House Approves Building Money for State Capitol
The Texas House approved a 6 million appropriation for a state courts building and a legislative department office building. The plan locates both east and west of Congress Avenue on 11th Street, with final action possible by Senate revision. Governor Jester supports Capitol planning and potential site changes to ease traffic and parking concerns.
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Austin American
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Legislative Department
Beauford Jester
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Austin Planning Commission
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Statehouse
Capitol Grounds
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Texas Senator Conally Defends State in Senate Clash
In Washington on April 29 Senator Connally challenged Senator Lodge over remarks accusing Texas of wealth and bias in the education aid bill. Lodge defended his portrayal as Massachusetts richer in income, while Connally maintained Texas was not maligned.
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Tom Connally
Texas
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Lodge
Douglas
D-Ill
Massachusetts
Connally
Ives
Longe
Massachuset
Johnson
Louis B. Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington, D. C
Red Drive Seeks Southward Push as Shanghai Feels Strain
Communist forces press a southward drive toward Hangchow and Nanking, claiming to trap seven Nationalist armies. Shanghai faces inflation and a money crisis while maintaining calm, with 10,000 Reds west of the city and British, American ships in the Yangtze estuary ready to evacuate nationals.
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Hangchow
Wukang
San Francisco
Associated Press
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Langki
Kwangteh
Wuhing
Kashing
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Red
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Anhwei
Black Swan
Whangpoo
Yangtze
Oscar C. Badger
McGrath Seeks Diplomatic Post for Morrow
Chairman J. Howard McGrath said Wright Morrow of Houston is under consideration for a diplomatic posting. A designation could ease Texas Democratic rifts over national committee representation. Morrow would resign his DNC seat if named, with Byron Skelton of Temple as possible successor.
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J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
Texas National
Wright Morrow
Houston
Morrow
Texas
Truman
McGrath
Congress
State Department
Rhode Island
Belgium
Byron Skelton
Temple
Archibald’s split pants stir Bristol audience in Patience
Richard Walker as Archibald in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience drew laughs in Bristol on April 29 when his green velvet pants split at the rear during a moment on stage. The crowd roared not at the line but the wardrobe mishap.
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Bristol
Eng
Richard Walker
Archibald
Walker
Jessup Reports Talks To Lift Berlin Blockade Go Smoothly
United States and Russia held secret talks on lifting the Berlin blockade and sources said the discussions are proceeding satisfactorily. US Ambassador Philip C. Jessup and Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Jakob A. Malik spoke for two and a half hours, with Western officials optimistic and noting no hard terms from Moscow.
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Berlin
New York
United States
Russia
Philip C. Jessup
Jakob A. Malik
Malik
West
Council of Foreign Ministers
United Nations
State Department
Washington
Cadogan
Chauvel
Cadogan’s
mid-Manhattan
Dean Acheson
Park Avenue
Foreign Ministers Council
FBI funds used to defend 11 Communist leaders
Angela Calomiris a Greenwich Village photographer and longtime FBI informant testified in New York that $50 of FBI money was used to defend the 11 American Communist leaders. She said she provided funds as a party member and that the FBI paid her expenses and supplied many files. She also described joining several groups and taking photos for the party files.
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Greenwich Village
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Washington
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Judith Cops
William E. Foley
Miss Coplon
Valentine A. Gubitchev
Foley
Russians Admit Seizure Attempt On Barges Illegal
Soviet headquarters told Britain that Russian officers who tried to seize barge traffic in the British sector acted without authority. A conference on barge movement was planned as Western canals remained open. May Day tensions rise as rival celebrations unfold and a clash near the US-Soviet border yields hundreds of youths in a brawl.
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Berlin
Fritz Ebert
Kurt Schumacher
Social Democratic Party
Germany
East
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Europe
United States
Freezing Troubled Times: Calvert Predicts Ice Solution
Dr C C Calvert of the University of Texas argued at the Driskill Hotel that a future could see problems of economy crime and illness solved by freezing people into blocks of ice with cold storage until times improve He cited British scientists claiming to revive frozen explorers and joked about freezing sick individuals and criminals for later release or disposal.
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University of Texas
H. G. Wells
Young Men's Business League
Driskill Hotel
South Pole
Colvert
Senators Push To Tighten Laws On Spies In Committee
Senators advanced a security bill to broaden internal spy controls. A judiciary subcommittee approved the measure to extend prosecution windows and require foreign spy training to register with the Justice Department.
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Senate Judiciary
Velde
FBI
New York
Congress
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Clark
Department of Justice
Death sentence given McGee in Lubbock murder case
Richard W. McGee, 24, was condemned to death by a 72nd District Court jury for the July 7 killing of R. L. Allston, 42, a grocery executive. The verdict was returned Friday night at 8:25 p.m.
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Lubbock
Richard W. McGee
District Court
R. L. Allston
Secrets Told Better Hide That GI
The Army lifted secrecy on two items on Friday the change from security classification to unclassified affects details about a Harley Davidson motorcycle and a Hamilton pocket watch model 992B. Citizens who used these gadgets privately may now display them without risking espionage act penalties.
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Washington
Army
Harley-Davison
Hamilton
GOP and Dixie Solons Win First Labor Bill Skirmish
In Washington on Friday the GOP and Southern Democrats won three amendments to the wood labor bill, easing union restrictions while Truman forces resisted. The vote 202 to 158 allowed strikers to vote in plant elections up to six months after replacement, signaling a shaky path toward Taft Hartley changes as Congress met again Tuesday.
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Dixie Solons
Washington
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Gop-Dixie
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Lesinski
Ford
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Mar Canantonio
Al-Ny
Biemiller
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D-Mich
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CIO
AFL
Gop-Dixie Coalition
Representative Wood
D-Ga
Cavalcante
D-Pa
Morton (Rey
Briefly Told Patronage Case Result Awaited
Washington Dixieland Democrats await a House ruling on J P Coleman Ackerman Miss for U S attorney Northern Mississippi The case tests loyalty standards for federal appointments amid Senator Stennis opposition to Civil Rights plan. Senators Ferguson amendment to Treasury Post Office bill rejected 13 4. German monopolies not crushed by occupation crackdown two years after law. Bailey testified to brutal methods in Malmedy massacre case. Simpson supports death sentences for German storm troopers.
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Dixie
House
J. P. Coleman
Ackerman, Miss
United States
Mississippi
Truman
Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Appropriations Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Treasury Post Office
James J Bailey
Texas Supreme Court
Gordon Simpson
Dallas
State Land Sale To City Approved By House
The House passed a bill to permit the sale of 25 acres on the Dallas Highway to the Austin School Board for 30000 dollars. The land price was set by Rep Louis Ivey's sub committee. The Austin board seeks a site for a new high school and field due to cramped facilities.
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Senate
Dallas
Austin School Board
Louis J. Ivey
el Paso
Johnnie Rogers
Austin
Pearce Johnson
Carlos Ashley
Llano
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