Reds Offer Election If Allies Yield Berlin
Berlin in May 1946 report that Soviet control officials proposed a free city election under four power supervision if Western Allied troops withdraw. Moscow signaled a plan to form a German election commission and allow parties to nominate candidates while abolishing Allied administration rules.Western allies rejected withdrawal. News notes Soviet alert police units in eastern Berlin and a VE Day rally by East German leaders urging Americans to leave. Ernst Reuter condemned withdrawal. Werner Pellmann testified about 1,200 Soviet police forces in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Russia
Greater
Russian Control Commission
Heav
Alexei IL Jelisarov
Soviet Control Commission
Ernst Reuter
Western
Otto Grotewohl
Acheson
Five Baylor students killed in Tennessee crash
Five Baylor University students die when their car collides with a heavily loaded truck near Arlington Tennessee. Victims are Jimmy Nelson Betty Pierson Jeannette Boyd David Roy Figart and James Langley Jr. The truck driver Garland Waley of Houston says the car appeared to drift and wake before impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Tenn
Baylor University
Here
Texas
Jimmy Nelson
Dallas
Betty Pierson
Waco
Jeannette Boyd
David Roy Figart
James Percival Langley Jr
Langley
Lexington
Figart
Pierson
Nelson
Cecil T. Nelson
Baylor
Sunmakers clash with New York rainmakers
Two sunmakers challenge New York City's rainmakers to drive away clouds with methods hinted at but described as vague. The note appears on page 11 alongside broader musings about America and maps from 1507.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Five UT sorority girls reach Miss Austin finals
Five University of Texas sorority girls reached the finals of the 1950 Miss Austin contest held at the Driskill Hotel. Sue Lewis, Carlita Wollbrett, Margaret Sue Sommers, Jo Ann Hultin, and Cherry Blair were chosen by the Junior Chamber of Commerce directors from 13 entrants based on beauty, personality, talent, and evening gown poise. The winners advance toward the Miss America pageant, with local finals set for Thursday in Dish Field before a Big State League game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas
Austin
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sue Lewis
Carlita Wollbrett
Houston
Margaret Sue Sommers
Dallas
Jo Ann Hultin
Cherry Blair
Amarillo
Driskill
Atlantic City
Dish Field
Waco
New Braunfels
Miss Blair
Jackie Farris
Brownwood
Pola Ellis
Alice
Jean Hopkins
Mary Ann Valdez
Joan Farrar
Demp Toney
Jennie Sue Moore
Beverly J. Weber
Gelya Anderson
Frances Ann Cady
Marge Hargrove
Stomach Ache Infant Death Under Formal Inquiry
Five month old Rosa Marie Caldwell died after emergency room visit at Bracken Ridge Hospital. Justice of the Peace Frank W McBee ordered the inquiry into the death. Detective Marion Lee reported the baby cried when her stomach was touched and the doctor said she had a stomach ache and advised a clinic follow up. The parents brought her back early Monday but delays and unavailable doctors preceded her death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brackenridge Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Frank W McBee
Rosa Marie Caldwell
James Caldwell
East 12Th Street
Marion Lee
Lee
Caldwell
RFD EFFECT Turning The Other Cheek
San Marcos postmaster Charles L. Haynes said a mail delivery cut affected his day after a barber half shaved him. The incident occurred during a stop in San Marcos while Haynes attended a state postmasters convention in Fort Worth. The barber explained he gave a half shave because postal deliveries were cut in half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Charles L. Haynes
San Marcos
Haynes
US To Provide Indochina Aid Amid Cold War Talks
Secretary of State Dean Acheson announced immediate American financial aid and military equipment for Indochina as Washington and Paris proceed with Atlantic Pact talks. French assent to broader German postwar control was reported, with Bonn gaining leeway pending fall changes to the occupation statute. Chiang Kai-shek urged quick US aid to Chinese Nationalists to avert a World War III in the Orient during a Formosa briefing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Dean Acheson
Indochina
Robert Schuman
London
Schuman
Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Bonn Republic
Ho Chi Minh
Congress
Far East
Bao da
Cambodia
Laos
France
Washington
Saigon
Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Orient
Chiang
West
March Disavows Labor Ticket in Governor Race
March denied any effort to head a union labor ticket in the governor race while accepting endorsements from the Texas State Labor League for Political Education and the CIO PAC. He said 300,000 votes would help and insisted he is not leading a labor ticket in state races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas State Labor League For Political Education
AF of L
Texas
CIO
Political Action Committee
March
Truman Pushes Brannan Farm Plan for World Peace
President Truman, on a 10 day 16 state tour, attacked isolationists as aiding Russia and promoted the Brannan farm plan as a path to world peace. He argued production payments would sustain farmers incomes while boosting perishable crop markets amid rain soaked Lincoln crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Russia
Lincoln
Neb
Brannan
Lsten
Senators Clash Over FEPC Fight In Senate Debates
Senate began the long anticipated FEPC battle with Southerners denouncing the administration bill as a monstrosity while supporters insist it ensures equal job rights for all. Elbert D. Thomas opened for the administration praising the measure as a step toward equal opportunity. Irving M. Ives described a middle course while Richard B. Russell warned of a Dixie filibuster and called the bill a bid for minority votes and a plan to police thoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
FEPC
Senate Labor Committee
Irving M. Ives
R-Nj
New York State
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russell
FSPC
Typhoon Doris Strikes Guam With 70mph Winds
The fringe of Typhoon Doris lashed Guam with heavy rain and a 70 mile per hour wind as residents sought shelter ahead of expected peak gusts up to 113 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Guam
Two American Aviators to be Released by Communists
Peking radio reports two U.S. aviators William C. Smith from Long Beach California and Elmer C. Bender from Cincinnati and Chicago will be released after nearly 19 months in Communist detention. They disappeared Oct 19, 1948 after taking off in a liaison plane for training. the plane was seized. The men were part of U.S. naval headquarters at Tsingtao and had conducted reconnaissance. The State Department had pressed for their release and moved to diplomacy via Britain as the U.S. withdrew its mission from Red China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Peking Radio
William C. Smith
Long Beach
Calif
Navy
Elmer C. Bender
Cincinnati
Chicago
Marine Corps
Tsingtao
State Department
United States
Red China
Manchuria
Bender
Smith
Influ
C. C. Badger
Weatherford Bank Ex-Officers Deny Fraud Charges
Four former Weatherford bank officers and an Abilene firm officer pleaded innocent to fraud related to a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan. George Fant Elena Brant James Whitsett Claude Hatchett deny charges alleging the Abilene firm owed the bank money while applying for a $48 000 RFC loan. The firm later went bankrupt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Weatherford Bank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
George Fant
First National Bank of
Weatherford
Elena Brant
James Edward Whitsett
Texas
Claude Hatchett
Abilene
Abilene Sand and Gravel Company
RFC
T. Whitfield Davidson
RIFT RUMORED IN CROONER S FAMILY
Hollywood May 8 Bing Crosby and his wife Dixie face a serious family dispute but will not go to court until next month when Crosby returns from Europe. Larry Crosby says no settlement papers are signed yet and a legal separation is preferred over divorce. Crosby in Paris denies the rift and Dixie is unavailable for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Dixie
Bing
Europe
Larry Crosby
Paris
Larry
Crosbys
Nevada
Pebble Beach
Crosby
Jimmy Fidler
Fidler
AFL Open to Unity Talks With CIO to Form Labor Union
President William Green stated the AFL is willing to meet the CIO to seek a united organization of all organized labor. He replied to CIO President Philip Murray's call for unity of action among labor groups in a letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
CIO
Green
Philip Murray
Murray
Austinites Freed From Charges Of Horse Meat Sale
A six man jury acquitted E. F. Smith and Lee Deck of transferring horse meat for human consumption after testimony that horse meat cannot be identified by sight. The case arose from 466 pounds seized in March and involved city and state health officials, meat dealers, and inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Smith
Lee Deck
J. G. Hunter
Austin
James Hunter
State Health Department
A. F. Kelly
Kelly
Smith
Deck
Gene Christianson
Earle Massengale
R. C. Lozano
1 000 Acre Forest Swarmed By Posse For Three Fugitives
Franklin May 8 A 20 man posse searched a 1 000 acre wooded forest five miles northeast of here for three Robertson County jail escapees Gene Donaldson 20 Bob Donaldson 19 and Freeman Canada 17 a Negro cousins who escaped from the ground floor jail last Friday night They are said to be corned in the heavy woods armed with a shotgun taken from a house near Franklin Saturday night with ammunition groceries and cooking utensils. The escape occurred while Sheriff Reeves was at a Hearne rodeo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Here
Robertson County
Bob Reeves
Gene Donaldson
Bob Donaldson
Freeman Canada
Donaldsons
Reeves
Windy and Warm with Partly Cloudy Skies Forecast
Forecasters predict continued warm and humid conditions in Austin with higher winds and partly cloudy skies on Tuesday and Wednesday. Temperatures range from 72 to 88 degrees, while East and West Texas are expected to remain mostly cloudy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dishh
Jo Ann Hyltin
Werner Pellman
America
Ellin Prince Speyer Hospital
New York
Centex Reedeeneee
Isc
RADIO
Reuben
Eee
Ns Sports
Mr. Truman
Nebraska
Val Peterson
Illinois
Iowa
Creston
Ottumwa
Victor A. Johnston
House
Republican National Committee
Johnston
Senator Wherry
GOP
Casper
Wyo
Isle of Guam
Sino Reds
Peking
Lantz
Chinese Peoples Liberation Army
Crooner
Dixie Lee
Screen Fame
Elko, Nev
Rhythm Boys
Gary Evans
Philip Lang
Dennis Michael
Kaan Harry
Jane
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!