Hill Country Peach Festival Visitors Proclaimed Texas Peach Week
Governor Beauford Jester receives a bushel of Early Elbertas and Golden Jubilees from Fredericksburg delegates at the Statehouse. The three day event includes horse racing, baseball games, and a Peach Queen crowning as the Hill Country Peach Growers Cooperative highlights 4000 acres of freestone orchards.
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Fredericksburg
Beauford
Texas
Hill Country
Dorsey Hardeman
San Angelo
Senate
Nell Hodges
Freda Hodges
Ernest Hodges
J. O Tanner
Stonewall
Hill Country Peach Growers Cooperative
George Richard Tanner
Harry O. Davis
Gillespie County Fair Association
William Petmecky
Gillespie County
Joe Petsch
Elgin Heimann
Temple Duderstadt
Hill Country League
Peach Cluster
Beauford Jester
Dallas Labor Forms Tenant Committee To Fight Rent Hike
Organized labor in Dallas forms a permanent tenants rent committee to present rent increase concerns to the city council. AFL CIO leaders back tenant representation on the city rent investigation board with Don Ellinger named temporary secretary. Rent controls were lifted after local action, under state and federal rules awaiting 90 day de control law finalization.
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Dallas Labor Forms
Dallas
Organized Labor
Don Ellinger
Texas Cio Industrial Council
Two New Braunfels Teachers Drowned
Two New Braunfels school teachers drowned in the Guadalupe River Tuesday night during a fishing trip. Alex Borman aged 36 and Edwin Hardin died when their boat capsized three miles south of New Braunfels. Gale Nelson survived by reaching shore.
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New Braunfels
Guadalupe River
Alex Borman
Edwin Hardin
Here
Gale Nelson
Senate votes Taft plan on injunctions and plant seizure
The Senate approved a Republican drawn scheme to handle national emergency strikes, voting 50 to 4. It sustains Taft Hartley injunctions and authorizes government seizure of struck plants for up to 60 days as part of replacing the Taft Hartley Act.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Donnell
R-Mo
Smith
R-N.j
Holland
D-Fla
Lucas
Tll
Coplon labeled a clever spy in espionage trial
Prosecutor John M. Kelley Jr. called Judith Coplon a clever spy for Russia and said Moscow chose her because she hated the United States. Defense contends a frame up as jury weighs verdict after nine and a half weeks of testimony with a second trial possible in New York.
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Washington
John M. Kelley Jr
Judith Coplon
Russia
Moscow
United States
Archibald Palmer
Miss Coplon
Justice Department
Congress
Palmer
Kelley
Albert L. Reeves
Raymond P. Whearty
New York
Valentine A. Gubitchev
Race Issue Defeated in House Housing Bill Vote
The House defeated a race amendment 168 to 130 to prevent segregation in publicly owned housing, postponing final action to Wednesday. The measure would have barred discrimination based on race in rental or occupancy of housing built under the act.
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Washington
House
Fulton
R-Pa
Mr. Truman
Boggs
D-La
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
San Saba County Quarantines Anthrax Area
San Saba County commissioners placed a quarantine on a large northeast corner of the county to prevent anthrax spread. The zone bordered by the Colorado River State Highway 16 San Saba city limits and US Highway 190 is guarded by twelve deputies on 12 hour shifts. Charley Boyd said no stocker cattle would be transferred and further sales halted pending outbreak control. Large herds on W A Barnam ranches in San Saba and Mills Counties are being vaccinated.
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San Saba
San Saba County
Colorado River
Jack B. Miller
King
Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission
Vatican Plot Charges Stir Prague as Clergy Crackdown Intensifies
Communist officials and press accuse Vatican diplomats led by Msgr Verolino of subversive plots to sever ties between Archbishop Beran and Czech Catholics. A police drive targets priests who read his letter. the state promotes Catholic action while unions back the campaign.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vatican
Josef Beran
Catholic Action Movement
Catholic People’s Party
The
People’s Party
Alexei Capicka
Klement Gottwald
National Front
Cepicka
Msgr
Gennaro Verolino
Verolino
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Wagner Resigns as New York's Senior Senator
New York Senator Robert F. Wagner, 72, resigns to let the Democratic Party nominate a candidate in the fall elections. Ill for over two years, he steps down as the Senate blocks revival of the Wagner Act related Labor Act and amid Taft Hartley debate. Wagner had not attended since May 1947.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Lehman
Senate
Robert F. Wagner Jr
House Expects Showdown On Building Programs Today
The House and Senate will end their record 177 day session Wednesday noon after approving a record 137 million in appropriations. The House faces a Wednesday vote between a 27 million four year building program and the Senate’s 25 million bond plan. Changes to election dates and a school election bill are set for November 8.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin American Capitol
House
Senate
Confederate Pension Fund
W. O. Reed
Ray Kirkpatrick
Valley Tycoon Faces Legal Troubles After Return Home
Rio Grande Valley financier Sam L. Miller flew back to Mission from Mobile with W F Neuhaus to address court suits against eight Miller heads corporations. Suits totaling 221,014 and bouncing payrolls plague Miller's banks, including San Juan Bank, which remains closed and unaffiliated with FDIC.
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Sam L. Miller
Rio Grande Valley
Miller
Mission
Mobile
Ala
W. F. Neuhaus
McAllen State Bank
First State Bank and Trust Company of
Neuhaus
McAllen
San Juan
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Mrs Mesta Approved For US Envoy Post
The Senate foreign relations committee unanimously approved the nomination of Mrs. Perle Mesta to be US minister to The Hague. President Truman had named her for the post last week and she is Washingtons top ranking hostess.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Perle Mesta
Eeene
Mesta
Truman
CCC To Use Hangar For Sorghum Storage
Hitchcock June 28. The Commodity Credit Corporation took over the giant Navy blimp hangar near here as a storage bin for grain sorghum. The 1,000 foot structure, idle since the war, cost the government more than $3 million and will provide 300000 square feet of needed storage space.
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Hitchcock
Commodity Credit Corporation
Navy
Thief With BB Gun Targets Jewelry Store Rings
Police hunt a marksman thief after rings are stolen from a Wichita Falls jewelry store display. The intruder fired through the plate glass, enlarging a hole large enough to reach in, then escaped.
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Wichita Falls
Soil Conservation Bill Passes Senate
The Senate approved a $5 million soil conservation program after a 23-4 vote on the conference report, sending the measure to the comptroller for funding and then to the Governor. House action had been 106-13 in favor.
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Mac Roy Rasor
Associated Press
Senate
Conference Committee
Comptroller
House
Fred Harris
Dallas
Dispute Over Vet Agencies Triggers House Showdown
Two Texas lawmakers, Rep. Williams A Miller Jr of Houston and Rep. Phil Willis of Kaufman, clashed on the House floor over the State Veterans Affairs Commission and the Veterans Appraisal Agency. Miller accused the agencies of corruption and abuse, while Willis questioned Miller’s motives tied to a former on‑the‑job training program. The session nearly devolved into a shouted exchange as Speaker Durwood Manford intervened with the gavel.
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Williams A
Bill) Miller Jr
Houston
Phil Willis
Kaufman
Miller
State Veterans Affairs Commission
Allied Veterans Appraisal Agency
Willis
VAA
Durwood Manford
American Legion
House
George O. Nokes
Corsicana
House Committee On Military and Veterans Affairs
State Board of Optometry
Senate
Manford
Operators Spurn Lewis Mine Plan
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia June 2 P Soft coal operators from the North and West formally notified John L. Lewis they reject his offer to keep miners working next month in return for a uniform three day work week. The contract expires Thursday at midnight and the next move could be a national strike or a limited three shift week.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
North
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Hubert Howard
Illinois
Four Year Old Travis County Polio Victim
William Woodrow Robertson Jr. became Travis County's 14th polio victim of 1949 Tuesday. The four year old son of Mr and Mrs W W Robertson Sr of 2607 Mc Callum Drive was admitted to the polio ward at Brackenridge Hospital Tuesday evening. His condition was reported as good. Twelve persons are receiving treatment in the polio ward, six Travis County patients and six from outside the county, all reported in good condition Tuesday.
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William Woodrow Robertson Jr
Travis County
W. W. Robertson Sr
McCallum Drive
Brackenridge Hospital
Racial Strife Flares At Washington Pool
A clash between whites and Negroes erupted near the Anacostia Park swimming pool in Washington. Police reported one man hospitalized after more than 20 officers responded to the disturbance amid crowds of white and Black pool patrons.
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Washington Pool
Washington
Anacostia Park
House Committee Approves Higher Farm Supports
The House agriculture committee approved a bill to raise price supports and run a trial of the Brannan farm plan. It would replace the parity formula with a 10 year average incomeCosts measure, boosting most crop supports and allowing a three crop trial. Brannan argues consumer prices would fall.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Stephen Pace
Dga
House
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
School Cheerleader Found Slain at River
The body of 17-year-old Marie Balbridge, Prestonburg High School cheerleader, was found on the Big Sandy River bank. Coroner Brady Shepherd noted signs of a brutal struggle but no criminal assault. a $1,500 reward was posted by local businessmen for the killer.
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Prestonburg
Marie
Balbridge
Brady Shepherd
Brady
Shepherd
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CIO
Coplon
Big Money
Rille
Holy See
Church Gazette
Senator Wagner
Gilmer-Aikin
Valley Tycoon
Guatemala
Mrs. Mesta
US Envoy Post
CCC
Carlos Ashley
Liano
Ashley
Jay
Austin American Capitol Staff
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