Solons Expect Housing Bill Passage Now
Washington dispatch reports four senators expect action on housing legislation in the new Congress led by Democratic control. The plan mirrors the TEW proposals with slum clearance support, public housing aid, and rural housing programs, while House opposition remains likely difficult.
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Solons
Washington
Congress
Myers
D-Pa
McMahon
D-Conn
Taft
Ohio
Ellender
Dla
Wagner
D-Ny
McCarthy
R-Wis
New Field Aids Berlin's Airlift
Berlin reports a new landing field Tegel joins Tempelhof and Gatow to boost the airlift. On Sunday American and British planes delivered 5405 tons of supplies to the Soviet blockaded city in the 24 hours ending at noon, a record except for Air Force Day. Tegel, opened a week earlier, flew 85 C47s after fog eased.
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Berlin
Tempelhof
Gatow
Tegel
Great Plains Area Storm Strikes Midwest Fatal Blizzard Toll
The Great Plains region reels from a three day blizzard with seven deaths and hundreds stranded. In Kansas a pregnant woman, Mrs Hal Laughlin aged 30 of Jetmore, was found near Dodge City after winds up to 75 mph. A stalled car yielded a man’s body near Oberlin. Nebraska deaths follow in Stromsburg and Seward as drifts reach fifteen feet and rail lines stay closed west of Norton.
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Kansas
Hugh Edwards
Kansas State Highway Patrol
Hal Laughlin
Jetmore
Kans
Norton
Nebraska
Colorado
Oberlin
Stromsburg
Neb
Lebanon
Seward
Unseasonably Cold Texas Sunday Sets Low Temps
A new norther kept Texas chilled Sunday with lows of 20 degrees at Lubbock on the South Plains and 21 at Amarillo. The nation logged 7 degrees at Bemidji, Minn., with Deluth at 10. Panhandle and South Plains saw 22 to 28 degrees, 28 to 35 elsewhere in West Texas, and 26 to 32 degree lows forecast for Northwest East Texas.
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Texas
Lubbock
South Plains
Amarillo
Bimidji
Minn
Deluth
Panhandle
West Texas
East Texas
Vandenberg proposes 90 percent rule to end filibuster
Senator Vandenberg urged the Senate Sunday to adopt a national emergency rule allowing 90 percent voting members to force immediate action on legislation. He warned against capricious limits and noted the current two thirds cloture rule does not apply to motions to take up bills.
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Vandenberg
Senate
Washington
R-Mich
Congress
Robert M. LaFollette Sr
Langer
R-N.d
Taylor
Didahe
Michigan
Dixie Democrats
Boost Red Feather Auction Starts Monday At 609 Congress
Austin's public auction to aid the Community Chest features merchandise from nearly 100 local firms. Items range from turkeys to clothing with bids payable as pledges over a year. A daylong event at 609 Congress Avenue includes live radio coverage and appearances by local dignitaries and merchants.
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Congress Avenue
Austin
Ciaest
Jesse James
Cecil Hogan
Radio House
University of Texas
Tom Miller
Community Chest
J. M. Baden
Longhorn Waffle Shop
Joe DeWitt
Taylor Glass
Emma Long
Will Johnson
Carlos Ashley
Hank Dana
Austin Pioneer
Polar Ice Cream
L. East
Neville Johnston
Johnston
Austin Community Chest
KTBC
KNOW
KTXN
KVET
Marie Antoinette, Karotkin
Joe Koen
Majestic Cleaners
Joseph Manshop
White Pharmacy
Scarbrough’s
Muellers, Yarings
Bridge’s Furniture Store
McKinnon’s
J. R. Reed Music Company
Goodfriend’s
Zale’s
Jack Revell and Company
AFL Calls Defensive Alliance Against Soviet Aggression
AFL International Labor Relations Committee urges defense pact with friendly nations and sanctions against Soviet Russia. The plan includes arming allies, strengthening UN, a United States of Europe, and peacetime controls on Berlin and Berlin blockade.
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Cincinnati
AFL Committee On
Russia
Europe
Asia
Matthew Woll
New York
Moscow
Berlin
United States of Europe
Germany
Bernard M. Baruch
Yalta
Potsdam
Evatt Sees Berlin Settlement Prospects Within Three Weeks
In Paris on Monday November 22 Dr. Herbert V. Evatt head of the United Nations Assembly said there are reasonable prospects for a Berlin settlement within three weeks. He stressed the dispute hinges on timing not principle and favors lifting the blockade before currency union for the city. Russia wants simultaneous steps while the Western powers demand blockade removal first. Evatt noted near agreement before the Security Council neutrals proposed a plan, vetoed by Moscow, and he projected a settlement before the Assembly ends its Paris session around December 11.
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Paris
United Nations Assembly
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Berlin
Evatt
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Security Council
Two Killed in Plane Crash on Matagorda Island
Port Lavaca dispatch reports two people died in a single engine plane crash on a small sand island off the southeast Texas coast. Death certificates name Gordon H. Mims of Fort Worth aged 46 and Vera Marie Bongio of Houston aged 51. The crash happened about 7 45 p m Saturday after the craft apparently overshot an old Air Corps strip on Matagorda Peninsula landing on the unnamed island.
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Port Lavaca
Texas
A. J. Williams
Gordon H. Mims
Fort Worth
Vera Marie Bongio
Houston
Williams
Air Corps
Matagorda
Noted Britons Visit Austin Lakes for Tours
William E. Butlin and General A. C. Critchley arrived in Austin for inspections of lakes area tourist development prospects. Governor Beauford Jester planned to greet them. they would tour Lake Travis and other Texas lakes as part of nationwide reviews.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin American
William E. Butlin
Butlin
A. C. Critchley
Nassau
Austin
Highland Lakes
San Antonio
C. B. Smith
W. O. Harwell
Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
Bandera
Kerrville
Texas
Lakes
United States
Dallas
Beauford Jester
Capitol
Lake Travis
Bahamas
Austin Women Named To Office by B P W
TEMPLE Texas Nov 21 Miss Thelma Gentry of Austin was reelected director of District six Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Miss Myrtle Tanner of Austin was named a member of the state nomination committee with Miss Frances Arnold of College Station as an alternate Tanner will chair the state nomination committee to select a slate of officers for election at the state meeting in Houston next June.
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Temple
Thelma Gentry
Austin
Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Myrtle Tanner
Frances Arnold
College Station
Tanner
Houston
Egyptians Attack Jews in Negev Heights
TEL AVIV Nov 21. The Israeli Army said Egyptians are attacking Jewish positions in the Negev. Jewish officials protested to the United Nations that attacks have continued for three days, with three heights east of Rafah occupied and a desert pipeline damaged.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Negev
United Nations
Rafah
Bobby Breen Missing In One Engine Plane
Hayward Wisconsin reports Bobby Breen the former child star missing after a flight from Waukesha to Hayward 300 miles. The singer disappeared late Sunday in a single engine plane.
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Bobby Breen
Hayward
Wis
Waukesha
Urgent Chinese Plea Tops Agenda Facing Truman and Marshall
President Truman flies home from Florida to push his domestic program and confront rising communist pressures. He will hold top level talks with Secretary of State Marshall and Averell Harriman as he strengthens plans for Europe and Asia. Forrestal and Marshall are expected to stay in key posts, with Blair House as temporary residence during White House repairs.
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Truman
Marshall
Key West
Fla
America
Europe
Asia
Paris
Mr. Truman
Averell Harriman
James Forrestal
Defense
Margaret
White House
Blair House
United Nations
Palestine
Korea
Berlin
Germany
Phone Strike Ballots Mailed in Southwest Bell Fight
Strike ballots were mailed to about 22 000 Southwestern Bell Telephone Co workers in Texas. Ray Hackney, state director of the Communications Workers of America, said ballots must be returned to the union in St Louis by December 6. The union will resume negotiations with Southwestern Bell in St Louis on December 8 after breaking off talks September 16. The union seeks a wage boost of roughly 10 to 15 cents per hour.
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Dallas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Texas
Ray Hackney
Communications Workers of America
St. Louis
Independent Labor Union
Southwestern Bell
UN Admission Fight Shapes Up in Paris
In Paris the United Nations special political committee prepares to debate admitting new members including Ireland Italy and Austria. Argentina has submitted a resolution urging admission of these three states plus Finland Portugal and Trans Jordan.
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Paris
United Nations Special Political Committee
Ireland
Italy
Austria
Argentina
Finland
Portugal
Trans-Jordan
Chinese Reds Rally After Setback Near Suchow
Reports from Nanking say Communist forces recaptured Nienchuang near Suchow as government units push eastward toward Paichi and cross the Grand Canal. Marines arrive in Nanking to guard the American Embassy amid martial law orders around Peiping Tientsin and Tangshan.
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Defense Ministry
Nienchuang
E Army
Peace Daily
Li Mi
Suchow
Paichi
Lunghai
Huang Po-Tao
Grand Canal
Pengpu
Nanking
Tsingtao
China
Fu Tso-Yi
Peiping
Tientsin
Tangshan
Paoting
Hopeh
Luan
Manchuria
Secretary Marshall En Route to Washington for Talks
Secretary of State George C. Marshall flies from Shannon Airport in a C 54 Skymaster to Washington to confer with President Truman on the world situation. Delayed two hours by fog, the plane departed at 6 35 p.m. heading to Stephensville N F and then the capital, with Mrs Marshall and aides aboard.
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Shannon Airport
Eiie
George C. Marshall
Washington
Truman
Marshall
Paris
Stephensville
N. F
Gen. Marshall
Marshall S. Carter
Charles E. Bohlen
State Department
Longhorn Aggie Game Tickets Go On Sale Today
About 1 000 tickets for the Texas Texas A M Thanksgiving game go on sale Monday at 8 30 a m at Gregory Gym ticket office with sales continuing Tuesday after 5 p m if any remain. Tickets are first come first served and come from a 18 000 ticket UT student block.
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University of Texas
Gregory Gym
Chiefs To Plan New Strategy Against Russ
Washington will host President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall as they meet to chart new moves in response to an urgent appeal from Chiang Kai Shek of China. The discussions center on forming a coherent strategy against Soviet actions and military pressure.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Truman
Marshall
Chinese Communists Warn U S Against Intervention in China War
The North Shensi radio broadcast a warning to the United States and other nations to refrain from aiding Chiang Kai Shek's government, calling such support an act of hostility and signaling opposition to foreign involvement in China's civil war.
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San Francisco
United States
China
Shensi Radio
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
U S urged to aid Chiang in China war as orbits diverge
The article reports Chiang Kai-shek pressing Washington for a more direct role and immediate arms for Nationalist China while Truman limits commitments to the existing 400 million dollar aid. Debates rise over full scale or limited aid and implications for Europe and UN issues amid Berlin and Korea concerns.
Chiang Kai-shek delays China crisis with Suchow stand
Chiang Kai-shek stalls Communist advances at Suchow delaying the China crisis. The Nationalists claim air force success, while Red forces are not expected to strike again until heavy winter weather grounds planes. Western observers weigh the need for direct intervention and condition figures for aid and loans from the United States.
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Suchow
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
Chiang
Manchuria
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