Wallace Denies Data Leak Linking Him to A Bomb Secrets
Former Vice President Henry A Wallace testifies before the House Un American Activities Committee denying charges he aided sharing atomic secrets with Russia. He blames a “lying leak” for reports and says he had no role in uranium shipments to the Soviet Union in 1943-44. He argues there are no secrets to share and backs keeping atomic know how confidential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Truman
Soviet Union
House Committee On un-American Activities
Fulton Lewis Jr
Russia
Wallace
Leslie R. Groves
Groves
Airmen crash land in Mexico during training
Major M. H. Smith and Captain Otis F. Prevatt of Bergstrom Air Base crash landed 30 miles from Matamoros Mexico on Wednesday. They escaped uninjured after a six hour mule wagon ride led them to town by Eduardo Hinojosa, foreman of the ranch. The note compares their 1800 mile planned flight from Guatemala City to Austin with the crash delay.
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Matamoros
Mexico
Bergstrom Air Force Base
M. H. Smith
Red River
Otis FE. Prevatt
Palma Plaza
Eduardo Hinojosa
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Austin
Fatal Accident Probed Deeper at Inquest
OLATHE Kan Jan 26 The county attorney asked for a full transcript of testimony in the inquest into the death of Dorothy Kellogg 31 year old Olathe secretary. The coroner ruled accidental death from 20 blows to the head caused when her employer W C Jones tried to free his car from a ditch after a trip to Kansas City. Jones refused to testify saying the county attorney was hostile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kan
INS
John Anderson Jr
Dorothy Kellogg
Pretty
Jones
Lenexa
Miss Kellogg
Kansas City
Allies Demand Russians Stop Baby Blockade
Western Allies protested to the Soviet commandant in Berlin over interference with truck traffic between Berlin and West Germany. They demanded immediate removal of restrictions and described actions as a creeping blockade including a one truck per 15 minutes limit at Helmstadt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
West Germany
United States
Alexander Kotikov
Helmstadt
West Berlin
John J. McCloy
Germany
Karlshorst
Kotskoy
Retail Merchants Elect Austin Leaders For 1950
E W Jackson named 1950 president of the Austin Retail Merchants Association at the annual merchants and credit men meeting held at the Stephen F Austin Hotel. Other groups elected officers and directors, with presentations by Ina Davis and an address by Dr S L Jaekel on competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants Association
Jackson
E. W. Jackson
Austin Retail Merchants Association
Merchants and Credit Men
Stephen F. Austin
Retail Credit Executives of
Austin
J. B. Moreland
Southern Union Gas Company
Austin Wholesale Credit Men's Association
George Schutze
Walter Tips Company
Credit Women of
Annie Mae Gissell
Goodfriends
Harry E. Kelly
John S. Burns
Malcolm Gregory
Horace C. Barnhart
Ben M. White
Fred Barge
Ted Buttrey
W. D. Graves
Jesse L. Rose
Raymond R. Sands
William S. Gatewood
Starr Kealhofer
Kelso Dabney
Lois Huey
R. L. Whitaker
Jasper Jernigan
Estelle McMurtrie
Carl Edward Bock
Mary Virginia Heartfield
Don Fisher
Chester Ayers
J. C. Pollard
E. C. Bartholomew
Otto Shipley
Leslie Johnson
Miss Elmeda
de de) Teggeman
Leslie Giddens
Erwin F. Lehker
George Embry
Credit Women of Austin
Dell Gallat
Margaret Clark
Joy Basey
Agnes Marshall
Annis Follis
Erna Rockwood
Esta Hainey
Lee Anderson
Clarice Holtzclaw
Mary Lee Hueppelshouser
Helen Martin
Kathleen Cox
Ethel Seaholm
Ina Davis
Horace Barnhart
Wholesale Credit Men's Association
Bettie Evans
S. L. Jaekel
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
T. H. Worthington
Sally Lee
Darrell Jacobson
Jimmy Gough
Don Davis
Vernon Ryan
Joan Ryan
Bob Collins
Charles A. Sumners
St David's Episcopal Church
Defense Heads Cite Formosa's Strategic Value
Defense Secretary Johnson and General Omar Bradley told Congress that Formosa would be strategically significant in enemy hands but that American troops would not be used to defend it. Senator Connally summarized the testimony after a three hour closed hearing. The debate grows as Republicans press for aid including ships and arms without deploying troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Omar Bradley
Congress
Formosa
Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Power Plant Labor Stoppage Hint Sparks City Council Bid
A warning of a possible labor stoppage accompanies the vote to award Brown and Root of Houston the power plant boiler contract at sixty eight thousand nine hundred dollars. City attorney O Quinn cited state law requiring the lowest responsible bidder. Labor leaders warned against nonunion labor and outside workers, while Mayor Glass urged acceptance as a matter of procedure.
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Brown and Root of
Houston
Organized Labor
Other Council
Trueman O’quinn
Paul Sparks
Texas State Federation of Labor
Taylor Glass
Emma
Brown and Root
Austin
W. S. Drake Jr
Drake
Will T. Johnson
Stuart MacCorkle
Council
Glass
TB X RAY BOX SCORE X Rayed Thursday
Box score item notes a TB X ray conducted Thursday. Medical staff reported results pending and imaging completed without immediate complications.
Mobile X-ray Unit to Serve Travis County Courthouse
A mobile X-ray unit will be stationed at the Travis County Courthouse on Friday, marking another total of 9,705 X-rays performed to date.
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Travis County
Toscanini to Conduct NBC Symphony in Dallas and Houston
Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra will perform in 20 cities including Dallas on May 1 and Houston on April 27 as part of a coast to coast spring tour. The RCA plan notes no programs will be broadcast and the first concert is at Carnegie Hall on April 14.
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New York
Arturo Toscanini
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Texas
Radio Corporation of America
Dallas
Houston
RCA
Carnegie Hall
Samuel Chotzinoff
Toscanini
Pasadena
Calif
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Denver
March of Dimes Drive Extended to Feb 7
The Travis County March of Dimes campaign extends one week to February 7 after donations reached 22 536 of the 50 000 goal. New polio cases include seven month old Beatrice Davis’s son and 15 month old Jimmy Clark, with two additional patients in Brackenridge Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Heffington
Brackenridge Hospital
Travis County
Heffington
Lewis F. Hatch
National Foundation For
Hatch
Haten
National Foundation
Charles Kenneth Davis
Beatrice Davis
Bartlett
Jimmy Ray Clark
Olan Woodrow Clark
Lometa
Lampasas County
Davis
Forth Worth
Jeannette Wright
Wright
Lloyd H Wright
University of Texas
Ingrid Bergman expected to seek Mexican divorce
El Paso sources said Ingrid Bergman planned to file for divorce from Dr. Peter Lindstrom in Juarez Mexico, with Hollywood attorneys noting papers could be filed within hours though courts were closed. Lindstrom's New York attorney said talks center on a California divorce and child custody of Pia.
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EL Paso
el Paso Times
Juarez
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Miss Bergman
Hollywood
Times
Chihuahua
William Cocke
Mexico
Cocke
Merle Oberon
Rome
Italy
Roberto Rossellini
Dr. Lindstrom
New York
Lawrence Brinn
Bautzer
John Vernon
California
Lindstroms
Pia
Air Ace Best Man At Ex-Wife's Wedding
John Henry Mears the globe circling record setter of 1913 and 1928 served as best man at the wedding of his former wife Mrs Marian Mears to Ralph Koehler a 51 year old wine salesman Actress Hillary Brooke was bridesmaid Mears and Mrs Mears divorced in 1920 Mears earned presidential recognition from Woodrow Wilson and Calvin Coolidge and is a writer and producer of plays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
John Henry Mears
Marian Mears
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Mears
Beverage group Proposes 5-Cent Tax on Mixed Drinks
The Texas Retail Beverage Association urged a 5 cent levy on mixed drinks to raise about 20 million dollars yearly. Derrington of Houston said legalization could cut hard liquor consumption by half, reduce arrests, and improve driving safety, while noting a possible constitutional amendment and a voter referendum would be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Retail Beverage Association
D. F. Derrington
Houston
Association
Derrington
Texas
Miners Ready to Resume Talks as Strike Persists
88 000 miners idle amid no contract strike across six key bituminous states. John L Lewis agrees to renew contract negotiations February 1 in Washington with operators, while NLRB pursues injunction for unfair labor practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Steel Mills Railroads
NLRB
Norther Brings Texas Freeze Across State
A cold wave hit Texas morning with Austin seeing a drop from 68 to 49 degrees and a potential Friday low near 30. Temperatures statewide were in the 40s and 50s with Wichita Falls recording 35 as a dust storm damaged crops in Hidalgo and Willacy counties in the Rio Grande Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Weather Bureau
Wichita Falls
Alice
Hidalgo
Willacy
Rio Grande Valley
Million Dollar Groundbreaking at STSC for New Buildings
Southwest Texas State College began a $1 million building program with three new facilities, including a dining hall library addition and a fine arts unit. Dr. J G Flowers called the project a 20 year plan, with more buildings to follow as contracts for three additional units were to be let in spring. Representatives from Austin and San Antonio attended the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SAN Marcos
Southwest Texas State College
J. G. Flowers
San Marcos College
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Ee Eo Weene
J Antonio
Melvin c Fideon
Austin
Flowers
Eidson
America
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Sam Smithwick
Jim Wells
Belton
W. H
Bill) Mason
Robert E. Hannean
Harold Lckes
Interior
Clinton P. Anderson
Agriculture
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Labor
Hannegan
Forrester
Schwellenbach
Wests’ Berlin
Ingrid
Beverage Group
Associated Press
John L
Northern and Western
United Mine Workers
Federal District
National Labor Relations Board
UMW
United Mine Workers of America
Statler Hotel
Washington, D. C
Robert N. Denham
Norther
Contexas Freeze
STSC
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