Texas Legislature Likely Probe of UT Campus Turmoil
Reported talk at the state capitol and the University of Texas centers on a possible legislative investigation into the campus disturbance. Governor Stevenson refused to comment but indicated serious consideration of action, while UT faculty discussions focused on probes into the ongoing controversy linked to Dr. Homer P.
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Austin
State Capitol
University of Texas
Stevenson
Homer P
University leadership crisis and faculty response in 1944
The board of regents chose Dr. T. S. Painter as permanent president, triggering faculty regret and calls for consultation, while Painter pledged wholehearted faculty cooperation to lift the university to first class status. In a separate dispatch, Moscow broadcasts accused the United States of infiltrating Arab nations and seeking permanent bases, citing Iran and Iceland bases and warning against using the UN to manipulate Middle East tensions.
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Painter
London
Moscow
United States
Iceland
Iran
United Nations
Russia
U.S.A
Germany
Dr. Levin
Meat outlook grim as feed costs trim 1947 supply
Washington reports a potential drop of about one million pounds from this year’s meat output due to feed grain shortages and higher livestock feed ceilings. Butter production may fall 30 percent in May, with officials hoping a new dairy price program boosts cream-to-butter conversion. Black market slaughter persists amid ongoing price controls while overall meat production and hog numbers look to shrink further through late 1946 and into 1947.
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Washington
Articulture Department
Department
Office of Economic Stabilization
Florida Atty General Seeks Court to Bar Wartime Rules
Florida Attorney General J Tom Watson asked the Supreme Court to bar enforcement of OPA regulations and other wartime orders arguing they are unconstitutional since war powers ended after Japan surrendered. The move seeks to curb government price and ration controls tied to wartime authority.
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Washington
Florida
J. Tom Watson
Supreme Court
Watson
Japan
OPA Raises Ceiling on Low Priced Shoes
Washington May 31 The OPA boosted ceiling prices on standard low priced shoes by 10 to 15 percent to spur production and relieve shortages.
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OPA
Washington
W.P
Weather Brief for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas
The forecast calls for Saturday night fair and warmer conditions in Amarillo and vicinity. West Texas will be generally fair through Sunday with Panhandle and South Plains warmer on Sunday. New Mexico sees Saturday fair weather with little change in temperature.
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S& Weather Bureau
Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
St. Ace Ft
Bodo
Gese Ces
Candace A
Transferred To Head Temple Vets Hospital
Dr LeRoy M Cochran named acting manager of the VA Hospital at Temple succeeding the Amarillo unit. The Temple facility formerly McCloskey General Hospital will begin receiving veterans around June 5 with a skeleton staff. Admission likely first for Waco regional office approved patients.
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Dallas
LeRoy M. Cochran
Veterans Administration
Amarillo
Temple
Lee D. Cady
Temple Hospital
Army
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple VA
Dr. Cady
Temple Area
Waco
President Says Sheriff Authority Mirror of Draft Power
President Truman argued the emergency labor bill aims to draft citizens in emergencies not workers. He cited sheriffs deputizing citizens to enforce law while railroad strikes affected trains. Senate split over the measure saw passage of a modified bill with changes on penalties and government seizure provisions.
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Truman
Capitol
Congress
United States
Senate
House
Barkley
Kentucky
Treasury
Bevercomb
Virginia
Interstate Commerce Committee
Thomas
Utah
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Flour Subsidy Upped Again
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation raised June subsidies on flour ground wheat by 7 cents to 47 cents a bushel. Outside the Pacific coast area subsidies increase from May 25 31 rates, with the Pacific coast area excluded from this rise.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Pacific Coast Area
McKellar Elevated to Senate Appropriations Chair
Senator Kenneth D. McKellar of Tennessee was chosen today to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee, succeeding the late Senator Carter Glass of Virginia. The appointment marks a key leadership shift in the Senate funding panel.
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Washington
Kenneth D. McKellar
Tennessee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Carter Glass
Virginia
Negro Congress Set To Aid CIO Drive
Detroit May 31 The National Negro Congress outlined a goal of 100 000 members with a 60 000 emergency fund to aid colonial peoples overseas fight the poll tax and back the CIO drive to organize Southern labor Dr Max Yergan urged about 1 000 delegates to condemn President Truman as enemy of workers and called for polling major reform including veto of the Case Labor Bill and broader anti racist labor unity He urged white and black workers to unite for the South drive and to oppose Jim Crowism and poll tax limits
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CIO
National Negro Congress
Max Yergan
Truman
Congress
Yergan
South
State Department
India
Indonesia
Newton Denied Venue Change in Cameron Doctor Case
In Plainview on May 31 the trial of Dr. W R Newton charged with assault with intent to murder Dr. Roy Hunt near Littlefield in 1942 begins at 9 am after Judge C D Russell overruled a venue change request. Forty-one jurors qualified. A court scene included a meat question to a prospective juror, who was excused after the judge noted meat availability for the grocer’s market.
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Plainview
W. R. Newton
Cameron
Roy Hunt
Littlefield
Tex
C. D. Russell
Hunt
Russell
Milk price hike trimmed in select Western regions
Washington officials announce producer price rise will be 20 cents per hundredweight in Western Oregon Western Washington Western Texas and Memphis Tenn areas due to prior increases. Retail prices may rise one cent a quart in most areas with Oregon and Texas exceptions pending local decisions. Increase effective generally early in June.
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Washington
Office of Economic Stabilization
Oregon
Texas
Memphis
Tenn
Chester Bowles
Arizona
New Mexico
Bowles
OPA
36th Division Chief Demoted
Demotion of eight generals announced by the War Department lowers the wartime peak of 1,541 generals to 549 in a month. Included are John E. Dahlquist former 36th Infantry Division commander in Europe and Frank D. Merritt of Merrill’s Marauders in Burma, among others. Brig. Gen. Early E. W. Duncan dropped from brigadier general to colonel.
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Washington
War Department
John E. Dahlquist
36Th Infantry
Europe
Frank D. Merrit
Merrill
Burma
Henry B. Sayler
Albert W. Kenner
William E. Lyndh
Fourth Air Force
Fourth Anti- Aircraft Artillery Command
San Francisco
Sidney P. Spalding
Moscow
Charles A. Willoughby
MacArthur
Early E. W. Duncan
Chile
Portales Plans Prayer for Rain
Portales residents facing drought urged to join a rain prayer gathering. Rev W E Boyd led ministers to call churches to Sunday services stressing Roosevelt County’s serious drought impact on crops like peanuts yams vegetables and small grains.
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Portales
New Mexico
W. E. Boyd
Russia Blame Emerges Over German Economic Standoff
Berlin May 31 Gen. Joseph T. McNarney urged Potsdam provisions to treat Germany as an economic unit to lift a western zone from a growing crisis. Officials cite Russia and France for stalemate amid food shortages lawlessness and a bloated displaced population in the postwar zone.
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Joseph T. McNarney
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France
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United States
U. S
Stalin Snubs Truman Bid Widens Diplomatic Strife
The White House disputed reports that Truman sought a Stalin meeting, saying he only relayed questions from a news conference. Stalin cited illness and regrets while planning no immediate trip abroad. Stettinius resignation was rejected and Byrnes will be joined by Vandenberg. Connally’s travel undecided.
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White House
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Stalin
Attlee
Great Britain
Stettinius
Edward R. Stettinius
United States
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State Department
Michael J. McDermott
McDermott
Paris
Vandenberg
Michigan
Connally
Texas
American protest cites curb on Romanian political freedoms
The United States delivered a strong protest to the Moscow dominated Romanian government accusing it of circumventing commitments and delaying free elections. The note cites censorship, state control of broadcasting, paper shortages, political violence, and collapsed cabinet deliberations as obstacles to opposition parties.
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United States
State Department
Romania
Bucharest
Diretan Nu Dawe Amarinan
Oaiu Dulevila
Dwtly
Iallitlalass
Byrnes
Overseas Press Club
New York
Vandenberg
Michigan
Printers’ Union
National Peasant
National Liberal
England Plays Safe
The New Statesman and Nation says Britain shifts away from US Russia diplomacy amid American policy uncertainty. Foreign Office notes Bevin may reply to Molotov but Britain stays out of the Anglo American bloc, awaiting U.S. direction amid Congress loan delays and a volatile American political scene.
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The
New Statesman and Nation
Great Britain
United States
Russia
Foreign Office
Ernest Bevin
V. M. Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Molotov
Britain
Congress
British say Franco regime not a threat to world peace
The British government informed the United Nations that Franco Spain did not threaten international peace and security. A communication to the UN sub committee noted deteriorating London Madrid relations but said friction was not implied. Polish delegate Dr. Oscar Lange urged a worldwide rupture with Franco on peace grounds.
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United Nations
Spain
London
Madrid
Oscar Lange
Plainsmen Discharged at Camp Chaffee Ark
Three Panhandle men were discharged this week at Camp Chaffee Arkansas. Pfc. Doyle M. Davis of McLean Pfc. Kyle W. Bunch of Pandpa and Pfc. Walter L. Roberts of Skellytown were released from military service.
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Camp Chaffee
Ark
Doyle M. Davis
McLean
Kyle W. Bunch
Pampa
Walter L. Roberts
Skellytown
Connally rejects UN Security Council bid rumor
Sen. Tom Connally said he does not expect and would refuse if offered the U N Security Council post. He prefers remaining in the U S Senate, citing service to Texas voters.
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Washington
Tom Connally
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Edward R. Stettinius
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Conally
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Stettinius
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London
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Foreign Ministers’ Conference
Paris
James F. Byrnes
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