Vaughan Admits Campaign Gifts Amid Senate Inquiry
Major General Harry H. Vaughan testified he received at least 4000 dollars in Democratic campaign funds from John Maragon and a race track figure who gained Vaughan favors. He claimed he did nothing wrong and suggested possible impersonation by another person. He pledged more details on contributors and amounts at the next hearing.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
John Maragon
Vaughan
Truman
Senate
William Helis
Tanforan
California
Maragon
Vaugan
Missouri
Gen
White House
Five Red Divisions On Slavs' Frontier
Belgrade reports five full Russian tank divisions and 50 000 troops forming a 150 mile front from Timisoara to Mohacs. Infantry and air support accompany the force as tensions rise amid Yugoslav sovereignty disputes with Moscow and allies weighing UN action.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Timisoara
Romania
Monhacs
Hungary
Senators Trim Pay Law Total
The Senate overridden administration leaders to exempt workers from wage and hour law coverage. Pepper estimates about 200000 would be affected. An amendment by Holland limits covered employes or retail and service establishments. The session aimed to speed action on increasing the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents. A recess followed.
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Washington
Senate
Pepper
D-Fla
Holland
House
SIGHTED IN NEW MEXICO Flying discs seen near White Sands by officers
Los Angeles reporters quote three White Sands high altitude observers who described egg shaped flying objects 35 to 40 miles high while others at the base dismissed the sightings as imagination or weather effects. An officer cited photographic and telescope based tracking of discs following a V-2 rocket trail.
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Maragon
Herbert Hathorn
Vaughan
Hathorn
Mr. Hathorn
Los Angeles
White Sands Proving Ground
N. M
Marvin Miles
Los Angeles Times
New Mexico Upper Air Research Center
Miles
Clete Roberts
Roberts
White Sands
Citizens Oppose Polio Center on Park Land
Austin residents from three neighborhoods voiced opposition to placing a polio treatment center on public park land near Pease Park Lamar Boulevard. About 20 residents urged preserving parks, proposed a citizen committee, and questioned Polio Inc. and Brackenridge Hospital ties while suggesting alternatives outside city limits.
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Austin
Public Library
Pease Park
Lamar Boulevard
Polio, Inc
Brackenridge
Joe Neal
Crawford
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
Everette Westbrook
Crestwood
Gonzales Foundation
Charles Huntley
West 10Th
D. K. Brace
Lamar
Travis County
S. B. Price
Senators Agree to $160 Million Cut in Arms Aid Plan
Washington reports that a bipartisan Senate subcommittee has agreed to reduce Truman's $1.45 billion arms aid for Europe by 160.99 million dollars. The proposed cut shifts Western Europe relief from 1.1609 billion to exactly one billion, with details to be finalized by the foreign relations and armed services committees.
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Demos
Washington
Senate
Vandenberg and
Dulles
Truman
Atlantic Alliance
Connally
D-Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Tydings
D-Md
Armed Service Committee
Vandenberg
Mich
Gurney
Foreign Relations
Armed Services
Subcommittee
Western
Europe
Ford Strike Idle Wins Jobless Pay
The Texas Employment Commission ruled unanimously that Ford Automobile Company workers in Dallas are eligible for unemployment benefits. The decision held the out-of-state strike did not create a local labor dispute at the Dallas plant, which was partly shut down due to interrupted parts from other factories.
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Ford Automobile Company
Dallas
Texas Employment Commission
Shivers Honors Tour Through Texas and Colorado
Governor Allan Shivers departs Austin for a week of travel with stops in Lubbock to visit Texas Tech and be honored by citizens including Mayor Bill Rogers and Tech President D. M. Wiggins. He then heads to Estes Park Colorado for an Interstate Oil Compact Commission meeting before visiting McKinney and Princeton for a Labor Day address.
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Allan Shivers
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Bill Rogers
Tech
D. M. Wiggins
Austin
Shivers
Estes Park
Colo
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Texas
National League and VFW softball results noted
The Browns beat the Yankees 6-2 while Austin won 5-4 over Waco and Wichita Falls defeated Texarkana 4-1. A fourth no hitter in five games ended the first round of the National VFW tournament. Brooklyn edged Pittsburgh 4-3 and St Louis fell to Boston 12-4. Boston also shut out Detroit 3-0.
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St. Louis Browns
New York Yankees
Austin
Waco
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Boston
Boston Red Sox
Detroit
Wild West Woes Neckwear and Night City Hazards
In San Francisco Luigi Flagiello, 65, was cut and sprained after his necktie tangled on a truck door while crossing Market Street. James Parr avoided injury at Tenth and Market as a manhole fire and smoke caused glass from a street scene. A PG&E expert blamed a faulty electrical cable for the blast.
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San Francisco
Big City
Luigi Flagiello
Market Street
Flagiello
James H. Parr
Tenth
Market Streets
Parr
E. R. Spencer
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Burglars Miss Cap Prevents Dynamite Explosion
San Antonio police say vandals struck a powder magazine holding 15 tons of dynamite but failed to use detonator caps. Sheriff and Illinois Powder Manufacturing Company agent report the break in northwest of the city. Chief Fred Palmer warns disaster narrowly averted.
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San Antonio
Fred Palmer
Alamo
Sheriff's Office
Oscar Pruitt
Illinois Powder Manufacturing Company
West Avenue
Aggie Park
Pruitt
Palmer
Illinois Company
Kilday
FBI
Secret Service
Court Curb Denied On Solon Pay Plan
A Texas district court refused to issue a temporary restraining order preventing certification of a constitutional amendment about annual legislative sessions and lawmakers pay. The judge left open the temporary injunction hearing, with appeal possible to the state civil appeals court. Greenhill argued lack of authority to halt elections and other legal points.
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Associated Press
Jack Roberts
126Th District Court
Dallas County
Secretary of State
Joe Greenhill
George McBlair
Laverne Goodwin
G. B. Chambers
State Court of Civil Appeals
Roberts
Greenhill
G. Ray Lee
Dick Connally
Dallas
Lee
Deported Russian Deserter Borzov Returns to Europe
The State Department disclosed that Soviet Air Force deserter Anatoly P. Borzov, 29, who twice tried to switch sides, has been deported. He was held after contact with the Russian Embassy and flown to Europe, where he may choose to return to the USSR or stay under American jurisdiction in Europe.
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Washington
State Department
Department
Anatoly P. Borzov
Borzov
Horsching
Austria
Soviet Union
Peter Pirigov
Virginia
Russia
Ussr
Europe
Bolivia Reports Victory in Cochabamba Battle
Bolivia's general staff announced a victory at Cochabamba after a major battle with rightist rebels seeking to topple the government. They said resistance ended in the 90,000 population city, with government forces delaying occupation to avoid disturbances. Air power had been used to quell a four day revolt across the Andes mining region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Cochabamba
Andes Mountains
Shower Hope Forecast For Austin Area This Afternoon
The weather bureau forecast possible showers for the Austin area this afternoon with partly cloudy skies to cool high temperatures. Tuesday’s high reached 98 degrees as conditions eased later in the day.
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Austin Area
Weather Bureau
Truman Steel Peace Bid Hits Mediation Hurdle
In New York on August 30 the Presidential fact finding panel halted industry wide mediation of CIO USW wage demands after steel firms insisted on firm by firm mediation. The panel will still file nonbinding recommendations to President Truman by September 10 to avert a potential labor strike.
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Truman Steel
New York
Truman
CIO
Carroll Daugherty
Daugherty
Man
United Steel Workers
Philip Murray
Steel Workers
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Woods
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Werley Perfume Company
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N J
James V. Hunt
Cominform
Communist Bureau of Information
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Berlin
West Berlin
Sozialdemokrat
Tito
Balkans
Moscow
General Assembly of
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Lake Success
UN Security Council
Great Britain
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Szege
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Carinthia
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Stalin
Karl Renner
Bulgaria
TURKE
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Yugoslav
Fiume
Pola
Arsia
Albania
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Sofia
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