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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1950
Page
1
The Austin city administration proposed a $9.98 million joint city and school bond package to fund five years of capital improvements. Officials warn taxes may rise as assessments could be raised to 100 percent, expanding the bond debt limit and enabling faster bond sales.
Polish Ambassador Winiewicz accused American authorities of discrimination against the liner Batory in New York harbor. He said the crew cannot go ashore, visitors are barred, and longshoremen recently refused to unload Polish and Danish cargo amid intensified Coast Guard checks. The protest warned of possible corrective measures.
Summertime temperatures persisted in Austin with a 94 degree afternoon. Thursday should bring a slight warm up to 95 as skies remain partly cloudy.
A burglar in a Taylor neighborhood took a pair of trousers during a theft. The unusual crime is noted in a Page 11 item. The rest of the excerpt references a dramatic wet home run and a near no run record on Page 23.
Senate armed services committee approves a bill allowing General George Marshall to serve as secretary of defense despite a military service restriction. House committee defers action to Friday amid calls for civilian control. President Truman asks for a one time exception in Marshall case due to critical times and Marshall’s qualifications.
NEW YORK Sept. 13 The Big Three foreign ministers reported progress on a unified Western European defense force with emphasis on German internal security and a centralized police, a future policy allowing German military units under control, and agreement on a common military staff while debates over command and funding proceed.
A 27-year-old man charged with car theft escaped from a sheriff's deputy at Brackenridge Hospital Wednesday morning. William Jack Patrick crawled through a window while a nurse’s back was turned. He had been brought to the hospital for treatment and no trace was found that night as authorities statewide searched for him. Patrick had been arrested earlier this month in Dallas in connection with a car theft in Austin. He is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
Navy plans to call 206 502 men 23 934 officers and 182 568 enlisted by next March the first large scale activation plan disclosed to the Senate appropriations committee as part of an emergency defense bill totaling about 17 185 000 000 to deter aggression overseas Vice Admiral J W Roper presented the plan noting monthly new recruits of 12 500 through February and a manpower rise to 67 514 officers 512 291 enlisted by next spring
United Nations forces bombarded Inchon on Korea's west coast with American and British ships while carrier aircraft strike inland targets. Far East air and naval units report 217 sorties as UN ground forces counterattack on multiple fronts near Taegu and Kyongju.
Five senators including Tobey in New Hampshire and Hayden in Arizona won nominations in tight contests while others were renominated without opposition. Ann Frohmiller became Arizona's first woman Democratic gubernatorial nominee, and Michigan's Harry F. Kelly secured the GOP governorship bid. In Detroit Williams outpolled rivals for a Senate race.
Thirty two House Republicans pledged to oppose any adjournment without action on an excess profits tax. They may back a separate measure rather than the pending 4.5 billion tax increase bill, while Democrats push for action after vacation and aim to wind up business in the Senate soon. A clash looms as Eberharber seeks to insert the levy into the general tax bill.
On Capitol Hill Rep. Dingell proposes a daily beer ration for U S troops at public expense while Rep Bryson urges total abstinence during emergencies. Army Tokyo order had ended free beer except front line troops funded by post exchanges. WCTU backs anti alcohol action. Pentagon says decision rests with field commanders.
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