Panels To Air Red Tax Bills In Night Action
State lawmakers pressed a political fighting schedule as four major appropriations bills were held back until budget measures advance. Gov Shivers called a tax and executive reshaping study, with a Texas Economy Commission led by Dr Stuart A Mac Corkle. House redistricting work aims to add nine seats for four big cities, including Houston and Harris County benefiting from a new 2nd Texas district.
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van Ee Oe
Bing
C. Read Granberry
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Shivers
Tex
Department of Government
Texas Economy Commission
Stuart A. MacCorkle
Bureau of Public Affairs
University of Texas
House Committee On
Jy Sadler
Texas
Congress
Houston
Harris County
Gulf Coast
Miracle at Carville Condensed Excerpt
Condensed 26 page excerpt from a dramatic account titled Miracle at Carville. Describes a well born protagonist and an afflicted victim facing a terrifying disease. Highlights despair, prayers for a miracle, and final triumph amid tragic love and human drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Tormance
Current Books
Draft Age Shift Prompts 4F Husbands 19 to 25 Closer
U S senators and House leaders signal a draft shift toward men aged 19 through 25 and some 4F classifications as a path to expanding the armed forces. Lyndon Johnson and Vinson call for reexamining 19 to 25 year olds and recalling some World War II veterans while promising to call older men first if the draft age drops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Lyndon Johnson
Dtex
Senate Preparedness
Jane
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Service Committee
Defense Marshall
Anna M. Rosenberg
Army
Air Force
Navy
Truman
Johnson
Safecracker Loots Bakery Safe in Break-In
Police report a safe at Fehr Baking, 316 Street, opened by sawing through pins. Entry gained via a 20 inch gap in the front door. Loot included checks and cash. Detectives say there were no suspects identified in the case.
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Fehr
Eee Street
Last Sacrifice Urged to Aid March of Dimes
Campaign chairman Charles L. Sandahl urged Travis County residents to give one last personal sacrifice as the 1951 March of Dimes drive nears its end. With a $40 000 goal and polio fears rising, officials highlighted a midway total and planned charity events at the City Coliseum, including a police department magic show and a hillbilly jamboree to boost donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
March OF Dimes
Charles L. Sandahl
Travis County
Sandahl
Sandah
Austin
B.C
Tatse
Stagehands
Thorp
MacArthur Flies Over Front Lines
General Douglas MacArthur tours front line positions with Major James H. Lee and aides, observes Chinese forces in Korea, notes night activity by Chinese troops, and discusses allied strategy and potential Seoul reentry while flying over Han River and Seoul area.
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MacArthur
Seoul
Redgway
Ridgway
Courtney Whitney
UN Command
Korea
Suwon
Air Force Oficers
Anthony
St. Louis
Tony
Iot
Han River
South Mountain
Inchon
Reda
Tokyo
Freezing Rain Forecast Enlarges Texas Cold Spell
A Texas weather bulletin describes widespread freezing rain and freezing temperatures from the Panhandle to East Texas. Snow flurries occurred in the Panhandle while coastal winds shift, with lows from near zero to mid teens and scattered 24 to 40 degree coastal readings.
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Texas
Panhandle
Panhandie
South Plains
Pecos Valley
East Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Blood Plan Set Up For Atom Blow
Washington announces a $2 million blood research program to counter atomic and large scale bombing. Oscar Ewing says plasma substitutes and whole blood will be needed, with basic research, purification, and refrigeration improvements as key goals. He notes $600,000 already allocated postwar.
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Washington
Oscar Ewing
Comae
Devel
Aluminum Plant Slated for Texas
A Texas plant project aims to build a reduction plant to separate oxygen from aluminum and possibly an alumina plant to dissolve bauxite. The facility would process Jamaica ore, with an estimated cost of 85 million dollars. The H K Company of Houston confirms foundation layout notes and locations in San Patricio County based on AGC reports.
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Jamaica
Bwi
Dae German _ Reynolds
H. K. Company of
Houston
Associated General Contractors
San Patricio County
Capitol Reports Policy Squabbie
Washington policy clash centers on manpower control for war effort. Secretary Tobin and Mobilization Director Wilson clash over coordination of manpower for military and essential production. A Tuesday cabinet meeting aims to resolve the authority dispute with Truman's backing pending.
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Washington
Tobin
Mobilzation
Charles E. Wilson
Truman
Wilson
Youth Killed by Car in Rosenberg Crossing
Elebperio Perez, 19, was struck and killed by an automobile as he crossed a highway near his home in Rosenberg on Saturday.
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Rosenberg
Elebperio Perez
Las Vegas Sees Strong Atomic Blast From AEC Test
The Atomic Energy Commission conducted a third nuclear blast in four days near Las Vegas Nevada at about 6 am local time. Residents reported two thunderlike detonations a bright white flash followed by an orange secondary flare with no radioactivity found in a 150 mile radius. The blast was visible in Boulder City and triggered burglar alarms though no damage was reported.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Richard Elliott
AEC
Elliott
Boulder City
Film critics award honors despite partial picket line
New York film critics awarded the best foreign film to Ways of Love despite a threatened Paris theater picket. All About Eve won the year’s best picture with Bette Davis named best actress. Gregory Peck, best actor, for Twelve O Clock High.
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New York
Mirac
Francis Cardinal Jiman
Paris
Music Hall
Betts Davis
Gregory Pack
Bane
New government price freeze slows grocery costs
Washington reports a new freeze on retail food prices. Fresh produce and meats face limits, while frozen items gain ceiling rules tied to December 19 levels. Grocers and wholesalers must not increase margins and may only pass through real rises in farmer prices.
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Washington
Ree
OPA
Texas Price Control Centers Open Today in Dallas Houston
Washington January 28 The Office of Price Stabilization announced names of personnel to open regional and district offices to enforce price controls for 30 days. Acting directors will be per diem staff with vacancies filled rapidly in Dallas and Houston Texas.
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Texas
Dallas
Houston
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Sremuniias
Fisher Bldg
Main St
al Seeley
Deaths and Funerals in Austin Area
Obituaries list Lula Mary Frick 71 of Austin Henry Frick and children Darrell Paul Joe surviving. William Edgar Farmer Sr. buried Memorial Park under Austin Lodge. Willie Kate Barker dies with out of town relatives arriving. Mrs Press Baker 75 pioneer dies in local hospital survivors across Texas burial at McMahon Cemetery. James R Street dies in local hospital survived by brother Fred Street. Ray Gonzales dies in Manor burial in Manor Cemetery.
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Lula Mary Frick
Austin
East Second Street
Henry Frick
W. S. Moore
Darrell Frick
Paul Frick
Houston
Joe Frick
Winnipeg
Canada
Robert H. Bigg
Weed Corley
Carl L. Bohls
Oakwood Cemetery
William E. Farmer SR
William Edgar Farmer Sr
Cook Funeral Home
Chas, Sumners
Memorial Park
Austin Lodge No. 12 AF. & AM
Willie Kate Barker
L. F. Barker
Edeouch
Press Baker Lockhart
ANS
Press Baker
Central Texas
Field Funeral Home
R. K. Heacock
Ernest Baker
San Antonio
Irvin Baker
Kingsville
C. C. Baker
L. E. Baker
T. P. Baker Jr
Eof
Marvin Baker
Lockhart
Jess Scruggs
Rosenberg
Rosa Edwards
Lizzie Williams
McMahon Cemetery
James R Street
James R. Street
Fred Street
Lott
Marlin
Ray Gonzales
Manor Sunday
Manor
Manor Cemetery
Family Fire Claims Soldier and Four Relatives at Tenbroeck
A returned soldier and four family members died when a Tenbroeck farm house fire swept through early January 28. Six others awoke in night garments as neighbor D M Downs helped. Victims include Mrs Florence Brewer and six other Brewers plus Brenda Gale McKelvey and Floyd Brewer. Albert Dewitt Brewer aged 21 was home on pass four hours earlier. Tenbroeck lies about 22 miles from Fort Payne in northeast Alabama.
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Fort Payne
Ala
Tenbroeck
D. M. Downs
Jer
Alabama
Wilson
Florence Brewer
Jewell Lee Brewer
Albert Dewitt Brewer
Fr. Jackson
Robert Brewer
Brenda Gale McKelvey
Albert
New Cortisone Drug Perfected
CHICAGO January 23 Perfec tion of a method for large scale production of a close relative of a rare anti arthritis drug announced by a Mayo Clinic official. Merck Inc New Jersey has three methods for production and a drug named hydrocortisone is highlighted as differing by its higher hydrogen content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kendall
Mayo Clin
Merck Inc
N. J
Bes
Refugees Use Own System Of Intelligence
Refugees moving north from Suwon behind advancing American divisions claim the enemy retreats and rely on a personal intelligence network. American colonel and UPI correspondent describe refugees heading home while Allied troops press forward with cautious advance. Tanks patrol main roads as infantry dig in at daylight, a stepping stone advance.
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Korea
Mongees
Suwon
Seoul
United Press
Richard Apsere
Applegate
UN Information Aide Dies After Operation
Dr W. Bryant Mumford aged 50 director of the UN Public Information special services division dies in hospital after an operation Saturday night in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. Bryant Mumford
Special Services Division
United Nations of Public Information
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