County grand jury targets slot and marble machine racket
Travis County grand jury defines slot and one-ball marble machines as a racket not gambling and urges full law enforcement. Special investigators report raids netting 37 machines while Texas Rangers stand ready to intervene if locals stall.
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Travis County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Travis County
Texas
George Pope
Perry Jones
Ted C. Klaus
Pope
Klaus
Texas Rangers
Rangers
Artie Shaw Leads Pro Communist World Peace Sponsors
Victor Riesel reports Artie Shaw backs the Paris World Peace Congress with other prominent figures. he and sponsors push for a 500 million-strong delegation while critics warn of Soviet influence and a mobilized peace movement across nations.
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Shostakovich
Artie Shaw
Equatorial Africa
Pyongyang
Paris
Shaw and Company
United States
Moscow
Waldorf Astoria
Congress of Peace
World Federation of Democratic Women
Questions and Answers from the World of Facts
A compilation of brief Q and A items covers topics from calendars and church practices to fog drip, historical societies, biblical sayings, skating on glass, letter sizes for aviation, steel industry usage, the oldest US senator, color psychology for flies, and human body surface area estimates.
Bill Blocks City Limit Expansion In Legislature
The Legislature considers a home rule city annexation bill that would require a favorable vote by residents of the area to be annexed and could be called only by a county judge. The measure, seen as jeopardizing growth, follows debates in Dallas and San Antonio and faces uncertain prospects. Clemency was denied to Buster Northern, 20, for the murder of Mrs. Fannie McHenry. The case, involving stomping with the feet and legal indictments, drew wide public interest and prompted revisions to indictments in other cases.
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el Paso
House
State Affairs Committee
Dallas
San Antonio
Austin
Fannie McHenry
Texas
Pardon Board
Easter recess hides plan to rally against Taft Hartley
Washington report says Speaker Rayburn and Majority Leader McCormack send lawmakers home for a 10 day refresher course to counter Republican Dixie coalition against Taft Hartley labor law repeal. AFL CIO leaders plan a workout on return to pressure northern Democrats and shore up administration support amid intra party strains.
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Sam Rayburn
John McCormack
Rayburn
McCormack
AFL
CIO
Oregon
Wayne Morse
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Morse
John Phillips
California
H. R. Gross
Iowa
James Golden
Kentucky
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Anti-Human Rights
Senate
GOP
Dewey
America
Pioneering crime reporting from early American papers
The piece celebrates historic newspaper sleuths and reporters. It highlights Isaac White of the New York World who cracked a murder case with a single coat button, Frank Maguire of St. Louis, Norman Alley, Charlie Owens, James Gordon Bennett, and Buddy McHugh, noting their daring stunts and impact on crime coverage and public trust.
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New York World
Isaac White
White
James Gordon Bennett
Namby-Pamby
Bennett
Gazette
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