
West Texas
Health Department
House of Representatives
State Health Board
Istem
Health Board
Senate
George W. Turner
el Paso
Turner
J. F. Lakey
Vic Eihlers
SHD
House Passes Optometry Regulation Bill in Quiet Vote
The Texas House approved a bill tightening optometry laws and expanding the examining board's powers by a 96 to 41 vote. Critics warn it would create a monopoly for optical chains and curb competition.
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Austin
House
Senate
Two Men Charged Over Van Horn Slaying Case
Charges filed in Culberson County accuse Bernard Pregler and Walter Green of killing F. W. Eldredge a 65 year old Williamston Michigan printer. Eldredge was shot in a roadside park near Van Horn and buried near Highway 80. Green used Eldridge’s identity and checkbook while in Florida.
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van Horn
Florida
Texas
Orvel Capehart
F. W. Eldredge
Williamston
Mich
Eldredge
Bernard Pregler
Walter Green
West Palm Beach
Fla
Capehart
Highway 80
Here
John Kirk
Culberson County
Kirk
Pregler
Fred Aldrich
St. Paul
Minn
Maurice Green
Tallahassee
Green
Walter
Navy
Eldridge
Jupiter
Williamston Enterprise
Detroit
Gunmen Free Prisoners In Henderson Jail Hold-Up
Two masked gunmen freed W. C. Massey and Reagan Morris from the Rusk county jail at Henderson Texas. Massey a one legged confidence man and Morris a rape defendant were rushed to the third floor and released before deputies could respond. Massey believed to own cattle in Mexico. The break may be linked to a raid on the National Guard armory nearby. Jailer Marion Propes freed himself and alerted authorities.
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Henderson, Tex
Rusk County
Mexico
W. C. Massey
Reagan Morris
Henderson
San Antonio
Massey
Marion Propes
Morris
Hubert Hudson
Beaumont
Hudson
Center
Tex
State Highway Patrol
Boerne
Sit
National Guard
Propes
Gordon Strong
Strong
Catherine
George S. Neely Jr
Dallas
Sa‘mar
Houston
Ashida Claims Russian Planes Over Tokyo Area
Former Japanese premier Hitoshi Ashida says Russian aircraft flew over Tokyo taking photos of U S airfields. He cites US radar detection but says contact was not made. Far East Air Force denies the flights and notes intrusions so far around Hokkaido.
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Tokyo
Hitoshi Ashidai
United States
Nippon Times
Ashida
Progressive Party
Times
Far
Japan
Hokaido
Van Fleet Opens Washington Trip With Korea Warning
General James A. Van Fleet starts a U S to Washington trip promising to repeat his Korea warning. He says losing Korea would lead to a Communist Pacific highway and threaten Japan and all of Asia. He views the Korean War as the front line of freedom against a Russian backed Stalinist attack.
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San Francisco
James A. van Fleet
Washington
United Nations
Korea
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Asia
Eighth Army
United States
U.S
Republic of ‘Korea
China
Freedom
Sabrejets and Missiles Hit Red Planes in Korea Action
In northwest Korea a dogfight between eight Sabrejets and eight MIG-15s damaged two Communist fighters while UN pilots hit Red supply targets near Won san and T-Bone Hill. Missouri bombarded Wonsan harbor with 16 inch guns aided by Cowell.
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Seoul
Korea
George S. Ruddell
Eugene
Ore
Jerry Deason
Port Arthur
Tex
Wonsan
Norville S. Rich
Oklahoma City
T-Bone Hill
Missouri
Land
Cowell
United Nations
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Supe
Haeju Peninsula
Suspected Slayer Nabbed Here For Dallas Police
James Thomas, 35, a roofer, was arrested here by local officers for Dallas Police over a murder there three months ago. Dallas officers arrived with Deputy Beasley and Miles Jones to take him back after fingerprints tied him to the slaying.
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James Thomas
Dallas
Leity
Thomas
Wiley Beasley
Miles Jones
Beasley
International hunt for baby smugglers tied to cross border adoption racket
U S and Canadian authorities launched an international investigation into a border crossing adoption racket. Investigators say infants were sold for 250 each in a network between Toronto and New York over the past year. First arrests included a Brooklyn couple facing fake birth certificate charges. At least 20 infants smuggled into the United States in three months with more seizures expected as the roundup expands.
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Toronto
Ont
Canada
United States
New York
Brooklyn
S. Immigratio
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Newark
Malton
Jack
Edith Shinder
Aith
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House Red Hunters
Stanley Banks Jr
Douglas Bergman
Parks Board
Jack Fisk
Wharton
Lake Inks
Eisenhower State Park
Lake Texoma
Possum Kingdom State Park
Hospital Board
Fisk
Rae Ashton
Vernal
Utah
American Legion Auxiliary
Senate Chamber
R. A. Weinert
Seguin
House State Affairs Committee
Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Kodiak
API
Mount Mageik
Trident Mountain
van Fleet
Capital
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