Judge Denies Pleas on Road Wage Case in El Paso County
Judge J Harris Gardner refused a temporary injunction against the Texas Highway Commission over prevailing wage rates for El Paso County projects. The union says the rates are too low and will appeal to the Third Court of Civil Appeals. Local lawyer Nat Wells urged reconsideration as rates ranged from 75 cents to 2.50 dollars. The decision allows the case to advance to appeal, with further review on whether county surveys justify the rates.
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Texas Highway Commission
el Paso
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el Paso Building and Construction Trades Council
American Federation of Labor
Commission
Nat Wells
Dallas
Warmer Cloudy Forecast for Austin and Texas
A warmer, partly cloudy pattern is in store for Austin on Wednesday and Thursday with no rain expected. Wednesday temperatures range from a low of 42 to a high of 65 degrees, with similar predictions across East and West Texas and coastal winds described as moderate and variable.
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East
West
Texas
Three Bombs Explode As Italo Strike Nears
Three bombs exploded in Rome early Wednesday targeting the Communist Party headquarters and Premier Alcide de Gasperi s anti Red Christian Democrats. The blasts occurred hours before a Communist called general strike and rocked three different sections of the city.
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Rome
Communist Party
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrats
City considers large bond issue to cover city schools
Mayor confirms a large municipal bond plan is in the works but no details on size or timing. Austin School Board members contemplate joining the issue while debates over a 10 percent debt limit and potential school separation continue amid civic group pressure and talks of widening Congress Avenue.
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Taylor Glass
Glass
Austin
R. Byram
Byram
W. S. Drake Jf
Drake
City Hall
Ust
Parent-Teacher Association
One Civic Group
South Austin Civic Club Board of Directors
Congress Avenue
H. G. Schroeder
Public Welfare Doors Closed Reveals Only Hint of Council Action
A reporter was barred from a Community Council board meeting financed by Community Chest donations. The board planned to act on Paul Benner's welfare survey of Travis County and Austin, but details remain secret until officials receive the report. Aubrey Elliott declined to disclose specifics. Benner's report accuses city welfare of treating poverty as a crime.
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Community Council Board of Directors
Travis County
Austin
Aubrey Elliott
Council
Elliott
Paul Benner
Louisiana State Welfare Department
Benner
Citizens Committee
Walter Long
Long
Citizens Group
Citizens
County Commissioners Court
Truman to Hit West, Chicago in May Campaign Tour
President Truman plans a spring campaign tour with two May appearances in Grand Coulee Dam Washington and Chicago. He will close a three day Democratic pep meeting in Chicago and rally support for Democrats in the midterm elections. He will visit federal projects in the Pacific Northwest and outline a battle plan against the GOP.
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California
West Coast
Mississippi jury convicts white man in three Negro children's killings
Leon Turner, 38, is found guilty of murder in the January 8 pistol assault that killed 4 year old Ruby Nell Harris and wounded two other children. The jury cannot agree on punishment. Turner gets life imprisonment under state law. The case parallels earlier prosecutions of Windo Whitt.
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Leon Turner
Mississippi
J. P. Coleman
Turner
Ruby Nell Harris
Coleman
Mary Burnside
Frankie Thurman
Thomas Harris
Harris
Newport
Windo Whitt
Malcolm Whitt
Windel Whitt
Joe Byrne 77 Texas Supreme Court Official Dies
Joe Byrne 77 longtime deputy clerk of the Texas Supreme Court died Tuesday night at Spicewood from a heart attack while on a fishing trip. He served as deputy clerk from 1917 until his death, and previously held posts with the Court of Civil Appeals and the Federal Circuit Court in New Orleans. He is survived by a brother Berney Byrne and a niece and nephew.
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Texas Supreme Court
Spicewood
Austin
Bee Caves
Cook Funeral Home
Byrne
St. Edward's University
Texas
Court of Civil Appeals
Robert FE. Betts
Federal Circuit Court
New Orleans
Berney Byrne
Country Boy All Burned Up Meat Included
In midtown New York a terrace barbecue caused firefighters to rush to a reported blaze on the 18th floor. A man, grilling a steak on the terrace, was found to have caused the commotion. the fire was only a charcoal grill.
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New York City
Schedule Lowest Since 1946 Prods Expect Big Loss
Milk distributors in Austin cut retail prices by two cents a quart effective Wednesday, bringing pasteurized milk to 20 cents and homogenized to 21 cents. Producers in the Austin milkshed face about 80 cents per hundredweight cut, with many dairymen predicting several dollars daily losses and a tough year ahead.
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Superior Dairies
Superior
Hillcrest Farms
Oak Farms
Milky Way
Caldwell
Hays
Travis
Williamson
Texas
Richard Riley
Austin Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Riley
Boatman’s Dairy
Jerseyland Creamery
Buda
Roy Sansom
House Cuts Defense Spending in Omnibus Budget Plan
The House appropriations committee trimmed 1.57 billion from Truman's request to fund 40 federal agencies, approving a 29.06 billion omnibus bill for next year. It aims at a 4.15 billion deficit, with about half the total tied to defense and veterans programs. The committee warned against further cuts that could hamper national defense.
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House Appropriations Committee
Truman
House
Representative Tabor
R-Ny
Appropriations Committee
Defense Department
Non-Union Firm Wins Jaycee Home Show Electrical Contract
Jaycee directors voted 10 to 5 to award the electrical installations for a Home and Trade Show at City Coliseum to W. O. Harper Plumbing and Electric Service. The decision followed a union labor plea and cited Harper as the low bidder among four bids.
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Austin Electrical Workers’ Union
AFL
Harper Company
Harper
C. Ben Hibbetts
Hibbetts
Loftis
Jaycee
Vegetable Worker Dies From Accident Injuries
Raymondville reports a 20 year old vegetable worker Hilario Hernandez from Linton died Tuesday night from injuries after a truck loaded with radishes overturned seven miles north on Highway 77 late Monday.
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Hilario Hernandez
Linton
Hernandez
Here
US Charges in Filly Scandal Filed and State Action Possible
Two men charged in Dallas with shipping horse meat labeled as beef into Texas from Kansas City and Chicago. Federal complaints name Meyer Gilus and Louis K. Risken, with thousands of pounds seized and sold as beef tenderloin. State charges may follow, authorities say, under state supervision.
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Texas
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Chicago
Frank B. Potter
Meyer Gilus
Meat Commission
Louis K. Risken
Minneapolis
Madden Hill
Houston
Fort Worth
Austin
Paul Coder
Washington
US Department of Agriculture
Meat Inspection Division
Risken
St. Paul
Minn
Hill
Potter
George Cox
B. M. Primer
State Health Department
Cox
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