Johnson presses budget cut drive to boost military power
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson says he will press to eliminate fat from the military budget while increasing combat power. He backs a $13 billion defense outlay for the coming year, argues it will not wreck the economy, and emphasizes economy and unification of services amid past criticisms. Johnson notes progress, warns against waste, and schedules a NATO committee meeting in The Hague.
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Washington
Louis Johnson
James V. Forrestal
Johnson
Joint Chief of Staff
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense
North Atlantic Defense Committee
Hague
Truman
Congress
Early Rio Grande Valley corn shipment sails from McAllen
Homer Allen of McAllen reports the first spring corn car shipped from the Rio Grande Valley marking an early seasonal milestone for the region.
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Mcallen
Homer Allen
Rio Grande Valley
Man Holding His Own Back to Caves Movement Awakens Interest
Washington reports a push toward using caves for records storage driven by hydrogen bomb fears. Representative Rankin touts moving the capital to Paducah Kentucky near Mammoth Cave as a national asset. The piece notes speleology and cave life in Indiana Kentucky Tennessee and West Virginia with a cautious but hopeful tone.
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Caves
Washington
National
Speleological Society
Mammoth Cave
St. Louis Limestone
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Newport
Tenn
Wallace Denies Leak Report In Wartime Secrets Claim
Wallace denies Admiral Leahy’s claim that he leaked wartime secrets to Nazi Germany. Leahy’s forthcoming book cites a 1944 OSS report claiming Wallace’s information passed from him to his Swiss contact, then to Berlin. Wallace argues Leahy misquotes and suggests Nazi planted the story to split Allied unity.
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South Salem
N. Y
Henry A. Wallace
William D. Leahy
Nazi Germany
Leahy
Roosevelt
Russia
Wallace
Switzerland
Office of Strategic Services
Germany
Charles Bruggman
Washington
Berlin
Admiral Leahy
Progressive Party
Great Britain
OSS
1949 Birth Total Is Second Highest in U S History
Washington March 19 The United States birth total for 1949 was the second highest on record Federal Security Admin Oscar R Ewing announced the year ended with about 3 851 000 live births only 1947 figure 3 699 940 higher Last year births rose about one percent from 1948 3 535 000 The FSA public health service estimated roughly 200 000 births not registered in 1949.
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Washington
United States
Oscar R. Ewing
FSA
Public Health Service
Arms for Western Germany Sought To Protect Europe
Senator George urged rearming Western Germany as essential to deterring Soviet aggression while backing continued Marshall Plan aid to Western Europe. He criticized current military aid as wasteful and warned West Germany inclusion could create a credible defense against invasion. He supported but limited 500 million advance contracts and reaffirmed commitment to NATO.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Europe
Western
Germany
Georgia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
West Germany
Russia
Iron Curtain
Western Europe
Congress
Western Germany
Car Mishap Victim In Fair Condition
Will H. Chisholm of 1211 West Third Street was reported in fair condition at Brackenridge Hospital after an auto pedestrian accident at Third and Congress Avenue. Police said James P. Green of 212 East 10th Street drove the car. Forrest McDonald of 822 Deep Eddy Apartments escaped serious injury when thrown from his car after a collision at West 12th and Cole Streets.
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Will H. Chisholm
West Third Street
Brackenridge Hospital
Third
Congress Avenue
Chisholm
James P. Green
East 10Th Street
Forrest McDonald
Deep Eddy Apartments
West 12Th
Cole Streets
McDonald
Willie G. Donley
East Seventh
Greek freighter Kehrea grounds on reef near Tacloban
The 7,173 ton Greek freighter Kehrea ran aground on a reef in Leyte Gulf Sunday morning while en route empty from Cebu to Tacloban to fetch cargo for South America. Agents hoped high tide Sunday night would refloat her.
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Manila
Kehrea
Gulf of Leyte
Cebu
Tacloban
South America
Exam Answers Reveal Pupils Misinfo in Regents Tests
New York regents examinations reveal hundreds of misinformed student answers. Examples include mistaken geography, literary interpretations, and a mistaken geometry idea, with officials noting most writers did not aim for facetiousness.
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New York
Salt Lake City
Mississippi
State Education Department
State of
Georgia
Keats
Mexican Arrested in Laborer Swindle
Reynosa Mexico March 19 A 2 year old Mexican was arrested on a swindle charge against laborers seeking legal entry to work in the United States Immigration officers pursued a man described as having a North American appearance The suspect claimed he was a Nuevo Leon citizen and had promised bracero contracts for 30 pesos to the workers
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Reynosa
Mexico
Nuevo Leon
Movie listings with multiple titles and showings
A crowded theater guide lists studio and theater names with film titles and showtimes for Monday and Tuesday. Entries include Paramount Am bush featuring Robert Taylor and John Hicak, Willie Comes Marching Home with Corinne Calvet, Zamba at Queen with Jon Hall, Black Shadows with an all native cast, Capitol Montana with Errol Flynn, Varsity The Lady Takes a Sailor, Texas Troy, Austin The Great Terror, Ritz The Undercover Man, Cactus remodeling notice, HEP The Great, Yank The Panics, North The Girl I Beene, South These Who Took the West, and Montopolis Radom's Rib featuring major stars.
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Paramount
Bert A
Robert Taylor
John Hicak
Aslege Dahl
Ioresonne
Capitol
Montana
Errol Flynn
Alexis Smith
Jane Het Tadax
Paceis Free
TEXAS
Troy
Joan Woaretye
Fetre Knowles
Bob Hope
Rhonda
Rod Cameron
Pens Massey
Donald O'Connor
Ria North
P Monda
Iat
Betterling
Beatty
Yvonne Carlo
Charlies
Coburn Montopolis
Radom
Spencer Tracy
Katherine Hepburn
Mississippi killer Faces death in Negro children killings
In Kosciusko Mississippi Leon Turner 8 year old ex convict goes on trial for murder in the slayings of three children in a white man Windel Whitt was convicted and given life. District Attorney Henry Rogers cites revenge for a prior arrest as motive. The Mississippi Legislature calls for swift justice after the shocking crime.
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Kosciusko
Leon Turner
Mississippi
Windor Whitt
Omas Harris
Whitt
Harris
Arena
Windel Whitt
Ruby Nell Harris
Verline Thurman
Mary Burnside
Frankie C. Thurman
Malcolm Whitt
Windel
Turners
Frankie Thurman
Henry Rogers
Red China Row Casts Shadows On UN's Future
Four years after a hopeful start the United Nations faces deadlock over Red China. Soviet inaction and insistence on Nationalist China block seats. Secretary General Lie weighs a Security Council inquiry while the UN’s future remains uncertain at Lake Success.
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Francis W. Carpenter
America
United Nations
United States
Trygve Lie
Lie
Security Council
Red China
China
Hunter College
New York City
Andrei A. Gromyko
Lake Success
Nyet
Soviet Union
T. F. Tsiang
San Marcan Promoted To Jidda Vice Consul
James Howell a San Marcos native and veteran State Department diplomat has been promoted to vice consul at Jidda Saudi Arabia. A Southwest Texas State Teachers College graduate he entered the consular service after graduation and has served in Vichy and Bern before joining the Jidda delegation last year.
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San Marcos
James Howell
San Marcan
State Department
Jidda
Saudi Arabia
Howell
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Sou
Vichy
France
Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Russian General Ivan Molin Dies at 42 in Soviet Army
Moscow reports Major General Ivan Molin aged 42 died Sunday while serving in party political work for the Soviet Army. Molin began as a private in 193 and rose through ranks earning numerous honors and state awards.
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Moscow
Ivan Molin
Molin
Ousted UMW Local Leader Aims to Remove John L. Lewis
Lloyd H. Sidener, 44, ousted president of UMW Local 7445 Canton, announces a movement to "kick John L. Lewis out of the Union." He accuses Lewis of secretly wiring strikes and plans to rally miners to restore union leadership to its dues payers. Sidener seeks support from miners in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio.
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UMW
Lewis
Canton
Ill
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lloyd H. Sidener
Sidener
Bernard Beasley
Illinois
Beasley
National Labor Relations Board
Chicago
New York City
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Capture of The Pocket and piracy trial in 1836
On March 20 1836 Captain Brown of the US brig The Pocket refused inspection and the vessel was captured by The Invincible of the Texas Navy. The Pocket sailed under false credentials with provisions and military stores for Mexico. Brown and crew were later captured by a US sloop, tried for piracy, and acquitted May 9 in federal court. The Louisiana Marine and Fire Insurance Company sued Brown, while Texas paid private losses in July 1838.
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Pocket
Invincible
Texas Navy
Mexico
Brown
United States
Louisiana Marine and Fire Insurance Company
Republic of Texas
Palestine Sees Historic Jam On Dogwood Trails
Palestine crowds swarmed the Davey Dogwood Park scenic drive for the wild flower show. An estimated 3 000 to 40 000 people drove along the trails as cars moved at 16 per minute, with Ed Bigbee noting many visitors left without touring the trails.
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Palestine
Davey Dogwood Park
Ed Bigbee
Czech Trade Mission Arrives in Peiping
The Chinese Communist radio reported that a Czechoslovak trade mission led by Dr Frantisek Adamek arrived in Peiping on Sunday in the first formal contact since the mission began its visit.
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San Francisco
Chinese Communist Radio
Frantisek Adamek
Peiping
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