Bipartisan Leaders Approve Rapid Military Buildup
Congress and White House move toward a rapid mobilization program. The National Production Authority would lead a broadened agency under William H. Harrison, with units from Interior and Agriculture to manage crals, power, fuel, food, and fertilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.stuart Symington
National Production Authority
William H. Harrison
NPA
Commerce Department
Units
the Interior
Austinite Fatally Stabbed Beside East 12th Grocery
An Austin man Clim Simmons aged 32 was stabbed to death near the Red and White Grocery at 2949 East 12th. He was found by store owner L. D. McClane with a pencil and lipstick nearby. Detectives questioned residents but had no witnesses.
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Austin
East 12Th
Brackenridge Hospital
Clim Simmons
Pandora Street
Simmons
L. D. McClane
Merle Wells
Woody Rampy
Valentine Warns Against Rising Costs and Inflation
Government and industry officials held talks amid rising costs in the Korean War era. Valentine signaled possible compulsory price controls if voluntary measures fail, with auto makers including General Motors Ford Chrysler and others involved. Senators Capehart Bricker criticized the approach while egg prices slipped 15 to 16 cents a dozen. farm price ceilings under the Defense Production Act limit immediate federal action on food prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valentine
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Kaiser-Frazer
Nash-Kelvinator
Studebaker
Crosley
Packard
Hudson
Willys-Overland
Capehart
Rind
Bricker
R-Ohio
Stee
Defense Production Act
Korea
Court overturns ballot box delivery conviction in vague law ruling
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals voided the $500 fine and six month sentence for Election Judge M A Guerra over a Starr County precinct box delivery. It ruled the 1949 statute's term vague and said five day delivery could still be timely. The court noted prior revisions followed 1948 reporting controversies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mac Roy Raso
Court of Criminal Appeals
M. A. Guerra
Starr County
Guerra
Laon
K. K. Woodley
Houston Fire Destroys Ennis Hotel in Downtown Blaze
A fast spreading Houston fire consumed the 17 room Ennis Hotel on the building's second floor damaging a supermarket and a drug store. Owner Sam Lopresti estimated losses at 000. No injuries. occupant Audrey Hill with a four month old baby escaped.
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Houston
Sam Lopresti
Ennis
Audrey Hill
Students score column on Israel spar over Thompson piece
University of Texas students Captain Gershon Canaan and Ronnie Moskowitz challenge Dorothy Thompson's Dec 13 Austin American Statesman column on Israel. Canaan, an Israeli citizen and World War II veteran, disputes claims of Arabs friendly to Israel and UN policy, citing peaceful Arab coexistence in Israel and past inter-communal riots as context. He states Israel is a democratic state defended by native Palestinians and notes Arabs have not always sought peace with Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Thompson
University of Texas
Israel
Austin Statesman
Gershon Canaan
Ronnie Moskowitz
Galveston
Europe
Egypt
Transjordan
Germany
Miss Thompson
Canaan
Lebanon
Farouk
Palestine
Middle East
Red Plot To Kill MacArthur Told
US Army counter intelligence confirmed the arrest of two Japan National Police Reserve recruits in Aomori Prefecture for threatening General Douglas MacArthur. Ki kuo Senda aged 24 and Saburo Yamada aged 21 of the Second Company will face military provost court. Japanese police investigate political affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toky
INS
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
US Army
John H. Caldwell
Boone, Colo
Counter
Aomori
National Police
United Nations Supreme Commander
Hachinoe City
Honshu
Kikuo Senda
Saburo Yamada
Hachinoe
Atomic Explosion Kills One at Chalk River Plant
A Canadian government atomic energy site at Chalk River Ontario saw a blast in a small pilot plant along the Ottawa River. One man died and four were injured during the evaporation of a liquid in the process, with the main atomic pile reportedly undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalk River
Ont
Canadian Government Atomic Energy Establishment
Ottawa
Man Cleared in Trial as Lip Sore Medicine Sows Confusion
A defendant testified he was not driving while intoxicated and said his lip sore medicine contained 75 percent alcohol. The trial ended in a hung jury with unresolved verdict.
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Price Wage Agency
Economic Stabilization Agency
OPA
White House
Senate and
House Banking Committee
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Joint Congressional Economic Committee
Symington
National Security Resources Board
Gordon Dean
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Alan Valentine
Economic Stabilizer
Leon Keyserling
Council of Economic Advisors
W. Averell Harriman
John R. Steelman
Omar Bradley
Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
Department
Voice of Amer
Meet Madison
Cp Webb
Montgomery Ward
Congress
Armstrong
Capitol Floors
W. 6Th
Capt. Canaan
MacArthur
Austin’s
Ellison
Meer
Fenwick
Texas State Optical
Aocamo
Mern
Wé¢rp
Mian
Ekly
Mae
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Fifth Telephone
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