College students gain choice of service toward year end
Washington officials clarified that college students may choose their service branch near the end of the current college year rather than face immediate induction. Defense Secretary Marshall ended an August 1948 agreement limiting voluntary enlistment and Major General Hershey reopened classifications for students postponed during the year.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Selective Service System
Armed Services
Aire
Navy
Defense
Marshall
Lewis Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Prohibition Talk Flares as Texas Legislature Debates Statewide Vote
Rumors of a statewide prohibition amendment resurface in the Texas Legislature as the WCTU presses for a vote. Supporters urge a constitutional amendment via a statewide election, while opponents warn of disruption and predict a likely wet outcome. A liquor warning bill and other measures also surface in the session.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Texas
Claude de van Watts
Austin
Tax Hearings Set For Public Monday
The House committee on revenue and taxation announced a public hearing Monday January 29 at 7 30 p m to review the cigarette tax and other state taxes. Sub committees will study selective sales and gross receipts licenses and privileges and severance taxes. The hearings aim to provide lawmakers with general tax information.
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Associated Press
House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Eisenhower to Broadcast Defense Report Friday
General Eisenhower will deliver a first hand defense report to President Truman and Congress via a 10 45 p m Friday radio broadcast and television appearance. He will address a joint session or lawmakers at the Congress library and appear before Senate and House committees. The broadcast follows two weeks of Western European pact duties as Congress debates sending U S ground troops to Europe. Senator Wherry asserts Congress and not the President should decide troop deployment. He says Truman could act in a Communist attack, but would consult committees before any Europe deployment.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
House
Senate
Sion
Eisenhower
Congress
Library of Congress
House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs
Iceland
Canada
Rero
U. S
Treaty Organization
Wherry
Nebraska
Knowland
Calif
Europe
Congressional
Jury Returns Guilty Verdict in Death Case
Marshall jurors found John Foster Hightower guilty of murder in the October death of Monte Ellis in Bethany Louisiana. The panel of 50 men including three Negroes deliberated three hours and imposed a five year suspended sentence.
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Marshall
John Foster Hightower
Monte Ellis
Bethany
Tuenley
Detroit River Named “Dardanelles of the New Peoria”
The Detroit River is described as the Dardanelles of the New Peoria in a branding label or nickname. This assessment emphasizes its strategic or notable role in regional geography and commerce.
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Detroit River
Dardanelles
Peoria
446th Bomb Group Calls Reservists for March 1
Fort Worth recall to active duty set to start March 1 for all 446th Bomb Group and M Day Air Force reservists. Major John H Bayle notes Fort Worth units will be recalled individually rather than as a group, with an estimated more than 800 local men affected.
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Fort Worth
Air Force
John H. Bayle
Fort
New Orleans Times-Picayune Starts 115th Year
The New Orleans Times-Picayune begins its 115th year of publication. Founded by two New Orleans women with initial funds, the paper marks its anniversary as a 32-page daily with a plant capable of high production capacity.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Times-Picayune
District Attorney Pay Bill Aims to Cut County Costs
A Texas House bill would let Travis County keep the state paid DA salary of 6500 dollars while the county adds 900 dollars, saving 6500 annually. It also raises pay for first and other assistants, shifts bailiff appointments, and sets pay rules for per diem and expenses.
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Travis County
Bob Long
Tom Johnson
Emily Limberg
Steve Heffington
O. T. Martin Jr
Ernest Best
Pearce
Johnnie B. Rogers
Long
Les Procter
Mace Thurman
Johnson
Rogers
Joe D. Carter
Sherman
Three Killed in Picatinny Arsenal Gunpowder Blast
A blast at Picatinny Arsenal near Dover New Jersey killed three workers and injured six others. 125000 pounds of smokeless gunpowder exploded in a ten second fireball injuring nine and destroying a three story blending plant. An Army inquiry was ordered.
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Dover
N. J
Army
Picatinny Arsenal
John P. Harris
Army Board of Inquiry
Bernard J. Boardman
Grady Futch
Newark
Alfred L. Cummings
Montclair
Arsenal
Picatinny Installation
New York
Gloria Swanson Tops Nation as Leading Celebrity in 194?
Celebrity Service Inc. released its annual tally from 1.5 million inquiries showing Gloria Swanson as the leading U.S. celebrity. Takujiaha ranked second, Dwight D. Eisenhower third, followed by John Filmerson, William Rizzuto, and Gian-Carlo Menotti in the top list.
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New York
INS
Celebrity Service Inc
Gloria Swanson
United States
Slession House For Information and Research
Takuiaha
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Filmerson
William Rizzuto
Gian-Carlo Menitt
Dallas Officials Urge Bail Bond Law Repeal
Five Dallas law enforcement leaders urge repeal of Texas bail bond laws and back a new 10 point bill with enforcement. District Attorney Henry Wade Sheriff Bill Decker and two criminal district court judges back the plan. State Rep Horace B Houston of Dallas expected to introduce it.
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Dallas
INS
Texas
Henry Wade
Bill Decker
Dallas County
Horace B. Houston
Miracle at Carville condensed tale of leprosy romance
February Reader's Digest presents a condensed 26 page account of Betty Martin who discovers leprosy at nineteen. The narrative follows her life in an institution, a tender romance with a fellow patient, the spread of the disease, and her prayer for a miracle leading to triumph.
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Betty Martin
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