Less Than Million Voters Expected In Texas Primary
Texas voters faced a light turnout in the Democratic primary as national tensions and foreign issues drew attention away from local race battles. Governor Shivers faced Case March with 39-year-old March campaigning vigorously across the state, predicting a light vote. The lieutenant governor contest featured a crowded field, and national races showed many unopposed or minimally opposed incumbents and challengers.
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Associated Press
Texas
Exans
Shivers
Case March
J. E. McDonald
T. A. Fairey
Travis County
John C. White
Wichita Falls
Charles McClellan
Colorado County
Organized Labor
Charles B. Hutchinson
Dallas
Wellington Frederick Abbey Jr
Houston
Gene S. Porter
Benita Louise Marek Lawrence
Brenham
J. M Wren
Ww. Reed
Texas House
Kyle Vick
Waco
State Senate
G. C. Morris
Greenville
Jester
Page
R. B. McAshan
Ingram
Fred
Red) Harris
Virgil E. Arnold
Preston E. Smith
Lubbock
Ben Ramsey
San Augustine
Pierce P. Brooks
The
Texas Safety Council
Roger @. Evans
Denison
Blue Law Suit Questions Sunday Closing Rules in Austin
A Friday court session in Austin considers a temporary injunction to halt enforcement of five ancient Sunday closing laws. Seven grocers allege the statutes violate US and Texas constitutions including due process and free exercise. City seeks swift filing and postponement pending verdict as grocers threaten selective enforcement and partial closures.
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Austin
53Rd
J. Harris Gardner
City Legal Department
Congress
Robert T. Donahue
Coleman Gay
Paul T. Holt
Lester Samford
Samford Food Store
F. Ralph Schneider
Schneider
Red and White Food Store
H. J. Arnold
W. R. Arnold
P. H. Thompson Jr
Big Bear Food
Henry G. Sanders
Sanders’ Food Markets
Jack Heath
Heath
Paul Smothers
Smothers
Trueman O’quinn
Walter Seaholm
Big Bear
Alfred Hudson
Seven 11 Food Stores
Polio Claims Life Of Bartlett Mother Of Two
Estelle Haas 35 of Bartlett died at Brackenridge hospital Friday after polio diagnosis. Her children Kathleen 5 and Robert 17 were in the hospital’s polio ward in good condition Friday. Hartfield Funeral Home to handle arrangements.
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Estelle Haas
Bartlett
Brackenridge Hospital
Kathleen
Robert
Haas
Hartfield
Red Chancellor Calls for Revolt in West Germany
In Berlin on July 21 Otto Grotewohl urged West Germans to resist the western occupying powers. Speaking to the Socialist Unity party convention in the Russian sector, the East German Communist chancellor delivered a harsh anti American address amid Cominform influence.
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Berlin
Kremlin
East Germany
West Germany
Otto Grotewohl
Grotewohl
Socialist Unity (Communist
AS YOU LIKE IT AND OTHER CITY NOTES
Brief snippets recount a method to calm a sleeping youngster met with alarm from a tired fire rescue crew. A Dallas housewife is humorously described wearing a hat most of the time. A thief cuts a housewife’s hair during a beauty parlor raid while she sleeps through it. A rattlesnake is shot after menacing a dining room lamp, sparking family alarm.
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Dallas
Former Austinite Injured in Korea
First Lieutenant Robert C. Adams a former Austin resident and World War II veteran was seriously wounded in Korea on July 13. His mother, Mrs. J. W. Adams of 3210 Hampton Road, said telegram from the Adjutant General reported chest and thigh gunshot wounds. Adams served as a liaison pilot with field artillery, re enlisted in 1949, had been in Japan, and is with the 24th Division. He is the father of a two year old and his wife and child are in a panic. Adams previously served in France and Germany in World War I and attended the University of Texas. He married Dorothy G. Besham of Austin.
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Robert C. Adams
Austin
Korea
Japan
Adams
France
Germany
University of Texas
Besham
Dorothy G
US Retakes Key Points Army Taps Guard Units
Washington July 21. Nation moves toward broad mobilization amid potential tax hikes to fund war. Army calls up National Guard and reserves on 30 days notice. Air Force may draft WWII veterans if needed. 12 ships taken from moth ball fleets for military use, with capacity over 35 000 men. 20 high speed cargo ships ordered from reserve fleets. 2 229 cargo ships remain. Senate and House vote to erase armed forces size cap and freeze enlistments for a year. Senate approves Truman warship control bill to guard against sneak attacks. Major General Hershey and leaders discuss manpower goals and draft authorities.
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Army
National Guard
Air Force
Maritime Administration
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Gulf
Atlantic
Lewis B. Hershey
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Armed Services Committees
White House
Truman
American
Magnuson
D-Wash
Navy
Marine Corps
Harland Parks
House Armed Services Committee
Parks
Hershey
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Draft Board
Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Service
Texas Guards Units Await Orders for Possible Activation
More than 1300 Texas National Guardsmen face possible active duty as non divisional units may be called. Units include 112th Mechanized Cavalry Regt, 95th Medical Group, 8th Field Artillery Group, 8th Flash and Sound Battalion, and 11th Ordnance Maintenance Company. Air National Guard’s 63rd Fighter Wing at Ellington Field to train Aug 13 27 and remain unaffected.
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Texas National
112Th Mechanized Cavalry Regiment
San Antonio
Harlingen-Brownsville
Pecos-Midland
95Th Medical Group
North Fort Hood
8Th Field Artillery Group
Galveston
8Th Flash and Sound Battalion
Panhandle
11Th Ordnance Maintenance Company
Gatesville
Berry
Fort Sill
Oklo
Cavalry
Fort Hood
Texas’ Air National Guard
63Rd
Ellington Field
Houston
Army
Air Force
National Guard Bureau
Cavalry Moves To Taejon Line
Fresh US troops in two assaults seized Communist held centers on the Korean front while US forces and naval bombardment captured Yongdok near Taejon. The 25th Infantry Division seized Yechon as the 24th Division established a new river line east of Taejon and engineers blew a bridge near Okchon. Negro troops and the 25th fought at Yechon, while fighting around Taejon continued with North Korean flanking moves and organized defense by US engineers.
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Tokyo
Yongdok
First Cavalry
24Th
First Cavalry Division
Taejon
25Th Infantry
Yechon
Flaming
24Th Division
Douglas MacArthur
Kum
Pusan
Okchon
Kungu-Ri
Chongup
Eighth Army
William F. Dean
Dean
21St
United States
34Th
Associated Press
Tom Lambert
Regents deny self nominations for UT chancellor
Regents authorize a joint statement calling reports that Board Chairman Dudley K. Woodward Jr or President T. S. Painter nominated themselves for chancellor wholly false. The advisory and nominating committees continue studying qualified candidates with co operation from regents, faculty and the development board.
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Associated Press
University of Texas Board of Regents
Dudley K. Woodward Jr
Dallas
T. S. Painter
University
The
Austin Statesman
Austin American
Brownwood
Margaret Batts Tobin
San Antonio
Edward B. Tucker
Nacogdoches
David M. Warren
Panhandle
A. M. G. Swenson
Stamford
James W. Rockwell
Houston
C. O. Terrell
Fort Worth
Statesman
Regents
C. P. Boner
Woodward
Painter
Rain Floods Littlefield as Highway Becomes Lake
A four hour storm drenched Littlefield turning US Highway 84 into a flood lake between Littlfield and Lubbock. Water four to seven feet deep covered the highway about 40 miles northwest of Lubbock. Motorists were stranded for a time and at least eight abandoned cars. Some Littlefield stores were flooded as the rain began Thursday night and ended around 2 am Friday. the worst hit was around midnight. Thunderstorms lingered Friday night across West Texas.
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Associated Press
Littlefield
Littlfield
Lubbock
West Texas
Ex Waco Reporter Missing in Korea
Wilson Fielder Jr. 33 Time magazine correspondent is missing after a jeep incident near Taejon. A driver said machinegun fire knocked them from the vehicle. fate unknown. Fielder, Baylor graduate, formerly Waco News and Tribune reporter, time bureau chief in Hong Kong.
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Tokyo
Wilson Fielder Jr
Time Magazine
Taejon
R. K. Kimball
Houston
Fielder
Hong Kong
Wilson Fielder Sr
Waco, Texas
Baylor University
Waco News and Tribune
Time
Bolivia Pledges Soldiers to UN
Bolivia offered 30 officers and regular army elements to join General Douglas MacArthur in Korea, the United Nations disclosed. The Bolivian offer was sent to Secretary-General Trygve Lie by Eduardo Anze Matienzo and marked the first definite troop pledge among UN members responding to the appeal.
Immediate Tax Hike Urged As Price Curb Calls Increase
Senate House economic committee urged an across the board tax increase to curb profiteering during the Korean crisis. Aimed at individuals and corporations, the plan suggested a guaranteed pay as you go system with higher income tax and possible surcharges on profits. The proposal is advisory. Ways and Means and Senate Finance would handle final measures. President Truman pressed Congress for price controls if voluntary measures fail as meat prices rise and food demand stays strong.
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Senate
House Economic Committee
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Economic Committee
Uncle Sam
White House
Truman
Congress
Agriculture Brannan
Sabath Dill
Galiath
American Meat Institute
Chicago
Weather Menu Forecast Promises Sunshine in Austin Area
The Weather Bureau forecasts a dry, sunny weekend for Austin and Central Texas. A quiet, warm pattern is expected with little chance of rain and light winds across the region.
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the Weather Bureau
Austin
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