Labor and Teacher Pay Forces Victors
Legislative week ends with labor victory in the House and the Senate passing a nine million dollar aid bill for rural and small town schools. Senate advances poll tax abolition and jury service expansion while considering surface water laws and a school reorganization bill. Names and party lines appear as lawmakers push constitutional amendments and voting law tweaks.
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House
Senate
Houston
Jim Taylor
House Committee On Labor
Otis Lee
Port Arthur
Committee On Rules
Senate panel OKs driver financial responsibility bill
A bill to require proof of financial responsibility from drivers in crashes passed a Senate committee. Senator Morris said it would compensate the injured and not compel universal insurance. The measure allows up to 11000 dollars and could require posting security or insurance. Most observers were insurance men. opposition was rare.
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Senate
Grover C. Morris
Greenville
Senate State Affairs Committee
Warren McDonald
Tyler
Morris
Paul Benbrook
State Casualty Insurance Department
Texas
Homer Garrison Jr
Eight Rule Changes Urged for House in Texas Legislature
Representative Lamar Zivley of Temple proposes eight House rule changes to speed action. They include requiring three copies of concurrent resolutions, increasing county committee size, involving the state auditor in accounts review, tightening suspension rules, raising special order votes to three-fourths, and removing rule repetition. The House will study over the weekend and vote next Tuesday.
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Austin American Capitol
House
Lamar Zivley
Temple
Zivley
Durwood Manford
House Journal
Committee On
Bookmaker mixup blocks Houston DA inquiry
Houston district attorney A C Winborn on February 10 received about five minutes of inside information on horse races by mistake after a lines mixup. He could not reach sources by phone, only a bookmaking establishment answered, which refused to discuss the questions.
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Houston
A. C. Winborn
Poll Tax Repeal Advances in Texas Senate Committee
The Texas Senate committee on constitutional amendments approved a bill abolishing the poll tax as a voting prerequisite and creating voter registration. The vote was two to one in favor, with a subcommittee referral amid mixed reactions to related measures on jury service for women. Attorney General Price Daniel led the push, arguing national and state opposition to the tax and forecasting federal action unless states vote to repeal or show effort.
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Marshall Bell
San Antonio
Congress
House
Bell
Senate
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
National Guard
Committee On State Affairs
Keith Kelly
John J. Bell
Cuero
Fred Williams
Austin American Capitol
Texas
Senate Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Fred Harris
Dallas
George Moffett
Chillicothe
Price Daniel
R. W. Calvert
Hillsboro
Democratic Executive Committee
Tom Tyson
Corsicana
Harry Zweifel
Daniel
US Supreme Court
Japanese Cabinet Resigns to Back Anti-Communist Coalition
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's cabinet resigned at the Diet opening to enable a coalition with non left parties. The move aims to curb Communist growth after the party won 35 seats in the latest elections, becoming the fourth largest in the nation.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Diet
Willmar Radio Announcer Sparks Wild Animal Panic
In Willmar Minnesota a radio announcer claimed a circus train bearing wild animals broke loose, triggering mass fear. Police and KWYM later debunked the tale, though residents feared for hours and debated possible charges against the broadcaster.
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Willmar
Minn
Orson
UN Council Rejects Soviet Call to Disclose Bomb Totals
UN Security Council defeats a Soviet request for the United States to reveal its atomic bomb inventory by a 2 to 0 vote with nine abstentions. Malik vows to press the issue in the Atomic Energy and conventional arms commissions. President Truman had opposed public bomb numbers.
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Philip C. Jessup
Truman
State Acheson
United States
Jessup
UN Security Council
Lake Success
Russia
Ukraine
Guy de la Tournelle
Malik
Council
Rus- Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Jakob A. Malik
UN Commission
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Security Council
Commission
United Nations Assembly
Arms Commission
Atomic Commission
Assembly
Egypt
Warren R. Austin
La Grange Cagers Die In Auto Train Crash Near Eagle Lake
Two La Grange basketball figures died when their car collided with a Southern Pacific train seven miles west of Eagle Lake. Four teammates in a separate car survived, while injuries included head trauma and a dislocated hip. Firefighters battled a fuel fire as mail and express were destroyed.
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Eagle Lake
la Grange
Southern Pacific
Here
Earl Edwin Lowery
Campbell
Kermit Albert Brendle
Texas Veterans Training Program
Leslie Blume
Oliver Hengst
Blume
Columbus
Hengst
Lowery
Brendle
Singer Billie Holiday Indicted on Opium Possession Charge
San Francisco February 10 Grand jury indicted Billie Holiday a night club singer on opium possession. Bail raised from 500 to 2500 cash after her Jan 22 hotel arrest. Holiday opening a local engagement then plans to move to Vancouver Deputy District Attorney Elton Lawless said she will leave the county and urged higher bail.
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San Francisco
Grand Jury
Billie Holiday
Miss Holiday
Elton Lawless
Vancouver
Wacoan Faces Charge In Fatal Road Crash
Mrs. Ora Gilmore, 37, was charged with murder with malice after the fatal highway crash Tuesday night that killed Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Miller in Waco. Gilmore posted a $2,500 bond and funeral services for the victims will be held Friday.
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Waco
Ora Gilmore
Rudolph Miller
Gilmore
MacArthur Bates Pre War Espionage on Fantastic Scale
US Army reports reveal a Soviet spy ring led by Richard Sorge that stole Japanese secrets and informed Moscow in 1941 that Hitler would attack Russia. The network also signaled that Japan planned no invasion of the USSR.
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MacArthur Bates
Washington
Japan
Russia
Germany
Thursy
Richard Sorge
Moscow
Hitler
Cusing
Guenther Stein
Stein
New York
Army
House
un-American Activities Committee
Navy
Tokyo
Dr. Sorge
MacArthur
Miss Smedley
Shanghai
Peiping
Sorge
Jacob
China
Ito Ritsu
Truman Pushes Curbs Tax Hike and Authority for Prices
President Truman urged Congress to approve a 4 billion dollar tax boost and standby power to control prices and wages. Brannan called for government margin limits on commodity futures to curb speculation and address price breaks. Snyder warned deficits may grow and spending could rise beyond budget estimates as revenues fall.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Brannan
Wall Street
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Truman Calls Mindszenty Trial Infamous Kangaroo Court
President Truman denounced the Mindszenty trial in Hungary as infamous and a kangaroo court while confirming U S officials are probing whether the conviction violated Hungary’s treaties.
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Truman
Mindszenty
Washington
Trumer
Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
U. S
Remington Cleared In Loyalty Probe By Board
William W. Remington, Commerce Department official tied to congressional spy hearings, is reinstated at a $10 330 a year post after the loyalty review board reversed a lower court ruling. He resumes duties tomorrow after being suspended since June 28 for alleged Soviet spying associations.
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Washington
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Department
Top Loyalty Review Board
Remington
Office of International Trade
Elizabeth Bentley
Russia
Commerce
Loyalty Review Board
Bulgars Indict 15 Pastors as Spies
Sofia authorities indict 15 United Evangelical Church leaders on charges of espionage for the United States and Britain. The ministers face counts of spying, high treason, and violation of the Foreign Currency Law. The case mirrors actions seen in Hungary against Cardinal Mindszenty.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
United Evangelical Church
United States
Britain
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Congressist
Oo Natn Baptist and
Pentacost
Council Sets Special Session Over Phone Rate Offer
The City Council plans a Friday 10:30 a.m. special session to decide the rate schedule to offer Southwestern Bell. Emma Long opposes raising four party line charges and favors $3 residential and $7.50 business basics, while the Beaumont rate of $8.25 business and $12.38 PBX remains on the table for negotiation.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Emma Long
Beaumont
C. S. Slatton
Tom Miller
Miller
Mrs. Long
Long
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John Rogge
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
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Li Tsung-Jen
Canton
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