Senate defeats plan to cut Truman spending order
The Senate narrowly rejected a measure to force President Truman to cut current year spending by 5 to 10 percent below January estimates, 48-28 with two thirds needed. It would have redirected appropriations and allowed cuts at the President’s discretion. The chamber then moved to a defense appropriations bill totaling 14.8 billion, about 500 million below Truman’s request.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Congress
House
House Committee
Douglas
D-Ill
McClellan
D-Ark
Fulbright
Gilmer Aikin program cost near estimates
The first cost report for the Gilmer Aikin school program shows a minimum foundation cost of 181 593 637 dollars for the coming year with the state providing 66 662 195 dollars. The report covers June 8 to a future board election and notes 2 451 of 2 600 districts filed for funds with 1 318 consolidated or annexed since the act. The analysis highlights funds allotted on a per pupil basis and near equal educational opportunity across Texas.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin American Capitol
Gilmer- Aikin School
Legislative Audit Committee
L. P Sturgeon
Foundation
C. H
Filmer- Aikin
Gilmer-Aikin
Sturgeon
Gambling charges filed against 17 men in raids
Police in Corporation Court filed gambling charges against 17 men after weekend raids. The first raid occurred at 805 East Sixth Street Saturday night and the second at 2000 East 12th Street early Sunday morning. Detectives Lee Williamson and V A Knudson led the operation and the men were fined $12 each.
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Corporation Court
East Sixth Street
East 12Th Street
Lee Williamson
V. A. Knudson
Pacific Rescue Bid Booked for Today
A Navy flying boat will attempt to alight on the open Pacific Tuesday to pick up an injured seaman from the patrol vessel PCE 900. The PCE is on weather station 900 miles northwest of Midway Island.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
PCE
Midway Island
War Declared On Solons Pay Hike
A statewide committee based in Dallas announced its opposition to a constitutional amendment for annual legislative sessions and a $3600 pay raise for lawmakers. Led by George McBlair the group argues government bodies overlegislate and overspend, warning of higher costs and a potential legislative office building.
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Austin American Capitol
Dallas
George McBlair
Republic Bank
Austin
Hoover becomes great grandfather in Palo Alto birth
Herbert Hoover is quoted as a great grandfather after his grandson Herbert Hoover II and his wife Meredith McGilvray welcomed a 7 pound 4 ounce boy at 526 am. The child joins a family with Hoover Jr. and Malcolm McGilvray in Palo Alto California. The mother and baby are reported doing nicely at Palo Alto Hospital.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover II
Meredith McGilvray
Herbert Hoover Jr
Pasadena
Malcolm McGilvray
Palo Alto Hospital
Taylor Moves to Annex New Territory
Taylor City Commission votes to amend the charter to allow annexation of outlying residential areas. An election is set for October 22 following a September 20 ordinance call. A joint meeting with the Board of Education was postponed to September 12 to discuss separating Taylor.
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Taylor
Spl
Taylor City Commission
Taylor Board of Education
Laredo Tops Austin Heat Wave In Texas Monday
Austin faced near 101 degrees at 4 p m with heat wave conditions across the state. Amarillo reported 0.28 inches of rain, while Marfa reached 87 and Guadalupe Pass 89 as cooler points. Nighttime weather remains comfortable for sleeping, but daytime heat persists.
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Austin
Laredo
Austin Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Texas
Marfa
Guadalupe Pass
Amateur Stunt Artist Survives Car Mishap
Fort Worth police report Gene Brown twenty eight, an amateur stunt artist, fractured jaw and facial cuts after his car collided with the steering wheel when a forty foot leap ended his act. He remained in a local hospital Monday for treatment and observation.
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Fort Worth
Gene Brown
Brown
Thornberry Reports To Constituents In 10th District Tour
Congressman Homer Thornberry returned to Texas 10th District for a tour to report on world and national affairs and to listen to local problems. He plans three or four more stops, said he would be in his office Mondays and emphasized support for the Economic Recovery Program and Truman's arms plan while warning on Soviet obstructionism. He argued America must lead and fund the anti communist effort and predicted a positive business outlook though future needs remain uncertain.
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Homer Thornberry
Soviet Union
Thornberry
Truman
Soldier barred from Carnegie Hero Medal for rescue
Sergeant Robert W. Bass of Bergstrom Air Force Base rescued three year old Betty Jane Lewallen from a cistern at 502 East Seventh Street on July 26. The Carnegie Fund Commission denied eligibility, noting armed forces members are ineligible, despite strong votes of support from Attorney Horace Shelton and police.
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Armed Forces
Robert W. Bass
Austin
Bergstrom Air Force Base
East Seventh Street
Betty Jane Lewallen
Edith L. Lewallen
East Seventh
Bass
Horace Shelton
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Pittsburgh
Shelton
American Legion
M. H. Floto
Carnegie Commission
Yugoslavia asks US loan to buy mining gear
Yugoslavia formally applies to the Export-Import Bank for about 25 million dollars to purchase American mining machinery for lead copper and zinc mines. The loan would be repaid with Yugoslav shipments of strategic metals to the United States. Secretary Acheson backs the move to counter the Soviet blockade and preserve Tito's independence.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Export-Import Bank
Marshal Tito
United States
Moscow
Acheson
Tito
Russia
National Defense
Johnson
Milenko Filipovic
Herbert Gaston
Filipovic
Sava Kosanovic
State Department
International Bank
Europe
Thieves Take Mind Reader's Cash in Fort Worth Heist
Minnie the Mind Reader reported theft after four suspects visited her. While one client was read, three men and a woman left with $125 in Minnie's cash, eluding description by deputies Bill Lavan and George Hecker.
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Fort Worth
Minnie
Sheriff's Office
Bill Lavan
George Hecker
Truman pledges US aid to Britain amid dollar crisis
President Truman told 15,000 Legionnaires in Philadelphia that the United States will consider Britain's euro-dollar shortage with a spirit of friendliness and helpfulness. He outlined a four point program including expanding trade and investing abroad, and urged continuity in democratic cooperation.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Great Britain
United States
American Legion
Britain
Washington
Senate Candidates Quit House Posts
Two candidates for former Senator James E. Taylor's seat resign from the Texas House. George O. Nokes Jr. of Corsicana and Phil Willis of Terrell left, governor Allan Shivers said special elections will be held November 8, the same day the new senator is chosen. Each quitter held a one county district in a senatorial area covering Kaufman Navarro Anderson Freestone and Henderson Counties. Taylor moved to Austin to manage the Texas Motor Transportation Association.
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Austin American Capitol
James E. Taylor
Senate
House of Representatives
George O. Nokes Jr
Corsicana
Phil Willis
Terrell
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Kaufman
Navarro
Anderson
Freestone
Henderson
Taylor
Austin
Texas Motor Transportation Association
Hurricane kills one in Maracaibo town Venezuela
One person died and 300 families were left homeless as a hurricane struck Maracaibo, a big oil field town. Reports say many sections of the 110,000 population city were under water.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Maracaibo
School Board Endorses Bolton and Awards Dairy Contracts
The Austin School Board endorsed Paul Bolton for the State Board of Education and awarded all milk and ice cream contracts to Superior Dairies, claiming about a $10,000 annual saving. Other bids came from Prewitt and Milky Way. meat contracts will be split among six bidders. The board reviewed Oasis School plans in Tarrytown with a UT designed handicapped wing costing about $200,000, plus $600,000 for the rest. Supervisors’ pay was set at $5,160 to $5,360 by degree, and the Palm Elementary School cafeteria auditorium was accepted.
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Austin School Board
Paul Bolton
State Board of Education
Morday
Superior Dairies
Dairies
Superior
Prewitt
Milky Way
Austin Meat Company
Louis Bonagl
Massengale Company
Nelson Provision Company
Pate Food Store
Slaughter Food Store
Oasis
Tarrytown
Exposition
University of Texas
Austin
Steel Mediators Prepared To Act
New York August 29 The presidents fact finding board in the steel dispute said it would mediate differences and offered to both sides. The CIO Steel Workers Union and major steel companies may accept the offer after private session last Friday. The three man board closed hearings and the companies urged rescinding the September 14 strike to allow full collective bargaining.
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New York
Truman
Sai
CIO Steel Workers Union
Threeman Board
Floods Leave 20000 Homeless on Australia’s North Coast
Australian floods on Sunday evening devastated the north coast. about 20,000 people believed homeless. Damage exceeding $5 million. Seven dead with two missing.
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Sydney
Australia
Opening night wins highlight national sports spark
In Toledo and Austin favored teams led easy wins at the national VFW softball tournament. Waco surged past the Pioneers 8 to 6, while Cleveland swept a doubleheader from the Bosox. The Cardinals and Dodgers won in the NL as upsets surfaced in tennis and golf. Philadelphia routed Chicago 51 to 14 in an NFL exhibition.
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Toledo
Ohio
Austin
Waco
Pioneers
Cleveland
Bosox
Cardinals
Dodgers
Philadelphia
En Eagle
Chicago Cardinals
NFL
Houston Man Found Dead in Hotel Room
Wilson Wiley, 40, an employee at a local drive-in, was found dead in a hotel bathroom in Houston on Monday. Police said he slumped on the floor with a bottle of medicine in his hand and a justice of the peace ruled the death due to natural causes.
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Houston
Wiron Wiley
Wiley
Harry Huffman
Justice of the Peace
Bar Proprietor Acquitted Here
Henry Habeeb the bar proprietor charged with assault with intent to murder was acquitted in an examining trial before Justice Frank McBee. The case followed a shooting at the 525 East Sixth bar about 12 30 a m Saturday injuring H L Campbell with a bullet to the hand and a stomach contusion. The judge found Habeeb not guilty after witnesses testified he was being attacked with knives.
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Henry Habeeb
Sheik
Frank McBee
H. L. Campbell
East Sixth
Campbell
McBee
Habeeb
Stolen Car Nabbed By Friendly Officer
In San Antonio on Monday Officer E J Fivel offered a push to a stalled motorist. The bumpers locked and both drivers exited. The other driver fled when he saw Fivel was an officer, and the officer learned the car had been stolen four hours earlier.
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San Antonio
E. J. Fivel
Fivel
Tito Faces Soviet Liquidation Plan Amid Balkan Tensions
Western intelligence reports claim the Soviet government plans to eliminate Marshal Tito within six months by non war means. The rumors linked to Cominform pressure feature in a broader East Bloc move, with ECMA decisions cited as escalating economic pressure on Yugoslavia.
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Berlin
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Germany
Russia
Ysother
Sofia
Economic Council of Mutual Assistance
ECMA
Bulgaria
Albania
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Belgrade
Istria
Fiume
Danube
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