Truman orders streamlined government to cut costs
President Truman urged agencies to deliver the best possible service at the lowest cost following Herbert Hoover's final 19 chapter plan for federal reorganization. The Hoover Commission report proposes reducing major agencies from 52 to 30 and calls for no exemptions for any agency or officer.
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Washington
Truman
Hoover Commission
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Hoover
Mr. Truman
Senate
House
Help for the hard of hearing offered in Austin
Mr A G Small of Sonotone of Austin invites appointments for hearing assistance with free assessment and no cost or obligation. Service at 804 Littlefield Building phone 2 7958.
Six Nations Back Fund to Aid Children
The United Nations said six governments Austria Australia Iceland India Luxembourg and Siam pledged new gifts to the International Children's Emergency Fund. Australia offered 1.6 million dollars and officials expected about six million in total when U S Congress funds match the gifts. The fund faced a possible shut down due to insufficient money.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
Austria
Australia
Iceland
India
Luxembourg
Siam
International Children’s Emergency Fund
United States Congress
German Strikers Extend Berlin Railway Tie Up
Berlin strikers said they would continue to tie up all rail traffic in West Berlin yards. Strike leaders rescinded an earlier order allowing four allied military passenger trains stalled at Wansee Station to move.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Wansee
Logjam
UGO
Independent Labor Organization
Western Berlin
Russia
Ernest Scharnowski
Frank L. Howley
Paris
Fourpower Economic Commission
House Restores Most of Deep Cuts in Aid Bill
The House approved a $5.6175 billion foreign aid appropriation to back Acheson at the Paris foreign ministers conference, restoring deep cuts and enabling use in about 13.5 months. The measure funds the Economic Cooperation Administration, Greece and Turkey aid, and relief in occupied areas, proceeding toward the Senate with 193 in favor and 27 opposed.
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House Appropriations Committee
Acheson
Paris
Germany
Senate
Cannon
Dmo
Appropriations Committee
Truman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Greece
Turkey
Austria
Japan
Ryukyus Islands
General Malone urges four steps to bolster US defense
Retired Major General Paul B. Malone spoke at the Organized Reserve Armory warning that world conflict looms. He called for expanding the organized reserve, backing the Marshall Plan, building the largest air power, and enacting compulsory military training. He stressed civilian reservists form the core of forces and cited World War I and II casualties to urge readiness.
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America
Paul B. Malone
Organized Reserve Armory
Malone
General Malone
San Francisco
Texas
AF Receives Giant Transport at Carswell Air Base
In a brief ceremony at Carswell Air Base on May 26 the XC99 world's largest land plane, a 265000 pound transport version of the B36 capable of carrying 400 fully equipped troops, was delivered to the Army Air Force. Colonel Marvin M. Hammack accepted the ship. Convair staff including Bob Hoover Leonard Roe and Captain Robert Walling witnessed. Ray O. Ryan and other Convair officials observed the delivery after a test flight with a 100000 pound load.
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Fort Worth
Army
Aiir
Consolidated Vultee
Carswell Air Base
Air Force
Marvin M. Hammack
Bob Hoover
Convair
Leonard Roe
Robert Walling
Ray O. Ryan
Will Liver Onions Break Fast of Long‑Fasted Inmate
Crown Point Indiana May 26 The 50th day without food for Joseph McAllister prompted Warden George McCormack to plan a liver and onions aroma at Crown Point jail to tempt him. McAllister and his wife Marilyn were found near collapse near Hammond Indiana last Friday with Marilyn ending her fast earlier.
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Crown Point
Ind
Joseph McAllister
George McCormack
McAllister
Marilyn
Hammond
Lake
Rabid Dog Contact Kills El Paso 3 Year Old Girl
A 3 year old girl named Eva Arteaga died at City-County Hospital El Paso after contacting a rabid dog. Doctors said the dog did not bite her and hydrophobia led to convulsions requiring restraints and intravenous treatment before her death. Her parents Mr and Mrs Jose Arteaga watched the illness unfold.
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el Paso
Eva Arteaga
Jose Arteaga
Playwright Kaufman Marries Actress Leueen MacGrath
George S. Kaufman and English actress Leueen MacGrath wed in private ceremony at his Bucks County farm in Doylestown Pennsylvania. The 60 year old playwright and director and the 35 year old bride exchanged vows read by Justice of the Peace Jenks H. Watson.
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Doylestown
George S. Kaufman
Leueen MacGrath
Bucks County Farm
Miss MacGrath
Justice of the Peace
Jenks H. Watson
Two Texans Named To Vital Jobs In State Department
President Truman named Texans George C. McGhee and John Dewey Hickerson among five new assistants secretaries of state. McGhee, a Dallas oil geologist, will head Near Eastern and African affairs. Hickerson, a veteran diplomat from Crawford, McLennan County, will run United Nations and international organization affairs. The overhaul creates ten executive aides and reorganizes by geographic areas.
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Truman
George C. McGhee
John Dewey Hickerson
McGhee
National Geophysical Company of Dallas
State Department
Hickerson
Tampico
Mexico
Department
San Francisco
Joint Board On Defense
Canada
Hoover Commission
Congress
Acheson
United Nations
Butterworth
Far East
Perkins European
Miller American Republic
Dr. Ross Wins Insanity Trial And Stay Hearing
Dr. Lloyd I. Ross, convicted killer of four in San Antonio and York family member, wins insanity trial and receives a June 14 date set by District Judge J. R. Fuchs for further hearing. No execution date set. petition for stay filed. Ross, Harvard-educated, heard prior appellate denials in May.
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Lagrange
Lloyd I. Ross
San Antonio
J. R. Fuchs
Ross
Ohio
Willard York
Comal
John
Mary York
York
Ann
Wharton
Court of Criminal Appeals At
Austin
Graduation Day for Five Year Student Freddie the Dog
At Lebanon High School in Lebanon Oregon Freddie the brindle dog received a diploma from Principal Burleigh Cash. Freddie attended all five years of classes when his owner Jody Blount was unable to attend. He sat in every classroom and joined football games and basketball events, even taking part in the processional and recessional.
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Lebanon
Ore
Lebanon High School
Freddie
Burleigh Cash
Jody Blount
Mystery Siamese Quadruplets Puzzle ATX Owners
Four Siamese kittens born Wednesday afternoon vanished from a box at 702 Manor Road. University and city veterinarians scrambled to confirm whether they were Siamese triplets or quads as one kitten with a shared growth separated from the others and later died.
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Clifton E. Anderson
Manor Road
University of Texas Zoology
W. Frank Blair
Zoological Department
Zoological Laboratory
The
Austin American
C. P. Oliver
Biology Department
Austin
Obituary notices for Schulz Reid Ward Gillett and kin
Emil Schulz died in a local hospital Thursday night. Survived by widow Hanna Schulz of Schulenburg. Body sent to Schulenburg for services there. Funeral services for George Reid age 60 held Friday at Manor Baptist Church with Rev. Ted Moore officiating. Burial in Manor Cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Funeral services for David Ward age 71 held Friday at 2 pm at Hylton Manor Funeral Home. Burial in Hutto Cemetery. Valerie Jean Gillett, five months old, died in hospital. Services at Hylton Manor Funeral Home. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Edward E Gillett and grandmother Mrs Hanna Gillett of Austin and brother Michel.
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Emil Schulz
Hanna Schulz
Schulenburg
Cook Funeral Home
George Reid
Manor Baptist Church
Ted Moore
Manor Cemetery
Willie Reid
Lonnie Wilson
Robert Wilson
Willard Reid
Willie B. Bates
Roy Ayers
David Ward
Hylton Manor
H. E. Speck Jr
Hutto Cemetery
Valerie Jean Gillett
Edward E. Gillett
Clairmont
James Rottle
Oakwood Cemetery
Hanna Gillett
Austin
Michel Gillett
Brewer William L. Brewer rites set in Lytton Springs
Funeral services for William L. Brewer 62 of Lytton Springs are planned for Friday at 3 p m at Lytton Springs with Rev J C Jones officiating. Burial follows at Lytton Springs with Mason lodge graveside rites. Survivors include widow a daughter Miss Margaret Brewer Bartlettsville Okla a brother John P Brewer Lytton Springs and three sisters Mrs J W Gomillion Buda Mrs A H Gomillion Whitsett and Mrs C C Campbell Anton.
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J. W. Gomillion
Buda
A. H. Gomillion
Whitsett
C. C. Campbell
Anton
Slump Brings Deflation Plan
Washington May 26 A vast anti low mood program reaches final drafting stage after official report shows five straight months of falling industrial output. The employment expansion act of 1949 would create a national economic cooperation, empower emergency steps for unemployment, offer $1000 loans to move workers, foster a government private sector partnership, and stockpile public works blueprints.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Murray
D-Mont
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Weather Summary For Friday And Nearby Areas
Austin highlights sunrise and sunset times, high and low temperatures, and date specifics. Reported rainfall totals and river stages are noted for the region, with forecast indicating little change in the Colorado River. City temperatures from Abilene Fort Worth Amarillo Galveston Austin and others are listed.
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Marshall
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Rownsville
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