Truman outlines four point plan to lift income to four thousand
President Truman on a cross country journey unveiled a ten year program aiming to raise the income of poorer working families to four thousand dollars annually. He forecast a real increase in living standards and a national output of three hundred fifty billion by 1960, with a four point plan to expand investment, markets, balanced budgets, and international economic ties.
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Funds Bill Cut One Billion By House Economizers
The House economy bloc pushed through major cuts to a $29.5 billion omnibus, trimming about $1.0 billion in the final hours and sending the measure to the Senate. The vote for final passage stood 362 to 21 as Republicans and some Democrats limited civilian federal jobs and restricted cash and contract authorizations.
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Iowa
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Cooler Showers Foreseen for Austin Area After Warm Spell
Showers began Thursday morning signaling a shift to cooler weather for Austin. Forecasts call for very general rainfall around 10 a.m. and a cold front from Amarillo lowering dusty winds. Temperatures Thursday range 68 to 75 with partly cloudy skies and mild conditions Friday.
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Texas
The Chicken Championship Ends In Narrow Victory
A local contest crowned a champion by a slim margin as observers noted the winner’s comment about a wing as he claimed the title. A separate item reports a housewife regaining sight after years of blindness, described as a dramatic flash of vision.
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Champeen
West Texas Hit by Severe Storms and Flooding
Gusts to 75 mph battered the South Plains with hail and heavy rain. Lamesa reports broken windows and minor farm damage while Pecos, 140 miles away, suffered roof and neon sign damage from a 15 minute hailstorm. Four people died in a Wichita Falls to Jacksboro wreck on wet pavement as storms swept through the region.
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Pioneer Florence Citizen Dies at 82
James M. Love 82, lifelong Florence resident and pioneer Williamson County family member, died Tuesday at his daughter’s home in Georgetown. Graveside services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. in Master Cemetery near Florence with Rev. Joe Eustis officiating. Survived by widow, five daughters including Nellie Box and Edith Manning, and three sons Frank C. Love, Woodrow Love, and Rovert Love.
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Chicago
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Loyalty Board under Fire in Senate Probe
Senate probe into State Department loyalty files grows as Sen Malone asserts the presidents loyalty board is not above reproach and calls for independent review. Tydings signals a month to complete the study with all 81 files present and FBI material secured.
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Third of Rail Passenger Traffic Feels Strike Grip
Horace C. Barnhart 59 longtime Austin mercantile and credit leader dies after three months illness. He served as secretary manager of the Austin Retail Merchants Association and related groups. Born Austin 1891 he attended UT and served in WWI. Funeral Thursday 5 p.m. Weed Corley Funeral Home with burial at Oakwood.
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Wilmington
Del
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Pearsall
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Dallas
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Case
Texas Wheat Outlook Dims As Pests Weather Hit Crop
The USDA estimates Texas winter wheat at 24.7 million bushels for 1949 with May 1 conditions, down from April, due to bugs drought wind and reduced planting. The U S crop total falls to 689.6 million bushels from 763.6 million in April. Texas orange and grapefruit crops also drop versus last year and long-term averages. Oklahoma New Mexico Colorado and Kansas also report weak wheat prospects while Texas cotton yields high valued at 62 percent higher than 1948 despite lower prices.
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Dam Break Drowns Elderly Tyler Resident
The body of J. E. Shamburger, 73, was recovered Wednesday from the backwash of a broken dam nine miles north of Tyler in Tyler County.
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One-Fifth of Nation Freight Affected by Fireman Walkout
Firemen walked out on four key rail systems carrying over a third of rail passengers and a fifth of rail freight. The strike disrupted East West and South lines with no settlement in sight. Mediation board stayed in Chicago while Washington weighs a wartime seizure option. Carriers reject compromise and flag potential nationwide impact on production and shipments.
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US backs French German economic partnership
Secretary of State Dean Acheson announced the United States approves a French German plan to pool steel and coal and invite other nations into a vast cooperative industry. He urged Germany to accept responsibilities and warned of risks including potential war with Russia.
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Conferees Back Expanded Powers for ECA Chief Hoff man
Senate and House conferees approve amendments to the Economic Cooperation Administration act giving Paul Hoffman up to 1.2 billion to liberalize European trade and advance currency convertibility. A 600 million allocation funds trade liberalization and a 600 million for a European payments union with Hoffman curbing use.
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Trapped Digger Dies as Rescue Nears in Brooklyn
Dominick Atteo a 45 year old well digger died after 27 hours entombed by a Brooklyn garage shaft cave in. Rescue teams fought sand and mud as a doctor treated him from the shaft and his son lowered a cigarette into the bucket. He succumbed to shock and exhaustion minutes before planned freeing.
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