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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1949
Page
1
Berlin remains in a weak economic position despite the blockade ending. Shortages of money and supplies persist as rationing may stay, with officials citing limited buying power and a slow return of goods.
The United Nations political committee approved a British French Italian Ethiopian trusteeship plan for Libyan and Italian possessions. It sets Britain to administer Cirenaica, Italy to govern Tripolitania and Somaliland, France over Fezzan, and Eritrea to join Ethiopia within ten years barring Assembly changes. Riots followed in Tripoli as news broke.
Washington reports that Senator Robertson a Democrat of Virginia threatened to block Truman era renewal of federal control over consumer and bank credit unless Senate Democratic Leader Lucas requests a vote. The move follows ongoing banking subcommittee deliberations and party leadership dynamics.
The Polish liner Batory captain Jan Cwiklinski says he will land Gerhart Eisler in Gdynia if asked, complicating US efforts to recapture him after he stowed away. Eisler fled aboard the ship May 6 en route to Poland, while his wife, Ruth Eisler, was re-arrested in New York for deportation questions. The FBI has asked Scotland Yard to help seize Eisler as a stowaway, though British officials questioned the approach.
A 25-year-old University of Texas GI student, A. L. Carter Jr. of Houston, remained critically ill in an iron lung Friday, the third polio victim this year. He was admitted Monday after a Wednesday diagnosis of poliomyelitis. his family was at his side. Carter lives at 2423 Nueces and studies arts and sciences.
A truck explosion and chemical fumes shut the Holland Tunnel, trapping drivers and sending about thirty people including firemen to hospitals. The blaze burned for four hours, damaging communications lines and briefly disrupting AT&T and NY Telephone system. the tunnel’s eastbound tube was slated to reopen tonight.
William M. Boyle Jr. warned that anyone bitterly opposed to President Truman will not receive patronage aims. He said loyal Democrats only should accept appointments, linking congress votes on policy to patronage access. Senator Stennis recommended J. P. Coleman for district attorney, a move cleared by the DNC despite the broad loyalty test.
Williamson County sheriff arrested a six foot suspect who allegedly cleared five burglaries and related crimes. The man faced aggravated assault charges in County Court at Law after an attack on H. W. Lester on Fishville Road. Lester’s truck was later found submerged in a water tank. Authorities said several cases were cleared by the arrest and are investigating similar incidents.
The House armed services committee unanimously backed a 406 million dollar bill to revise military pay for all active, reserve, and related services. Generals and admirals would see about a 50 percent rise, with average increases around 14 percent for most ranks while recruits gain from 21 to 72 dollars monthly. The proposal ends extra bonuses and sets new subsistence and housing allowances, plus retirement pay choices linked to disability.
Five tornadoes swept across the Upper Plains of West Texas on Friday, damaging a ranch house and utility lines near Panhandle and causing heavy rains and hail. Muleshoe reported a 3.66 inch downpour with lakes and two feet of floodwater in some homes, while Pampa saw hail that hit the wheat crop. The Amarillo area saw no reported damage as other twisters moved through ranch and wheat country.
Former US Army Sergeant Clifford J. Sutton, 25, of Boston, married a German bride in Frankfurt and said he is not sorry for renouncing his American citizenship last April in Munich to avoid being shipped home after a brawl at Ansbach Army Post Exchange. He plans to apply for a chauffeur position.
Merced California May 13 The Merced fire department announces a new order under Chief George Collares. Firemen must wear suspenders to keep their pants up when entering large fires ensuring both hands are free for firefighting.
Muddy flood water from melting snow flooded Dawson Yukon wells forcing residents to drink liquor as a substitute for drinking water. The tainted tap water turned chocolate brown and prompted city officials to issue the unusual advisory.
Francis Patrick Matthews, 62, Nebraska lawyer and businessman, is Truman’s pick to become secretary of the Navy, replacing John S. Sullivan who resigned amid disputes with the new defense leadership. Matthews pledged to uphold naval traditions and cited unification of the armed forces as the key issue.
The United Auto Workers submitted a secret settlement bid in the Ford strike amid government moving to intervene. UAW President Walter Reuther said Ford would respond to the peace plan after noon Saturday following a three hour session. The walkout has idled 100,000 Ford workers with 6,000 more to be laid off by Monday.
The Austin American Capitol reports concerns over a secret ballot bill’s security. A slit in the ballot box could let signed stubs spill out, undermining secrecy. The Senate rewrote the bill to seal stubs separately, but failed to specify sealing the slit. The House paused the measure for corrections while sealing questions linger.
In a May 4 letter to Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen head A F Whitney Truman denounced House leaders for seeking a Taft-Hartley compromise. He said the compromisers had no consideration for him and reaffirmed his pledge to repeal the act. The letter accompanies reports of a failed GOP Dixie coalition effort to substitute a partial bill.
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