Symington Urges 70 Air Groups to Counter Soviet Bomb Threat
Air Secretary Symington told the House armed services committee that Navy critics over the B36 bomber reveal military secrets and that the US must build a larger air force. He backed a minimum of 70 air groups, aligning with President Truman, and argued for a single strategic bombing force centered in the Air Force to strike long range. He described the B36 as essential to delivering the atomic bomb from US shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinton
Symington
Navy
House Armed Services Committee
Russia
Senate House
Truman
Air Force
Senate
House
Pres. Truman
Congress
Alley Oop Creator Vincent Hamlin Visits Austin for Rice Game
Vincent Hamlin, creator of Alley Oop, visited Austin to obtain Rice Texas game tickets, meet friends, and tour The Austin American office. He now bases Alley Oop adventures in San Antonio, reflects on his Texas roots, and recalls drawing stints and the origins of Oop from his oil field past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JO Ann Eicom
Alley Oop
Austin
Vincent Hamlin
Austin American
Alley
Hamlin
San Antonio
Iowa
Texas
Florida
Fort Worth
Pecos County
Oop
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Delinquent Tax Action Pending in Austin
City Attorney Trueman O Quinn announced that a number of tax suits against delinquent Austin taxpayers may be filed before week’s end. The first group faced a 15 day deadline after final notices. 20 days to pay or arrange payment. 15 days after final notices before suits. He had not checked how many suits will be filed in the first round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Trueman O'Quinn
O'Quinn
Legal Department
Tax Department
O’quinn
Texas Faces Rice as Stars Sit and React to Injuries
UT lines up Ray Borneman for the Rice game while Newell Kane and Reed Quinn are out with injuries. The Baylor Stadium fund drive raises $50,000 as Texas, ranked 10th by the AP, is favored by Williamson over Rice, ranked ninth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Borneman
University of Texas
Rice
Newell Kane
Reed Quinn
Austin
Baylor Stadium
Texas
Williamson
Storms Roar Across Atlantic While Montana Sees Heavy Snow
Storms lash the North Atlantic with high winds and rough seas and delay the Queen Elizabeth while a French freighter Caen leaks engine damage off Cape May. In Montana blizzards strand about 100 deer and elk hunters as five foot drifts block roads. no opening of marooned hunter routes until the storm abates. The Montana forecast calls for diminishing snow into flurries Wednesday.
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North Atlantic
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Atlantic
British Isles
New Jersey
New York
Cape May
N. J
Marion Moran
Teton County
Cold snap forecast grips North Texas and Austin
The Weather Bureau warns of a blue norther entering Tuesday night bringing a potential near freezing spell for the Panhandle by late Wednesday and cooler weather toward Thursday. Austin expects around 38 degrees by Friday morning with rain and a warm, humid day on Wednesday.
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Werther
North Texas
Austin
Weather Bureau
Texas Panhandle
Princess Elizabeth Attacks Divorce Rate at Mothers Union Rally
Princess Elizabeth criticized Britain's rising divorce rate and declining moral standards during a Mothers Union rally. The 22 year old heiress presumptive warned that family breakdown harms the nation's health and cited divorce and separation as contributing to social evils amid an era of materialism and indulgence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mothers Union
Three Bastrop 4 H Girls Win State Titles And Chicago Trips
Leora Callahan Laverne Goertz and Dorothy Mae Kastner all Bastrop County 4 H Club members won state contests in food preparation canning and clothing earning trips to the Chicago National 4 H Club convention. The awards were announced at College Station by Floyd Lynch as Lena Sturges noted the years of work behind the wins.
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Bastrop
Bastrop County
Chicago
Leora Callahan
Laverne Goertz
Red Rock
Dorothy Mae Kastner
McDade
College Station
Floyd Lynch
Texas A&m College Extension Service
Lena Sturges
Miss Callahan
Earl Callahan
Bastrop Senior 4-H Club. She Also Is President of the Bastrop County
Dallas
Goertz
Herman Goertz
Miss Kastner
Dora Kastner
Girl Falls to Death From Eiffel Tower
Miss Patricia Hunter a 27 year old from Port Chester New York died after plunging from the second platform of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Authorities said she destroyed her papers before the fall and identification was made from torn checks. She was staying in Paris with her aunt Mrs J Hunter.
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Paris
Patricia Hunter
Port Chester
N. Y
Eiffel Tower
Senate OKs 75 Cent Minimum Wage Bill
The Senate approved a bill to raise the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents per hour, sent to the White House. It would affect about 1.5 million workers at a $300 million annual cost and expands small newspaper exemptions to 4 000 circulation plus adjoining counties. Newsboys delivery exemption retained.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Home
Leaders Reach Agreement On Farm Bill Compromise Plan
Congressional leaders view a compromise farm bill as acceptable to both sides and likely to win President Truman's signature. The pact maintains 90 percent parity for basic crops through 1950 with gradual reductions for 1951 to 1953 and leaves discretionary cuts for pork eggs and chickens starting next year.
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Truman
Senate
House
Agriculture Department
Solon Sees Congress Adjournment Today
Washington observers report House Democratic Leader McCormack of Massachusetts predicting full congressional adjournment as Senate and House vote on the compromise farm bill closes the session. The remark came on Tuesday with optimism for a Wednesday adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solon
Congress
Washington
House
McCormack
Mass
Senate
Russia warns of painful consequences over Yugoslavia UN bid
Andrei Vishinsky charged that Yugoslavia winning a Security Council seat with American support would violate the UN Charter and worsen East West tensions. He warned of painful consequences for the United Nations and said Russia has possessed an atomic bomb since 1947, stressing the seriousness of Moscow's stance.
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Lake Success
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Yugoslavia
Security Council
United Nations
Vishinsky
Tass
V. M. Molotov
China
Economic and Social Council
Czechoslovakia
Ukraine
United States
Soviet Union
Congress approves record peace time military appropriation
Congress grants a $15.59 billion peace time military appropriation, adding 10 Air Force groups to reach 48 and boosting funding above President Truman's request. The act includes radar construction funding and outlines Army Navy Air Force budgets with cash and contract authority details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
Ene
Freak Accident Fatally Injures Taylor Man on Farm
Taylor October 18 A 36 year old Arthur Meiske of 809 Howard Street died after being run over by a slowly moving pickup at his father J H Meiske’s farm four miles north. He tripped while restarting a stalled car and the vehicle crushed his chest. He died at a Taylor hospital. Funeral is Wednesday at Condra Funeral Home, Rev H C Ziehe officiating. Survivors include his widow two daughters Bonnie Jean and Katharine Ann, his parents and brother Wilbert of San Antonio.
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Taylor
Here
Arthur Meiske
Howard Street
J. H. Meiske
Meiske
Condra Funeral Home
H. C. Ziehe
Taylor City
Bonnie Jean
Katherine Ann
Wilbert Meiske
San Antonio
Nations vote huge arms aid for non Communist allies
The Senate approved 1.314 billion dollars to rearm non Communist nations led by North Atlantic pact members. House already approved the same amount. The plan includes 1 billion cash and contract authority for NATO allies and 450 million in surplus U.S. arms. Additional funds cover Greece and Turkey 211.38 million Iran Korea and the Philippines 27.64 million and the China area 75 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Atlantic Defense Committee
North Atlantic
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
China Area
Italy Wins UN Vote on Somaliland Trusteeship
LAKE SUCCESS Oct. 18 A UN subcommittee recommended Italy as administering power for Somaliland under UN trusteeship by a 12 to 8 vote with one abstention.
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Lake Success
Italy
United Nations
Book of Lamech Called Top Modern Bible Find in Holyland Cave
A missing biblical manuscript named the Book of Lamech, detailing Noah’s early life, was hailed as the era’s foremost Bible discovery. Trever identified the scroll as from the 1st or 2nd century BC, found near the Dead Sea and later transferred to Bethlehem, with other Isaiah and Genesis fragments among the finds.
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Chicago
Holyland
John C. Trever
International Council On Religious Education
Trever
Lamech
Noah
Methusaleh
Dead Sea
Jericho
Bethlehem
American School of Oriental Research
Jerusalem
Leningrad
Leningrad Museum
Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Israel
Major U S atomic production speedup approved
Washington officials announce a major expansion of American atomic production with a cost over 300 million dollars. President Truman authorizes the accelerated program, speeding work at Oak Ridge Tennessee and Hanford Washington and likely cutting construction time by three or four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Truman
Russia
Joint Congressional Atomic Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Burmese Leader Plans Trip to Lake Success
RANGOON Burma Oct 18 Burmese Foreign Minister E Maung vice chairman of the United Nations Legal Committee will leave by plane for Lake Success on Wednesday by way of Calcutta. Before his return to Burma he is likely to visit London for talks with British leaders.
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Rangoon
Burma
E. Maung
United Nations Legal Committee
Lake Success
Calcutta
London
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Weatherman
Elizabeth
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Palestine
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