Curtain Raised a Wage Hike Sought by AFL
The AFL announced plans for substantial wage increases in 1950, likely over 10 cents an hour, with employers urged to raise wages while trimming production costs. It warned of a new business readjustment but said the economy remains strong and unemployment may hover near 5.1 million. The plan emphasizes higher wages without broad price rises.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
AFL
William F. Green
Union
Trujillo Seeks War Powers Against Nations Harboring Plotters
President Rafael Trujillo won a blank check from Congress to declare war on any Caribbean country harboring Dominican revolution plotters. He cited Cuba, Guatemala, and Costa Rica as agents of aggression while denying aggression, and claimed Cuba plans a new invasion aided by the Cuban Red Cross. Guatemalan foreign minister denounced the move as a threat to continental peace.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Congress
Cuba
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Red Cross
Trujillo
Ismael Gonzalez Arevalo
Einstein unveils generalized theory of gravitation
Albert Einstein, at age 70, announces completion of a generalized theory of gravitation aimed at unifying gravitation and electromagnetism. The work, described as his definitive unified field theory, seeks one set of equations for all physical phenomena and will be added as a final chapter to a new edition of The Meaning of Relativity.
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Princeton University Press
American Association For the Advancement of Science
University Press
Einstein
Tito's Economic Status Bolstered By British Trade
Britain and Yugoslavia sign a five year 560 million dollar trade pact aimed at easing Cominform pressure. Yugoslavia will swap lead cotton timber and corn for British wool yarn chemicals rubber and machinery amid broader postwar alignment efforts.
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Marshal Tito
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Mohammed Hatta
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Batavia
Sultan Hamengku Bowono
Hong Kong
Chengtu
Wisdom and faith unite in St Stephen's School plans
The Right Rev John E Hines announced a new coeducational boarding and day school on a 400 acre tract near Lake Austin to open next September. The project seeks to blend wisdom and Christian faith, placing belief in God at the heart of education and citing Stephen the martyr as a guiding example.
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John E. Hines
Diocese of Texas
Lake Austin
Hines
Rob Roy Ranch
Bee Cave Road
Episcopal Diocese of
Polly Merriam
St. Stephen's
Michael John Hines
Hildegard Brewster
Bishop Hines
St. Stephen's Day
Nartyr
Stephen
St. Stephen's School
Charles Sumners
Episcopal Diocese of Texas
William Brewster
Investments
Warmer Weather Forecast for Today in Austin Area
The Weather Bureau predicts slightly warmer temperatures for the Austin area Tuesday and Wednesday after a cold snap. Expect considerable cloudiness and a late Tuesday cold front moving in from the north, with a drop in temps to 40 or 35 degrees early Tuesday and again Wednesday night. Rain in the 0.49 inch range was recorded for the 24 hours to 6:30 p.m. Monday.
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Austin Area
Weather Bureau
Texas
Austin
Two prisoners recaptured after Texas prison break
In Huntsville Texas two of seven escapees surrendered at dusk in a barn near a country church. A large posse and bloodhounds searched a two million acre pine forest area between New Waverly and Groveton for five fugitives still at large.
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New Waverly
Here
Groveton
Cecil Bill Isom
David Crockett McCullough
T. T. Easley
Eastham Prison Farm
E. A. McGaughey
Harris Johnson
Trinity County
Hawthorne Church
O. B. Ellis
Pees
Huntsville Butane
Thomas W. Tucker
Texas toll 69 as holiday deaths rise across states
The Associated Press reports 69 Texans killed in holiday weekend traffic and fires, with 504 fatal injuries nationwide. A death every eight to nine minutes marked the period, 367 in traffic, 64 in fires, and 73 in other mishaps. notable victims include two chiropractors in Wise County and Marcus Sasceda burned in Amarillo.
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Associated Press
West Texas
Sproles Ranch
Slidell
Wise County
North Texas
Marcus Sasceda
Amarillo
Dr. E. M. Waits Dies at Home in Fort Worth
President Emeritus of Texas Christian University, Dr. E. M. Waits, died at his Fort Worth home after a four and a half year illness. He resigned as TCU president in 1941 after leading the university for 25 years. death followed a heart ailment.
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Dr. Waits
TCU
Fort Worth
E. M. Waits
Texas Christian University
Princeton
Dallas Bus Station Walkout Continues
The CIO bus station workers strike at Dallas Union Bus Terminal continued Monday despite a federal mediator’s attempt to arrange a meeting between the union and the Terminal Company.
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CIO
Six Hurt as Auto Strikes Train on Burnet Highway
Six persons, five from the Walden family, escaped serious injury when their car struck a northbound train two miles north of Austin on the Burnet Highway at about 10 40 a m Four were hospitalized and one other injured in a separate collision at 34th and Lamar Boulevard A Wilke Funeral Home ambulance involved in the hospital drive collided at the same intersection Investigating officers named the Walden driver Albert Harrell and passenger R L Haskell among others with no serious injuries reported
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Burnet Highway
Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
34Th and
Lamar Boulevard
Warren Debs Walden
Houston
Dora Elizabeth Walden
Bobby Walden
Joe Bob Walden
Nvestigating
Walden
Long Hill
Missouri Pacific
Highway Patrol
Highway
Wilke Funeral Home
34Th
Malice
Hytin Manor
Bert Bowman
W. R Swinney
Clinton L. Henderson
South Congress Avenue
Albert Harrell
Waller Street
R. L. Haskell
West 30Th Street
E. K. Browning
Louis Bergstrom
W. R. Meredith
Ralph Adkins
B. E. Polk
Pilgrims to Vatican Jubilee Exceed Early Expectations
Vatican diplomats report the opening days of the 1950 Holy Year attracted more than ten thousand pilgrims in Rome. An additional ten thousand seminarists were brought by Pope Pius XII to St Peter's Basilica for a special visit as the Pope wrapped up a four day Christmas Holy Door program.
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Vatican City
St. Peter's Basilica
Pius XII
Veronica Poggia
Georgetown Man Dies After Knife Fight Injuries
Casamiro Torrez, 50, died in a Georgetown hospital from injuries suffered in a knife fight at a dance hall west of Round Rock Saturday night. He died early Monday.
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Georgetown
Casamiro Torrez
Round Rock
Texas Water Truck Sends Highland Lakes Water to New York
A 3000 gallon Highland Lakes water mercy truck launches from the Texas State Capitol grounds aiming for New York City Hall by New Year’s Eve. Driver pair Red Tipton and Davis Davis, with emcee Ernest O Thompson, carry a governor’s note and travel 1898 miles. Fowler of Highland Lake News calls the mission Texas hospitality and a fountain of youth quest.
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New York
State Capitol
Texas
Wick Fowler
Highland Lake News
Ernest O. Thompson
Allen Shivers
Douglas “Red” Tpston
Billy Fiis
Fowler
Davis
Houston
Red Tipton
New York City Hall
O'Dwyer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Reds Claim Jap Plague Warfare Tested on Yanks
London reports Tokyo used American POWs as test subjects in germ warfare research for potential attacks on the United States and Britain. At a Khabarovsk trial, Tomio Karasawa testified Unit 731 studied immunity of Anglo-Saxons to infectious diseases and that germs were prepared for use against the US, Britain, Soviet Union, Mongolia, and China.
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Japan
United States
Britain
Russia
Moscow Radio
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Siberia
Tomio Karasawa
Kurasawa
Otozo Yamada
Kwantung Army
Soviet Union
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China
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Mukden
Unit 731
Minato
Kuantunng Army
Kawashima Kiyoshi
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