Nationalists Begin Hight From Canton
Nationalists hastily pack archives in Canton for retreat to Chungking as Communist forces advance. In Washington, Ambassador Stuart joins policy makers to craft a new anti-Communist program for the Far East while reporting to Secretary Aches and President Truman. The article notes Chiang Kai-shek's government fled from Nanking three years earlier and outlines Red Army advances threatening several provinces near Canton.
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China
Canton
Washington
Chungking
John Leighton Stuart
State Department
United States
Far East
Dean Rusk
Far Eastern
Stuart
National Alert
Truman
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Japan
Chiang
Kiangsi
Kanhsien
Hweichang
Bergstrom Homes Groundbreaking for 64 NCO Housing Units
Four sergeants watch as officials break ground for the $1,273,000 Bergstrom Air Force Base housing project. Briga dier General W H Martin Austin mayor Taylor Glass base commander Colonel Ashley B Packard and City Councilman Will T Johnson lead the ceremony. The plan includes 16 two story buildings with eight apartments each and occupancy expected within five months with all finished in 16 months. The S&SF Air Force Band provided the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Martin
Ashley B. Packard
Will T. Johnson
Taylor Glass S
Bergstrom Air
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Adjutant General of
Texas
Austin
Taylor Glass
France Seeks Major Share Of Western Europe Arms Aid
General Bradley outlined Truman's 1.166 billion arms plan for Western Europe with France as a key recipient to rebuild its army air force and navy. He warned the aid does not deter a Soviet attack yet aims to strengthen defenses over five to ten years and delay aggression. Bradley said details would be Congress confidential, noting France now has the continent’s largest military manpower outside Russia.
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Bradley
North Atlantic Alliance
Europe
Russia
Western Europe
France
Congres
Britain
West
Mr. Truman
Western
General Bradley
Chiefs of Staff
US Army
Navy
Air Force
Hoover rails against government spending and collectivism
Former President Herbert Hoover, at Stanford on his 75th birthday, attacked federal and state spending and taxes as driving the nation toward collectivism. He argued Americans work more to pay taxes and warned that extensive government spending threatens private enterprise and independent institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Stanford University
Hoever
Ex-Government Men Attack Clark Supreme Court Pick
Ex officials Harold L. Ickes and O’John Rogge harshly criticized Attorney General Tom Clark’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Ickes called him an inconsequential lawyer and a second rate political hack. Rogge said he lacks stature integrity and ability for the bench. Senate Republican policy committee chose not to oppose the nomination.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
New Republic
Ickes
Clark
John Rogge
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Truman
UT student found dead in Dallas residence
University of Texas student Robert Douglass Jr. was found dead in his parents’ Dallas home with a diving mask on his face and a gas jet hose inserted into the mask. He was active in UT fraternity affairs and was to attend a Fort Worth fraternity dance Thursday night.
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Dallas
University of Texas
Robert Douglass Jr
Robert Douglass
Young Douglass
Fort Worth
Polio cases in Texas reach record pace again
The Texas polio outbreak shows 121 new cases in the week ending Aug 6, tying an all time high. Health officer Dr. George W. Cox warns polio remains baffling as nationwide totals climb and calls for careful sanitation and avoidance of unapproved vacation camps. Major increases occur in Tarrant County with 20 cases, while 49 counties report new infections and several veterans hospitals add patients.
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Texas
George W. Cox
Cox
New York
Illinois
Michigan
California
Missouri
The
Public Health Service
Ohio
Indiana
Minnesota
Iowa
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Tarrant County
Tarrant
Veterans’ Hospitals
Bexar
Harris
Tom Green
Haskell
Galveston
Howard
Lamb
Bosque
Dallas
McLenlan
Medina
Wharton
Gray
Hale
Hill
Matagorea
Potter
Williamson
Bell
Brazoria
Briscoe
Childress
Colorado
Crockett
Denton
Donley
Ector
el Paso
Fannin
Gaines
Grege
Henderson
Hidalgo
Jones
Karnes
Marian
Mason
Moore
Nueces
Ochiltree
Reagan
Rockwell
Runnels
Swisher
Taylor
Ward
Wheeler
Yoakum
Travis County
Fifteen Die In Greyhound Bus Crash Near Bloomington
A Greyhound bus toppled and burned after hitting a bridge abutment near Bloomington Indiana killing fifteen passengers. Twelve others and the driver injured. Survivors credit Edgar Davis with rescue efforts as the coroner ordered an inquest and bodies were identified at the armory. The victims included eight women four men and two children.
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Bloomington
Ind
Greyhound
Here
Wayne Cranmer
Indianapolis
Robert E. Lyons
Monroe County
Edgar Davis
Davis
Indiana National Guard
Tidelands Bills To Be Offered In Congress Today
Congress prepares to receive two tidelands bills one granting states control of submerged marginal coastlands and one assigning title to the federal government. Drafts reached Capitol Hill but are not ready for quick review with introductions planned in both chambers by Senate Interior Chairman O Mahoney and Rep Walter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Senate Interior Affairs Committee
Capitol
Walter
D-Pa
Texas
Bascom Giles
Everett Mattoon
California
Walter Johnson
National Association of State Attorneys General
Justice and Interior Departments
Rayburn
Williamson Man Killed in Three-Way Collision
John J. Daniell of Florence died en route to a Georgetown hospital after a three way crash on Highway 81, three and a half miles north of Georgetown. Vernon A. Mauge of Austin, driving the northeast bound car, survived with other minor injuries. Allie Pollard drove the loaded water melon truck. Daniell leaves a widow and eight children, and his body rests at Fredrich Funeral Home as funeral plans are pending.
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Georgetown
John J. Daniell
Florence
Here
Saediehan
Daniell
Vernon A. Mauge
12 Street
Austin
Mauge
Mack Gattis
Allie Pollard
Fredrich Funeral Home
Ye Ang Herry
Jim Davidson
Justice Taylor's Wife Dies at 68 in Dallas
Mrs. W. M. Taylor, 68, wife of Texas Supreme Court Justice Justice Taylor, died in a Dallas hospital after a long illness. The couple had lived in Dallas since 1913 with ties to Denton and Austin. Surviving are her husband, daughter Mrs. J. V. Edmondson, son W. M. Taylor Jr., four grandchildren, a sister, and two brothers. Funeral services pending.
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Justice Taylor
Dallas
W. M. Taylor
Texas Supreme Court
J. W. Edmondson
Judge Taylor
Austin
Taylor
Commission of Appeals
Dallas Lawyers Wives Club
Dallas Federated Womens Club
J. V. Edmondson
W. M. Taylor Jr
W. V. Roy
Justiceburg
Garza County
Will Hoffman
Fort Worth
Luther Hoffman
Wichita Falls
House Favors 75-Cent Wage Rate Proposal
The House backed a 75 cent minimum wage bill in a 225 to 181 vote, skipping final action to Thursday. The measure, a Lucas substitute, would replace the 40 cent wage with 75 cents while potentially excluding many from the Wage Hour Act. Debate on exact coverage continued as Representative Marcan tonio sought an engrossed copy before final action.
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Washington
House
Truman
Representative Lucas
Texas
Redden
D-N.c
Marcantonio
Alp-N.y
Brown & Root Wins LCRA Dam Bids in Marble Falls Area
Brown and Root submitted the low bid of 7 226 699 25 for two LCRA dams near Marble Falls including Marble Falls and Granite Shoals structures. The two dams will add about 75 000 kilowatts plus 45 000 kilowatts of capacity and lift total LCRA generating output to 300 000 kilowatts. Construction includes power houses and related facilities with work expected to begin within 30 days and complete by end of 1951, workforce peaking around 3 400 men.
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Brown & Root Construction Company
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Marble Falls
Authority
New York
LCRA
Brown & Root
Granite Shoals
New Braunfels
Houston
H. B. Zachry
San Antonio
Morrison-Knudson Company
Boise
Idaho
Fogies Construction Company and Associates
McKenzie Construction Company
Other Associates
Groves
Tompkins
McHugh and Boyle
Washington, D. C
Miffed Magic Man Tells Tale of Vanishing Rabbit
Sidney O'Connor known as Famous OConner recalls a mishap on a trip to an engagement. An alert bus driver spotted a tuft of fur protruding from a hat box leading the magician to abandon the bus plan and fly instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabbit
O'Connor
Oconner
President Signs Arms Unification
President Truman signed into law a measure to unify the nation’s armed forces under a centralized budget and control structure. The act strengthens the 1947 Unification Law by granting the secretary of defense broader authority, creating a permanent joint chiefs of staff chairman, and promising potential savings of hundreds of millions annually. Truman signed with seven pens, presenting them to lawmakers and officers as souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United States
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Air Force
Navy
San Antonio Bus Strike Talks Stall As Arbitration Rejected
Negotiations to end the ten day San Antonio bus strike reached a standstill as both sides rejected arbitration proposals. Mayor Jack White met with union leaders and said he did not know the next move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
INS
Jack White
Austin High girls clubs vote to disband before fall
Representatives of six girls social clubs at Austin High School vote to abandon all activities after Saturday and not to issue bids for membership. The move follows a school board resolution to abolish such clubs and a state law change. Education officials plan further action, with a meeting to consolidate abolition efforts and probation for members when school resumes.
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Austin High School
Austin
Inter-Club Council
Boys Executive Council
Girls
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R. A. Price
South Bend
H. M. Hale Jr
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S&5th Air Force
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Hoover Birthday Fund
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