Truman Urges Limited Controls and Tax Hikes
President Truman asked Congress for limited economic controls over credit and materials and renewed his request for $5 billion in new taxes. He warned that if controls fail to curb inflation, full mobilization could follow as the Navy races toward an Atomic policy and broader defense buildup.
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Truman
Congress
Navy
Korea
Taft
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate
House
Defense
Louis Johnson
Cigarette Prices Rise Across Major Brands
New York July 26 UP The price of cigarettes is increasing with R J Reynolds raising Camel and Cavalier to 8.00 per thousand from 7.75 after discounts. Retail Tobacco Dealers of America says smokers will pay about one penny per pack. Reynolds cites higher leaf tobacco costs. Lorillard hints at price hikes. Liggett Meyers declined comment.
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New York
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Eric Calamia
Retail Tobacco Dealers of America, Inc
Reynolds Company
P. J. Lorrilard Co
Liggett-Meyers
Suckers Line Up for Sugar Promo
Washington report on grocer Max Rosenthal who posted a five pound sugar sale sign at 98 cents and saw a brisk line, noting that the previous day he sold the same amount for 49 cents.
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Washington
Max Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Pope Pius XII urges world prayers for lasting peace encyclical
Vatican City July 19 Pope Pius XII issued an encyclical appealing to bishops and all peoples to pray for a just and lasting peace. He warned that modern weapons threaten all beauty and goodness and urged rulers to remove dark clouds of war through truth justice and charity.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Nutria vanish from Lake Austin duckweed cleanup project
The nutria imported last May to clear duckweed from Lake Austin have disappeared leaving the State Game Fish and Oyster Commission puzzled. Duckweed remains, and the note appears on Page 15. The item mentions broader national topics on Hoover and possible CIA leadership. Page references indicate multiple stories across the issue.
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Lake Austin
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
U S Says Forces Secure Korean Beachhead Promising Outlook
A U S spokesman for General MacArthur in Tokyo said on July 26 that the United States has ample troops and supplies in Korea to protect its beachhead and will not be pushed into the sea by Communist forces. He claimed no gaps exist in the UN line and called the situation optimistic.
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Tokyo
United States
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Floods Force Evacuations In Wichita Falls As Rains Persist
Heavy rain drenched North Texas causing floods in Wichita Falls with five families moved from low areas as Holliday Creek overflowed. Four people died in separate accidents along slick highways while cotton farmers fear boll weevil invasion despite lush summer grass.
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Texas
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Weather Bureau
Dallas
Fort Worth
Galveston
Lubbock
San Angelo
Childress
Texarkana
Marfa
Junction
Cotulla
John M. Kennedy
Betty
Lufkin
Waco
Abilene
San Antonio
US Department of Agriculture
USDA
Denison
Grayson County
Haskell Truckster Killed in Accident Near Fredericksburg
Frederickburg July 26 Ans George Alton Rushing 41 of Haskell died when his truck struck wet pavement and left Highway 87 at Cherry Springs 16 miles north of Fredericksburg. He was ejected and pronounced dead at a Fredericksburg hospital. An inquest was held by Justice of the Peace William Bruns. Rushing drove for J E Jackson Jr of Stamford. The body lay at Schaetter Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Fredericksburg
George Alton Rushing
Haskell
Cherry Springs
Rushing
Justice of the Peace
William Bruns
J. E. Jackson Jr
Stamford
Schaetter Funeral Home
Home Economics Pioneer Miss Martha Bell Dies at 83
Arlington obituary notes Miss Martha T Bell who introduced home economics to Austin High School in 1904 05. A McKenzie Tennessee native she later taught at Texas State College for Women in Denton for nine years and held a post at Flora Mc Dongle College in Red Springs before retiring in 1933 to Arlington.
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Arlington
Martha T. Bell
Austin
Bell
McKenzie
Tenn
Austin High School
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Flora McDongle College
Red Springs
Britain to Send Ground Forces to Korea Under War Footing
Britain plans a strong response to the Korean crisis with about 4,000 infantry armor artillery and engineers to Korea alongside allies Australia New Zealand and Turkey. Defense Minister Emmanuel Shinwell announced modernization of tanks anti submarine forces radar airfields and fighter planes while confirming conscription if needed and that forces would not be drawn from Hong Kong or Malaya.
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Britain
Korea
Emmanuel Shinwell
Australia
New Zealand
Turkey
Shinwell
House of Commons
Soviet Union
Winston Churchill
Commons
North Korea
Hong Kong
Malaya
Lightning Exacts Fatal Toll at El Paso Quarry
Two quarry workers, W. A. Harrison and Teofilo Vera, died after a dynamite charge was exploded by lightning at a stone quarry near El Paso. The blast toppled rock as rescuers arrived, Vera critically trapped before succumbing. 10 charges of dynamite were set to detonate after workers left.
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W. A. Harrison
Teofilo Vera
Juarez
Tucker
Alaska's Richest Man Dies Under Coal Cars
In Healy Alaska on Wednesday Captain Austin E Lathrop Alaska's richest man was killed at the Healy River coal mine when a string of loaded coal cars broke loose and ran him down.
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Alaska
Healy
Austin E. Lathrop
Healy River
Austin Marines Mobilize As Recruits Pour In From All Directions
Austin's Marine Corps reserve unit Company A, 15th Infantry Battalion, readied for mobilization by securing gear and unpacking boxes at Barton Springs Road. Recruits arrived from Texas and beyond, including 20-year-old Pfe Daniel C. Cooney from Mexico and William Ma Burnett from Upper Lake California, who traveled 1900 miles to rejoin. Burnett, a former World War II artillery corporal, expects possible Korea action and swore in at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday as others streamed in from all directions.
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Marine Corps Reserve
15Th Infantry Battalion
Barton Springs Road
Pfe
Daniel C. Cooney
Mexico
Outfit
Texas
University of Texas
William Ma. Burnett
Burnett
Marine Artillery
Okinawa
Upper Lake
Calif
San Francisco
Marine Corps
Pair Spins Into Jail On Merry Go Round
O C Gilpatrick and Henry Kendall with two Iowa girls rode a Lake Contrary merry go round until deputies arrested them. Gilpatrick detained on bad check charges. Kendall awaiting hearing. The two girls were sent to their Glenwood parents.
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Gilpatrick
C. A. Jenkins
Kendall
Glenwood
Iowa
MacArthur Tours Front As Red Offensive Rumbles
General Douglas MacArthur made a second flying visit to the Korean front amid a growing push by Communist columns west of Pusan and near Yongdong. U.S. jets and naval air forces supported ground troops as Hadong and Hwachon Ni areas saw renewed attacks and counterattacks.
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Associated Press
William R. Moore
US First Cavalry Division
Yongdong
Taejon
Kumchon
Pusan
MacArthurs
MacArthur
Hadong
High Point
Hamchang
Yongdok
Pusah
AIR Force
Hwachon-Ni
38Th Parallel
Korea
Yasu
Sunchon
Hamyang
1St Cavalry
25Th Division
Namwon
Chonju
Approval Given Rural Telephone Cooperative Plan
More than 800 Fayette Electric Cooperative members approved forming a rural telephone cooperative in La Grange. J. C. McBride of the Rural Electrification Administration predicted a local exchange within about a year with battery dial service and modest initial and ongoing fees. Construction would take about a year after applications, with typical systems serving about 600 subscribers. Southwestern Bell offered cooperation and the board was re-elected: L. Giese, C. M. Janda, John F. Migl, and Joe Matocha.
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LA Grange
ANS
Fayette Electric Cooperative
J. C. McBride
Waco
Rural Electrification Administration
McBride
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
L. Giese
Warda
C. M. Janda
Hostyn
John F. Migl
Flatonia
Joe Matocha
Cistern
House Votes New Life To Texas Tin Smelter
The House approved by voice vote a bill allowing Texas City tin smelter to operate through June 30 1956. The measure moves to the Senate which already passed a similar bill. Current law grants operation authority only until June 30 1951.
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House
New Life
Texas Tin Smelter
Washington
Texas City
Senate
Defender of McGee Attacked After Supreme Court Stay
Aubrey Grossman organizer for the Civil Rights Congress said five or six men attacked him in his Jackson hotel room after the Supreme Court granted a stay to Willie McGee who faced execution for a 1945 rape in Laurel Mississippi. Police reported only minor injuries and Grossman left town.
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Miss
Willie McGee
US Supreme Court
McGee
Aubrey Grossman
New York
Civil Rights Congress
M. B. Pierce
Grossman
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Fielding Wright
Holden
Ted Thackery
New York Daily Compass
Gov. Wright
Hal Austin
Laurel
Mississippi State Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
US High Court
Burton
US District Court
Sidney Mize
Showers Expected in Austin as Heat Eases
The weatherman forecast scattered showers in the Austin area on Thursday signaling cooler temperatures after a week of 95 degree heat. Temperatures near the high 80s to low 90s were anticipated with relief from the recent heat wave.
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Verpeetey Re Mercury
Legrees
Gree
Teven
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