Reds Reject French Protest Over Southeast Asia Action
The scene shifts to Indo China with Moscow rejecting Paris on recognition of a Chi Minh led state. Acheson signals U S recognition of Bao Dai’s Vietnamese state while MacArthur urges broader Pacific defense measures. Siam Premier Songgram says decisive steps are needed to stop communism spread.
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Reds
Southeastern Asia
Associated Press
China
Southeast Asia
Russia
Moscow
Chi-Minh
Alexander Bogomolov
Paris
Overseas Territories Committee
French Assembly
Dean Acheson
United States
Vietnam
Bao Dai
Annam
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific
MacArthur
Asia
Europe
Thailand
Siam
Pibul Songgram
Defense Board
Psychiatrist Urges Education Toward Mental Health
Dr. Daniel Blain of the American Psychiatric Society told the Travis County Mental Hygiene Association that mental health concerns all people. He said only one percent are in mental hospitals, five percent have main problems needing psychiatry, and twenty percent have minor problems affecting work. He urged community surveys of mental health assets and liabilities and praised volunteers in state hospitals while stressing they cannot replace trained doctors and nurses. Dr. Robert L. Sutherland introduced him.
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Daniel Blain
American Psychiatric Society
Travis County Mental Hygiene Association
Bickler Administration Building
Robert L. Sutherland
Hoga Foundation
Blain
Ice storm cripples North Texas towns cutting power
Emergency calls flood in as iced counties report 747 telephone circuits out and 600 trouble shooters deployed. Cities from Sherman to Denton face power losses and water shortages while Fort Worth suffers broken lines and fallen trees. Celeste coordinates generators for hospitals and Leonard requests pumps.
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Frank Crawford
Leonard
Muenster
Fourth Army
Ice
Denton
Bonham
McKinney
Sherman
Denison
Greenville
Paris
Dallas
Fort Worth
Abilene
Midland
San Angelo
D. D. Obert
Texas Highway Patrol
Grayson County
North Texas
Mineral Wells
Weather Bureau
Trinity
CIO probes four unions for Communist domination
Pittsburgh February 1 President Philip Murray said four member unions are under secret hearings to decide expulsion for Communist influence. Fact finding committees are meeting behind closed doors and may submit reports to the CIO executive board in Washington within two weeks. Unions involved include United Public Workers Mine Mill and Smelter Workers United Office and Professional Workers and Food Tobacco and Agricultural Workers. Hearings for six other unions will follow.
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Pittsburgh
CI0
Philip Murray
CIO
Washington
United Public Workers
United Office and Professional Workers
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers
Studebaker Cuts List Prices Spark Price War Speculation
Studebaker trimmed 82 to 135 dollars from postwar car prices effective immediately in what may trigger a spring price war. The cut, first on its new models, comes despite higher steel costs and UAW pension and welfare demands.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker
CIO
United Auto Workers
Warren Seeks Third Term as California Governor
Governor Earl Warren announced his bid for a third term in California on February 1 in Sacramento. The move aims to extend his leadership as the state’s executive amid ongoing political and public policy concerns.
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Sacramento
Calif
Earl Warren
California
Poll tax by mail boosts Travis County total
Tax collectors report a late rush of poll tax payments by mail in Travis County. By midnight Tuesday the count stood at 2,892 before mail applications were recorded, with several thousand more expected to push total paid taxes past 25,000. Exemptions will raise eligible voters, but turnout may still fall short of the 36,000 record.
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Travis County
SD. Heffington
Fire Department
ROTC Value Highlighted By University Of Texas Talk
Col Maybin H Wilson of the University ROTC described ROTC as national defense backbone. UT will send 20 graduates to the Army this year, including Cadet Colonel Rivers and Thomas Barnett, both of Austin. UT hosts four ROTC units spanning Engineering Law Business and more, with all three services represented. A Fort Bragg 1948 field camp film supplement capped the talk.
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Army Reserve Officers Training Corps
University of Texas
United States
Austin Exchange Club
Maybin' H. Wilson
University
Thomas Barnett
Austin
Army Rotc
Corps of Engineers
Collge of Engineering
Corps of Military Police
School of Law
Transportation Corps
School of Business Administration
Quartermaster Corps
Texas A&m College
Infantry
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery
Army
Navy
Air Force
Four hurt in Burnet Highway crash near railroad tracks
One man, Henry Booth, 25, critically hurt with head trauma at Brackenridge Hospital after a head on collision on the Burnet Highway west of the Missouri Pacific tracks. Bob Rickman 19, D A Rickman 21, and William Robinson 22 sustained lacerations and other injuries, listed in fair condition.
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Burnet Highway
Missouri Pacific
Henry O. Booth
Route 4
University of Texas
Brackenridge Hospital
Bobby G. Rickman
D. A. Rickman
William Robinson
Highway Patrol
Booth
Rickman
Austin
Lubbock Negroes Sue Schools for Equal Facilities
A lawsuit filed in Lubbock district court by attorneys for the NAACP seeks equal public school facilities for Negro pupils. The petition argues Texas law requirements are not met and cites the city’s 1940 census showing 3,070 Black residents of 51,782.
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Lubbock
INS
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Judge Considers Day Coal Work Week Injunction
Federal Judge Richmond Keech took under advisement the government's request for a temporary injunction to force John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers to return to a five day week in soft coal. The case, brought by National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Robert N. Denham, follows renewed wage talks and includes alleged illegal contract demands such as a union shop and welfare fund restrictions. The parties heard arguments as President Truman proposed a 70 day truce with a Taft-Hartley alternative if rejected.
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Washington
Richmond Ro Keech
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Keech
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Denham
Lewis
Truman
NLRB
Dominick Manoli
UMW
Welly K. Hopkins
Legion Post Seeks Club Aid For ROTC At Austin High
Capital City Legion Post No. 316 plans to urge Austin service clubs to back a proposed Army ROTC unit at Austin High School. Officials will seek club resolutions and telegrams to Senator Lyndon Johnson and Congressman Homer Thornberry. Colonel Maybin H Wilson and Colonel John R Dale of UT ROTC will explain high school training corps at a Driskill Hotel meeting.
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Kerns Taylor
Capital City
Austin
Austin High School
Lyndon Johnson
Homer Thornberry
Maybin H. Wilson
University of Texas
Training Corps
Driskill Hotel
John R. Dale
University
Father in Law Slayer Convicted in 20 Minute Jury Verdict
In San Angelo on February 1 Vernon G. Jenkins was convicted by a jury after a 20 minute deliberation for the murder of his father in law. The panel recommended a 25 year prison term and a motion for a new trial may be filed by Jenkins' attorney.
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San Angelo
Vernon G. Jenkins
Jenkins
Heuss Outlines New Education Concept for Episcopal Church
The Rev John Heuss director of religious education for the Episcopal Church in America spoke at a Gregg House dinner in Austin on a new education concept started in 1946 He said the aim is to close gaps between Sunday School enrollment and attendance and to train materials that engage members He stressed grass roots work and parental cooperation to translate church facts into discipleship.
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Episcopal Church
John Heuss
Episcopal Church In
Austin
Gregg House
Comptroller Pins Oil Drop for Texas Deficit in Dallas
State Comptroller Robert Calvert told Oak Cliff Lions Club in Dallas that the revenue shortfall stems from a drop in oil production. He noted past surpluses were spent and urged economy, suggesting a cigarette tax hike and omnibus tax rise to fund hospitals and special schools while avoiding general fund deficits.
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Dallas
Robert Calvert
Calvert
Texas
Beauford Jester
Allan Shivers
Tuesay
Ing
Deaths and Funerals in Bartlett and Austin area
Listing of obituaries and funeral notices including Mary A. O'Leary 74 with service at Weed-Corley Funeral Home and burial at Memorial Park, B J Walker 46 Austin resident and former Texas Federation of Labor field rep, Lucino A. Alvarado died at 1000 Jewell Street with services at San Jose Church and burial at Austin Memorial Park, and Joseph Valenta Bartlett funeral with church rites and burial in church cemetery. Also Alice Jackson of Bartlett died in Temple hospital with services at First Baptist Church and burial in family cemetery. Surviving relatives named include spouses, children, and multiple siblings across Texas and New Mexico.
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Mary A. O'Leary
Weed-Corley
Harry M. Moffett
Memorial Park
J. L. Kelly
B. H. Friedrich
Robert W. Cooke
Harry Cook
Gene Morehead
Garland Riggs
B. J. Walker
J. Walker
Austin
Brooklyn
Texas Federation of Labor
J. D. Walker
Amarillo
Harold Walker
Bakersfield
Calif
Milton Walker
Mattie Goodrich
Levington
N. M
Lucino A. Alvarado
Jewell Street
Marie Alvarado
Joe Alvarado
Johnie Alvarado
Lucino A. Alvarado Jr
San Jose
Austin Memorial Park
Joseph Valenta Bartlett
Joseph Valenta
Holy Trinity
Jos. A. Valenta
St. Mary's University of la Porte
I. J. Valenta
Holy Trinity Church
Tim J. Valenta
Bryan
A. J. Pavelka
Texas City
L. J. Reicher
C. E. Byrne
W. J. Nold
Galveston
J. B. Gleissner
Czech
Msgr
J. E. Vanicek
Granger
Bartlett
Alice Jackson
Temple Hospital
First Baptist Church
L. G. Ramey
Yelva
Ark
Texas
The
Baptist Church
Ralph Jackson
Bert Jackson
Fort Worth
Grover Jackson
McAllen
Lavette Jackson
Beaumont
Flora Levins
Overton
Guy Digby
Marth Pace
J. W. Brisbin
Man and Wife Die in Fire in Victoria
In Victoria British Columbia an elderly couple, William C Bradshaw 56 and Dorothy Bradshaw 58, died in a house fire. Their three young grandchildren were saved when the mother tossed them from an upstairs window. two were caught by neighbors and one landed in snow. Mrs Bradshaw sustained a bruised back and sprained ankle from the leap.
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Victoria
B. C
William C. Bradshaw
Navy
Dorothy Bradshaw
Lawmakers Invited To Premier Movie
Amarillo staff representative Blake Timmons invited state legislators to a premier showing of Sun downers on Friday. The invitees were asked to attend on behalf of the Parks Board and Louis Navy of Interstate Theatres. The film was partly shot in Palo Duro Canyon State Park near Amarillo.
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American Capitol
Blake Timmons
Amarillo
Daniel Allows Gas Sales Tax Free in Processing Uses
Attorney General Price Daniel ruled that motor fuel distributors may sell or resell gasoline without collecting the tax when the fuel is to be used for further processing to produce paints, insecticides, and other non motor fuel products. Bonds are required to guarantee such sales for prescribed purposes.
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Robert S. Calvert
Price Daniel
Calvert
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