Miners Strike Over Pact Defies Boss Increases Tension
Miners across six states walk out after No Contract No Work order, led by United Mine Workers aimed at pressuring for a new contract. President Truman signals insufficient evidence for a national emergency while internal UMW rifts widen amid competing union efforts.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine
John L. Lewis
Truman
Lucas
Illinois
Senate
UMW
Lewis
John D. Battle
National Coal Association
Pennsylvania
T. F. Brennan
Anthracite Mine Workers
Four Steel Comnies
Pittsburgh Insolidation Coal Company
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Alabama
United States Steel Corporation
Union Supply Company
Surprise Roommate Reunion Tops Off Wanda's Busy Day
Wanda Wiley the eight year old March of Dimes poster girl ended a busy day with a surprise reunion at her New York hotel Audrey Morton of Ridgefield New Jersey had arranged the visit after seeing Wanda's image and learning she was the national drive poster subject Earlier Wanda and four former poster children attended city hall ceremonies with 2000 people and performances by stars Basil O Conner and Vincent Impelliteri spoke then Wanda appeared on the Bar B Riders show with Terry Tullos They boarded a train to Boston for more events
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New York
Wanda Wiley
Austin
Audrey Morton
Ridgefield
N. J
Warm Springs
Foundation For
Audrey
Wanda
Texas
Terry Tullos
Laurel
Boston
Polio Cases Rise Two in Houston Area
Two new polio cases are reported with one patient from Houston and another from Crosby as of January 16, raising concern for the area health measures and response efforts.
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Houston
Crosby
US Envoy Chiang Talks Highlight Chinese-American Relations
Roving US ambassador Philip C. Jessup met Chiang Kai-shek in Taipei for what was described as the most important Chinese-American discussions since 1947. Jessup planned to seek precise information on Nationalist China’s finances as battles against Communists continue and as air attacks on islands were reported. In Brady, Texas, Sandra Peterson’s murder trial progressed with jury selection set, while court rulings over venue and jury composition were rejected by District Judge A. O. Newman. International developments included Russia's UN walkout and protests by France and Britain over Peiping seizures, with Marshall noting a reduced risk of US-Russian war.
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Philip C. Jessup
Chiang Kai-shek
Taipei
Formosa
George C. Marshall
China
Jessup
Chiang
Hainan
Sam McCollum
Brady
Newman
35Th District Court
Sandra
Sandra Peterson
Lake Success
Russia
United Nations
Theviet Union
Little Assembly
France
Peiping
Paris
Theoreign Office
Michel Breal
Britain
Phone Walkout Postponed Indefinitely By Bell Workers
In St Louis on January 16, about 50,000 Southwestern Bell Telephone employees delayed any strike plans awaiting the International Communications Workers of America response to a February walkout threat. Union leaders urged district directors to stay ready for action at short notice while signaling possible earlier strike if needed. The dispute seeks a 15 cent package raise plus job reclassification and pension adjustments covering Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Texas and parts of Illinois.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
International Communications Workers of America
Southwestern Division 20
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Illinois
Police Check on Numbers Game Probed in Austin
Austin vice squad raided about a score of Sixth and Fifth Street beer halls Monday night searching for numbers racket jars. Detectives Merle Wells and Pete Weaver found no jars during the sweep after a tip claimed jars existed in eight earlier establishments Saturday night.
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Austin
Sixth
Fifth Streets
Sixth Street
Merle Wells
Pete Weaver
Senator Asks 3 Billion Dollar Budget Cut in US Plan
A top Democrat urged a 3 billion dollar reduction in President Truman's proposed budget to trim a projected 5 billion dollar deficit. The move comes as Republicans push a quick tax cut plan and House leaders clash over tax advisers and administration messages.
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Washington
Truman
House
GOP
Martin
Congress
George
Dga
Senate Finance Committee
Charles G. Ross
Capitol Hill
Freeze Fizzles and Warmup Forecast Across Texas
A cold front losing momentum spared Austin a freeze with lows around 40 and a chance of rain Tuesday. Temperatures rose into the 60s and 80s elsewhere as the region warms, while northern Texas saw 49 to 63 degrees. Floods rise in the Midwest and snow heavy in the Northwest, with deaths in Northern California from weekend weather.
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Austin
Texas
Midwest
Dixie
Atlanta
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Bemidji
International Falls
Minn
Grand Forks
N. D
Hudson Bay
Canada
Houghton
Mich
Keweenaw Peninsula
California
March of Dimes Opens in Austin Boosting Polio Fight
Austin launches the 1950 March of Dimes with a goal of 50 000 for Travis County. Wanda Wiley, the poster girl, opens the drive from New York. Mayor Taylor Glass starts the local campaign at Congress Avenue. key leaders include Steve Heffington and Charles L. Sandahl. Local booths at Seventh and Congress Scarborough Woolworth Capital National and area drugstores await donations.
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National Foundation For
Travis County
Austin
Wanda Wiley
Sub- Treasury
New York
Taylor Glass
Seventh Street
Congress Avenue
America
Wanda
Steve Heffington
Charles L. Sandahl
Lewis F. Hatch
National Polio Foundation
Raymond Fage Uuss
Committe
Wing Ai
Rgstrom
Orce Eneen
of of Dimes
Col. Rudell
Bergstrom
Norman Clark
The
Air
Seventh
Congress
Scarbrough’s
Woolworth's
Capital National
East 12Th
East 11Th
A&a
East Sixth Street
Walter Bremond Jr
March of Dimes
Capital National Bank
Frank Rundell
Neal Douglass
Legislature To Study Program Of Nation's Worst Institutions
The Board for State Hospitals and Special Schools proposes a 36.5 million dollar program over 18 months to raise standards in Texas eleemosynary institutions. A long range plan to renovate and rebuild facilities was outlined by Walter C. Moore, with immediate work totaling 1.399 million and operating funds of 20 million through August 1951.
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Claud Gilmer
United States Public Health Service
Texas
American Psychiatric Association
Walter C. Moore
Moore
Thornberry Plan Adopted in Cotton Acreage Bill
Central Texas cotton growers could gain quick relief from late 1949 acreage curtailment if Congress passes a House agriculture committee bill. The measure lets county committees reallocate unused cotton acres to farmers, sets 70 percent or 50 percent average credits, restricts total to 40 percent of tillable land, preserves 1949 law benefits, and allows a 15 day appeal for farmers who feel mistreated.
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Washington
Central
Texas
Agriculture Department
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Homer Thornberry
Austin
House Committee
Thornberry
House
Gas Line Breaks Burns Near Dumas in Sudden Explosion
A natural gas line from the Texas Panhandle to the West Coast ruptured near Dumas, seven miles southwest, sending flames high into the sky. No casualties were reported as firefighters shut off the gas and a nearby booster station was involved. Morris Morrison noted the scene, while L. L. Seeling observed the blast from Amarillo.
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Dumas
Texas Panhandle
West Coast
el Paso Natural Gas Company
Here
Phillips Petroleum Company
Morris Morrison
L. L. Seeling
CAA
Amarillo Air Terminal
Wife seeks divorce over track cruelty claim
In Los Angeles on January 16, Mrs. Hezekiah K. Watkins charged her husband abandoned her on a railroad track with a freight train approaching. She testified he stopped the train before the car and she asked for a divorce on grounds of cruelty.
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Los Angeles
Hezekiah K. Watkins
First 50 Polio Victim Enters Hospital Here
The first polio patient of 1050, Evelyn Waites, two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Waites of Bastrop, was admitted to Brackenridge Hospital. The child was in the polio ward with pneumonia initially and was later diagnosed with polio. her condition is listed as fair.
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Brackenridge Hospital
Evelyn Waites
Ben Waites
Bastrop
X-ray Mobile Unit Set at Superior Dairies
A mobile X-ray unit will be stationed at Superior Dairies, 600 East First Street, on Tuesday. The report notes 617 X-rayed Saturday and a total of 6,030 to date.
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Superior Dairies
East First Street
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A. O. Newman
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McCulloch County
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Bill Albcorn
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Neem
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General C. Marshall
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Marshall
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