Central Texas Football Preseason Series Announced
The Austin Statesman and American Statesman will publish a preseason football tour of Central Texas Class A and B schools starting August 14 and September 5. Features include schedules rosters coaches star players and six man team notes. The series covers Blanco Buda Dowdy Dripping Springs Kyle Manor Pflugerville Prairie Park Concordia Lutheran St Edward's San Marcos Academy Central Catholic Texas Military Institute Peacock Military Academy St Gerard's Southwest Texas State Southwestern University Georgetown and the Southwest Conference hopefuls including the Austin Maroons and others.
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Central Texas
Austin Statesman
Austin American
Blanco
Buda
Dowdy
Dripping Sore
Kyle
Manor
Pflugerville
Prairie PA
Southwest Academic League
American Statesman
Concordia Lutheran
St. Edward's of Austin
San Marcos Academy
Central Catholic
Texas Military Institute
Peacock Military Academy
St. Gerard's
San Antonio
Lone Star Conference
Southwest Texas State
San Marcos
Sunday American-Statesman
Texas Conference
Southwestern University of Georgetown
Unified Forces Far West Voted By 15 Nations
In Strasbourg on August 11 the 15 nation European Assembly backed a unified European army after Churchill urged strong action against Soviet threats. The vote was 89 to 5 with 277 abstentions. Churchill called for a defense system with American bases in England and West Germany plus joint forces to deter communism and defend Korea.
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Far West
Strasbourg
France
Winston Churchill
America
Europe
Churchill
West Germany
Eamon de Valera
W. Glenvil Hall
Council of Europe
Paul Reynaud
Greece
Turkey
Holland
Belgium
Scandinavia
Korea
United States
China
Aluminum Plants Sold To Boost Production
The Munitions Board announced that equipment from two idle aluminum plants near the east and west coasts is being sold to raise U S aluminum output by about 100000 tons per year. The sale covers plants at Riverbank California and Burlington New Jersey and is conducted by the General Services Administration.
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Washington
Munitions Board
West Coasts
United States
Riverbank
Calif
Burlington
N. J
General Services Administration
FBI Arrests Wife of Suspect In Spy Ring Case
New York Aug 10 The FBI arrested Mrs Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg wife of Julius Rosenberg and sister of David Greenglass on charges of conspiring to recruit her brother for secret atomic information. Held on 100000 bail for Aug 25 hearing she could face execution or 30 years. She is the fifth American charged with espionage or conspiracy to commit espionage in the case tied to Soviet spying.
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FBI
New York
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg
Russia
Mrs. Rosenberg
United States
Irving Saypol
Saypol
Korea
Rosenberg
Julius Rosenberg
David Greenglass
New York City
Roving trailer ruse ends with owner in chase
A Dallas motorist staged a chase with a trailer that turned out to be his own, creating a humorous but revealing incident. El Paso records a third homicide of the year linked to juvenile crime with young gang members in custody. VFW Post 8787 softball team, short a player, carries on toward Madison, Iowa for the national title defense.
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el Paso
VFW
Madison
Iowa
54 Facing House Contempt Charges
The House voted contempt citations against General Manager Philip Bart of the Daily Worker and 53 witnesses who refused to testify on subversive activities. Atomic scientists, union leaders, and avowed communists were named as refusing to testify during HUAC investigations, with rapid citations noted despite a warning about potential impact on DOJ prosecutions.
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Washington
House
Philip Bart
New York Communist Daily Worker
Justice Department
House un-American Activities Committee
Reds massing for the kill Jebb tells UN
Great Britain told the UN Security Council that communist imperialism aims at Korea and Asia with no settlement unless invading forces retreat. Sir Gladwyn Jebb warned that a UN pullout would invite further aggression and named Burma Indonesia Viet Nam the Philippines and India as potential victims. Malik defended Soviet peace terms and charged the US with aggression while promising peaceful settlement on Soviet terms.
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N. Y
Great Britain
UN Security Council
Asia
Korea
Gladwyn Jebb
Russia
Burma
Indonesia
Viet Nam
Philippines
India
Jebb
Warren K. Austin
Jakob A. Malik
Malik
United States
Security Council
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
State Department
John Muccio
Prince Baudouin Assumes Throne in Belgian Crisis
Crown Prince Baudouin, 19, became chief of state after a riotous Belgian Parliament session. Premier Duvieusart and ministers offered resignations, later asked to stay on as caretakers. A smoke bomb, shouts for the republic, and a fist fight marked his oath ceremony.
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Brussels
Belgium
Baudouin
Leopold II
Jean Duvieusart
Leopold
Duvieusart
Republic
Lamesa 6 Year Old Dies After Auto Strike
Linda Ann Thompson aged 6 died in a hospital after being struck by a car two miles south of Lamesa on Thursday. Witnesses said the car driven by Sergeant Jesse E. Martin was at moderate speed when the child darted into the roadway. No charges were filed. Martin was en route to Randolph Air Force Base.
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La“Tesa
Linda Ann Thompson
Jesse E. Martin
Martin
Randolph Air Force Base
Shipment mixup reaches front at South Korean port
A shipment of lingerie hosiery babble bottles and luggage arrived at a South Korean port. Major Charles Whitcomb of the US Eighth Army central exchange in Korea said the manifest warned against unloading it and puzzled over how the cargo reached the war front.
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Charles Whitcomb
Sacramento
Calif
Eighth Army
Korea
Army mobilizes unorganized reserve officers for active duty
The Army ordered 0,444 unorganized reserve officers to report for duty with or without consent for two months or longer. The Air Force will call up about 50,000 reservists by early fall, focusing on medical, dental, veterinary, and other critical ranks. deferments are possible for students and essential personnel.
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Washington
Army
Air Force
Artaw Son
San Antonio
Texas National Guard
Carl G. Giesecke
5Th
Col Ciesecke Caid
95Th Medical Group
Izlith Medical Batallion
926Th Motor Ambulance Company
Ted Johnson
Frank G. Keiser
Hoth Army
Covientana
Continental Command
Far East
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1St Army
New York
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Ohio
Virginia
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Kentucky
Texas
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Oklahoma
New Mexico
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iawa
Minnesota
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South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Wyoming
6Th Army
California
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
Dental
Veterinary and Service Corps
First Army
Medical Service Corps
Second Army
Veterinary — Medical Service Corps
Fourth Army
Fifth Army
Sixth Army
Yanks Launch Assault To Retake Pohang Port
American and South Korean forces launched a counterattack to retake Pohang on the eastern coast as UN forces defend the Naktong line. Marines moved to curb Red advances while destroyers and air power targeted ships and bridges along the Korean peninsula.
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Yanks
Pohang Port
Tokyo
Morday
Naktong
Taegu
United Nations
Wengwan
MacArthur
Waegwan
Ongdok
Pusan
Pohang
Yongdok
Wonsan
Musudan
Korea
38Th Parallel
North Korea
Uncle Sam to boost income taxes 20 percent
Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously to raise individual income taxes by about 3 billion dollars while proposing full tax exemptions for GI personnel below commissioned ranks in Korea. Withholdings would rise from 15 to 18 percent, affecting over 50 million taxpayers and altering rates from 1950 onward. Officers may gain exemptions but could still owe taxes on higher incomes. The plan excludes service members outside war zones.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Sam
Steve Nelson
Julius Emspak
Taft Battles for Congressional Say on Economic Controls
Washington August 11 Senator Taft Republican of Ohio led a fight to keep Congress from surrendering control over wage rationing and broader economic powers to the President. The House backed handing authority to the President and the Senate debates a similar bill amid Republican doubts and Democratic confidence that strong standby powers are needed for national security and inflation defense.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
House
Truman
Senate
Ives
Mr. Truman
Not Even the Forecast Holds Rain-Only Heat
Hopes of a few showers for the Austin area dwindled as the US Weather Bureau forecast heat through Saturday. Skies will be clear or partly cloudy with temperatures from a low of 71 to a high of 99 degrees.
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Austin
US Weather Bureau
New Braunfels Sergeant Heroism Named In Korea Front
Mrs. Fred Mills of New Braunfels reads AP dispatch about Sergeant Mills First Cavalry dragging Private Jack 800 yards under heavy fire to safety at the Naktong River. Though the wounded man died, Mills then ferried him toward safety on an ox cart and helped push the boat to a relief craft. Mills, 27, is small in stature but famed for endurance. He reenlisted after 13 months as a civilian and plans to stay in the Army. The Mills family, living near Fort Sam Houston, includes Cassy Harry and Connie, with Mrs. Mills awaiting a possible Japan trip as the war continues.
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Pohang
Aktong
Taegu
First Cavalry Division
New Braunfels
Aug. Ll
Fred Mills
Mills
First Cavalry
Naktong River
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Korea
Jack
Fredits
Japan
Boyle
the Statesman
Cassy
Daddy
Clearsprings
Harry S. Mills
Williamsport
Hagertown
Denison
Camp Maxey
Durant
Okla
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Tae
Sane
Texas Guard
Prince Baudouin
SNAFU
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No Man's Land
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