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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1950
Page
4
An anxious reader asks Emily Post how far politeness should go in risky situations. The letter jokes about dangerous driving, rough swimming children, hunting, and home defense, weighing courteous restraint against safety and common sense in daily life.
An observer notes America’s radio abundance fueling domestic unrest and labels it creeping inflation. A world traveler reports a Brazilian Savage tribe that has never seen a white man, calling the luckiest devils.
Farm land values recover from a 1948 peak with a national average rise of about 2 percent in the four months to July 1. Regions like Illinois, Florida, and California show gains while cotton and cattle prices surge. Debt levels remain high but farm economists expect continued strength and relief from rising mortgage credit. In Texas politics, Chairman John C. Calhoun plans to retire as party chair at the September convention, with Gov. Allan Shivers seeking a party-wide, unity-focused leadership.
An anecdotal reminiscence about gun handling and marksmanship. The narrator notes limited aiming ability despite practice, contrasts revolvers with battlefield rifles, and recalls hiring a Brooklyn pistol champion for a Fort Worth Centennial show. The piece blends humor with reflections on skill and spectacle.
In a 1950 reminiscence Billy Rose describes gangster era bravado and gun culture. He recalls Al Capone’s bodyguards turning on a target at a banquet and counting 20 bullets in a single corpse while 180 shots missed. Rose also recalls his own failed marksmanship feats and a later dig from Ben Hecht.
Readers could request answers on fact questions by mail from the Information Bureau in Washington. The column lists hat sizes of famous men, beer brewing by state, the National Safety Council’s founding in 1913, cheese racing purses totaling 54 million dollars in 1948, and the earth’s rotation speed being greatest at the equator.
Today’s booklet offer advertises an up-to-date 21x28 inch map of the United States with territories and possessions printed in five colors. The back lists “What to See” with unusual scenic spots in each state and key facts. Order by sending 15 cents to the Austin American Information Bureau in Washington DC.
Austin morning edition page four from August 28 1950 printed by Newspapers Inc details not fully readable due to OCR. Contains local notices and brief items as part of the daily paper.
South Carolina Senator Burnet Maybank, chair of the Senate banking committee, condemned the cotton equity debate after a closed meeting with Ralph Trigg of the Agriculture Department. He quizzed figures on 16,158,000 bales produced last year and warned that price restoration to pre Korean War levels would not help farmers, noting high costs and boll weevil damage. Trigg agreed shippers and manufacturers share blame.
Senator Estes Kefauver heads a crime investigation subcommittee plan with Chicago in October and New York in January while other political moves loom. Rumors swirl about General Electric’s Charles E. Wilson, postwar mobilization roles, and a NY political shuffle as Roosevelts and O’Dwyer circle the governorship, with Judy Garland drawing cheers at Loew’s.
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all local APs and dispatches printed in this newspaper.
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