Big Three Edge Toward Easing German Controls
The Big Three nations propose sweeping steps to relax Allied controls on Germany, expanding internal policing, lifting production limits, and ending the wartime state, with plans to integrate West Germany into a Western defense framework while debates over rearmament and German elections continue. The move aims to preserve unity with the United Nations and resist Soviet pressure, though full Western European defense inclusion awaits later talks.
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Germany
Dean Acheson
Robert Schuman
Ernest Bevin
Soviet Union
Europe
North America
Rio de Janeiro
Henry A. Bevoads
State Department
Bereitschaften
Senate approves General Marshall as defense secretary
The Senate armed services committee on Tuesday approved General George C. Marshall for secretary of defense by a nine to two vote. Cain and Knowland opposed Marshall citing his military background, while the nomination moves to the full Senate for confirmation.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
George C. Marshall
Defense
Tydings
Acheson
Miners May Vacation If Taft Makes Visit
John L. Lewis warned Ohio coal mine owners that United Mine Workers may quit work if Senator Taft visits for his reelection campaign. He urged owners to bar Taft entry to mines and warned of a toll on Americans.
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Taft
Washington
John L. Lewis
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Ohio Republican
UN Rejects Indian Bid to Oust Chinese Nationalists
The United Nations General Assembly opened its fifth session and rejected India's proposal to seat Communist China. A Canadian plan to study representation was adopted instead. The vote split Allies and Commonwealth members, with 33 in favor and 16 against while 10 abstained. Nasrollah Entezam of Iran was elected president of the new session.
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United Nations General Assembly
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Peiping
Andrew Y. Vishinsky Poe
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Burma
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Czechoslovakia
Denmark
India
Israel
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Greece
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Turkey
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Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
Britain
British Commonwealth
Wew
Zealand
Thessembly
Nasrollah Entezam
Carlos P. Romulo
Mohammed Zafrullah Khan
Wiliam Siroky
Stefan Wierblowski
Kau
United Nations
T. F. Tsiang
Sweet light of reason guides this year’s hats and repairs
Generic newspaper notes praise hats and fashion while San Saba residents band together to fund a repair project the city cannot cover. The page references include sections on page numbers and a brief glimpse of local happenings.
Oil Commission Sets October Daily Allowable Cut
The Railroad Commission on Tuesday set October oil daily allowable at 2,761,296 barrels a drop from September by 125,162. The cut maintains 22 producing days for most areas, trims East Texas to 21 days, and imposes a 79,000 barrel emergency cut in Scurry County. Total Texas oil and distillates allowed reach 3,042,675 barrels daily.
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Railroad Commission
Big East Texas
Scurry County
West Texas
Texas
East Texas
H P. Nichols
East Texas Oil Association
Pan American Pipe Line Company
William J. Murray
District 8
Coolidge Takes Lead In Governor's Race
In Boston on September 20 Arthur W. Coolidge a former lieutenant governor won the Republican nomination for Massachusetts governor. He led with about two to one over his rivals as one third of the vote was tallied in a six candidate field.
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Boston
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Arthur W. Coolidge
St. David's campaign hits $273000 with weekend pledges
The St. David's hospital building fund reached 273053 dollars after weekend pledges of 28164 were announced at a Stephen F. Austin hotel workers report meeting. Team captains will finish calls to pending prospects by 6:30 pm Friday. Chairman Max Starcke led the session with optimistic takes from several speakers and board leaders.
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St. David's Hospital News
Stephen F. Austi
Claude Voyles
Big Gifts Committee
Initial
Joseph Cocke
Max Starcke
Rebels Capture Frontier Town In Indo China
Communist Viet Minh forces captured the frontier outpost of Dongke after bloody hand to hand fighting. French forces reported heavy clashes near Pakba and Lackay as reinforcements moved to the border amid unconfirmed claims of looted garrisons and possible massacres.
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Indo-China
Saigon
Viet Minh
Dongke
Pakba
Lackay
Red
China-Indo-China
China
Hanome
Marcel Carpentier
French Foreign Legionnaires
Doneke
Hanoi
Pakha
Lackey
Fort Worth Flood After Severe Downpour Floods Homes
Fort Worth areas were submerged briefly as the heaviest rain since last year's May flood swept the city. Homes flooded, residents evacuated by boat near the Clear Fork, and power and telephones disrupted by water damage. Downtown streets flooded and storm sewers blamed for the deluge.
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Fort Worth
Clear Fork
Trinity
US Weather Bureau
Mecham Field
East Fort Worth
Texas Electric Company
White Settlement
Consolidated Vultee
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Dallas
Marfa
Mineral Wells
Houston
West Texans
Two Navy Plane Crashes Kill 31
Two Navy four engine planes crashed killing 31 aboard. The Kwajalein transport exploded in the Pacific killing 26 after takeoff from Kwajalein lagoon. The second Privateer crashed in Puget Sound near Whidbey Island with seven aboard and no survivors found.
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Navy
Pacific Ocean
Kwajalein
Puget Sound
Whidbey Island
Pacific
4Th Naval District
Coupeville
Wash
San Point
Seattle
Naval Air Station
Saratoga Passage
Patrol Squadron 931
Naval Reserve
Willow Grove
Posey of Walter Tips Co. Dies on Business Trip in Valley
Frank W. Posey 75 president of the Walter Tips Company died suddenly in McAllen during a business trip. He led the firm since 1949 after a long career beginning as a stenographer in Austin 1892. Survived by widow Bird Posey and two children. Funeral plans to be announced in Austin.
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Frank W. Posey
Walter Tips Company
McAllen
Posey
Waller Tips
Burnet
Austin
Austin National Win
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Fidelity State Bank
Bird Posey
Barney Farmer
Frank G. Posey
Lubbock
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Labor Government Clings to Power In Narrow Defeat
London reports a Labour victory by six votes as Churchill failed to force a defeat of the government over steel nationalization. Attlee would seek dissolution if the motion passed. Labour promised state takeover around January 1 1951 under the Nationalization Act.
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London
Winston Churchill
Labor Party
Churchill
House of Commons
Clroment Atlee
William Whiteley
Labor
Commons
Westminster
Attlee
Herbert Morrison
Summer Heat Persists in Austin Amid Watch for Showers
The Austin forecast keeps daytime highs near 93 degrees with more hot weather on Wednesday. The weather man says isolated afternoon showers are possible as summer lingers into fall.
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Austin
Mercury
Allied Forces Cross Han River in Major Assault Near Seoul
US Marines and tanks crossed the Han River eight miles northwest of Seoul in large force, advancing toward the capital as Reds fled. Artillery and naval fire supported the push with Inchon bombardments clearing the path. In the southeast beachhead, UN forces widened bridgeheads and moved toward Taegu as North Koreans pulled back from key positions.
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Tokyo
Han River
United Nations
Pusan
Seoul
Inchon
South Korea
38Th Parallel
Lewis Puller
Kimpo
Berlin
Eighth Army
Pohang
Missouri
Taegu
US First Corps
Kunci
Kumchon
Kasan
Naktong River
Waegwan
US 24Th Division
West Bank
Changnyong
Bean Swells Kill Indiana Child
In Indianapolis a year old girl named Nancy Lou Patterson died after choking on a swelling bean. Police and doctors treated her with a throat tube, restoring breathing temporarily, but she died three hours after returning home. The deputy coroner said a bean might have been lodged in her throat and swallowed, blocking the windpipe.
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Indianapolis
Katherine Patterson
Nancy Lou
Harrison Green
Slater
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