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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1950

Page

2

Unions Ask Court To Halt Master Hearings In Brown and Root Case

Unions ask the Third Court of Civil Appeals to force Judge Betts to hear the Brown and Root injunction suit directly. They appeal a temporary restraining order blocking 92 unions from picketing while the case proceeds and challenge the use of a master of chancery. The hearing paused for a death in a witness family and will resume next morning.

Texas Third Court of Civil Appeals Brown and Root Master of Chancery Nat Wells Texas State Federation of Labor Charles O. Betts 98Th District Court Betts Brown and Root, Inc E. L. Bauknight Bauknight Brown Ayne District Court Sute of Wells Chester Smith Building and Construction Trades Council of Austin Carpenters’ Union Smith

Fair Continued Warm Weather Is Predicted

The retreating cool air in Central Texas shifts to warm southerly breezes with some morning clouds that dissipate by 9 a m Thursday. Official forecast calls for fair and continued warm weather in Austin with temperatures from 60 to 90.

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Marines Land at Wonsan as ROKs Reach Yalu Front

US Marines landed at Wonsan on the East Coast while the ROK Sixth Division pushed to within 18 miles of the Yalu River, amid a broader UN assault to clear North Korean forces. General Almond vowed to advance toward the Manchurian border as Allied forces push north.

Tokyo Wonsan Yalu River Korea Manchuria United Nations 10Th Corps Douglas MacArthur Edward M. Almond Eighth Army ROK Kojang Yalu Chosan Hoemoktong Tanchon Hamhung Sinhung- Ni Chiktong Hagaruri Chosin Reservoir Unsan Pakchon United Nations West British Commonwealth Taeryong Pakchong 24Th Infantry Division Sinuiju Antung Leathernecks Almond 38Th Parallel MacArthur Seoul United Korea Seventh Infantry Division Navy Doyle LST Marine Phoenix Siberian North Korea 10Th

Acheson Rejects Cominform Plan For German Unity

Secretary of State Acheson denounces the Prague Cominform proposal for a unified Germany as a perversion of peace. He urges Moscow to honor Potsdam pledges, warns against rearmament, and calls for free elections and a democratic German government in a united Europe. He questions a German constitutional convention and notes growing Western ties, including Pleven’s European army proposal.

Edward E. Bomar Washington Acheson Germany Rague Russia Soviet Union Prague Britain France Potsdam Moscow Berlin Free World Rene Pleven Pleven Rman United Europe European Defense Minister European Assembly Council of Ministers

US Answers Red Peace Plan With Aggression Brand Plea

The United States and five other nations urged the UN Assembly to brand open aggression as the gravest crime, proposing international control of atomic energy and gradual arms reduction. Australia backed atom bomb use. Poland objected. Bolivia proposed condemning intervention and outlawing atomic weapons as tools of aggression.

Australia Percy C. Spender Netherlands G. J. van Heuven Goedhart Poland Stefan Wierblowski Wierblowski Spender United Nations Soviet Union Russia Bolivia General Assembly

Community Chest gets long-awaited contribution in five years

A report notes renewed donations to the Community Chest finally reaching the fund after a lengthy delay. Hill Country soil conservation districts plan an area-wide 1951 program and meet Monday at Fredericksburg with a field day expected. Rice fielded its secret weapon against SMU last week for a long touchdown while Texas must play with ten men.

Fredericksburg Prospect Rice SMU Texas

Friends Visit Jolson Body Before Funeral

Close friends of Al Jolson view the singer lying in a bronze casket at his Encino home as funeral plans proceed. Jolson left more than 4 million dollars for charities and trust funds for his widow and two adopted sons, with specific bequests to New York universities. Final rites will be public at Temple Israel on Hollywood Boulevard, with interment at Beth Olam Cemetery pending Hillside Memorial construction.

Hollywood al Jolson Encino Jolson New York Variety Erle Galbraith Asa Jr Albert Charles Schwartz New York University College of the City of New York Columbia University Temple Israel Hollywood Boulevard Max Nussbaum Saul Silverman Temple Beth Olam Cemetery Hillside Memorial Park

Symington Warns U S Faces War If Not Strong Enough

W Stuart Symington, chairman of the National Security Resources Board, said at the New York Herald Tribune Forum that without growing and maintaining strength the United States will lose a war. He stressed both economic and military power as essential to security and warned price and wage controls may be needed if indirect measures fail.

New York W. Stuart Symington National Security Resources Board America Symington New York Herald Tribune Forum United States Korea

Stassen Claims Truman Backs Reds UN Bid

Harold E. Stassen accuses President Truman of preparing to embrace the Chinese Communist regime after the election. He alleges the State Department advises such moves and predicts a post election quiet approval of seating Communist China at the United Nations.

Stassen Truman Philadelphia Harold E. Stassen University of Pennsylvania State Department China United Nations Mao Tse-Tung Formosa Indo-China Wake Island Douglas MacArthur

Truman Seeks UMT Recall Talks as Congress Meets

President Truman weighs recalling Congress after the November 7 elections to push war legacy laws and renews a call for universal military training. He spoke to the National Guard Association in Washington and urged rigorous readiness while warning Russia against aggression.

Truman Congress National Guard Association Washington House Sam Rayburn D-Tex Walter F. George D-Ga Senate Finance Committee Guard Association Mr. Truman Russia United Nations United States National Guard Lyndon H. Johnson Texas

Indochina Envoy Urges Halt To Travel By U.S. Officials Now

US Minister Donald Read Heath advised Washington to stop all travel for wives children and dependents of American officials to Indo China. Viet Minh attacked Laokay fortress and central Annam as French defenses weakened and evacuation plans for missionaries emerged.

Saigon Indo-China Donald Read Heath Heath Washington Laokay Hong Kong Viet Minh Indochina Annam Cochin China Hanoi Hue Mekong River Tonkin Province Tonkin Chu Dinhlap Red River

Tibet to Surrender to Chinese Communists Reported

Tibet the remote Himalayan theocracy has decided to surrender to the Chinese Communists and will begin negotiations to preserve as much autonomy as possible. A Peking dispatch said Tibet will send delegates to negotiate sovereignty terms while London reports indicate Western powers failed to aid Tibet.

Hong Kong Tibet Himalayan Peking Buddha United Press London London

Mother appeals for prayers as leukemia endures

In Pasadena California a 3 year old girl Linda Wright suffers leukemia with doctors giving a month to live. Her mother Harriet Wright 29 Azusa asks readers and churches to pray, noting prior prayers helped the child. Linda will be baptized Thursday by Rev James Mor day at Calvary Presbyterian Church South Pasadena.

Pasadena Calif Pasadena Star-News Harriet Wright Azusa Linda San Gabriel Valley Richland Center Wis Wright James Thompson Morday Calvary Presbyterian Church South Pasadena Meetey Bobby

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