Senate Delays Sherman Nomination Amid Denfeld Probe
The Senate armed services committee postponed action on Admiral Forrest Sherman to succeed Louis Denfeld as chief of naval operations until January 19. House hearings and Republican demands for a full inquiry into Denfeld's firing, tied to Denfeld’s Capitol Hill testimony on Pentagon policy, fueled the delay. Admiral Sherman awaits confirmation while Matthews may testify for new perspective on the controversy.
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Forrest P. Sherman
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Hanks Sentenced Two Years in Tax Refund Case
Raymond M. Hanks was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to filing false claims for gasoline tax refunds. District Attorney Bob Long sought three years but the jury recommended one year less. Judge Jack Roberts imposed the sentence dating from Jan 6. Long planned to dismiss two indictments and the grand jury action after the verdict.
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Hanks
126Th District Court
Bob Long
Polk Shelton
Jack Roberts
Long
State Comptroller's Department
Corpus Christi
Sam Kimberlin
Austin
Presbyterians Name Delegates to General Assembly
Delegates to the Presbyterian Church USA General Assembly in Harrisburg in June were chosen by 34 Texas churches. Named were Dr. Sam Joekel Austin and eight others including Alberto Fernandez Dallas C Bryan Keathley Houston Ben E GIllie McKinney O H Kirkland Dallas J A Little Wichita Falls Gerald Bowling Amarillo and Russell Stephens Irving. The group approved a Dallas area quota of 246000 for 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 Leads Story Book Charity Journey
Wanda Wiley, eight year old 1950 Poster Girl for the March of Dimes, travels from Austin to New York to launch the national Dimes appeal on January 16. She will visit Washington, D C, and even the White House before her trip concludes as workers distribute receptacles with her smiling image.
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Story Book World
Austin
Wanda Wiley
Wanda
New York City
Washington, D. C
White House
Truman
Parents Charged in Starving of Three Year Old Son
New York police arrested Guy Scielzo and his wife Mary on murder charges after social welfare workers proved the three year old son Guy Jr. was starved for three weeks. District Attorney Frank Hogan said the couple's other two children Nicoletta and Vincenza showed malnutrition and open ulcers while younger siblings Michael and the older boy were treated with care. The father said he could not bear to enter the room where the children were kept.
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Hogan
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Mary
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Nicoletta
Vincenza
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Scotland
Coal Miners Strike Reaches 62,000 Across States
About 62,000 soft coal miners are idle as a new wave of strikes spreads from Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia to Illinois and beyond. In Washington, 10 senators pressed a bill to curb labor monopoly of 3 day weeks in mines. Several steel firms face renewed walkouts amid stalled negotiations.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Banking Committee
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Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
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Wheeling Steel Corporation
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Ohio
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Virginia
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Cooler Weather Forecast Signals Relief From Heat
Temperatures across Texas cooled with Austin in the lower 60s and a 42-degree morning forecast. The day showed a 7 degree spread from 58 to 65, while Amarillo logged a 21 degree low and El Paso 32. Rain totals in Austin reached .01 inch, keeping the yearly deficit at .18 inch. Brownsville posted a 81 degree high amid statewide warmth. Partly cloudy skies were expected as cooler air moves in.
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Brownsville
Amarillo
el Paso
X Ray Unit to Visit Calcasieu Lumber Company
The mobile X-ray unit will be stationed at the Calcasieu Lumber Company on Wednesday. Total X-rayed to date is 3,113.
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Calcasieu Lumber Company
Capital Stock Hiked $200000 By Bank Here
Stockholders of the American National Bank met to vote a 66 percent stock dividend raising capitalization from 300000 to 500000 and adding a 200000 surplus. Existing stockholders receive 8 percent more stock. par value drops from 100 to 20. Promotions and new officers named. other banks report no changes in their official families.
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The
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E. J
Ted) Smith Jr
George Milton Jr
Weldon M. Swenson
American National
E. R. L. Wroe
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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
P. Cravens
Walter Bohn
Edward Clark
R. B Cousins Jr
E. P. Cravens
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 Severe Stroke
Texas state official Paul H. Brown, age 58 and secretary of state under Governor Beauford Jester, collapsed on a downtown street and was rushed to Brackenridge Hospital in a Cook Funeral Home ambulance. Doctors described his condition as critical with stroke affecting his right side and speech. Brown, a longtime adviser and former Harlingen lawyer, resided at 1210 West 13th Street in Austin.
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Brackenridge
Brown
Beauford Jester
Cook Funeral Home
Jester
Harlingen
Austin
West 13Th Street
Tom Miller Wins 1949 Most Worthy Citizen Honor
Austin’s Most Worthy Citizen of 1949 is former Mayor Tom Miller honored by the Austin Real Estate Board at the Austin Hotel banquet. About 300 attendees cheered as Miller and his wife accepted the award, with Miller urging the award’s annual continuation.
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Austin Real Estate Board
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Miller
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Lorraine Barnes
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Taylor Glass
Glass
Real Estate Board
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Buratti
Tom A. Graham
Edmund Heinsohn
Emma Long
Stuart A. MacCorkle
Will T. Johnson
Sandlin
Texas Realtors Licensing Commission
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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
Elgin Wreck Claims Two Lives In Early Morning Crash
An Elgin area highway crash six miles southwest of Elgin killed two Austin workers and seriously injured three others. The injured, all from McDade, included Mrs. Elmore Hill who suffered a severe skull fracture, with foggy conditions cited as a factor.
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McDade
Hill
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Butler Farm-to-Market
Joe Tatum
Houston
Fleming Hospital
Stripling
Miss Noack
Elgin High School
Bribery Trial Features Telephonic Recordings and Inventions
In New Braunfels the Scholl bribery case unfolds with recordings UV light ink and invisible powder tests. Witness J R Duncan describes police involvement and the plan to pay 2500 to influence Scholl not to testify. Other defendants and San Antonio officials testified as the trial proceeds with scientific demonstrations.
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Smith
J. R. Fuchs
Duncan
Scholl
Court of Criminal Appeals
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