House Reverses Vote on Three Billion Foreign Aid Bill
The House approved a $3 billion foreign aid package by 287 to 198 after trimming administration requests. Key changes included removing a $1 billion surplus crop provision and a cut to the Marshall Plan funds, while boosting aid to Korea Formosa and Arab refugees and continuing the Point Four program at $25 million.
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House
Senate
Truman
Britain
Ireland
United
Kee
Dwva
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Herter
R-Mass
Lawrence H. Smith
R-Wis
Round-Up Parade Delights 100000 in Austin UT Extravaganza
The University of Texas Round-Up Parade drew an estimated 100000 spectators as crowds lined Congress Avenue from the University area to downtown Austin. The event featured moving floats, satirical themes, and student groups from Delta Chi to Newman Club. Clouds threatened rain but parade passed with little disruption as winds rattled some skirts and the crowd enjoyed a festive start to the two day celebration ending with the Round-Up Revue.
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Austin
Delta Tau Delta
Phi Gamma Delta
University of Texas
W. W. Blackmon
Gregory Gymnasium
Austin Hotel
Tsok Co-Operative House
Delta Chi
Oklahoma
Canterbury Club
Czechoslovakia
Newman Club
Catholic Students’ Organization
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Annan
Cotton Acreage Hike Bill Signed by President
President Truman signed the cotton peanut acreage bill at his Florida vacation HQ after days of debate. The law raises farm allotments for cotton and peanuts, sets minimum county allotments, and allows reallocations within counties with government supervision for any excess peanut production sold for oil.
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Congress
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
Claude Brannan
Campaign Issue Shapes Over Government as Red-Infested
Washington reports a sharpening foreign policy clash as Democrats and Republicans frame the government as Communist infested. Taft calls for a leadership change to root out Communists in the State Department while McGrath accuses Republicans of a communist scare to boost their campaign. Acheson denies Lattimore influenced policy and Bridges urges a Senate showdown over Truman charges of sabo tage.
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Taft
Ohio
State Department
Portland
Senate
GOP
Department
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Plo
Charleston
W. Va
McCarthy Rwis
Acheson
Owen J. Lattimore
McCarthy
Bridges
Wherry
R-Neb
United States of America
Austin Development Foundation reports 86 new or expanded firms tied to city growth
The Austin Development Foundation reports 86 firm prospects for local growth including 55 out-of-state entities. Projects range from the Butlin Texas Vacation Villages resort to chemical and plastics plants and pharmaceutical research. Leaders urged rate restructuring, venture capital pooling, and continued data-driven work to attract industry and boost tax sources.
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Austin Development Foundation
Frank W. Jessen
Butlin Texas
E. W. Jackson
Charles A. Burton
Austin
John D. Simpson
Louis N. Goldberg
Jackson
T. E. Johnson
Wesley Pearson
E. J. St. John
Max Starke
Butlin
Jefferson Chemical Laboratories
C. B. Smith
Cattle Dealer Shot Dead In Mason Store
In Mason, sheriff detains H. C. Harris after he killed Ray Burnett 42 in a downtown store chase. Burnett, 6 ft 4 in, 225 pounds, died on the floor. Harris faces murder charges as witnesses and details are withheld. Burnett grew up in Mason County. Harris is a well driller with a wife and two children.
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Mason
L. E. Campbell
H. C. Harris
Dooley
Ray Burnett
Campbell
Harris
Justice of the Peace
T. M. Poynor
Burnett
Mason County
Cattle Commission
San Angelo
Howard
Arch
Natural Gas Bill Passed by House
The House approved a controversial natural gas measure 176 to 174 after a bitter battle and sent it to President Truman. It would bar the Federal Power Commission from setting gas prices charged to pipelines by independent producers for interstate transport.
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Washington
House
Truman
Federal Power Commission
Senate
Dingell
D-Mich
Rayburn
Dtex
Baruch Urges Automatic US War Mobilization Plan
Benard Baruch urged a ready to go mobilization program to convert peacetime production instantly to war. He warned the time gap before war mobilization is the gravest peril and called for a legal framework to mobilize resources immediately upon a joint war declaration. He spoke at the Naval War College.
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Baruch
Newport
R. L
Benard Baruch
United States
America
Russia
Congress
Warm Winds Forecast For Round-Up Events
Weatherman Hoye S. Dunham predicts warm winds for Round-Up events at the University of Texas track meet with a few sprinkles Saturday. Cloudy morning, partly cloudy afternoon, and temperatures from 62 to 85 degrees in Austin. Sunshine is possible Saturday afternoon with minimal rainfall and warmer conditions across East and West Texas.
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University of Texas
Austin
Hoye S. Dunham
East
West
Texas
Funeral services set Sunday for Leon Blum
Paris dispatch reports funeral services for Leon Blum the French Socialist leader and former premier who died Thursday. Burial will be in a Montmartre cemetery and his body will lie in state at Le Populaire offices before burial.
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Paris
Leon Blum
Montmartre
Blum
le Populaire
Bridges Perjury Conspiracy Case Goes to Federal Jury
The Bridges perjury conspiracy trial, longest in Northern California history, heads to a federal jury after two hours of judge instructions. Jurors must decide if Harry Bridges and aides Schmidt and Robertson lied about Communist ties to secure naturalization.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
George B. Harris
California
Harris
Bridges
Communist Party
Schmidt
Robertson
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