Spain Offers War Aid Pact In Exchange For US Credits
Madrid reports Franco offered Atlantic powers a military alliance with Portugal promising Spanish aid in a war with Russia in return for US financial help. The plan, discussed with Salazar during Franco’s Portugal visit, aims to secure American credits for Spain’s raw materials while inviting US lawmakers to visit Madrid and push for renewed relations.
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Madrid
Spain
Russia
France
Portugal
Franco
United States
Generalissimo
Pat McCarran
D-Ney
Judiciary Committee
McCarran
James A. Farley
United Nations General Assembly
Secret Ballot To Be Used In Texas Amendment Vote Explained
The article describes Texas moving to a stricter secret ballot for the 10 proposed constitutional amendments. It notes the new ballot design with a perforated stub kept in a sealed box under court seal. voters’ names appear on the stub back, and counting records show only that a person voted. The League of Women Voters advocates the change amid concerns about job consequences for visible votes. County Attorney Perry Jones discusses four amendments and their county impact, including civil service for county employees and rural fire prevention system provisions.
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Melvin M. Rotseh
Rio Grande
League of Women Voters
Perry Jones
Rotsch
Jones
Travis County
Elgin
Lockhart
Round Rock
Mr. Jones
Avis
Charles Moody
Council
Pacific Marine Accord Reached in San Francisco
The AFL Masters Mates and Pilots Union and Pacific Maritime Association reached a two year no strike no lockout contract. The pact includes a welfare plan a 1.56 percent wage increase a $7.50 monthly clothing allowance and an improved employment clause retroactive to June 16. The MMP contract had expired Sept 30 and the announcement cited a cooperative atmosphere. Federal Mediator Omar Hoskins announced the agreement.
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San Francisco
AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots
Pacific Maritime Association
MMP
Omar Hoskins
Ex-Seaman Spouse Of Woman Facing Murder Trial Free
Mauritz Peterson, ex-seaman, was released from Sacramento County jail after completing a six month sentence for a hit-and-run offense and failing to support a child. His wife Sandra Patterson, awaiting murder trial in Brady Texas, is due to turn 18 in December and faces potential murder charges as a juvenile delinquent.
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Sacramento
Mauritz Peterson
Sandra
Brady
Texas
Peterson
Lewis Patterson
Fatever
Bankers Association Elects Texas Official as VP
John Q. McAdams of Winters Texas was elected vice president of the state banks division of the American Bankers Association at the annual convention in San Francisco California Claude E Bennett of Wellsboro Pennsylvania was chosen president of the same division.
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San Francisco
Det
John Q. McAdams
Winters
Texas
American Bankers Association
Claude E. Bennett
Wellsboro
State Banks
Oldest Lawyer on Job Is 102 Years Old Today
Duff Brandon of Butler Pennsylvania is the nation’s oldest working lawyer at age 102. He credits his long life to family longevity and says he is gradually retiring but remains a senior partner at Brandon and Brandon with his son as partner.
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Butler
Duff Brandon
Brandon
Prduslly
Weather Forecast For Central Texas Area
Weather Bureau forecast notes a rise in temperature in Central Texas with sunrise and sunset times. The record mentions moon phases and river conditions as part of the daily outlook.
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U. & Weather Bureau
Texas
Austin Ob
Rature
Borge’s Nonsense and Music Delights Austin Audience
Victor Borge drew a full Gregory Gym crowd in a UT Cultural Entertainment Committee program. He mixed playful theatrical bits with piano pieces, joking about music forms and Tschaikowsky, and included selections from So In Love and Enchanted Evening.
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Victor Borge
Gregory Gym
University of Texas
Burl Ives
Austin
Satve
Borge
Clair Deane
de Bussey
Kate
South Pacific
Borges
Patricia Morison
Tschaikowsky
Cultural Entertainment Committee
Governor Lands Highway Group For Efficiency
Governor Allan Shivers lauded the State Highway Commission as an efficient model during a Hill Country Highway Appreciation Night in Fredericksburg. Former Governor Dan Moody and local leaders praised the system, noting expansion from under 5,000 miles of paved roads in the 1920s to 39,000 miles today and linking every city.
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Fredericksburg
Allan Shivers
State Highway Commission
Blanco, Gillespie
Kendall
Kerr
Kimble
Llano
Mason
Highway Commission
Education Department
Shivers
Dan Moody
Moody
The
Charles Dooley
Mansfield Spurns State Department Post Offer
Representative Mike Mansfield of Montana declined President Truman’s offer to become assistant secretary of state for public affairs after George W. Allen was named ambassador to Yugoslavia. Mansfield said he preferred to stay in Congress to aid Montana’s resources and people.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Truman
George W. Allen
Allen
Yugoslavia
Mansfield
James E. Webb
Congress
Montana
School Candidates To Address P TA
Two of the three 10th District candidates for the new State Board of Education will speak at the Austin P TA City Council meeting. Paul Bolton and P B E Womack of Austin will address the gathering at 9 30 a m in the Bickler School Administration Building. Eugene C Weaver of Caldwell declined due to teaching duties. Texans will elect 21 board members on November 8 with 10 constitutional amendments on the ballot.
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State Board of Education
Austin
P-Ta
E. P. Conkle
Paul Bolton
P. BE. Womack
Eugene C. Weaver
Caldwell
Bickler School
State Education Board
Lone man jailed after drunken request at Austin police desk
An Austin police desk encounter ends with a 54 year old man, a regular hostel resident, arriving without his usual escort and declaring he should be jailed. Officers comply and take him into custody.
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Austin
Coffee drives runs on grocers across Chicago neighborhoods
Chicago housewives rushed to buy coffee amid price rises and reports of South American production issues. The USDA says no imminent shortage for months. Stores set limits or offered case sales while grocers noted surprising demand and hoarders outsmarting themselves.
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Chicago
South America
US Department of Agriculture
Auto Parking Lot Attendant Feared Kidnaped Victim
In Houston on Sunday night hijackers seized 75 dollars and a two tone blue Hudson from a parking lot. They also abducted the 47 year old night attendant Holman Taylor Simmons. His absence was noticed at 5 am by relief worker Luther Butler. Frank Wetzel, the lot manager, called Simmons an old trusted employee who would not leave voluntarily.
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Houston
Holman Taylor Simmons
R. Y. Barrett
Simmons
Luther Butler
Frank Wetzel
Acheson Calls Point Four Offer Viable Alternative to Communism
Secretary of State Acheson says Truman’s point four program gives the have not peoples of Asia Africa and Latin America a sound path to progress by sharing American know how in modern production methods. He stresses small but effective funding and cites Latin America advances in farming industry and governance while contrasting with Mao style five year plans and welfare promises.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Acheson
Truman
United States
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Congress
Shot UT Ex-Student In Critical Condition
Carroll Ridgley Young a 21 year old Fort Worth oil executive’s son remained in critical condition with a head gunshot wound. He was found unconscious in a bedroom at a house party for University of Texas students after Saturdays Texas SMU game in Dallas. A 22 caliber pistol was found nearby. He had withdrawn from classes the day before the shooting and is the son of Mr and Mrs Marshall R Young. His father is vice president of Roeser Pendleton Inc.
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Fort Worth
Carroll Ridgley Young
Young
University of Texas
Texas
SMU
Dallas
Marshall R. Young
Roeser & Pendleton, Inc
Women Receive Issue Answers From Local League
The Austin League of Women Voters distributed candidate responses for the 10th District State Board of Education race. Paul Bolton P E Womack and Eugene C Weaver are the Austin Caldwell area contenders. The group also provided a summary of the 10 constitutional amendments and arguments for and against them.
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American Capitol
Austin League of Women Voters
State Board of Education
Paul Bolton
Austin
P. E. Womack
Eugene C. Weaver
Caldwell
League
Truck Crash Damages Farmhouse Parlor in Hillsboro
A heavy truck smashed into the parlor of Hiram Pharris’ farmhouse in Hillsboro on Monday, shattering dishes and moving the house six inches east. No injuries were reported. Pharris joked about Russians. The craft was docked here early Monday and an arrest warrant issued by Sheriff H A Reid Jr of Lake Charles.
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Hillsboro
Hiram Pharris
Pharris
H. A. Reid Jr
Lake Charles
Louisiana Man Held In Shrimp Boat Theft
PORT ARTHUR Oct. 31 A Lake Charles man was arrested by Port Arthur police on a charge of stealing a shrimp trawler valued at 35 000 dollars.
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Port Arthur
Lake Charlies
Laman
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