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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1949
Page
5
In Rome on November 2, a spokesman for Premier Alcide de Gasperi said Italy will not form a new government. He plans temporary appointments to cover a cabinet crisis triggered by three socialist ministers resignations over party dissension. Saragat and colleagues rejected personal stay.
Reports from El Liberal say 235 Colombians were killed in the 24 hours before the presidential election. Clashes rose in the interior as violence intensified with the November 27 vote.
Twelve monthly beauties will reign at Southwest Texas State College homecoming with a halftime presentation during the Bobcat East Texas State game. The lineup includes Juanita Hendricks Thrall January Jane Whitely Prairie Lea February Gene Menck Natalia March Gene Cutsball Breckenridge April Pat White Houston May Melvin Barnard Tohoka June Flora Adams Medina July Betty Lou Blackburn Donna August Marilyn Upshaw San Antonio September Billie Joyce Gault Austin October Frances Lewis New Baden November Maurine Lackey Beeville December.
In Knights Hall at The Hague Dutch and Indonesian representatives signed a union creating the United States of Indonesia. The agreement pledges sovereignty transfer by end of 1950, preserves Dutch interests, and sets political, military, and trade arrangements including a union court and mutual aid provisions.
President W. R. White announced Brooke Army General Hospital in San Antonio becomes a Baylor teaching unit for the graduate school. Baylor will confer the master of science degree after completing prescribed work in the Cotas teaching program. Twenty two Brooke Army Medical Center staff join Baylor as faculty.
Harlingen report shows Lower Rio Grande Valley citrus shipments increasing this week with 655 of 791 carloads sent by truck. Dallas Ingle of the state federal citrus inspection office cites higher freight rates and direct trucker deals as factors. Last winter’s freeze trimmed the crop. peak activity expected around December.
Traffic consultants estimate that a city of 1 500 000 people spends 120 000 000 annually on private car travel while only 18 000 000 is spent on motor bus trackless trolley and street car riding.
Frank Hague once called The Law in Jersey City now leads a crucial bid to regain New Jersey governor's office. The 73 year old veteran helps Democrat Elmer Wene challenge Republican Alfred Driscoll, with Hague’s Hudson County base pivotal.
Pacific Northwest air defenses brace for a 10 day drill with B29 and B50 bombers flying from nationwide bases November 4 to 14. A radar network will track the approaching formations and guide Northwest fighters for theoretical interceptions. Colonel C D Vincent leads the 25th Air Division as trainers stress practice defenses over actual penetration testing.
President Truman told about 800 engineers that Russia lacks a moral code while the United States champions a democratic moral program. He cited the Point Four aid program as a path to world peace and said raising living standards for the underprivileged could end wars. He argued higher living standards would curb demand that drives conflict.
The State Department said American Consul General Angus Ward remains in Communist custody in Mukden after October 24 arrest along with four staffers for beating a Chinese worker. Messages from Mukden show Ward sent full details via radio but contacts to Washington were blocked. Ward has used Communist radio since the city fell a year ago.
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