Texas school bill advances after 11 hour filibuster
After an 11 hour Senate filibuster, Texas moves the school bill to third reading. Opponents hailed the delay as awakening public opposition to the central control plan, while supporters claimed victory for fending off amendments and advancing the measure.
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Associated Press
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Texas
Gilmer-Aikin
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
Hidalgo County
Fred Harris
Dallas
Harris
State Board of Education
Kilmer B. Corbin
Lamesa
Kelley
Jim Taylor
Kerens
Plea for Veterans Pension Bill Faces House Row
The House veterans committee approved a multi billion dollar pension bill amid a walkout by six Democratic committeemen. It would grant 90 dollar monthly pensions at 65 for 18.8 million World War I and II veterans and 120 dollars for disabled veterans with attendants. Rankin pushed for floor action despite White House opposition and disputes over rulings. Representatives Chudoff Rodino Huber Mack Patten and Donahue left, criticizing the chairman’s rulings as dictatorial.
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Rodino
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Ohio
Mack
Ill
Patten
Ariz
Donahue
Mass
Bergstrom Air Force Base master plan sent to Washington for approval
Bergstrom Air Force Base awaits master plan approval after completion in December. Colonel R. Baez Jr. told Austin Chamber of Commerce that the 15-year expansion centers on runway based on wind, with phase one housing 104 families in two eight-unit buildings east of the main entrance. A new 10,000-foot runway may be built parallel to the existing one. Baez noted jet and rocket research delays runway design. quarters for enlisted are first, officers second. He also touched on future zoning along Bastrop and Lockhart highways and urged support for a higher bond limit for the Lower Colorado River Authority to fund four additional dams.
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Austin American
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Air Force
Washington
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Military Affairs Committee
Austin Chamber of Commerce
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Bastrop Highway
Kearney
Neb
Colorado River
Expert Warns Living Costs To Rise Again
Washington reports the administration sent Congress an economic controls bill to speed industrial expansion and tackle inflation. It would grant price and wage ceilings, mandatory priority for scarce goods, loans to expand production, and possibly government production of essential products as a last resort. Speaker Rayburn warned of a possible tax boost to avert a federal deficit amid Truman’s broader economic program.
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Legislature Considers Pay Increase By Constitutional Amendment
The attorney general ruled that lawmakers cannot raise pay via a $10 daily expense allowance during the regular session. The opinion was sought as a House resolution proposed paying representatives ten dollars a day for contingent expenses. It stated such an increase requires a constitutional amendment, not a statutory allowance.
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Tuesay
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Representatives
Ocie Speer
House Refuses Reds Testimony on Antilynching Bill
A Texas House committee refused to hear testimony from a state Communist Party member supporting the anti lynching bill while praising a Negro college professor for his constructive remarks. The measure was sent to a three man subcommittee for further study at the author Representative S J Isaacks request. Wendell Addington claimed party membership and urged both state and federal action. W A Kirk of Tillotson College urged a law against lynching as social control.
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State Communist Party
S. J. Isaacks
el Paso
Wendell Addington
Austin
State
Communist Party
W. A. Kirk
Marshall
Tillotson College
Kirk
San Antonio
Addington
Cecil Storey
Longview
Joe Shannon
Fort Worth
Williams
Russia
Storey
House Debates Senate Plan for State Employee Pay Rise
The House moves to oppose the Senate salary hike for state officials. Senate would cut the $2,225,000 raise to half and reduce grants from 20 percent. House subcommittee hearings show mixed views but favor spreading the 20 percent across more employees. Speaker Manford closely watches the subcommittee as McLellan leads the talks with Kirkpatrick assisting.
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Austin American Capitol
House
Senate
Patent Finance Committee
First House
Appropriations Committee
Ing
C. S. McLellan
Eagle Lake
Ray Kirkpatrick
Trenton
Durwood Manford
McLellan
Vernon McDaniel
Wichita Falls
H. G. Perry
Stephenville
William A. Miller Jr
Houston
Albert M. Jones
Valley Mills
Texas Hero Audie Murphy Addresses Legislature Amid Debate
Audie Murphy, WWII's most decorated soldier, spoke to a near capacity Legislature as Sen. James E. Taylor's Gilmer-Aikin plan faced scrutiny. Murphy urged attention to youth issues and announced proceeds from his film Bad Boy will aid Copperas Cove Boy's Ranch with extra profits supporting improvements.
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Gilmer-Aikin Committee
Senate
Audie Murphy
James E. Taylor
Kerens
House
Murphy
Copperas Cove
Texas
Variety Clubs International
Governor seeks $10 million annual rural road fund
Governor Beauford Jester urged the Legislature to approve a supplemental rural road fund of ten million dollars per year. He proposed either a one time twenty million dollar general revenue transfer or a ten million dollar yearly allotment from the omnibus clearance fund to cover farm to market roads and school bus routes within about twelve years. Representative Dolph Briscoe filed a bill to create a farm to market fund with fifteen million dollars annually through ongoing appropriations, awaiting House hearing.
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Beauford H. Jester
General Revenue Fund
Omnibus Clearance Fund
Highway Department
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
House Committee On Highways and Roads
Huge US Airlift Plane Crashes Over German Sky
Berlin reports a US Air Force Skymaster crashed ten miles north of Celle in the British zone during the Berlin airlift. The four engine craft burst into flames and the crew status was not immediately known. Investigators were dispatched to the scene as the Arden airlift had already claimed many lives.
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Berlin
Celle
Germany
Pope to Speak on Cardinal Mindszenty Trial
Vatican City Feb 15 Pope Pius XII plans a major pronouncement Sunday on Cardinal Mindszenty's trial. He will address a Catholic Action rally in St Peter's Square broadcast by Vatican radio. Organizers expect about 400000 attendees, a mass demonstration likely to rival the Easter rally.
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Josef Cardinal Mudszenty
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Budapest
Josef Revai
Holy See
Gratitude Train To Roll Into Austin For Display
The Gratitude Train will arrive in Austin at 6 a.m. with Lions Club and Forty and Eight welcoming. Rev. Charles Sumners says French officials could not attend. Most articles will go to the University of Texas museum after uncrating and cataloging while some items are sent to contributing organizations such as North Side High School in Dallas.
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Charles Sumners
Fort Worth
Capitol City
France
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Lion’s Club
Texas
Austin
University of Texas Museum
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Dallas
Union
Connally Signals Change on North Atlantic Pact
Sen. Connally says the United States should not auto commit to war but favors language allowing measures in collective self defense. He argues Congress alone holds war powers and cites Article 1, Section 8, while noting consultation is permissible. Acheson to brief committee amid ongoing debates.
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Connally
D-Tex
United States
North Atlantic
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Russia
State Department
Congress
United Nations
Acheson
Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Car sale ends with theft after bank withdrawal
Mrs. Norma Henley bought a car from Paul Rusher on Tuesday but did not drive it home. They went to the bank to withdraw $600, signed the papers, and stepped outside, where a thief stole the car.
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Burbank
Calif
Norma Henley
Paul Rusher
Britain Raises Defense Budget to 10 Percent Gain
Britain on February 15 unveiled a white paper proposing a defense budget increase of about 10 percent to 3.039 billion dollars for the next fiscal year. The rise funds higher pay and modernization, including jet aircraft for the Royal Air Force and upgraded tanks radar and radio for the army. The government stressed readiness to fight with contemporary weapons.
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London
Britain
Royal Air Force
Scout Finance Drive Gains Early Contributions in Austin
Campaign for the 1949 Boy Scout finance drive rolled ahead with Tuesday morning contributions. Mrs. G. R. Felter of 1411 West 54th Street was the first Austin donor, sending a check to Capitol Area Council headquarters. Campaign Chairman Jack Adams announced preliminary results should be completed Wednesday night.
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G. R. Felter
West 54Th Street
Austin
Felter
Capitol Area Council
Jack Adams
Tuesay
Sun Fu Offers Resign and Roof for Congressmen
Premier Sun Fu proposed to resign after splitting with acting President Li Tsung Jen over peace with the Communists. In Washington Ambassador Wellington Koo said the Nationalist Government would not seek peace without freedom. House appropriations panel moved to spend 2,274,500 dollars to remodel the House chamber, add a roof, and buy new chairs. Storms hit Northern Montana and surrounding states with subzero temperatures and strong winds while Philadelphia faced complete transit strikes. Texas crude output fell as March allowables drop by 200,083 barrels. Axis Sally identified as Mildred Gillars by sources. Nationalist police scrubbed in Peiping seek about 1,400 men. Mitchum slated for transfer to the honor farm, though he prefers jail. Russians in the Soviet Zone reported moving troops with Western maneuvers continuing.
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Sun Fu
Li Tsung-Jen
China
Washington
Wellington Koo
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