Governor seeks emergency funds over tide lands defense
Governor Beauford Jester said he will request an emergency appropriation from the Legislature to defend Texas title to tide lands. He will consult the attorney general on the amount and payment. separate note: Comptroller George Sheppard placed next biennium revenue at 318 million dollars, a record. the governor called it a large sum but acceptable. The governor also discussed a $50,000 appeal by Daughters of the Republic of Texas to expand the Alamo museum in San Antonio.
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Beauford
Texas
Tidelands
Tom Clark
Supreme Court
George H. Sheppard
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Carpenters Union Votes Wage Slash in Missouri
In Springfield on January 7, the Carpenters Union voted a 20 percent hourly wage cut to ease the cost of private home building. The union aimed to persuade other unions to follow suit. if unsuccessful, carpenters would switch to open shop labor alongside non union workers.
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Springfield
Carpenters
Tom McFarland
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
AFL
Death takes famed Hollywood director Victor Fleming
Victor Fleming, 60, veteran director of Gone With the Wind and mentor to many film stars, died Thursday night in Cottonwood Arizona from a heart attack.
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Cottonwood, Ariz
Victor Fleming
Hollywood
Massive Mauna Loa Eruption Cracks Crater Flows Lava
A major Mauna Loa eruption cracks the crater and sends a 20 mile lava river toward west coast villages. Honaunau residents evacuate as a Stinson plane carrying three disappears in volcanic ash. Officials warn more eruptions may follow at Kilauea.
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Mauna Loa
Island of
Hawaii
Honaunau
Kona
Anthony Cambria
South Kona
Hookena
Kealia
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Stinson
James Redman
K-T Flying Service
Frank Lee
Lee and Chapson Industrial Equipment Company
PBY
Big Island
Kilauea
Thomas A. Jaggar
Jaggar
Communists push near Tientsin center amid talks for mediation
Reports say Communist troops advanced to two miles from central Tientsin with fighting on the Nankai University grounds. Red radio vows to liberate Tientsin Peiping Nanking and Shanghai, while China weighs foreign mediation involving the United States Russia and possibly Britain and France.
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China
Tientsin
Peiping
Shanghai
Red
Suchow
Nankai University
Tu Yu-Ming
North China
Yangtze River
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
Chiang Kai- Shek
Sun Fo
11 000 Volt Charge Burns Two Workers
Two workers severely burned when a cement conveyor boom touched an 11 000 volt cable on the Houston Ship Channel. L E Burke 39 of Houston and W W Morton 70 of Pasadena were at Clinton Dock vehicular tunnel project and admitted to Pasadena hospital.
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Houston
Houston Ship Channel
L. E. Burke
W. W. Morton
Pasadena
Clinton Dock
Britain Supports Acheson After Marshall Departure
Western European leaders express regret at George C. Marshalls retirement and pledge cooperation with Dean Acheson as secretary of state. Bevin calls him a friend of Britain and says ERP aims to complete the Marshall Plan.
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London
George C. Marshall
Dean Acheson
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
Acheson
Marshall
Europe
US State Department
W. Averell Harriman
ERP
Fred Vinson
Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
Italy
War on Rats Roars From Bexar County Courthouse
In San Antonio on Friday Bexar County Judge Charles W. Anderson declared a "war on rats" after a courthouse rat ate his lunch. The judge summoned the custodian to clean up the courthouse and vowed to make life miserable for the rodents in the building.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Charles W. Anderson
Marshall Resigns as Secretary of State in Health Defeat
President Truman announces General George C. Marshall, aged 68 and ill, will resign as Secretary of State effective January 20. Dean Acheson becomes secretary while Robert A. Lovett, James E. Webb, and others shift roles in a broader foreign policy reorganization.
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George C. Marshall
Dean Acheson
Marshall
James E. Webb
Lovett
Mr. Truman
Election Laws Panel Urges Recodification
Governor Beauford Jester's 14 member panel on election laws urged a full recodification within existing statute outlines. The group backed secret ballots and X box voting, moved primaries to April and May, extended the interval to six weeks, shortened absentee voting and required postage.
Erring Driver Admits Blind Pension Status
State Highway Patrolman Coley Platt arrested a motorist driving down the highway center. An eye chart test showed the largest E, and the driver admitted receiving a pension as a blind man.
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Coley Platt
Truman Sets Goal of Million More Jobs and Production Rise
President Truman unveiled an economic plan aiming for 1,000,000 additional jobs and expanded production as the nation adheres to his proposed chart for growth. The speech outlined the goals and implications for the economy and labor market.
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Truman
Washington
Truman Leaves Labor Law to Congress
President Truman says Congress must write a new labor law and whether proposals come in one package or several remains undecided. He seeks a $4 billion tax boost, selective price and wage powers, rent controls extended two years, and repeal of margarine taxes. He cites inflation danger and urges a vigorous anti inflation program with a two edged social program. Leaders promise quick action though some call for caution.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Airliner passengers report falling plane over Lake Michigan
Coast Guard investigates reports by American Airlines passengers that a twin engined plane fell into Lake Michigan. Crew aboard the American Airlines ship did not see a crash but relayed the account to Northbrook Coast Guard Station. The search area lies five miles north of Gary Indiana and ten miles east of Chicago.
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Chicago
American Airlines
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Northbrook
Gary
Ind
Odom Cancels Honolulu to New Jersey Flight Takeoff
Honolulu officials report Bill Odom cancelled his projected non stop flight from Honolulu to New Jersey for at least 36 hours. The Honolulu Airport Weather Bureau announced the delay on Friday January 17.
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Honolulu
Bill Odom
New Jersey
Dr. McAllister Dies At 74 In Austin
Dr. Frederick McAllister 74 a University of Texas botany professor died at 1 10 a m Friday in a local hospital. Born in Davison Michigan in 1874 he came to Austin in 1912. Survived by wife Ina and four sisters in Michigan. Funeral at Weed Corley Saturday 11 a m Rev Harry Moffett officiating. Burial in Saginaw Michigan. Flowers omitted.
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Davison
Mich
Austin
University of Texas
McAllister
University Presbyterian Church
Ina McColman McAllister
Michigan
Weed-Corley
Harry Moffett
Saginaw, Mich
Navy Ensign from Kermit Dies in Hellcat Crash
Ensign John Wallace Reid Jr., 21, of Kermit Texas, was identified as the Navy flier killed when his Hellcat fighter crashed at sea twenty miles off San Diego during a training flight from North Island. He was the son of Mrs. John W. Reid.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
11Th Naval District
John Wallace Reid Jr
John W. Reid
Kermit
Texas
North Island
Father throws two children from bridge then kills himself
Gabriel Nicoletti 37 took his nine year old son Arthur and three year old daughter Gabrielle Claire to St. Cecilia's Church in New York. After kneeling together they walked to Kosciuszko Bridge and he hurled the boy from the railing then dropped the girl before leaping after them. The boy died, the girl was badly hurt, and Nicoletti perished. Authorities noted a recent quarrel with his wife but motive remains unclear. The incident occurred near Newton Creek linking Queens and Brooklyn.
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New York
Gabriel Nicoletti
Arthur
Gabrielle Claire
Koscuisko
Brooklyn
Queens
Nicoletti
Harold Bueton
St. Cecilia’s Church
Bueton
Tive
Nicolettis
Victor Bush
Newton Creek
Truman asks for rent control extension in economic report
President Truman sent Congress his annual economic report outlining his State of the Union proposals plus new asks. He seeks at least a two year extension of rent control and repeal of the oleomargarine tax while aiming for 60 million civilian jobs and 3 to 4 percent production gains. The House met Friday, Senate not. House Democrats plan a raise debate for Speaker’s $75 000 salary. committee assignments progress, foreign affairs seats split 14 for Democrats. Senate Republicans finalize committee plans pending Monday confab with all senators.
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Congress
Mr. Truman
Associated Press
Truman
United States
House
Senate
McCormack
Massachusetts
Foreign Affairs
Martin
Ambassador Smith Admitted For Stomach Ailment
Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith the US ambassador to the Soviet Union was admitted to Charlotte Hospital in Punta Gorda Florida for treatment of a stomach ailment.
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Punta Gorda, Fla
Walter Bedell Smith
Soviet Union
Charlotte Hospital
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