Debaters Spar Over Truman Arms Aid Plan in House
Washington August 17 The House debates President Truman's 1.45 billion foreign arms program with support from Kee and rivals like Marcan tonio. Norman Thomas urged delaying the bill for universal disarmament while Vorys proposed halving European aid pending a joint defense plan.
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Truman
House
Norman Thomas
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Socialist Party
Senate
Thomas
Combined Committee On Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Henry Wallace
George
D-Ga
United States
Vandenberg
R-Mich
North Atlantic Alliance
Reorganization Plans Win Senators Approval
Veterans warned of swindlers selling fake refund claim blanks for National Service Life Insurance. VA states genuine forms available Aug. 29 at post offices VA offices and veterans organizations. the $2.8 billion dividend to 16 million WWII veterans starts next January.
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Washington
National Service Life
Veterans Administration
Senate approves two Truman reorganization plans
The Senate backs Plan No 2 moving job finding and unemployment compensation to the Labor Department and Plan No 7 transferring the Public Roads Administration to Commerce. Four other plans also move into effect midnight Friday, amid mixed votes and debates over labor and transportation policy.
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Senate
Truman
Labor Department
Federal Security Agency
Public Roads Administration
Department of Commerce
General Services Administration
Jess Larson
Department of Welfare
Post Office Department
National Security Council
National Security Resources Board
Civil Service Commission
Maritime Commission
US Grants Yugoslavia Right to Purchase Steel Mill
The United States approved Yugoslavia's request to buy a $3 million steel mill from an American firm Continental Foundry and Machinery in Pittsburgh to refine ingots for rail and structural steel. The decision, led by Secretary Acheson, signals support for Tito's recovery and strains Soviet ties. Defense Secretary Johnson initially opposed but relented.
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Moscow
Tito
Russia
Balkan
Washington
Continental Foundry and Machinery Company of
Pittsburgh
Yuoslavia
Acheson
Louis Johnson
Commerce Department
Syndicate Posts Low LCRA Bid on Colorado River Bonds
A syndicate of 40 bond houses led by First Boston and Stranahan Harris posted the lowest interest bid 2.7207 for the 17.7 million Colorado River Authority bond issue. Bids opened in Austin and New York. award likely Thursday as funds finance Marble Falls and Granite Shoals dam projects.
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New York
Boston
Stranahan-Harris, Inc
Toledo
Ohio
Colorado River Authority
LCRA
Austin
Texas
R. A. Underwood
Dallas
Drexel and Company
Philadelphia
Lee, Higgenson Corporation
Lehmann Brothers
Halsey-Stuart
Marble Falls
Granite Shoals
Ex Rum Runner Vessel Transfers to Louisiana
President Truman signed a bill transferring title of the Black Mallard from federal to state control. The vessel, seized as a rum runner in 1931, has long served Louisiana in wildlife and fisheries work after state improvements and Coast Guard use during the war.
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Washington
Louisiana
Truman
Coast Guard
Thieves Take Sugar From Dallas Judge’s Peach Canning
Dallas District Judge Dallas Blankenship bought 100 pounds of sugar for canning peaches from his two backyard trees. Returning home he found the peaches stolen and the thief gone, leaving the judge with the empty bag and a quip about the thief buying sugar cheap.
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Dallas
Dallas Blankenship
Tidelands Hearings Begin August 24 in Congress
Representative Francis E. Walter said a House judiciary subcommittee will start hearings on tidelands control legislation next Wednesday. The bills were prepared by federal and state officials at Speaker Rayburn's request.
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Francis E. Walter
House
Walter
Sam Rayburn
Budget Approved Amid Tax Hike Warnings in Travis County
Travis County commissioners approved the 1950 budget of 1.329 million dollars with expenditures at 1.245 million and a projected end-year balance of 84,920. The tax rate stays at five cents per hundred, no raises for officials or employees. Commissioner Swenson warned taxes must rise soon due to costs like juvenile care and neglected children. A rural library plan was discussed but labeled unfunded for 1950. hope pinned on 1951.
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Arthur Swenson
Swenson
County Commissioners Court
Tom Johnson
PTA
American Association of University Women
Austin
Kiwanis Club
Johnson
Mundt Attacks Vaughan and Demands Maragon Indictment
Senator Mundt called Major General Harry Vaughan a finagling bargainer and urged perjury charges against John Maragon at a Senate hearing. Senator McCarthy pressed for Maragon indictment after testimony about a $1000 payment.
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Washington
Mundt
R-Sd
Harry Vaughan
McCarthy
R-Wis
John Maragon
Truman
Maragon
Kansas City
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Agriculture Department
New Jersey
Herbert C. Hathorn
Grangers Told Boom Passing at Texas State Grange
NEW BRAUNFELS Aug 17 State Master A F Leesch told members of the Texas State Grange that flush times are over and economy in government and farmer operations are needed to avoid a low mood. He cited a hoped 22 percent drop in farm mortgage debt from 1940 to 1948 and noted farm income fell 10 percent in the year’s first half with farmers receiving 49 cents of the food dollar. The 61st Congress may err if it adopts ill remedies for various ills as the convention opens and Agriculture and legislative committees review Brannan farm plan.
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A. F. Leesch
Texas State Grange
Leesch
State Grange
Agriculture and Legislative Committees
Brannan
61St Congress
Rent Decontrol Planned in One-Third of Nation by Oct 1
Federal rent controls will be lifted by October 1 in about a third of areas now under ceilings. Housing Expeditor Tighe E Woods cited budget cuts as the reason and said larger areas may be freed in phases while military zones stay controlled. He warned enforcement will resume if areas falter and that Congress may authorize more funds if needed.
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Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Congress
Senate
1.21 Inches Rain Cools Off City
A heavy shower hit Austin on Wednesday with a high of 44 degrees after recent extreme heat. rainfall ranged from .75 to 1.25 inches in the city, boosting the yearly total to 24.53 inches and signaling more rain and partly cloudy skies for Thursday. Other Texas cities reported varying rain, while Laredo recorded 101 degrees.
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Austin
Texas
Weather Bureau
Doctors to be paged by number at public events
Fort Worth doctors will be paged by number at public gatherings this fall. Beginning Aug 25 physicians in the Tarrant County Medical Society will be addressed by Doctor 101 through Doctor 427, with a reminder to memorize their assigned numbers.
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Fort Worth
Tarrant County Medical Society
Stop Gap Funds Voted To Keep Armed Forces On Budget
Congress approved a stop gap measure allowing the Army Navy Air Force and other key agencies to spend beyond expired appropriations until September 15 to prevent a government shutdown. More than 20 million dollars are involved as several regular money bills remain unsettled in Congress, with Interior and armed services bills still in dispute.
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Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
Senate
House
Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Armed Services
Interior Department
Joint Bids Low On Centex Roads
Bids submitted Wednesday by T. C. Cage of San Antonio and Dean Skinner of Austin were low on two Central Texas highway projects. The pair offered 144 337.86 for 17 miles of Farm to Market Roads 793 and 795 in Gonzales County and 73 948.44 for 14 miles of Farm to Market Road 78 in Gillespie County. McKown and Sons of Austin had the low bid for the combined paving jobs on Lamar Boulevard end to 45th Street Dallas Highway and Airport Boulevard to Cameron Road totaling 1 666 miles. T. E. Sanderford of Belton was low on 5 1/2 miles of Farm to Market Road 975 in Burleson County with 40 724.71.
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San Antonio
Dean Skinner
Austin
Texas
Gonzales County
Gillespie County
McKown and Sons of
Lamar Boulevard
45Th Street
Dallas Highway
Airport Boulevard
Cameron Road
T. E. Sanderford
Belton
Burleson County
Czech Archbishop Beran accuses Reds of captivity in Prague
Archbishop Josef Beran breaks two months of silence in Prague accusing the Communist government of illegally seizing his consistory and diocese funds and barring legal access. He says he is interned in his palace and inaccessible to lawyers or visitors.
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Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Beran
Vatican
Ministry of Interior
Ministry of Education
Miroslav Houska
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