Barbecue Planned for Texas Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
Texas Democrats prepare a potential 100000 dollar Jefferson Jackson Day barbecue at the City Coliseum with tickets nearly sold out. Vice President Barkley, Speaker Rayburn, and many Texas leaders expected, as 2000 pounds of beef and 1500 chickens are prepared for the 7 30 p m event with live broadcast and a large crowd anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Alben W. Barkley
Veep
Sam Rayburn
Barkleys
Commodore Perry Hotel
Corpus Christ
Barkley
Gaylord B. Lyon
Navy
Naval Air Station
Allan Shivers
Taylor Glass
St. John Garwood
E. H. Perry
Wright Morrow
Houston
H. H. Weinert
Seguin
Tom Miller
Tom Miller Jr
Democratic Finance
Zilker Park
Gracy Resigns Vice Presidency at Capital National Bank
John A. Gracy resigns as vice president of Capital National Bank to devote full time to private business interests while remaining on the board of directors. Walter Bremond Jr. notes the resignation with regret and thanks Gracy for 15 years of service. Raymond Todd will assume Gracy's duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Gracy
Capital National Bank
Gracy
Capital National
Walter Bremond Jr
Bremond
Raymond Todd
Scientists Claim Britain Can't Stop Atom Attack
In London on May 26 scientists from the Association of Scientific Workers published a pamphlet titled Atomic Attack arguing Britain cannot defend against an atomic assault. They urged that the only way out of the impasse is to prevent a third world war.
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London
Britain
Association of Scientific Workers
Barkley Brings Deep Experience to Texas Democratic Rally
The article profiles Alben W. Barkley as a veteran politician with four decades of politicking and 37 years in Congress and the Senate. It highlights his early life in Kentucky, rise from janitor to lawmaker, support for Wilsonian reforms, New Deal leadership, and current role as Truman's second-in-command at age 72.
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Alben W. Barkley
Wilson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Barkley
W. S. Bishop
Irving S. Cobb
University of Virginia
McCracken
Federal Reserve
Farm Loan
Clayton
Adamson
Lusitania
Charles Evans Hughes
Congress
Kentucky
Senate
FDR
Roosevelt
Chicago
White House
Alben
Truman
Pardner
What Happen in Friday's Pioneer Game
Friday's Pioneer game ends in controversy as Hank Dana pulls reliever Nicholas after he hits three batters while trailing Gainesville 10 0 in the seventh. Sarver relieves and faces the Owls batting lineup in a chaotic sequence.
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Pioneer
Gainesville
Hank Dana
Nicholas
Sarver
Davis
Wadsworth
Santulli
Owls
Diana Johnson Freed After Posting Security
Amarillo reports Diana Johnson freed on $2,500 bond after being charged with violating a federal auto theft action tied to the W. A. Tex Thornton stay from last June.
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Diana Johnson
Amarillo
W. A
Tex
Thornton
US limits Romanian diplomats to 35 mile zone around DC
The United States restricted Romanian diplomats in a 35 mile radius around Washington DC in retaliation for Bucharest moves against Americans. The order affects Minister Mahai Magheru and six others, while the Soviet ambassador and staff remain largely free to travel.
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Bucharest
State Department
Mahai Magheru
District of Columbia
James E. Webb
Webb
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Russia
Moscow
Romania
Bucharest Legation
New York
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Bulgaria
Rudolf E. Schoenfeld
Lincoln White
Schoenfeld
Ana Pauker
Magheru
Three Inch Rain Delights Lockhart Later Friday
Three inches of rain fell on Lockhart Texas late Friday with 2.60 inches in the hour from 5 to 6 p m. The Weather Bureau said Austin also saw showers as a cool front moved through the area dropping temperatures from 87 to 72 in an hour. Cooler weather was forecast for Saturday morning with a low near 58.
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Texas
Lockhart
Weather Bureau
J. Henry Martindale
Martindale
Austin
Nutria dumped in Lake Austin to fight duckweed weed
Thirty nutria small fur bearing vegetarian animals were released into Lake Austin by the State Game Fish and Oyster Commission in an experimental bid to clear the weed choking the lake. The plan aims to expose weeds to sun and reduce growth over two weeks with lakelevel lowered.
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Lake Austin
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Louisiana Game Department
Austin
Game Department
Texas
Game Commission
Commission
Howard Dodgen
Guston Morgan
Texas Sun
Show Flags To Honor Barkley
Austin Jaycees launched a quick telephone campaign urging downtown firms to display flags in honor of Vice President Alben W. Barkley. Barkley arrives at the Commodore Perry Hotel late Saturday. organizers plan mass red white and blue displays along Congress Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Jaycees
Alben W. Barkley
Commodore Perry Hotel
Congress Avenue
Charles West
Texas
Armored Units Guard West Berlin as Communist Youth Rally Grows
Allied armor patrolled Western borders while 200000 East German youth prepared for a Whitsuntide march in Berlin. Western troops backed police at trouble spots. East and West exchanged sharp rhetoric but expected no large violence amid the weekend procession.
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Berlin
West Berlin
G. K. Bourne
Freie Deutsche Jugend
Free German Youth
West
East Zone
Estern Wers
Russia
Germany
Taylor Postmaster Nominees Certified
Elmore R. Torn and Daniel M. Hannan were certified by the Civil Service Commission as eligible for nomination to the Taylor postmastership. Nell H. Brunner, acting postmaster, was not among the 13 applicants. Truman may nominate Torn or Hannan or order a new exam to produce a three eligible list.
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Washington
Elmore R. Torn
Daniel M. Hannan
Civil Service Commission
Taylor
Nell H. Brunner
Pers Ment
Truman
Tom Or
Hannan
Conductor Charged After Usual CTA Inferno Crash
Chicago police charged conductor William C. Liddell after a street car collided with a gasoline truck, trapping passengers as rear doors jammed. Witnesses and CTA hearings describe panic, attempts to escape through the rear window, and a fatality toll with dozens injured in the south side disaster.
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Chicago
William C. Liddell
Chicago Transit Authority
Liddell
Charles G. Klemm
CTA
Paul Manning
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J. A. Gracy
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