Judge Onion Seeks Retirement From Seventy-Third District Court
Judge Onion of the Seventy third District court filed for retirement effective December first due to disability. Governor Shivers announced from Austin on Tuesday. Onion, 59 and in ill health, submitted the application to J E Hilghman chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court. He would receive retirement pay of three thousand five hundred dollars annually under the new law, with Special Judge Delos Finch serving since July 10 1947.
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Duage
John F. Patel Onion
Seventythird District Court
Austin
Shivers
Onion
Jong
J. E. Hilghman
Texas Supreme Court
Hickman
Texas
Orion
Isy Onion
Song
Sunshine Outlook Brings Cheer to San Antonians
Weather forecaster Orenh ington reports mainly sunny skies with mild, improving conditions. The map shows a day change indicating continued pleasant weather, with Monday’s average around 62 degrees, one degree above normal, and the trend likely to persist for several days.
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Orenhington
San Antonians
Escobar Takes Key Colombia Post
Pi Conservative party member Julian Cock Escobar took office today as national registrar in Colombia a key post in the electoral setup amid martial law measures and a move toward a national election with a single presidential candidate.
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Escobar
Colombia
Bogota
Conservative Party
Julian Cock Escobar
Baby Born Aboard Transatlantic Flight Between Prestwick and Gander
A baby girl was born aboard a Scandinavian Airlines plane en route from Prestwick to New York, halfway across the Atlantic. The mother, identified as a Polish woman, gave birth to the infant while 6% displaced persons were being carried to New York. It marks the second transatlantic in-flight birth in under a month, prompting talk of bassinets as standard on long flights.
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Prestwick
Scotland
Transatlantic Alyliers
Atlantic
Gander
Newfoundland
Scandinavian Airlines
New York
Monty to sail for Washington to discuss defense
London reports Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery will sail for the United States aboard the Queen Elizabeth tomorrow with only his aide Col. G S Cole to confer on defense matters. A Brussels alliance spokesman said Montgomery would meet Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, Gen Omar Bradley, Gen. Collins and Gen. Lawton as part of the talks.
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Monty
Washington
London
Viscount Montgomery
U. S
Western Union
Brussels Alliance
Queen Elizabeth
Col
G.S. Cole
Montgomery
Louis Jobinson
Omar Gradiey
J. Lawton Collins
Lewis and UMW Pay Record Fine for Coal Strike
John J. Lewis and the United Mine Workers agreed to a total $1,420,000 in fines after a lengthy legal battle over the 1948 coal strike. Federal Judge T Alan Gakdsborough accepted payments including a $1,300,000 certified check and $20,000 in cash from Welly K. Hopkins to cover the levy against Lewis.
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Wadhlivaucha
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Loy
Lewis
T. Alan Gakdsborough
Welly K. Hopkins
UMW General
Reds Called Danube Hogs
The United States charged Russia and its satellites with monopolizing Danube River commerce in violation of peace treaties. A formal note to Russia and Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Yugoslavia declared nonrecognition of the Soviet led Danube convention. Parallel notes were also sent by Great Britain and France.
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Washingson
U.S
Russia
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
U. S
Great Britain
Ani
France
State Dept Faces Beijing Stand on Ward Kidnapping
Secretary Acheson returns from Europe to confront the Chinese Communist imprisonment of Consul Angus Ward and four staffers in Mukden Manchuria. Officials say no quick action is planned, with no health or date details released, while the U N and economic pressure options loom as Washington weighs steps.
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Washington
Nav
Acheson
Europe
Bane
Angus Ward
Mukdenji Manchuria
Ward
U. S
Mullen
REDS
State Department
O. Edmund Clunkh
Pelping
U. 5
Girl Denies Quarrel With Killer
The Ohio State University council stripped the Delta Tau Delta fraternity of social privileges until 1950 after the fatal shooting of Jack T. McKeown, 21, by James E. Heer, 22, former marine. Heer was bound over to a grand jury on murder charges, with Miss Joyce Crafton, 22, a key witness, bonded at 300 dollars. The fraternity officers, including president James E. Rhodes and social chairman George W. Fisher, admitted violating campus rules by serving liquor in the house.
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Columbus
INS
Ohio State University
Jack T.mckeown
James E. Heer
Delta Tau Delta
University Council On Student Affair
Heer
Ball
Miss
Joyce Crafton
Euclid
Cleveland
Matthew L. Bigger
Miss Craftton
Bigger
Miss Grafton
University Council
James E. Rhodes
George W. Fisher
Soyal
James A. Markling
Frank M. Mallet
Commissioners Set Vote Machine Rent for Two Elections
Commissioners court Tuesday set terms for renting 152 voting machines to the city for the December 8 bond election and January 24 charter election. The city may rent at 20 dollars per machine for both elections if left at voting boxes with protection and insurance. If hauled back to the courthouse after the first election and used again for the second, the city pays 20 dollars per machine for each election.
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Commissioners Court
Virus X i Again On Loose im 8. A. Virus X i
Reports from private physicians in San Antonio warn of an unsettling virus dubbed X with many sufferers showing influenza like symptoms. Doctors note a rapid spread with patients becoming ill within days and highlight the Brooke General laboratory technicians aiding isolation efforts.
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San Antonio
Hult
USI
Brooke General Laboratory
Two Gandhi Killers Hang at Ambala Jail
The young editor Narayan V. Godse and publisher Narayan B. Apte were hanged at Ambala Central Jail after a two year legal fight over Gandhi’s 1948 assassination. They cried slogans praising India before execution, their bodies cremated, with strict secrecy observed.
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Ambala
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Arabala
Narayan V. Godse
Narayan B. Apte
Wvo Kindu
United India
Apte
Hite
Fie
Indus
New Delhi
Godse
Forecast Shows Fair Weather With Mild Wind Shifts
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions with a gentle to moderate northeasterly breeze. Temperatures reach around 50 on Tuesday and near 45 on Wednesday with a Tuesday night low near 30 and a Wednesday high near 44.
Czechs Order British to Leave Czechoslovakia
Prague reports that British residents in Czechoslovakia were told to leave within 11 days by police. British consular authorities issued the notice amid diplomatic tension as the deadline was announced.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bombs Frighten Homes in Pontiac Attack
Mysterious bomb explosions damaged a Pontiac teacher's home and a rural residence of a prominent AFL union official, injuring none. Police said the blasts were intended to frighten the union leader.
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Pontiac
Mich
Sinton
AFL
Noane
Bishop Manning’s Condition Deteriorates in Hospital Stay
New York November 15 Bishop William T Manning 83 a retired Episcopal bishop grew weaker today at St Luke's hospital where he has been a patient since November 4 The physician said the bishop has taken a turn for the worse and is weaker with the nature of his ailment not disclosed
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New York
William T. Manning
St. l Luke's Hospital
Albert C
Ing
Sai
Manning
Hig
Ring
Witend
New Bill Curtis Power of Lords Limits Veto Power
London Nov 15 The House of Commons approved by 340 to 187 a bill empowering the Lords to delay legislation for one year rather than the current two year veto. The measure, part of Attlee government plans to reorganize Britain’s iron and steel industry, moves toward centralizing power and potential legislative reform.
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London
House of Commons
House of Lords
Britain
Commons
Lords
Attlee
Europe Heads Toward Halfway Mark in Marshall Plan Drive
President Truman reported Western Europe has surpassed the halfway point in its bid for a one third rise in industrial output but cautioned that economic integration remains incomplete. He noted slow progress toward full integration in his fifth quarterly Marshall Plan report to Congress.
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Wav
INS
Truman
Europe
Congress
Bill Robinson in Serious Condition in New York Hospital
New York November 15 Bill Bojangies Robinson 71 was reported resting comfortably but remains in serious condition from a heart ailment. Doctors say he was admitted yesterday and has been placed intermittently under an oxygen tent as he battles health issues.
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New York
Bill
Bojangies" Robinson
Robinson
Police stop suicide attempt near Hildebrand Avenue
A 20 year old Twila youth was saved by San Antonio police after a failed attempt to end his life at rail tracks near Hildebrand Ave at 12:30 am. Kalinoski described pulling him off the rails and escorting him to headquarters where he was held for observation at the county jail. The youth resisted, suffering shin soreness during the struggle.
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Twila
Fay
Kalinoski
Hildebrand Ave
Adicle
Texas Crude Cut Ordered
The Texas railroad commission ordered a 218 387 barrel daily cut in December Texas crude production by reducing producing days to 18 in most fields and dropping 16 days in East Texas. Current output is 2 313 227 barrels per day, forecast to 2 094 876 for December. Commission member Ernest C Thompson cited light demand and ample supply as reasons, following a statewide hearing where producers urged smaller output.
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Austin
Navy
Railroad Commission
Texas
Ilalton Becaus
Dehnting
Commission
Ernest. C. Thompson
Negroes Hear Tobin on Civil Rights Law Passage
Secretary of Labor Tobin told a National Council of Negro Women convention that the fight to end job discrimination will continue. He said the world looks to America for leading a world where all races colors and creeds can live and work together harmoniously and constructively.
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Washington
Tobin
America
Americans
Thes National Council of Negro ‘Women
Police Hunt Baker 67 in Grim Los Angeles murder case
Police search a 67 year old baker after the gashed body of 6 year old Linda Joyce Glucoft is found in a rubbish heap near her Crescent Heights home. Investigators say the suspect, who lived nearby, vanished with his clothes as a nationwide search is mounted.
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Los Angeles
Linda Joyce Glucoft
Baker
Det
Sgis
R. T. Reid
Lloyd Baughn
Joyce
Linda
Lillian Glucoft
Jules Glucoft
Glucoft
Crescent Heights
Nina Martin
Mae
Scott C. Stone
Rochelle Glusketer
Ahe Gluskoter
Typhoon Get Toll Reaches 575 in Central Philippines
The Red Cross reports 127 more deaths from Typhoon Get raising total toll to 575 across the central Philippines. Recovery teams found bodies in Kabankalan Negros Occidental as rescue and relief efforts continue amid widespread devastation.
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Manila
Red Cross
Kabankalan
Negros Occidental
Philippines
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