Johnson Defenses Declared Adequate After White House Talks
Secretary of Defense Johnson affirmed the nation's defenses are adequate despite Eisenhower's warning. After a 2.5 hour meeting with President Truman at the vacation White House in Key West he said defense spending for the coming year would be between 14 and 15 billion dollars. He noted Congress and the Budget Bureau trimmed the figure to 13 billion while Eisenhower was acting and avoided discussing Eisenhower's New York speech.
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Key West
Fla
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
White House
Naval Base
Philip C. Jessup
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Jessup
University
Asia
Far East
United State
Stephen T. Early
Pullman Company
Defense
New York
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Washington
Mr. Truman
North Atlantic
Air Symington
National Security Resources Board
City May Extend Deadline on Tax
A city councilman is set to propose extending the city tax payment deadline to June 1. The current midnight Saturday deadline would shift delinquency penalties to May 31 while annual interest remains at 0.5 percent per month from April 1. Through Saturday, $2,288,758 had been paid, about 54.39 percent of the $4,208,210 levy, with payments ahead of 1949.
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W. T. Johnson
Clifford Stohl
Stohl
Bentsen States He Is Still Running for Reelection
Rep. Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr of Mc Allen Texas announced on March 27 that he will seek reelection. He said he has been running since his first term began December 18, 1947.
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Washington
Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr
McAllen
Texas
Tornadic Winds Sweep Louisiana Mississippi Injuring Dozens
Tornadic winds 40 to 100 mph battered a 700 mile corridor in Louisiana and Mississippi injuring at least 16 people and damaging buildings. A fatal shock occurred near New Iberia from a downed 2,400 volt line. Ferriday flood refugees lost 15 Red Cross tents as winds struck.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Ferriday
New Iberia
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Red Cross
Texas
Panhandle
Texas South Plains
Brownsville
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes Area
Monay
Jordan Boycott Deepens Arab Rift With Gaza Invite
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan boycotts Arab League council as Gaza in exile is invited to attend meetings. The move widens the split over Palestine and Jordan's incorporation of Palestinian areas, while other regional tensions rise amid Cold War era concerns.
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Arab League General Council
League
all-Palestine
Gaza
Jordan Kingdom
Palestine
Jordan-occupied
Cairo
Arab League
Middle East
Beirut
Lebanon
Belgium
Leopold
Albert Devere
Liberal Party
Socialists
Social Christians
STATE OPENS CASE Sweatt Attacks Segregation in Higher Education
The state’s Supreme Court brief argues Sweatt seeks to end segregation not only at the University of Texas Law School but in all public institutions. The brief cites 1862 history and says education via taxation is state matters. Arguments in Washington set for April with Daniel, Greenhill, and Jacobson traveling.
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University of Texas
US Supreme Court
Heman Marion Sweatt
University Law School
High Court
Supreme Court
Joe R. Greenhill
E. Jacobson
Price Daniel
Daniel
Washington
Tidelands
Milk Producers Take No Action at Session
Directors of the Austin Wholesale Milk Producers Association met Monday night for the first time since the 8 cent per hundred pounds milk cut. After a two hour discussion of dairy operations in the Austin milk shed, they took no action. Attending were President Ray Rylander and directors Bob Barton Alvin Krause Jim Faulk E R Gattis Gus Rogas and John Dodgen.
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Austin Wholesale Milk Producers Association
Austin
Ray Rylander
Bob Barton
Alvin Krause
Jim Faulk
E. R. Gattis
Gus Rogas
John Dodgen
Supreme Court Upholds Eugene Dennis Penalty
The Supreme Court affirms the contempt of Congress conviction of Eugene Dennis secretary of the U S Communist Party. He faced a one year prison term and a $1000 fine for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He also carries a separate five year sentence and $10000 fine for conspiracy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Eugene Dennis
VU. S.S
Communist Party
Dennis
House un-American Activities
New York
New Austin Club Elects Harry E. Kelly President
Harry E. Kelly was elected president of the Austin Club on Monday evening succeeding Edward Clark. R. W. Byram named vice president and Walter Bremond treasurer with Bob J. Lyles re-elected secretary. The board of directors, chosen at a shareholders meeting, also formed an executive committee expanding control over club activities and policy. Members named to the committee include Kelly, Byram, C. W. Voyles, Theo P. Davis, C. F. Asford, Edwin Smith and Cecil C. Moore.
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Harry E. Kelly
Austin Club
Edward Clark
R. W. Byram
James Pash
Walter Bremond
Bob J. Lyles
Kelly, Byram
C. W Voyles
Theo P. Davis
C. F. Asford
Edwin Smith
Cecil C Moore
Death reduces Labor majority in Britain
London March 27 The Labor Party’s majority in the House of Commons was trimmed to three by the death of F A Cobb labor member from Yorkshire His passing necessitates a by election to fill seats won by Labor in the February 23 general election with a three seat cushion now at stake.
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London
Labor
House of Commons
F. A. Cobb
Yorkshire
Cobb
Austin School Board Candidates Face Education Problems
Seven candidates spoke at Austin High School Auditorium outlining issues facing the district ahead of Saturday’s election. They urged more schools to ease crowding, discussed funding options such as separating school and city taxes and bond issues, and emphasized better policy making and personnel pay.
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Austin
City Council of Parent- Teachers Association
Don Howard
Howard
Water and Light Department
Delbert L. Akin
Allen B Crow
Crow
J. C. Hinsley
Gus Moos
R. W. Byram
Wind Fanned Flames Destroy Cedar Yard
Fire at the Ross and Wimberly cedar yard in Lano swept through the facility shortly after noon on Monday, destroying an estimated $30,000 of cedar posts and causing $200 in pens and hay loss. No livestock were harmed. Cause undetermined but believed from a discarded cigarette. firefighters fought the wind driven blaze for hours.
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Lano
Ross and Wimberly
Cedar Yard
Cedar Post
Boiler Explosion Fatal to Four at Kips Bay Station
Four men died when a boiler exploded at the New York Steam Corporation Kips Bay station. Victims Andrew Barney Howard Trucano Edwin Haffner and Ernest Steskal were scorched and killed instantly as a valve burst ten feet from their work site. The steam firm is a Consolidated Edison subsidiary.
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New York
Mar
Kips Bay
New York Steam Corporation
Andrew Barney
Howard Trucano
Edwin Haffner
Ernest Steskal
The
Steam Company
Consolidated Edison Company
Victoria Oil Official Dies in San Antonio
Charles Jacobsen 63, Victoria oil executive and superintendent of South Texas production for Bransdall Oil, died Monday in a San Antonio hospital. He helped found York Oil, served as director of Victoria Bank and Trust, and was a Iowa native survived by wife three daughters and six grandchildren.
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Victoria Oil
San Antonio
Victoria
Charles Jacobsen
Victoria Oil Company
Jacobsen
South Texas
Bransdall Oil Company
York Oil Company
Victoria Bank and Trust Company
Iowa
Hoover Opposes Opening FBI Loyalty Files to Congress
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover refused to release loyalty files to Congress warning it would aid espionage and endanger agents. Attorney General McGrath backed him with Truman’s stance. hearings also touched on Latimore libel claims and McCarthy charges of Communist infiltration.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
J. Howard McGrath
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Senperos
Four snow slide burying four workers ends in death at canyon
In Little Cottonwood Canyon near Salt Lake City four state highway maintenance men were buried for 45 minutes after a snowslide. Ross Fillerup, 37, of Murray, Utah, died on arrival at a Salt Lake hospital. Melvin Walker survived after being dug from the pickup and plow. two others escaped.
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Salt Lake City
Ross Fillerup
Murray
Utah
State Highway Department
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Here
Bridges accuses State Dept of Russian spy influence
Senator Styles Bridges charged that a Russian master spy has infiltrated the State Department and pressed Congress to summon Secretary Dean Acheson for full accounting of U S foreign policy. He cited Joseph Davies and urged Senate hearings on alleged communist infiltration as McCarthy’s drive looms.
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McCarthy
Henry S. Stimson
Republican
State Department
Philip C. Jessup
Dean Acheson
Wis
Washington
Styles Bridges
Congress
Acheson
Bridges
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Europe
Asia
Moscow
Joseph E. Davies
Russia
Davies
Soviet denial of Kiel miner massacre report in Frehnau
Police in Frehnau, Soviet Zone, denied Kieler Nachrichten’s claim that 102 German uranium miners were massacred after refusing to work. They said everything is quiet and no riot or clashes are known, according to the Associated Press.
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Kiel
Germany
Frehnau
Kieler Nachrichten
Associated Press
Ava Gardner Denies Romance With Frank Sinatra in London
Ava Gardner arrives in London and denies romantic interest in Frank Sinatra. She says if Sinatra comes to London it will be for work, not to see her.
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London
Ava Gardner
Frank Sinatra
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