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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1948
Page
2
Paris October 26 AP John Foster Dulles Republican foreign affairs adviser charged a global effort to overthrow non Communist governments by force coercion and terrorism. He cited Communist violence hindering UN relief and urged a four power Balkans resolution to curb aid to Greek guerrillas and push neutrality.
President Truman and Governor Dewey traded barbs during a weeklong east to midwest campaign swing. Dewey accused the administration of mudslinging and fear tactics while Truman defended his record and mocked Congress as an old sinner. The rivals planned stop ends in Chicago Cleveland Boston and Swanton Ohio with polling and policy contrasts on farm labor and anti monopoly enforcement.
Paris dispatch reports coal mine strikers fired on soldiers with machine guns and grenades as troops moved to occupy four mines near Ales. One miner was killed and eight others wounded. 400 people arrested. Tanks backed police as violence spread to public buildings.
A satirical 90 minute session by Sigma Delta Chi members in Austin mocks politicians at the state capitol as 1 200 attendees in the State House of Representatives hear a spoof of 1948 politics led by Allen Duckworth. The skit calls for state control of ticket scalping to fund roads and lampoons Governor Bofor Gester.
New York city seven private bus lines halted service as CIO transport workers defied a back to work order. The strike, the largest surface transport walkout in city history, left riders uncertain about Wednesday service with mixed reactions at a later strikers meeting. Michael J. Quill and Austin Hogan led opposing factions over whether to end or continue the walkout.
County Clerk Emilie Limberg warns only three days left to cast absentee ballots for the November 2 General Election in Travis County. The office will close at 5 p.m. Friday, and no further absentee votes may be cast in person after that time. Absentee ballots mailed must be postmarked by mid Friday. The clerk’s office will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, with total absentee votes surpassing 1,100 so far.
A military spokesman denied knowledge of any government plan to abandon Manchuria. Reports from Peiping and Mukden circulated that Chiang Kai-shek might order forces to withdraw to North China for a new stand against the Communists. The embassy said it had heard no move to quit Manchuria.
Five Western European states announced in Paris they had agreed in principle to sign a North Atlantic Alliance with the United States and Canada. The pact would allow arms aid to Western Europe and create a council to plan defense steps. Details to be worked after the U S election.
A federal probe into the Jim Wells County August runoff aims to uncover all ballots for the US Senate race between Lyndon B Johnson and Coke Stevenson. Investigator Arthur Broer subpoenaed records, while Precinct 13 remains disputed amid allegations of 200 fraudulent Johnson votes. Salas testified theft of tally sheets and poll lists from his car.
In a notarized letter Johnson urged the Senate rules committee to impound all ballots if any boxes are held, naming eight counties and arguing a statewide recount is needed. The move follows his runoff loss in a South Texas race and calls for a full investigation of the August primary rows.
Major General William Jennings Wallace told Rotary Club during Navy Day events in Austin that the United States is unlikely ever to drop another atomic bomb. He praised the Marine Corps and Navy Division 869, awarded Charles Ferguson the Distinguished Cross for 1943 Atlantic flights, and urged public inspection of the naval center.
Washington date line reports the Marshall Plan extends a $310 million loan to Britain with over $500 million in recovery credits for nine other nations planned within two weeks. An ECA official cited imminent $60 million credit for Ireland and major loans of $170 million to France and $80 million to Holland plus $15 million for the Netherlands East Indies.
A special one day session of the Hays County district court grand jury refused to indict Bill Kuykendall in connection with the fa.
Allan Lee Langrehr, a one year old son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Langrehr, crawled onto Milwaukee railroad tracks in Clinton Iowa. A 17 car freight train passed over him but he was found crying and unhurt with no internal injuries per X rays. He had been left with his grandmother while parents shopped.
Dallas officials heard a humorous excuse from Charles H. Dent when he showed a note signed by a student’s mother asking a child named Patricia to be excused from school because she went to the fair with her mother. The incident arose at a Tuesday meeting of the Dallas school system.
Democratic Senator Myers charges Republican Senator Jenner and a three man subcommittee with partisan use of campaign policing powers. He cites investigations into New Mexico and Texas primaries, a smear on Oklahoma nominee Kerr, and impounded ballot boxes in Texas where Lyndon Johnson defeated Coke Stevenson.
In San Francisco police raided Patrick J. Fleming 23 an unemployed itinerant found living in a cubby above Bond’s liquor and chip supplier during closed hours. A carrier’s call alerted authorities after a leak was noticed and Fleming was removed to city jail where he intended to sleep through the day.
Officials faced with 60 day ballot destruction rule debate the Johnson request to impound ballots. Porter calls move an attack on Lyndon Johnson while Tom Tyson supports broad evidence for a possible investigation. Zweifel and Skelton echo cautious, party-aligned views amid fraud concerns.
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