Lattimore Demands Public Hearing on McCarthy Witness
Owen Lattimore urged Senate investigators to hear in public a mystery witness named by Senator McCarthy who would claim Lattimore is or was a Communist. The witness is rumored to be Louis Budenz, ex-Daily Worker editor, now Fordham professor, who has testified in Communist cases before. McCarthy plans to reveal the name after subpoenaing the witness. Lodge and Tydings spar over conclusions as hearings loom.
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Owen Lattimore
Senate
McCarthy
Lattimore
Communist Party
Capitol Hill
Louis F. Budenz
Communist Daily Worker
Fordham University
Budenz
New York
Wisconsin Republican
Johns Hopkins
State Department
Tydings
Edward P. Morgan
Morgan
Lodge
Rmass
Senator Tydings
FBI
Senator Hickenlooper
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Michael J. Lee
Malone
R-New
Lee
Commerce Department
Chiang Kai- Shek
Tom Clark to Receive Highest Law Honor
Associate Justice Tom Clark of the US Supreme Court will receive the University of Texas Law School’s top scholastic honor, the Order of the Coif, conferred by Dean Page Keeton at a Thursday night ceremony. A full institute on Texas corporation laws accompanies the event with multiple speakers and a reception later.
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US Supreme Court
University of Texas Law School
Page Keeton
University Law School
Order of the Coif
Justice Clark
Commodore Perry
Texas
Hogg Auditorium
Paul J. Bickell
Cleveland
Ohio
Paul Carrington
Dallas
Edward W. Bailey
Adrian F. Levy
Galveston
Phi Alpha Delta
Stephen F. Austin
Clark
Percy Don Williams
Price Daniel
Law School
Thieves Break Into Olney Church Safe
The Rev. Cort Flint of First Baptist Church preached on the Treachery of Money when burglars forced the church safe lock Sunday night and took more than 1500 dollars Monday morning.
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Olney
Cort Flint
First Baptist Church
Fair Weather Forecast For Austin Tuesday and Wednesday
Austin will have fair weather Tuesday and Wednesday with warm afternoons and cool nights. Mercury to rise from 55 in the morning to 80 in the afternoon amid a cool front moving southeast. a trace of rain was recorded for the past 24 hours. Total rainfall since Jan 1 is 5.5 inches, 0.55 inches below normal. Partly cloudy skies expected in East Texas. West Texas turbines remain fair.
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Austin
East Texas
West Texas
AS YOU LIKE IT A BURR CUTTING CHARGE IN CALIFORNIA
A California woman fights an angry man as she cuts his hair and prevents him from harming her home. The scene echoes a modern retelling of a biblical feud with a local twist and legal trouble arising from the altercation.
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California
Sampson
Delilah
Plans Launched For City Cleanup Drive Next Week
Civic leaders and more than 100 representatives map a two week drive to make Austin the cleanest and friendliest Texas city. Health Officer Ben Primer outlines April 17 to 29 campaign with 14 districts, 20 clubs, and district leaders.
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Austin
Texas
Ben Primer
S. M. Apperson
Alden Davis
Taylor Glass
Dr. Primer
Glass
Primer
Texas Wheat Crop Smallest Since 34 Shows Drought Woes
Drouth and green bugs shrink Texas 1950 wheat output to 24,940,000 bushels, the smallest since 1936, with no rain in the wheat country. Last year Texas produced 102,848,000 bushels and 1947 set a record 124,270,000. The Agriculture Department notes little chance for a normal crop even with rain, amid insects and dust storms.
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Washington
Texas
US Department of Agriculture
Drouth
Department
Agriculture Department
California
Juror Drove Walked and Hitchhiked 27 Miles to Court
Alvin Foehner a Travis County rancher journeyed by car on foot and by hitchhiking to the Travis County Courthouse reporting for jury duty in 53rd District Court He arrived at 10 30 am and was sworn in as a potential juror but not seated for the two courts He received a 4 jury reporting fee and planned to give it to his wife to buy a new hat after the car breakdown story.
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Travis County
53Rd District Court
Alvin Foehner
Sheriff's Department
Foehner
J. Harris Gardner
98Th District Court
Gardner
Dust and Ice Storms Ravage Wheatland Regions
Dust clouds and storms swept western wheat states while snow and ice hit the plains. Winds over 50 mph ripped topsoil in New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas raising erosion fears. The eastern Dakotas and northern Iowa Minnesota faced heavy snow and high winds as a cold front moved in.
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Western
Wheatlands
Plains
Wheat States
New Mexico
Colorado
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Dakotas
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Boy Behind Wheel Triggers Boulder Police Pursuit
In Boulder Colorado a six year old boy drove an erratic car through the business district prompting frantic police calls. Sergeant Harold Stewart pursued through heavy traffic and cornered the vehicle after about half a dozen blocks of swerving.
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Oulder
Colo
Boulder
Harold Stewart
Housing Measure On to President
The Senate sent a $4 billion housing aid bill to President Truman for signature. Congress trimmed a $2 billion cooperative housing program for middle income families. The measure, a House Senate compromise, aims to expand mortgage insurance and ease housing access nationwide.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Truman
Congress
House
Federal Housing Administration
Morgage Insurance Authority
Belton Escapee Nabbed on Road South of Temple
An 18-year-old Camp Hood soldier Luis A Borges escaped Bell County jail Sunday night and was captured Monday afternoon three miles south of Temple by Sheriff Buck Ray. He faced armed robbery charges for the Eldredge Peters service station holdup in Temple on November 29 in which operator Robert W. Eldredge was seriously wounded.
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Belton
Camp Hood
Bell County
Temple
Buck Ray
Luis A. Borges
Borges
Dick Knowles
Eldredge-Peters
Robert W. W. Eldredge
Symington and Pace Nominations Approved by Senate
Washington April 10 The Senate unanimously confirmed W Stuart Symington to head the National Security Resources Board and Frank Pace Jr as secretary of the Army in a rare party neutral action.
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W.ashington
Senate
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Frank Pace Jr
Army
Kocurek School Board Elects New President
The Austin School Board elected W. I. Kocurek its new president by acclamation, with Gus Moos as vice president and Mrs. O. D. Weeks as secretary. The board approved a new elementary site for $11,250 on Riverside Drive and approved plans for emergency classroom units and school additions.
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Austin School Board
W. I. Kocurek
Kocurek
Education Board
R. W. Byram
Gus Moos
O. D. Weeks
Hallybee
L. Campbell
Rosewood
T. B. Mayhall
Pease Park
Mayhall
Greenlee
Hillview Avenues
Tarrytown
Os Ee
Pease
Aus
Bridges Loses Citizenship Fight in Five-Year Prison Term
CIO longshore chief Harry Bridges is sentenced to five years for perjury and two for conspiring to perjury with sentences running concurrently. The government moves to revoke his citizenship, which would render him an alien resident, while aides Henry Schmidt and John R. Robertson receive two-year terms each.
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San Francisco
CIO Longshore
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Communist Party
Union
F. Joseph Donohue
Los
Henry Schmidt
John R. Robertson
Nancy
Schmidt
George B. Harris
March Governor Candidate Opens Bid to Parr Machine
CORPUS CHRISTI April 10 4 Case March Texas gubernatorial hopeful said he would seek Parr South Texas machine support or Latin American votes by offering wage and health programs. He reported a phone promise of consideration from Parr and planned talks with Hector Garcia and M J Raymond to line up backing amid past Parr opposition.
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Corpus Christi
Case
Texas
George Parr
South Texas
Parr
Olin Culberson
Culberson
Marek
March
Hector Garcia
GI Forum
Garcia
Candiate March
M. J. Raymond
Laredo
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