Military Show Set by Austin as Armed Forces Day Nears
Austin prepares for the largest unified Armed Forces Day display with ROTC cadets from the University of Texas leading a Military Awards Day. Col Maybin H. Wilson oversees events as Cadet Colonel Thomas B. Barnett receives top honors. Open houses at Camp Mabry Bergstrom and the Army Navy Reserves highlight National Defense Week.
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National Armed Forces
National Defense Week
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Reserve Officers Association
University of Texas Rotc
Army
Air Force
Navy
Maybin H. Wilson
Armed Forces Day
Armed Forces Day Project Officer Androfessor
Military Science
University
Thomas B. Barnett
Newton
Guston Morgan
Tom Miller
Barnett
Quartermaster Association
Ashley B. Packard
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Col. Packard
Russia
Eddie W. Hogan
USNR
Naval Reserve
Civitan Club
Mogan
Hogan
Optimist Club
R. L. Inter
Texas Military District
Camp Mabry
Texas National Guard
Lake Austin
Navy Organized
Austin University of Texas
Termaster Association
Neal Douglass
Atlantic Pact ministers back plan to pool Western armed forces
London May 17. Atlantic Pact foreign ministers approve pooling and specialization of armed forces to form an international force, with European ground troops backed by British air power and American atomic bombers and ships. A super-committee headed by an American is to weld the Western World militarily and economically, with 12 pact nations to be represented.
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Atlantic Pact
Pact
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Marshall Plan
W. Averell Harriman
Robert Lovett
Council
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Council
Lancaster House
Outlandish outfits and curious curiosities headline Page 11
A comic mix of fashion stunts by a tennis star and daring wardrobe ideas. A Wimble don inspired transparent bloomers aim to top Gussie Morans fame while Grandpa era models go to auction.
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Georgeous
Gussie” Moran
Gussie
Patent Office
Negligence claim raised against Brackenridge Hospital
NAACP Austin chapter official charges gross negligence at Brackenridge after an accident victim, Fred Dixon, says a doctor dismissed his injuries as minor on May 10. Dixon later needed X rays showing a broken right shoulder and two broken ribs. An NAACP committee weighs action and possible city council inquiry.
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Austin
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Brackenridge Hospital
Arthur DeWitty
DeWitty
Fred Dixon
Comal
Dixon
Lockhart Highway
Mackenridge Hospital
C. D. Peavy
Senator Tafts Wife Hospitalized For Blood Pressure
Mrs. Robert Taft, wife of Ohio's senior senator, was taken to George Washington University Hospital Wednesday for high blood pressure. Her condition is not serious, and she is expected to stay about a week according to Senator Tafts office.
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Washington
Robert Taft
Ohio
George Washington University Hospital
Taft
Unions Win Texas Ruling Over Wage Representation
The Third Civil Appeals Court held the El Paso Building and Construction Trades Council may represent workers seeking to enjoin the Highway Commission from awarding an overpass contract under the commission’s wage schedule. The ruling overturns a lower court dismissal and orders retrial if evidence remains substantially the same.
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Texas
Third Civil Appeals Court
el Paso Building and Construction Trades Council
Highway Commission
el Paso
J. Harris Gardner
53Rd District Court
Roy C. Archer
Gardner
Sherman and Ballinger Get Low Rent Housing
The government allocated 100 low rent units to Sherman Texas and 55 units to Ballinger Texas as part of the public housing program.
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Sherman and
Ballinger
Washington
Sherman
Texas
Texas Oil Board Boosts June Production With Extra Day
Railroad Commission orders 19 producing days for June raising allowable Texas crude to 2,366,376 barrels per day. Total Texas output with natural gasoline and distillate tops 2,671,465 bpd, exceeding US Bureau of Mines demand by 551,465. Industry executives criticize imports staying high, as Foree calls for firm cuts to reclaim market share.
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US Bureau of Mines
Across the Board
West Texas
Gulf Coast
East Texas
R. L. Foree
Dallas
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Foree
United States
Force
Weather Strikes West Texas With Hail Dust and Rain
Thunderstorms swept the South Plains as heavy hail produced three to four inch depths and drifts. A two to three inch rainfall drenched Northeast Lynn County, halting the Lubbock Tahoka highway briefly. Thundershowers stretched from El Paso to Midland with forecasts of scattered showers and warm temps into Thursday.
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Associated Press
West Texas
South Plains
Big Ring
Aren Hill
Lynn County News
Tohoka
Tahoka
Lubbock
Lynn County
Lubbock-Tahoka
Post
el Paso
Marfa
Wink
Big Spring
Midland
Austin
Texas
Mother Grief Stricken Over Death of Quads
Kirkville Mo May 17 A 19 year old housewife grieves after the deaths of quadruplets born late Monday placed in incubators. A girl Karen Sue died five hours after birth and two boys plus another girl died Tuesday afternoon and evening. The parents Mr and Mrs Dean Potter had previously lost twins in a premature birth less than two years ago.
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Kirksville
Dean Potter
Karen Sue
Manila Weather Sparked Praise From Mrs Roxas In Austin
Mrs Manuel Roxas widow of the late Philippine president called Austin weather like Manila on a hot day during a three day visit as part of a world trip with Jose Avelino and others. The party toured the Capitol UT and other sites and planned to depart for Dallas and New York.
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Austin
Manila
Manuel Roxas
Philippine Islands
Jose Avelino
Avelino
George Butte
Texas
Arellano Receives Maximum Sentence Under New Sex Laws
Joe A. Arellano 20 was sentenced to 15 years for indecent exposure to a 10-year-old Austin girl in the first conviction under the state’s revised sex laws. The district attorney aided in prosecution. no appeal is planned.
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Joe A. Arellano
List
San Antonio
Austin
Bob Long
Tom Blackwell
Arellano
Union Seeks 6 000 Switchmen 40 hour Week Action
The AFL Switchmen's Union called a 6 000 man strike to begin 6 am next Tuesday May 23 on ten Midwest and Western lines to back demands for 48 hours pay for a 40 hour week. Glover said mediation under the Railway Labor Act is exhausted and cited President Truman.
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Midwestern and Western Lines
Switchmen’s Union
Arthur J. Glover
AFL Switchmen’s Union of North America
Glover
Brotherhood of
Locomotive
Chicago Great Western
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Davenport
Rock Island and Northwestern
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Great Northern
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Northern Pacific Terminal Company
Oregon
St. Paul Union Depot Company
Sioux City Terminal Railway Company
Western Pacific Railroad Company
Truman
Chicago
Association of Western Railways
Order of
Tractor Driver Struck by Lightning Near Glen Rose
Roy Smith, a young Somervell County farmer, was struck by lightning while plowing in the Chalk Mountain area 12 miles west of Glen Rose. He suffered severe burns and shock, his clothing burned away and his hair singed, before being treated at Hanna Hospital.
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Somervell County
Roy Smith
Smith
Chalk Mountain
Hanna Hospital
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