Nations Sign North Atlantic Peace Pact in 1949 Ceremony
Leaders from Belgium Canada France Iceland Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal and others signed a pact pledging security and collective defense. Speakers urged that promises be turned into action and warned against aggression while praising democracy and the United Nations. President Truman called the signing a neighborly act and cited it as a curb on future wars.
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Schumann
Schuman
Iceland
Bjarni Benediktsson
Reykjavik
Benediktsson
Carlo Sforza
Joseph
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Dirk A. Stikker
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
United Nations
Gustave Rasmussen
Denmark
Robert Schuman
France
Bjarni Benediktssor
Count Carlo Sforza
Italy
England
Russia
Joseph Bech
The
Jose Caeiro da Matta
Portugal
Ernest Bevin
United Kingdom
Pact Signers Declare North Atlantic Treaty Aims at Peace
Reported remarks from leaders at the signing ceremony emphasize defense, UN principles, and cooperative security. Truman and Acheson defend peaceful aims. Spaak, Pearson, Rasmussen, Schuman, Lange, Bevin, and others frame the pact as defensive, universal, and a cornerstone for a peaceful postwar order.
Allan Junior High Band To Play Concert Friday
Allan Junior High School band will perform at 7 30 p m at the Salvation Army Youth Center 1000 Holly announced by recreation and athletic director Bill Kyles
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Allan Junior High
Allan Junior High School
Salvation Army Youth Center
Holly
Bill Kyles
Court records list divorces and charges across district courts
The 12th and 968th District Courts show multiple divorce petitions granted or filed, including Ellis vs Ellis and Ciotti vs Joie. Other cases include annulment granted for McCarroll, and charges such as aggravated assault, burglary and kidnapping in various court levels.
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Roberts
Ida Lareau Ellis
Lloyd C. Ellis
Elia Mae Alexander
Floyd Alexander
Grant
Esther Ray
Cross
Allie L. McCarroll
Davis McCarroll
State
Paul Rhodes
Betts
Jaughan Yord
Walter Camp Stevenson
Alma Jocelyn Ciotti
Roy Jo Joe
Cherry Lou I Beatty
Ey Friend
F. M. Ward
City Slipped an Orleans Bog to New York in 1840
A fragmented report notes a historic movement involving Orleans and New York in 1840. Details are unclear but imply a transportation or relocation event affecting a nation or city status.
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City
Orleans
New York
Truman Seals Atlantic Pact Address on Allied Security
President Truman outlines the Atlantic defense pact signing with foreign ministers from allied nations. He frames it as a neighborly act among the North Atlantic community, promising mutual protection, UN principles, and commitment to peaceful dispute resolution. The speech recalls 1914 and 1939 wars and cites founding the United Nations and obligations to maintain international peace.
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Washington
Truman
United States
North Atlantic Community of Nations
United Nations
Strikes Hit Cities As Transit and Industry Pause
Cab drivers report a 94 percent strike effectiveness while New York union leaders seek settlement terms offered by Mayor O Dwyer. Dozens picket breweries and transit workers halt Scranton buses as Ohio plants face arrests over picketing amid postwar peace talks.
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Associated Press
New York
William O'Dwyer
Manhattan
New Jersey
Scranton
Fawick Airflex Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Columbus
American Zinc Oxide Company
Death claims Mrs Edna Ivy
Edna Sherman Ivy 45 longtime employee of the State Department of Education died at Brackenridge Hospital after a stroke. Funeral Monday at 4 p.m. Wilke Funeral Home, with services by Rev C L Bohls. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by husband A C Ivy, mother Mrs Minnie Nehring, four sisters and one brother. The education department will close during the funeral hour.
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Edna Sherman Ivy
State Department of Education
Brackenridge Hospital
Wilke Funeral Home
T. M. Trimble
Ivy
A. C. Ivy
Minnie Nehring
O. C. Ivy
Emery Nauert
Frank Tannihill
Oakwood Cemetery
Solon Proposes New Cotton Plan
Representative Louis J. Ivey of El Paso proposes that the Four States Cotton Association be allowed to advise national policy on cotton production. He argues foreign imports threaten the long staple cotton industry in irrigated West Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California and foresees possible reimposition of loan differentials on irrigated cottons.
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Austin American Capitol
Louis J. Ivey
el Paso
Four States Cotton Association
Ivey
R. T. Lewis
National Cotton Council
United Sta
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Pastor defies authority as bishop bars Brooklyn rector
In New York on April 4 a Protestant Episcopal bishop told the Rev John Howard Melish he no longer has authority to serve as rector of a Brooklyn church. Melish said he would proceed with next Sunday's services and await the State Supreme Court ruling on his ouster.
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New York
John Howard Melish
Brooklyn
Gold Quest Probed As Deep Mining Reaches Core
Reports describe miners drilling toward the Earth’s core in pursuit of gold. The undertaking highlights extreme effort and risks as crews descend deeper into the planet in search of precious metal.
Date Changes In School City Voting Urged
City and school elections should be spaced apart by weeks rather than held together. School Board President R W Byram argues the two races set by law cause voter confusion and suggests moving the dates apart, noting only Austin residents vote council and independent district residents vote school board.
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R. W. Byram
Byram
Austin
Free Film on Pioneer Life Scheduled by University
A film program of eight shorts titled Pioneer America will be shown by the University Film Committee in A Hall at 4 and 7 p m. The 83 minute program contrasts early American home industries with modern methods, featuring Colonial Expansion Westward Movement Kentucky Pioneers Flatboatmen of the Frontier Alaska Big Harvest Conservation Road and Free Horizons.
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University Film Committee
Whitis Streets
Kentucky
Alaska
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Soviet Union
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Mayen
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Love
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Sylvia Sidney
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Amber
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Gore Garmell- Wilde - Greene - Sarbers
Calumet Indians
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Hamter
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Theatre Guild
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Disney
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Hayworth
Hellcat
Little Theatre
Saengerrunde Hall
Tex
Jaycee
Driskill Hotel
S3rd District Court
Gardner
J Rrison
NTV
E. L. Rhambo
Ike Williams
Ngnewell
Justice Court
Blakeslee
J. P
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J. L. Ironshell
Elmo Warren
Natate
William Gray
Rri
T. Decherd
Rdy A. Farris
Jerry F. Gleason, Jr
Nash
James J. Brady
Ge. F. Z Nn V.rum
Dodge
J. Sherman Perry
Randy
Dixie Land
Hattie Jones
Dinty Meore
Miles
Skyline Club
Allen BR
Golden West Playboys
Taylor
Dallas Highway
Security Council
Near East
Association of Free Nations
Edna Ivy
Solon
Custer
Cookie
Rio Grande
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R. K. Shannon
G. W. Shelfer
Congress
Dessau Hall
Leon Payne
Lone Star Buddies
Bullet Recording Co
East Ave
Pflugerville
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Knight
Calvert
Davey Bay
Chicago, Ill
Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
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