Senate Delays Sherman Action in Navy Controversy
Senate delays vote on Admiral Forrest Sherman to head the Navy after Republican demands for investigation into Admiral Louis Denfeld's firing and Denfeld’s testimony about Pentagon policies. Tydings postpones until Jan 19. Matthews to testify.
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Washington
Louis E. Denfeld
Senate
Forrest P. Sherman
Denfeld
Naval Operations
Army
Air Force
Pentagon
Navy
Tydings
Sec. Matthews
Matthews
Sherman
Knowland
Calif
Congress
Capitol Hill
Hanks Sentenced to Two Years in Gas Tax Case
Raymond M. Hanks was sentenced to two years in prison on a guilty plea to filing false claims for gasoline tax refunds. The case involved seven years of alleged false claims totaling about $5,000 annually, with prosecutors seeking three years and the defense agreeing to a lesser penalty.
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Raymond M. Hanks
Hanks
126Th District Court
Bob Long
Polk Shelton
Long
State Comptroller's Department
Corpus Christi
Sam Kimberlin
Austin
Robert S. Calvert
Hugh Wight
Capitol
Calvert
Kimberlin
Ernest Best
Presbyterians Select Dr Joekel Delegate
Delegates to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA were chosen in Dallas by 34 Texas churches. The slate includes Dr Sam Joekel of Austin and six other pastors and lay leaders. The group also approved a quota of 246000 dollars for Dallas Presbyterian area state and national church expenses.
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Dallas
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, US
Harrisonburg
Texas
Alberto Fernandez
Sam Joekel
Austin
Russell Stephens
Irving
Dallas Presbyterian
Wanda Wiley Embarks On Story Book Journey For March of Dimes
Eight year old Wanda Wiley, 1950 Poster Girl for the March of Dimes, begins a national trip from Austin. She plans visits to Washington and the White House before opening the Dimes appeal in New York City on January 16, seeking support as workers distribute receptacles.
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JO Ann Eicom
Story Book World
Austin
Wanda Wiley
Wanda
New York City
Washington, D. C
White House
Truman
Parents Accused Of Starving Tor Three Year Old
New York district attorney says Guy Scielzo 29 and Mary Scielzo 29 were arrested for murder after social welfare workers found their three year old son Guy Jr starved for three weeks. The couple kept two other children Nicoletta and Vincenza in a neglected state with open ulcers while showing affection to two older children.
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New York
Frank S. Hogan
Guy Scielzo
Mary
Guy, Jr
Hogan
Scielzos
Nicoletta
Vincenza
Guy
Michael
Scotland
Coal Miners Strike Widespread Across States
About 62,000 soft coal miners idle as strikes spread from Pennsylvania to West Virginia. In Washington 10 senators urged a bill to curb labor monopolies amid a three day work week. Western mines hit include Bethlehem Steel Jones and Laughlin Sharon and Wheeling. State totals show Pennsylvania 30,000 West Virginia 13,000 Alabama 6,000 Kentucky 5,000 Ohio 4,000 Utah 990 Virginia 250 and Sheridan Wyoming 500 others idle.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Indy
Senate Banking Committee
Is Field
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Sharon Steel Corporation
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Illinois
Lewis
US Bureau of Mines
Alabama
Kentucky
Ohio
Utah
Virginia
Sheridan
Wyo
Billi Mont
Cooler Weather Forecast Across Texas and Austin
Temperatures ranged in the lower 60s in Austin with a 7 degree spread from low to high. The forecast called for a 42 degree Wednesday morning low and a 60 degree afternoon high as a cold front approached. Amarillo logged a 21 degree low and El Paso 32 degrees, while rainfall in Austin Tuesday was .01 inch, totaling 41 inches for the year, an 18 inch deficit.
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Austin
Brownsville
Amarillo
el Paso
Mobile X ray Unit Stationed at Calcasieu Lumber Company
A mobile X ray unit will be stationed at Calcasieu Lumber Company on Wednesday. The arrangement aims to provide medical screening services to workers and the surrounding community, enhancing access to radiographic imaging.
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Calcasieu Lumber Company
Capital Stock Hiked $200000 By Bank Here
Stockholders of the American National Bank voted to raise capital from 300000 to 500000 via a 66 percent stock dividend to record holders. The increase creates a 1 million dollar surplus and 100000 dollar reserve, with par value lowered to 20 per share. Promotions and new assistant cashiers were announced, while other banks also reported no changes in official personnel.
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American National Bank
The
E. W. Anderson
E. J
Ted) Smith Jr
George Milton Jr
Weldon M. Swenson
American National
E. R. L. Wroe
A. C. Bull
A. G. Adams Jr
L. D. Williams
Ben M. Brigham
Ersell Duke
W. R. Long Jr
J. H. Meyers Jr
C. Willard Houser
W. W. Shropshire
M. M. Macken
Fred Penick
Capital National
Austin National
Fidelity State Bank
H. H. Luedecke
Capital National Bank
Walter Bremond Jr
John A. Gracy
E. P. Cravens
Walter Bohn
Edward Clark
R. B Cousins Jr
Theo. P. Davis
Herman F. Heep
C. J
Ox) Higgins
H. M Houston
James P. Nash
Z. T Scott
George E. Shelley
F. W Sternenberg
Austin National Bank
Morris Hirshfeld
Brown in Critical Condition After Stroke
State official Paul H. Brown aged 58 suffered a stroke and lay in critical condition at Brackenridge Hospital after collapsing on a downtown street. The secretary of state and political adviser to Governor Beauford Jester was treated for stroke affecting his right arm leg and speech. He is a former Harlingen lawyer residing at 1210 West 13th Street.
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Paul H. Brown
Brackenridge
Brown
Beauford Jester
Cook Funeral Home
Jester
Harlingen
Austin
West 13Th Street
Tom Miller Named No 1 Citizen of 1949
Austin honors former Mayor Tom Miller as 1949 Most Worthy Citizen at a 300 strong banquet in the Austin Hotel. Miller, who led the city from 1933 to postwar 1949, urged a lasting annual award. Toastmaster George Sandlin and Mayor Taylor Glass presided as officers of the Real Estate Board were installed.
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Tom
Austin Real Estate Board
Tom Miller
Austin
Miller
Neal Douglass
Lorraine Barnes
Austin Hotel
George Sandlin
Taylor Glass
Glass
Real Estate Board
Chester Buratti
Buratti
Tom A. Graham
Edmund Heinsohn
Emma Long
Stuart A. MacCorkle
Will T. Johnson
Sandlin
Texas Realtors Licensing Commission
J Harris Gardner
Lee J. Wilborn
A. C. Bull
Charles E. Green
Paul Bolton
W. C. Schulle
D. A. Shipwash
Abe Swanson
John Carpenter
Jamie Odom
Joe Thorne Gilbert
Dave Lamme Miller
Two Killed and Three Hurt in Elgin Wreck
A highway crash six miles southwest of Elgin killed Mrs. W. C. Stripling, 23, and Miss Margaret Noack, 17, and seriously injured three McDade residents. The car struck a parked truck on Highway 20 at dawn amid fog. driver James Hardy escaped serious harm. The five victims include Mrs. Willie Taylor 52, Mrs. Elmore Hill 48, and Miss Lillian Alford 23. Hospitalized in Elgin with skull fractures and other injuries, Hill was most seriously hurt. Alford suffered a skull fracture and multiple injuries. Taylor remained unconscious. The truck driver was Joe Tatum of Houston.
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Elgin
Jan
Austin
W. C. Stripling
Margaret Noack
Willie Taylor
Elmore Hill
Lillian Alford
McDade
Hill
Senate Foreign Policy Split on Asia Crisis
The Russian UN delegation walked out amid a Asia question dispute as Dean Acheson briefed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Cold War policy. In London, Attlee set February 23 as Britain’s election date between Labour and Churchill’s Conservatives.
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United Nations Security Council
Lake Success
Washington
Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Polie Cies
Asia
London
Clement Attlee
Britain
Winston Churchill
Jakob A. Malik
Cloak and dagger bribery trial features secret methods
In New Braunfels on January 10 the Scholl bribery case reveals detective tactics including telephone recordings ultra violet light invisible ink and flashing light devices. State witness J R Duncan described meeting San Antonio oilman and painter E O Smith Sr and payments to former Comal County sheriff to silence testimony in a cattle theft case.
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New Braunfels
W. A. ¢ Scholl
J. R. Duncan
Texas Industrial Survey of
San Antonio
Comal County
E. O. Smith Sr
Scholl
Smith
W. E. King
Duncan
Fred Palmer
Homer Garrison
Statertment of Safety
Duneen
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March of Dimes
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J. E. Harrison
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Dennis W. Macken
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R. B. Fitzgerald
A. B. Spires
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J. P. Macken
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G. W. Lacey
Buford Brown
T. F. Tsiang
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