State Hospital Board Moves Fast To Implement Program
The State Board for Hospitals and Special Schools says it will meet in Austin on March 13 to set construction priorities and relieve overcrowding in mental institutions. Steps include moving 60 senile wards to the Vernon unit and expanding tubercular care with a doubled Tyler capacity and 200 patients moved to Mission’s Weaver H. Baker Memorial Sanatorium. Dr. Dailey will direct lung surgery for advanced tubercular cases amid nurse training and staff expansion.
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Raymond Brooks
Capitol
State Board For Hospitals and Special Schools
Austin
Moyne Kelly
Vernon
Tyler
Weaver H. Baker
Mission
James E. Dailey
Houston
Texas
Mary E. Corcoram
United States Public Health Service
Kelly
Youth Development Council
Beauford Jester
Red 'Spanks' Self Publicly As Bad Boy
Hong Kong reports Li Shih-Chung head of the Communist tax bureau in Canton publicly apologizing for errors in tax collection and for personal faults. He admitted subjectiveness lack of humility overtaxing factories in 1949 and extreme individualism. The Canton South China Daily note raises questions if punishment followed.
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Hong Kong
Communist Tax Bureau
Canto
Canton South China Daily
Li Shih- Chung
Communist Party
Red China
Nisei Urged To Fill Hawaii Court Seat
Washington dispatch reports the Japanese American Citizens League urged appointing a Nisei to a vacancy on the federal court bench in Hawaii. The request emphasizes representation and ties to the local community in handling territorial justice matters.
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Hawaii
Washington
Ex-Red Chief Testifies for US in Bridges Perjury Trial
Mervyn Rathborne a former top Communist and Bridges ally testified for the government in the perjury trial of Australian born Harry Bridges. Rathborne admitted Communist membership and described using an assumed name James Jennings to work in unions.
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Bridges
San Francisco
INS
Harry Bridges
Mervyn Rathborne
CIO International Longshoremen’s and
State Cio Council
Donohue
Rathborne
Communist Party
James Jennings
Elmer Hanoff
A Dog's Life May Not Be So Tough After All
Chicago reports Beannie a Boston bull terrier owned by Miss Lillian Elke of Blood Beannie wears a mink coat while strolling the Gold Coast. Miss Elke runs Mamzelle Lilliane's and believes in canine style trends.
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Chicago
Beannie
Lillian Elke
Gold Coast
Harper’s Erratic 1948 PGA Round Stuns Golf
Chandler Harper delivered an unusually volatile scorecard at the 1948 PGA Championship with a 41 on the front nine, a 29 back nine, and a final 70, marking one of golf history’s most irregular rounds.
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Chandler Harper
CIO Leader Defends Union Pension Push Before Senate
Emil Rieve president of the Textile Workers Union and CIO Social Security Committee chair says union pension plans threaten no social security. He urges universal, adequate pensions and criticizes flat benefits as inadequate and costly. He argues expansion can be funded fairly and without undermining the social security system.
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Washington
CIO
Emil Rieve
Textile Workers Union
CIO Social Security Committee
Rieve
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
US Air Transport Leadership Hinges on Jet Program
DeWitt C. Ramsey, president of the Aircraft Industries Association, warns Congress that U S leadership in air transport could be lost if federal funds are not used to start a jet airliner program. He cites Britain’s lead and urges government support and military jet knowledge sharing to accelerate production.
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Washington
DeWitt C. Ramsey
Aircraft Industries Association
Bace
House Commerce
Ramsey
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