Hoover accuses military budgets of padding and waste
Former President Herbert Hoover testified that the Army Navy and Air Force pad their requests by millions and cites a $30 million clerical error in 69 National Guard 155 millimeter howitzers. He urged a thorough overhaul of military budgeting and better bookkeeping amid claims of widespread waste.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Army
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Senate
Samneniédan
Stlmcts
Cvemimcs
Vieu
Fir
Alaska
National Guard
Hoover
Senator Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Knowland
Rcalif
Hoover Commission
Jester Rejects May Session On Gilmer Aikin Bills
Governor Beauford Jester refused a May special session to act on Gilmer Aikin school reform bills. He said immediate school decisions are essential and dismissed claims of a deadlock. House members led by Rep. John L. Crosthwait proposed delaying bills, but Jester urged final House votes and swift action for next year’s budgets. Senator James E. Taylor opposed any delay.
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Austin American Capitol
Beauford Jester
Gov
Jester
House
Senate
John L. Crosthwait
Dallas
James E. Taylor
Raul Lopez Sanchez
Coahuila
James T. Sparks
Sherman
Sparks
Gilmer-Aikin
Kerens
G-A
Rae Files Still
Waxahachie
W. R. Chambers
Jimmy P. Horany
Archer City
Horany
Austin Leaders Urge Public to Reach Red Cross Goal
Austin civic and government leaders urged citizens to donate to the 1949 Red Cross drive, which was $12,976 short with April 15 looming. Mayors, judges, and chamber leaders called the effort typically American and emphasized local disaster relief, service to armed forces families, veterans, and health education through Junior Red Cross programs.
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Austin
Red Cross
Austin Texas
Tom Miller
Tom Johnson
E. H. Perry Sr
Red Cross Chapter
Bob Phinney
Joe C. Carrington
Austin Chamber of Commerce
John A. Barclay
Junior Chamber of Commerce
C. L
Ox) Higgins
Red Cross Advance Gifts Committee
American Red Cross
America
Travis County
Northwest
Midwest
Illinois
Texas
Heavenly Show Slated Tonight Eclipse Jaws of Moon in Texas
The five hour lunar eclipse begins at 7 32 p m with total darkness at 10 11 p m and a moonset near 12 50 a m Weather officials warn visibility may be limited due to heavy clouds across much of Texas In Austin viewing remains uncertain despite forecasts of clear skies for portions of the state
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Austini
Associated Press
E. A. Parrell
Texas
US Weather Bureau
Solons Divided Over Governor Gilmer-Aikin School Reform
Tension rose in the Texas Legislature as supporters and opponents debated Governor Beauford Jester’s refusal to call a special session for Gilmer-Aikin school reform. Backers hailed the governor’s stance as a potential pressure point, while foes called it a death blow to the plan.
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Austin American Capitol
Texas
Beauford
Austin Man To Be New London Consul General
State Department announces changes in foreign service assignments. William Bailey Jr. of Austin Texas moves from Genoa to London as first secretary and consul general. Howard Arthur Bowman of Calexico California moves from Gdansk to Hamilton Bermuda as consul.
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Austin Man
New London
Washington
One Pony
William Bailey Jr
Austin
Texas
Genoa
London
Howard Arthur Bowman
Calexico
Calif
Gdansk
Poland
Hamilton
Bermuda
House Critics Hit ERP as War Spur
Washington April 11. House debate on the 5.38 billion European recovery bill drew heavy criticism of the Marshall Plan as a spur to World War III and a tax burden. Republicans led attacks while some Democrats defended aid. Republicans White and Sadowski labeled spending harmful and misused funds. The House voted to remove a word seen as weakening economics, approved a small business share in Marshall Plan orders, and planned to reconvene Tuesday for potential bill passage.
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Washington
Representative White
D-Calif
House
Vienna
Stefan
R-Neb
Public Safety Building Move Tied to New Austin Bill
A proposed bill by Senator James E. Taylor would allow the Department of Public Safety to build a headquarters and state operations center on the Dallas Highway in Austin using revenue from drivers license fees. The 84 acre state tract lies about a mile north of the Austin State Hospital and is linked to separate plans to sell 15 acres for a new school site. The plan includes a radio tower and disaster relief control, with construction contracts overseen by the Board of Control. The department currently occupies overcrowded Camp Mabry armory facilities.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin American Capitol
Department of Public Safety
Dallas Highway
Austin
James E. Taylor
Austin State Hospital
Austin School Board
Taylor
Board of Control
Camp Mabry
Airlift Sets New Berlin Supply Record
Berlin reports airlift planes delivering 8,246.1 tons of supplies in 922 flights on Monday. The prior 24 hour record stood at 8,? thousand tons in 902 flights, set last month.
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Berlin
Senate Recommits Major Budget Bills Amid Cuts
The Texas Senate sent three major budget bills back to committee for trimming after stormy debate. Recommitment votes ranged from 13 to 18 against, with officials warning of an $80 million red. Departments and education face notable increases while judiciary spending is modestly raised.
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Senate
Bulock
Cousins
Hardeman
Harris
Hudson
Jones
Kelly
Tarrant
Lane
Lock
Martin McDonald
Phillips
Shofner
Strauss
Taylor
Tynan
Vick
Weinert
Aikin
Ashley
Bell
Bracewell
Carney
Colson
Corbin
Hazelwood
Kelley
Hidalgo
Moffett
Moore
Morris
Department
Judiciary
Last of Twelve Nazi War Crimes Trials Convict 8 officials
In Nuremberg Germany on April 11 a U S tribunal convicted Baron Ernst Von Weizsaecker and seven other high Nazi officials on war crimes counts. Verdicts include aggressive war planning and mass murders of prisoners and civilians. Sentences likely Thursday.
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Mernberg
Germany
United States
Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker
Weiznecker
Joachim von Rib
Wiezaecker
Hans Heinrich Lammers
Hitler
Reichschancellery
Paul Koerner
Goering
Ernest Woermann
Foreign Office
Wilhelm Keppler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Gustav Steengracht von Moyland
Weizquield
Ritter
Edmund Veesenmayer
Wilhelm Stuckart
Richard Walther Darre
Otto Dietrich
Beregi
Walter Schellenberg
Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk
Paul Pleiger
Bermuda Cycle Wreck Injures Yale Student in Bermuda
Richard Bass a 19 year old Yale student from Dallas Texas was injured in a Bermuda bicycle crash when his bike collided with an auto cycle He suffered a broken jaw and a possible skull fracture and was treated after the incident on Monday in Hamilton Bermuda.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Richard Bass
Yale
Dallas
Texas
Bids Accepted On New Travis Heights School Project
The Austin School Board approved bids totaling 223 471 for the Travis Heights School construction at a monthly meeting. Final plans for an in service education program were set, and the board offered the Tarrytown site for sale. They also approved selling 15 acres and the house on the Negro High School site. A temporary account was created for funds from the Lilia Oasis estate appraised at 56 274.68.
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Travis Heights
Austin School Board
Bickler
R. W. Syram
Gus J. Moos
Hal P. Bybee
O. D. Weeks
W. J. Kecurek
T. N. Porter
A. L. Martin
J. O. Andrewartha
O. H. Cummings
Southwestern Specialty Company
S. B. Ricks
Tarrytown
New Negro High School
Lilia Oasis
Austin Independent School
Body of Drowning Victim Recovered in Texas Tank
The body of 10 year old Salvado Quintana was recovered from a water tank near a railroad roundhouse in Big Spring on Sunday night.
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Salvado Quintana
Chinese Red Feeler Raids Press at Nanking
Communist forces crossed the Yangtze to an island near the river south of Nanking and threaten invasion of South China unless surrender terms are accepted. Three large Communist armies pressed north bank positions as artillery rumbled through Nanking.
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Nanking
Yangtze
South China
Panel Urges $508 Million VA Cut in Truman Request
The House appropriations committee on April 11 recommended cutting 508.75 million from the Veterans Administration budget for the next year and sent a 7.58 billion dollar money bill to the House for action. It slashed funds for most agencies including the Atomic Energy Commission while preserving weapons and reactor funding. The panel also opposed canceling 237 million in hospital construction authority, citing executive discretion for project scope.
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Washington
Truman
Veterans Administration
House Appropriations Committee
House For
Atomic Energy Commission
House
Nearing Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
House Committee
Budget Bureau
Veterans’ Hospital
Onedlina’ Sueder
Congress
Udget
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal Works Agency
Roads Administration
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War Department
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Crosthwait
South Dakota
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Marion
S. D
Phil Wachendorf
Parker, S. D
W. O. Brady
Sioux Falls
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People of
Solons
Jay
Chamber
Public Safety Department
Finance Committee
James Taylor
R. A. Weinert
Seguin
G. C. Morris
Greenville
Byram
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