Bishop Reicher Urges Novena for Peace This Christmas
Most Rev. Louis J. Reicher delivers a Christmas message urging prayer and daily mass as war looms. He calls for a parish novena for peace and notes the need for repentance, charity, and virtue, linking actions to divine aid and urging support for the Austin shoe fund for needy children.
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Louis J. Reicher
Austin
Bethlehem
Pius XII
Reicher
Austin American - Statesman
Salvation Army
Vic
Privilege Claims Clash With Old Fashioned Etiquette
A reflection on social caste myths and modern privilege, noting that some elites claim superior status. The piece contrasts present attitudes with past norms when a young unmarried couple required a chaperone before going out together.
Christmas Appeal Spurs Texas Residents To Curb Highway Toll
Governor Allan Shivers urged Texans and 160 participating organizations to back a safety drive to reduce Christmas season traffic fatalities. He emphasized individual responsibility and cooperation with law enforcement to keep roads safe during the holiday period.
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Allan Shivers
Texas
Texas Rtment of Public Safety
Texas Safety Association
National Safety Council
Shivers
Austin
Travis
Radar and air traffic control plan outlines all weather readiness
A government report calls for adding computer support and radar controller assistance to expand air traffic handling. It envisions 24 hour all weather operations on dense routes, enhanced nav aids, a rapid communications system, and double terminal capacity to reduce delays and cancellations amid mobilization and defense needs.
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Air Coordinating Committee
United States
Labor Rail Strikes Target White House Policy Clash
In a tense Springfield style dispatch, railway union leaders warned of trouble as they pressed for clear White House price and wage policy. The piece traces how labor leaders, despite not wanting to hurt GIs, organized a coordinated walkout at critical Chicago St Louis and Washington yards. It notes no enforcement mechanism existed for wage or price controls and recalls James Caesar Petrillo and Joe Weber linking labor power to national war effort tensions.
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White House
Harry Truman
Steelman
Chicago
St. Louis
Washington Terminal
Washington
Stuart Symington
General Marshall
Labor
Congress
CIO
Walter Reuther
AFL
Joe Keenan
Mr. Truman
Toledo
Mike di Salle
di Salle
All-Mighty
James Caesar Petrillo
Petrel
Joe Weber
Little Caesar
Weber
Little Jimmie
American Federation of Musicians
Petrillo
Beverly Hills
Jimmie
AFL Executive Council
Jimmie Petrillo
Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
Kremlin
United States
Asia
Russia
Europe
Indo-China
Siam
Burma
Malaya
Iran
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Company
Happy
Senate
A. B
New York Giants
Horace Stoneham
Fred Saigh
Saigh
Chandler
Joe Cronin
Boston
Cronin
Post Gandhi Leadership and Ford Foundation Aims
After Gandhi s death Jawaharlal Nehru leads India. M Asaf Ali, Gandhi s ally, served as India s first U S ambassador. The Ford Foundation seeks world peace and democratic strength with grants for behavioral science research and improving administration globally. It is described as the largest philanthropic trust of its kind.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Dominion of India
M. Asaf Ali
India
United States
Ford Foundation
F.N.P. A
Tional
Our presidents and Their Wives booklet offering
Today’s booklet promotion features an 86 page volume illustrated with portraits and photographs. It covers the presidents and the women they married, with personal histories, political careers, and condensed administration sketches. Send 25 cents to Austin American Information Bureau in Washington DC.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
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Washington, D. Cc
Price control shifts. grain exempt under new law
Washington officials report price administrator Di Salle cannot control grain or grain products due to farm lobby exceptions. He must seek congressional rewriting in January and will focus on select cost of living items and war materials.
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Washington
Mike di Salle
di Salle
Congress
Toledo
Ohio
Walter Winchell on Broadway Critics and their brutal theater truths
Walter Winchell on Broadway surveys critics and their paradoxes praising talent while denouncing mediocrity. It recalls famous jabs and bumper judgments, noting how even Beethoven and Paderewski faced harsh reviews and how artistry often outlasts hostile commentary.
AP Newsnote Rights Statement
A standard Associated Press notice states that AP holds exclusive rights to local news republication and to AP dispatches printed in the paper. It emphasizes AP ownership of local and dispatched content and the newspaper’s licensing arrangement.
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Associated Press
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