Dixie Victory Admitted But Fight Goes On
Southern filibuster extended into early Tuesday as Truman leadership acknowledged temporary defeat and a plan to shelve civil rights battles. Senator Ellender pressed on after 12 hours, while Lucas sought adjournment to end the fight, which Southern leaders opposed renewed soon after.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Ellender
D-La
Dixie Bloc
Lucas
Illinois
Barkley
Truman Democrats
George
Georgia
Actor Rand Brooks and Lois Laurel Secret Altar Trip
Rand Brooks 29 and Lois Laurel 21 kept their wedding plans private in Hollywood. The couple reportedly traveled to wed without fanfare, avoiding public notice as they tied the knot in a quiet ceremony away from the spotlight.
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Hollywood
Rand Brooks
Lois Laurel
Stan Laurel
Swoose Retires To Air Museum In Final March Flight
Across multiple reports the famous B17 Swoose will fly its last mission on March 26 to Wright Patterson AFB before joining the National Air Museum. The day’s dispatches also note wartime settlement steps with Canada and France, a plan to issue dog tags to civilians in Germany and Austria, a Senate vote on ending federal rent controls, a Pacific defense pact talk, and a Chicago area cold snap with new snow forecast.
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Los Angeles
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
National Air Museum
Frankfurt
Germany
Austria
Millionaire Ryan says attorney probing Gotham narrows in
Clendenin J. Ryan claims his lawyer is conducting an undercover life and death probe of New York City administration as informants risk their lives to provide data. He told reporters he relayed this to a grand jury as his attorney Broady refused immunity. A former city detective Kenneth Ryan was indicted on escape and tapping charges connected to the inquiry.
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New York
Clendenin J. Ryan
William O'Dwyer
Ryan
O'Dwyer
John G. Broady
Grand Jury
Broady
Kenneth Ryan
Ryans
Manhattan
Manhattan Anh
Hugo Rogers
Tammany Hallender
Clendenin Ryan
New York City
Soviet Union shakes up top leadership with Voznesensky ouster
The Supreme Soviet approved a major leadership shakeup replacing Nikolai A. Voznesensky as head of the State Planning Commission and relieving him as deputy prime minister. Ivan T. Golyakov also loses his post as president of the Supreme Court amid wider shifts tied to foreign ministers changes.
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RED
Nicholai A. Voznesensky
State Planning Commission
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Nikolai A. Voznesensky
Voznesensky
Ivan T. Golyakov
Supreme Court of the
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
A. I. Mikoyan
Golyakov
Planning Commission
Maxim Z. Saburov
Saburov
Commission
Soviet Council of Ministers
Presidium
Nikolai A. Dugaya
Williamson Notes Best Hog Show in Williamson County
Williamson County livestock show draws 2500 visitors as Judge George Robertson enshrines 10 grand champions. Franz Rath and Hugh Davenport headline multiple breed championships with Durocs and Hampshire hogs dominating the lineup at Georgetown on March 1 4. Cattle judging set for Tuesday as the three day event continues.
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Georgetown
George Robertson
Texas A&m
Williamson County
Hugh Devenport
Hutto
Hampshire
Rudy Bohoe
Robertson
Franz Rath
Hugh Davenport
R. D. Fletcher
R. N. Nord
Norman Domel
S. J. Marturano
OIC
Elbert Smith
James Smith
Curtis Kerlin
Eldered Smith
Poland
China
Rudy Merka
Winfred Vickers
Steve Marturano
FFA Duroc
Emil Danek
Ralph Remmert
Paul Valenta
John Perry
Rueben Nord
James Powers
Lewis Strategy Backfires as Senate Panel OKs Boyd
Washington March 14 The Senate interior committee approved 10 to 1 the nomination of Dr. James Boyd to head the Bureau of Mines. John L. Lewis’s coal miner strike walkout, tied to Boyd’s appointment, drew mixed reactions as senators, with most backing Truman’s pick. The vote leaves Boyd’s fate to the full Senate amid filibuster uncertainty.
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UMW
John L. Lewis
Mississippi River
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Boyd
Senate Interior Committee
Truman
Senate
Washington
Mississippi
Lewis
Capitol Hill
Colorado School of Mines
Millikin
R-Cole
O'Mahoney
McFarland
Dariz
Anderson
D-Nm
Miller
Didaho
Kerr
D-Okla
Butler
Rneb
Cordon
R-Ore
Ecton
Dmont
Malone
Nev
Watkins
Utah
Downey
Calif
Murray
Mont
Byrd
Coal Production Cuts Wide In 1919 Stopage Aftermath
The 20th major work stoppage since 1919 reduced coal output to a trickle as miners observe a two week shutdown led by UMW President John L. Lewis. About 471,000 miners stay home while 62,000 railroad workers face idleness and Western states exempted. Bethlehem Steel reports limited coal, US Steel sees no curtailment.
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Pittsburgh
UMW
John L. Lewis
Mississippi
Lewis
James Boyd
US Bureau of Mines
Illinois
Progressive Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Virginia Railway
Bethlehem Steel Company
US Steel Corporation
Side Well To Be Drilled To Stop Gulf Oil Fire
Preparations were made to anchor a drilling barge near the burning Gulf oil well so a side well can be drilled. Fire fighters say the side well is to cement the burning shaft and end the fire.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Grocery Chain Slashes Bread Price by One Cent
Dallas reports Wyatt grocery chain lowers bread prices Monday by one cent per loaf. One pound loaf now 11 cents and 1 1/2 pound loaf 17 cents.
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Dallas
Wyatt Grocery Chain
Sub Plane Atom Plants Work Slated
Senator McMahon announced a major new research program on atomic plants for submarines and ships. The project will cost about 500 million dollars over five to six years, with site location in a western state and several thousand workers. The effort aims to prove mobile atomic power plants feasible.
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Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
AEC
David Lilienthal
Commission
Hanford
Wash
Austin House Defers Vote On Loyalty Bill After Outburst
Austin lawmakers hear Wendell Addington male argument against the state loyalty commission bill. He faces sharp questions from Rep. Moore and others before the measure is sent to a subcommittee for clarification. The panel will report back by March 21, while a companion bill to teach American citizenship moves forward.
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Wendell Addington
Communist Party
House
State Loyalty Commission
Marshall O. Bell
Addington
Pearce Johnson
Bell
Lloyd G. Rust Jr
Rep
House Education Committee
Davis Clifton
United States
Russia
Carleton Moore
Dallas
Austin
Reuben Senterfitt
J. B. Pattison
Alfred Lunt Released By Chicago Hospital
Chicago March 14 Actor Alfred Lunt who entered Passavant Hospital March 5 for treatment of a stomach ulcer was released Sunday. The veteran stage star whose illness prompted the hospital stay has been reported in good condition.
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Alfred Lunt
Chicago Hospital
Chicago
Passavant Hospital
Sunny
Bitter 20 Hour House Fight Over Healing Arts Bill Passes
The Texas House approved the Basic Science bill 93 to 43 after over 20 hours of debate. Ex servicemen enrolled in GI Bill approved healing arts schools are exempt from exams, while a board will license practitioners with exams in chemistry physiology anatomy and public health. Debate attacked AMA influence and monopoly fears. A second Senate discussion touched poll tax abolition and voter registration deadlines.
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House
Senate
Bill Miller
Houston
American Medical Association
Miller
Texas
Indian Medicine Exemption Proposal Ousted In Basic Science Bill
A proposed amendment by Representative Max Smith to exempt Indian medicine men at the Alabama Coushatta Reservation from exams was ruled out of order as conflicting with the act's intent during Monday proceedings. The move aimed to alter basic science requirements affecting Native communities.
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America
Max Smith
San Marcos
Alabama-Coushatta
Iceland Says No Bases Needed for Alliance Entry
Icelandic Foreign Minister Bjarni Benediktsson said the United States pledged that no bases would be required on Iceland soil as a condition for joining the Atlantic Defense Pact. He met with Secretary Acheson for 40 minutes and with Bohlen and Hickerson for two hours. He called the talks very interesting and planned another meeting on Tuesday.
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Washington
United States
Iceland
Bjarni Benediktsson
Acheson
Benediktsson
Charles E. Bohlen
State Department
John D. Hickerson
Norway
Absentee Voting Opens for City Election on April 4
Absentee voting for the city election opens Tuesday at 8 a.m. with 17 candidates on the official ballot. The five councilmen chosen will begin a new two year term May 1. Absentee balloting runs through Thursday, March 31 at the city clerk’s office in City Hall.
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John Aycock
J. T. Baumgardner
J. A
Johnnie) Bowen
Tom G. Die
W. S
Taxation Split Sparks Two Fronts in Legislature
Governor Beauford Jester’s push for new taxes triggers debate. Rep. C. S. McLellan backs a $30 million natural gas levy for rural roads while a subcommittee sizes up a $42 million annual gas levy and a $1.50 per ton sulphur tax. Fort Worth Rep H A Hull proposes an omnibus bill adding oil gas and sulphur taxes. McLellan also endorses a $15 million year secondary road program under Sen. Neveille Colson, financed by existing taxes, to extend farm to market routes and strengthen Class I county roads.
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Beauford Jester
C. S. Mclellan
McLellan
Dene A. Tufares
H. A. Hull
Fort Worth
Fuller
Rep. McLellan
Neveille Colson
Senate
Colson
House
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Eagle Lake
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