03 Jan 1949
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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1949
Page
1
The 19 non Communist European nations ask the United States for 4.33 billion dollars in aid for the 12 months ending June 30, 1950, an announcement said on Sunday from Paris.
The OEEC in Paris finalized its 1949 50 aid outline for Marshall Plan nations. Delegates including Robert Marjolin and Sir Edmund Hall Patch will present the program to Washington, with a long term recovery plan through 1952. The aid total may still change beyond the reported $4.33 billion.
Cold winds from a front that brought heavy snow to Colorado Sunday headed for Texas and the Panhandle, forecast to drop temperatures to about 20 in the early hours. The OEEC report outlined ERP funding needs, export and import totals, and potential shifts from policy changes as aid for European recovery.
Berlin mayor Ernst Reuter urged Western Allies and Germans to wage a finish fight for victory in the cold war. He said Berliners could withstand the Soviet blockade and urged no compromise with Russian backed Communists while praising Western Germans and the Allied airlift. He looked for 1949 to end the blockade and strengthen democracy.
W. E. Thurman, 68, a pedestrian struck by a car on Christmas Eve, showed improvement Sunday at Brackenridge Hospital. He is treated for possible skull fracture, a fractured left leg, internal injuries, bruises, and abrasions. address listed as 404 West Sixth.
Ottawa reports the 1947 48 period shows a new high in gross cash value for Canada's principal agricultural crops per the government statistical review.
I. N. McCrary aged six former Fort Worth mayor died in a hospital on Saturday from a heart ailment. He served as mayor for five years and left office in 1949.
Flood refugees return to water damaged homes across six northeastern states as rivers recede. An estimated 4 million dollars in property losses and four deaths are reported while mains break and power outages leave many without gas electricity or protection. Health officials issue boil water advisories and flood zone nurses distribute guidance on disinfection and disease prevention.
In a tense backdrop the article notes U S GOPs plan to challenge President Truman in Congress while in China Chiang Kai Shek seeks firm control in North China. Rumors swirl of possible peace moves and covert negotiations amid civil war and shifting loyalties involving Li Chi Shen and Chang Lan.
Washington AP report notes House Republican leaders plan a Monday policy huddle to decide if they will join Southern Democrats in a first day showdown to test Truman Administration strength in the 81st Congress. The issue centers on trimming the House rules committee’s power to ease Truman’s legislative program outlined in the upcoming State of the Union.
President Truman is expected to urge Congress to raise taxes tighten economic controls and push a peace time budget near 43 billion dollars in a three-part push. The plan includes a defense speed-up within the 15 billion limit a domestic New Deal expansion and possible social spending increase.
Unidentified warplanes hit Jerusalem on Sunday night injuring at least five people in the Holy City, marking the first air assault here in nearly six months. Tel Aviv warned of possible retaliation if Egypt is linked to the raids and noted Egyptian planes bombed southern Palestine. A second Sunday blast damaged property as residents sought shelter during alerts. In Haifa, the master of the British freighter Richard Borchard reported being fired on by two Egyptian warships at sea, saying a boarding party was repelled by a ruse while naval authorities ponder possible blockades.
Volney Reed aged 58 of 305 East 38th died in a Temple hospital Sunday from pneumonia after a yearlong heart ailment. Austin resident since 1935, Reed was a tax consultant with past banking roles in Holland Bell County and Bartlett. Funeral Monday at 3 p.m. Hewett Funeral Home Temple with Dr. Edmund Heinsohn of Austin officiating. Burial Holland Cemetery. Survived by wife Edna Reed of Austin, daughter Nick Flood of Waco, brothers Roger Q. Reed and William D. Reed, and four sisters.
Traffic and other violent accidents killed at least 247 people during the New Year weekend, with 175 in highway crashes and 72 in miscellaneous incidents. The toll surpassed the National Safety Council forecast of 170 deaths by midnight Sunday.
The Agriculture Department reports a record 49.452 billion dollars in regulated futures trading for the year ending June 30. The figure surpasses the total value of stocks and bonds traded on securities markets in the same period, with a peak in the fall.
In Long Beach on January 1 a four year old with the title Rev officiated the marriage of Alma Brown of Long Beach and Seaman Raymond Miller USN. The child's father Rev Vernon G Gortner said the ceremony was authentic, noting his son was ordained by Old Faith Inc Los Angeles.
James Boyd, director of the bureau of mines, is poised for confirmation by the Democratic 81st Congress as part of about 800 federal appointments the Senate will approve. The move ends a year of hold ups by Republicans who blocked confirmations hoping for GOP wins in November.
United States officials reported the death of an American military government civilian employee and a German girl found in a gas-filled apartment on Saturday in Berlin. Investigators withheld names pending relatives' notification.
The headquarters of General Markos Vasides's Greek guerrilla army said its democratic force inflicted heavy losses on government troops during 1948, in a report filed from Prague.
Uvalde reports six years with no traffic fatalities within city limits. The last death occurred on Christmas Eve in 1942, according to Police Chief Martin Davis.
Dr. H. M. McDaniel former superintendent of the State School Farm Colony in Austin died in Stephenville on Sunday at 7 p.m. He was 67, nearly 68, born in Brown County. Survived by his widow, a daughter Mrs. F. H. Moore, two sons Dr. Mac Field McDaniel and James C. McDaniel, and sister Mrs. Minnie Cook. He served as colony superintendent from 1944 to October 1948.
Former Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles was reported slightly improved at Casualty Hospital on Sunday. He is recovering from frostbite and exhaustion after a heart attack occurred during a Christmas Night stroll near his Oxon Hill Maryland estate. he was found near death from exposure the following morning.
Senator Tom Connally of Texas, the incoming chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, pledged priority for Western Europe recovery and military aid. He also said he would devote his leadership to strengthening bipartisan foreign policy, a course he helped start with retiring chairman Arthur H. Vandenberg.
Nyack New York January report notes Eleanor Manville Ford about 85 renowned artist and former concert pianist died Sunday at her Shadowcliff home in upper Nyack.
Dutch forces near complete control of Sumatra with major Republican hubs captured and Benkoelen targeted as the last key city. Java occupancy is advancing though no cease fire is declared. UN observers still barred from former Republican areas as East Indonesia's cabinet reshuffles and West Java form a new nonpartisan government.
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