Truman power shown in House test and party shift
The article outlines a House showdown where Sabath led a plan to curb the rules committee, backed by Truman forces with 49 Republicans. It notes potential repeal steps for Taft Hartley and hints at a GOP split from tradition. In the Senate, Taft's leadership remains, while Rayburn is elected Speaker in a party-line vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Rep. Sabath
House
Rules Committee
Sabath
Dixie
Rep
Rankin
D-Miss
Capitol Hill
House Rules Committee
Senate
Taft
Lodge
Wherry
Nebraska
Ator Knowland
California
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Joseph Martin
R-Mass
Rayburn
Martin
Henry Clay
Kenoe
Dallasite Killed Near Rockdale
At 14 miles south of Rockdale an automobile crash late Monday killed Mrs. Drew Chancey of Dallas and left her husband, 44, in serious condition at a Cameron hospital. State Patrolman Jack Gaines said Chancey, recovered enough to speak, recalled his wife was driving. no reason for the overturn was given as they were en route to Brownsville for a belated Christmas fishing trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Here
Drew Chancey
Mocking Bird Lane
Dallas
Cameron
Chancey
Jack Gaines
Brownsville
Thornberry Sworn In From Texas Tenth District
Rep. Thornberry is sworn in from Texas 10th District and will stay in Austin through January. He rises early to plan duties, votes to curb House rules powers, and awaits committee assignment by the Democratic committee on committees. Thorneberry's predecessors served on armed services and appropriations panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rep
Thornberry
Austin
Truman
Johnson
Benton Coopwood
Congress
House Rules Committee
Democratic Committee On Committees
Ways and Means
Representative Combs of
Beamount
Texas
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Rayburn
10Th
Senator Johnson
Quiet congressional opening contrasts with prior rowdy session
The 1933 Congress opened calmly with Democrats in control while recalling the 1931 tumult over Bilbo and Southern filibuster threats. Senators Bilbo and Overton are noted as deceased since, and Senator Barkley becomes presiding vice president while Vandenberg praises him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Edson
Washington
Congress
Senate
Bilbo
Overton
D-La
Setate
Umstead
D-Nc
House
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senator Barkley
D-Ky
Barkley
Toward Better Telephone Service in the Postwar Era
The 1949 outlook stresses expanding service to 185000 unconnected customers despite 1948 high costs. Long Distance added 200000 miles of circuits and 1000 new voice channels, but 151 million dollars more is needed this year for postwar plant. Earnings must look reasonable to attract new investment.
Obituary notices from Austin area funeral services
Funeral notices list multiple obituaries and bereavement details for Alma Eugenia Thompson Harlan Burke Dyess J C Smothers Mary H Lewis J M Jim Love Robert E Hines H M McDaniel William LaVelle Piggott Roy H Bland William Franklin Rowe George R Bible James R Rollins. Survivors and burial sites include Memorial Park May Cemetery and local churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma E. Thompson
Alma Eugenia Thompson
Cook Funeral Home
J. T. Kind
O. G. Barrow
Memorial Park
Harlan Burke Dyess
Austin
Dyess
B. B. Dyess
Neva Jasperson
Edinburg
Noble
Stewart Dyess
Nacogdoches
Carlyle Marney
First Baptist Church
Floyd Smith
D. G. Counts
Curtis Holland
Dave Burgess
Deen Dyess
Louis Steinbach
H. M. McDaniel
Austin State School
First Methodist Church
McDaniel
Stephenville
May Cemetery
William L. Piggott
Marble Falls
William LaVelle Piggott
Houston
M. B. Piggott Sr
John Reed Piggott
Preston Manley
William F. Rowe Lockhart
Sps
William Franklin Rowe
Dale
Field Funeral
Smith
San Antonio
George Rowe
Alice
Pearce Rowe
Fort Worth
Charles Rowe
Flora
Ed Nix
Lytton Springs
S. D. Ratliff
Victoria
William Baker
McMahon
Lula Matthews
G. P. Ewing
Tom Rowe
James R. Rollins
Liberty Hill
James Robert Rollins
Church of Christ
J. D. Pinkerton
Georgetown
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
D. Rollins
Doyle
Grady Joe
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Austin American
Austin, Texas
Sweet Ee Men
Sam
Democratic Party
Sen
Morse
R-Ore
Javits
R-Ny
Committee On un-American Activities
Tonio
Rl-Ny
Marcantonio
un-American Activities Committee
Ing
Ed Gossett
Wichita Falls
Wingate Lucas
W. R B. Poage
Waco
Ken Regan
el Paso
Tom Pickett
Palestine
GOP
Gage and Finch, Inc
W. 6Th St
Southwest
J. C. Smothers
Hylton
Kerby Lane
Offici
Jean Smothers
W. A. Carter
Billie Mayfield
Orange
Paul C. Smothers
Mary H. Lewis
Bexar County
Leonard Lewis
Warren Lewis
Terrell Lewis
Jim Disney
Okla
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Misses Jackson
Jennings
Mears
Taylor
Roberts
Mather
C. N. Walston
E. G. Walston
Floyd Taylor
Buford Homeyer
Grady Rollins
W. L. Medcalf
J. M
Jim) Love
Amarillo
Love
R. M. Love
Robert Hines
Robert E. Hines
Hines
Bell McFarland Hines
Tim Reager
Roy H. Bland Taylor
Roy H. Bland
Williamson County
Condra
Stuart Currie
Taylor City Cemetery
George R. Bible Lockhart
George R. Bible
McCurdy
E. L. Clark
American Legion
Martindale
Bible
Marine Corps
Guam
G. R. Bible
Lockhart
Dale Siemering
Maxwell
Ina Williams
Mor Petre
Es Iee
Colorado
T.H. Davis
Frank Linden
W. S. Birdwell
Martin Blomwuist
Austin’s
Thurlow B. Weed
Jack Corley
Levaca
Eldon Powell
Florist
Lavaca
Wilke
Smpathetic Service
Burns
Over-Weaving Co. of
West
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