Red Hats for Cardinals Pius XII elevates 29 cardinals
Vatican City February 2050 Pope Pius XII announced birettas for 29 of the 32 new cardinals named this week. The ceremony highlighted the first symbols of papal dignity for the new princes of the church. Cardinal Agagianian led the deck, followed by Cardinal John Glennon of St. Louis, as the pope urged unity through faith amid a torn world. He stressed the church’s universal role, care for populations displaced or abroad, and urged believers to remain active in the church rather than retreat into temples. The pope warned against eliminating the church’s public role, insisting the faithful form a society within the church. The address touched on postwar world balance and universal calls amid social upheaval.
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Housing Fund Up for Vote
Washington report outlines House banking committee consideration of a $1.6 billion federal housing package to back Truman’s veteran housing plan over the next 16 years. Proposals seek a $1 billion increase in the Federal Housing Administration’s authorisation to insure mortgages and a $600 million subsidy to boost building material output, with Henry Ford II invited to testify on OPA auto price ceilings.
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Truman
House Banking Committee
Chester Bowles
Federal Housing Administration
Spencer DeKy
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
OPA
Houston City Hall Picketed in City Strike
Houston workers picketed city hall at dawn as garbage collection and other municipal services halted. City manager Nagle refused to recognize a strike, saying workers have resigned and will be replaced. union claims 100 percent stoppage and vows to sustain emergency services like zoo animal feeding and water disposal.
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L. Duncan
J. M. Nagle
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Civil Services
Stinson Parley Aims at Fort Worth Airport Return
Airport director William Steinhardt met Wednesday with CAA and Fort Worth army officials to discuss restoring Stinson Field. The field was leased to the army during the war and now seeks civilian reuse.
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Stinson
516 Vets Get Huts for Families at Lisbon Site
Dallas Feb 2 VA deputy administrator Col H Rubin announced approval to use part of a tract south of the veterans hospital at Lisbon for temporary homes for families of 516 veterans. Approval allows erection of quonset huts to be shipped from Mt Alester Oklahoma at government expense and deeded to the city.
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Veterans Hospital
Lisbon
Col. H. Rubin
Veterans Administration
Mt.Alester
Oklo
Eight L A Girls Riot At Gainesville School
Eight L A Girls were sent to the state school at Gainesville after taking part in a riot at the Bexar county school. Twenty two other girls joined a walkout Tuesday night and were ri arm ed in San Antonio Wednesday. Most were taken into custody by Gainesville police. four were jailed at the request of superintendent Mrs Pearl G Chadwell who quoted one detainee saying I have torn up every training school I have and Wil tear up this one The walkout happened as the girls returned to dormitories from a party in the gymnasium. The Bexar county girls had been sent to the state school following a Rotmyerood incident months earlier.
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Bexar County
San Antonio
Pearl G. Chad
Mild Weather To Continue In San Antonio Through Thursday
Weatherman J H Jarboe forecasts rising clouds and mild temperatures in San Antonio through Thursday. Daytime highs on Thursday are expected to edge above Wednesday as lingering warmth persists.
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San Antonio
J. H. Jarboe
Nanking Rape Toll Put At Five Hundred Thousand
The Chinese War Crimes Commission reports that the 1937 Nanking massacre killed about 500,000 Chinese. Victims were executed by hanging, murder, arson, or bombing after Japanese forces overran the city, per the commission’s months long inquiry.
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Chinese War Crimes Commission
Hoover Goes Fishing At Miami Beach Trip
Former President Herbert Hoover enjoyed a fishing vacation aboard his 95 foot houseboat Nicaya near Miami Beach. He docked Tuesday after several days cruising the Florida coast and fishing along the way.
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iPlus
INS
Herbert Hoover
Tabby Gets Free Ride From Overseas Vet’s Pet Shipment
New York dispatch reports the tone tabby is onboard the freighter Warren P. Marks en route from Europe as the first cat sent home by an overseas veteran. It accompanies 88 dogs among 1000-plus pets adopted by service personnel since January 1. Soldiers pay 50 to 75 dollars for pet care and shipment.
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Europe
Warren P. Marks
U.S
Snowstorm Hits New York With Wet Four Inch Snowfall
Snow and sleet swept New York as the weather bureau warned of more in the day. The storm, described as freakish, dropped four inches of wet snow on city streets with heavier accumulation in the suburbs.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Jersig Heads Show Board Appointment for Exhibition
Harry Jersig was named committee chairman to plan the San Antonio Manufacturers' Association’s 16th industrial exhibition scheduled for next fall. The event will feature products made in the San Antonio area.
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Harry Jersig
San Antonio Manufacturers’ Association
Ex-GI Reveals Radar Find Of Pearl Harbor Attack
George E. Elliott a former private testified to the Senate House Inquiry Committee that he and private Joseph Lackard detected Japanese planes on a radar set at Pearl Harbor at 7:02 am on December 7. An officer allegedly told them to forget it. Elliott said the bombs began at 7:55 am and he delivered his flight log to Lt. John Upson.
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Pearl Harbor
J Kermit A. Tyler
Elliott
John Upson
Seth Richardson
F .Hart
Lock‘ard
Solons Urge Secrecy as Bomb Secrets Stay US
Secretary Byrnes insisted the know how of atomic bomb production remains an exclusive US secret amid Canadian spy ring disclosures. Congress pressed for safeguards while Byrnes refused to confirm any US or foreign involvement and directed inquiries to the FBI.
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Washington
Byrnes
United States
Capitol
Pope Pius XII Receives 150 U S Military Chaplains
In Vatican City on February 20 Pope Pius XII granted an audience to 150 United States military chaplains in Consistorial Hall. Francis Cardinal Spellman, military vicar of the U S armed forces, introduced the group.
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Pope Pius XII
United States
Francis Cardinal Spelman
U. S
Britain’s Atom Bomb Know How Falls to America
Professor M L Oliphant and Secretary of State Byrnes agree that the know how to produce an atomic bomb is exclusively in the possession of the United States. The statement aligns with war era secrecy and U S leadership on nuclear development.
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London
M. L. Oliphant
Britain
Byrnes
United States
Canadian espionage report expected on leaks to Soviet embassy
Ottawa date February 20 1930s government to issue its first official account of an espionage plot. Prime Minister Mackenzie King says highly secret information was disclosed to a foreign mission in Ottawa identified as the Soviet embassy. Karl W Von Wieg blamed for leaks in atom secrets.
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Mackenzie King
Weather forecast snippet notes midweek temperatures
A fragmentary weather forecast indicates continued mild conditions into mid Wednesday afternoon and night, then Thursday. It lists Wednesday maximum around 4 degrees and Thursday range from 6 to 76, with some typographical errors in the figures.
West Point General Warns on Universal Training
Brig. Gen. H. C. Holdridge retired from Washington testified before a house military committee claiming totalitarian viewpoints are prevalent in the army. He opposed universal military training saying peacetime conscription would undermine democracy by indoctrinating 18 year olds and could lead to international war. He said he left the service two years ago and warned universal training would be a stepping stone toward World War III.
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Washington
Root Them Out Soviet spy network exposed across border
The article urges immediate congressional action against Communists and foreign sympathizers in the federal establishment after disclosures that a Soviet spy ring operated in the United States and Canada during the war. It condemns left wing influence in government and cites FBI surveillance and vanished agents, arguing for purging government offices and armed forces. The Canadian government is praised for taking action.
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New York Journal- American
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Canada
Suspension of Capt Haddox by city police
Capt E B Buck Haddox was suspended for three days by the Fire and Police Commission after failing to conduct city inspections on time. A nickel plated .38 revolver was reported stolen from a car parked on Mission Road, belonging to T E Fuller of 1039 West Pyron Avenue.
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Buck" Haddox
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Mission Roid
T. E. Fuller
West Pyron Avenue
Atom Flier James Van Pelt Enrolls at Tulane
Maj James Van Pelt Jr West Virginia navigator who flew atomic bomb missions to Hiroshima and Nagasaki registers at Tulane University in New Orleans He plans to study medicine after a short refresher course in arts and sciences at the college listing on the campus bulletin board
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James van Pelt Jr
West Virginia
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Tulane University
van Pelt
Tulane
College of Arts
Plane Landed By Chute Saves Disabled Plane
New Brunswick N J February reports a successful parachute assisted landing of a disabled 1400 pound Taylorcraft L2 Grasshopper. The automatic 40 foot chute opened after stall, guiding the craft into a thicket with only a dent in the cowling. Pilot Maj Gerard Bluder survived. Augustus J Steinthal notes chute effectiveness.
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New Brunswick
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Mayor and City Dads Approve April Bond Election Plan
Mayor Gus Mauermann and three city commissioners vote to hold a bond issue election on April 9 for 4.51 million dollars in sewer, fire, and police projects. The plan funds a 40 million gallon sewage plant, sanitary and storm sewers, traffic lights, fire alarm system, and police facility improvements, with voting machines to be used and extra costs covered beyond budget.
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Alfred Callaghan
BP. L. Anderson
Mauermann
Mans Helland
Helland
State Health Department
Paul Steffter
San Antonio
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Harlandale
Tommy Coghill
Matterpaann
PT. Anderson
Anderson
Henry F. Heln
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Stekfler
Charro Parade to Feature 12000 Children in Brownsville
In Brownsville on March 1 an event called the Charro Parade plans to involve from 10 000 to 12 000 children in costume ages up to 15. George K Aziz and John Barron co chairmen said cooperation from local Mexican schools and Matamoros authorities is assured as 700 children were indicated in early plans.
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George K. Aziz
John Barron
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Mexico
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