Texas counties show growth and decline in 1950 census
Preliminary figures reveal Potter and Hutchinson counties gaining population while Gregg and Smith counties show modest rises in East Texas. Rusk and several others in the district fall, with Tyler's area showing a large gain pending more data.
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Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Amarillo
Potter County
Walter Shaller
Randall County
Shaller
Hutchinson County
Borger
Berger
Phillips
Gregg and
Smith
Jerome Bishop
East Texas
Gregg
Smith County
Tyler
Rusk County
Rusk
Camp
Panola
Upshur
van Zandt
Wood
Bishop
Limestone County
George E. Adams
Corsicana
Mexia
Groesbeck
Coolidge
George Kesler
Odessa
Midland
Kesler
Reagan County
Baylor President to wed in Memphis next Tuesday
Baylor University president Dr. W R White announced he will marry Mrs. Tom R Tarwater of Memphis Tennessee, a widow and noted Bible lecturer. The ceremony is set for noon Tuesday at the Parkview Hotel with Dr Robert G Lee presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
W. R. White
Baylor University
Tom R. Tarwater
Memphis
Tenn
White
Baylor
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Texas
Tarwater
Tennessee
Parkview Hotel
Robert G. Lee
Bellevue Baptist Church
Two Day City Home Permits Top One Million
Residential construction broke city records over Monday and Tuesday with permits for new homes surpassing 1 million dollars. The 104 Skyview Addition frame homes valued at about 728 thousand led a northern city surge, with Highlands and Crestview developments totaling the rest.
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Austin
Skyview Addition
Skyview
Haile Airport
Dallas
L. L. Merendinm
Homes
McCandless
McCandless Homes
Burnet Road
Rmits
B. Clagett
Highland Village
Highland Park
Memorial Park Cemetery
First Austin Investment Corporation
Violet Crown Heights
AS YOU LIKE IT A TEXAN ARSON AND SQUATTERS TALES
A householder refuses a money demand and is beaten. A thief borrows clothes drinks liquor and drives him downtown. the arsonist is jailed after a marital dispute cools. Squatters leave due to a bird nest with four eggs, prompting the owner to abandon claims.
House Approves Seven Month Rent Extension Plan
The House voted seven months to extend federal rent controls with local option for five more months. The bill, sent to the Senate, would keep controls until January 31 1951 with possible local extensions to June 30 1951 for about 8 million rental units.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Remington Pleads Innocent to Perjury Charge
William W. Remington a Commerce Department economist now resigned pleaded innocent to a perjury indictment accusing him of lying to a federal grand jury about his Communist ties. He posted 5000 cash bond with trial set for July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
John W. Clancy
Bethuel Webster
Remington
Clancy
Shivers Calls Tidelands Meet With Governors
Governor Allan Shivers orders a special tidelands committee session at White Sulphur Springs during the National Governors Conference to plan strategy after the Supreme Court ruling against Texas and Louisiana. Other members include Turner's Oklahoma, Long’s Louisiana, Folsom’s Alabama, and Talmadge’s Georgia governors.
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Allan Shivers
Tidelands Committee
Southern Governors' Conference
Supreme Court
Texas
Louisiana
Tidelands
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Roy J. Turner
Oklahoma
Earl K. Long
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge
Gov
Shivers
Congress
Tidelands Court
Weather Forecast Slightly Hot in Austin Wednesday
More of the same heat expected in the Austin area with a Wednesday forecast of a 92 degree high. Tuesday reached 91 degrees, just one short of the year’s top mark.
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Austin
Weather Bureau
Hours To Give Ends With Community Chest Drive Response
The Community Chest finalizes the Hours To Give emergency campaign with a 2.5 hour phone drive led by Ted Thompson. Donations reach about $25,000 toward a $38,000 goal, easing the needed mortgage on Chest property as the Economy Chest and Community Council merge to form a unified welfare effort. Judy Harte, 3, and siblings contribute pennies and nickels from West 29th Street under the drive’s push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Night Owls
Joe, Judy
Vickie Harte
Joseph Harte
West 29Th Street
Margaret Watt
Community Chest
Dardanella L. Hicks
Robinson Avenue
Judy Harte
Thompson
Austin Association of Life
Shrine Convention Set to Open in Los Angeles
Imperial Potentate Harold Lloyd foresees the largest Shrine Convention in history as 200000 Shriners and families converge on Los Angeles. Housing will be tight with hotels full and the Santa Fe Railway arranging space for 2600 Shriners in Pullman cars. George Saunders arrives from Chicago to prep for high Shrine officials. a Saturday board meeting on hospitals for crippled children starts the official schedule.
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Los Angeles
Imperial
Harold Lloyd
Santa Fe Railway
Chicago
Atlantic City
Lloyd
Imperial Divan
George Saunders
Imperial Recorder
Shrine
Committee On Hospitals
World’s Biggest Helicopter Crashes During Test Flight
A 24 passenger Cierva Air Horse helicopter described as the world’s biggest crashed on a test flight near Southampton. The pilot and two passengers died and the craft burned after the crash on Tuesday.
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Southampton
England
Cierva Air Horse
Secretary Acheson warns against using war to check Soviet power
Secretary of State Acheson says the Soviet Union uses armed strength and the world Communist movement to intimidate weak nations. He rules out isolationism, appeasement, and preventive war with atomic weapons, urging peaceful negotiation and coalition action to resolve U. S. and Soviet tensions.
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Dallas
Acheson
Russia
United States
Civil Federation of Dallas
Southern Methodist University
International Communist Movement
Soviet Union
Truman
Middle East
America
McDonald Names Moody and Small Lead Mandamus Suit
J E McDonald announced former Governor Dan Moody and former Senator Clint C Small will lead his mandamus suit in the Supreme Court to restore his name on the ballot as a candidate for re election as commissioner of agriculture The move follows a vote to bar his name for alleged pledge violations and a Love vs Wilcox precedent cited to reclaim a ballot slot Numerous lawyers offered to assist and Moody and Small agreed to file promptly Ballots certification and printing are set after lists close with absentee balloting starting July 3.
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Capitol
J. E. McDonald
Dan Moody
Clint C. Small
Supreme Court
Democratic State Executive Committee
Nnwnittas
SNE Cummimilucs
Vle Ulery
McDonald
Love Vs. Wilcox
R. B. Creager
Brownsville
Moody and Small
C. C. Renfro
Dallas
W. L. Matthews
San Antonio
Harry R. Jones
Houston
William N. Bonner
New US Weapon Bared by Bush
Paris dispatch reports Dr. Vannevar Bush said the United States is developing a powerful new land weapon to halt a Soviet invasion of Western Europe. He called it a fusion of a Bazooka and a recoilless gun and predicted small, well-equipped forces could delay invasion for four to five years. He doubted any major power will develop a hydrogen bomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
America
Europe
Vannevar Bush
US Scientific Research and Development
Bush
Base Point Price Bill Faces Presidential Veto Push
Eleven congressional Democrats urged President Truman to veto the basing point pricing bill saying it would promote monopoly and weaken antitrust laws. They warned it could lead to nationwide retail chains and limit competition as delivery costs were shifted to buyers. The group cited figures like Senators Hill Douglas Humphrey Lehman Sparkman Kefauver and Representatives Patman Boggs Karst Mitchell Evins. The National Federation of Independent Business also urged a veto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Lister Hill
D-Ala
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Herbert H. Lehman
D-Ny
John J. Sparkman
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Wright Patman
Texas
Hale Boggs
D-La
Raymond Karst
D-Mo
Hugh Mitchell
D-Wash
Joe L. Evins
National Federation of Independent Business
Far East Crash Claims 45 Lives in Persian Gulf
Paris reports forty five killed or missing in a four engine C54 Skymaster crash en route from Saigon to Paris in the Persian Gulf. The disaster raises France total losses to sixty one from two separate air mishaps on Monday and Tuesday including a Madagascar disappearance with sixteen aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Indochina
Persian Gulf
Saigon
Tananarive
Tamatave
Madagascar
South Africa
Fredericksburg Feed Store and Grain Warehouse Destroyed by Fire
Fire at the Enderlin Feed Store and Grain Warehouse in Fredericksburg destroyed the large sheet metal building and its contents. More than 10,000 bushels of grain were lost, with hay, sacks, salt, and supplies also burned. Three employees barely saved their loading truck. fire crews and nearby businesses aided, and owner Alfred Enderlin plans to rebuild.
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William Petmecky
Central Texas
Fredericksburg
ANS
Enderlin
Alfred Enderlin
August Pyka
Emil Bernhard
Orwin Treibs
Robert Blum
Eadeslia Seid
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Tideland
Guadalupe Street
Community Council
I. W. Davis
Farren McNamara
Davis
McNamara
H. Aubrey Elliott
Combined
Chest and Council
Son
Dean Acheson
McDonald's
Moody, Small
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ii
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