Solons Debate Arms Aid Across Nations Ahead of Vote
Washington lawmakers push to limit Truman administration arms grants to North Atlantic allies and listed nations Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines. Critics warn the bill grants broad power to arm any country and seek tighter guarantees from European partners. In London Admiral Denfield hints at an Atlantic Pact defense group possibly forming by year’s end.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
North Atlantic
State Department
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
Vandenberg
Rmich
Committee On Foreign Relations and Armed Services
State Department, Armed Services
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
Lwman Lemnitzer
Army
Lloyd V. Berkner
House Committee
Europe
London
Louis E. Denfield
Taylor Doctors Deny Epidemic Amid Polio Cases
In Taylor Texas four polio patients in one week prompt officials to assert no epidemic. Patients Ronnie Barnett Barbara Blackburn Carmen Ortiz and Edward L Sims are in Brackenridge Hospital Austin with other cases of Williamson County, including Charlene Hood of Florence, treated after admission. A cleanup and fogging drive continue.
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Taylor
Taylor Mysicians
Williamson County
Taylor City
Brackenridge Hospital
Austin
Florence
Charlene Hood
Charlie Hood
Ronnie Barnett
Barbara Blackburn
Carmen Ortiz
Tavier
Edward L. Sims
Restrictive Clause On ECA Bill Killed In Senate Fight
The administration won a key victory on the foreign aid bill when a bid to require 1.35 billion dollars of European recovery funds be spent on surplus U S farm crops was ruled a violation of Senate rules and defeated 52 to 32. A related amendment affecting 450 million for relief in occupied areas lingered unresolved.
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Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
ECA
McClellan
Byrd Plans New Antarctic Expedition
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd intends to lead a new naval expedition to the Antarctic next winter with about 3,500 personnel and eight ships. Plans require Defense Department approval with an anticipated October sailing, an advance base in New Zealand, and a four month Antarctic stay to map unknown territory and conduct scientific and mineral exploration.
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New York
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
New York Times
Byrd
Navy
Times
Secretary of Defense
New Zealand
The
Europe
Beef price shock leads to street confrontation in Whittier
In Whittier California on August 3 Homer Cox bought a pork roast from Percy Chandler that proved tough. Cox demanded a replacement and slapped Chandler when refused. Chandler filed a peace disturbance complaint and Cox appeared in city court where Judge Merton G. Wray noted the twenty dollar value of the incident.
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Whittier
Calif
Homer Cox
Cox
Percy Chandler
Chandler
Merton G. Wray
Priest Fajst Appeals Eight Year Treason Sentence
A Czech state court sentenced Roman Catholic priest Alois Fajst to eight years in prison for high treason for denying last rites to a Communist woman and following the Vatican decree. The churchman reportedly confessed to administering the last sacrament after the woman surrendered her Communist card to her son. He denied the charge, citing confessional secrecy.
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Prague
Alexei Cepicka
Vatican
Alois Fajst
Sebranice
Father Fajst
Zofie Paclikova
Chest Directors To Meet Today In Austin
The 100-member Austin Community Chest board will convene Thursday at 8 p m in the City Council room for its first meeting since quintuplet membership. Retirement president Neville Johnston says officers may be elected or a nominating committee appointed and a fund appeal budget proposed by R B Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald's committee, after consulting with 17 Chest agencies, prepared the budget. The board expanded from 20 to 100 members after a civic advisory group requested broad club and board representation.
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The
Austin Community Chest
Neville Johnston
R. B. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Citizens
Hearing To Resume Today in Alice Case
Deputy Sheriff Sam Smithwick faces continued examining trial for the murder of radio commentator W H Mason. Two witnesses testified Tuesday before the trial recessed to give the defense more time. Mason, a former newspaperman turned radio crusader, was shot in his car on an Alice street last Friday.
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Alice
Justice of the Peace
Jealous USC professor held after nurse attack
Russell B. Maxey, associate professor of engineering at the University of South Carolina, was jailed on open charges after a brutal assault on nurse Ann Pierce, 32. Neighbors described repeated blows and a bloodied five-room scene as Maxey confessed a murderous fixation and planned suicide.
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Columbia
S.C
Russell B. Maxey
University of South Carolina
Ann Pierce
Maxey
Love
Hesse
Miss Pierce
Leander Boy 17 Injured by Flames From Burning Car
Richard Bethel 17 of Leander suffered first and second degree burns when his car hood ignition ignited his clothing at Metz Playground Tuesday around 8 p.m. He was treated at Brackenridge Hospital in fair condition with burns to chest face and hands. Three bystanders rolled him on grass to extinguish flames. Playground leader Marcell Harrison Norman Schulze lifeguard Willis Ragsdale aided. A spark from the motor is believed to have caused the blaze. Harrison, a UT physical education major, works for the recreation department. Schulze is with the Austin School of working as a guard.
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Richard Bethel
Leander
Brackenridge Hospital
Metz Playground
Bethel
Brackenridge
Marcell Harrison
Norman Schulze
Willis Ragsdale
Harrison
University of Texas
Schulze
Austin
Jobless Rise After July, Employment Also Grows
In July US unemployment climbed to 4.095 million while employed rose to 59.72 million, the Census Bureau reports. The labor force expanded by 417,000, with most new entrants being high school and college age, and farm jobs fell slightly to 9.647 million. The ABA's Earl Muir urged lawmakers to resist broadening the reconstruction loan program.
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Washington
Earl R. Muir
American Bankers Association
Census Bureau
Shivers Outlines Conservative Finances for Texas
Governor Allan Shivers pledges a conservative state finance policy and will seek reasonable taxes for hospital and college buildings. He warns further spending could trigger drastic new taxes, backs annual legislative sessions, and may call an extra session to complete eleemosynary programs and hospital budgets. He spoke from Radio House at the University.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin American Capitol
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Beauford Jester
Radio House
Texas
Jester
Atlantic Pact Defence Conference Sets Western Europe Plan
In London the first postwar Briton American commanders conference outlined aims to defend Western Europe under the Atlantic Pact. Admiral Denfeld and Generals Bradley Vandenberg said a defense setup could be completed this year, with talks moving to Paris to align Britain France Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg and other allies with the 12 nation treaty.
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London
Europe
Louis E. Denfeld
Britain
France
Belgium
The
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Wild boy Johnny Spears may join Texas School for Deaf
Johnny Spears a 14 year old deaf boy rescued from a Houston area forest drew sympathy and offers to help. He wore new shoes ate with his hands and slept in a bed for the first time. Officials at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin considered taking him if an investigation showed he deserved education for his handicap.
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Houston
Johnny Spears
Texas
Johnny
Larry Dean
Dean
Texas School For the Deaf
Austin
Roy Stelle
Pay Hike Urged For US Cabinet and Officials
Senate civil service committee recommends raise for Cabinet members from 15000 to 25000 dollars annually and boosts for about 900000 federal employees. Top White House aides and senior officials would also see pay increases, with several agency heads targetted for 20000 dollar salaries if Congress approves.
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Washington
Senate Civil Service Committee
Senate
Paul Hoffman
Congress
White House
RFC, Munitions Board and Atomic Energy Commission
Teeth stamp IDs man after gambling raid in Texas
During a South Central Texas gambling raid Texas Rangers inspected participants for identification. One man revealed his identity when he removed his false teeth showing a metal plate with his initials and Army serial number. Ranger Captain Fred Olsen and Ranger Clint Peoples approved the identification.
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Texas Rangers
Texas
Fred Olsen
Clint Peoples
Army
Lead Fizzles in Calcasieu Fire Arson Probe
Police traced a possible juvenile arson suspect from Gatesville to Bastrop Hays and Austin counties after a $250,000 Calcasieu Lumber Co fire. Aunts and relatives were checked but denied involvement. No evidence of arson found. origin remains a mystery as charred timbers smoldered in the warehouse yard.
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Texas
Austin
Calcasieu Lumber Company
Gatesville
Bastrop
W. E. Heaton
Calcasieu
First Airlift Fliers Begin Return To U S From Berlin
The Berlin airlift force began redeploying to the United States with the first plane leaving Frankfurt on Wednesday night. Eighteen veterans aboard the C4 led a homeward exodus that will shrink the fleet to zero by October 31. The group came from the 317th Transport Command at Celle, with more planes to follow as Navy squadrons also start home. Lieutenant Dunn of Elsa Texas said he was glad to be returning home.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Berlin
United States
John L. Dunn
Elsa
Texas
317Th Transport Command
Celle
Navy
George L. Peabody
Seattle
Wallace W. Kuhlman
Sacramento
Calif
Robert A. Scott
San Mateo
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McKellar
D-Tenn
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Leander Boy
Muir
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Cenfer
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Viscount Montgomery
Brussels Alliance
Paris
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