Police Sheriff Wrangle Strains City County Ties
A shooting in Austin triggers a jurisdictional clash between the city police detective bureau and the county sheriff’s department. The suspect surrendered at the courthouse after the crime. both sides claim custody and control as investigators exchange witnesses and statements amid a tense standoff.
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Bob Baker
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Bob Long
Les Proctor
Sheriff's Office
Long
Lee
Best
Auto Industry Sitting on Slow Fuse
Victor Riesel surveys a wave of wildcat auto strikes as the United Auto Workers press for terms ahead of big talks with Ford. He notes production cuts, chalk-line disputes, and looming contract expirations across Chrysler, Hudson, Dodge, and others as Detroit braces for a nationwide industry showdown in 1949.
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Wildcats
Detroit
Walter Reuther
Henry Ford
Chrysler
Briggs
Ford
Dodge
Midland Steel
Hudson
Auto Union
Hudson Company
United Automobile Workers
Ford Company
Auto
New York Post Corp
Inquiries and Answers From The Public Forum
A compilation of Q A style notes covering topics from mail bag production and flag display at Arlington to book sales by state and historical ages of Jesus. Includes entries on the Roosevelt Little White House shrine and Crazy Horse biography.
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White House
Warm Springs
Barkley Optimistic On Truman Program In Congress
Vice President Barkley told the Cabinet the Truman program is in better shape than public, predicting passage of housing, education aid, reciprocal trade and school health. He doubts repeal of Taft Hartley, civil rights, minimum wage and health bills this year. Soboloff, UN aide, disappeared after returning to Russia, prompting Lie to fire him. A new notion of House efficiency over Senate is noted, plus a German trade exhibit opening in New York with Nazi-linked exhibitors barred by Gen. Clay.
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Brooklyn
Maxwell Shane
South - Third Street
Havemeyer Street
Marine Parkway Bridge
Prospect Park
Irving Shulman
Amboy Dukes
New York
Museum of Science and Industry
Germany
Frau
Peter Pixis
Pixis
Hitler
Clay
USA
Herbert Gross
Pearl Hareor
Winchell On Broadway THREE DECADES OF JOLLITY
A historical survey traces Broadway humor from the 1920s through 1938, listing era icons and events. It notes Prohibition jokes, ONeill, the Prince of Wales, Harding, Noel Coward, Cal Coolidge, the 1929 crash, Hoover era humor, Hitler, Alf Landon, WPA jokes, and lean stock in 1938 with Wrong ord bus’s arrival.
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WPA
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Fire safety audit urged for Texas state hospitals
The Texas Senate ordered a thorough fire danger survey of state hospitals after the Effingham incident. Fire officials pledged full use of the fire marshal and related agencies to inspect and report conditions, noting many older buildings and crowding heighten risk. The move aims to press lawmakers for funding to improve safety and safeguard patients.
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Texas Senate
Paul H. Brown
Austin
Fred Harris
Rabies Quarantine: Strays Gathered as Vaccination Gaps Grow
City officials face a tough enforcing the rabies quarantine as untagged and tagged dogs, many with vaccination lapses, roam neighborhoods. Officials urge sweeping action to seize all dogs and ensure annual vaccination to shield the public from infection.
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Austin
Wooldridge School
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