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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1949
Page
2
Governor Beauford Jester urged a three step plan to end the poll tax starting with a voter registration law. He argued Congress should abolish the poll tax and noted Texas lacks a registration law while seizing on a proposed citizen tax as a revenue device.
West Texas ice and snow disrupted travel and utility service. Eight deaths occurred during the four day cold spell due to accidents fires and exposure. Linemen were injured repairing circuits as poles and wires suffered extensive damage across Texas and nearby areas. Continuous service was restored to many routes while rail and bus schedules returned to normal.
The Bastrop County Youth Fair starts Friday at 9:30 a.m. with a parade through Elgin’s business district to the high school grounds. About 200 girls and numerous 4 H and FFA youths exhibit cattle, pigs, poultry, crops and home arts while Scouts and Texas agencies provide exhibits and guidance.
Governor Beauford H. Jester will ask the Texas Legislature to approve an emergency appropriation of about 9 million dollars to cover rural aid school shortages. The move follows a 50th Legislature action that broadened eligibility and left the current funds inadequate.
In Redruth England Albert Shortman faced a court order to pay 15 pounds for a motorcycle and sidecar or an equivalent in frogs. The judge noted frogs as currency are impractical due to mobility and disappearance, and ordered payment in cash or the remaining frogs.
The bill, introduced by Senator C. C. Morris with co author Senator W. A. Shofner, would suspend driving privileges after accidents with injuries or property damage. It requires liability coverage or self insurance, and imposes fines or jail for driving without a license after suspension. The measure excludes government vehicles and parked or unauthorized used cars.
Jews and Egyptians sat down in Rhodes to negotiate an armistice while UN mediator Bunche urged nonparticipants to stay out to protect the talks. Washington and London signals showed both the United States and Britain unsettled by Middle East warfare as President Truman endorsed a detailed policy for peace and stability.
Chinese Communists promise to punish captured General Tu Li Ming as war criminal and press sieges on Peiping and Tientsin. They urge government leaders to surrender or face fate similar to Tu. Officials in Nanking seek US Britain France and Russia good offices for peace talks, while unconfirmed terms from Peiping hint at Chiang Kai-shek ouster and a five-to-three coalition government.
The Senate approved a bill to raise the President's salary to 100000 and add a 50000 tax exempt expense allowance, with 68 voting yes and 9 no. The measure moves to the House where leaders hope to act before Truman and Barkley’s inauguration.
President Truman signaled at a news conference that Congress should raise taxes on individual incomes of six thousand dollars and up, with the aim of new revenue. He referenced a middle bracket from six thousand to thirty thousand dollars and discussed broader increases in corporation taxes and estate and gift levies.
Dean Acheson rejected claims he is an appeaser toward Russia and vowed to root out Reds from the State Department. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he said he remains friends with Alger Hiss and urged waiting for the perjury trial verdict. Former official Adolf Berle Jr. indicated no opposition to his confirmation, noting honest policy differences in 1944.
Five men were arrested and charged as part of a suspected cattle theft ring operating in Victoria Hays and Gonzales counties. Investigators from the Texas Rangers and cattle raisers associations, with sheriffs of three counties, said over 100 cattle have been stolen and butchered for black market sales.
Senator Myers said the Senate elections subcommittee reviewed the Texas dispute surrounding Lyndon B. Johnson. A petition from Texans asked that the Democratic nominee not be seated pending investigation, not a seating contest. Ballots in several Texas counties remain impounded from prior actions by a Republican committee.
Captain William Odom landed in Oakland after failing to fly non stop from Honolulu to New York in a light plane. The Sierra Nevadas defeated his record pursuit with the failed attempt ending at Oakland Airport.
Three year old polio survivor Butch Slining traveled from Yokohama to Warm Springs to aid the March of Dimes fund drive in Austin. He handed a donation to Walter Bremond Jr., treasurer, in a Capital National Bank lobby as community members rally to support polio treatment and therapy through the local Travis chapter.
Congress was urged to approve a constitutional equal rights amendment for women, reduce federal judgeship tenure to 10 years, and prepare against atomic attack by dispersing Defense Department assets. The measure, backed by 28 senators, aims to prevent sex-based discrimination and empower Congress and states to enforce it.
Austin jewelers may face a 1000 dollar surety bond and a 12 50 dollar license fee for auction sales under a proposed city ordinance to be drafted by the council. Arthur Bagby and Herman Jones led a long discussion with Leutwyler opposing many provisions as potentially unenforceable. The plan would also restrict or regulate auctions to protect buyers from misrepresentation.
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