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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1948

Page

5

Editor of Cleveland Paper Dies of Cancer

Carlton K. Matson associate editor of the Cleveland Press died Monday of cancer. He had written a column four months earlier in which doctors told him he had cancer, a piece that was reprinted nationwide.

Cleveland INS Carlton K. Matson The Cleveland Press Matson

Banks Argue Endorsement Won't Prove Forgery In State Suit

Special exceptions to the states suit against five Texas banks over 467 warrants were sustained in 98th District Court. Judge Charles O Betts allowed the state to file an amended petition. Austin National Bank led a core defense, asserting uncertainties over endorsements and forgery claims while questioning damages and statute of limitations. Jackson Littleton assisted by Price Daniel discussed the case as pretrial conference occurred.

Texas 98Th District Court Charles O. Betts Ireland Graves Austin National Bank State Department of Agriculture Jackson Littleton Graves Littleton Price Daniel

Veteran Newsman Dies in Kansas City

Will Carleton Champe aged 65 a former newspaper and advertising man died in Kansas City after a heart attack He previously worked for the Kansas City Star and the Associated Press and passed away Sunday in the city records show

Kansas City Will Carleton Champe Kansas City Star Associated Press

Latin America Spy Ring Charged to Reds

Carlos Moran, Havana city corporation counsel, said a Russian organized spy network operates in all Latin American nations. He added the Soviet Union is prepared to push communism on countries that recently ousted democratic governments.

Washington INS Carlos Moran Havana Soviet Union

Supreme Court Rebukes Police Methods On Convictions

The Supreme Court ruled in sharply split decisions that police must adhere to the letter of the law. It annulled convictions for crimes including a 60 day sentence for two men implicated in a numbers game and a 40 year burglary case, citing illegality of confessions and warrants. Justices Douglas Murphy Rutledge Black joined major rulings. Vinson favored leniency on warrants, with Burton Reed dissenting.

Washington Supreme Court District of Columbia Pennsylvania High Court Felix Frankfurter Robert H. Jackson Fred M. Vinson Vinson Harold H. Burton Stanley F. Reed

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