Labour Leads But Conservatives Narrow the Gap in Britain
Early results show Labour holding a slim popular lead over the Conservatives with 6.05 million to 5.42 million, while Liberal and Communist shares trail. Bevin and Cripps secured reelection. Churchill’s son Randolph Churchill defeated. voting heavy with a potential record turnout.
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Attlee
Stafford Cripps
Hartley Shawcross
Cripps
Ronald E. Sims
Bristol East
Randolph Churchill
Ernest Bevin
J. B. Campbell
Labor
Britain
Les
Conservative Party
Aneurin Bevan
Churchill
Monmouthshire
Wales
Morgan Phillips
Labor Party
Churchill Votes After a Minute and a Half of Deliberation
Winston Churchill spent about 90 seconds marking his ballot in the general election as Attlee voted at Downing Street and toured his district. Workmen displayed a humor banner at Conservative HQ while security kept order and crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square.
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Churchill
Labor
London
Winston Churchill
Stow
Attlee
Abbey House
Europe
Britain
Trafalgar Square
Piccadilly Circus
Eros
Man Killed in Knox City Pistol Duel Feud Settles
Knox City February 23 Two men Guy Milford cafe owner 65 and Lee Wampler faced off in an alley and exchanged six shots Milford died from six wounds including two to the face and two in the stomach Wampler was wounded in the hip and later lodged on $5 000 bond charged with murder
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Knox City
George Hardberger
Guy Milford
Lee Wampler
Hardberger
Ilford
Wampler
Milford
Civic group urges UT to buy land for hospital relocation
The Austin Chamber of Commerce panel urged the University of Texas to acquire the Austin State Hospital land to support expansion, as part of a 50 point program for 1950. The meeting discussed a city auditorium, traffic, parking, and an improved city plan to accommodate growth and conventions.
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CC Civic Project
Austin State Hospital
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Austin
Chamber of Commerce
EF. G.ingsberg
Driskill
Noble W. Prentice
W. Luther Thompson
W. R. Nabours
Kingsbery
John H. Payne
H. L. Gaskin
Arthur Fehr
C. A. Schutze
City Plan Commission
Dean J. Anderson Fitzgerald
Congress Avenue Bridge
F. W. Posey
West Fifth and
Guadalupe
Dan Craddock
University
Byron E. Short
O. Parke Houston
W. L. Heierman
Lamar Boulevard
Missouri Pacific
Dennis Macken
CC. A. Schutze
Macken
Nationwide Ice Storm Paralyzes Cities and Kills Ten
Sleet and freezing rain turned streets into skating rinks nationwide. Ten people died in the northeast and across the country while 43 perished in highway accidents fires exposure and exhaustion. Transportation halted by foot car subway and air with major disruptions at LaGuardia and Newark airports. Snow depths reached 16 to 17 inches in New York area and Midwest temperatures plunged.
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New York
Garden City
N. Y
Richard Batapka
Gertrude Sawaya
Jamaica
Third Avenue el
LaGuardia Field
Airlines
Newark Airport
Syracuse
Albany
Canada
Orangeville
Ont
Orono
Chicago
Midwest
Texas House Seeks Priority for Budget Bills in Next Session
The Texas House approved a concurrent resolution by Rep Jack Ridgeway to give state budget appropriation bills priority over single shot appropriations in future sessions. If Senate adopts, the measure would be advisory to the 52nd Legislature and would require general supply bills to be reported within 45 days.
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Texas House
Jack Ridgeway
Senate
Ridgeway
World Peace or Death Voice of America urged by Norman Thomas
Norman Thomas urged students in Hogg Auditorium to build the Voice of America to spread facts about Communism and push for disarmament under international control. He argued Communism is retreating in the US but warned against outlawing the party and emphasized democratic loyalty and freedom.
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Voice of America
Ussr
Norman Thomas
America
Hogg Auditorium
University of Texas
Stalin
Thomas
United States
Communist Party
Lenin
Trotsky
Karl Marx
Marx
Hitler
Texas
Russia
Barry Baruch
Paperweight Championship Claim by Palmer Domenico
Apprentice rider Palmer Domenico under contract to John A. Kinnard stable holds the paper weight wrestling championship of Chicago.
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Palmer Domenico
John A. Kinnard
Chicago
Gillespie County Appoints Election Judges
Gillespie County Commissioners Court named 23 precinct election judges led by presiding judges in each precinct. Appointments list judges for Peters Hall Honey Creek Luckenbach Cave Creek Doss Harper Meusebach Creek Cherry Springs Nebgen Cherry Mountain Knopp School Pedernales Albert Klein Branch Gus Weinheimer Palace Theater Rocky Hill Courthouse and Evening Motor Sales with multiple associates per precinct.
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Fredericksburg
ANS
Gillespie County Commissioners Court
Felix Scherer
Peters Hall
Lawrence Knopp
Charles Dolezal
Kermit C. Striegler
Paul Weber
Honey Creek
Harry Jordan
Albert Hartmann
Luckenbach
Benno B. Luckenbach
Walter Hopf
Reinhard Frantzen
Armin
Henry Jost
Clemens Meyer
Knopp
Max Wittig
Arthur Dietrich
Pedernales
W. J. Berg
Charles J. Weber
Victor Pressler
Otto W. Henke
Albert
Herman Eckhardt
Albert Helmers
Klein Branch
W. H. Stevens
Felix Maurer
Gus Weinheimer
Elgin Mund
Palace Theater
A. D. Stahl
Werner Klier
A. H. Voelkel
Max T. Henke
Rocky Hill
Henry Mogford
Edwin Rusenberger
Hilmer Weinheimer
Evan J. Striegler
Elton Jordan
Alvin Stehling
Eric Nagel
Henry L. Coer
Evening Motor Sales
Adolph W. Hopf
Hugo Mueller
Edgar Stroeher
Richard Ransleben
Jersey show honors crown Buda bull and cow at San Antonio expo
Dranconis Token Design a four year old Jersey bull owned by Herman Heep and Vans Reese of Buda was named grand champion at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition Jersey show. Heep and Reese also claimed grand championship for Jersey females with Sparkling Dandy Gloria a five year old cow. The results span multiple classes with many owners listed from San Antonio Denison Jasper Beaumont and other Texas towns.
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San Antonio
Dranconis
Herman F. Heep
Vans Reese
Buda
San Antonio Livestock Exposition
Heep
Gloria
Jersey
Reese
Knoller Bros
Sandia
Knolle
Rio Visita
Howard McCarley
Denison
Jim Maverick
Gabriel Newman
Floresville
McCarley
Roy Meagher
Beaumont
A. Tooks
Jasper Manton
Rio Vista
Maverick
James Blount
Sandra
Fred Frank
Alice
Fred Hornsby
Falfurrias
Roland Luensmann
Houston Must Pay Fee In Fertilizer Inspection
The Texas Attorney General ruled that Houston must pay inspection fees for commercial fertilizer. Price Daniel advised Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist that Houston sludge product Hou-Actinite registered with the state chemist requires the public agency to cover the prescribed inspection costs.
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Houston
Price Daniel
Gibb Gilchrist
Texas A. and
M. College
Gilbert
Water Code Committee to end hearings May 1
The Texas Water Code Committee will finish regional hearings by May 1 and then draft a report in Austin recommending legislation next year. Chairman Senator Rogers Kelley announced the progress report to the Legislature outlining serious water supply problems in many parts of the state.
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Texas Water Code Committee
Austin
Rogers Kelley
Weather Summary From Central Texas Area
The Weather Bureau reports cooler conditions this week with sunrise around 7:? and sunset near 6:30. The moon and rainfall figures are noted, including 24 hour rainfall and yearly totals. Temperatures range from near 28 to mid 70s with notable records in the Abilene Fort Worth and Galveston areas.
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Heder
Colorado River
Aeontopolis
Uchanan
Orphail
Abilene
Fort Worth
Galveston
Popes
San ‘Antonio
Paso
Maybe It’s Love Citizen of World Requests U S Citizenship
Garry Davis, once calling himself the No 1 citizen of the world without a passport, seeks to renew US citizenship from Strasbourg. He has proposed by mail to Audrey Peters and asks to immigrate for citizenship, with Paris embassy guidance splitting duties between consulate and embassy. Davis is viewed as a France resident by authorities after two years abroad.
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Strasbourg
France
Garry Davis
Davis
Hollywood
Audrey Peters
Meyer Davis
Philadelphia
Paris
United States
Ohio Boy Drowns In Sewage Manhole
Akron Ohio February 23 Terry Wayne Hoover six drowned Thursday in a sewage manhole after a four year old companion was rescued from the same water in Cuyahoga Falls where they lived. Timmy Pippitt fell in and was saved by his brother. Terry was the son of Mrs Lillian Hoover and Gerald Hoover now in Fort Worth.
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Akron
Ohio
Terry Wayne Hoover
Terry
Cuyahoga Falls
Timmy Pippitt
Terry Hoover
Lillian Hoover
Gerald Hoover
Fort Worth
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Tottenham
Emma Jane Strather
Kuntz- Sternenberg Lumber Co
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Gatesville
Ernest Best Jr
Travis County
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Gillespie
Wilson X-Ray and Surgical Company
Buda Rancher
Herbert Heimer
Roland Reese
Waco
Darrell Morris
Benne Luensmann
Robert Blount
Charles Baskett
Rex Raiford
Kerrville
Tommy Lauderdale
Gene Ledoux
Jack McCarley
Jimmy Tudhope
David Blount
Ivy Sparkling Standard
Masterman Golden Jolly
Estella Dream of
Masterman
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