Lawmaking Begins as House Receives First Real Bills
The House filed dozens of measures for quick consideration as the 51st session opens with three bills introduced and 300-plus awaiting action. Proposals include death penalty for first degree lynching, curbs on communism in state operations, and dismantling the Good Neighbor Commission. Also two gas tax bills and a state hospital board plan advance, while the Senate backs tideland control and lawmakers prepare council-backed agendas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Commission
House
Board of Control
Southwestern Medical College
Dallas
University of Texas
Senate
Tidelands
John Bell
Cuero
Allan Shivers
Council of State
Constitution lands coast to coast in nine hours thirty four minutes
The Navy's Constitution, the world’s largest land aircraft carrier, completed a San Francisco to Washington flight in 9 hours 34 minutes. Other items note Queuille’s confidence vote, Axis Sally trial details, Lin Piao parade, Bunche armistice hopes, Rhodes talks, Magna crackdown on defense lawyers, rail labor talks, and John L Lewis reelection with large UMW majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
San Francisco
Six Candidates Considered for Texas Governor Race
State Superintendent L A Woods hinted he could be pushed into the 1950 gubernatorial race if the Legislature abolishes his post under Gilmer Aiken reforms. He joins names like Price Daniel Allan Shivers Bascom Giles Olin Culbertson and Case March as potential contenders. Woods calls the plan undemocratic and says elimination of his office could propel his candidacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Woods
Price Daniel
Allan Shivers
Bascom Giles
Olin Culbertson
Baylor Law
Case March
Woods
Gilmer-Aiken
State Board of Education
Study of State Tax Setup Asked
Lawmakers consider two resolutions to form committees to study the state's tax structure and state agencies. A 21 member tax study panel would examine tax overlapping and equity, funded up to 50000 dollars, while an 18 member government study panel would seek consolidations and efficiency with 25000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Kelly
Fort Worth
Senate
Texas Democratic Party
Beauford H. Jester
Kelly
Italian Claims Defense For A Bomb Found
Italian inventor Edo Vecchiato of Vicenza says he developed a secret defense against the atomic bomb. He told reporters that details were given to the Italian government on January 8 and later to a Western power, claiming the device could be installed on an airship to halt a bomb’s vertical movement and annul its effects. He offered no further specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Italy
Edoardo Vecchiato
Vicenza
Buda Mother Diagnosed With Polio At Brackenridge
A 30 year old Buda mother admitted as a polio patient to Brackenridge Hospital less than two months after giving birth. Sotas Rocha was brought in Wednesday night and diagnosed Thursday. She rested comfortably late Thursday. Hospital staff could not confirm how many children she has but noted a child was born on December 22.
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Buda
Brackenridge Hospital
Sotas Rocha
Brackenridge
Hays County
Rug Makers Banned From Hooking Rugs on Duty
Springfield firemen were barred from hooking rugs while on duty and selling them. Fire Chief Thomas J. Wrenn ordered that they may weave rugs only for personal use during work hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Thomas J. Wrenn
Li Tsung Jen struggles as Nanking government collapses
Acting President Li Tsung Jen faces a de facto collapse of government as Nanking offices shut and efforts to seek peace with the Communists stall. In Canton, Hsueh Yueh reports inflation and calls for currency limits while the garrison asserts control and arrests a local peace advocate. Red forces celebrate in Peiping as the Yangtze area sees little movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Li Tsung-Jen
Foreign Office
George Yeh
Information Ministry
Defense Ministry
Sun Fo
Shanghai
Sun
Canton
Hsueh Yueh
Hsueh
China
Wang I-Tung
Li Chi-Shen
Wang
United States
Yangtze
Red
Peiping
Spencer Moosa
Truman Says He Needs No Taft Hartley Injunction
President Truman declared he does not require the Taft Hartley Act injunction powers to handle a national strike emergency. Congress debates his proposals to modify the act as housing, wartime measures, and agency reorganizations face hearings and votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
Clark
Taft
Ohio
Senate Labor Committee
Mindszenty On Trial Charged With Treason In Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty along with six others faced treason spying and black market charges in a Budapest court. He partly admitted guilt and denied plots to topple Hungary's Communist regime. He acknowledged seeking US help to flee and offered to withdraw from office temporarily to aid peace. The trial also involved Judge Olthys and several aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Selden Chapin
Cardinal Mindszenny
Cardinal Mindszenty
Chapin
US State Department
Chopin
Vilmos Olthys
Istvan Riesz
Mindszenty
Esztergom
President backs Acheson on Stalin contact stance
President Truman endorsed Secretary of State Acheson’s analysis that the United States would not discuss with Russia about other nations or bypass the United Nations. He reiterated readiness to meet Stalin in Washington but without ignoring UN principles. Truman also named General Lucius Clay as Germany’s administration head and outlined reform aims and climate of the farm crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United Nations
Russia
Mr. Truman
Stalin
Potsdam
Acheson
Alaska
Lucius Clay
Germany
State Department
Army
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Executive Department
West
Shorthorn Breaks Mills County Winning Streak at Houston Show
Seth Turner of Parmela, Mills County, earned the grand championship with his 1205 pound Nebraska bred Shorthorn Music at the 17th Houston Fat Stock Show before 15000 spectators. Merion Reynolds of Goldthwaite held breed champion Hereford Shorty and reserve club boy title. Mills County previously dominated Houston with back to back grand championships. E R Fudaly notes this marks the first Shorthorn grand champion in Texas since the late 1920s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Shanks
Austin American Agricultural
Houston
Mills County
Seth Turner
Parmela
Shorty
Reynolds
Mills
E. R. Fudaly
Fort Worth
A&m College
Texas
Arthur Myles
Bosque County
Permela
Gary James
Whitney
Brahman
Benny Gallagher
Clarkwood
Har
Ry E. Sultemeier
Sandy
Angus
Edwin Zieschang
Thrall
Howard Pressler
San Angelo
Central Texans
Williamson
Fayette Counties
Belton
Maurice Northen
Northen
Granger
Williamson County
LaGrange
Schulenburge
Fayette County
School For the Deaf
Austin
Day in Congress and Senate battles on labor and housing
The article notes President Truman backing the labor bill while Taft and Morse criticize it. Housing chief Foley urges 17 to 18 million new dwellings in a decade. Knowland filibuster move faces Southern Democrat resistance. Aid bills pass for blizzard victims. Export controls extended with farm export power shift. House committee approves a broad government reorganization bill granting Truman sweeping executive powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Raymond M. Foley
Truman
House Executive Expenditures Committee
House
Military Establishment
Interstate Commerce Commission
Securities and Exchange Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
House Banking Committee
Agriculture Department
Associated Labor
Senate Labor Committee
Taft
Ohio
Morse
Ore
Knowland
Calif
President Truman
Polio fund drive borrows big from local groups
Pat McNamara crippled by polio volunteers downtown to collect for the March of Dimes. His brother Jerry and supporters raise 31.28 while Joe DeWitt and Longhorn Waffle Shop donate 290. Local Lions Club members, square dance groups, and Cub Scouts join the effort with events and meals.
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Pat McNamara
Pat
Congress Avenue
Jerry
Poys
Foundation For
Joe DeWitt
DeWitt
L. East Produce Company
Gugenheim-Goldsmith
Lawrence Nelson
Curley Gilbert
J. K. McBride
Austin Lions Club
Melvin Jones
Lions International
Austin Athletic Club
Polio Fund
Lone Star
Circle Four
Swing and Turn
Capitol Set
Circle Eight
Taylor
Mavericks
Blue Bells City
March of Dimes
UT Union
Cripple Creek Ranch Hands
Jess Irwin
Johnny Deison
Friendly City Promenaders
Cub Scouts of
Baker School
Creedmoor Child Severely Burned
Blas Mendoza, a Creedmoor child, was severely burned late Thursday at home on Creedmoor Route 1. She was admitted to Brackenridge Hospital with second degree burns and attendants reported her condition as good after treatment.
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Blas Mendoza
Creedmoor
Route 1
Brackenridge Hospital
Spider Fools City Seismograph With False Quake
In New York on February 3 a City College seismograph showed a record quake due to a spider inside the mechanism. After the spider was removed the quake stopped and readings returned to normal.
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New York
Daniel T. O’connell
City College
New But Lighter Cold Wave Slated
Texas braced for another cold front with a late arrival in the Panhandle. The Weather Bureau said it would not be as severe as the previous cold snap that brought record lows to Central and South Texas. temperatures moderated with light rain in many cities including Fort Worth, Waco, San Antonio and Houston. Nationwide, Nevada saw a harsher lift with snow halting the hay operation. Congress approved a further $500000 to revive snowbound western areas.
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Texas
Panhandle
The
Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Waco
San Angelo
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Houston
Beaumont
Lufkin
Tyler
Texarkana
Clarendon
Amarillo
Abilene
Big Spring
Laredo
Bryan
Alice
Nevada
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Midwest
Pacific
South
Congress
Air Force
Tide land bill draft seeks federal control of oil rich shores
The draft tidelands bill sent to Congress by Secretary Forrestal Attorney General Clark and Secretary Krug proposes a rental and royalty system with leases at 25 cents to 50 cents per acre and a 12 1 2 percent royalty after discovery. It omits any direct distribution of proceeds to states and leaves revenues to Treasury. The measure lets the President reserve submerged land for national security and grants the federal government right of first refusal on wartime oil and gas output.
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Washington
Congress
Tidelands
Supreme Court
Defense Forrestal
Clark
the Interior
Krug
Senate
House
Treasury
California
Texas
Louisiana
United States
Citizens Propose Split Phone Rate Settlement in Austin
City Council and Citizens Advisory Committee led by Fagan Dickson discuss a settlement with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co to raise Austin rates about 31.37 percent aiming for roughly half of the company’s $695,000 requested increase. Mayor Miller notes adjusted figures and plans a public meeting. Residential rates may rise from 2.35 to 4 dollars monthly and business service from 6 to 9.50 dollars.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Austin
Citizens Advisory Committee
Fagan Dickson
Tom Miller
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Henri Queuille
Andre Marie
DeGaulle
Mildred
Sally” Gillars
Red Cross
Lin Piao
Rhodes
Ralph J. Bunche
Israel
Haifa
Egypt
Harold Medina
Chicago
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
L. A Woods
Fred Williams
Austin American Capitol Star
Mac Roy Rasor
Italian Claims
Bookin
Spence
D-Ky
Banking Committee
Prelate
Justin Barangay
Ondras Zakar
Miklos Nagy
Catholic Action
Bela Ispenky
Laszlo Toth
Duke Paul Esterhazy
Dean Acheson
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Mrs. Truman
Blair House
Mon C. Wallgren
National Resources Security Board
Wallgren
Commerce Department
Spider
Tideland
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