Bexar County Grand Jury Reports Gambling Ebb
The Criminal District Court grand jury declares gambling in Bexar County at its lowest ebb and cites enforcement gaps. It faults local authorities for poor cooperation and urges stronger action, noting issues with private clubs and gaming devices and seeking greater sanitation enforcement.
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Bexar County
Criminal District Court, Grand Jury
Joe Burkett
Roberts J. Foley
Flint
Atttorney
Sheriff's Department
John Millard
Lige Aor Control Board
Austin B. Hill
Hib
Jiatdi
Tax Free Dividends for World War II Insurance Refund
Treasury officials said veterans will not pay income tax on government life insurance refunds. The Aug 30 statement clarifies tax treatment for World War II veterans receiving refunds, ensuring the payout is tax free.
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Washington
Treasury
Czechship Revolt Plot Suppressed in Czechoslovakia
Prague officials say anti communist underground group planned armed revolution. Six condemned to death, ten given life terms, others to prison. group accused of treason and spying for a Western power unnamed. authorities claim police nabbed conspirators before revision began.
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Prague
Spies
Ferrorigs
Nab. Ihem
Alibi Cracking Gasoline Confession From Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City report says Patrolman C C Coles drew a line on a motorist weaving across the street, who attempted to explain his driving by claiming he sloshed gasoline in the tank to avoid running out. The driver asserted he was trying to get gas into his carburetor, a claim the officer found improbable.
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Oklahoma City
C. C. Coles
Polio Victims and New Cases Reported in San Antonio
Shook Jr a 20 year old iron lung polio patient at Robert B Green hospital is listed as critically ill. A new out of town case Judy Tietz nine is admitted at San Antonio's New City Case Brooke General hospital. City polio tally reaches 155 cases and 14 deaths with infant diarrhea totaling 516 cases and 134 deaths so far this year.
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John Shook Jr
Bexar County
Robert B. Green Hospital
Shook
Nacogdoches
New City
Brooke General Hospital
Hew City
Lee D. Bennett
E. Russell PLC
Billy D. Bennett
Barksdale Apb
Shreveport
San Antonio
City Health Department
Robert &. Green Hospital
Judy Tietz
Dora Tietz
Frederickeburg
Bankst Memorial Hospital
Chidren's Service Bureau
Harris County Polio Victim Dies in Hospital
Oliver L. Winters Jr. aged 31 died at a hospital marking the fifth polio death in Harris County and bringing the year's totals to 52 city cases and four county deaths. The county reports 30 county cases with four deaths overall.
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Oyston
Oliver L. Winters Jr
Bescame
Harris County
Official Fears Series of Strikes in Wage Dispute
PENNAN N Y Aug 20 John Gibson assistant secretary at a labor said today the nation sees a series of disastrous strikes unless the wage dispute is settled satisfactorily Gibson who represents the CIO in the labor department addressed the Rotary club
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Pennan
N.Y
John Gibson
Tnday
Gibson
CIO
Rotary Club
Roe air jet reaches 40000 feet in 37 minutes
Manchester August 30 An A V Roe and Co announced a new 4 jet air craft climbed to 40,000 feet in 37 minutes on a test flight yesterday. Outside temperature at the top was 72 degrees below zero. Inside the pressurized cabin it was 54 above.
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Manchester
England
A. V. Roe and Ro
Her
Just the Thing For August Wear
New York Aug 30 You can walk into raging fire with James Heking wearing a white Aero Medical laboratory suit designed for rescue work in wrecked aircraft. The suit withstands 2000 degrees Fahrenheit for up to three minutes and cools afterward, with only the suit needing coating. Medical men say a man could stay comfortable in heat for more than two days.
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New York
James
Aero Medical Laboratory
Aceve Medical
Heat Wave Continues as Temps Hit New Highs
Heat wave persists with Tuesday forecast near 90s and a day’s peak just under Monday’s record. A cool front brings slight relief by Wednesday as winds shift northerly. Expect highs around 84 and early lows near 65 with partly cloudy skies and no rain. Month’s rainfall deficit widens to 1.22 inches.
Johnny to Learn ABCs Switches to ABC in October
New York report states Antelivan Broadcasting will switch to ABC early in October for daytime radio operations. Philip Morris will sponsor two ABC programs heard weekdays. An ABC spokesman called the deal the largest single piece of business signed at once, though amounts were not disclosed.
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New York
Antelivan Broadcasting
Philip Morris
ABC
Cigaret Company
Mutual
Pillip Morris
Walter Kiernan
Japs Defame Yanks Sentenced in Tokyo Raid Case
Six Japanese nationals received five years hard labor for spreading derogatory rumors about the occupation forces in Tokyo. The case followed a reported postwar campaign linked to communist activity, with American soldiers accused of raping women triggering the raid.
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Tokyo
Ad Seeks Best Friend for Dog Lost in Berlin
An American in Berlin placed an ad seeking a lost dog described as part boxer and partly loutish. The note says the animal answers to Licky or any name and sits up begging for food when it sees its owner.
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Berlin
Fayces Dally Bulletin
Licky
Flyer Dies In Fighter Crash Near Mountain Creek Lake
Dallas report says a flyer named Francis Rassiga, 30, of Libbock, died when a souped up P 43 fighter crashed into Mountain Creek Lake. Olweys recovered Rassiga’s body about an hour after the plane plunged into nine feet of water late yesterday. The plane had been borrowed and tuned up for the Thayson Trophy race, seen by Jimmy de Bante, 23.
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Dallas
Mountain Creek
Weather Outlook Mixed Clouds With Temperature Swings
Forecast shows partly cloudy skies with a Tue high near 97 degrees and a Wed low around 68. Tuesday record highs reach upper 90s with a Monday high of 98 and low 67, while winds trend northerly.
3 Divisions To Be Closed At Air Training Command
A reorganization announced Tuesday will close three divisions of the Air Training Command. The Flying division at Randolph AFB and the Indoctrination division at Lackland AFB will be relocated to Scott AFB. About 200 to 300 San Antonio families will be affected with transfers to Scott or Randolph and other bases.
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Air Training Command
Randolph Afb
Lackland Afb
Sealt Apb
Mae
Louis Jermsen
Barksdale Aib
Shreveport
Scott Afa
Robert W. Harper
James S. Stowell
Harper
Scott
C. G C. Chauncey
San Antonio
Randolph
Stowell
Randolphi
Ritndelh
Barksdale
Charles W. Lawrence
Lackland
Air Force
Amendment Ballot Challenge in Texas Court
In Austin August a restraining order sought to block the November ballot measure proposing a constitutional amendment for annual legislative sessions and fixed salaries for lawmakers. The suit, filed in the 126th District Court by George McBetaly Laverne Garwin and G B Chambers, claims the amendment merges four issues and violates the citizen’s right to vote on each subject separately.
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Austin
Aug
George McBtaly
Laverne Ganiwin
G. B. Charmbers
Islegal
Ihr Eltzen
Airplane Crash Kills Two at Municipal Airport
Dr M Bannister of Pearsall and S Hunt of Pearsall died of injuries from a Sunday airplane crash at the municipal airport rip. The engine failure on takeoff caused the wreck near the Missouri Pacific lines. The bodies were taken to Porter Loving funeral home Bannister, and Hunt remained hospitalized in critical condition at Baptist Memorial hospital Tuesday morning.
Berlin Utilities Return to German Control
Western Berlin's gas water and electricity networks returned to German control for the first time since 1945 as the western sectors transferred management to the elected city government. The Soviet-dominated command apparatus that ruled the three western sectors ceded control of production and distribution of utilities to Berlin authorities.
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Berlin
Ssower Kommandaria
Smooth Cracksmen Loot City Hall Vault in Chicago
Two safecrackers bound a city hall watchman and a patrolman then spent four hours breaking into the inter court clerk’s office on the third floor above the police commissioner’s quarters. They knocked a hole in the vault containing under $300 and did not breach four other safes that usually held between $10,000 and $20,000.
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Ciucago
Felow
Alster
Blast Shakes McCarthy Plant in Winnie Damage
An explosion and fire at the Mc Carthy Chemical plant near Winnie caused excitement injuries and little damage. Beaumont reports indicate the blast disrupted operations and prompted emergency response.
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McCarthy Plant
Beaumont
McCarthy Chemical
Winnie
Teenagers Spur Anti Red Feeling In Houston
Two Houston women were targets of teenagers wielding water pistols filled with red ink. Betty Carter twenty, a waitress, escaped injury after a spray stained her white uniform and shirt. Nell Martin twenty seven, wore a blue dress that was dyed red by the ink. Police seek the youths responsible as they vow to catch the offenders.
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Houston
Betty Carter
Lars
Ma Baete
Nell D
Martin
Dynamite Theft Threats Near San Antonio Prompt Police Hunt
Sheriffs report a burglary at a powder magazine 10 miles north of San Antonio yielded 136 sticks of dynamite 500 feet of fuse and 160 detonator caps stolen. Thieves broke through a dug trench, nearly triggering a massive explosion. none of the detonators were found and a wider search by San Antonio and Alamo Heights police continues.
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Owen Kilfay
San Antonio
Paul
Rntire
Pruitt
Kilday
Brackenridge Park
Bridges
Alamo Heights
Aide Admits Collecting For Politics
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan testified before a senate subcommittee that he collected campaign money in 1946 from business leaders he aided with government matters. He cited $200 or $3900 from race track owner William Helis and about $2000 from John Maragon, with questions about exact amounts and recipients continuing as the hearing proceeded.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
William Helis
Vaughan
Calif
John Maragon
Chicago
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Maison
Hells
Truman
Chaiman Efocy
Vallghan
White House
Maragen
Wittig House
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Plymouth
Mass
Ebb
S. A. Fields
Shook Jr
Khouston
Johnny To
Flyer
Dynamite Stoten In
S. A
Threft
Oscar Pruitt
Highway 281
Pratt
Killday
Ben Camp
Tinges-Print Techncian
Aide
State Department
Maragan
C'cénat
Eal
Mey
Shipley
Arranally
Morason
Italy
Sen. McCarthy
Wis
Frank Costello
Maragon
Costello
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