Truman and Brazilian President Dutra Celebrate Birthday Greeting
President Truman welcomed Brazil's President Eurico Gaspar Dutra on his 66th birthday during a three day state visit. They shared a birthday cake at the White House and rode in an open top car through a crowd of about 500000. Dutra praised the U S Brazil friendship and outlined wartime and defense ties as he visited Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Furico Gaspar Dutra
Brazil
Dutra
Marine Band
Mr. Truman
Key West
Fila
White House
Familin
United States
Congress
West Texas Rain Boosts Lake Travis Level
Heavy rains in West Texas push water into the Colorado River watershed lifting Lake Travis from 662.74 feet toward normal 680 feet. LCRA opened one Buchanan Dam gate. rainfall could raise about one foot daily until waters run out, with duration unknown.
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West Texas
Colorado River
Lake Travis
Colorado River Authority
Buchanan Dam
Buchanan
Travis
LCRA
Betts Rules Against Injunction in Oil Field Shutdown
Judge Charles O. Betts of the 98th District Court refused to halt the Railroad Commission's shutdown order for the Tijerina Canales Blucher Oil Field affecting Jim Wells and Kleberg Counties. The ruling dissolves the temporary restraining order, following the Texas Supreme Court's action in a similar Heyser Field case.
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Charles O. Betts
98Th District Court
Railroad Commission
Tijerina
Canales, Blucher
Jim Wells
Kleberg
Betts
State Supreme Court
Heyser Field
Parks Board Granted Leasing Authority
The State Parks Board is authorized to lease mineral rights in most parks under its control. Exemptions include the San Jacinto Battlefield and the Old Washington-on-the-Brazos Park. The measures also raise Confederate widow pensions to 100 dollars monthly and authorize erection of the Texas State School for Cerebral Palsied at 800 dollars cost. Gov Beauford Jester approved related bills expanding city officers and police in small towns.
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State Parks Board
W. S. Fly
Beauford Jester
San Jacinto Battlefield
Washington-on-the-Brazos Park
Chambers
Benton
Board of Control
Texas State School
Jester
Harry Whitworth
Smithville
Optimists Hear Talk On Lighting Problems
William G. Darley, electrical engineer, spoke to Optimists at the Austin Hotel on the five fundamentals of seeing and lighting. He outlined size brightness contrast time brightness and brightness ratio and urged eliminating glare in offices and schools with indirect fluorescent lighting while stores seek glare and atmosphere lighting.
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William G. Darley
Austin
Darley
Fish Survive Fort Worth Flood in Dishpan Tale
A Fort Worth flood story centers on Oma Gee whose two pet goldfish Oscar and Judy swam in a dishpan after her room flooded. She returned home to find the fish unharmed despite being surrounded by water during the deluge.
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Fort Worth
Oscar
Judy
Oma Gee
Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Miss Gee
Franco Blasts Western Powers and EUrope in Madrid Speech
In a 15 000 word Cortes address Franco charged the Western Democracies with handing much of Europe to the Soviet Union. He defended Spanish policy, attacked Britain and France, and demanded rectification before closer ties with the West. Demonstrators protested as Falangists packed the streets and 100000 watched the procession.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Europe
Soviet Union
Cortes
Franco
United Nations General Assembly
Spain
Dean Acheson
Acheson
England
France
Britain
Russia
Pin Up Pictures Back on Walls for GIs
Ex GI veterans resume collecting pin-up photos after the war as Walter Thornton, who popularized cheesecake imagery, reports rising demand. He runs a large New York agency shipping over a thousand pictures weekly to college students, veterans, and others.
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Claire Cox
United Press
Corresnordent
New York
Walter Thornton
Foxholes
Thornton
Sally Smith
Saginaw
Youthful fugitives elude Abilene police in chase
Two teenage fugitives fled after a circular car chase in Abilene early Wednesday. They abandoned a stolen car and escaped on foot as a statewide manhunt began. One was identified as an escapee from Plumfield Ind. Boys School, fleeing custody on return from California to Toledo.
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Abilene
Texas and Pacific Railway
Sweetwater
Plumfield
Melvin C. Hayley
Hayley
Cotton consumption slips in April in Census figures
The Census Bureau reports April cotton usage at 597,031 bales of lint and 119,985 bales of linters. This follows March usage of 720,892 lint bales and 134,000 linters and compares with April of last year at 829,969 lint bales and 97,144 linters.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Lost Uranium Not Useful for Atomic Weapons Says McMahon
Senator McMahon states that the missing one seventh ounce of enriched U-235 from Argonne is not valuable for weapon use. He notes FBI finds no espionage and recounts the Feb 8 discovery, Feb 14 report, and March 28 FBI notification with ongoing waste analysis.
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Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
Argonne Atomic Laboratory
Chicago
FBI
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Connecticut
David E. Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Weth Straus
Commission
Lilienthal
Adm. Straus
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Aganne National Laboratory
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Atomic Commission
Lilential
Senato Vehner
Senate
Jenner
John Gingrich
Gingrich
AEC
Driver's Responsibility Bill Stalemated in House Debate
The Texas House stalled a Driver's Responsibility Act amid debate. Sponsored by Senator G. C. Morris it would require drivers to prove financial responsibility after accidents over 200 dollars with up to 10 000 for injuries and 1 000 for property. The Lindsey amendment dropped vehicle registration suspension. the bill awaits reconvening.
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House
G. C. Morris
Greenville
Texas
J. A. Aynesworth
Waco
Bill to suspend Confederate pension tax proposed in House
A bill to suspend the two cent ad valorem tax for the Confederate pension fund was introduced amid protests. Rep W O Reed of Dallas warned abolition could trigger a new tax later, while Rep Sam Hanna of Dallas said the governor's office recommended the measure. The tax would pause until Jan 1 1953, after which the automatic tax board could set levies to cover pensions.
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House
W. O. Reed
Dallas
Automatic Tax Board
Sam Hanna
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Boston
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