Evatt Critiques Veto Tactics At UN Security Council
New York July 15 Australian Foreign Minister Evatt condemned the veto procedure in the United Nations Security Council as undemocratic and unjust. He urged veto reform at the Paris peace conference and called the council’s blocking of proposals a serious disability. Evatt, retiring as chair of the UN Atomic Energy Commission, cited Russia’s three vetoes on the Spanish issue and urged that any nation be unable to block international disputes seeking ciliation and adjustment. Australia warned the General Assembly to review veto use during the past year. Five nations filed applications for UN membership: Albania Siam Outer Mongolia Afghanistan Transjordan.
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Herbut VW
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Voday al Tachi
United Nations Security Council
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Australia
Security Council
United Nations
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Albini
Siam
Mon-golian People’s Republic
Outer Mongolia
Afghanistan
Transjordan
San Marcos Rites For Sheriff Wren
San Marcos July 15 services will be held for 3 M Wren longtime county sheriff. Wren died Saturday night on the eve of his 63rd birthday. Sheriff Wren was a candidate for reelection with one opponent in the July 27 primary. The Travis county commissioners court was to meet today to fill his unexpired term.
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Wren
Sheriff
Sheriff Wee
Trays County
Rourl
Churchill to Pay Tribute to Patton
Churchill planned a wreath laying on the grave of Gen George S Patton at the American military cemetery in Hamm Germany. He would dine in Paris that night with French President Georges Bidault. The text also notes the U S Saipan battleship as the navy's new addition.
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Luxembourg
Winston Churchill
George
Pation Ih
U. & Third Army
Hamm
Germany
Britain
Paris
Georges Bidault
U S Warned of Red 5th Column
Washington July 15 The Attorney General and Justice Department aides warned of a growing American Communist threat labeled the seventh column. Officials said infiltration into legitimate groups risks disunity, violence, and revolution, urging public vigilance and legal action to curb any federal violations. They stressed the people as guardians of democracy and rejected passive inaction.
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Washington
SYS
Tom Clark
Justice Department
Aids
United States
Department
Attorney Portal
Strom
Family in Boat Have Close Call on Lake Austin
AUSTIN July 15 INS. Mr and Mrs J C Evans of Ans Inner, anxiously watched as their speedboat capsized on Lake Austin. They lost sight of six year old Joella underwater until Evans dove repeatedly and found her clinging to a boat seat. A cabin cruiser passing by quickly rescued the family, including the two younger children.
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INS
J.C. Evans
Ans
Colorada
Lake Austin
Evans
Joella
Jaella
Weather Scorches Heat Rash Tortures
A weather feature touts Mexsana as cooling relief for diaper rash, skin irritations, and itchy rashes caused by heat. It claims soothing protection for babies, parents, and clothing rubs, with low cost and availability in various sizes.
Boy Held in Theft of Clothes
A 16-year-old youth was taken off a bus by city police on Monday and held by juvenile authorities. Police recovered about $300 worth of clothing stolen from an army captain. this was described as the boy’s first major offense by official sources.
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Menny Gonzatez
Juvenije
Navy Bases Dentists Release Plan for Reservists
The Navy announced that from September 1 it will release dental corps reservists who have served 30 months or more on active duty. Currently only those with 36 months are released, as part of a streamlined service for filling staffing needs.
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Washington
Navy
Dental Corps
Quality aspirin guide misreads text
An OCR fragment promotes aspirin quality and value, naming Sta Joarph Aspirin and claiming large size and economy. It references product features like high quality and affordable pricing, but the readable content is garbled and lacks coherent details or verifiable facts.
Reds Test Rocket Bombs
London dispatches report the Soviets are manufacturing and testing rocket bombs. Empire News says former Nazi rocket stations are reconverted in northern Europe and a large Baltic sector may host experiments. A Peenemünde station is said to employ German technicians under Soviet supervision and a V-2 type rocket could have extended range. Swed ish coast finds of handling cases noted.
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CNS
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Rhone Valley
Empire News
Europe
Peenemunde
Baltic
Britain
Sweden
Ussr
British Plan for Atomic Test Ground in Central Australia
A Reuters dispatch from Canberra reports Britain recommends an atomic and rocket-bomb testing ground in central Australia. The project could cost 28 to 42 million dollars and would use workers as carriers for atomic explosives.
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London
Australia
Reuters
Caneberra
Mexico Vote Irregularities Probed After Election
Mexico City July 4 Secretary of the Talegior Prima Villa Michel pledged a proper investigation of ruling irregularities raised by Ezequiel Padilla supporters who said Miguel Aleman influenced the presidential vote. President Avila Camacho defended full freedom of suffrage amid post election violence in Lica where Severiano Vega, head of the Liere city revolutionary party, was assassinated by two gunmen.
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Mexico City
Talegior Prima Villa
Lica
Severiano Vega
Liere City
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Aleman
Tast
Amendment Vote Date Set For November Fifth
Austin officials announce the attorney general opinion fixes the proper date for submitting the proposed constitutional amendment creating a state employees retirement system. The legislature had not set a definite date, only that the proposal be voted on at any election in November 1946.
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Austin
Imy
Rain Today Or40 Days Weather Beliefs In New York
Report notes a tradition claiming rain on this day will bring forty days of calm. Officials dismiss the superstition, contrasting it with the usual weather forecast.
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New York
Yuu Dale
Social Security Tax Hike Plan Faces Delay
Washington July 15 Chairman George of the senate finance committee urged a social security tax increase and outlined extended coverage for 20,000,000 workers not presently insured. A general revision is seen as possible next year as Congress clears reconversion. The committee kept the 1 percent levy on wages for both sides and staged 50 50 federal state funding, avoiding an immediate rise to 15 percent. New provisions include wartime survivors benefits for three years, coverage for 200,000 maritime workers, and raising federal aid for needy aged, blind and dependent children to fifty dollars a month.
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Washington
George
DeGa
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Houses
Ways and Trvans Committee
More Land for La Villita Bought
City council on Monday appropriated $6000 to buy a 4 room lot at 510 Villita Street from Archbishop Robert Lucey of the Catholic Church for the La Villita project. The lot will extend the rear line of the property facing Alaina Street.
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Villita Street
Robert Lucey
Catholic Church
la Vilita
Rch
Alaina Street
Seven Years Given in Thefts
A. J. Stevens of 503 Masons Street was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary for stealing a 335 piso and a $1 watch. Judge H. D. Barrow, sitting for Judge W. W. McCrory in Criminal District Court, imposed the sentence. The city council meanwhile leased nearly an acre at Alpine Drive near Sunken Garden Theater in Brackenridge Park to the Tuesday Musical Club for the Anna Hertzberg Hall of Music, at $4 per year.
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Masons Street
H. DP. Barrow
Jourdenton
W. W. McCrory
Criminal District Court
SNR
Brackenridge Park
Musical Club
Anna Hertzberg
Lines Drawn For OPA Battle in July 15 Washington
Washington dispatch reports sharpened bets in Congress over the OPA price controls revival. President Truman warned the bill could not be any worse as the Senate moves to preserve exemptions on meat dairy and fuel while a joint committee or the House debates extending or restoring controls and potential veto actions loom over the next steps.
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OPA
House
Truman
Wly Com
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Byrnes
Connally
Exas
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Paris
Conferquence
House Bilt
al- Teck
Ruld
Halleck
Texas Voters Briefed for E-Day Amid Campaign Shuffle
A 1948 era dispatch notes Texas governor race jitters as Jester and Sadler campaigns mix state funds, postal marks, and holiday imagery. Excerpts include Grover Sellers reading Dos Passos, Sadler proposing WW veterans bonuses, and Beauford Jester urging short labor courses. Campaign families split duties across regions as election timing hints surface.
Navy Retires Blimp Pioneer
LAKEXHURST N J July 15 AP Rear Adm Charles F Resendahl retires from active service due to physical disability after 34 years in the navy and 23 years in lighter than air work He bids farewell at Lakehurst as his flag is hauled down and five airships dip in tribute Admiral Rosinckihl notes potential for oceanic commerce via airships and commitment to their future development.
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Charles F. Resendahl
Lakehurst Naval Air Staling
Weing
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Wees
Ammiral Rosinckihl
Commierce
Snestern
Two Soldiers Held in Robberies Near Waco Temple
Two Fort Sam Houston soldiers, Sgt. Hollis E. Lynch and Pfc. Agron Bragg, were charged with armed robbery after three robberies between Waco and Temple Saturday night. They were arrested in Temple. Taken sums include 42 dollars from Eddy service station, 30 dollars from UT student Ray McGregor, and about 350 dollars from F. C. Pills in Waco.
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Tily 15
Fort Sam Ziotston
Hollis E. Lynch
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Agron Bragg
Temple
Eddy
Ray McGregor
University of Texas
F. C
Wallace Sees Millions Dead in Global Famine Warning
Secretary of Commerce Wallace warned at a White House youth conference that without Reip aid to starving India before the next harvest about 15,000,000 people could die. He said a quarter of the world's population is in danger, with Europe and China also facing severe hunger and famine.
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INS
Wallace
India
National Youth Conference On Food
White House
Europe
China
New Fighter Plane Revealed In 1940s Army Air Forces reveal P-82 Mustang
Hawthorne California reports the army air forces unveil its new North American P-82, a twin-fuselage fighter described with top speed over 475 mph and combat range of 2500 miles. It operates to 45,000 feet and mounts .50 caliber guns, rockets, or two 1000 pound bombs.
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Hawthorne
Calif
Army Air Forces
Olulit Ligttloe
Dog Honored At Al Grave Ceremonial Service
In Los Angeles a black cocker spaniel named Trixie was honored at a funeral and 4 headstone ceremony in a pet cemetery attended by about 50 mourners. A poem was read, taps played, limousines carried mourners, and a dove released over the grave as Magnelia Ipson paid tribute with a $100 headstone noting the animal’s memory.
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Los Angeles
Trixie
Magnelia Ipson
Itching First Application Promises Relief for Toe Itch
An ad claims one application of Blue Star Ointment treats toe itch, ringworm, and related rashes with repeat use as needed. It offers money back if the jar fails to satisfy and urges trials starting Monday.
Recall Vote Near Recall Vote Near SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco voters faced a recall vote on July 15 over Mayor Roger Lapham. The campaign highlighted street car fare opposition, with Henry Budde and others criticizing Lapham’s leadership. Civic groups urged high turnout to prevent a small dissenting minority from seizing control.
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Roger Lapham
San Francisi
Tomorow
Spreia
Lapham
Revall Group
Henry Budde
Budde
City Park Commission
Angelo J. “Joss
Citizen Committee
The
Civic League
Heat Halts War Crimes Trial In Tokyo Court
Heat forced a further recess at the international war crimes tribunal in Tokyo. The session paused as air conditioning failed to function, making the crowded courtroom uncomfortably hot and delaying proceedings while technicians worked to restore cooling.
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International War Crimes Tribunal
Jas
Heine
Aif
Si Wiliam Webb
Dhairyman
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