Russia to Return 30 Ships in Lend Lease Settlement
Russia agrees to turn back 30 vessels by December 1 including three icebreakers and 27 frigates as part of lend lease talks. Officials say the move could improve prospects for balancing wartime accounts with Moscow and other Allies. Russia previously returned seven tankers and one dry cargo ship, and still holds 87 American merchant vessels.
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Moscow
Russia
Britain
France
Milwaukee
Italy
National Parks Conference to Meet in Texas in 1950
The National Conference on State Parks will hold its 1950 week long meeting in Texas with headquarters in Austin and Bastrop State Park. A tour will cover San Jose Mission Bastrop Big Bend National Park and a ceremony for Big Bend dedication may invite President Truman.
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National Conference On State Parks
Texas
Austin
Bastrop State Park
Big Bend National Park
Frank D. Quinn
State Parks Board
Quinn
Gordon Shearer
San Antonio
Detroit
Allan Shivers
American Institution of Park Executives
Shearer
San Jose Mission Advisory Council
National Park
Maury Maverick
Parks Board
National Park Service
San Jose Mission
Texas System
Big Bend
Truman
Livestock Receipts Hit Peak at Capitol Auction
The Capitol Livestock Auction Company sale Monday saw 1,465 cattle and 175 hogs pass through the ring. Prices ranged from 8 to 24.10 dollars for calves and cows, with many cattle moving at firm to strong levels as buyers reacted to the higher receipts and steady market. Notable lots included hogs from Ray Sullivan of Henley and steers and cows from multiple area consignors, with prices listed across weight classes.
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Capitol Livestock Auction Company
Ray Sullivan
Henley
Lee Beckley
Dripping Springs
A. A. Wilburn
San Marcos
C. R. Nygren
Manor
Route 1
C. A. Gonoway
Florence
T. D. Watson
Burnet
J. F. Price
Bastrop
Morris Wall
Marble Falls
C. W. Voyles
Cypress Mills
US pushes drive to put new blood in world trade arteries
The Truman administration urges quick action on the point four program to boost global development by American investment and technical aid overseas. State Department witnesses defend a $45 million launch, with $10 million for UN projects and the rest for American efforts in Latin America, Africa, and the Far East, while GOP critics call the plan vast and complex.
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Washington
State Department
Capitol Hill
Truman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Representative Eaton
GOP
Congress
Vorys
Ohio
James E. Webb
United Nations
Latin America
Africa
Far East
Britain Offers Americans a Better Mousetrap
Britain seeks more US dollars by listing a newly designed all metal rust proof self setting and hygienic mousetrap as an American import opportunity alongside herring stethoscopes sea moss and silver plate. The Commerce Department announced the item among specialty goods recently listed.
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Washington
Britain
Commerce Department
New Orleans Surgeon Honored by World Congress
International Society of Surgery will honor Dr. Rudolph Matas of New Orleans during its 13th congress October 10 to 15. The event brings 39 nations’ leading surgeons to the city, marking the first U S meeting and first in the South. Matas is the society’s only living past president, having chaired the 1938 Brussels congress.
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New Orleans
Rudolph Matas
International Society of Surgery
United States
South
Matas
Brussels
Cupid Aids Cops in Holdup Case of Too Nice a Guy
Margaret Smith, 18, from New Orleans, hailed a policeman to arrest Ferguson Chapman, 23, in Los Angeles on suspicion of robbery. Chapman and two companions were seized after a night of alleged crimes linked to El Paso and Nevada escapes. The girlfriend said she fled with Chapman plans for burglaries and Hollywood heists, then rejected him as “too nice a guy.”
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Los Angeles
Ferguson Chapman
Margaret Smith
New Orleans
Chapman
Port Huron
Mich
John Red Barnett
Salt Lake City
Jack Price
Oak Ridge
Miss Smith
Nevada
Winnemaca
Nev
Levelland
Texas
Price
Hollywood
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US Panel On State Parks
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Capitol
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S. F. Howell
W. C. Cheak
Liberty Hill
G. W. Meath
Rosanky
Otto Marx
Cedar Valley
S. T. Simmons
Cedar Creek
B. Landers
Lampasas
Otto Grumbles
Georgetown
J. F. Reid
Jim Ethridge
Kempner
T. E. McRea
Jarrell
J. Myers
C. A. McKeachern
Point Four
Great Britain
LaChoy
LeChoy Feed Products
Beatrice Foods Co
Archbeld
Nes Vie Vwrervey
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