Senators Reject Moral War Commitment in NATO Treaty Debate
In Washington on February 14, bipartisan Senate leaders Connally and Vandenberg warned against any language that would bind Congress to declare war if a European signatory is attacked. They stressed no automatic commitment and the need for Congress to decide when to engage militarily, amid broader NATO security treaty talks.
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Washington
Senate
Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Donnell
Rmo
Associated Press
Acheson
Halvard Lange
Norway
Congress
Connell
Texas
Secretary of State
Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Price-Fixing Legislation Over State Employee Pay Hike Plan
Lawmakers move to flag a so called fair trade measure in the Texas 51st Legislature. A cigarette minimum price bill rockets through, with key figures opposing the approach. Debate centers on branding this as fair trade and its broader prospects.
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Austin
Vick
Lehman
State Affairs Committee
George Parkhouse
Dallas
Cooperative Oil Development Debate Opens in Texas Senate
Dallas attorney A W Walker told a Senate committee the bill to allow cooperative oil field development would not violate anti trust laws and aims to remove the wear by permitting voluntary development for conservation. The hearing spanned two sessions with over 100 attendees from both sides of the issue.
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Senate
Committee On Oil and Gas
A. W. Walker
Dallas
University of Texas
Walker
George Moffett
Chillicothe
Railroad Commission
Senate Chamber
Law on Conservation Justified by Senator Walker
State House report notes pages 8 and 1 listing laws but finds no law affecting oil fields. Senator Walker defends the proposed measure as purely for conservation and says it would prevail if antitrust challenges arise. He adds there is no legal objection to the bill.
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Walker
Senate panel backs 20 percent pay rise for state workers
The Senate finance committee approved a rewritten plan setting a maximum 20 percent raise for about 25 000 state employees for two years as of Dec 31. Higher brackets cap at first 300 of monthly salaries. Minimums range from 5 to 15 percent based on service time. The bill aims to aid workers through the biennium ending Aug 31 with a view to a permanent cost of living adjustment later. Governor Beauford Jester supports an emergency measure. House subcommittees are drafting related wage and per diem proposals.
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Senate Finance Committee
James Taylor of
Kerens
Finance Committee
Carlos Ashley
Llano
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
W. R. Cousin Jr
Beaumont
Senate
Beauford Jester
House
Southwestern Medical College At
Dallas
University of Texas
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Jester
Rio Grande Valley
Oper
Scout fund drive totalling 79000 targets Austin drive
More than 1000 volunteers in the 1949 Boy Scouts of America fund drive will canvass Austin after a kickoff breakfast at the Crystal Ballroom Driskill Hotel. The Capitol Area Council quota is 79250 with Austin’s minimum 45000. Camp Tom Wooten on Lake Austin will gain 10000 for improvements from the funds.
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Boy Scouts of America
Austin
Crystal Ballroom
Driskill Hotel
Capitol Area Council
Jack Adams
Tom Wooten
Lake Austin
Mindszenty Trial Attacked by Pope as Rigged
Pope Pius XII condemned the Mindszenty trial in Budapest as an outrage against the Church and urged Catholics to resist laws conflicting with human rights. He told 16 cardinals that Communist Hungary sought to disrupt the Church and that confessions may have been coerced.
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Pius XII
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
College of Cardinals
Hungary
Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
Pope Pius
Apostolic Palace
Solons Urged 3000-Mile Rocket Test Ground Now
Washington February 14 congressional hearings urged a 3000 mile proving ground for rocket testing with an estimated cost of 200 million dollars. Officials said U S rockets may reach 500 mile range soon and extend to 5000 miles later, sparking questions about surpassing Germany's V2.
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Washington
United States
Congress
House
Armed Services
Germany
Army
Navy
Air Force
Audie Murphy Arrives in Austin for Two Day Visit
World War II’s most decorated soldier Audie Murphy arrives in Austin on a two day trip. He will address the Texas Legislature Tuesday at 11 a.m. The visit is arranged by a joint resolution of both houses.
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Murphy
Audie Murphy
Texas
Paramount Theater
Austin
Steve Perkins
Austin American Amusements
Paramount Theatre
Copperas Cove
Hell
Sicily
Anzio
Austria
Berchtesgaden
Wanda Hendrix
Hollywood
Miss Tatlock
Vanda
Dallas
Paul Short
Billy the Kid
Negroes Protest To School Board Over White Supervisors
Austin dentists and eight representatives of Negro groups urged the school board to remove white supervisors from Negro schools and asked for a Negro history course and school land use for a park. The board referred the supervisor issue to the district’s business manager and will consult attorneys.
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Austin
Ernest Givens
Givens
Dr. Givens
South
Given
T. N. Porter
J. M. Odom
Bryker Woods School
Caldwell Sheriff’s Wife Dies After Operation
Mrs. Nina Williams, wife of Caldwell County Sheriff Edd Williams, died Monday morning in a Luling hospital after surgery. Funeral services will be held at the First Baptist Church in Luling at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday with burial in McNeil Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, two sons Lamar and Kenneth, and her parents Mr and Mrs Harvey King of McNeil.
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Lockhart
Nina Williams
Edd Williams
Caldwell County
Luling
First Baptist Church
McNeil Cemetery
Lamar Williams
Kenneth Williams
Harvey King
McNeil
City's 10th Mad Dog of 1949 Bites Girl
City reports its 10th mad dog of 1949 biting nine year old Eleanor Ramirez at 1009 Midway. The girl, who lives on Rosewood, received anti rabies injections after the incident. A car dog also bit a cat during the same outbreak.
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City
Bites
Austin
Eleanor Ramirez
Rosewood
Midway
Small Craft Warnings Extended On Gulf Coast
The US Weather Bureau in New Orleans continued small craft warnings for the Texas and western Louisiana coasts on Monday, marking the fourth day of caution for Gulf sailors.
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New Orleans
US Weather Bureau
Texas
Louisana
March of Dimes Nearing County Goal Despite Shortfall
The March of Dimes committee reported total collections of 46 100 with about 500 boxes still to count after Monday night. Officials expected to miss the 50 000 Travis County quota by around 1 500 but Walter Bremond Jr. would take contributions at Capital National Bank during the week.
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March of Dimes Committee
Dimes
Travis County
Walter Bremond Jr
March of Dimes
Capital National Bank
Thornberry Urges Government-Funded Freedom Train Tour
Congressman Homer Thornberry spoke in the House urging a two year government funded tour of the Freedom Train to small towns and villages. The bill, approved unanimously by the post office and civil service committee, would shift costs from the American Heritage Association to the government. Thornberry hopes the train visits many towns in the 10th District.
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Spl
Homer Thornberry
House of Representatives
Thornberry
House
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Austin Man
Senate
American Heritage Association
10Th
Anglo Argentine Meat Talk Opens Tuesday In Buenos Aires
British sources say a new British Argentine trade agreement talks are set to open Tuesday in Buenos Aires. The move would replace the current Andes Meat Pact and shape postwar meat trade terms between the two nations.
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Buenos Aires
Greek Freighter Areti Sinks Off Hydra With One Survivor
The 500 ton Greek freighter Areti carrying 20 aboard sank Monday near Hydra at the entrance to the Gulf of Athens. All hands were lost except one survivor. The sinking is believed caused by a wartime mine.
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Areti
Hydra
Gulf of Athens
Meyers' Appeal Denied by Court
The Supreme Court rejected former Major General Bennett E. Meyers appeal of his conviction for inducing perjury. Meyers, an ex Army Air Force purchasing officer, is jailed in D.C. after serving 11 months of a 20 month to five year sentence. The decision clears the way for new federal state disputes over submerged coastal lands.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Bennett E. Meyers
Meyers
Army Air Force
District of Columbia
High Court
Gillespie Gun Fray Ends Fatally
A dance hall near Fredericksburg turns deadly after a Sunday night altercation leaves Ernesto Marquezho dead from a stomach wound. Sheriff Loth reports 19 year old Saragosa Luna wounded in the leg as six people are held for investigation.
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Fredericksburg
Here
Ernesto Marquezho
Bob Loth
Marquezho
Saragosa Luna
Singer snubs Axis Sally at treason trial witness report
A Dutch singer refused Mildred Gillars Axis Sally’s request to speak for a Nazi wartime radio recording at her treason trial, the witness said. The testimony places a public spotlight on wartime propaganda efforts and the trial’s details.
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Washington
Mildred
Axis Sally) Gillars
Evert T. Wijngaard
Hilversum
Holland
Oregon Papers Reopen After AFL Strike End
The Oregonian and the Oregon Journal in Portland resumed publication Monday after AFL web pressmen ended a strike. The papers had been strike bound since Friday morning and about 1900 workers were laid off Saturday night.
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Portland
Ore
Oregonian
The
Oregon Journal
AFL
Texas Finance Panel approves prison rebuild and worker pay rise
The Senate finance committee approved a four million dollar fund to rebuild the Texas Prison System and emergency cost of living pay raises for state employees. The measure backs five to twenty percent raises, costing about one million for the remainder of the fiscal year, with extensive prison rehabilitation funded separately.
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Senate
Texas
House
Finance Committee
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