Texans Pledge USO Reactivation Effort In Texas
A large Texas meeting in Austin pledged success to reactivating the USO for peacetime service. Leaders including Harvey S. Firestone Jr and Gov. Buford Jester outlined a $12.1 million national drive to support USO centers and youth service programs across military installations.
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USO
Harvey S. Firestone Jr
Buford Jester
T. E. Braniff
R. L. Thornton Jr
J. O. Newberry
Firestone
Truman
White House
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
Thomas T. Handy
Fourth Army
R. H. Kruger
Sixth Army
R. G. Lawrence
12Th Air Force
Louis N. Goldberg
Charles E. Green
Braniff
Austin
The
Salvation Army
YWCA
National Jewish Welfare Board
National Catholic Community Service
National Travelers Aid Association
Austin Army and Navy
Texas
Bridges Denied Travel as Bail Hike Sought in Perjury Case
SAN FRANCISCO June 23 Bridges refused permission to depart the United States while awaiting trial on perjury and conspiracy charges. Government seeks bail increase to 100000. Co-defendants Henry Schmidt and J R Robertson indicted. all free on 5000 bond. Judge Roche bars Bridges from leaving the jurisdiction.
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San Francisco
Bridges
Marseilles
France
Henry Schmidt
J. R. Robertson
Liberty
Michael J. Roche
Robert McMillan
Attorney General
Washington
Jester Backs Bond Plan for State Buildings
Governor Beauford H. Jester endorses bonds to finance new state buildings as a step toward a balanced budget. Legislature signals progress on long stalling issues and nears closure, with Senate approving a hospital and buildings bond plan while House blocks a similar measure by one vote.
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Associated Press
Beauford H. Jester
Senate
House
Jester
E. V. Spence
Big Spring
State Board of Water Engineers
Texas
Red
Sabine
Liquor Board
Searcy Bracewell
C. S. McLellan
Coplon Admits Interest in Visiting Russia During 1948
Judith Coplon testified she repeatedly inquired about visiting Russia in spring 1948, insisting her motive was objective curiosity not love for the country. Prosecutors pressed details of her late February Manhattan meeting with Valentina Gubitchev and the handling of secret FBI reports found in her possession.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Russia
FBI
Moscow
Miss Coplon
Kelley
Manhattan
Gubitchev
Justice Department
Mosco
Hiss Denies Giving Data To Red Spy Ring
Alger Hiss testifies point by point that he did not furnish, transmit, or deliver any State Department documents to Whittaker Chambers or the Soviet spy ring. He denies knowing Chambers since 1937 and says he is not a Communist. The defense seeks to cast Chambers as a liar while Sayre denies the prewar underground claim.
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Hiss
Red
New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Francis B. Sayre
Washington
Malcolm Cowley
Sherman, Conn
Sayre
Chambers
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Stryker
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Lake Success
Grand Jury
Department
Jester Signs Texas Rental Decontrol Bill
Governor Jester signed a statewide rent decontrol bill allowing rent increases after 1942 limits. Dallas rent control ended, Riverside Homes tenants seek local restoration, and San Antonio cites Army presence as national policy focus. The law takes effect 15 days after 90 days post adjournment, per FHA rules.
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Dallas
Tighe Woods
Riverside
Orange
San Antonio
A. C
Jack” White
Jester
Rent Decontrol Hearing Set After Austin Property Owners Rally
A public hearing on rent decontrol in Austin is scheduled for July 5 at 8 p m in City Hall after 75 property owners demanded action. Mayor Glass announced Texas Governor Jester signed a statewide rent decontrol act but critics warned it becomes effective 90 days after adjournment and may face injunction challenges from US Housing Expediter Woods.
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Austin
City Hall
Taylor Glass
State of
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
Austin Property Owners Association
J. C. Hinsley
Tighe Woods
Sheriff Announces Continued Raids On Gambling Sites
Sheriff Ernest Best said on Thursday that deputies will continue searching city and county areas for gambling operations. No sites were found on this trip, following an earlier raid in Austin and a jar of lottery tickets seized at a Dallas highway drive-in.
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Ernest Best
Best
Austin
Dallas
Franciscan Fathers to Build Monastery in Chicago Loop
The Franciscan Fathers announce a six story monastery valued at one million dollars will rise on the LaSalle Theatre site in Chicago. The building will cover two top floors and replaces the former theatre after purchase from Ey Field for about five hundred dollars.
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Chicago
Loop
Pg Order
Thursay
LaSalle
Ey Field
Acheson says Russians defensive over Europe
Secretary of State Acheson stated Russia is on the defensive across Europe and afraid to grant Germans a voice in their affairs. He cited the Paris foreign ministers meeting as proof of a defensive Soviet stance and urged continued American action, especially on military aid and the Atlantic Pact. He also addressed issues from Czech religious rights to Austrian independence and the Palestine settlement.
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Washington
Acheson
Russia
Europe
Paris
Committee For Action
Josef Beran
Czechoslovakia
Senate
Hungary
United States
Committee For Free Europe
Palestine Conciliation Commission
Holy Land
Congress
Berlin
Californians Bow Out In NCAA Tennis Quarterfinals
In the National Intercollegiate tennis tournament at Penick Courts California’s Flam and Larsen fell as Buddy Behrens and Jack Tuero shined. Texas reached NCAA doubles semifinals as crowd turnout exceeded 500 with Friday matches scheduled.
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William & Mary
Fred Kovaleski
Buddy Behrens
Rollins
Vic Seixas
North Carolina
Seixas
Hollywood
San Jacinto St. Way
Herbie Flam
Art Larsen
Flam
UCLA
Larsen
San Francisco University
Florida
Jack Tuero
Sparks defeats Acreman for AFL executive secretary in Texas
Paul C. Sparks, 37, World War II veteran and secretary of the Houston Building Trades Council, won the Texas Federation of Labor executive secretary post over incumbent Harry W. Acreman 4080 to 3399 at the Beaumont convention. Other results include district vice presidents elected and San Antonio chosen as next year’s convention city with Harris re elected president by acclamation.
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Joe W. Rigdon
H. S. Brown
San Antonio
Joe B. Davis
John W. Oglesby
Fort Worth
George E. Ackerman
Galveston
E. T. Coleman
Austin
Roy Jones
Abilene
George F. Webber
el Paso
John W. Hayes
Dallas
Ed Gross
Beaumont
Leroy Williams
Houston
W. W. Teague
Ethel Burch Still
Freeman Everett
E. A. Harrell
Waco
L. M. Barber
William J. Harris
Tiny Wichita baby set to meet mother in two weeks
In Wichita Falls on June 23 a two month old newborn at Wichita General Hospital weighs about four pounds. La Fon Louise, born May 10 three months premature, weighs 2 pounds 11 ounces at birth. Mrs Jimmie Goins, the baby's mother, gazes through the incubator window saying she is "all eyes" as the iceman father presses his nose to the nursery pane.
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Wichita Falls
Jimmie Goins
Wichita General Hospital
la Fon Louise
Two Firemen Killed Six Hurt in refinery Blast
Perth Amboy New Jersey June 23 Two firemen were killed and six injured in an explosion at the California Refinery waterfront area. Flames from one asphalt tank and then a second towered over New York Bay as officials said the tanks were isolated and no immediate danger to nearby storage facilities remained. Fred W Mayer the company vice president said the blast occurred in an asphalt tank. No damage estimate was provided.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
California
New York Bay
Fred W. Mayer
Mississippi Buyer Tops Jackson dispersal cattle sale
Mississippi plantation owner R. M. Christian led buyers at the Hereford Ranch dispersal in Jackson. He paid about 6250 for 26 head as interstate buyers averaged 263 per animal. female average for 81 head was 227, four bulls averaged 825, with OJR Royal Domino 6ist selling for 2000 to Earl White and Son. Local buyers included A D Bolm and residents from Austin Del Valle Aus tin and Blanco.
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Austin American Agricultural
Mississippi
R. M. Christian
Hereford Ranch
OJR Royal Domino
Earl White
Elkhart
Kan
A. D. Bolm
Austin Laundry Company
Central Texas
H. J. Mozzi
Austin
Oscar Collier
John E. Brode
del Valle
Oscar Snyder
Roy Gamble
Blanco
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BY Raymond Brooks
Austin American Staff
Allan Shivers
Durwood Manford
Braniff International Airways
Committee On
USC
Veterans Hospital
Gen
Handy
Gov
Hor Firestone
Lake Charles
Waitkus
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Phillies
Philadelphia
BY Dave Cheavens
Board of Regents
University of Texas
McLellan
Anderson Cancer Hospital
Dental
General Revenue Fund
S. J. Isaacks
Coplon
Soviet
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
New York City
Mr. Hiss
Communist Party
BO Byers
Council
John E. Williams
Association
Thomas Jefferson
Glass
Other Council
Satan
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Capitol
Jack Gallagher
Austin American Sports Editor
Come
Penick Courts
Gene Garrett
Driving Rice Institute
Chick Harris
Jack Turpin
Felix Kelley
Bobby Goldfarb
Clark Taylor
Longhorns
Acreman
Jackson
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