Rents Decontrol Bill Ruled Legal by Attorney General
The Texas attorney general said if Governor Jester signs the statewide rent decontrol bill federal rent control would end in Texas. The opinion allows cities to set local controls only in genuine emergencies, not to fix ordinary shortages.
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Texas
Price Daniel
Beauford H. Jester
Jester
Daniel
City of
New York
Washington, D. C
Carlton Moore
Houston
Woods
Coplon Crys Innocence in Espionage Trial Rant
Judith Coplon shouted she is framed and branded a harlot as she defended morals in her espionage trial. She accused H. P. Shapiro of involvement, while Kelley pressed details of two nights in hotels during their Washington affair and the ongoing Gubitcher case in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Judith Coplon
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Kelley
Shapiro
Justice Department
Criminal Division
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Valentine A. Gubitchev
Gubitcher
Miss Coplon
New York
Acheson Pushes Atlantic Pact Approval in Congress
Secretary of State Acheson urged quick action to ratify the North Atlantic Pact and approve a 1.13 billion dollar arms program. Senators Connally and Vandenberg backed swift passage, stressing urgency to counter Soviet threats and sustain momentum in European policy. The treaty requires a two thirds Senate vote to become binding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Acheson
Senate
Senator Connally
D-Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Connally
Russia
Paris
Germany
USO Revival Plan Moves Through Texas With Firestone
Harvey S. Firestone Jr and T E Braniff lead a Texas tour to revive the USO. They meet Gov Beauford Jester at the Governor's Mansion and plan a Driskill luncheon to outline a $12 1 million national USO goal through community campaigns.
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Harvey S. Firestone Jr
USO
America
T. E. Braniff
Braniff International Airways
Austin
Beauford Jester
Texas
United Service Organizations
Governor
Mrs. Beauford
Governor’s Mansion
Driskill
Firestone
Truman
White House
Gov
Jester
Braniff
Legislature Deadlock Over Adjournment Date Persists
The House again rejected setting a final adjournment date as Senate work continues on the liquor bill. Senate leaders moved toward a budget board to draft a proposed state budget before each session, while conference committees toil on four major appropriation bills.
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House
Senate
Liquor Control Board
Durwood
Manford
Ray Kirkpatrick
Appropriations Committee
Kirkpatrick
Douglas E. Bergman
Dallas
Jack Ridgeway
San Antonio
Legislative House
State Board of Control
Austinite Among 38 Hurt in Crash
An American Airlines Convair carrying 44 passengers made a crash landing near high tension wires in Memphis. Thirty eight were injured, one seriously, including Austinite W. M. Ehlers of 2616 Rio Grande. Pilot Ed Hatch praised for keeping the craft under control after an engine failure.
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Memphis
Tenn
American Airlines
Convair
San Antonio
Fort Worth
New York
Wilma Wattam
Kennedy Hospital
W. M. Ehlers
Rio Grande
Austin
Texas
Ehlers
Texas State Health Department
Elizabeth Robertson
F. M. McBryde
McAllen
J. R. Paine
R. F. Montford
Dallas
Airlines
Municipal
Ed Hatch
S. P. Bittner
Bomber Raids Shanghai Again
A Nationalist warplane attacked Shanghai for the third straight day, dropping a bomb near a British freighter that was damaged and grounded from Tuesday’s raid. London said the Anchises was strafed with no casualties, while a bomb fell near the ship and another exploded inland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Whangpoo River
Foreign Office
London
Senate Acts Taft-Hartley Backers Win Skirmish
In Washington on June 22, Senate backers of Taft-Hartley injunctions won two preliminary votes in the Labor Relations Bill fight. The Douglas-Aiken plan to seize plants for 90 days was defeated 55 to 27, and the Ives plan to let Congress act case by case without seizure was rejected 67 to 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Ives
RNY
Congress
Douglas
D-Nl
Aiken
R-Vi
Douglas-Aiken
James C. Petrillo
AFL
Five Dead Ten Hurt In Ship Mine Blast
Dunkerque officials reported five crewmen killed and 10 injured when the Belgian steamer Princess Astrid hit a mine near the port. The remaining 283 aboard were rescued in a swift operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkerque
France
Here
Hottest Day in Austin Topped 97.4 Degrees in 1949
Weather Bureau reports Austin reached 97.4 degrees about 4 p.m., the city’s hottest May day in 1949, just 0.6 degrees above the prior record of 97.0 on May 30. Forecasters warned for hotter conditions Thursday with warm nights.
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Austin
Weather Bureau
McDade Farms Pin Hopes on Watermelons Economic test
McDade farmers pivot from cotton and corn to watermelons peanuts and sweet corn as drought and wartime prices reshape the village. Producers, led by C L Kunkel and Albert Kastner, anticipate prices near 1 per hundred pounds with yields around 45 000 pounds per acre and costs about 35 per acre.
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McDade Farms
Austin American
McDade
Camp Swift
C. L. Kunkel
Kunkel
Albert Kastner
Kastner
South Texas
Baby Linda Has Chance to Live
Milam County's 20 month old Linda Sneaks underwent a four hour operation at Children's Hospital in Dallas. Doctors say chances for complete recovery and a new color are good. Linda is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Claude Sneaks of Cameron. Milam County residents raised $1617.80 for the hospital fund to help her fight.
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Rockdale
Milam County
Linda Sneaks
Childrens Hospital
Dallas
Claude Sneaks
Cameron
Texas
Linda
Mexico Dates Windup Of Through Highway
The Communications Ministry said the last 60 miles of the Pan American Highway in Mexico will be completed early next year. Obstacles near the Guatemalan border delayed plans to open officially on Columbus Day October 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Communications Ministry
Mexico
Guillermo Ostos
Girl Iris Tinney Dies in Suspected Hit and Run
Authorities in Texas City believe a Galveston woman named Iris Tinney, 23, died from injuries in a hit-and-run. She was found unconscious on a roadside early Saturday with investigators treating it as a fatal traffic crash.
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Texas City
Iris Tinney
Galveston
Berlin Railmen Lift Little Blockade Amid Uncertain Cooperation
Berlin's 14 000 anti Communist railway strikers agreed to restore West Berlin rail freight to normal with the Big Four urging an emergency service. Western elevated trains will stay halted and through traffic to the Russian zone remains stopped. Heinz Bracht warned non cooperation could resume the blockade.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Paris
non-Communist Union
UGO
Texas Seeks Tennis Upset After Tar Heel Loss
Texas aims to rebound after a 34-7 football defeat to North Carolina as Felix Kelley and Bobby Goldfarb lead the Longhorn doubles against Vic Seixas and Clark Taylor of North Carolina. Seixas and Taylor reach quarters after Savitt and Steiner defaulted. Larned and Behrens of Rollins upset top seeds. Sessions at Penick Courts will charge $11, marking a new attendance push.
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Chapel Hill
Tar Heels
Penick Courts
Texas
Longhorn
Felix Kelley
Bobby Goldfarb
Vic Seixas
Clark Taylor
North Carolina
Arnold Saul
Robert Perez
Southern California
Savitt
Caswell
Taylor
Buddy Behrens
Brackenridge Hospital
Seixas
UCLA
Gene Garrett
Gardner Larned
Larned
Behrens
Rollins College
Florida
Catholic Action defies Vatican in Czechoslovakia
Communist backed Catholic Action leaders declared loyalty to the Roman Catholic Church and to Czechoslovakia while accusing church hierarchy of anti state activity. Premier Zapotocky had accused Archbishop Beran of inciting rebellion and warned of action. Vatican and Archbishop Beran had denounced the group as fraudulent and schismatic. The promoters said they remain loyal to both church and country.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Catholic Action Society
Vatican
Antonin Zapotocky
Josef Beran
Catholic Action
Beran
Over 2000 Attend Annual CC Barbecue at Barton Springs
More than 2000 Chamber of Commerce members and guests attend the annual barbecue and summer membership meeting at Barton Springs. The event features the city recreation department entertainment "Something Made Austin Grow" with no speeches. President Joe C. Carrington notes 300 visitors from nearby towns and a military reception committee welcoming Camp Hood Bergstrom Air Force Base and other units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Barton Springs
Austin
Joe C. Carrington
Camp Hood
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Armed Services
Carrington
Anti-Masking Fight Pushed By Alabamans
Alabama moves to unmask and punish hooded night riders as cross burnings and floggings alarm Birmingham. The state Senate passed an anti masking bill and a House committee approved it. A federal probe and a county grand jury were also set to examine the robed mobs.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Washington
Birmingham
State Senate
House
Emmett Perry
Celler
Byrne
D-Ny
Ku Klux Klan
Texas Traffic Deaths Lag Behind Last Year
May traffic fatalities totaled 129, keeping 1949 year-to-date at 686 versus 754 for the same period in 1948. The Department of Public Safety Statistical report shows May deaths this year lower than last May’s 159.
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Texas
Department of Public Safety
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H. P. Shapiro
John M. Kelley Jr
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Alban Barkley
BY Raymond Brooks
Austin American Staff
Young
Firestone Jr
Manager Wilson
Firestone Enterprises
R. H. Finefrock
Chia. Firestone
Riverside Drive
W. D. Kniss
Akron
Joe E. Davis
Firestone of
Southeast
Southwest
J. H. Brown
Robert F. Milar
Chmn
Lake Charles
Eget
Racal Rae Sy
Austinite
Dave Shanks
Union
Potsdam
Heinz Bracht
Jack Gallagher
University of Texas
Rollins
Cornell
Dick Savitt
Leonard Steiner
A. B. Spires
Bertram E. Giesecke
O. Parke Houston
Recreation Department
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