Unification Bill Voted Final House Action on Defense Reform
The House approved the unification bill 356 to 7, sending it to President Truman. It strengthens Secretary of Defense Johnson authority, creates a civilian comptroller for military budgeting, and adds a permanent chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The bill reorganizes the National Military Establishment into the National Defense, keeping combat roles with the services. Vinson said the measure limits his power to alter combat functions and protects Marine Corps and naval aviation.
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Washington
Defense Johnson
Truman
Johnson
Defense
Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Defense
Vinson
House
Armed Services Committee
Marine Corps
Naval Aviation
Texas Pioneers Day Slated for August 1
Governor Allan Shivers designated August 12 as Texas Pioneers Day under a 1925 legislative resolution. The day should feature mass gatherings, pioneer's picnics, and old settlers' reunions with patriotic educational aims and no politics. The State Association of Texas Pioneers is to organize yearly celebrations.
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Austin American Capitol
Texas
Shivers
State Association of Texas Pioneers
Beck Seeks New Trial After Hospital Murder Verdict
David Beck, 40, former Wichita Falls State Hospital attendant, moves for a new trial after a five year sentence for murder in the death of Thomas Houston Gibbons of Sulphur Springs. Gibbons died 20 minutes after admission to the hospital. Beck contends insufficient evidence supported the jury verdict.
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Wichita Falls
David Beck
Wichita Falls State Hospital
Beck
Thomas Houston Gibbons
Sulphur Springs
Gibbons
Solons Form Interim Panel to Review Insurance Code
Texas lawmakers named an interim insurance code committee to study revisions with five House and five Senate members plus ex officio officials. Senators Morris Moore Harris McDonald Kelly and others will join Representatives Heflin Carter Goddard Lehman Clifton. Chairman Butler chairs. $50,000 allotted for clerical support. report due by 1950 session.
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Allan Shivers
Durwood Manford
G. C. Morris
Senate
Ance
Aoe Mendir
George B. Butler
J. P. Gibbs
Paul H. Brown
Board of Insurance Commissioners
House Insurance Committee
Senate Insurance Committee
Shivers
Greenville
William T. Moore
Bryan
Fred Harris
Dallas
Warren McDonald
Tyler
Keith Kelly
Fort Worth
J. H. Heflin
Houston
Joe D. Carter
Sherman
Louis D. Goddard
Texas City
Henry G. Lehman
Giddings
Davis Clifton
McKinney
Insurance
Butler
Insurance Department
Code Committee
Alaska military communications bill advances in House committee
Legislation authorizing a 7.668 million dollar nationwide military communications network for Alaska passes the House Armed Services Committee unanimously. Delegate Bartlett of Alaska sponsors the measure with backing from Secretary of Defense Johnson and the Budget Bureau. Projects span many communities including Adak Anchorage Fairbanks and Seattle. The bill stands apart from a separate 613 million dollar military construction bill.
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Washington
Alaska
House
Armed Services Committee
Bartlett
Cape Fanshaw
Cold Bay
Cordova
Eielson Field
Fairbanks
Haines
Juneau
Kotzebue
Lena Point
Mile
Mitchell Point
Naknek
Narrow Point
Nome
Northway
Peterburg
Point Agassiz
Portage
Skagway
Thane
Ketchikan
Kodiak
Seattle
Wash
Police Seek Suspect in Laredo Hotel Slayings
Police hunt George Ochoa believed to be in Mexico after two men are shot dead in the Plaza Hotel Laredo Cotton grower Henry Whittenbergh 31 and Huntsville Tenn Corporal James Lindsay 33 killed in separate rooms on the hotel floors. Investigators think one killer committed both slayings and seek motive.
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Laredo
George
Gavo) Ochoa
Mexico
Henry Whittenbergh
James Lindsay
Huntsville
Tenn
Whittenberg
Plaza Hotel
Lindsay
Nudist convention in Colorado eyed with lively programs
Denver August 2 Ains press dispatch reports the American Sunbathing Association gathering near Denver expects about 500 nudists to attend a week of business sessions nude spelling bees volleyball contests and dancing. John Garrison Colorado chapter president says the group grows rapidly and may exceed 30 000 members. delegates carry incidentals in socks due to no pockets on birthday suits.
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Denver
American Sunbathing Association
John Garrison
Colorado
Garrison
Chiang Kai Shek to Meet Rhee on Pacific Pact
Chiang Kai Shek will arrive in Korea for talks with President Syngman Rhee on a Pacific pact against communists in the Kent region. Rhee plans to fly to Chinhae to meet the veteran Chinese leader, with a possible one day delay in Chiang’s arrival.
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Seoul
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pacific
Kent
Syngman Rhee
Chinhae
Rhee
Chiang
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Hollywood
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Synncereee
Congress
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