Senate Debates 1.314 Billion Arms Aid Bill
The Senate debated the 1.314 billion arms aid bill with Sen Connally and administration allies pushing for the full amount. George of Georgia urged a 700 million cut, while other officials warned against weakening the program as foreign policy ties Greece Korea and the Philippines to China containment efforts. The House and Senate consider budget and farm policy impacts as mid-October adjournment looms.
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Shington
Senate
Wei
Tom -Connally
Comta
Particuar
Or ©. George
Georgis
Colly
Greece
Korea
Philippines
China
Ith
Ralph
Commodity Creditcation
Trigg
Ate Agriculture
F of Agriculture
Budget Bureau
2 Pepper
Florida
Truman
Tohn Carson Tigan
House
Congress
Auto Workers Set September 29 Strike Deadline
The CIO United Auto Workers set a strike deadline of September 29 against Ford unless fourth round demands are met. Walter P. Reuther warned of canceling the contract, risking 115000 Ford workers idle and output of 6340 cars daily. Negotiations continue on pensions health care and wage increases. A presidential fact finding board rejected extra firemen on diesel locomotives.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Ford Motor Company
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
Reuther
Brotherhood of
Brotherhood of Rotomotive Engineers
Town rain dampens end of Mitten Schillers home story
A fragmentary notice recounts a past incident involving Hugh Stewart, Ben Training, and others at a local gathering. rope lines reference Yale football, a barbecue scene, and a change of managerial duties with Wanda Ellis and Rosalie Myers noted among attendees.
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Hugh Stewart
Ben
Brown
Kraft
Smemorn- S
Wanda Ellis
Rany Bowen
Yale
GFL
New Mexico
Chesback
Rosalie Myers
Bob Bounds
Comedian Frank Morgan Dies In Sleep
Hollywood reports the death of comedian Frank Morgan at his Beverly Hills mansion at age 58. A heart attack was cited. his wife Alma found him unresponsive. Morgan, famed for his distinctive laugh and double takes, died peacefully after a quiet dinner with family and guests.
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Hollywood
Industrd
Frank Morgan
Beloy
Morgen
Beverly Hills
Alma
Afarguerite
Cherry
George
Adds
Cormedian
Stocks Fall on Pound Devaluation Shock
New York stock prices opened lower after the pound and related currencies were devalued. Trading stayed active with large blocks.
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New York
Benkers
Three Die In Plane Crash At Fort Riley
An army plane crash near Mattfield Green Kansas killed three officers. First Lieutenant Walter F. Stone Jr of Scurry Texas First Lieutenant Dele Brenanemsan Jr of Junction City Kansas and First Lieutenant Clark W Burton of Macomb Illinois died when the L 17 Kzisan failed to land on a routine flight from Marswall Field to Wichita Kansas authorities said the wreckage strewn over ten yards and the pilot remained strapped in his seat as the craft broke apart.
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Fort Riley
Kar
Sentio
Walter F. Stone
Scurry
Texas
Dele FR Brenanemsan
Junction Cit
Kansas
Clark W. Burton
Fotomac
Milnois
Mattfield Green
Marswall Field
Wichita
Kansas City
Louis D. Linpinenti
Miners Start No Welfare No Work Strike Across States
Pittsburgh dispatch reports United Mine Workers launched a no welfare to work strike after operators refused 26 cent per ton royalty payments to the welfare fund. About 489,000 members joined, shutting pits in Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Indiana Utah and Wyoming.
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Pittsburgh
Cpr
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Tinois
Ohio
Indiana
Utah
Wyoming
UMWW
Lewis
Hugh White
Uatw District 22-Im
Welfare Fund
Mississippi
Levy
Southern
Bluefield
Northern and Wesern
White’ Sulphur Springs
Harry Sutter
Western’ Pennsylvania ‘Operators Association
Houston Plans 5000 Low- Cost Housing Units
Houston Housing Authority plans to build 5000 low cost housing units at an estimated cost near 30 million, pending approval from the city council and planning commission. George D. Neal, chairman, announced the program along with a broader slum clearance and urban development plan to span several years.
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Fouston
Houston
Houston Housing Authority
Housta
Busia
Neal
Ace Regional Council
Reds Agree On How Austrian Treaty Resumed
The State Department announced that Russia accepted a U S proposal to reconvene Big Four deputies in New York on September 22 to resume work on the Austrian peace treaty. The Bir Three Western ambassadors met with Andrei Gromyko who agreed Moscow would participate via its deputy in the renewed talks.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
U.S
New York
Department
Bir
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Soviet Union
Co Captains Of Lee High Grid Team Hurt In Wreck
The Robert E. Lee High School football co captains and two Baytown youths sustained minor injuries Sunday morning when their car rolled over two or three times after leaving College Station. David Johnson suffered a deep hip cut. Bil Fortinberry received bruises. J We Echols and others were cut and bruised.
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Robert E. Lee
Baytown
David
Rosse
Johnson
Fortinberry
J. We
John Echols
Texas A
M.villanova
Rush To Save U S Trade Other Nations Join Britain Devaluing Currencies
United Press reports Britain's pound devaluation triggered a global currency readjustment. By dawn 11 countries cut currencies toward the dollar, with New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland and Israel matching the 30 percent move. Australia and Egypt also devalued about 30 percent, while France and Belgium faced pressure to follow. Stock exchanges closed in several nations. the American market largely stayed open.
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U.S
Britain
United Press
New Zealand
South Africa
Ireland
Israel
Australia
Egypt
France
Belgium
Sweden
Italy
Holland
Greece
Germany
Werb
Ottawa
American Stock Exchange
New York
Train wreck near Newton injures at least thirty
A southbound passenger train derailed on a curve near Newton station injuring at least thirty people, with several in critical condition. The diesel engine and four cars toppled into a ditch, two cooks trapped in the diner, and rescue teams battled flames and debris for hours. Ambulances ferried victims to hospital as remaining passengers continued by bus to Asheville.
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Newton
W. C
Southern Railway
Asheville
North Carolina
Czech Prelate Sentenced to Ten Years for Treason
Prague announced that Archbishop Josef Matocha’s secretary Theodor Funk was convicted of high treason for distributing leaflets urging priests to enforce the Vatican excommunications of Catholic Communists. The church reportedly consecrated a new bishop amid tensions with the Communist government.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Officisl News
Josef Matocha
Theodor Funk
Vatican
Catholic Communists From the Church. the Surouncement Came After Relishig
Kajetan “Katousek
St. Igndtius
Fragte
Antonin Biltschner
Missing Texan Found At Lubbock Update
Lubbock September report says 17 year old Linnie Lee Creacy of Phillips Texas was found alive after a prior disappearance. He left Phillips July 7 to join a harvest crew and later claimed letters were not reaching his family. Authorities also note a veteran 80 with heart attack treatment and murder charges in a separate case.
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Lubbock
Linnie Lee Creacy
Phillips
Texas
Creacy
Rea
Linnie
Sharon Springs
Kansas
Notonly
Young’ Creacy
Far
Atep- Gaupeher
Devaluation Cripps Press Conference Shapes Crisis
Cripps faced 406 reporters as Britain devalues the pound from 4.03 to 2.80, pledging no cuts to social services and defense spending. Wilson Strachey and Jay joined the briefing outlining currency shifts, tariff measures, and global readjustments amid a looming general election.
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Staf
Brita
Winsto
Cripps
Weekend Mishaps Take Toll Across Texas
A weekend of deadly incidents in Texas left eighteen people dead. Among the victims were 14‑year‑old Phillips Bey from Borger who died after a runaway horse dragged him a quarter mile, and 52‑year‑old Mavines Burton near Cleburne shot by accident while dove hunting with her husband. In Perryton a driver, G Osborn, faced negligent homicide charges after a crash that killed Cannon Driver and her son Lloyd, while a navy torpedo bomber and an air national guard fighter collided near Grand Prairie killing Lieutenants Leroy Bates and James Lewis Turner Jr. Fort Worth saw a fatal motorcycle crash involving John Leonard De Leon.
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United Press
Texas
Phillips
Bey
Ike Pierce
Borger
Cleburne
Mavines Burton
Navy
Air National Guard
Grand Prairie
Dallas County
Leroy Bates
Pasadena
Harris County
James Lewis Turner, Jr
Irving
Fort Worth
John Leonard Deleon
National steel strike to start at midnight Saturday
President Murray announced a nationwide steel strike will begin at midnight Saturday unless steel companies settle now based on Truman fact finding board recommendations. He asserted the strike could prompt a fourth round of wage increases and threaten insurance and pension benefits while the dispute continues.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Truman
Murray
Lightning Strikes Elks Building Amid Storm Warnings
A severe electrical storm swept through the city with heavy rain and strong winds. Lightning cracked the mast of the Elks building, causing possible damage citywide as showers continued. Temperatures hovered around 76 degrees with light rainfall totaling about a twelfth of an inch.
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Hie
Baytown
Fund for Blind Wife Urged by Baytown Group
A Baytown women’s group led by Mrs RL Du Bose seeks community donations to finance Mrs Du Bose’s delicate eye surgery trip to New York. Local residents, including Mi Nichols, propose a special fund and credit account at Citizens Savings to help cover travel and medical costs for the couple’s efforts to restore sight.
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Baytown
du’ Bose
New York
Mi Ws.Nichols
du Bose
41 Candidates For State Education Board In Texas
AUSTIN Sept 19 A former national head of the Young Democrats Roy G Baker of Sherman leads a list of 41 candidates for the 21 member state board of education. The secretary of state’s office reported late that several entries failed to file loyalty affidavits and would be called to submit them by the deadline. The filing rush filled the field in the final hours as petitions came in for districts across two districts and five areas.
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Austin
IPI
Young Democrats
State Board of Education
Roy G
Baker
Sherman
Young’ Democratic ‘Organization
Bakana
of State
Sec
Department
White Prisoner Escapes From Negro Prison in Texas
At Angleton Hidalgo County a four year old white prisoner escaped from Clemens Prison Farms by cutting a way through a heavily barred barrier. Prison authorities say Fletcher, a worker, happened to be on site and unopposed, while other race districts show multiple candidates in late August elections.
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Angleton
Clemens
Joe
Fiet
Hidalgo
Fletcher
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