No Compromise Stance in Trade Treaty Act Extension Debate
Washington observers report a united no compromise line from Democratic and Republican leaders on extending the Reciprocal Trade Treaty program. Senators Lucas and Millikin clash over retaining the peril point provision and strict controls on the most favored nation clause as the Senate girds for a lengthy floor fight.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
80Th Congress
Millikin
Colorado
Senate Finance Committee
Tariff Commission
Russia
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Czechs Charge US Army Held Soldiers and Boy
Prague reports the government says 22 Czech soldiers plus a nine year old boy were seized by US Army troops near Nove Donky on Aug 27 and held 24 hours before release. The incident drew a protest accusing a sovereign violation and notes compare it to a prior GI incident.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States Army
Foreign Office
US Constabulary
Stuttgart
Grand Jury To Hear Petersen Monday
Keith Petersen a 21 year old Southern Methodist University student accused of killing his former sweetheart Caroline Schoffield 20 will appear before the Dallas County grand jury Monday. Petersen admitted shooting the girl four times after she told him she planned to marry another man. He is held in the county jail without bail.
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Dallas
Keith Petersen
Southern Methodist University
Dallas County
Graud
Caroline Schofield
Peterson
Joe Carlin Dies at 39 Cafe Owner in Austin
Joe Carlin 39 a cafe man who ran five Mexican eateries in Austin died Tuesday morning in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at the family home 1307 East Seventh Street Wednesday at 3 30 pm with pallbearers named. Burial is Mt Calvary Cemetery Cook Funeral Home directed. He is survived by his widow Elvira Carlin his mother Marie Carlin four daughters a son and a brother G C Carlin all of Austin.
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Joe Carlin
Austin
Carlin
East Seventh Street
Demetrio G. Ledesma
Ascension Hernandez
Lalo Gonzales
Dan Davilla
Raymond Gonzales
Pete Serda
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Cook Funeral Home
Elvira Carlin
Marie Carlin
Mary D. Carlin
Juanita Carlin
Cecelia Carlin
Joe Carlin Jr
G. C. Carlin
Elliott Business College praised for quick secretarial training
Miss Lillie Mae Volek of LaSalle Texas completed secretarial training at Elliott Business College in eight to 12 weeks and gained a good paying position with a metal watt corporation. TheAustin school highlights faster placement and higher earnings, urging enrollment for early winter placement and directing inquiries to director Wm. H. Everett at the Ewell Nalle building in downtown Austin.
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Lillie Mae Volek
LaSalle
Texas
Elliott Business College
Volek
Elliott
Miss Volek
Elliott Wees
Austin Elliott Business College
Austin Elliott College
Ewell Nalle
Austin
Wm. H. Everett
First US Witness Says Ammonium Nitrate Not Dangerous
A chemical engineer testifies in the Texas City disaster damages trial that ammonium nitrate fertilizer is not inherently dangerous. A. M. Miller, ex TVA director, says precautions were taken and material could be dangerous only under certain conditions. The government argues there was no negligence as about 2,000 documents are reviewed.
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Houston
Texas City
A. M. Miller
Tennessee Valley Authority
Miller
Federal District
T. M. Kennerly
TVA
Bureau of Mines, War Production Board
Joseph W. Cash
Cash
Maragon Disagreed With McCarthy Aide Over Party Cheese
Washington dispatch reports former McCarthy campaign manager Victor A Johnston stating John Maragon told him early in 1947 he would not do well in town if he remained in conflict with him. Johnston says Maragon arranged the January 3 1947 party but Maragon denies, saying Wisconsin friends funded it.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
John Maragon
Victor A. Johnston
Maragon
Johnston
Grand Forks
N. C
Wisconsin
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Houston Cops Cold On Killer Story
Houston police prepared to release a 50 year old man held on the phantom murders in Texarkana. Detectives said after interrogation he knew little about five deaths in the northeast Texas city.
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Houston
Texarkana
W. P. Brown
Texas City
Court Bars Picketing of Hawaii Ships in San Francisco
A federal court issued a temporary restraining order to stop ship picketing bound for Hawaii, with arguments set to decide permanence. The dispute stems from a longshoremen strike tied to Matson Navigation and Taft-Hartley Act violations.
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Hawaii
San Francisco
Hawaiian
George B. Harris
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
Los Angeles Harbor
NLRB
Matson Navigation Company
California
Wilmington
Matson
Steamship Company
Honolulu
Castle and Cooke Terminals, Limited
Matson Line
Duncan McBryde
West
New York
Hawaii Employers Council
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Second Wife Sues Former British MP Cunningham-Reid
Angela Williams files for divorce from Captain Alec S. Cunningham-Reid, ex Conservative MP. The suit follows his prior divorce suit over a $360,000 annual income and notes his wartime Parliament defense about a Hawaii visit related to Doris Duke and child evacuation plans. The couple wed secretly in 1944.
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London
Alec S. Cunningham-Reid
Angela Williams
Cunningham-Reid
Britain
Lord Temple
Honolulu
Hawaii
Doris Duke
England
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Waco
Miss Lillie Volek
Philadelphia
J. Presper Eckert Jr
Codesigner
James R. Weiner
Page Boy
Dottie
Oahu
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Union
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Big Five
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Dwight C. Steele
Employers Council
Bridges
Sues
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