Senate Stalls on final veto vote as recess set
The Senate debate over Truman's anti-Communist bill stalled after the House voted to override. Senators argued on liberty, with leaders forecasting a veto-nullifying vote. The House approved 286 to 48 and the Senate 51 to 7 before recess until November 27.
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Cavalry Breaks 35 Miles in Southeast Korea Front
US First Cavalry advanced 35 miles beyond the old defense lines toward Taegu, Sangju and Seoul, threatening entrapment of retreating North Korean divisions. Seventh Division moved toward Suwon, Marines pressed toward Seoul's outskirts amid heavy fighting in the capital.
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Red
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Yongdongpo
Bill Ross
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Pohang
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Ralph Bunche Wins Nobel Peace Prize for 1950
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, American mediator for the United Nations in Palestine, is the first Black recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He receives 31410 dollars and a gold medal for his work arranging cease fire accords between Arab states and Israel. Bunche, senior director of the UN trusteeship council, has long fought racial discrimination and declined a U.S. State Department post over bias.
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Norway
Ralph J. Bunche
Palestine
Truman
Winston Churchill
George C. Marshall
Jawaharlal Nehru
Bunche
United Nations
Count Folke Bernadotte
Holy Land
Israel
Washington
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Browder and two others cited for contempt of Congress
The Senate adopted contempt citations against Earl Browder Frederick Vanderbilt Field and Philip Jaffe related to the in government charges raised by Senator McCarthy. The resolutions were approved by voice vote after a subcommittee investigation led by Senator Tydings.
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Senate
Earl Browder
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Philip Jaffe
Congress
MecCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate Foreign Relations
Tydings
Sen. McCarthy
Jets Complete First Nonstop Atlantic Crossing
The US Air Force announced Colonel David C. Schilling completed a 3,300 mile nonstop flight from England to the United States Friday afternoon finishing at 5 00 p m CST. Lieutenant Colonel William D. Ritchie attempting a refueled nonstop crossing bailed out over Labrador and was rescued by a helicopter. Schilling, a World War II fighter ace from Leavenworth, had been airborne from near London since 8 01 a m EST Friday.
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Air Force
US Air Force
England
Labrador
David C. Schilling
Atlantic
William D. Ritchie
Col. Schilling
Leavenworth
London
Longhorns Face Texas Tech in Lubbock Showdown
Texas football eyes a pivotal decision as the Longhorns visit Texas Tech this Saturday. The game serves as a test for Southwest Conference teams. Lampasas County joins 10 others in completing a local unit of the Texas Economy Commission as part of statewide organization efforts.
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$17 Billion Defense Bill Sent to White House
The Senate passed a $17 billion emergency defense bill and sent it to the White House. It funds $11.736 billion for domestic defense and $4 billion to arm other countries against Soviet aggression, with a milder aid-control provision replacing a flat ban. President Truman expected to sign promptly.
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AFL Calls for Price Controls and Wage Parity Debate
The AFL urged immediate price controls on key goods while warning a wage freeze could wait until wages reach pre invasion parity with prices. Oscar Ewing accused the AMA of funding propaganda for anti liberal candidates and urged scrutiny of health reform messaging. Texas physicians defended current standards against compulsory government health insurance.
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Austin
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America
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Congress Okehs Emergency War Tax Bill
The Senate and House approved a 4.706 billion dollar emergency war tax bill by wide margins. It calls on Americans to sacrifice financially to fight Communist aggression and starts tax increases on Oct 1 with higher personal and corporate rates. A second, excess profits tax on corporations is planned after November elections. The measures could lift total annual taxes toward 50 billion dollars.
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Truman
White House
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Inflation Rise In US Cost Of Living In Mid August
The cost of living index rose 0.3 percent from July 15 to August 15 with increases in house furnishings, miscellaneous goods and services, and fuel electricity and refrigeration. Food prices fell 0.5 percent the first decline since February 1950. The index stood at 173 percent of the 1935 39 base, up 25 percent from a year earlier and 75.5 percent above August 1939.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
General Motors
OPA
Arkansas Democrats Open Party Primaries to Negroes
In Little Rock on September 22, Arkansas Democrats voted to remove the word white from party election rules. Negroes are now allowed to vote in Democratic primaries and to run for state offices.
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Ark
Democratic Party
Arkansas
Bridge widening clash over Congress Avenue bridge report
Advocates for widening the Congress Avenue bridge blast a Travis County engineers report as narrow minded and call for a bond issue to fund two additional lanes. They argue tests by qualified engineers show widening is practical and cost effective, while railing against slide rule criticism.
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Travis County Engineering Enmoty
Wee
Travis County
Texas Society of Professional ‘Engineers
Tom Johnson
Taylor Glass
Austin
John H. Payne
Texas Civil Defense Plan Adopted for National Rollout
Federal government adopts and endorses the Texas Civil Defense plan as the model under new national legislation. Texans McGill and others outline high points including coordination with military forces under Adjutant General Berry and supervision of evacuation, warning systems, and emergency services by state agencies and officials.
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William L. McGill
Allen Shivers
Chicago
National Security Resources Board
Truman
McGill
K. L. Berry
Homer Garrison Jr
Department of Public Safety
Defense
State Health Department
George W. Cox
Gorge C. Hawley
Paul H. Brown
DeWitt C. Greer
Emergency Welfare Service
John H. Winters
Department of Public Welfare
H. D. Carmichael
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Equinox Settles In as Summer Clings to Austin
Autumn arrives in Austin at 8 44 am as the equinox marks a half summer half fall day. The forecast calls for moderate temperatures 91 high 66 low and partly cloudy skies through Saturday and Sunday.
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Lake Travis
Capitol
Texas
Weather Bureau
Fall From Freight Kills Waco Resident
James Taylor about 55 of Waco died after a fall from a moving Missouri Pacific freight train near Buda. He was found along the track by a railroad employee and said before dying that he had been robbed and pushed from the car. He died at Memorial hospital San Marcos at 1 30 p m Friday. funeral arrangements pending. Deputy Sheriff Trevino investigating.
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Buda
James Taylor
Waco
Memorial Hospital
Missouri Pacific
Taylor
Fred Trevino
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