176 Vets Buy Contexas Land
A total of 176 veterans in 14 Central Texas counties bought more than a million dollars worth of land under the land purchasing program. Williamson County led with 40 purchases and 5,382.21 acres, while Travis County totalled 36 purchases and 4,598.62 acres. The Land Board, authorized to issue 25 million dollars in bonds, has exhausted funds but may finance more. conditional applications are being accepted as more money is sought.
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Central
Texas
Bascom Giles
Ex-GlIs
Giles
State Veterans Land Board
Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
National City Bank of New York
Mike Rowan
Williamson County
Travis County
Williamson
Travis
Lampasas
Llano County
Burnet County
Blanco County
Hays County
Caldwell County
Bastrop County
Lee County
First Class Swimming Weather at Barton Springs
The forecast calls for fair weather with a high near 96 degrees Wednesday afternoon at Barton Springs. The weatherman said near perfect swimming conditions are expected, following a high of 95 degrees recorded Tuesday afternoon.
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Barton Springs
Injunction Granted Against Houston Picketers in Anti-Trust Suit
A temporary injunction in 53rd District Court blocks the Gulf Coast Employers Council and 11 Houston contractors from picketing near job sites to force a boycott. Judge J Harris Gardner ruled the state showed grounds for enjoining the union council, with final injunction form to be approved next morning. The case centers on alleged secondary boycotts and whether union council picketing or deliveries to contractors violated the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Labor Council
Gulf Coast Employers’ Council
Houston
53Rd District Court
J. Harris Gardner
Union Council
Gardner
Hee
Nat Wells
Charles Matthews
Matthews
Wells
R. H. Kelly
Employers’ Council
W. S. Bellows Construction Corporation
Southern Builders of Houston
Farnsworth and Chambers Company
R. F. Ball Con
Pope Wins Fourth Civil Appeals Court Seat in Texas Primary
Jack Pope of Nueces County appears to have won the fourth district civil appeals associate justice race with a 1,333 vote lead over three opponents as final counts show 42 of 49 counties reporting. Other races include White versus McDonald for agriculture commissioner and Governor Shivers leading March, with runoffs in 16th and 18th districts and numerous statewide totals from the Democratic primary.
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Jack Pope
Nueces County
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Texas Election Bureau
Pope
Bob Johnson
Agriculture Commissioner's Post
White
MacDonald
Charles E. McClellan
Eagle Lake
Tom Fairey
Manor
Johnson
Shivers
Case March
Waco
Pierce P. Brooks
Dallas
Ben Ramsey
San Augustine
Brooks
Ramsey
Ken Regan
Midland
Paul Moss
Odessa
Fred Hervey
el Paso
Abbey
Hutchison
Lawrence
Porter
Wren
Arnold
Davis
Evans
Harris
McAshan
Morris
Reed
Smith
Vick
Womack
Fairey
McDonald
McLellan
Cook
Lattimore
Letts
Morrison
Myres
Nelson
Storey
Wintch
Supreme Court
Dickson
Wilson
Wray
Griffin
Harwood
Keenan
Murray
Coe
Arkansas
Sid McMath
Ben Laney
McMath
Laney
National States Rights Democrats
Truman
Associated
Public officials face scrutiny in city cab stand incident
City Councilwoman Emma Long drew attention at a West Seventh Street cab stand as critics argue officials must follow laws they enact. Meanwhile Austin Pioneer fans await August and September play as Big State League aims for seventh place. A Drew Pearson column covers Acheson and Red Russian tactics.
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Emma Long
West Seventh Street
Austin Pioneer
Page
India
Acheson
Drew Pearson
Texans Classified 1A Numbers Reach 1A Totals
Selective Service Director Paul L Wakefield reported 70 725 Texans are ready for immediate service and classifications will be accelerated. Texas totals show 557 047 registrants all ages with 429 902 classified and 46 812 under 19. 154 741 are 4-A veterans. Other classes include 1-C 11 158 1-D 5 970 2-A 616 2-C 1 696 3-A 49 209 4-B 4 4-C 1 240 4-D 1 56 4-E 121 4-F 43 067 and 5-A 89 839.
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Selective Service
Paul L. Wakefield
Wakefield
Texas
One Dies Two Hurt When Girder Falls
A steel framework collapse at the Brownwood High School gymnasium construction killed John F. Crowded of Brownwood and critically injured two workers. Hubert Elmore Pitts, 35, suffered broken legs and head injuries, and J. W. Askew had a broken back. All three were part of a five man Engineering Service Incorporated crew from Lubbock.
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Brownwood
Brownwood High School
John F
Hubert Elmore Pitts
J. W. Askew
Pitts
Askew
Fort Worth
Engineering Service Incorporated
Lubbock
Early Texas Officer Bralley Dies in Wichita Falls
W G Bralley 84 longtime Texas officer and Wichita Falls resident for 40 years died Tuesday Funeral services set for Wednesday in Wichita Falls sources report He was a pioneer in Texas law enforcement with a long local career
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Texas
Wichita Falls
W. G. Bralley
Three Held After Attack on Gaisre Warden
Orange County men were arrested after a Newton County warden, Dempsey Leonard of Deweyville, was knocked unconscious and left on a logging tramway. Leonard had just arrested four men on cattle theft charges when the assailants fled. Several cattle were found killed and butchered in the area. one more suspect was arrested at Victor.
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Orange
Orange County
Newton County
Sabine
Beaumont
Victor
Curtis Humphreys
Dempsey Leonard
Deweyville
Leonard
Humphreys
US Business Failures Decline In Week
New York July 25. Business failures in the week ended July 20 declined to 170 from 187 the prior week and 182 a year ago. Dun and Bradstreet reported. Failures with liabilities of 5,000 dollars or more fell to 126 from 154 the prior week and 134 in the 1949 week. Casualties with liabilities under 5,000 dollars rose to 44 from 33 but stayed slightly below 1949.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Night Attack Knocks Yanks Back in West
Communist forces launched a night offensive along Korea's south coast reaching within about 70 miles of Pusan. Reports say a Fourth Division spearhead neared Hadong and another near Suncheon. Air power bombed bridges and tanks as the drive pushed US and South Korean troops toward Pusan.
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Tokyo
Korea
Pusan
Yongdong
Hadong
Sunchen
Yasu
Sunchon
Hamyang
South Korea
Far East Air Force
Britain Likely to Send Small Ground Force to Korea
London reports Britain ready to offer a small ground force to assist American troops in Korea. Attlee and Churchill to discuss in Commons amid UN requests for ground troops. Other nations have offered varying support and questions remain on size source and deployment timing.
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London
Britain
Korea
United Nations
House of Commons
Attlee
Winston Churchill
Thailand
Turkey
Bolivia
Cuba
Trygzve Lie
Tax Hikes Proposed by Truman Hit Individual Incomes
President Truman proposed personal income tax increases. A single man earning 2000 dollars would pay 280 annually, up from 232. A married pair with no dependents at 5000 dollars would pay 760, up from 631. Higher brackets show steep rises, with top earners facing near 90 percent in taxes.
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Washington
Truman
MacArthur Urges UN To Gain Superior Force In Korea
Lake Success New York July 25 General MacArthur and the unified command told the United Nations that Russian equipped Red Korean invaders cannot be overcome until UN forces achieve superiority in weapons and manpower. The 7 page report presented by Warren R Austin cites North Korean strength at 90 000 to 100 000 across seven divisions and five brigades with Soviet tanks and air power.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Security Council
Warren R. Austin
MacArthur
Korea
38Th Parallel
Proposal Would Raise Income Levies Average 20 Per Cent
President Truman urged a rapid five billion dollar annual tax increase as an interim wartime step. From October first, income tax rates would rise toward World War II levels for about 52 million individuals while corporate rates would jump to 25 percent on the first twenty five thousand and 45 percent on profits thereafter.
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Washington
Truman
Korea
George
White House
House Approves Military Ceiling Enlistment Bills
The House passed emergency measures lifting all military size restrictions and adding one year to all enlistments. The enlistment extension clears the Senate and goes to the White House for signature. the other bill awaits Senate action. Debate featured sharp criticism of Defense and State policies over Korea.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
White House
Representative Short
Missouri
Armed Services Committee
Korea
Short
Johnson
State Department
Defense
O‘hara
R-Minn
Vinson
D-Ga
The
Congress
United States
Monroney Wins Sooner Race for U S Senate Nomination
Oklahoma results show Mike Monroney leading Elmer Thomas in unofficial returns from 3,482 of 3,788 precincts by about 22,000 votes with Thomas conceding. Governors’ race contests also emerge in Oklahoma and Arkansas with close totals and party-wide implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Monroney
US Senate
Senate
Elmer Thomas Thomas
Washington
Monroney
House
Thomas
Oklahoma
Johnston Murray
William O. Coe
South
Arkansas
Laney
J. William Fulbright
Malcolm LaFargue
Shreveport
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
John J. Riley
Sumter
Leopold's foes plant dynamite in Belgium violence
In Brussels on Tuesday King Leopold faced Socialist attacks as police ringed parliament. Sabotage spread through southern Belgium with dynamite on railways, cut signal wires, a felled electric pylon, road nails, and flat tires. Strikes surged in Borinage and Brabant with about 5,000 miners idle in Liege.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold
Borinage
Brabant
Liege
A and P Official Denies Coercion of Suppliers
John Brennan vice president of the A P food stores told the Rotary Club of Chicago that anti trust suits by the Justice Department aim to force the chain out of business. He called government claims of obtaining price concessions through illegal coercion of food suppliers nonsense.
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Chicago
INS
John ©. Brennan
A&p Food Stores
Justice Department
Brennan
Rotary Club of Chicago
A&p Stores
Tax Suit Ruling Says FDR Civilian at Death
In Poughkeepsie New York on July 25 a county surrogate ruled Franklin D Roosevelt died as a civilian not a soldier. The decision came at the request of trustees of Roosevelt’s estate who sought to avoid liability for tax advantages tied to active service rules under the internal revenue code.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Franklin BD. Roosevelt
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