Tornadoes Kill 28 Injure 200 Across Six Southern States
The weekend tornado outbreak left 28 dead and about 200 injured across Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas. Severe damage hit Springtown England and Eastland County with hundreds of homes wrecked and aid dispatches under way led by a preliminary Red Cross grant of 100 900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lou
Troy
Union City
Ripley
Red Cross
Washington
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Rio Grande Valley
Mercury
Beaumont
Galveston
Houston
Texarkana
Waco
Brownsville
Springtown
Parker County
Texas Electric Service Company
Liano
Eastland
Fort Worth
Southmayor
Sherman
Alvord
Seymour
Dallas
Benjamin Friday
England
Little Rock
William P. Wilson
Tupelo
Chesterville
Belden
Mt. Vernon
Unity
Friendship
Pulesa
Baldwin
Tiss
Remedy Urged Governor Applauds State Hospital Reports
Governor Beauford Jester praised J. P. Porter's factual reports on Texas eleemosynary institutions published in The Austin American and other papers. He urged a $22 million building program in the 51st Legislature to remedy inadequate facilities and staffing, citing unscheduled visits confirming widespread needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Brooks
Austin American Capitol
Beauford Jester
Texas
J. P. Porter
Austin American
Jester
Porter
Gov. Jester
Hood Puts Off Barton Opening
Barton Springs swimmers face a delayed opening due to muddy flood waters. The pool, originally to open Sunday, will stay closed until midweek after rising creek levels overflowed the upper dam and polluted the water. cleanup is expected to take two or three days per assistant director Joe Prowse Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton Springs
Joe Prowse Jr
Prowse
President Emeritus of American U Dies
Dr. Lucopus Charles Clark 79 former president emeritus of American University died at his Washington home Sunday from a heart ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American U
Washington
Lucopis Charles Clark
American University
Texas legislators push school reform and tax measures this week
Austin lawmakers move toward Gilmer Aikin education reform as Rae Files Still leads education push. Pearce Johnson targets youth conservation and diagnosis programs while tax hike proposals gain momentum. Rent control debates loom as Congress settles national action. Governor Jester backs home rule plan amid spending limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Beauford Jester
Colorado River Authority
Rae Files
Waxahachie
House
Gilmer-Aikin
Pearce Johnson
Austin
Ten Foreign Ministers To Sign North Atlantic Pact This Week
Western powers gather in Washington to sign the Atlantic security pact and discuss issues including Italian colonies, Western Germany unification, regional alliances, and Atlantic defense machinery. Key figures Bevin Schuman Sforza Spaak arrive as Truman plans Senate ratification and a possible arms aid request near one billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
Germany
Acheson
United Nations
Italy
Aeneson
Bevin
Schuman
Atlantic
Near East
Mediterranean
Greece
Turkey
Southeast Asia
Atlantic Alliance
Atlantic Pact
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Norway
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Denmark
Iceland
Portugal
Truman
Senate
Congress
State Department
Defense Department
Red Cross Drive Seeks 20000 To Help Vet Wounded
Five days remain in the campaign with a goal of 20000. Red Cross officials urge community members to contribute any amount to cover hospital costs and support the wife awaiting confinement after a veteran was shot by a mentally deranged attacker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Red Cross Files
Travis County
The
Indians Farm Income Jumps From 1.85 Million to 49 Million
The Interior Department report shows American Indian agricultural income rising from 1.85 million in 1932 to about 49 million by June 30 1949. It notes persistent disparities in population and economic opportunity with essential difficulties including insufficient land and limited training equipment health and credit facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Department
Department
CIO Farm Equipment Union Elects President
In Cedar Rapids on March 27 the CIO United Farm Equipment Workers Union reelected Grant W Oakes of Chicago as national president. The union also approved a fund exceeding $100 000 annually to repel raiding by the United States labor movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
CIO United Farm Equipment Workers Union
Grant W Oakes
Chicago
United
Nevada Legislature Adjourns After Nine Days Over Time
Carson City Nev March 27 The 44th session of the Nevada Legislature adjourned Sunday after nine days of overtime A proposed sales tax was a measure that kept lawmakers in an extra session and was defeated last week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson City
Nevada
Western border changes seen as major blunder by observers
Six power accord to trim 52 square miles from western Germany drew sharp criticism in Berlin. Observers say timing and handling worsened East West diplomacy, risked fueling German nationalism, and offered Communist propaganda fodder. Countries involved plus Saar territory listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Russia
Poland
Italian Senate approves North Atlantic pact after stormy debate
The Italian Senate granted full parliamentary approval to join Nato after 50 hours of debate with a 188 to 112 vote in favor. A Communist bid for a Soviet non aggression pact failed 176 to 105. Deputies approved the treaty 342 to 170 on March 18. Foreign Minister Count Carlo Sforza heads to Washington to sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Senate
North Atlantic Defense Alliance
Soviet Union
Chamber of Deputies
Carlo Sforza
Washington
Italy
Paris
United States
Britain
Canada
France
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
Iceland
Portugal
Beeman Brothers Held in Colorado for Kidnapping
OZONA March 27 Deputy Sheriff Hearst Laws said two brothers G. K. Beeman and Horace Beeman of Grady were charged with kidnapping G. K. Beeman's wife and son. They were arrested at Pueblo Colo after waiving extradi tion and will be returned to Ozona. The alleged kidnapping happened Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozona
Hearst Laws
Pueblo
Colo
Virgil O. Earnest
G. K. Beeman
Horace Beeman
Grady
Laws
Connally Rejects Schemes to Cut Marshall Plan Funds
Senator Connally, chairing foreign relations, rejected proposals to trim the $5.58 billion Marshall Plan authorization. He urged Senate passage on Tuesday, warning that key amendments and speeches loom before a final vote weeks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Taft
Ohio
Truman
American Fliers Rescued in Arctic
Seven United States airmen were rescued late Sunday after a four day search for a US Air Force C82 cargo plane that crash landed on Ellesmere Island near Smith Sound. The rescue followed a sighting of the downed plane and involved a ski-equipped Dakota aircraft from Thule Greenland. The men were headed to Thule for pickup by a B17 with plans to return to Goose Bay Labrador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Arctic Circle
United States
Ellesmere Island
Magnetic Pole
Martin Costello
Royal Canadian Air Force
US Air Force
Thule
Greenland
Smith Sound
Baffin Bay
Kane Base
RCAF
USAF
Arctic
Goosebay
Labrador
Fairchild
Frobisher Bay
Resolute Bay
Damaged B36 Lands At Fort Worth Base
The Carswell Air Force Base B36 that was damaged in a forced landing last Sunday at Westover Air Force Base Mass landed at Carswell at 7 30 p m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Carswell
French Coalition Triumph in Sanform Cantonal Elections
The middle road coalition in the French government won 525 of 785 general councillor posts, about 67 percent, in Sanform cantonal elections. The opposition French People’s Party led by General Charles de Gaulle took 215 seats, while Communists secured 20. Coalition totals: Socialists 174, Radical Socialists 175, Catholic Popular Republicans 55, Rightists and Independents 121.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sanfom
French People’s Party
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Queuille
Catholic Popular Republicans
MRP
German Police Pledge to Fight For Soviet Union
Eastern Berlin police leaders Police Chief Paul Markgraf and Assistant Chief Hans Lehmann declared they would fight on the side of the Soviet Union if war breaks out with Western powers. They spoke to a police meeting asserting that about 200000 armed police in Soviet occupied Eastern Germany would back Moscow. Lehmann said they would fight with all their strength if American and British monopoly capitalists attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Soviet Union
Russia
Paul Markgraf
Hans Lehmann
Germany
Lehmann
Paris
Moscow
Europe
Western
Communist Party
Associated Press
Conferees Again Seek Rent Control Breakthrough
Conferees from both chambers will meet Monday to break a deadlock on rent control as the 15 month extension and a home rule decontrol provision loom. If no accord is reached the bill returns to each house for possible further action with Senate and House ratification still required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Capehart
R-Ind
Connally
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
House
Appropriations Committees
Treasury
Recovery Agency
Economic Cooperation Administration
Washington
Congress
Maybank
D-Sc
Conference Committee
White House
Spence
D-Ky
Joint Committee
Agricultural Building Burns at Texas Tech
LUBBOCK March 27 A 4000 building on the Texas Tech agricultural campus burned early today. The agricultural engineering structure housed tools for farm shop instruction and equipment maintenance. No damage estimate or cause yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas Technological
Survey Says Four Million Communists Could Obey Orders
A Richmond dispatch reports Associated Press findings that roughly 4,000,000 Communists in Marshall Plan nations might follow orders in war, though actual strength varies by country. Italy and France show the strongest party presence. Britain and Greece show weaker activity with limited parliamentary representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
France
Germany
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Communist Party
Interior Ministry
Bonn
Britain
Eure
Greece
Russia
Portugal
Turkey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Isiana
Tennessee Town
Desdemona
Eastland County
Hood
Barton
Jay
University of Texas
George Cauthen
New Orleans
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Carlos Sforza
Spaak
ABC
CIO Farm Equipment Union
Solons Racing
Reich
West
Saar
Colorado
Kidnan
Bill
Joint Congressional Committee
Texas Tech
Marshall Plan Nations
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!