Peace Conference Delays as Abeyance Proclaimed
The Foreign Ministers Council ends three weeks of talks. Byrnes says work to draft peace treaties will be held in abeyance until procedure is agreed. Differences among powers, notably Soviet and United States positions, prevented a final communique and set rules for future sessions. The council will pause while negotiations continue.
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London
Foreign Ministers Council
United States
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Council
China
France
United Nations
Axis
Tribune Tower Sold to State for 735942 Dollars
The state will pay 735942 dollars to purchase the 12 story Tribune Tower in Austin from the J M West estate. A state office courts building is planned on a vacant Congress Avenue and 11th street lot with 120000 square feet of new space plus 45000 square feet from the Tribune Building and 75000 more from the new structure. The project taps 1932281 dollars remaining for the expansion program. Helium discoveries are noted in 1868 and 1895.
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Austin
J. M. West
Tribune
Board of Control
Special Building Advisory Council
Congress Avenue
11Th Street
Texas silk project eyed by Congress delegation
A Mineral Wells community silkworm project reports progress as a Texas delegation heads to Washington to present to the House agricultural committee. Representative Poage will introduce Ernest Mims and others after visits to New York, touting mulberry fed worms and mechanized silk processing as a new cash source for Palo Pinto County farmers.
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Washington
D. C
Mineral Wells
House Agricultural Committee
Poage
Texas
Ernest Mims
Mineral Wells Chamber of Commerce
New York
Palo Pinto County
Surplus Gravy Boats Stick to Army Shelves in Paris
The Army Navy Liquidity Commission in Paris has not drawn bids for 243 gravy boats 300 mouth gages and several cuspidors among its surplus items. No bids for 500 mustard pots either. It has received only interest from private individuals for feed for 8000 carrier pigeons returned to England. The interest cannot be accepted as the sale is restricted to the French government.
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Paris
Army-Navy Liquidation Commission
England
Army
Jobs for Handicapped Urged by Governor
Governor Stevenson proclaimed the week of Oct 7 as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week in Texas. He urged Texans to consider employing disabled veterans who prefer self-sustaining work to doles and wish to be useful citizens contributing to the community. The Disabled American Veterans estimate 90 percent of disabled veterans are employable.
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Austin
Stevenson
Texas
Doles
25000 Mice Used on a Bomb Project
Bar Harbor Maine report reveals more than 25000 Maine grown mice shipped to the Manhattan Project. Dr Clarence Little of the Roscoe B Jackson Memorial Laboratory said the mice tested irradiation effects on workers in atomic bomb plants.
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Bar Harbor
Clarence Little
Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory
Black Hawk Division Aces Europe En Route for Pacific Duty
The Black Hawk, first division to cross the Danube in World War II, prepared for Pacific duty after a European tour. It crossed the Danube on April 26, 1945, moved through Perwang Austria on May 5, and fought across Rhine and Ruhr pockets with 42 days of combat. Commanded by Major General Harris M. Melasky, the unit’s insignia features a black hawk and the letters B H.
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Europe
Pacific
Orient
Japan
Danube
Perwang
Austria
Camp Grant
Illinois
Wisconsin
East Bordeaux
United States
Camp Howse
Texas
X Corps
Third Army
Louisiana
Fifteenth
Battle of the Rhine
First
Ruhr
Bavaria
Cologne
Lutzel
Uffenheim
Schestatt
Eitensheim
Ingolstadt
Harris M. Melasky
$6 000 000 Suit Over Pegler Column Libel Claim
A. N. Spanel, president of the International Latex Corporation of Dover Delaware, sues King Features Syndicate and Westbrook Pegler for six million dollars claiming a Chicago Herald American column damaged his reputation and the firm. The suit filed in circuit court seeks 1 million for Spanel and 2 million for the corporation on each of four counts.
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Chicago
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Westbrook Pegler
King Features
A. N. Spanel
International Latex Corporation
Dover
Del
Chicago Herald-American
Spanel
Veterans Only Auto Equipment Sale Announced
Hamilton Morton, regional director of the Office of Surplus Property, announces a 10 day sale of automotive equipment exclusively for veterans in Region VII. The event runs October 2 through October 12 with October 7 excluded, and occurs simultaneously at five Army camps including Camp Hood in Temple Texas Fort Sill Lawton Oklahoma Camp Livingston in Alexandria Louisiana and Camp Chaffee Fort.
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Hamilton Morton
Department of Commerce
Region VII
Camp Hood
Temple
Texas
Fort Sill
Lawton
Okla
Camp Livingston
Alexandria
Louisiana
Camp Chaffee
Fort
Radio Program Halted by Dispute Across Stations
A dispute between two independent southern radio stations and the AFL AFM led to cancellation of the Carnation Contented Hour on NBC. Musicians were ordered not to play and Artie Shaw’s band also did not perform on Fitch Bandwagon. NBC said the action was not NBC Carnation related, but involved stations WSMB New Orleans and WAPO Chattanooga in dispute with local unions.
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New York
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Carnation
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
AFM
Chicago
Artie Shaw
Carnation Company
WSMB
New Orleans
WAPO
Chattanooga
Whitt George Seeks Help Over Reversing Clock In Italy
Italian resident Whitt George reports his electric clock, set back by government order at midnight, began running backward and has refused to move forward since. He asks for an expert to determine if the timepiece or his age is affected by the new schedule.
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Italy
Whitt George
George
How To Stay Young Near General MacArthur’s Desk
A quotation about youth and mindset emphasizes courage faith and ideals. It states that age is a state of mind not years and that worry doubt and fear age the soul while wonder and confidence keep one young. It highlights that love of the stars and the unknown sustains youth at any age.
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General MacArthur
Want Ads You Can Get Rubber Stamp Pads and Ink
Classified notice offers rubber stamp pads and ink at The Sun. Also items for sale include pieced quilts. Ray Huff advertises on Pascal Harper's place three miles northeast of Whitewright.
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Ray Huff
Pascal Harper
Whitewright
Surplus Equipment Sale Aids Veterans At Three Texas Sites
Veterans may buy surplus automotive equipment through the Smaller War Plants Corporation with representatives at Smith Arkansas Fort Bliss El Paso Texas locations to assist. Prospective buyers must file preliminary applications at the nearest Smaller War Plants District Office before the sale. Offices listed in Dallas Houston and San Antonio Texas.
The Policy of Scarcity in Price History
A brief excerpt discusses scarcity shaping value and price. It notes a 19th century English peasantry burning corn ricks to push wheat prices, highlighting the long link between deprivation and market effects. It cites a contemporary secretary of agriculture pushing scarcity to raise prices.
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England
Proclaimed Theories On War And Disaster
The Houston Post quotes Horace Greeley and Henry C Carey praising labor benefits from disaster and war. Gaylord Wilshire argues the San Francisco earthquake aids national prosperity. The piece parodies mythic labor tales with a line about a task of rolling a stone uphill.
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America
Horace Greeley
Chicago
Henry C. Carey
Great Britain
United States
Gaylord Wilshire
San Francisco
Houston Post
Doctah Refuses Extra Mustard Plate for Rastus Patient
A humorous wartime exchange shows a doctor debating a request from a Black woman. She asks for another mustard plate to accompany a ham slice prescribed as a potent remedy. The doctor replies prudently that the patient may need one more, but cautions the addition of ham.
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Rastus
Confident bachelor quips on single life and state payrolls
A witty bachelor claims he stayed single because one salary cannot support a wife and a couple of million government employees. His remark playfully argues the burden of funding vast public payrolls justifies remaining unwed.
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Allen T. Short
Phone 100
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Savoy
Jack Mastein
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Sherman
Carl May
Pascal Farley
Tom Barbee
J. A. Worsham, Jr
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Mart Sta
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Preston Everheart
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