Truman urges UN to join atomic and conventional arms talks
President Truman called on the United Nations to merge its atomic energy and conventional armaments talks into a single disarmament commission. He warned that until a foolproof plan exists the US will strengthen its armed forces to preserve peace and pledged support for UN principles.
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New York
Truman
United Nations
Soviet Union
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
General Assembly
UN Atomic Enery Commission
Commission
Disarmament Commission
United States
Vishinsky
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Andrei A. Gromyko
Atomic Energy Commission
Jacob A. Malik
China
Mr. Truman
Malik
Korea
Ford Will Hold Car Cost Line in Inflation Fight
Ford Motor Company will not raise car prices now despite rising labor and material costs. Henry Ford II said voluntary action helps curb inflation while supporting national effort. costs have jumped by about 78 million dollars due to wage boosts and steel prices. Other automakers had raised prices recently, drawing mixed reactions from industry and labor groups.
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Detroit
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Packard
Kaiser-Frazer
Nash
Willys-Overland
Hudson
Studebaker
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Weather Forecast For Austin High Temperatures Near 90
The forecast predicts hot weather in Austin with a high near 90 degrees on Wednesday. The meteorologist notes fair conditions and similar temperatures to recent days, while many Texas stations could be among the warmest in the nation ahead.
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Austin
Texas
Union protests cut testimony in labor case at Austin plant
Testimony on the power plant job was curtailed Wednesday as union attorney objections interrupted questioning by Brown and Root lawyers before 98th District Court Master Cheney L. Banknight. The hearing resumes with evidence of union demands for hiring only union men and a council letter seeking bargaining recognition.
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Austin Power Plant
Brown
Brown and Root
Everett Looney
Austin Building and Construction Trades Council
Looney
Robert Hill
Austin Council
Nat Wells
Hill
Austin
Brown and Root Inc
Council
Coach Stiteler Named Southwest Conference Coach of the Week
The American Statesman selects Coach Harry Stiteler as Coach of the Week after taking four of the first five games in the 1950 season, praising his plan to win half the alumni games. The note ties to Austin High School rumors and a Texas Aggie team with a rough two-season stretch.
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Harry Stiteler
Texas Aggie
Stiteler
American Statesman
City and Schools Pooling Effort In Bond Drive
City and school officials unite to push a $20 million bond plan to fund five years of capital improvements. They aim to limit the combined tax rise to about 13 percent by 1955, denying links to other operating tax hikes. Mayor Glass and Attorney John Connally spoke on the campaign strategy.
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John Connally
Taylor Glass
Aliens Arrested in Nation-Wide Communist Roundup
The Justice Department arrested 86 alleged Communist leaders in a federal drive under a new subversives law. Among those picked up were Jose Estrada Castillo of Dallas, George Zaikoff of Detroit, and Rose Lightcap of New York City as organizers and propagandists. Target cities included St Paul San Francisco New York Philadelphia Chicago Seattle Los Angeles Detroit St Louis Dallas Gary and Croton.
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Justice Department
Red Party
Congress
Jose Estrada Castillo
Dallas
Texas
Department
Communist Party
George Zaikoff
George Pirinski
American Slav Congress
Macedonian People’s League
Macedonia
Detroit
Rose Lightcap
New York City
International Workers Order
Harry Raymond
Communist Daily Worker
St. Paul
San Francisco
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Seattle
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Gary
Ind
Croton
N. Y
Austin Honors United Nations Day With AHS Ceremony
Austin closed its United Nations Day observance with a ceremony at the Austin High School Auditorium led by Lt. Robert B. Kelsey. He spoke on Under the United Flag as 200 students performed a skit and multiple languages offered prayers for peace.
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Austin
Austin High School
Robert B. Kelsey
United
United Nations
Kelsey
Zavala
Keating Junior High
Siam
Taylor Glass
Berlin Freedom Bell Rings as UN Day Message Echoes
General Lucius D. Clay dedicates a 10 ton bronze bell in Berlin amid a crowd from both sides of the city. The bell, funded by US subscriptions, signals a pledge to resist tyranny and spread freedom as radio stations worldwide relay the ceremony for UN Day celebrations.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Crusade For Freedom
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Soviet Bloc
United States
South Koreans Nearing China as troops halt pursuit
An American First Corps spokesman said American and British troops will stop pursuing fleeing North Korean Reds 40 miles from the Manchurian border. American troops immediately started the chant Home by Christmas.
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China
Tokyo
American First Corps
Manchurian
First Corps
Pyongyang
Garrison H. Davidson
24Th Division
Chongchon River
Sinanju
Yalu River
24Th
United Nations
Sonchon
Chongin
Manchuria
Kanggye
North
Komndong
Air Force
Manpo-Jin
Manpo- Jin
London
Antung
Yalu
Yellow Sea
Chinese Reds Reported Advancing Toward Tibet
Peiping radio claimed Chinese Communist forces were advancing into Tibet to free 3,000,000 Tibetans, while Washington officials noted no confirmation of a border movement. The broadcast cited a directive from the southwest China bureau and military authorities to deploy to western China as part of unification efforts.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Tibet
Chinese Red
Himalayan
Washington
Red Army
Liberation
Chungking
China
Southwest China
Communist Party of China
Southwest Military Area
Second Field Army
Reda
India
Peiping
Red
Peoples Army
Heroine of Austin Hu Battle Dies in New Orleans
Sister Regina Purtell, age 4, who aided the 1918 influenza fight in Austin and helped run a temporary hospital later known as Sister Regina's Hospital, died at De Paul Sanitarium. She served in the Spanish American War era with Rough Riders and cared for students at the University of Texas.
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New Orleans
Austin
de Paul Sanitarium
Regina Purtell
Teddy It
Rough Riders
University of Texas
Sister Regina's Hospital
Idol of Silent Movies In Critical Condition
Maurice Costello, 74, legendary matinee idol of silent films, sank into a coma Tuesday with a critical condition. He has a heart ailment and has been hospitalized for two weeks in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Maurice Costello
World great Al Jolson dies in San Francisco at 64
Al Jolson the famed immigrant singer died in his San Francisco hotel suite after a heart attack at 12 40 a m He was 64 and had just returned from 42 shows in the Korean War zone A large Hollywood service is planned with Rabbi Max Nussbaum at Temple Israel Jolson rose to fame with The Jazz Singer and entertained troops in multiple wars as a beloved entertainer.
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al Jolson
Show Business
Hollywood
Max Nussbaum
Temple Israel
Hollywood Boulevard
Jolson
St. Francis Hotel
Bing Crosby
Mobile
Ala
Eddie Cantor
Cantor
Larry Parks
Jack Benny
Norma Krasna
Jerry Wald
Olson
MacArthur
Harry Aski
Beverley Hills
Dinah
Baby Face
Erle Galbraith
Encino
Calif
Akst
William Kerr
University of California
Shem
Azz Singer
I Yoepoh
St Petersburg
Leningrad
Russia
Asa, Jr
Ington
Asa
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