Deluge Heaviest Here in 3 Years
A torrential rain and thunderstorm struck Austin early Friday, dropping 3.65 inches in 24 hours the heaviest since 1946. The storm caused street flooding and property damage including a fallen tree striking a house. the city faced high water on several streets and a damaged wall at City Hall.
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Austin
Public Works Department
Enfield Road
Missouri Pacific
Airport Boulevard
North Street
Ruby Sawyer
West Ninth
Cripps Warns of Living Standards Drop in Crisis Talks
Sir Stafford Cripps told reporters that living standards may fall for many in Britain and possibly Western Europe over the next two years as financial talks with the United States and Canada progress. He urged U S market access to British goods and ruled out a new American loan, warning further cuts may be needed temporarily while solutions are pursued. Bevin echoed the world problem stance and urged unity, as talks continued at the State Department among Britain, the United States and Canada.
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Washington
Stafford Cripps
Britain
The
United States
Ernest Bevin
Cripps
Bevin
Canada
Deputy Indicted in Mason Slaying Sparks Alice Probe
Sam Smithwick 60 a deputy sheriff was indicted for murder in the July 29 shooting of W. H. Mason a crusading radio commentator. Smithwick turned himself in and is jailed without bond as grand jury probes the Aug 26 1948 Jim Wells County primary and box 13 ballot irregularities.
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Alice
Sam Smithwick
Friday
W. H
Bill) Mason
Smithwick
Mason
Box 13
Jim Wells County
Corpus Christi
Luis Salas
Co. W. (Dinky) Price
Charley Price
Bruno Goldapp
Alice Bank and Trust Company
E. M. Brownlee
E. G. Lloyd Jr
B. S. Ainsworth
Tire and
Claude McConnel
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate panels approve 1.31 billion arms aid bill
Two Senate committees approved a 1.314 billion arms aid bill with 75 million for unallocated Far East spending. The plan funds 1 billion for European NATO members and Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines with a 75 million Far East allocation. Debate over earmarks for non Communist China continued as Knowland failed to secure dedicated China funds.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Far East
Senator Connally
Texas
China
Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Congress
House
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
George
Byrd
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dulles
R-Ny
Atlantic
Knowland
Calif
Connally
Czech Vatican Rift Deepens Over Priest Visa Standoff
Prague faces severed ties as Czechoslovakia denies entry visa to the Vatican nuncio de Liva, leaving a one-man embassy. Lay teachers refuse state control of religious instruction and vow to pull children from church classes. priests threaten oath refusal under new law.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Vatican
Holy See
Sudentenland
Poland
Ottavio de Liva
Alois Zmrzlik
Msgr
Paolo Bertoli
Bern
Switzerland
Verolino
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Josef Beran
Chest Board Hears Towner on Policies
Community Chest directors and new executive director Wayland D. Towner held a get acquainted session. Towner, arriving from San Angelo, spoke on general Chest work and campaign plans as budget talks centered on 1950 goals. Fred Catterall Jr. and E. W. Jackson spoke on drive structure while a $218,911 budget was set, plus an $11,000 USO subscription request. A decision on USO consolidation with the Chest drive remains pending.
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Community Chest
Wayland D. Towner
San Angelo
Chest
Towner
Austin
West Texas
Fred Catterall Jr
E. W. Jackson
Advance Gifts
USO
Travis County
War Game Defenses Halt Capture of Munich
In Nurnberg Germany defense forces in American field maneuvers held off aggressor armored spearheads Friday night and apparently saved Munich from mock capture. A French battalion aided the defense training with the US First Division and stopped a tank thrust by the offensive forces, with American constabulary troops acting as the enemy from the east on the Danube River.
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Mernberg
Germany
Munich
Danube
23 Die In Canada Airliner Crash Near St. Joachim
A Canadian Pacific DC3 crashed on a mountain side near St. Joachim Quebec killing all 23 aboard. Among the dead are E. T. Stannard president of Kennecott Copper and two other top American industrialists. 19 passengers and four crew members perished. Witnesses noted an in flight explosion before the craft plunged into the rugged bush.
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ST. Joachim
Que
E. T. Stannard
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Arthur D. Storke
Climax Colubdenum Company
Stannard
Kennecott
R. J. Parker
Kennecott Corporation
Quebec Iron and Titanium Company
St. Lawrence River
Here
Canadian National Railroad
St. Lawrence
Storke
Quebec
Montreal
Quebec City
Baie Comeau
Patrick Bouchard
Keller
C. Humphries
Bank of Montreal
Calman
W. H. Schouler
Thorold, Ont
Quebec North Shore Paper Company
R. Sharados
A Bomb Now Obsolete Says Bacteriologist
Dr. Brock Chisholm, director general of the World Health Organization, declared that deadly bacteriological weapons have made the atomic bomb obsolete. He warned that a small amount of a single substance could kill billions and that manpower and heavy industry no longer determine military power.
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ST. Cergue
Switzerland
Brock Chisholm
World Health Organization
Believe Me, Judge, It's a Dog's World
Pasadena police report a man jailed on drunkenness charges had his wife rescue the dog from jail while he stayed confined. Police Chief Edd Miller noted the wife planned to fetch the dog, highlighting a humorous domestic moment.
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Pasadena
Edd Miller
Miller
Car crashes into kitchen in Inglewood home
Agnes Marshall awakened by a crash to find an automobile in her kitchen. She told the dazed driver to call the police, but when she returned the car had vanished from the scene.
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Inglewood
Calif
Agnes Marshall
Famed Pilot Bill Odom To Be Buried Sunday
Famed transcontinental flier Bill Odom killed in the National Air Races at Cleveland will be buried in Columbus Mississippi. Funeral services are set for 3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church. Odom's parents Mr and Mrs Dennis Odom moved to Columbus earlier this year.
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Columbus
Miss
Bill Odom
Cleveland
First Baptist Church
Odom
Dennis Odom
Mopac Strike Halts Wages for 27 500
The Missouri Pacific Railroad employees went on strike at 2 p.m. CST halting most services and laying off about 22 500 additional workers. Only 2 500 kept on payrolls as unions reject mediation proposals. Cities affected include St Louis Kansas City Omaha Memphis and Little Rock.
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ST. Louis
Sept
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Inter
Frank Douglass
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Washington
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Omaha
Neb
Memphis
Tenn
Little Rock
Ark
Robert C. Young
Railway Mail Service
Paul J. Neff
Four Brotherhoods
Truman
R. E. Davidson
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Near-Record Crops Indicated In 1949 Farm Outlook
The Agriculture Department reports a near record crop volume for 1949 with total production second only to last year. Corn at 3.526 billion bushels is 27 percent above average and may lead to government production controls. Wheat remains near its decade high. feed grain supplies are the most liberal on record, and cotton, tobacco, rice, and other staples face potential controls next year.
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Austin
Washington
Agriculture Department
Mary Garden Sails for US Lecture Tour
Mary Garden plans to sail from Aberdeen to New York on the SS Nieuw Amsterdam on Sept 21 for lectures in the United States on music and opera. The 72 year old former star tours under the National Arts Foundation visiting cities from Massachusetts to Texas with several dates already set in Dallas and surrounding towns.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Mary Garden
New York
Nieuw
Amsterdam
United States
National Arts Foundation, Incorporated
Massachusetts
Texas
Miss Garden
Waco
Dallas
Denton
Tulsa
Texas Football Sparks Amid Busy Central Texas Schedule
Central Texas reports a flurry of games with Texarkana beating Austin 5-1 in the Big State League playoffs. Cincinnati toppled St. Louis 6-1 while Cleveland rebounded by defeating St. Louis 6-2. Boston beat New York 7-1, and New York Giants pounded Brooklyn 10-1. Rice Owls loom in SWC with senior lettermen. Weimar named top town team in National Baseball Congress tourney.
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Texas
Texarkana
Austin
St. Louis
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Boston
Red Sox
New York Yankees
New York
Giants
Rice Owls
Harold V. Ratliff
Associated Press
Weimar
National Baseball Congress
University of Texas
Dairy Show Highlights Top Cash for Holsteins at Austin
W G Gresham of St Elmo won top money with a string of Holsteins at the Austin Dairy Show drawing 400+ attendees from Central Texas. Mrs R W Bamble of Georgetown led Jersey classes with three blue ribbon animals. Hill Brothers and Jack Vaughan of Kyle shared Milking Shorthorn honors. Cecil Fisher of Elgin tied for top in livestock judging with 240 points. many others arranged in tight scores. In junior judging John Schodel Jr of Austin led with 195 points, and a pig scramble crowned Jimmy Starwater champion with teammates nearby.
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Dave Shanks
Austin American Agricultural
Austin
Friday
Texas
W. G. Gresham
St. Elmo
Georgetown
R. W. Bamble
Erwin Roemer
O. J. Moore
Elgin
R. W. Gamble
Gordon Rosanky
Florenz Steger
Manor
Walter A. Hill
Kyle
Alton Myers
Lampasas
R. Prochnow
Dripping Springs
George W. Brewer
Buda
John Schodel Jr
B. L. Chamberlain
Manchaca Road
Jimmy Starwater
Travis Helge
Bill Chamberlain
Bobby Gamble
Robert Pflenger
Gunnison River Rapids Run Ends Successfully
Veteran riverman Ed Nelson completed a three day 19 mile journey down the boulder choked Gunnison River at Black Canyon. He walked out carrying the collapsible rubber boat used to navigate the rapids.
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Montrose
Colo
Ed Nelson
Black Canyon
Gunnison River
Steel Board Finalizes Plan to Avert Steel Walkout
President Truman’s three man fact finding board completed its wage and pension proposal to end the looming steel strike. If accepted by union and industry it could affect other industries, while rejection would trigger a CIO steelworkers’ walkout at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
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Washington
Truman
CIO
New York
Carroll R. Daugherty
Northwestern University
New York State
Samuel I. Rosenman
David L. Cole. Patterson
N. J
New York Post Home News
Murray
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Bill Baxter
Shadyglade Courts
State Department
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Ann Peterson
G. R. Peterson
National Foundation
Ann
Capital National Bank
Atlantic Area Defense Council
Chest Board
Pilot Bill Odom
Douglass
Mopac
Sailing
Steel Board
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