Registration Bill Boosted Along
The House advanced a voter registration measure on second reading amid amendments to bar Republican voting in Democratic primaries, which failed 97-26. A companion bill to reform Gilmer-Aikin school reorganization emerged from a conference committee, with final passage pending. The panel also moved to expand the fish and oyster commission to nine members with geographic appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Cole
Associated Press
House
Gilmer-Aikin
Senate
Bill Fry
2Toria
Fry
Texas bills move on election rules and state projects
A set of bills advances covering runoff primary timing ballots and election reporting rules. Proposals include moving presidential vote timing returning ballots reporting results within 24 hours and loosening
Memorial Day Observance Calls for World Peace and Freedom
Americans paused Memorial Day to honor fallen heroes and pray for lasting peace. Near the Unknown Soldier tomb Senator Tydings urged the nation to dedicate itself to world peace with freedom and justice for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Unknown Soldier
Senator Tydings
Dmd
House Leaders push anti bottleneck rule on housing bill
Washington May 30 House Democrats threaten to bypass the rules committee with a new anti bottleneck rule to push the administration housing program to a June 27 vote. The Senate already passed the measure 57 to 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Rules Committee
House Rules Committee
Rules
Congress
Senate
Soviet rejection blocks East West Germany federal plan in Paris
In Paris on May 30 Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky dismissed Western proposals for a federal democratic government under the Bonn Constitution as a dictatorship. He argued Germans favor a centralized state, and Western ministers signaled continued talks on unification only for trade and Berlin issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
East
West Germany
Andrei Vishinsky
Bonn
Vishinsky
Germany
Berlin
East Germany
High Commission
Britain
Ernest Bevin
West
France
Robert Schuman
Dean Acheson
Toto
Acheson
East Germans Ratify Charter and Eisler Joins Government
East Germany's congress ratified a state constitution with a show of hands, amid pro Soviet rhetoric. Gerhart Eisler, named top Communist agent in America, was chosen for the People's Council shadow government. Western diplomats debated the Bonn Constitution as Moscow signals attempt to shape a unified German future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pic
Goettingen
East Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
East Germany
Bonn
Germany
Vishinsky
Paris
Grotewohl
Pep
A . Eisler
America
People’s Council
Eisler
United States
England
Leipzig University
Schedal
Russia
Lilienthal Boycotts Critics of Atomic Energy Program
David E. Lilienthal blasted Senator Hickenlooper for an un-American smear against the Atomic Energy Commission. He defended the inquiry as essential to explain security and the atomic program to Americans and Western Europe, signaling hearings may extend through summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Western
Europe
Hickenloop
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Arers
Ickenlooper
Commission
UT Graduates Hear Challenge of Traditional Commencement
University of Texas holds a 1949 commencement for 1,848 graduates as Associate Justice James P Hart urges leadership for Texas. Governor Beauford Jester, Speaker Durwood Manford, and others attend while Dr. Painter presides and several ROTC graduates are commissioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas
Texas
James P Hart
Supreme Court of Texas
T. S. Painter
Jim Tom Barton
Austin
Texas Ex-Students
Harold E. Moore
Painter
James C. Dolley
C. Read Granberry
Lawrence Wamgacme
University Christian Cc
Union
Hiss Trial Opens Today in Gotham
Alger Hiss a 44 year old former State Department official goes on trial in federal court in New York on two counts of perjury. Whittaker Chambers, a confessed former Communist spy, accuses Hiss of stealing secret documents for Russian agents. Hiss denies charges under oath before a New York Grand Jury, claiming no such documents were given and no meeting occurred between 1937 and 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alger Hiss
High State Department
Washington
Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
New 1949 Heat Record of 97 Set on Monday
The weather bureau recorded a heat record of 97 on Monday, raising temperatures four degrees from the prior May day. The reading, while the hottest May day this year, falls short of the all time May high of 104 set on May 24, 1925.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Teachers Salary Hikes to Add Half Million for Austin Schools
Austin officials expect about 500000 more state money under Gilmer-Aikin bills for next school year with 400 pay raises per teacher and about 45 new teachers. Total state aid would rise to roughly 1500000 with enrollment growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Forbes Austin American
Anetn
Gilmer-Aikin
J. Warren Hitt
Hitt
Austin
Holiday Death Toll Rises Over Memorial Day Weekend
Memorial Day weekend saw 371 deaths across the nation including 24 Texans but none in Central Texas. Traffic accidents caused 228 deaths since 6 p m Friday, with 80 drownings and 63 other incidents. Texas reported eight automobile fatalities seven drownings and nine other misfortunes, ranking fourth in the nation behind California Illinois and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Chesapeake Bay
National Council
Arlington National Cemetery
Texans
Texas
California
Illinois
Ohio
House Honors Late UT Student in Resolution
The House unanimously passed a memorial resolution for Elmo Ferguson of San Antonio a 23 year old UT student leader who died in a May automobile crash. The measure praised his scholarship leadership and potential and extended condolences to his family. Representatives Jack Brooks and Fred Nieman co authored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Ne Elmo Ferguson
San An
Ferguson
University of Texas
Jack Brooks
Beaumont
Fred Nieman
Yoakum
Mexican peso steady at 8.50 per dollar in Mexico City
The Mexican peso remained at 8.50 to the dollar in quiet trading after a prior decline from about 8.05. Banks bought dollars for 8.45 and sold at 8.50 at the close, matching the opening prices. There was little change during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Austin High social clubs seek reform over abolition
A three member committee representing Austin High School social clubs asks the School Board to form a reform committee to address objections without abolishing clubs. Board chair Ronald W. Byram and club reps Fred Catterall Ill Charles Wiltzius and Ruth Williamson defend the program while noting benefits and urging collaboration with officials and PTA to smooth over concerns. The board will continue discussions at the Bickler Administration Building on Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin High School
Ronald W. Byram
Fred Catterall
Charles Wiltzius
Ruth Williamson
Eee A Deek Aan
Wiltzius
Miss Williamson
Austin High
Bickler
Vaccine Next: Science Grows Poliovirus For Vaccine Work
Kenneth F. Maxcey of Baltimore warns that science is just beginning to grow poliovirus in order to develop a preventive vaccine. He notes no specific cures exist and urges continued public health measures such as case reporting, sanitation, reducing child contact during outbreaks, and limiting disease spread while research advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Kenneth F. Maxcey
Baltimore
Hawaii
Maxcey
Johns Hopkins University
School of Hygiene and
Public
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dallas County Flood Control District
State Highway Department
Huntnville State Park
Sabine
Red Rivers
Um Foundation
Guesneer & Oak Ts
Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
John Waterman
Valley Forge Park
Philadelphia
Waterman
William F
Bull) Halsey
Lincoln Memorial
Reds Blast
Bill Holland
Reading
Holland
Lou Moore
Mauri Rose
Gerhart Eisler
Triule
Foreign Ministers Council
People’s Congress
A-Group
Chicago
Alamo
Voice of
William James Battle
Gotham
Parent-Teachers Association
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!