Harrison Arms Flow Expeditor Takes Charge of National Production
William Henry Harrison named head of a new National Production Authority in the Commerce Department to divert materials from civilian to military use. Twenty-one steel company presidents will confer with Secretary Sawyer on a priority and allocation system as the NPR issues anti hoarding rules and a broad priority regulation.
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William Henry Harrison
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Sunday
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Harrison Monday
Commerce Department
Steel Company
Harrison
NPR
Truman
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking and Currency Committee
NPA
Office of Industry and Commerce
DPA
At&t
War Production Board
Army Services of Supply
War Now
Brooklyn
Hit and run kills pedestrian in Austin on East Sixth Street
Felix Resas a 55 year old Austin man died after being struck on East Sixth Street near Attayac early Sunday. Two cars involved fled the scene as witnesses described a hit followed by a second vehicle running him down. Two youths age 18 and 20 were detained for questioning as investigators search for clues.
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Felix Resas
Austin
East Sixth Street
Resas
Brackenridge Hospital
J. C. Barnett Jr
Rosas
Attayac
Attayac Street
Josefa M. Resas
Louis Resas
Refugia Casas
Miss Maria Resas
Paul Resas
Jesus Resas
Pete Lopez
Guadalupe Church
Santa Maria de la Luz
Cook Funeral Home
AS YOU LIKE IT A Daughter, A Father, A Troubled Night
A terse page note details a strained family scene with a father, his wife, and a young daughter amid financial stress. The father’s ex-boss is noted as understanding while a separate line lampoons a man named Wrong Way Kored headed somewhere else. A third item reports on Mrs America candidates debating sleep, with playful song references and a frank call of the wild.
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Kored
New Bill To Ask 7 Billion Tax For Paid Up Defense
Senate finance chair George says Congress will soon pass a second installment tax bill to raise about 7 billion dollars. The plan aims to fund defense on a pay as you go basis, adding to the 4.5 billion dollar tax increase already before Congress. It would target corporate excess profits, widen excise taxes, and possibly include a limited transactions tax while closing loopholes.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Truman
Hope for Thirteen Miners Darkens
In New Cumnock Scotland rescue squads with floodlights began digging through mud toward 13 miners trapped at the bottom of a 720 foot coal pit after 116 others were pulled to safety. Relatives mourn at the pithead as mine disaster veterans warn the missing men may be engulfed by mud and water.
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New Cumnock
Scotland
Knockshinnock Castle
All Seven Saved Off Ditched Plane
A Navy transport plane ditched in the Pacific near Midway Island with empty fuel tanks. Within three hours all seven men aboard were rescued by a PC boat that picked them up from a life raft as 12 foot waves tossed them. None required medical assistance.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Pacific
Midway Island
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Conservatives Favored in Demo Meet for Texas Convention
Conservative delegations appear to have the edge in preconvention scuffles for seats at the Texas State Democratic Convention in Mineral Wells. Gov. Allan Shivers arrived with followers as factions discuss middle ground while naming leaders of credentials and temporary organization subcommittees.
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Democratic Executive Committee
John C. Calhoun
Corsicana
Shivers
John E. Wheat
Woodville
Judd Stuart
Strawn
State Committee
Stuart
Murmering
Spurgeon Bell
Houston
Bascom Gist
Tyler
R. T. Craig
Athens
Friends of Shivers
Dallas
Tarrant
Harris County
C. L. Melver
Leona
Emma Huddleston
Refugio
Woodville J. Rogers
San Antonio
E. G. Lloyd Jr
Alice
John D. Mitchell
Odessa
Charlie C. Gibson
Amarillo
Margie Neal
Carthage
Joe J. Fisher
Jasper
Dudley Farris
Ennis
William F. Eckhardt
Wortham
Jud Collier
Mumford
Merrill Connally
Floresville
World Softball Tournament opens in Austin with 18 teams
A week of play begins as 18 teams from Canada Mexico Hawaii and the U S converge in Austin Texas for the World Softball Tournament. The Jaycee stadium will host a 7 30 p m dedication and a 8 00 p m opening doubleheader Toronto versus Hickman Hawaii followed by Nixon Clay College of Austin against Aurora Illinois. A parade on Congress Avenue and a Miss World Softball selection occur Monday afternoon with finals set for Saturday.
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Canada
Mexico
Hawaii
United States
Jaycee Stadium
Toronto
Hickman Field
Austin
Nixon-Clay College
Aurora
Ill
Congress Avenue
Bill Elkins Elected Texas American Legion Commander
W L Bill Elkins of Killeen was elected commander of the Texas American Legion at its convention closing. The gathering adopted a resolution calling for the ouster of Secretary of State Dean Acheson for allegedly backing China’s Communism and defending loyalty concerns. Elkins succeeds Joe Spurrocks of Fort Worth who missed the event due to injuries.
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W. L
Bill) Elkins
Killeen
New State Legion CO
Galveston
Texas
Lo Tn American Legion
Dean Acheson
Acheson
China
State Department
Alger Hiss
Elkins
Joe Spurrocks
Fort Worth
H. J. Bernard
Houston
Sun District
H. Miller Ainsworth
Luling
Ainsworth
G. Ward Moody
Austin
Odessa
J. M. Wilson
Floydada
Walter Wolff
San Antonio
W. F. Stiegel
Port Arthur
Carrie
Studebaker Workers Accept 9 Cent Wage Increase
Studebaker workers in South Bend voted to accept a company offer for a nine cent hourly wage increase effective Sept 1. The five year contract allows adjustments up to four times yearly based on living cost statistics and includes a wage floor but no ceiling. union officials backed acceptance.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker Corporation
North Korean pushback and allied air raids in Korea
United Nations forces reported heavy fighting along a 120 mile front near Taegu as North Korean attackers pressed the line. Allied air power, including B 29s, struck targets such as a chemical plant near Pyongyang. South Korean and U S forces held positions at Taegu with warnings of a possible major push.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Taegu
aMsan Ort
Redeld Pohang
Sunchon
Pyongyang
First Cavalry Division
Tengu
Meyer Skeered on SWC Title Likely by Frogs
Fort Worth report says Dutch Meyer of the TCU Horned Frogs, among SWC top three, fears making predictions. Advance previews will run in the American Statesman starting Sept 18 with a look at all conference teams. The Horned Frogs story appears Sept 0.
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Fort Worth
Dutch Meyer
SWC
Dutchman
TCU Horned Frogs
Froggies
American Statesman
The
Horned Frogs
Thunderstorm Rakes Granger Area With 2 Inch Rainfall
A surprise storm swept into Granger and Williamson County at dusk Sunday bringing heavy rain around two inches, hail, and a small tornado west of Granger. Homes, barns, and outbuildings were damaged. no injuries reported as heat lingers with highs near 100.
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Austin
United States
Tarrytown
Granger
Williamson County
Texas
Martin Corres
Georgetown
Cotulla
Laredo
del Rio
Alice
Dalhart
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Storm Collapses Tent at Oral Roberts Rally in Amarillo
A revival tent collapsed during a hail and rain storm in Amarillo injuring at least 50 of about 7000 attendees at the Oral Roberts faith healing show. Eyewitnesses said wind lifted the $22,000 tent and poles, dropping them onto the crowd as ambulances and medical staff rushed in.
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Amarillo
Oral Roberts
Red China demands UN seat as vote on strafing dispute looms
Communist China requests representation at the UN Security Council as it presses a protest over alleged US plane strafing of a Manchurian airstrip. The move comes amid debate on Peiping’s UN admission and possible observers in the Manchurian debate while North Korean aggression looms to be addressed at the General Assembly opening Sept. 19.
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Lake Success
N.Y
China
UN Security Council
Red China
Chou En-Lai
Trygve Lie
Gladwyn Jebb
Russia
Peiping
Red
Manchuria
Council
Commission of Inquiry
Peiping Radio
UN Council
Sparkman
D-Ala
UN General Assembly
Acheson
General Assembly
New York
Army Hunts Texan In Big Funds Theft
The Fourth Army provost marshal said Major Harold Dean Banning a finance officer in Germany has been accused of misappropriating 250000 dollars in disbursement vouchers. He is believed to have lived in Houston. Fourth Army and Texas-Mexico border officers have been alerted to watch for him. Further details were not available.
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San Antonio
Fourth Army
Harold Dean Banning
Germany
E. O. Sandlin
Banning
Houston
Texas-Mexico
Sandlin
Washington
Top School Bill Up for Approval
The Austin School Board will meet Monday at 7 30 pm at the Bickler Administration Building to consider a 3 960 000 budget for public schools. Bids for House Park concessions will be opened, a new South Austin school site funded with 700 000, and plans for construction. Reopening a child care center at Rosedale School and leadership changes at Austin High School are on the agenda.
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Austin
Bickler
House Park
New South Austin
Rosedale School
Lee Wilborn
T. P. Baker
N. H. Wittner
Baker
Austin High School
Police Hold Suspect In $62 Station Theft
Nixon operator of a filling station at 1801 San Jacinto Boulevard reported that $62 was stolen from the cash register. Police held a 38 year old man for questioning in connection with the theft.
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T. 8. Nixon
San Jacinto Boulevard
Nixon
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