McCarthy Attacks State Aides Over Communist Links
Senator McCarthy charged three State Department aides with Communist sympathies and pressed for an inquiry into Navy civilian scientist alleged to hold top defense secrets. He cited Haldore Hanson Owen Lattimore and Esther Brunauer as examples, while the Pentagon and State defended their loyalty, as Supreme Court agreed to review loyalty checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Navy
Acheson
Wisconsin
Capitol Hill
John Peurifoy
Peurifoy
Department
Senate Foreign Relations
Haldore Hanson
Truman
Associated Press
Owen J. Lattimore
Far East
Oles
Walter ‘Ines Page
School of International Nations
Johns Hopkins Univer.ity
Baltimore
Harvard Duate
Lattimore
Chiang Kaishek
US Office of War Information
Esther Caukin Brunauer
United Nations
Stephen Brunauer
Brunauer
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Communist Party
Hanson
Michael McDermott
Comemunist Party
New York
Ordnance Bureau
US Supreme Court
Christian Army Leader Fined $50 in Vagrancy Trial
Taylor March 13 ANS W D Hoover director of the Christian Army Mission in Austin was found guilty on a vagrancy charge and fined 50 dollars after a Taylor Corporation Court jury deliberated 20 minutes. Hoover, arrested March 8, claimed a non profit religious charter and served as president he operates a mission chapel at 1708 Willow Street with his wife as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
ANS
W. D. Hoover
Christian Army Mission
Austin
Taylor Corporation
Hoover
Charles Brazil
Hume Cofer
Salvation Army
Christian Army
Red Cross
Community Chest
Willow Street
Cofer
GM Reports Record Production, Profits
General Motors reports 1949 earnings of 656,434,232, the largest annual profit by any corporation. Net income rose 49 percent from 1948, with per share earnings of 9.72 and 14.64 in total value. Production reached a record 2,764,397 vehicles, while sales topped 5.7 billion, both all-time highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Motors Corporation
Ring and Horse Opera Heroes Strike Oil
Frederick Oklahoma March 13 Jack Dempsey and Gene Autry tapped a 40 foot oil gusher near the county seat, a spectacle enjoyed by about 3000 locals. The oil encounter was a brief side feature to their joint appearance and film showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Okla
Jack Dempsey
Gene Autry
Oklahoma
Truman Excise Cut Limitations Ditched
In Washington on March 15 Democrats discarded President Truman's plan for a one billion net excise tax cut, while promising new revenue measures to balance losses. House Ways and Means defeated a Republican quickie bill for immediate cuts about one billion, then approved a Democratic substitute that excludes a net increase, aiming to offset through loophole closures enforcement and other tax changes. The move signals possible one billion in excise cuts with offsetting taxes, without the billion dollar net increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
House
Ways and Means
The
Treasury
Mr. Truman
Revenue Men Plan Midnight Office Closing
Austin two Internal Revenue Bureau offices will stay open until midnight Wednesday to handle the 1949 income tax return deadline. Deputy tax collector F. B. Parsons said both the 321 West Sixth Street field office and the West Eighth Street Federal Building offices will remain staffed as needed. Taxpayers inside may file after midnight but doors close at 12. Returns are behind 1948 figures by 16 percent. Delinquent returns face penalties up to 25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Internal Revenue Bureau
F. B. Parsons
South Texas
West Sixth Street
Federal
West Eighth Street
Parsons
el Paso
Orange
Brownsville
Bureau
Coplon Granted Bail Right During Appeal
New York March 13 Judith Coplon won the right to go free on $40,000 bail while appealing her spy conviction. Valentin Gubitchev, convicted with Coplon of plotting to spy for the Russians, said he would accept a US offer to return to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin Gubitchev
Miss Coplon
Russia
Belated Winter Storm Wrecks Texas Bloom Prospects
A late winter blast swept Texas, causing extensive damage to budding fruit trees and flowers across counties. One elderly man died from exposure in San Antonio as temperatures fell to 36 in the morning, with more freezing risk forecast for Tuesday. Officials estimate thousands of dollars in losses, and gardening experts warn that tender leaves and blossoms will suffer unless warmer weather arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Wv. C. Childs
US Department of Agriculture
Elmo Cook
Dallas
Abilene
San Antonio
Stewart King
Train wreck at Bastrop injures none in odd crash
On March 13 an MKT freight train struck a eastbound trailer truck at the Highway 290 crossing in Bastrop. The collision tore the truck rear through a second hand store, toppled a parked pickup, and shoved a trailer coupling into the depot waiting room. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastrop
MKT
Highway 290
J. M. Dobbs
Gertrude Haske
J. S. Jones
Austin
State Hospitals Act To Ease Heat In Admissions
A plan by the State Board for Hospitals and Special Schools aims to reduce political pressure on hospital chiefs by centralizing case reviews for admissions. The move follows a San Antonio Mental Hospital case involving a blind, deaf and dumb girl deemed insane by a jury. The board also opens Texas first State School for Cerebral Palsied children, honors Dr. McKnight by naming the Sanatorium, and sets mandatory retirement at 70 with June 30 as the effective date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board For Hospitals and Special Schools
San Antonio Mental Hospital
J. S.S. Scarborough
Scarborough
Bexar County
C. W. Anderson
J. Rutledge Hill
Dallas
Central Authority
Hill
Texas’ First State School
Moody Memorial
Galveston
J. B. McKnight
San Angelo
McKnight State Sanatorium
McKnight
Local Page One Highlights Austin News and Pictures
A front page summary of the second section in the Austin American features local news and photographs. It explains that Local Page One groups top Austin items for readers, with the same content appearing in The American, The Statesman, and the Sunday American Statesman editions.
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Austin American
The
American and the Statesman
Sunday American-Statesman
Austin
US To Evacuate 1675 From Shanghai March 20
The United States plans to evacuate about 1675 American and foreign nationals from Communist Shanghai on March 20. The operation, organized by the State Department and handled by American President Lines, will use two LSTs to the Yangtze mouth where evacuees will board the General Gordon. Some evacuees are consulate staff and families. others are American and other nationals. Negotiations involved both Chinese governments and the APL Shanghai office. Exit visas were granted by the Communist Government, signaling tacit approval for the operation.
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San Francisco
United States
Shanghai
APL
George Killion
Yangtze
General Gordon
Killion
Washington
Manila
State Department
China
Retirement Age In Schools Cut Plan Approved In Austin
The board approved a gradual reduction of public school teachers retirement age from 70 starting in September 1953 to 69 then 67 and 65 by 1955, with 65 as the post 1955 standard. The move affects about two teachers annually. Preliminarily, a site on Riverside Drive in South Austin was approved for an elementary school and KTXN radio's rental request for Zavala School auditorium was considered for a Latin American amateur hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cnet
Bickler
J. W Edgar
Texas
Riverside Drive
Austin
Zavala
KTXN
Truman Proposes Abolitions and Reorganization Plans
President Truman filed 21 reorganization plans with Congress aiming to abolish the Maritime Commission and the National Labor Relations Board general counsel office. The proposals, to take effect in 60 days, would shift functions to the Commerce Department and create a Federal Maritime Board and a Maritime Administration to oversee merchant shipping and subsidies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maritime Commission
General Counsel
National Labor Relations Board
Truman
Congress
Hoover Commission
Sawyer
Federal Maritime Board
Maritime Administration
Commerce Department
Robert N. Denham Denham
Truman Yacht Party Battles Seasickness at Sea
President Truman and his vacation party remained in cabins as the Williamsburg moved slowly through heavy seas off the Carolina coast. Aboard the destroyer escort USS William C. Lawe officials reported no activity on board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Truman
Williamsburg
Carolina
William C. Lawe
Indictment of 34 businessmen for wartime tax evasion
New York March 13 194X government charges 34 prominent businessmen and nine corporations with evading about 2.03 million in income taxes by concealing wartime gains from scarce goods and services. Indictments name Samuel L. Lebis of Lebis Hotel Management Corp and Louis Morrison of Union Fountain Pen Co among those charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Irving H. Saypol
Samuel L. Lebis
Lebis Hotel Management Corp
Ritz
Washington
Bostonian
Boston
Fort Pitt
Pittsburgh
Louis Morrison
Union Fountain Pen Co
Liberal Party Victory Edge In Close Vote
London March 13 prime minister Attlee's socialist labor government won its second confidence vote, 314 to 289, defeating a Conservative censure on the housing program. Liberal support helped the government, with Bevin Cripps and Anderson bolstering the majority as Churchill’s opposition pressed the housing issue and Bevan defended progress since 1945.
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London
Attlee
Britain
Labor
Laborites
Cabinet
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Ernest Bevin
Stafford Cripps
Frank Anderson
Winston Churchill
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Grandmother Worthington Sparks Jail Row Across States
Oakland report shows 73 year old Lacey Elizabeth Worthington a longtime thief who admits stealing nearly half a million over 40 years. Kansas seeks parole violation in a second degree burglary case while California suspects grand theft in Long Beach last June. Final decision to be set by sheriff after all parties meet Tuesday.
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Oakland
Calif
Kansas
California
Lacey Elizabeth Worthington
Alameda County
Olga Hatcher
Kansas State Industrial Farm
Worthington
Long Beach
Mrs. Worthington
Grandma Worthing
Ton
Sheriff's Office
Benjamin
Bugsy) Siegel
Los Angeles
Siegel
Bugsy
Tidelands Case Delay Refused
Texas lost its plea before the US Supreme Court Monday for a delay in the tidelands suit. The high court announced it will call for arguments Monday, March 27, in the government's suits claiming tidelands off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. Attorney General Price Daniel sought more time for consultation with new top attorneys Roscoe Pound and Manley Hudson. Governor Allan Shivers and Daniel planned a Galveston meeting with about 200 coastal representatives to rally a stronger defense of Texas tidelands.
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Texas
US Supreme Court
High Court
Washington
Louisiana
Price Daniel
Texas Fight
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
Manley
Hudson
World Court
Daniel
United States
California
Texas Gulf Coast
Galveston
Allan Shivers
Herbert Y. Cartwright Jr
Cartwright
Tidelands
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Horse Opera Hero
Team Strikes Oil
Mercy
Alice Blake
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Edward Blake
Clairsville
Blake
Belmont County
Coplon
Norther
Nation
W. L. Moody Jr
American President Lines
NLRB
Senate
Commission of Government Reorganization
Herbert Hoover
Robert N. Denham
Truman Yacht Party
Morrison's Corporation
Army
Great Britain
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