Big Steel Faces Sept 25 Strike Threat Over Peace Plan
Philip Murray urged United States Steel to accept the presidential board peace pattern or face a nationwide strike starting Sept. 25. Steel declined to negotiate before new contract talks. President Truman hopes for progress toward settlement as threats loom with over 1.5 million workers at risk across CIO and AFL unions including United Steelworkers and United Mineworkers.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
United States Steel Corporation
CIO Steelworkers
Truman
CIO
United Steelworkers
United
United Electrical Workers
United Auto Workers
AFL
Cio-Uaw
Allis-Chalmers
Steel Fact-Finding Board
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal
Miners Welfare Fund
Tax Rate Kept At $2.75 Per $100 in Value
Austin city leaders maintained the 1949 tax rate at 2.75 per 100 assessed value. The distribution stays 1.00 to the general fund 1.15 to schools and 0.60 for bond debt retirement. Mayor Glass praised savings in the revenue bond sale that avoided a rate rise, aided by recent economies.
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Austin
Taylor Glass Haseen
Texas Air Tour Attendees Enjoy Lunch as Rally Continues
The All-Texas Air Tour stopped for a free lunch at Austin Municipal Airport as 15 private planes joined a 60-airport swing led by H. W. Bahnman. Governor Shivers’ adjutant general and city officials attended while Dr. C. C. Calvert funded a dinner to keep the tour on schedule.
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All- Texas Air Tour
The
Texas State Aviation Association
Texas
H. W. Meadows
Texas Aeronautics Commission
All-Texas Air Tour
Houston
Bahnman
Galveston
Ned Starkey
K. L. Berry
Allan Shivers
Taylor Glass
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Carrington
Robert Ragsdale
Holland Page Jr
Austin
C. C. Calvert
University of Texas
Texas Private Fliers Association
Calvert
Plainview
Vernon
Fort Worth
Asa Burroughs
Rio Grande Valley
Odessa
San Angelo
Kerrville
San Antonio
Indians Rout Yankees 10-6 as Lemon Notches 20th Win
Cleveland defeats New York 10-6 with Bob Lemon earning his 20th victory. Also notes upcoming Texas high school football games as Austin hosts Waco and Texas faces Texas Tech, plus obituary for pitcher Ernie Bonham and Bergstrom Field game at Forbes Air Base.
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Cleveland
Indians
New York Yankees
Bob Lemon
Austin Maroons
Waco
Texas
Texas Tech
Pittsburgh
Ernie Bonham
Bergstrom
Forbes Air Base
Chain of Reactions Spurs Austin Neighborhood Fight
A quarrel began when a 5 year old boy beat a 2 year old girl in a neighbor’s yard. The mother of the girl pursued with a can opener, and the other mother confronted her on the porch. She stabbed the rival above the eye and in the arm, breaking the opener. The injured woman was treated and released, then filed charges of simple assault.
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Kitchen
Brackenridge Hospital
Corporation Court
B36 Crashes at Lake Worth Kills One, Four Missing
Fort Worth report says a B36 bomber skidded off a runway and crashed into Lake Worth during takeoff. One airman killed, eight injured, four missing, initial counts later revised as a body counted twice. Names include Technical Sergeant William G. Seymour and pilots Major Toy Bushman and Major John H. Keene. Rescue teams search the lake as crews confirm all crew members initially accounted for.
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Fort Worth
Lake Worth
Cecil H. Scott Jr
William G. Seymour
Keene
Blanchard
Eighth Air Force
Richard L. English
Cecil Combs
Harry Hollo
Acheson Extends Privileges to France and Marshall Plan Nations
The United States extended trade and financial concessions granted Britain to France and all Marshall Plan nations to ease dollar strain. British permission to spend 175 million dollars of Marshall Plan funds on Canadian wheat was also granted by the ECA. The moves emerged from recent American British Canadian financial talks and followed Secretary of State Acheson meeting notes.
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Washington
United States
France
Britain
ECA
Secretary of State
Act
Canada
Schuman
Acheson
Snyder
Bevin
Germany
Austria
Maurice Persche
Henri Bonnet
OEEC
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Congress
Minton Named For High Court Vacancy
President Truman selected Sherman Minton to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the illness of Justice Wilbur. Minton, 58, a former Indiana senator and longtime liberal judge, will join Harold Burton Fred Vinson and others on the court.
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Minton
Washington
Truman
Senate
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Supreme Court
Wilaw
Mr. Truman
Harold H. Burton
Ohio
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky
Clark
Vinson
Hanks Hearing Set for Friday in Gasoline Tax Case
James N. Hanks former chief of the state controller office in Corpus Christi is to appear in 126th District Court before Judge Jack Roberts Friday at 9 a.m. He is indicted on four counts for illegal gasoline tax rebates. The case involves rebates paid to a mythical person. Farmers may receive state tax rebates on gasoline under law. Hanks remains free on bond.
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James N. Hanks
State Comptroller’s Office
Corpus Christi
126Th District Court
Jack Roberts
Hanks
Good Weather Seen For Gridiron Feast
The forecast predicts dry conditions for North Texas with a warm spell ahead. Friday and Saturday gridiron games in Austin including Bergstrom AFB opener, the Austin Maroons, and the Texas Longhorns kickoff welcome in comfortable late September like temperatures moving from the high 80s to the lower 90s.
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Austin
North Texas
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin Maroons
Texas Longhorns
Laredo
Amarillo
Negro Shot to Death in Cafe Burglary Chase
Dallas police officer D N Boyd shot and killed an 18 year old Negro youth identified as Edward Howard after a cafe burglary attempt. The pursuit began when the boy allegedly tried to break into the cafe and fled after commands to halt.
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Dallas
D. N. Boyd
Edward Howard
Boyd
Campus Quarters Tested as Student Rush Begins
University of Texas registration runs Friday for 15 000 to 16 000 students with orientation this week. H A Calkins notes planning aims to limit lines and confusion while transfers and preregistrants join freshmen in the process.
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University of Texas
H. A. Calkins
Calkins
Central Texas
Eugene A. Dean
Henry H. Moore
Austin
Acacia
Dudley D. McCalla
Loree
Dean Swadlenak
Alpha Tau Omega
Robert M. Stone
San Marcos
Chicar
Allan L. Dabney
Delta i
Captain Crommelin Disqualified from Joint Chiefs Post
Secretary of the Navy James Matthews announced that Captain John G. Crommelin was shifted from the joint chiefs of staff after he disqualified himself by his views on unification. Crommelin was reassigned to the air warfare division under Rear Admiral Cruise, a move later reaffirmed as duty in the air operations office rather than as director of Navy aviation personnel.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Matthews
John G. Crommelin
Defense High Command
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Crommelin
Navy
Deputy Chiefs of Naval Operations
E. A. Cruise
Joint Staff
National Defense Department
Navy Air
F. W. McMahon
Pentagon
Factory worker performs self appendectomy with .22 gun
Wayne Bacon of Utica Michigan shot his appendix while cleaning a .22 pistol. Doctors at Mt. Clemens General Hospital called the self performed operation more perfect than a scalpel.
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MT. Clemens, Mich
INS
Wayne
Woman shot in Austin apartment in daylight
Police seek a gunman who shot 48 year old Beulah Anna Johnson in her Rosewood Project apartment at about 2 PM. She survived a shotgun blast to the hip and thigh after a seven hour operation. A suspect fled west, last seen in merely pants, as residents aided the search.
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Brackenridge Hospital
Austin
Beulah Anna Johnson
Court 8
Rosewood Project
Pointblank Range
East Austin
Houston Man Found Dead in Hotel Room
Nicholas E. Titsa, 59, was found dead in his hotel room by a bellhop in Houston. He had worked in local restaurants for 13 years. Justice Tom Maes ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
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Houston
Nicholas E. Titsa
Titsa
Tom Maes
Three Hurt In North Austin Car Accident
Three men were injured near Austin after a midday collision between a pickup and a car. Profirio Basquez of Mathis was listed in critical condition at Brackenridge Hospital. Filemon Valdez of Mathis and Charles H. Logan of Fort Smith Ark were hospitalized with non life threatening injuries.
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Austin
Profirio Basquez
Mathis
Brackenridge Hospital
Filemon Valdez
Mathis Grocer
Charles H. Logan
Fort Smith
Ark
Valdez
Reinholdt Pfeifer
Red River Street
Pfeifer
Basquez
Logan
Corpus Christi
Senate Passes Reciprocal Trade Bill to President
The Senate approved the administration's reciprocal trade agreements bill 62 to 19 after rejecting GOP efforts to attach restrictive “peril point” provisions. The measure, already passed by the House, goes to President Truman for signature.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Lunacy Charge Filed Against Veteran After Fatal Shooting
A lunacy complaint was filed in County Court-at-Law against 77 year old George W. Gregg after his step daughter, Mildred Rankin, died from a gunshot wound in the back yard of the family home in Austin. A 45 revolver was recovered and suspect William C. Bryant, 28, was arrested.
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George W. Gregg
Gregg
Austin
K. R. Herbert
Bob Long
Lois Fugler
Veterans Service
Mildred Rankin
Chicon Street
Brackenridge Hospital
Bill Walton
Walton
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Murray
General Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Michigan
Chrysler
AFL International Longshoremen’s Union
Milwaukee
Allis- Chalmers
Commission
Burroughs
H. W. Bahnman
Center of Commerce
Blake Timmons
Texas Air Tourists
Wray Weddell
Austin American
Commerce
Association
Austin Fliers Association
Edna Hammerman
Joe Manor
Sherman West
A. W. Meadows
Harlingen
Small Fry
BY Ben Gould
Austin American Staff
Lake
William P. Fisher
Carswell Air Force Base
Toy B. Husband
Woodlake
Calif
John H. Keene
Miami, Fla
Europe
Umcaalilus Whity Mulicurs
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Illinois
Wisconsin
Walter C. Lindley
Danville, Ill
Eastern Illinois
Casper Platt
Lindley
Ernest W. Gibson
Vermont
McGrath
Georgetown
Ind
Roosevelt
Raymond E. Willis
Evon
Secretary of the Treasury
Paul G. Hoffman
England
Danny Burger
Royce W. Faulkner
William S. Swearingen
Delta Kappa _ Epsilon
Robert E. Cantrell
Wilbur A. Foster
Delta Sigma Phi
Jimmy Carl Gant
Clyde R. Littlefield
Kappa Alpha
Harold J. Boswell
Sterling A. Swift
Hilry H. Stedman
Cameron
Kappa Sigma
Murray I. Forsvall
Robert D. Henley
William R. Pritcher
John B. Rosser
Belton
Lambda Chi Alpha
Robert L. Armstrong
Phi Delta Theta
Carl Ray Brumley
Werner John Perlitz
Phi Gamma Delta
John F. Helm
Phi Kappa Psi
Glen B. Lichtenwalter
Joe Bob Menzler
Robert K. Taylor Jr
Blanco
Donald H. Trahan
Phi Kappa Tau
Leonard Karotkin Jr
Phi Sigma
Bryant
Holly Street
Merle Wells
T. S. Weaver
R. L. Ricks
T. L. Phipps
San Diego
Frances Green
Oklahoma City
Okla
Milton H. Brotherton
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