Ghost Funds Put House on Ropes
The Texas House faced a looming $45 million shortfall as senators boosted appropriation bills. Debates focused on cutting hospital and eleemosynary funding, trimming salaries above $3,000, and delaying decisions amid revenue lag. The session adjourned with several measures in flux.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin American Capitol
Weary House
House
Jimmy P. Horang
Wayne Wagenseller
Senate
No Chance Stymies Bonus Bill As House adjourns
Representative Jimmy Horany of Archer City says he will pull his 400 million bonus bill from further House action due to the late session. The House adjourned 62 to 60 after voting to recess until Wednesday morning, leaving the bonus bill unlikely to pass. A juvenile delinquency code bill stalled over Senate amendments, while the Senate pushed a 5 million increase to the soil conservation appropriation.
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George O. Nokes Jr
House
Beauford Jester
Wagonseller
Senate
Associated Press
Jimmy Horany
Archer City
Horany
Trieste Favors Return To Italian Government
The people of Trieste show strong support for returning the Adriatic city to Italian rule after Sunday elections. Premier Alcide de Gasperi’s Christian Democrats lead with 48,464 votes, surpassing all anti Italian parties combined, while the Cominform Communists tally 24,408 as the second largest group.
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Trieste
Adriatic
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
Manford Advocates New Budget System
Speaker Durwood Manford urged a revolutionary budget proposal to overhaul the obsolete system. He argued the current approach constrains the Legislature and pushed for a modern framework to address the state financial predicament.
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Manford
Jay
Austin American Capitol
Durwood Manford
House
Senate leaders clash over Manford budget plan and building delay
Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers and Sen James E. Taylor urged lawmakers to stay and resolve finances and hospital building needs. Durwood Manford proposed cutting appropriations to essentials and deferring state buildings, prompting debate on a potential long term bond or constitutional amendment.
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Durwood Manford
Senate
Allan Shivers
Manford
James E. Taylor
Shivers
Jester
Secret Big Four Talks May Aid Berlin Accord
The US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the contempt conviction of film writers Dalton Trumbo and Howard Lawson, ruling Congress may compel witnesses to state whether they are or have been Communists. The ruling supports broader inquiry into political beliefs as it weighs against free speech claims in a national interest context. Other Hollywood figures indicted include Ring Lardner Jr and Albert Maltz, among eight total.
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Washington
Congress
US Circuit Court of Appeals
Committee of Congress
Dalton Trumbo
Howard Lawson
Supreme Court
House UN- American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Hollywood
Trumbo
Lawson
Bennett Champ Clark
Wilbur K. Miller
George C. Sweeney
Robert W. Kenny
Ring Lardner Jr
Albert Maltz
Alvah Bessie
Samuel Ornitz
Herbert Biberman
Edward Smytryk
Robert Adrian Scott
Lester Cole
Central Texan Named to State Prison Board
Walter W. Cardwell of Luling Foundation was appointed by Governor Beauford Jester as a Texas Prison Board member. The selection adds an agricultural and soil specialist to work with Prison General Manager O. B. Ellis on improving farm lands, crop practices, and livestock, linking prison, Luling Foundation, and Texas A&M agricultural programs. Other board members named by Jester include W. C. Windsor, H. H. Coffield, French M. Robertson, B. A. Stufflebeme, Bronson Morgan, T. R. Havins, Warren S. Bellows, and Henry S. Paulus.
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Walter W. Cardwell
Luling Foundation
Beauford Jester
Texas Prison Board
Gov. Jester
Cardwell
O. B. Ellis
Jester
E. J. Kyle
Texas A&m College
Dean Kyle
Texas A&m
W. C. Windsor
Tyler
H. H. Coffield
Rockdale
French M. Robertson
Abilene
B. A. Stufflebeme
Grand Prairie
Bronson Morgan
Jasper
T. R. Havins
Brownwood
Warren S. Bellows
Houston
Henry S. Paulus
Yoakum
West Also Bidding To Settle Berlin and Austria Talks
Paris dispatch reports a partial Berlin truce settlement emerging from Big Four talks. Western powers push a separate Austrian treaty accord as Council of Foreign Ministers sessions show fragile progress. Russian stance on Austria appears to soften while American optimism fades on broader outcomes.
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West
Austria
Paris
Berlin
Council of Foreign
Big Four
Russia
New York
Vishinsky
Yugoslavia
Carinthia
Acheson
Court Reaffirms Tidelands Ruling
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider its April decision allowing the federal government to file tidelands oil suits against Louisiana and Texas. The move aims to assert federal rights to Gulf oil lands, with Louisiana contesting federal jurisdiction. The ruling leaves jurisdictional questions to be argued after suits are filed.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tidelands
Louisiana
Justice Department
Texas
Department
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Bolivar E. Kemp Jr
Kemp
Senate set to drop Coke Stevensons bid in Johnson seat
SAN ANTONIO June 13 Coke Stevensons contest of Lyndon Johnsons Senate seat is to be dropped by the Senate election committee before July 31 Stevensons attorney James F Gardner said he would try to visit Washington to derail the plan.
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San Antonio
Coke Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
James F. Gardner
Stevenson
Washington
Oppenheimer Testifies AEC Praised for Guarding Atom Secrets
Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer told a Senate House panel that the Atomic Energy Commission has sweated blood to safeguard atomic secrets and praised Lilienthal's leadership. He argued isotopes shipped abroad pose no weapons risk and urged continuing isotope exports despite prior concerns by Commissioner Strauss.
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Washington
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate House
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Oppenheimer
Congress
O.oppenheimer
Lewis Strauss
Strauss
Senate House Committee
Jester Signs Election Reform Bill Into Law
Governor Beauford H. Jester signed the election reform measure into law on Monday. The bill speeds up official returns to county officials after vote completion and requires second primaries in county and precinct races.
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Senate
Beaufort H. Jester
Jester
Beauford H. Jester
William R. Stump
Georgetown
Two Persons Die In Mississippi Plane Crash
Meridian Mississippi reported two people killed when a private plane crashed near Topton Airport ten miles northeast of the city. Deputy Willie B. Francis identified the victims as Dr and Mrs De Bailey Murdock of Eastland Texas based on papers found on the bodies.
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Meridian
Miss
Topton
Here
Willie B. Francis
de Bailey Murdock
Eastland
Exas
Ross Sanity Trial Opens in Death Penalty Case
Dr. Lloyd I. Ross faces an insanity trial in Fayette County to determine if he should be executed for the 1947 murder of Mrs Gertrude York near New Braunfels. A 36 man jury panel is to be selected in the district court proceeding, held in the same room as his 1947 conviction.
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Supreme Court
LA Grange
Lloyd I. Ross
Fayette County
San Antonio
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Ross
Gertrude York
New Braunfels
Stock Market Drops to 4 1 2 Year Low on Monday
The New York stock market slid to a 4 1 2 year low as leading issues fell several cents to above $2 and some near $4 to $7.50. Shareholders lost over $1 billion on one of the year's busiest days, with the Associated Press average at 58, the lowest since January 1945, signaling a prolonged decline amid weak business outlook and production cuts.
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New York
Wall Street
Financial District
Associated Press
Senate OKs Gray as Army Secretary in Truman Defense Team
The Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed Gordon Gray of Winston-Salem as secretary of the Army, completing President Truman's new defense team. It also approved John J. McCloy of New York as US high commissioner for Germany and administrator of the occupation zone.
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Washington
Senate
Gordon Gray
Winston-Salem
Truman
John J. McCloy
New York
World Bank
Germany
Austin School Board approves hiring of 56 teachers
The Austin School Board voted to authorize Dr. J. W. Edgar to hire 56 additional teachers and staff, funded under the Gilmer-Aikin Act. They also hired architects for three new high schools and renovations, consider reducing bus service, and approved $160,000 yearly for new personnel. The six high schools receive $12,000 for band uniforms, and trips are planned to San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Temple, Victoria, and Galveston. The 1949-50 calendar begins September 12 with holidays at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.
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Austin
J. W. Edgar
Bickler
T. N. Porter
Edgar
Page, Southerland and
Page
McCallum
Anderson High
Austin High School
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Temple
Victoria
Galveston
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San Angelo
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