Administration Leaders Foresee Long Cold War
President Truman and White House aides signaled a prolonged cold war after the Paris talks. State Department officials argued no major East-West settlement is likely now and outlined aims to defend free world interests and resist Soviet expansion. Acheson and Thorp framed policy as guarding western Germany and seeking limited East West engagement.
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Washington
Paris
Truman
State Acheson
White House
State Department
Russia
Grinnell
Iowa
George W. Allen
Willard L. Thorp
Thorp
Amherst
Mass
Little Rock
Europe
Russian-Born Woman Denies FBI Slan der in Coplon Case
Russian-born Mrs Irina Aleksander angrily denies all slanderous allegations linked to secret FBI reports in the Coplon espionage trial She seeks a full and objective investigation and asks for a personal apology to Dr Condon wife of UN official Bozhidar Aleksander is named in the reports.
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Washington
FBI
Judith Coplon
Irina Aleksander
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
J. Edgar Hoover
Associated Press
Great Neck
N .Y
Aleksander
United Nations
Coplon
Bozhidar Aleksander
Yugoslavia
Ralph Bunche
UN Trusteeship Council
New York
Eugene Kisselev
Paul Mikhailov
Dr. Condon
Hoover
House un-American Activities Subcommittee
Expose of State Finances May Speed Texas Legislation
The Austin Capitol report notes Speaker Durwood Manford challenges lawmakers to end delay and form an expert study to clarify Texas finances amid shrinking revenue. He urges an interim panel and a summer special session while Senate comments remain unsettled and rent decontrol and tax measures loom. Legislators face pay cuts and housing losses as tensions rise.
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Austin American Capitol
Durwood Manford
Manford
Senate
Beauford Jester
Allan Shivers
Shivers
House
Carlos Ashley
Llano
Nance
Austin
Llano Bond Election Favored by Wide Margin
Llano County bond election approved for 200000 in right of way purchases. Returns mostly in show 331 for and 33 against, indicating strong support for the measure. The vote tally highlights a decisive approval with remaining rural boxes still to report.
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Llano
Spl
Llano County
Methodists Name Center Pastors
Bishop William C. Martin announces new appointments in the Central Texas Conference Georgetown district naming Bartlett Butler Braywell etc for Bartlett Bruceville Prariedell Ledbetter Fromer W Walker Huddleston Snowdy Norris Fisher Jarrell Northside Boone Weir Dailey Nolanville Thrall Ellis Rogerville Hooper Taylor Tenth Street J Will Temple First Temple Circuit Voges Poteet Special appointments include C W Berquist professor Southwestern University W H Coleman evangelist Paul K Deats Jr Wesley Foundation Austin Charles L Garrett Wesley Foundation Commerce Nick Jupferle Jr assistant to president Southwestern University Lawrence Sellars missionary Korea Frank L Turner Jr Wesley Foundation Harvey Williamson Wesley Foundation Arlington.
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Fort Worth
William C. Martin
Central Texas
The
Methodist Church
Georgetown
Bartlett
C. Y. Butler
Bruceville
Wesley Foundation
Austin
Charles L. Garrett
Commerce
Nick Jupferle Jr
Southwestern University
Lawrence Sellars
Korea
Frank L. Turner Jr
Harvey Williamson
Arlington
MacArthur blasts Soviet note over Japanese unrest
Tokyo report says General Douglas MacArthur called the Soviet letter propaganda and an inciter of disorder in Japan. He replied to a protest by Soviet General Kuzma Derevyanko over alleged police suppression of May trade union demonstrations.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Russia
Kuzma Derevyanko
Allied Council For Japan
MacArthur
Man Killed and Girl Wounded in Oak Hill Road Fight
A Sunday road brawl near Oak Hill left Fred Darity dead and Morene Glass seriously wounded. H H Hetzel 34 was charged with murder and assault with intent to murder in Justice Frank McBee's court. Darity's body found off Ericksburg Road. Glass treated at Brackenridge Hospital. Funeral set for Darity Monday. inquest underway.
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Travis County
Oak Hill
H. H. Hetzel
Treadwell
Fred Darity
Morene Glass
Justice of the Peace
Frank W. McBee
Sheriffs Department
Darity
Cedar Valley
Theericksburg Road
Miss Glass
Brackenridge Hospital
Richard Bible
Brackenridge
Justice of the
Robert J. Jaehne
Fitzhugh Cemetery
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
W. F. Darity
Alice Siegmund
Dorsie Fay Darity
Austin
Audrey Mae Darity
Raymond Darity
Floyd Lee Darity
William Douglass Darity
Cedar Ao
Millary Tryer
E. A. Burnes
Tydings Criticizes Lilienthal Over AEC Security
Senator Tydings says Lilienthal failed to safeguard Atomic Energy Commission secrets amid Hickenlooper led hearings into alleged mismanagement. Dr. Oppenheimer will testify, with a closed session to discuss secrecy in the aftermath of political friction. Connecticut senator notes scheduling limits and a dispute over radioactive isotope shipments.
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Washington
Tydings
D-Md
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate
House Atomic Committee
Lilienthal
AEC
Ane
Commission
Hickenlooper
McMahon
Connecticut
Oppenheimer
Appeasement Backed as Surrender Says Senator
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan condemned appeasement as surrender on the installment plan. Speaking at Dartmouth College during a commencement, he urged collective peace through collective security modeled after a working United Nations and warned against permitting armed aggression to divide and conquer.
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Hanover
N. H
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Rmich
Dartmouth College
Vandenberg
United Nations
Last Timken Roller Company Founder Dies
William R. Timken died at Croton on the Hudson aged 84. He was the last of the three founders of Timken Roller Bearing Company, which he retired from in 1930. The Timken Company is now the world’s largest producer of tapered roller bearings with about 18,000 employees across eight plants in Ohio Colorado and Ontario Canada.
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New York
William R. Timken
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Croton
Hudson
Here
Timken
Timken Company
Ohio
Colorado
Ontario
Canada
Governor Wavers on Texas Rent Decontrol Bill After Senate Amendment
Governor Beauford Jester said he might not sign the statewide rent decontrol bill due to a Senate amendment allowing cities to reinstate controls. Housing Expediter Tighe Woods argued the amendment may violate federal law, and Jester will decide after reviewing the revised measure.
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Corsicana
Beauford Jester
Senate
Tighe E. Woods
Arthur E. Biard
San Antonio
House
Woods
Austin
Jester
Texas
Biard
Tighe Woods
Requiem Mass Slated Today for S. Ferris
Solemn requiem mass for S. Ferris founder of a Austin department store will be Monday at 10 a m at St Marys Cathedral with Father McAllister officiating. Bishop Reicher will be present to give absolution. Burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Pallbearers include Peninger Becker Nash Schneider Joseph Macken Balagia Balagia. Rosary at Cook Funeral Home Sunday night. Ferris, 78, merchant and civic leader, died Saturday.
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S. Ferris
Austin Department Store
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Joseph McAllister
James Gibbons
Frank Weber
Louis J Reicher
Mount Calvary Cemetery
John A. Peninger
Herman P. Becker
James P. Nash
Ralph Schneider
Fred Joseph
Dennis Macken
S. Jack Balagia
Charlie Balagia
Cook Funeral Home
Showers Continue Across Central Texas Forecast to Rise
The Austin Weather Bureau reports continued showers Sunday across Central Texas from San Antonio to Waco and east, with Capital City recording .20 inch rain for 1949 totaling 17.19 inches, an 8.7 inch excess. Warm humid weather is forecast for Monday and Tuesday as showers persist then ease early Tuesday.
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Colorado
Tom Miller
Austin Weather Bureau
Capital City
Central Texas
San Antonio
Waco
Acheson Delivers Harsh Kiss on Soviet Germany Plan
In Paris on June 12 US Secretary of State Dean Acheson dismissed Andrei Vishinsky's German peace draft as propaganda joking it was all fleas and no dog. He contrasted Western troop claims and urged Soviet troop reductions while signaling possible talks on temporary trade for Germany. Britain’s Bevin and France’s Schuman were briefed after a dinner.
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Russia
Paris
Acheson
Dean Acheson
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Council of Foreign Ministers
Moscow
London
Vishinsky
Germany
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Man Unity
Berlin
Robert Schuman
Berlin Rail Strike Heads to Referendum Amid Violence
Berlin officials report that 14,000 rail workers will vote in a referendum on Tuesday after a four power plan to end the 23 day strike was rejected by strike leaders. The dispute has blocked rail shipments but airlift and trucks aid Western zones.
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Berlin
Frank L. Howley
Howley
Russia
Britain
France
Two Polio Cases Brought To Brackenridge Hospital
Ambulances brought two out of town polio patients to Brackenridge Hospital Sunday. R. M. Titsworth, 28, Cameron veterinarian, diagnosed as polio victim. Mrs. Harrett Hunt, 25, brought from Victoria. Conditions of both new patients and seven others under treatment described as good. Travis County has 11 polio cases in 1949 with five deaths.
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Brackenridge Hospital
R. M. Titsworth
Cameron
Mine Strike Opens With 450 000 Idle
Pittsburgh June 13 The United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis began a one week walkout with about 450 000 idle miners the action aiming to pressure for a new contract before the June 30 expiry. The strike affects most operators including 20 007 UMW members in captive pits at US Steel.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Progressive
Illinois
Lewis
Walter R. Thurmond
Southern Producers’ Association
John L
US Steel Corporation
Philadelphia
Frank Harper
Library, Pa
Pioneers Thrift Covered Wagon Highlight Bond Drive
The historic covered wagon will tour downtown Austin on Monday to promote the United States savings bonds drive. Travis County aims to raise 740000 by June 30, with 30 wagons nationwide. Local chairman Fred C. Morse notes bonds offer small earners a profitable investment as low as $18.75 for a $25 bond.
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Austin
United States Savings
Fred C. Morse
Travis County
Paramount Theater
Congress Avenue
R. J. O'Donnell
Interstate Theaters
O'Donnell
Dallas
Morse
Texas
Stand by Powers Out Washington Soft-Pedals War Planning
The Administration tightens peacetime war planning and forgoes early enactment of stand-by war powers. NSRB shifts away from military brinkmanship toward advisory planning, limiting phantom orders and focusing on resource analysis and rapid mobilization without direct operating duties.
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Washington
Congress
National Security Resources Board
White House
NSRB
NLRB
John R. Steelman
Arthur M. Hill
Greyhound Corporation
Hill
Steeleman
Pentagon
Truman
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