Hoover Commission proposes five changes to State Department
The Hoover Commission studying government reorganization outlined five changes for the State Department. Proposed moves include visa duties transfer to Justice, shifting cultural relations to education or a new cabinet, placing Voice of America under a government corporation, merging career and non career foreign services, and creating two new assistant secretaries for congressional liaison and United Nations matters. The report by Bundy and Rogers is under full review, with a final commission report due early next year.
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Washington
State Department
Hoover Commission
Office of Education
Voice of America
Career Foreign Service
United Nations
Harvey H. Bundy
James Grafton Rogers
Hoover
Truman
Congress
Secretary
Russia pushes to dominate Asia says Judd at industry congress
Rep Judd of Minnesota told the National Association of Manufacturers Congress that Russia has nearly won the Pacific war through blunder and default by the United States he warned that communism could spread if China falls and urged mobilizing strength in political ideological and military fields and UN reform to counter Moscow cooperation if possible.
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New York
Judd
Russia
Pacific
National Association of Manufacturers
China
East Asia
United States
Japan
Kremlin
Asiatic
Europe
United Nations
Guatemalans Arrested In Alleged Plot To Seize Base
In Guatemala City 26 people were arrested over a suspected plan to seize the Puerto Barrios military base. The government suspended constitutional guarantees for 30 days, delaying the Guatemala City mayoral election as a precaution. Authorities reported 47 machine guns and grenades found in Puerto Barrios. The plot emerged during a three day congressional election.
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Guatemala
Puerto Parrios
Guatemala City
Puerto Barrios
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Arrives in Washington for Talks
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek reached Washington from China and stayed at Leesburg residence of Secretary Marshall. She declined to discuss a request for a meeting with President Truman, while diplomats and officials watched her visit amid a cautious White House response.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Leesberg
Marshall
Mrs. Marshall
Madame Chiang
Truman
Shanghai
Congress
S. C. Wang
Chinese Women's Association of Washington
Charles G. Ross
Mr. Truman
State Department
Robert A. Lovett
Secretary Marshall
Nanking Fears New Defense Line Too Thin
Nanking faces a fragile defense line near Suchow as 350,000 government troops remain trapped. Officials fear the line may fail to hold the Communist advance with 80,000 soldiers manning the new south Hawli River barrier. Reports indicate large Communist forces aim to encircle and destroy the trapped units before fortifications can be completed.
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Nanking
Suchow
Hawai River
Pengpu
Yangtze
Chen Yi
East China
China envoy appeals for quick US aid in crisis
Chinese Ambassador Wellington Koo urged rapid American help and said China would accept corruption proof control of expenditures. He warned Asia would lose freedom if China falls behind the Iron Curtain, calling time the essence amid the Nanking crisis after meeting Madam Chiang Kai-Shek. He cited the $400 million Congress already approved and pressed for moral, material and military support.
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New York
Wellington Koo
China
China Institute
Koo
Asia
Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Soviet
Russia
Congress
Communists Suspected in mass raids on two Kalamazoo factories
A 300-strong raiding party struck two Shakespeare Co plants in Kalamazoo causing overturned vehicles burning, injuries, and equipment damage. Police chief Howard Hoyt and Gov. Kim Sigler cited a possible Communist angle as state police pursue leads with grand jury plans amid ongoing union strike. Glenn Sigman of CIO United Steelworkers denied involvement and suggested outside strikebreakers.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Michigan
Kim Sigler
Donald .S. Leonard
Sigler
Howard Hoyt
CIO United Steel Workers
Shakespeare Companies
Glenn E. Sigman
Leonard
Western Powers rebuff submission Berlin crisis move
Western Powers declared they are not bound to submit to Soviet measures in Berlin and may take counter steps. A UN Security Council neutral committee is to propose a solution in 30 days, while France notes new action is needed to resolve the four power split.
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Paris
Berlin
Juan Bramuglia
Argentina
UN Security Council
Security Council
State Department
Washington
Lovett
Bramuglia
Six-Nation Financial Committee
Moscow
Rioting in Western Berlin as Communists clash at rally
Communist hecklers sparked a fist fight in Neukolm during a rally urging voters to back anti communism in the Sunday election. Police, aided by Social Democrats, expelled the combatants as chants of the Internationale filled the hall.
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Berlin
Neukolm
Travis Draftees Given Exams
Forty Travis County draftees underwent pre induction physical and mental exams at the local recruiting and induction station. Induction for these men will be delayed at least 21 days as required by law before induction into the armed forces. They were sent back to their draft boards to set the induction date.
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Travis County
Arrest Demand Resurfaces for Ex Premier Ashida
Tokyo reports a second bid to arrest former Prime Minister Hitoshi Ashida on bribery charges, while Parliament refrains from lifting immunity. The procurator alleges involvement in a government loan scandal as Ashida remains a Diet member awaiting the next regular session.
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Tokyo
Hitoshi Ashida
Diet
Ashida
House of Representatives
Beaumont Rates Rise Sparks Texas Utilities Debate
City officials weigh a response as Southwestern Bell seeks higher basic business and residential rates. Beaumont settled on an 18.1 percent residential and 33.3 percent business increase effective Nov. 21, amid calls for a Texas public utilities commission. Mayor Miller forms a seven member advisory panel to study the rate situation.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Beaumont
Otho Plummer
Public Utilities Commission
Texas
State Utilities Commission
Tom Miller
Eugene Sanders
J. W. Bradfield
W. D. Sylvester
A. J. Maloney
Theo Davis
Fagan Dickson
Morin Scott
Governor delays special session on school plan
Governor Beauford Jester declines a December special session to revamp Texas public schools. He will submit the Gilmer Aikin study to the January regular session as an emergency measure. Telegrams were sent to Lt. Governor Shivers, Speaker Reed, and the Gilmer-Aikin Committee. He notes Christmas proximity and the 51st Legislature as factors.
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Austin American Capitol
Beauford Jester
Allan Shivers
House
W. O. Reed
Gilmer-Aikin Committee On Education
Jester
Gilmer- Aikin
Gilmer-Aikin
Gilmer - Aikin
Fall from Moving Car Kills Child in San Antonio
A 4 year old, James A. Watkins III, died after falling from a moving car to the pavement in San Antonio. Police investigators report a fatal skull fracture as the cause of death in this freak traffic accident, the city's 56th traffic fatality of the year.
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San Antonio
James A. Watkins III
The Statesman Sprouts Wings Air delivery debut set
The Austin Statesman will begin home edition air delivery Thursday for Bastrop Llano Lampasas and southwestern Williamson Counties. Circulation manager Ford Fincher announced the afternoon paper will be air delivered six days a week by Austin Aero Service. Towns include Leander Liberty Hill Bertram Burnet Llano San Saba Lometa Lampasas Briggs and Florence. Over 140 rural readers will receive the paper by air. Distance to towns equals about 240 miles by highway. Chiles is the pilot using an Aeronca plane.
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Austin Statesman
Bastrop
Llano
Lampasas
Williamson
Ford Fincher
Fincher
Air
Austin Aero Service
Leander
Liberty Hill
Bertram
Burnet
San Saba
Lometa
Briggs
Florence
Home Fire Kills Four Duvall Children in Cherokee Iowa
Four Duvall children aged eight months to four years died in a Cherokee County farm home fire. The blaze left five other children at school nearby while the parents were away. Origin of the fire is undetermined.
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Beaumont
The
Telephone Company
Cherokee, In
Iowa
Charles Duvall
Robert
Linda Mae
Sharon Lee
Mike
Cherokee
Fred Duvall
Son Is Born in Truck In New Orleans Traffic
A son was born to Mrs. James Trenton in a pickup truck on a busy downtown street in New Orleans while en route to a hospital amid a traffic jam reported December 1 1930s era dispatches.
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New Orleans
James Trenton
Oil firms win 15 injunctions halting Texas oilfield shutdown
Judge Charles O Betts granted temporary injunctions in 15 suits filed in the 98th District Court preventing the Texas Railroad Commission from shutting down oil production in the Heyser Field in Calhoun and Victoria Counties. The ruling halted the commission’s order pending final hearings on the merits in each case.
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98Th District Court
Texas Oil Companies
Texas Railroad Commission
Charles O. Betts
Heyser
Calhoun
Victoria
Betts
Sterling Oil Company
Railroad Commission
Fagan Dickson
Heyser Field
Dickson
Texas
Commission
Mason Bull Tops Two County Hereford Sale
Grand champion Puritan Domino B 12th sold for 735 to J. S. Wall of Brady at a Llano Mason Hereford sale. Forty two animals from 17 breeders averaged 443 dollars with bulls averaging 453 and three cows 320. May the top cow, calved Feb 16 1941, brought 360 to C. R. Martin.
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Hazel Bowman
Austin American
A. D. Rothmann
Mason
Llano
Mason County
J. S. Wall
Brady
Walter Britten
College Station
May
Allan Newson
Miss K. Dom. Ist
Rothmann
Kothmann
Fitzhugh
W. C. Sawyer
Royal Domino
A. Dom
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Mme
Canton
South China Coast
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