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Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1949

Page

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Vishinsky Chills Hopes for German Settlement

In Paris the Soviet plan to wipe out the West German State and return German affairs to four power control drew swift rejection from the Western Powers. Acheson called the proposal a back to Potsdam policy and warned against undoing progress in West Germany. Bevin Bevin and Schuman echoed similar concerns.

Paris Russia Foreign Ministers Council Andrei Vishinsky Berlin Dean Acheson Vishinsky Bonn Allied Control Council East Germany Economic Council of West Germany East Berlin West Berlin Ruhr Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Germany Poland Czechoslovakia Denmark Holland Yalta Potsdam Kommandatura East Zone West Zone Acheson Ernest Bevin Robert Schuman

Ford and UAW to resume arbitration talks on strike

Ford Motor Co invited the CIO United Auto Workers to reconvene after a conditional union thumbs down on arbitration terms. Walter Reuther and Ford Vice President John Bugas debated who selects an expert to resolve whether workers may exceed 100 percent of production standards and how to make up losses. Talks set for Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. CST aim to settle the core dispute and end the 20 day strike.

Detroit Ford Ford Motor Companypany CIO United Auto Workers UAW Walter Reuther Reuther Rouge John S. Bugas

Senate Moves On Financing One Bill Left

All major appropriation bills cleared House and Senate for conference talks except the eleemosynary measure. The higher education bill funds state colleges at 67.5 million, with 2 million added for a new UT medical branch location to be chosen by UT regents, excluding Galveston. Prison reform bills passed the House. governor to receive measures.

House Senate Board of Regents University of Texas Lamar Beaumont Govrnor Prison Board

Nationalists Prepare To Make Stand in Northwestern Shanghai

Communist forces move through Shanghai taking the Bund area and Soochow Creek as Nationalist troops retreat. Reports say BEB radio ordered shutdown and gunfire narrowly missed AP photographer Margaret Hampson while Red troops advance from the French Concession toward Port Woosung.

Soochow Creek Garden Bridge Soochow Whangpoo Bund Associated Press Nanking Road Margaret Hampson Associated Press China BEB 3 Bill Crum Shanghai Laura Crum Los Angeles Woosung Chen Yi Welcome Peoples Liberation (Communist All Asia Avenue Edward VII China Press H. H. Kung China Tribune Chinese Foreign Office Edward VII Red

Forrestal Death Inquiry Began In Washington

A Navy board of inquiry questioned Captain George N. Raines, the Navy psychiatrist who defended a relaxed watch over James Forrestal before his suicide. Forrestal will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, with President Truman and others attending.

Washington Navy Board of Inquiry George N. Raines Navy James Forrestal Bethesda MD. Naval Hospital Defense Wall Street Forrestal Arlington National Cemetery Defense Establishment

Victor Reuther Shot At Home In Detroit Suburb

Victor Reuther brother of CIO United Auto Workers leader Walter Reuther was shot through a front window at his home near Detroit Tuesday night. He was wounded in the right shoulder and listed in critical condition at Receiving Hospital in Bedford.

Detroit Victor Reuther Walter Reuther CIO United Auto Workers Union Reuther Bedford Victor

House Advances Bill To Up Game Board

The House moved a bill to create a nine member Game Fish and Oyster Commission. Rep Deno Tufares of Wichita Falls pushed the measure from table and it passed on second reading 63 to 38. It requires third reading approval before final passage. The current commission has six members.

House Deno Tufares Wichita Falls

State Holds Priority Blocks Campbell Swift Land Sale

Bastrop County farmers pressed Governor Beauford Jester and Adjutant General K. L. Berry to waive state priority so former owners can repurchase 16 000 acres of Camp Swift land. Officials said 16 000 acres are needed for a National Guard firing range, not regular encampments, while the federal government would gain nothing if sold to state. Senator Moore indicated no further steps yet.

Raymond Brooks Austin Adjutant General's Department National Guard E. O. Lundgren E. A Camp Hood Texas Game Commission Camp Swift Woods United States Moore

Wartime Atom Scientist Labeled Communist by Ex Red

Congressional investigators testified that a war time atomic scientist was an active Communist and that two bars of uranium were removed from the Hanford plant without detection. General Electric said the incident was not a fair security test as agents gained access to the plant.

Washington General Electric Company Hanford Richland Wash Capitol Hill Senate House Paul Crouch Miami Fla Clarence F Hiskey Communist Party Hiskey House un-American Activities Committee Nixon R-Calif

Military Pay Hike Killed by Ex-GIs

A House uprising led by young former GIs killed a 400 million dollar a year military pay raise bill. By 227 to 163 vote the measure was sent back to the armed services committee for study. Pat Sutton urged an equitable raise while noting generals get extra allowances and a contingency fund.

Washington Armed Services Committee Kilday D-Tex House Congress Navy Pat Sutton D-Tenn Sutton Bollings D-Mo Marcantonio New York

Escaped Felon Captured Near Bastrop

Richard Hohenberger, 19, who escaped from a Sugar Land prison farm, was caught two miles east of Bastrop by Deputy T. O. Grant. He is to be taken to Columbus to face car theft charges. His accomplice Jack Hall remains at large near Bastrop.

Bastrop Richard Hohenberger Sugar Land Here T. O. Grant Beaumont Hohenberger E. D. Cartwright W. N. Owen Bastrop County Columbus Jack Hall Alum Creek Hall

Measure To Tighten Liquor Sales Obeyed

A bill to tighten liquor control approved by the House 104 to 14 moves to the Senate. Rep Sam Hanna of Dallas said the measure reflects the liquor control board request and changes no policy. An amendment to limit package store permits per population was defeated.

Sam Hanna Dallas Senate Hanna State Liquor Control Board House Wayne Wagganseller Fruitland

Senate panel approves rent decontrol bill in Texas

The Senate state affairs committee backed House approved rent decontrol with emergency reinstatement if governor approves. The 2.5 hour hearing drew about 250 people, mainly landlords and tenants, as witnesses urged keeping or lifting rent controls. Brig Gen Gates urged action to prevent Air Force housing costs from rising. testimony spanned San Angelo to El Paso with calls for competitive housing. Emergency clause passed 9 to 6 and the amended bill 19 to 0.

Jay Austin American Capitol Texas Senate State Affairs Committee San Angelo Waco el Paso San Antonio Fort Worth H. E. Cutcher Lockhart Chamber of Commerce Bastrop San Marcos

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