Moffett Aims Pattern for Redistricting Senate Seats
Senator George Moffett of Chillicothe works with a Senate redistricting plan as a 254 county map reshapes the 31 seats after population shifts since 1922. He notes incumbents may change districts and faces potential reelections in 1952 and 1954. He backs constitutional auto redistricting and is a cotton farmer born November 20, 1895 with two children.
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Associated Press
George Moffett
Chillicothe
Senate
Moffett
Capitol
House
Hardeman County
George
A&m College
A&m
Jay
Frank
Shah to Sell Land in Iran Land Reform Plan
Tehran January 28 The Shah says he will divide his vast royal estates and sell small farms to the men who have worked on them. The move aims to reform land ownership in Iran where wealth and land are held by fewer than 300 families.
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Tehran
Iran
Law alumni fund private gifts to support UT top faculty
Law alumni form a fundraising push to keep private money paying high salaries for University of Texas faculty. Southwest Medical Foundation in Dallas offered to transfer its plant and endowment to help fund top Texas medical salaries, starting 1949, to attract and retain leading authorities. The private foundation would retain enough cash to supplement state salaries and keep the medical branch prestigious. Details on current private contributions were not available.
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Law
of Texas
State of Texas
Southwest Medical Foundation
Dallas
University of Texas
E. H. Cary
Southwest Foundation
Austin
Gerveson
Foundation
Mary Martin Successor To Begin Role July 1
Mary Martin will be replaced by Martha Wright as nurse Nellie Forbush in South Pacific starting July 1 producers said. Wright, a young actress from Duval Wash, will take over while Martin takes a vacation after a long run since 1949.
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New York
Martha Wright
Duval, Wash
Nellie Forbush
South Pacific
Miss Martin
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein
Hollywood
Texas
London
Wage and Price Controls Stir Einstein Reference in Humorous Rant
Wick Fowler muses on wage and price freezes and uses Einstein's relativity to mock government policy. He anticipates fuel rationing debates at the State Capitol and praises Texas lawmakers Cheatham Swindell and Fly while noting a secret vote confirming top National Guard generals.
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George.Nokes
Corsicana
Texas National Guard
K. L. Berry
William H. Martin
Woods Urges Tough Rent Controls to Halt Rises
Washington dispatch reports housing expediter Tighe F. Woods pressing fast enactment of very tough rent controls to match the price-wage freeze. He outlines recommendations for federal authority to restore controls, end local decontrol options, and apply limits on new and commercial rents amid widespread gaps in current coverage.
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Tighe F. Woods
Woods
Office of Defense Mobilization
Charles E. Wilson
Wood
New York State
Alabama
Arizona
Nebraska
Nevada
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
Utah
Portland
Or Pasadena
Long Beach
San Siego
Los Angeles
Little Rock
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Jacksonville
Tampa
Miami
Oklahoma City
Fourteen Drowned in New Zealand Yacht Disaster
Sydney reports fourteen New Zealand sailors are believed drowned after a storm wrecked an ocean race from Wellington to Lyttelton. Four crew were aboard the Husky when wreckage washed ashore at Chiro Bay, with the Argo and Hope missing.
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Sydney
Australia
New Zealand
Wellington
Lyttelton
Husky
Chiro Bay
Argo
Hope
Economists Warn Freeze May Spark Inflation Squeeze
Four hundred economists warn price controls without pre tax boost and tighter credit would fuel a huge inflationary pressure. They urge cutting nonessential spending, faster tax revenue, and restricted credit to defend against inflation as a pay as you go defense.
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Butler
R-Neb
Senate Finance Committee
Senate House Economic Committee
Congress
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Bones for a Texas town hall Moses Austin bones offer
In 1949 the Lions Club of Potosi Missouri offered to give Moses Austin bones to Texas if Texas funded a $50,000 town hall memorial. The history notes earlier failed attempts in 1936 to retrieve remains and create a Texas monument, tied to Moses Austin and his son Stephen who founded Potosi to house miners.
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Potosi
Moses Austin
Lions Club
Texas
Austin
Lone Star State
Mosee Austin
Stephen
Economists urge higher taxes and closing tax loopholes
Economists from 30 institutions urged higher taxes as essential to preserve free enterprise. They call for increases in personal and corporate taxes and closing loopholes. Senator Butler notes a survey of 6 000 businessmen showing broad support for higher taxes, favoring a general sales tax over manufacturer level levies.
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Richard A. Lester
Princeton University
Butler
Ports Shifted to Feed Eisenhower Pact Forces
Berlin dispatch reports a new overland supply route from Bordeaux and Antwerp to feed Allied forces forming Eisenhowers Atlantic Pact defense. Hamburg and Bremen replaced due to proximity to Soviet zones. full operations aimed for midsummer with overland lines via France and Belgium.
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France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fontainbleau
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Rhine
Germany
Hamburg
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Antwerp
Bordeaux
Ant
Field Marshal Montgomery
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