Legislature Wrestles With Adjournment Tax Clash
The Senate backs a $45 million truncation in bills while the House resists a fixed adjournment date. Governor Beauford Jester pushes tax revision study and bond options as lawmakers seek a path to avoid new taxes. A special session looms if appropriations remain unresolved.
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Means
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Executive Department
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Shivers
Jester
Manford
Jack F. Ridgeway
Guardsman Flown To Bed Of Sick Wife
North Camp Hood Texas National Guard expedited Sergeant First Class James M Martin Jr to Odessa for his wife Mary who was seriously ill. Captain Edwin H Hendrick arranged the mercy flight and Lieutenant General Ernest O Thompson personally piloted the plane to the field.
Schoolmen Meet With Cavness On G A Program
A seven man panel of school superintendents met in Austin with L P Sturgeon to discuss installing the Gilmer Aikin educational program. Cavness aims to implement reform while a new 21 member school board and top staff are chosen. The group will advise on policy and help shape regulations and interpretations to be mailed soon. The meeting was sponsored by the Texas State Teachers Association with expenses paid for attendees.
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Stuart MacCorkle
Robert S. Calvert
Hall H. Logan
Board of Control
Jesse James
L. P. Gabbard
M. College
Bullock Hyder
North Texas State College
E. T. Miller
University of Texas
Reginald Rushing
Texas Tech. College
Capitol
Austin
Gilmer-Aikin
L. P. Sturgeon
C. H. Cavness
Cavness
Sturgeon
Texas State Teachers Association
R. S. Calvert
L. A. Woods
Charles Rogers
Amarillo
FE. A. Barker
Honey Grove
Leon Graham
Mercedes
Joseph R. Griggs
Huntsville
R. E. Harris
Caldwell County
Lockhart
Claude
Texas
T. A. Roach
Victoria
Texas House Rejects Pension Ceiling Rise Panel Report
The House refused to approve a conference report on lifting old age pension ceilings and asked for another committee. The Senate had passed it 21-3 with a lien provision on real estate. the House defeated 61-47, sending the measure back to the Senate. The bill aims to lift the state welfare cap of 35 million dollars and would impose liens only after death, affecting a subset of recipients.
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Louis A. Johnson
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Senate
Phil Willis
Kaufman
Conference Committee
Willis
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Paul Wilson
Geneva
Wilson
Lamar Zively
Temple
Belgium Ratifies North Atlantic Pact Third Nation
Washington June 16 Belgium became the third country to deposit its ratification of the North Atlantic Treaty with the State Department.
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Belgium
Washington
State Department
Big Four Endures Deadlock On Germany and Austria
The four foreign ministers reached a final attempt at minimum agreement on German and Austrian questions but remained deadlocked after marathon talks. They recessed until Sunday and planned another session Monday as discrepancies persisted on Berlin action and an Austrian independence treaty.
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Paris
Berlin
Austria
Steel Workers Pension Plea Turned Down
US Steel Corporation rejected the CIO United Steelworkers demand for 150 dollar monthly pensions for aged and disabled workers. John A. Stephens said pensions would not be discussed, citing the current contract. he also noted reluctance to discuss wages or insurance matters.
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US Steel Corporation
CIO
United Steelworkers
John A. Stephens
Big Steel
US Steel
Californians Brave Lava Falls Rapids On Colorado Run
A five man motorboat party from California successfully navigated Lava Falls Rapids on the Colorado River from Lee's Ferry toward Lake Mead. The group plans a 540 mile round trip in their Higgins type boat as part of the perilous journey.
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Ariz
Lava Falls
Colorado River
Lee's Ferry
Lake Mead
Austin Dentist Testifies He Shot Crow After Threats
Dr. C. H. Roper admitted shooting McCreary Crow at his Fredericksburg Road home on July 17, 1948, saying Crow had hit his wife and threatened him. Roper, an Austin dentist, faced murder indictment as testimony highlighted Crow’s alleged drunkenness and multiple assaults on Mrs. Roper.
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C. H. Roper
Austin
McCreary Crow
Crow
Wadleigh Admits Secret Data Gave to Chambers
New York June 16 Henry Julian Wadleigh testified he handed over State Department secrets to Whittaker Chambers in a perjury trial linked to Alger Hiss. He said he collaborated with Communists from 1936, named David Carpenter as a conduit, and recalled giving documents at street corner meetings.
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Henry Julian Wadleigh
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Wadleigh
Oxford University
Thomas F. Murphy
Murphy
Communist Party
David Carpenter
Carpenter
Maryland
Federal Farm Board
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
China
Story
Whittaker Chamber
Julian Wadleigh
CWA Threatens Bell Phone Tieup
The CIO Communications Workers of America backs a campaign for Bell Telephone System recognition with a possible nationwide strike. Delegates at the CWA’s international convention authorize action within 90 days to enforce division contracts and restore bargaining recognition. Joseph A. Beirne says Bell has withdrawn recognition from 37 divisions since May 6. The CWA claims 230,000 members joined CIO May 9 with a charter issued.
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CIO Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone System
CWA
Joseph A. Beirne
Bell Telephone Companies
CIO
Congress of Unions
Man Buried Alive Robbed of His Profit
Raymond D. Emmert, 34, buried alive May 20 in Zanesville Ohio, was robbed early Thursday when James Powell left to investigate a tavern hold up. A jar guarding gifts for Emmert, part of his bid to beat the 43 day burial record, was taken. Public viewers can place contributions in the jar at the shaft six feet below ground.
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Raymond D. Emmert
James Powell
Powell
Emmert
Richard Ney Marries Pauline Settle McMartin in San Diego
Actor Richard Ney former husband of Greer Garson wed Pauline Settle McMartin in San Diego on Thursday. The ceremony followed Ney's divorce from Garson and joins a notable California social circle with the McMartin family.
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Greer Garson
San Diego
Calif
Richard Ney
Pauline Settle McMartin
Jurors Rule Dr Ross Insane After Verdict Directed
Fayette County jury directed by District Judge J R Fuchs found Dr Lloyd I Ross insane for the 1947 York family murders. Testimony showed Ross is hopelessly insane. He will be observed 90 days at the State Hospital in Austin. If found sane later, he faces another sanity trial.
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San Antonio
State Hospital
Austin
A. T. Hanretta
E. T. Hanretta
Royall Calder
Calder
Dittert
Hanretta
York
Willard York
John York
Mary York
Court of Criminal Appeals
Gertrude York
Comal
Truman Calls Spy Hunts Postwar Hysteria
President Truman labeled the postwar spy hunts as hysteria that dies down after each war. He urged reading alien and sedition laws from the 1790s to see parallels and said the country did not go to Hell and won’t. He discussed Hoover, secrecy, and potential laws to seal FBI files from public view.
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Truman
Mr. Truman
John Adams
Congress
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Clark
Executive Branch
Congress Grants Truman Power To Reorganize Executive Arm
Congress approved the reorganization bill giving President Truman power to reshape executive departments and agencies. A 60 day window lets a plan take effect unless blocked by a majority in either house. Hoover projected annual savings of 3 billion dollars.
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Truman
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Senate
Herbert Hoover
Riod
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Hoover
Commission
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