Truman Defends Fair Deal On Grand Coulee Dam Visit
On May 11 President Truman denounced critics including Herbert Hoover as selfish for opposing public power. At Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State he pledged to push progressive action, defend public power, and noted gains in the Northwest as he toured the hydroelectric project with stops planned in Idaho and Montana.
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Truman
Herbert Hoover
Grand Coulee Dam
Washington State
Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
Mon C. Wallgren
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Wallgren
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Northwest
Wilbur
Cheney
Wash
Gonzaga University
Sandpoint
Idaho
Paradise
Mont
Montana
Missoula
Garrison
Butte
Helena
Great Falls
Big Sandy
Havre
Grand Coulee
Columbia Valley
Tennessee Valley
Census taker visits remote Squaw Brook by scooter
SQUAW BROOK Me May 11 The census taker counted the hamlet without knocking as 13 residents watched him ride in on a Canadian Pacific Railway track motor car. Enumerator Roland Russell of Brownville Junction traveled 32 miles with railway men on the scooter to reach the two house wilderness community.
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Squaw Brook
Naw Brook
Roland Russell
Brownville Junction
Camp Mabry Armed Services Hub Picked for City
Fourth Army Headquarters in San Antonio approved a Camp Mabry site as the first choice for a $350000 armed forces center to train Army Navy Air Force reserve units and National Guard. If legal issues block the land the city will seek an alternate site and push forward plans with Washington by June 10 and contract by June 30.
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Fourth Army
San Antonio
Camp Mabry
A. A. Horner
Texas Military District Executive
Military District
Horner
Washington
Taylor Glass
City Plan Commission
Plan Commission
Austin
Navy
Barton Springs Road
Dead Man Found Under Bridge on Congress Avenue
A 40 year old man named Joe Villegas was found dead under the Congress Avenue bridge eight feet north of the fifth pier of the Colorado span. Justice of Peace J Travis Blakeslee awaited autopsy results from Brackenridge Hospital as Detective Roy L Fowler investigated after a call from Joe Velasquez and Rodolfo Aguirre. Avarista Villegas, sister, lives at 30742 Navasota and could not be reached for funeral arrangements.
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Congress Avenue Bridge
Joe Villegas
Fifth Pier
Colorado Span
Justice of Peace
J. Travis Blakeslee
Brackenridge Hospital
Roy L. Fowler
Villegas
Joe Velasquez
Rodolfo Aguirre
Ham Hunters and Buck Rogers Crowd Parade
A quirky sidewalk chase ends with bystanders and clerks seizing a bank robber after his radiator overheats thirteen minutes after the crime. The note highlights costumed locals and a police-like capture in a storefront setting.
Rainfall relief and damage mix across Central Texas farms
Central Texas farmers reported mixed results from a heavy rain event. Oats blown down near Sprinkle in Travis County. cotton planting slowed. Rain totals included one inch in Austin and up to three inches in Johnson City. Ranchers in San Marcos found benefits, though some replanting may occur. Nearby counties recorded varied rainfall with little lasting damage. National flood scenes across Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Manitoba saw rising waters and evacuations.
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Texas
Travis County
Elmo Cook
Cook
Austin
O. L. Patterson
Blanco County
Johnson City
Patterson
San Marcos
Henry New
Hays
Burnet
Llano County
D. B. McCombs
Bastrop
Lockhart
Maxwell
Martindale
Uhland
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
United States
Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Red River
Manitoba
Pauls Valley
Solomon
White River
Branson
Wakefield Promoted Brigadier General in Texas National Guard
Governor Shivers commissioned Colonel Paul L. Wakefield as brigadier general in the Texas National Guard. Wakefield will serve as assistant to the deputy commander. A veteran of World Wars I and II, he has led Texas Selective Service and worked as a newspaperman. He lives near Buda south of Austin with his family.
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Paul L. Wakefield
Texas National Guard
Selective Service
Allan Shivers
Wakefield
K. L. Perry
Gen
Berry
National Guard
Truman
Texas Selective Service Headquarters
Veterans Personnel Division
American Expeditionary Forces
France
Intelligence Service
United States
Houston Chronicle
Lovelady
Houston County
University of Texas
Buda
Austin
Gas Price Hike Inquiry Ordered by Texas AG
Attorney General Price Daniel ordered an anti-trust staff inquiry into last week's gasoline price rise by 10 major Texas refiners. Witnesses are being interviewed to see if the half-cent increase ties to a Feb 21 1949 anti-trust suit or warrants new action. Companies named include Arkansas Fuel Oil Cit ies Service Continental Gulf Humble Magnolia Standard of Texas Texas Sinclair and Phillips. All are parties to the pending suit.
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United Press
Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
Cities Service Oil Company
Continental Oil Company
Gulf Oil Corporation
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Standard Oil Company of Texas
the Texas Company
Sinclair Refining Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
It Wasn't Fasy But He Bit Self in Throat
In Oakland California on May 11 a 41-year-old county jail robbery suspect named Felix Wheaton bit himself in the throat while asleep. His replacement teeth broke free, slid into his esophagus and were removed by hospital doctors who warned of a sore throat to follow.
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Oakland
Calif
Felix Wheaton
Wheaton
Rail Strike Paralyzes Nation as 18 000 Firemen Walk Out
The second day of the major rail strike grounds traffic and boosts layoffs across railroads and mines. About 18 000 firemen left four lines, prompting mass layoffs and disrupted movement of freight cars as observers fear broader economic impact.
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Chicago
Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Central Lines
New York Central Railroad
Mishawaka
Ind
New York Central
Elkhart
John K. Bergman
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Pennsylvania Railroad
Santa FE
Southern Railway System
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Southern
Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Pennsyvania Railroad
Western Pennsylvania
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Veterans Hospital
Pittsburgh
Daniel P. Loomis
Association of Western Railways
Loomis
Little Leagues Of Austin Opening Day Coverage
City Editor Homer Olsen assigns Ken Eagon to cover Austin's Little Leagues season opening at Shipe Field. Saturday games attract state city business and sports luminaries as Eagon reports on Austin youth baseball for Sunday papers.
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The
American Statesman
Austin
Homer Olsen
Ken Eagon
Shipe Field
38Th Street
West Avenue
Eagon
Revision of NLRB and Treasury Plan Dead in Senate
The Senate rejected two Truman reorganizations. The NLRB reform failed 53 to 30, and a Treasury plan giving the secretary authority over the comptroller of the currency failed 65 to 13. Taft led opposition, calling the NLRB plan a threat to the Taft-Hartley Act. Fourteen more votes than needed joined to kill the NLRB measure.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Taft
Ohio
NLRB
House
Denham
Mr. Truman
Congress
Barkley
Senator Gillette
Deep South
Wife deserts husband and child over dog in New Jersey
Roy M. Canfield of Kearny says his wife Frances fled town with their five year old child and a real estate man's shaggy black dog after she grew attached to the pet. He filed a desertion warrant accusing Frances Canfield of leaving home.
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Kearny
Roy M. Canfield
Canfield
Frances
Nine-Time Traffic Violator Declared Not Habitual
A County Court-at-Law jury ruled Jerome Ramirez Alaniz was not an habitual traffic violator after considering nine violations in three years. The case, requested by DPS Director Homer Garrison Jr., asked if license revocation was warranted. The jury returned a single yes or no verdict with no penalty possible.
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Jerome Ramirez Alaniz
Homer Garrison Jr
Department of Public Safety
Garrison
Alaniz
Udge Mace Thurman Jr
Perry Jones
West European atomic defense plan sparks congressional debate
A US military proposal to place small atomic weapons with European allies to deter Russia is under study. Officials weigh rapid jet delivery of nuclear strikes against concerns over safety and political risk, likely requiring amendment to the Atomic Energy Act and facing sharp congressional opposition.
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Washington
Russia
Europe
Truman
Capitol Hill
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eaton
Smith
RWIS
Congress
Javits
Rep-Lib
Fulton
R - Pa
England
France
Atlantic Alliance
America
Western
Winnipeg Housewife Reads Letter Amid Flooded Home
A Winnipeg housewife, in knee length rubber boots and hip-waders, pauses to read a letter delivered by a postman as she surveys her flooded home. The scene captures the month’s relief amid rising water in Manitoba.
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Winnipeg
Man
Route changes in Mill blanket bus pass and rate cuts offered
Austin Transit Manager Ben Wayne Greig proposed a shoppers fare 10 cents for a 9 am to 3 30 pm round trip and a transferrable blanket weekly pass 1 25 with no name. He outlined 15 day decision timing and possible Saturday Sunday service expansion starting this Saturday if weather cooperates.
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Austin Bus
Ben Wayne Greig
Austin Transit Company, Inc
Reig
Greig
26Th Street
Kinney Avenue
St. Johns Addition
East End
Airport
Govalle
St. Elmo
Rudy Rice
Emma Long
New York
Chicago
Brownwood
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