Truman's Bold New Program Laid Before the UN
President Truman outlined a bold new program to fund development in backward areas through international action. He stressed private capital as the main source, with technical assistance from 25 to 30 US agencies and about 25 million dollars yearly. Throp proposed to enlarge UN technical work and find broad financial backing with no single country bearing most costs, inviting broad cooperation across economic systems.
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Truman
United Nations
United States
Throp
Council
Economic Cooperation Administration
Trygve Lie
Thorp
Russia blocks atomic control plan at UN debate
Federick H. Osborn said Russia will not join serious negotiations on atomic control after Jakob Malik proposed twin conventions for banning bombs and world oversight. Malik’s plan was defeated in the General Assembly and Security Council, and Western delegates urged staged control rather than automatic, universal measures.
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Lake Success
Federick H. Osborn
United States Atomic Energy
Russia
United Nations Assembly
Jakob A. Malik
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
General Assembly
Security Council
Malik
Osborn
Atomic Energy Commission
Canada
Good Shepherd Men's Club To Elect Officers
The Good Shepherd Men's Club will hold a special meeting on Wednesday March 2 at 8 p m in the Parish House of the Church of the Good Shepherd Officers will be elected All men of the parish and their friends are urged to attend.
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Good Shepherd Men's Club
Church of the Good Shepherd
Houston Bus Noses Up But None Injured
A Houston Transit Company bus slid on wet pavement and ended on its nose early Friday. All 40 passengers escaped through windows and boarded another bus to finish their trip.
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Houston
Houston Transit Company
Repeal of 1 H Hits New Snag In Committee
In Washington on February 25 Democrats fast tracking the Taft Hartley repeal hit delays as Senator Elbert Thomas asked the Senate labor committee to postpone further action for one week to print the hearing record. Senator Morse predicted no majority for the administration bill or for keeping Taft Hartley, favoring a middle course. The Thomas bill, U S endorsed by most unions and opposed by business groups, would restore the Wagner Act with additions.
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Utah
Senate Labor Committee
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Rore
Senate
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Nation Science Foundation
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Freezing Weather Eases Missouri Basin Flood Threat
Freezing temperatures across the Missouri River Basin reduced flood risk from snowmelt as many bank full streams receded and backwater drained in Iowa Nebraska and Missouri. Warmer weekend melt could revive flooding in Montana Wyoming and South Dakota with ice jams near Omaha and Atchison. In California Redonda Beach faces 40 foot waves raising damage estimates to 200000 as homes wrecked and residents flee.
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School Teacher To Lose Coat
Beverly Hills Feb. 25 A pretty ex Toronto teacher Betty Ritchie sat in justice court as a socialite claimed a fur coat stolen last Oct. 9 belongs to her. Ritchie is charged with receiving stolen property tied to a $3,000 mink coat owned by Genevieve E. Phillips. Insurance suit names Ritchie with Gerard Dennis in a recovery action totaling over $60,000. Plaintiffs include Tommy Warner Jr. and Milton Baranik claiming thefts exceeding $40,000 and over $22,000 respectively.
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Toronto
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Bel-Air
Phillips
Tommy Warner Jr
Milton Baranik
Austin Rider Fractured Leg in West Mary Crash
Robert Jenkins age 19 of 2005 South Fifth Street suffered a fractured left leg in a head on collision with a westbound sedan at West Mary Street and South First Street. The sedan driver was Roy A. Smith 52 of 1011 West Milton. Jenkins remained at Brackenridge Hospital Friday night in stable condition.
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West Mary
South First Street
Jenkins
Roy A. Smith
West Milton
Brackenridge Hospital
Mrs. Perry Hurt After Sudden Wind Gust
Mrs. E. H. Perry of the Driskill Hotel was blown down by a gusty wind as her umbrella turned inside out. She remained under observation at Brackenridge Hospital with general bruises to her back and arm after the injury Friday afternoon.
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E. H. Perry
Driskill Hotel
Paine Inventor Sought Support for Iron Bridge in 1787
Pamphleteer Thomas Paine, noted for writings, also pursued interest in both Britain and France for an iron bridge he invented in 1787.
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Thomas Paine
Car Passenger Fatally Hurt in Centex Collision
LA GRANGE Feb 18 Spl John H Schmidt 47 died en route to a hospital after injuries from a truck crash four miles west of Fayetteville. The truck struck a tree in heavy rain about 4:30 p m. Driver Hilbert Wunderlich suffered serious head and internal injuries and was in critical condition.
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LA Grange
John H. Schmidt
Fayetteville
Hilbert Wunderlich
Liquor Ads Curb Bill Faces House Subcommittee
A Dallas representative spoke as an 80 page bill by the Texas liquor control board to ban price advertising for alcoholic drinks was sent to a subcommittee for study. The measure aims to strengthen liquor laws and restrict advertising with a price ban seen as neutral by sponsors.
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Sam Hanna
Dallas
Liquor Regulation Committee
Wednesay
Texas Liquor Control Board
James A. Stanford
Austin
Texas Package Stores Association
Stanford
Liquor Board
Hanna
Stop Stalling Judge Orders Reds Trial Set
Federal Judge Harold R. Medina set March 7 as the start of actual prosecution for 11 indicted U S Communist leaders. The defense accuses jury selection of discrimination and will halt presenting its case unless fairness is shown. The defendants are charged with conspiring to advocate overthrow of the U S government.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
Medina
One Cent Car Sale Draws Interest in Toledo
Used car dealer Nick Rapton staged a one cent sale Friday that drew interest but no completed sales. He displayed 12 cars, six at market price and six at one cent more with the first six. A $5 deposit was placed on a 1941 Chevrolet sedan, the buyer agreeing to pay a penny more for a 1935 Plymouth. Rapton hoped for evening interest as housewives promised to return with husbands.
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Toledo
Nick Rapton
Zinc Discovery by 16th Century German Alchemist
In the 16th century the German alchemist Georgius Agricola accidentally discovered zinc while treating ores for lead and copper. This serendipitous finding occurred during early experimental work in metallurgy and mineral processing.
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Georgius Agricola
Belshazzar Feast Referenced in Dinner Politics Debate
A Washington Senate debate centers on the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner with GOP senators likening the $100 plate banquet to Belshazzar's feast. Pepper recalls scripture while Brewster notes wealthy guests and the absence of common people amid lines about special interests and Democratic tenure.
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Brewster
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Florida
Belshazzar
Baldwin
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Babylon
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United States
Newport
French arrest of Communist editor shocks Paris
Paris reports Interior Ministry detained Jacques Friedland editor of Regards on charges tied to defense documents. Government moves also target the Communist Party Polit bureau amid calls to strip immunity from Marcel Cachin and Maurice Thorez as crackdowns follow miners strike and antiwar pronouncements.
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Etienne Fajon
Cominform
Communist Information Bureau
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Ainsworth Near Victory in Long Battle for Guard Generalcy
Washington February 25. After more than two years Miller Ainsworth of Luling appears poised to become a National Guard brigadier general as President Truman sends Senate nominations for Ainsworth Naylor of Fort Worth and Phinney of Dallas. The trio has long been at the center of Texas Guard promotion fights dating to 1946. Naylor and Ainsworth would receive rank dates in 1948 with Phinney following later.
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Dallas
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Italy
Texas
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House Armed Services Committee
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Mrs Cantrell Backed For Office in TFWC
Lometa Study and Civic Club endorses Mrs Cantrell president of Sixth District Texas Federation of Women's Clubs for secretary of the Texas federation. Candidacy awaits Sixth District convention in Ranger on March 31 to April 2. Cantrell has long been active in state and district clubs work.
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Obituary notices and funeral notices from Cameron area
Funeral services were held for Hugo Johnson at Wilke Funeral Home with Rev. O F Dingler and Rev. J F Karling assisting. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Ser geant E J Whisenant buried at Masonic Cemetery after services at Cook Funeral Home. Sarah Dees died in a local hospital. she is survived by her parents and siblings. Pauline Althaus, 79, died in Austin. five daughters and one granddaughter survive. Henry L Chovanec to be buried in Fayetteville with La Grange color guards present. former UT basketball star and Moulton teacher. Collier R Wyatt Funeral in Lampasas. WWI veteran buried in Beaumont. Ordray McAlester reburied in Lampasas with military honors. survived by mother and siblings. Walter E Baker Jr to be brought to Burnet for funeral. awarded Purple Heart and campaign ribbons. L D Fox Funeral set in Taylor. survived by four daughters, four sons, and four sisters.
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J. F. Karling
Boone Dowdy
David Ceder
Harbin Lock
R. E. Harch
Carl Quick
E. E. White
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Raymond Dees
Cameron
Frank Fatheree
Austin
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Cook Funeral Home
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Llano
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Lockhart
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Hedwig Althaus
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Mertha Kay Otto
Frank L. Matustik
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Fayetteville
Chovanec
University of Texas
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Fayettevile
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Collie R. Wyatt Lampasas
Collier R. Wyatt
New Orleans
Larmfipasas High School
France
132Nd Field Artillery
T. A. Patterson
Beaumont
Ordray M. McAlester
Walter E. Baker JR
Burnet
Edgar Funeral Home
Pvt. Baker
Marines
Burnet High
Walter Baker
Vonda Joe Brannon
Jarrell Lee Brannon
Maxine Everett
L. D. Fox Taylor
L. D. Fox
Taylor Hospital
Condra
W. V. Snider
First Baptist Church of
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