Five-Year Tin Smelter Extension Sought for Texas City
Washington June 20 A five year extension of government authority to run the tin smelter at Texas City was urged by federal officials The authority expires June 30 1951 A Senate armed services subcommittee led by Senator Lyndon B Johnson is studying a bill to grant the extension W F McKinnon of the RFC tin division said U S tin supply meets current demand but the country still relies on foreign sources for tin
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Washington
Texas City
Senate Armed Services
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
W. F. McKinnon
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States
Livestock Market Firm at Austin Auction Pen
The Capitol Livestock Company sale in Austin reported firm and steady bidding with 1,350 cattle 250 hogs and 450 sheep and goats sold. Top calves bulls cows and various weights traded from $9.20 to $32 per hundredweight as buyers from Austin Georgetown Manchaca Lampasas and surrounding areas purchased multiple lots.
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Capitol Livestock Company
Arthur V. Smith
Austin
B. C
Georgetown
M. L. Pickard Jr
Manchaca
E. C. O'Neal Jr
Lampasas
Charles Alred
John C. Brodie
del Valle
S. B. Smith
Cedar Creek
Jim Glass
Odel Duran
Red Rock
M. H. Deats
Manor
No Great Change Foreseen in Auto Style for 5 Years
Detroit June 20 Associated Press Automotive Editor reports the auto industry will mostly keep the present low body design with larger glass areas for the next five years. Experimental ideas will continue in research, with hard top convertibles gaining interest and possible plastic heat reducing tops as options. Production nears capacity with 193,962 cars and trucks built last week, a new high surpassing the prior week by about 2,300 units.
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Detroit
Sudden Death In Hip Pocket Fails To Kill
CHICAGO June 20 Harold Carlin 47 carried a hip pocket full of sudden death for three hours after picking up a dozen blasting caps while working with a subway crew He worked in cramped spaces brushing walls until spotting his foreman and turning over the objects to police The bomb squad said one cap could blow off a man's arm and all twelve would be fatal
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Chicago
Harold Carlin
Drew Brown
Police
Carlin
Tragedy Trolley Exceeded Limit
Chicago transit officials disclosed the street car involved in the May 29 crash that killed 33 persons was speeding. Motorman Paul Manning warned for a flooded underpass and failing to slow at a turn around, though CTA Chairman Ralph Budd defended his record and said the act was not deliberate.
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Chicago
INL
Chicago Transit Authority
CTA
Ralph Budd
Paul Manning
Budd
African Official Safe After Fire in Home
Firemen rescued Prime Minister Daniel F. Malan his wife and daughter from a burning Capetown residence early Tuesday. Flames trapped them on a stairway but ladders and a balcony rescue saved them. The fire blamed on a short circuit caused little damage and was quickly controlled.
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Capetown
South Africa
Daniel F. Malan
Driver's License Law Seizes Long-Driving Farmer
Peter A Weaver, 78, of Floyd County Indiana, was fined 20 dollars 75 cents after a minor accident when he could not present a driving permit. He admitted driving for 15 years despite failing to obtain a license. He blamed examiners for denying him a license.
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New Albany
Ind
Indiana
Peter A Weaver
Weaver
Justice of the Peace
Floyd County
Hawaiian Scouts Arrive for Jamboree in Valley Forge
Fifty three Boy Scouts from three Hawaii councils arrived by air clipper for the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge from June 30 to July 6. Pan American officials noted the group spans nearly every racial group on the island and described the travelers as lively but well behaved.
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San Francisco
Hawaii
Valley Forge
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