Sell-Out Demo Dinner Draws 1600 in Austin
Mayor Tom Miller said extra arrangements will handle additional guests for the Democratic dinner at the City Coliseum with Speaker Sam Rayburn as keynoter. The event, expected to raise about $40,000, drew 1600 attendees and was nearly sold out as Austin residents seek late reservations.
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Tom Miller
City Coliseum
Charles Jones
Bonham
Rayburn
Austin
Miller
Lorraine Barnes
Austin American
Sam Rayburn
Creekmore Fath
Democratic Party
Fath
Truman-Barkley
Truman- Barkley Texas Club
Texas
New City Coliseum
Congress Avenue
Dawson Street
Dawson
Coliseum
Ball Park
Disch
City Worker Resigns Over Pay Worth Issue
Cleveland reports Thomas Keevan 73 resigning after nearly 50 years in the water division of the utility department. He says he cannot give a dollar's worth of work for a dollar and left his city job Tuesday.
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Cleveland
Thomas Keevan
Keevan
Water Division
Utility Department
Shivers backs year-to-year spending plan in Texas
Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers proposed trimming first-year appropriations 10 percent below Board of Control figures and funding second-year needs later. He urged annual legislative sessions with full-time pay, delaying nonessential bills until 1950 to allow accurate tax and appropriation decisions amid projected economic decline.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin American
Shivers
Beauford Jester
Board of Control
Gov
Jetser
Durwood Manford
Jester
Legislature backs youth development center plan in Texas
A Texas House committee unanimously approved a pioneering bill to create a state youth development council with six laymen, eight agency officials, and two full-time experts. The plan includes a diagnostic center and global youth study guidance, funded at 300000 over two years, and seeks a new juvenile training system amid rising childhood delinquency.
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House
Walter E. Kerr
Central Methodist Church
House Committee On
Pearce Johnson
Austin
The Shame of Texas State Hospital Exhibit A
A San Antonio State Hospital ward houses 56 epileptic patients with mental illness living on straw mattresses on a bare cement floor. The facility is short of funds and staff, leading to bed shortages and squalid conditions described as Exhibit A in human misery.
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J. P. Porter
San Antonio State Hospital
San Antonio
State Hospital
J. B. Anderson
Army Medical Corps
Anderson
UT House approves expelling self avowed Communists from state colleges
The House unanimously urged the University of Texas and all state colleges to expel self avowed Communists or disloyal students. The motion, triggered by Wendell Addington’s appearance before a committee, passed 139 to 0 and will take effect if the Senate concurs. The measure also targets faculty loyalty and calls for investigations by presidents.
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Austin American Capitol
House
University of Texas
United States
Wendell Addington
Addington
Russia
Poppy Blount
Leslie King
Sam Hanna
Dallas
Preston Smith
Lubbock
John L. Crosthwait
Dulles
Hanna
Blount
Smith
Rep. King
Senate
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Governor Starling’s Condition Deteriorates in Fort Worth
Former Texas governor Ross Sterling, 74, hospitalized in Fort Worth since September 18 for a heart condition, took a turn for the worse on Tuesday. He is a resident of Houston.
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Fort Worth
Ross Sterling
Houston
Senate approves plan to end rent controls by city action
The Senate backed 45 to 35 an amendment allowing municipalities to drop rent controls with state governor approval. Democratic leaders warned the measure would wreck the rent control program by letting cities act when legislatures are not in session. Senator Fulbright of Arkansas proposed the amendment to enable local action statewide when needed.
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Washington
Senate
Fulbright
D-Ark
Humphrey
Dminn
Lucas
D-All
Sparkman
D-Ala
House
Senator Magnuson
D-Wash
Magnuson
Settle
Maybank
D-S.c
Banking Committee
Senate House
Senator Bricker
Ohio
Truman
Bricker
Red Cross Drive Seeks Funds as Shortfall Grows
The article urges support for the Red Cross as Travis County has only half its $65,000 quota raised. It notes the organization aids widows and children of WWII casualties, processes government claims, assists veteran students with UT, and relies on donations to continue services. More than $30,000 remains to be raised with no imposed limit on gifts.
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Red Cross
Travis County
The
Panel Extends Life of ECA and Trims Its Funds
The House foreign affairs committee approved continuing the European recovery program with a $200 million cut through July 1 1950. It also backed a bookkeeping move to encourage private investments in European recovery projects while disallowing a $150 million procurement authority. The action, split along party lines, preserves a $272 million private investment guarantee totaling, in effect, a net $72 million extra for Europe.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Divided Over Rankin Veterans Pension Bill
The Rankin bill to provide $90 monthly pensions to World War I and II veterans faced a split House vote after five hours of debate. A final decision was postponed to Wednesday amid amendments including an honorable discharge requirement and possible limits to World War I beneficiaries.
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Washington
House
Rankin
D-Miss
Representative Carroll
D-Col
Carroll
Veterans Committee
Boyd Confirmed As Mines Head
The Senate confirmed Dr. James Boyd as director of the Bureau of Mines defying John Lewis opposition. Lewis had led a two week miners walkout affecting more than 425,000 workers and shutting many eastern mines, with over 70,000 railway layoffs. The vote marks a second reversal for Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers.
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Washington
John Lewis
Senate
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
Boyd
Truman
Lewis
Mississippi
United Mine Workers
Senate Interior Committee
President's Daughter Sings in Edinburg Series
Margaret Truman and Laurett Melchior will appear next season during Edinburg Junior College's lecture and concert series. The sponsor, Cultural Arts Incorporated, announced the event Tuesday through secretary Mrs H. A. Hodges.
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Edinburg
Margaret Truman
Laurett Melchior
Edinburg Junior College
H. A. Hodges
Secretary of Cultural Arts, Incorporated
Affable Mexican with fake checks jailed in Brownsville
A friendly Mexican swam ashore from the Rio Grande and passed out $50,000 checks in Brownsville. He was arrested for the third time, offered a reward by officers, and held in jail overnight to dry out. He claimed to own 50 planes, more than in prior arrest records, then returned to Mexico Tuesday night, as police suspect.
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Brownsville
Rio Grande
Mexico
Policemen Ordered To Primp Up a Bit in OKC
Oklahoma City police chief L. J. Smoky Hilbert orders officers to look sharp. A recreation room surprise included a full length boudoir mirror with a sign urging officers to keep caps on straight shirts clean and pants pressed.
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Oklahoma City
L. J
Smoky) Hilbert
House Votes to Authorize 70-Group Air Force
The House approved legislation to authorize a 70-group Air Force, voting 395 to 3. The bill sets limits of 837,000 Army personnel and 502,000 Air Force personnel, and moves to the Senate. President Truman had recommended 48 groups for the coming year.
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Washington
House
Senate
Celler
D-Ny
Marshall
D-Minn
Marcantonio
Al-Ny
Air Force
Truman
Army
Air
Sub and Destroyer Collide Off Pt. Loma Coast
The submarine Perch and the destroyer Orlock collided five miles south of Pt. Loma during maneuvers. The 11th Naval District reported no casualties. The Perch was submerged at the time of the collision.
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San Diego
Calif
Perch
Orlock
Pt. Loma
11Th Naval District
Navy
Home and Trade Show Opens April 8 in Austin
Austin prepares for the second annual Home and Trade Show at the City Coliseum from April 8 to 10. Jaycee chairman Robert Teasdale says 80 local merchants will exhibit and about 50 000 people are expected to attend. The event showcases new products in a country fair style without carnival attractions.
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Austin
City Coliseum
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Robert Teasdale
Teasdale
Jaycees
Camp Mabry
Jaycee
Thomas
Robert Miller
James T. Kaui
Mike Drake
Dal Marmion
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Brooklyn
Sadye Barrett
Daniel Jr
Linda
Paul Kushner
State Center
Austin American Capitol Staff
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Leslie Jackson
Baylor University Law School
Code Commission
Starling
Okeh
Red Cross Drive
Travis
ECA
Kee
D-Wva
Economic Co-operation Administration
Comae
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