Grand Round-Up Parade Winds Through UT Campus
Thousands lined the chilly route for the mile long Round-Up parade led by Governor Jester. The event featured 60 floats including political satire and beauty displays. Awards and coronation events followed with UT Sweetheart finalists named and a full weekend of UT honors and reunions planned.
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Russia
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Supreme Court
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Capitol
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Mental Hygiene Association
Snake Pit
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Frances Dixon
Joanne Johnson
Margaret Pickett
Houston
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Amarillo
Martha Cartwright
Breckenridge
Joy Freeman
Hot Springs
Ark
University of Arkansas
Patricia Ann Parker
Corpus Christi
Texas A&m College
Elsie Ann Gayer
San Angelo
Baylor University
Mary Joe Goodearle
Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Martha Ann Moore
Rice Institute
Nancy Tally
Justin
Texas Christian University
Stassen Urges MacArthur Plan for Asia to Fight Communism
Harold E. Stassen proposed a 2 billion dollar annual Asia plan modeled on the Marshall Plan to bolster southern China and stem communism. He spoke in Boston alongside Winston Churchill, arguing for long term, flexible aid and warning against fearing atomic war while praising the UN yet calling it inadequate.
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Boston
Harold E. Stassen
MacArthur
Asia
Europe
University of Pennsylvania
Stassen
Winston Churchill
China
GOP
Truman
Churchill
Small Craft Warned Of Strong Gulf Winds
The Weather Bureau ordered small craft warnings from Port Arthur Texas to New Orleans. Strong easterly winds of 30 to 35 miles per hour were expected in thunder squalls late Friday night into Saturday.
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New Orleans
US Weather Bureau
Port Arthur
Texas
Mike's April Fool Joke Triggers Door Locking Incident
Paris Tex April 1 A 21 year old Michael Anderson locked his father out of the family car as an April fool prank. After attempts with apples and candy failed to coax the door open the father used a screwdriver to regain entry. The elder Anderson did not find the joke funny.
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Paris
Tex
Michael Anderson
Mike
Papa Anderson
Wherry Plan Loses as Senate Defeats Cut to ERP Funds
The Senate rejected an 10 percent cut proposed by Taft and Russell to the $5.58 billion European Recovery Program for the next 15 months. The vote was 54 to 23, with earlier rejection of a 15 percent cut. Critics warn cuts threaten Western Europe aid while supporters tout security gains and economic recovery.
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Senate
Taft
Rohio
Russell
Truman
Europe
Wherry
R-Neb
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Marshall Plan
Paul G. Hoffman
Congress
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
House Passes Bill Repealing US Oleo Tax
The House approved a bill by Rep Poage to repeal the 63 year old federal taxes on oleomargarine by a 287 to 89 vote. The measure would remove taxes and avoid interstate sale restrictions, while requiring triangular labeling and identification of oleomargarine in public eating places.
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House
Washington
Senate
Poage
D-Tex
Austin Voters Elect Two School Board Members Today
Two Austin school board seats are up for election to serve 17 000 students. polls run from 8 am to 7 pm with three candidates W I Kocurek Lora M Lee and O D Weeks Kocurek and Weeks seek reelection state law fixes first Saturday in April for school board votes while city council races occur separately at charter dates.
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Austin
W. I. Kocurek
Lora M. Lee
O. D. Weeks
Kocurek
Weeks
Texas Weather Spree Dims Panhandle to Corpus Christi
The storm system rolls across Texas with snow in the Panhandle and South Plains, sleet over Pig Spring, and thundery showers in Central and South Texas. Corpus Christi Naval Air Station loses power for 30 minutes amid hail and heavy rain. Dalhart records two inches of snow. King Ranch reports light hail. end-of-day clouds signal a wet weekend ahead.
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Pig Spring
Central
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Corpus Christi
US Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Clarendon
Lubbock
Dalhart
Childress
Pampa
Plainview
Abilene
Bulwark of Peace Pact Backed by Britain and U S
American and British spokesmen rejected Russia's charge that the Atlantic pact is aggressive calling it a defensive bulwark of peace. Bevin urged restraint toward aggressors and warned against totalitarianism while noting the pact should pool manpower aid and economic support for a permanent peace.
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Washington
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Senate panel approves bill for executive reorganization powers
A Senate executive expenditures committee approved a bill giving the President sweeping government reorganization powers while allowing Congress to nullify plans. If either chamber disapproved a proposal it would die. The measure cites Truman and the Hoover Commission as advocates. The panel also backs a 70 group Air Force bill and notes possible wartime tasks for Air Forces.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Executive Expenditures Committee
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Senate Armed Services
House
First March drop in five months lifts jobless total
The March unemployment total fell by 54 000 from February, marking the first decline in five months. Employment rose by 480 000, lifting the labor force from 60 388 000 to 60 814 000 as the government noted the downturn may be temporary.
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Washington
Bureau of Employment Security
Gaebart C. Goodwin
The
Security Bureau
Alliance May Kill East West Pact
Soviet diplomats said the North Atlantic pact may invalidate Russia's 20 year mutual aid treaties with Britain and France. They argued the pact targets aggression and breaches the Yalta Potsdam and UN framework. British and French spokesmen rejected the charge while Britain notes the Berlin blockade tone. The Atlantic alliance will be signed in Washington Monday with Norway Italy Denmark Portugal and Iceland joining.
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Bulgaria Claims Large Spy Ring Crackdown
Belgrade dispatch reports Tajug says Bulgaria arrested about 100 people tied to espionage by imperialist powers. Traiche Kostov is said to have been involved and expelled from Bulgaria's Politburo. Cominform rhetoric accuses Tito regime of deviation from Marxism amid Yugoslavia Bulgaria tensions.
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Yugoslavia
Tajug
Bulgaria
United States
Britain
Tanjug
Traiche Kostov
Communist
Tantug
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Russia
Marshal Tito
Record Set for Passenger Car Registrations in Travis County
An all-time peak in passenger car registrations was logged as the deadline passed Friday night. County Tax Collector Steve Heffington said the prior record of 26,800 was surpassed, with an estimated increase of 2,500 to 4,500 cars once totals are final. Penalties will apply for late registrations, but highway patrols won't stop cars with 1948 plates for several days.
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Steve Heffington
Travis County
Texas
Llano Aims to Complete West Texas to Gulf Highway
Llano County plans seek Highway Commission support for 11 miles of paving west of Llano to finish a West Texas to Gulf route to Mason County. Delegates will also push Llano Marble Falls Austin linkage and a Brady to Mason County stretch with regional officials backing the project.
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Austin American Agricultural Editor
Llano
Llano County
Texas Highway Commission
West Texas
City of
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The
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Marble Falls
Burnet County
Austin
McCulloch
Knight
Brady
Tex
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Llano Chamber
Walter Long
Austin Chamber of Commerce
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Chamber
State Highway Department
Texas
W. H. Dodgen
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Sam Allred
Travis
Tom Johnson
R. P. McWilliams
Joe Carrington
W. D. Dockery
District 14
Tom Collier
Highway Department
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