Vaughan Admits Campaign Gifts To Campaigns
General Harry H. Vaughan testified he raised at least 4000 dollars in Democratic campaign funds from John Maragon and a race track figure who received Vaughan favors. He said Truman did not know the firms Vaughan aided and offered to show his bank account to prove no personal profit. He blamed possible impersonation for some troubles and promised more facts on contributions at the next hearing.
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Harry H. Vaughan
John Maragon
Vaughan
Truman
Senate
William Helis
Tanforan
California
Maragon
Vaugan
Missouri
White House
Herbert Hathorn
Hathorn
Mr. Hathorn
Roberts
Greenhill
G. Ray Lee
Dick Connally
Dallas
Five Red Divisions On Slavs' Frontier
Belgrade reports from Yugoslavia say five full Russian tank divisions totaling about 50 000 troops with 500 tanks have moved to a 150 mile arc on the northern frontier from Timisoara Romania to Mohacs Hungary. Observer notes caution on the accuracy of the reports amid a tense exchange between Moscow and Belgrade over Austria and Slovene Carinthia.
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Yugoslavia
Timisoara
Romania
Mohacs
Hungary
Marshal Tito
General Assembly
United Nations
Lake Success
UN Security Council
Russia
Great Britain
Szege
Austria
Paris
Carinthia
Astria
Senators Trim Pay Law Coverage As Wage Increase Succeeds
The Senate voted 50 to 23 to exempt certain workers from the wage and hour law coverage. Senator Pepper estimated about 200,000 would be affected. An amendment by Senator Helland to limit covered employers passed at night session while a related House bill seeks a 75 cent minimum wage.
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Senate
Pepper D-Fla
Helland
D-Fla
House
Holland
Citizens oppose polio center on city park land
About 20 residents from three neighborhoods spoke at the public library Tuesday to oppose placing a Polio Inc center on city park and playground property near Pease Park on Lamar Boulevard. They urged a park protection committee, questioned why the city should repurpose green space, and proposed seeking sites outside city limits.
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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
Bruce
Army Officers Report Flying Discs at White Sands
Los Angeles reporters say White Sands Proving Ground officers reported sighting strange objects. An officer claimed a ballistic analysis from a photo theorem showed an egg shaped ship 35 to 40 miles high traveling at 3 to 4 miles per second. Others dismissed the sightings as imagination or misidentification.
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Los Angeles
White Sands Proving Ground
N. M
Marvin Miles
Los Angeles Times
New Mexico
KFWB
Miles
Roberts
White Sands
Senators Agree to 160 Million Cut in Arms Aid Plan
Washington—A bipartisan Senate subcommittee reached a tentative agreement to reduce the Western Europe arms aid portion of Truman’s 1.45 billion program by 160.99 million dollars. The panel chaired by Connally and including Vandenberg and Gurney advised reporting the changes to the foreign relations and armed services committees.
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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 Win Jobless Pay
The Texas Employment Commission ruled unemployment benefits must be paid to Ford Automobile Company workers in Dallas who were idle due to out-of-state strikes. The panel found no local labor dispute at the Dallas plant and noted the partial shutdown stemmed from disrupted parts flow from other factories.
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Ford Automobile Company
Dallas
Texas Employment Commission
Shivers Gathers Lubbock Honors
Governor Allan Shivers arrived in Lubbock by plane on a weeklong swing to be away from his Austin office. He planned events in his honor at Texas Tech with Mayor Will Rogers and Tech President D M Wiggins among escorts. From Lubbock he heads to Estes Park Colorado for the Interstate Oil Compact Commission meeting through Saturday.
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Lubbock
Texas Tech
Will Rogers
Tech
D. M. Wiggins
Austin
Shivers
Estes Park
Colo
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Texas
McKinney
Princeton
Collin County
Browns top Yankees 6 2 in noted baseball clash
St. Louis Browns defeated the New York Yankees 6-2 as part of a busy sports night. Austin beat Waco 5-4 while Wichita Falls upset Texarkana 4-1 in regional action. A no-hitter occurred in the National VFW softball tourney first round. Brooklyn edged Pittsburgh 4-3 and St. Louis fell to Boston 12-4 in NL play. Red Sox led Detroit 3-0.
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New York Yankees
Austin
Waco
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Texarkana
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Boston
Boston Red Sox
Detroit
Necktie Peril and Fire Shock San Francisco Streets
In San Francisco Luigi Flagiello 65 suffers a cut face and sprained neck after his necktie tangles with a truck door handle. James H Parr waits at a traffic light when smoke and fire erupt from a manhole lifting Parr’s car and shattering glass. A faulty electric cable is blamed for the explosion according to Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
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Big City
Luigi Flagiello
Market Street
Flagiello
James H. Parr
Tenth
Market Streets
Parr
E. R. Spencer
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Burglars’ Capless Attempt Sparks Near San Antonio Explosion
San Antonio police revealed an attempted dynamite blast failed when burglars entered a powder magazine holding 15 tons of dynamite and a detonator cap shed. Fred Palmer praised the near-miss and noted the vandals’ ignorance averted disaster. Oscar Pruitt, Illinois Powder Manufacturing Company agent, reported the break in and shed access.
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Alamo
Sheriff's Office
Oscar Pruitt
Illinois Powder Manufacturing Company
Palmer
Illinois Company
Pruitt
Kilday
Aggie Park
FBI
Secret Service
Court Curb Denied On Solon Pay Plan
Judge Jack Roberts refused a temporary restraining order sought by three Dallas County residents to block certification of a constitutional amendment. The measure would establish annual legislative sessions and pay legislators 3600 annually, with certification by the secretary of state for placement on the November ballot.
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Associated Press
Jack Roberts
126Th District Court
Dallas County
Secretary of State
Greenhill
Lee
McBlair
Deportation of Red Deserter Borzov Confirmed by State Dept
Washington report says Russian Air Force deserter Anatoly Borzov, 29, who fled with fellow officer Peter Pirigov after stepping from a Russian plane last October, was deported to the Soviet Union after being held on security grounds. He was flown from Ellis Island to Europe after being in contact with the Soviet Embassy.
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State Department
Department
Anatoly P. Borzov
Borzov
Horsching
Austria
Soviet Union
Peter Pirigov
Virginia
Russia
Ussr
Europe
Bolivia Government Chalks Up Victory at Cochabamba
Bolivia's general staff said government forces defeated rebels at Cochabamba on Tuesday night ending resistance in the 90,000 population city. Authorities planned to avoid disorder by delaying occupation until Wednesday. Two thousand troops had moved in after the government called up men 19 to 30 to quell a four day revolt threatening civil war.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Cochabamba
Andes Mountains
Shower Hope Forecast For Austin As Heat Eases
Weather bureau predicted possible showers for the Austin area this afternoon with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures were expected to drop from recent highs, with Tuesday's maximum reaching 98 degrees.
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Austin Area
Weather Bureau
Truman Steel Peace Bid Stalls Over Mediation Basis
A U S steel board withdrew its industry wide mediation offer after firms insisted on separate mediations. CIO USW push for 30 cent wage pension and insurance package clashes with industry estimates of 40 to 73.5 cents per hour. Board chair Carroll Daugherty cited impracticality across many firms and will push for nonbinding recommendations due September 10. Philip Murray offered no comment on industry stance.
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Carroll Daugherty
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Man
United Steel Workers
Philip Murray
Steel Workers
Truman
Usw-Cio
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