Senate Approves Youth Development Council Plan
The Texas Senate backed a bill creating a state Youth Development Council to rehabilitate delinquent children through medical exams and prescribed corrective measures. The measure, amended to 14 members and shifted five state schools under the council, now goes to the House for consent to Senate changes.
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House
Pearce
State Board of Control
Gainesville
Gatesville
Waco
Corsicana
Brady School
Shanghai Falls Under Communist Rule In Major Advance
Shanghai's red forces pressed toward the Soo chow Creek bridges to seal off the last Nationalist escape routes. Fierce fighting raged around the Bund and Woosung, with 600 foreigners trapped near the front and Nationalists blowing fuel dumps as they retreated. A Communist proclamation promised protection for residents and confiscation of Kuomintang property.
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Soochow Creek
Woosung
Soochow
Bund
Peking Road
Yangtze
Whangpoo
Old
International Settlement
Honkew
Garden Bridge
Szechuan Road
Honan Road
Big North
Hongkow
Hongkew
Kuomintang
Nationalist Party
Mao Tze-Tung
Chu Teh
Funeral honors for James Forrestal at Arlington
A state funeral and burial in Arlington National Cemetery marked the death of James Forrestal. President Truman, military leaders, and dignitaries attended as the former secretary of defense was laid in a flag draped casket in the National Military Cemetery. The bishop of Chicago conducted services and the casket was later lowered into the grave as family and friends said their goodbyes.
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Washington
National Military Cemetery
James Forrestal
Arlington
President Truman
Wallace E. Conkling
Episcopal Diocese of
Chicago
Forrestal
Navy
Secretary of Navy
Peter
Michael
Henry
Reds Told No Reparations As Price Of German Merger
Paris dispatch reports the United States told Russia there would be no reparations at present as a condition for a German merger. Britain rejected any plan eroding self government in the western zones. Acheson outlined economic hurdles, stressing East Germany’s unclear condition and the need for data on Soviet seizures of German industries. Bevin and Schuman warned a four power council cannot deliver political unity.
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Paris
United States
Russia
Germany
Britain
Andrei Vishinsky
Allied Control Council
Bonn
Vishinsky
Ruhr
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Acheson
East Germany
Soviet Zone
West Germany
Bevin
Schuman
End of Session About June 10 Expected by Speaker Manford
Speaker Durwood Manford said the Legislature will need three more weeks to finish its work in the prolonged session. Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers predicted a June 10 sine die. Lawmakers face a $5 daily pay, half the constitutional rate, with a cash crisis and a push to show voters support for annual sessions and higher salaries.
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Manford
Austin American Capitol
Durwood Manford
House of Representatives
Allan Shivers
Senate
Russian Peace Offer Refused By Berlin Railway Strikers
West Berlin railway workers rejected a Russian supervised proposal that met only one of their three demands wages in West marks and pledged to continue the five day strike. Two Germans have died and hundreds injured in the stoppage. The British military government said the Russians are dislocating rail traffic and urged Soviet authorities to meet the strikers’ demands. Only two Allied trains operated in the 24 hour period ending 6 p m.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Germany
Allied
Potsdam
West Germany
Willy Kriekemeyer
UGO
Kreikemeyer
Frank L. Howley
Howley
Brooklyn
Gatow
Bridges Facing Perjury Charge in San Francisco Indictment
Former CIO leader Harry Bridges and two ILWU officials were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to obstruct naturalization law administration and perjury. Bail set at 5000 dollars each. Counted actions span June to October 1945 with Sept 17 1945 naturalization hearing cited.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
CIO
Deral Grand Jury
Henry Schmidt
J. R. Robertson
ILWU
United States
Bridges
Schmidt
Robertson
Communist Party
Longshore Coast Labor
ILW
Lilienthal Demands Hearing On Mismanagement Charges
Atomic Energy Commission chair David E. Lilienthal urged a quick, full report on criticism that the atomic program is a failure. Senate and House panels announced hearings to start Thursday at 8 a.m. CST as lawmakers press investigations into alleged mismanagement and possible Communist links in the atomic effort.
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Atomic Energy Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Sumner Pike
Lewis L. Strauss
Senate
Washington
The
McMahon
Conn
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Lilienthal
House
United States Atomic Energy Program
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Joint Atomic Committee
Truman
Wherry
Rneb
McCarran
Nev
Senate Judiciary Committee
AEC
KeFauver
D-Tenn
Capitol Hill
Argonne Laboratories
Chicago
Ernest Thiele
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
David Bohm
Princeton University
House un-American Activities Committee
Fugitive baseball player placed on probation after misfiled warrant
Edward J. Alexander, a Black Pioneers player, appeared in 53rd District Court and received two years probation. DA Bob Long explained a misplaced arrest warrant kept him listed as a fugitive despite his continued residence in Austin. Deputy Tom Plummer, who owns the team, located him and brought him to court.
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Travis County
J. Harris Gardner
53Rd District Court
Edward J. Alexander
Black Pioneers
Bob Long
Alexander
Long
Tom Plummer
The
Plummer
Break Expected In Ford Strike
Ford Motor Company and CNO United Auto Workers negotiators held a two hour session on arbitration terms for the Ford strike now twenty days old. A federal mediator reported definite progress and said another meeting is set for Thursday at 2 30 p m EST. Arthur C Viat noted Ford would likely present a proposal at the next session.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Cno-United Auto Workers
Ford
Arthur C. Viat
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Viat
Vict or Reuther Shot at Home in Detroit Ambush
FBI demanded to solve a second shotgun attack on a Reuther family member. Victor Reuther, 37, educational director of the CIO United Auto Workers, remained in Henry Ford Hospital with his right eye lost after being shot at close range. Suspicions of a Communist plot surfaced as investigations continued.
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FBI
Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Henry Ford Hospital
James Olson
UAW
Walter Reuther
Walter
Victor
Ferguson
R-Mich
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
National Cio
Philip Murray
Michigan Cio
House Labor Committee
Congressional
Texas Wins Traffic Enforcement Award
Texas Wednesday received the International Association of Chiefs of Police award for excellence in traffic law enforcement. Colonel Franklin M. Kreml presented the honor to Colonel Homer Garrison in the governor's office.
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Texas
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Franklin M. Kreml
Association
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
Aged Latin American Killed in Hit and Run
A 70-year-old Latin American man was killed on Highway 381 around 8 p m Wednesday. He was walking beside the road when struck by a large truck whose driver fled. The body was dragged about 100 yards and found by Guadalupe County resident Bill Burns. No witnesses. Sheriff Ed Schleyer and the State Highway Patrol investigate.
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New Braunfels
Spb
Highway 381
Bill Burns
Guadalupe County
Ed Schleyer
State Highway Patrol
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