US Urges Greater Japanese Power in International Affairs
The United States proposed granting Japan limited responsibilities in international fields to speed economic recovery and prepare it for reentry to the family of nations. The plan covers trade promotion citizenship and property issues cultural relations and scientific exchanges with MacArthur approval. The Far Eastern Commission endorsed agrarian reforms but Soviet Russia abstained. Japan seeks participation in the International Telecommunication Union meeting in Geneva.
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United States
Japan
Family of Nations
State Department
L-Nation
Far Eastern Commission
MacArthur
Soviet
Russia
Britain
France
Philippines
International Telecommunications Union
Geneva
United States and Britain Launch Large Scale Radio Counter-Jam
The United States and Britain will jointly broadcast against Russian jamming by using up to 61 transmitters simultaneously beginning Saturday. The Voice of America and the BBC will run parallel programs at 8:15 a.m. and 9:15 p.m. CST to break through interference and deliver messages to Russian listeners about the soviet union’s conduct and the truth of the Berlin talks.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
State Department
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Company
Berlin
Moscow
Voice
George V. Allen
Allen
The
BBC
Texas City Blast Suit Against U S Drugs On Fire
The 200 million suit by Texas City disaster victims against the federal government proceeds as lawyers question Dr. S rerd Lewis about ammonium nitrate in paper bags. The Grandcamp explosion in April 1947 killed 574 and injured over 1,000, a fact the suit says the US government failed to warn Houston area.
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Houston
Texas City
S Rerd Lewis
Bureau of Fines
FBI Says Reds Taught Bomb Threat Tactics to Workers
FBI undercover aide testified in the Communist conspiracy trial that St Louis workers were taught the atom bomb would be used to preserve capitalism and that the instructor named Mrs Naomi Ring claimed four million soldiers were needed to keep workers down. The witness described his party reports and the cross examination focused on travel expenses and extending testimony over the weekend.
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New York
St. Louis
FBI
Thomas A. Younglove
Communist Party
Truman
Younglove
Missouril
Noami Ring
St. Louisan
Harold R. Medina
Travis to Rise Two More Feet on Lake Travis Fall
Lake Travis gains about two feet as gates opened at Buchanan Dam release an estimated 30 000 acre feet to flow through Lake Buchanan toward the lake. Lake Travis stood at elevation 653 12 feet with a normal top stage of 681 feet after recent heavy rains. Lake Buchanan is full to its spillway at 1 020 feet, up 21 feet from a recent low.
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Lake Travis
Lower
Colorado River Authority
San Angelo
Lake Buchanan
Buchanan Dam
German Charter Draft Approved on Second Reading
West German leaders approved the draft constitution on its second reading by a 47 to 2 vote with 15 abstentions. The draft includes Western Berlin's incorporation and abolishes the death penalty, while Communists oppose an all German state and a rapid interim government setup ahead of elections. Sunday set for final reading on the anniversary of Nazi defeat.
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Bonn
Germany
Berlin
Western
Ford Fires Fourteen Strikers After Wildcat Walkouts
Ford Motor Company fired 14 unionists including UAW Local 600 chair Mike Donnelly after wildcat walkouts at the Rouge and related plant actions. Dearborn officials refused more police protection as 5 000 pickets marched. Chevrolet Flint workers voted 516 to 17 to strike over speed-up, a second vote in 12 months.
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Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Detroit
Mich
Dearborn
Ford
Hubbard
CIO
United Auto Workers
Mike Donnelly
Flint
Chevrolet Assembly Line
Colburn Walker
Chevrolet Local 659
Uaw-Cio
Donnelley
International Union Committee
UAW
Lincoln-Mercury
Tornadoes Kill and Wreck Panhandle Towns in Texas Panhandle
A Friday night tornado ripped Sundown Texas and nearby towns in the Panhandle. Three to five died with several injured as the storm damaged homes a church and parsonage. Two fatalities were identified plus others injured and missing. Disaster relief crews aided from Lubbock Plainview and Littlefield.
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Lubbock
Sundown
Here
Beauford Jester
Austin
Dixie Carmichael
Red Cross
C. C. Prim
Brownfield
Little West Texas
Jay Harris
Morton
Levelland
Salvation Army
Plainview
Littlefield
Bill M. Scott
Pamela
Hazel Hancock
Jerry Wheeler
Hancock
Southwestern Association
Sudan
Shelley
Southwestern Associated Telephone Company
Hockley County
Bruce Furniture
Scott
Levelland Funeral Home
Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
Germans to Run Reich Transport As Blockade Ends
German transport workers will handle the Berlin blockade clearance next Thursday with Western trains to run at midnight Wednesday after Soviet barriers are removed. Four power talks not needed unless issues arise. currency issues remain for Paris talks starting May 23.
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Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Interscholastic League Meet Opens With Austin Winner
Austin High School student Shelby Reed topped 900 contestants to win the ready writing contest in Conference AA as the 39th annual Interscholastic League meet began. Cuero's Undercurrent won one act play honors with Gwendolyn Coehl named best actress and Dan Cage best actor. Holbrook of Lindale captured a double win in girl’s extemporaneous speech and ready writing in Class B.
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Texas
Shelby Reed
Austin
Driskill Hotel
Kenneth Horan Rogers
Hogg Auditorium
Cuero
E. B. Morrison
la Vega High School
Waco
Cotulla High School
Gwendolyn Coehl
Dan Cage
Pat James
Cotulla
Jo Beth Campbell
la Vega
Joe Hesner
Atlanta
Barry Ros
Reed
Richard Bright
Gonzales
Benjie Holbrook
Lindale
Charles Benson
New Braunfels
Joe Colwell
Lockhart
Rita Virginia Moore
San Saba
C. A. Mass
Lonnice Dotson
Coronation Night at AHS May Fete at House Park
Austin High School wraps up its May Fete with a parade on 12th Street and Congress Avenue and a coronation program at House Park Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. Ten candidates, five boys and five girls, vie for king and queen honors with judges R. W. Byram, Lee Wilborn, Tommy Birdwell, Mrs. Horton Wayne Smith, and Miss Nell Fenner. Engraved gold cups will be awarded for the most beautiful, most educational, most comical, and most original floats.
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Austin High School
House Park
12Th Street
Congress Ave
Bubbles Welch
Jo Ann Hultin
Suzanne Gilbert
Rita Bearden
Patsy Wuest
Jack Brinkley
Bob Armstrong
Franklin Kohutec
Lou Welch
Bobby Warren
R. W. Byram
Lee Wilborn
Tommy Birdwell
Horton Wayne Smith
Nell Fenner
Murder Charged Girl In Drowning of Boy In Joliet
A 13 year old girl named Diane Allen faced a murder warrant in Joliet for the drowning of 7 year old Charles Johnson. Police quoted her as saying the killing was to satisfy an overpowering urge to kill. The warrant was issued by Justice of Peace Anthony Mackay at the request of Deputy Doerfler and State's Attorney Pearce III after a grand jury inquiry.
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Joliet
Lil
INS
Diane Allen
Justice of the Peace
Anthony Mackay
Roy Doerfler
John Irving Pearce III
Charles Johnson
Jolief
Diane
Japan Communists Warn Moscow Over Prisoner Repatriation
The Japanese Communist Party informed Soviet authorities in a letter that delays in repatriating Japanese war prisoners are a serious issue in Japan. It accuses conservatives and reactionaries of using the Soviet delay as anti Soviet and anti Communist propaganda.
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Tokyo
Japan
Communist Party
Moscow
Kennecott Cuts Copper Price by Five Cents
New York May 6 The nation’s largest copper producer Kennecott Copper Corporation Friday reduced the price of refined copper 5 cents a pound to 18 12 cents on New York basis.
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Kennecott
New York
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Brannan Explains Farm Plan At Baylor Waco Visit
Secretary Charles Brannan defended the administration’s new farm program in a Baylor University address to 2,800. He said the plan does not regulate farmers and would let prices seek their level via supply and demand, with production payments when markets fall short. He cited differing supports for perishable products and suggested incentives to shift excess acreage to meat, milk, and poultry.
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Waco
Charles Brannan
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Waco Hall
Baylor University
Baylor
McGregor
Bluebonnet
Texas A&m Agricultural Research Center
Reds Drive Toward Shanghai in Fast Communique
Communist troops backed by artillery push from the southwest toward Shanghai about 50 miles away while other units cut across the East West railway, threatening Nanchang and advancing 30 to 50 miles in a day. Reports say Shanghai’s garrison faced clashes near Kashing and Kuinshan as Reds press toward central China.
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Shanghai
China
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Canton
South China
Hankow
Red
Kashing
Pewan
Whangpoo
Kuinshan
Central China Front
Changsha
Pai Chung-Hsi
Shanghai Dispatch
Yangtze
Taichang
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