Loyalty and Soil Bills Pass House
The Texas House approved a loyalty bill requiring state employees to sign affidavits of nonmembership in subversive groups over the past two years. It also advanced a soil conservation appropriation of 2.5 million dollars annually despite economy worries, with debate on funding levels and amendments.
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San Antonio
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Nacogdoches
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Temple
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Sherman
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Red Army column nears vital rail line near Nanking region
Chinese Civil War report says a Red Army column of about 20 000 men reached Kimen and joined guerrillas in a hilly area 200 miles southwest of Nanking. The move aligns with April 29 nationalist notices of three armies advancing south toward Hangchow and Canton.
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Hangchow
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Southwest wheat crop seen at 250 million bushels
An agricultural observer for the Santa Fe Railway forecasts the Southwest wheat crop will reach 250 million bushels, based on April 30 conditions. The estimate exceeds the USDA's April 1 projection by 5 million bushels. The Southwest belt covers Kansas Oklahoma Texas Colorado and New Mexico.
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Texas House Rejects Decontrol Bill Amid Vote Confusion
The Texas House failed to set a special order for a decontrol bill by Rep. Carlton Moore Sr. amid a contested roll call. An 89 to 45 vote initially fell short of two thirds, and a second tally 89 to 47 also failed. Governor Beauford Jester meanwhile moved to send Amarillo a local decontrol resolution.
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Dallas
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Waco
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Corsicana
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S. J. Isaacks
Durwood
Jack Brooks
Beaumont
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Beauford Jester
Washington
Amarillo
Senate backs US move to curb Stalin influence in China
The Senate approved a resolution urging the U.S. to act to prevent Stalin from controlling China. The House had endorsed the measure days earlier. It calls for dismissing State Department officials seen as treating the Soviet Union as peaceful and China’s Communists as mere reformers. The text warns of China becoming Moscow’s vassal and the risk of a survival battle post World War II. The resolution will go to the President, the secretary of state, and Texas congressional delegation.
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Taylor Glass New Council Take Office in Austin
Taylor Glass becomes mayor as William S S Drake Jr. serves as mayor pro tem and new member Stuart MacCorkle joins Emma Long and Will T Johnson on a swearing in ceremony attended by over 100 citizens. The council reappoints city manager Guston Morgan and health officer Ben M Primer.
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Ben M. Primer
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Tom Miller
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US School Aid Scores Victory in Senate Vote
Senate backed a $300 million education aid plan 68 to 11 led by Taft and Thomas, defeating Lodge amendments aimed at larger shares for richer states. The plan sets a minimum of $5 per pupil with poorer states receiving up to $29.18, while an anti-discrimination provision was also considered.
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Ohio
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Iowa
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Del
Brazos Co Op Seeks Open Probe of Possum Kingdom Power Deal
The Brazos River Transmission Electric Cooperative asked Texas Senate investigators to hold open hearings into its 25 year contract to buy power from Possum Kingdom Dam. The district contests the agreement arguing losses and has sued to cancel. The cooperative pressed for witnesses and public access to testimony with rules of evidence mirrored from civil trials.
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House Action Today Demo Chiefs Work Out Compromise Labor Bill
Democratic leaders in the House hashed out a compromise labor bill to be offered on Tuesday. It retains Taft Hartley features with changes and aims to win passage, while addressing injunctions free speech loyalty oaths and a joint study panel. Senator Byrd rejected Truman’s repeal push, backing essential Taft Hartley provisions.
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Rayburn
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Byrd
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Truman
Fredericksburg Music Director Dies in Belton
E. N. Smith fifty five head of the Fredericksburg High School music department and director of the band and glee club died Monday at Belton at his sister s home. He will be buried Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Salado with the band as pallbearers and the glee club double quartet and Miss Majorie Seuer singing. Fredericksburg schools recess Tuesday in respect. Smith taught in several Central Texas schools before four years in Fredericksburg.
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Government releases rent yardstick to guide landlords
The Housing Expediter, Tighe E. Woods, announced a formula for rent increases under new control law. Small structures of one to four homes can raise net operating income to 30 percent, large structures to 25 percent, with boosts retroactive to filing dates.
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Hudson Halts Car Production Over Brake Shortage
Hudson Motor Car Company announces plant closures due to brake shortages from Bendix Aviation after a strike cuts supply. About twenty five thousand workers affected as factories shut Tuesday amid halts in brake assemblies.
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Bendix Aviation Corporation
Big Three to Seek Early Big Four Talks on Berlin Blockade
United States Britain and France plan to ask Russia to join open Big Four talks in New York within days on Berlin blockade. The draft memorandum envisions lifting the blockade and Western counter-blockade by end of next week and convoking a Paris Big Four meeting on German issues two weeks after blockades end.
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Philip C. Jessup
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Elephant Cigarette Deal Falls Through in Ledo
A party of northern Burmese tribesmen traveled from Assan township to Ledo to swap three elephants for cigarettes but local merchants lacked sufficient stock, leaving the trade uncompleted. The group then began their return journey to Burma.
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Braniff President Hospitalized in Dallas
Braniff Airlines founder and president Tom Braniff is in Maxfield Clinic Dallas for treatment of a respiratory infection. He has led Braniff since its inception and remains hospitalized as doctors treat his condition.
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Dallas
Tom Braniff
Maxfield Clinic
Sherwood wins fourth Pulitzer for Roosevelt and Hopkins
Robert E. Sherwood received his fourth Pulitzer Prize for Roosevelt and Hopkins, joining a small group to reach this total. The awards, announced by Columbia University trustees, also honored James Gould Cozzens, Roy Franklin Nichols, Peter Viereck, and others, with prizes in letters, journalism, and music for Louisiana Story.
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Robert E. Sherwood
James Gould Cozzens
Graduate School of Journalism
Albert C. Jacobs
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nebraska
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Neb
Herbert Elliston
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Lucius Curtis
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