Paisan Screened at State Theatre with Rossellini
The film Paisan directed by Roberto Rossellini and featuring a cast including Carmela Lazio Joe from Jersey Robert Van Loon and Francesca Maria Michi runs 115 minutes at the State Theatre It presents six episodic, geographically linked scenes across Sicily Naples Rome Florence and the Po Valley depicting American British and German soldiers with Italian civilians in a stark documentary style.
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Italy
Berta Rossellini
Sergio Amidel
Klaus Mann
Alfred Hayes
Marcello Pagliero
Frederico Fellini
Roberto Rossellini
Ringo Rossellini
State Theatre
Sicily
Carmela Lazio Joe
Jersey
Robert van Loon
Benjamin Emanuel
Raymond Campbell
Harold Wagner
Albert Heinze
Merlin Berth
Naples
Dots M. Johnson
Harriet
Harriet White
Renzo Avanzo Othic
Bill Martin
Bill Tubbs
Dale Edmonds
My Rossellini
Ernest Hemingway
Po Valley
Alfonsino Rome
Francesca
Maria Michi Fred
Gar Moore
Florence
Bitter Irony and War Ties in Italy Film Sequence
In Rome an American soldier and a streetwalker recall a lost innocence as she learns he seeks the girl she has become. Florence brings a nurse who learns her sweetheart is dead. Three chaplains shelter at a monastery as a brutal sixth sequence shows Italian partisans submerged by Germans in the Po river. The film ends with the winter of 1944 and the war’s end.
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Sicily
Joe
Jersey
Naples
New York
Broadway
the Waldorf
United States
Rome
Florence
Italy
Through Wednesday cinema line up with many titles
The notice lists multiple theaters and films with showtimes through Wednesday and limited runs. Featured titles include The Gallant Blade, Paisan, Birth of a Nation, Guest Wife, It Happened Tomorrow, Anna Karenina, The Luck of the Irish, The Pirate, My Darling Clementine, Jezebel, Trailing Trouble, Robin Hood, Strike It Rich, Apartment for Peggy, and Renee for Peggy across venues in Austin and surrounding drive-ins.
Postal Rate Hike Called Urgent by Postmaster General
Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson urged Congress to raise postal rates to cover a 1949 department deficit projected at 526 million dollars. He cited soaring operating costs since 1945, including 625 million in salaries and raises and 100 million in transportation, with air mail revenue easing but not eliminating the gap. He urged early action on rate revisions and provided a draft bill.
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Washington
Jesse Donaldson
Congress
Donaldson
Sam Rayburn
Nameless Tot Gets Stuck With Philbert
Albert and Mrs. Dietrich announce their eighth son will be named Philbert after a flood of public suggestions. The baby, brother to Norbert, drew many calls as friends weighed names like Albert Robert Hubert Herbert Wilbert and Gilbert. A baptism is planned for next Sunday.
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Pittsburgh
Albert O. Dietrich
Philbert
Dietrich
Norbert
Albert
Robert
Hubert
Herbert
Wilbert
Gilbert Dietrich
Dietrichs
Housing market getting into balance says real estate chief
Fort Worth Feb 21 The president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards Theodore H Maenner on a nationwide tour said housing is getting into balance as rental ads rise, citing the trend as evidence.
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Fort Worth
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Theodore H. Maenner
Del Rio Youth Dies Of Polio In Hospital
Wayne Oliphant two year old son of Mr and Mrs Tommy Oliphant of Del Rio died Monday in a local hospital a victim of polio He had been brought here by his parents Wednesday
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San Antonio
Wayne Oliphant
Tommy Oliphant
del Rio
Little Theater debuts Dear Ruth at Federated Club Auditorium
The Austin Little Theater opened Dear Ruth by Norman Krasna at the Federated Club Auditorium to a small but receptive crowd. The local production runs two more nights Tuesday and Wednesday with Tom Long and Virginia Lipsomb as leads. Girard Kinney’s portrayal of Ruth’s father earned acting honors as the family chaos unfolds around a staged hasty marriage and a prank set of love letters.
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Austin Little Theater
Norman Krasna
Ruth
Federated Club
Soviet Union
Little Sis
Papa
Tom Long
Virginia Lipsomb
Barbara Rongo
Mona Freeman
Girard Kinney
Judge Wilkins
S.P
GI Introduces Himself To Queen Elizabeth
An Iowa GI stepped up to Queen Elizabeth at King's Lynn's 800 year old fair and asked for a photo. Sergeant Charles Smith of Cedar Rapids posed, chatted briefly, and found the queen very charming as she smiled for the snapshot.
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King’s Lynn
Eng
Iowa
Queen Elizabeth
Charles Smith
Cedar Rapids
First Day Yields 600 Bicycles Registered in City
Chief W L Davis and 23 firemen registered 600 bicycles on Monday as part of 1949 efforts at the Central Fire Station Fifth and Trinity. Registration runs 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. no deadline yet for free registration. Police Chief R D Thorp says the list will aid returning lost or stolen bikes.
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W. L. Davis
Central Fire Station
Fifth
Trinity
R. D. Thorp
Shutdown cases scheduled soon
Sixteen oil operators seek permanent injunctions to avoid shutdowns for alleged gas flaring waste. Trials will be in Travis County district courts where temporary injunctions against the railroad commission’s order have been granted. The Heyser Field Calhoun and Victoria County appeal reversal by the Texas Supreme Court upholding the shutdown order. La Gloria and Fullerton Field cases will be first. Flour Bluff Field appeal pending in the Third Court of Civil Appeals.
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Associated Press
Elton Hyder
Travis County
Railroad Commission
Heyser
Calhoun
Victoria
Supreme Court
Hyder
la Gloria
Fullerton Field
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Flour Bluff Field
Nueces County
Gunman Faces Murder Charge in Dallas Shooting
Charles Albright Gordon 28 was indicted for murder after firing a .22 pistol at a downtown Dallas intersection February 9 and wounding four, fatally injuring postman Theodore Thornton 44 who died next day. Defense attorney Maury Hughes seeks sanity hearing. affidavit from Gordon's mother cites prior wartime injuries.
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Dallas
Charles Albright Gordon
Theodore Thornton
Dallas County Grand Jury
Maury Hughes
Gordon
Hughes
Fern M. Gordon
Madera
Calif
Guatemala Decorates Former A&M Dean
Guatemala City notes former Texas A&M College agriculture dean E. J. Kyle will receive the Order of Quetzal the country’s top honor. Appointed ambassador in 1945 he promoted modern farming methods and now resides in Bryan Texas with his wife before attending the ceremony.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
E. J. Klye
Texas A&M _ College
School of Agriculture
Dean Kyle
Bryan
Tex
Kyle
Water Shortage Warned by Baytown Official
Baytown water superintendent C. W. Grantham warned the city council of a looming water shortage. He called for new pumps and equipment to avert a serious summer shortage, attributing the problem to rapid industrial expansion and draining underground reserves.
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Baytown
C. W. Grantham
Grantham
Universal Fresh Water Fishing Fee Nears Passage
The Texas House moved toward final passage of a universal fresh water fishing license bill. Author Rep Doyle Willis said it would replace 10 existing licenses with a single $1.65 fee, allowing fishing in any public waters of the state. The measure was held back temporarily by one vote.
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BO Byers
Associated Press
House
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
Texas
C. S. McLellan
Eagle Lake
Texas Game and Fish Commission
Senate
Willis
Philadelphia
John Crosthwait
Dallas
Sam Bass and Dallas Train Robberies 1878 Texas Saga
The 1878 Texas Central Railway robbery at Allen State began Sam Bass’s famed crime spree. Bass and four accomplices robbed four trains within 20 miles of Dallas, evading Pinkertons and guiding by Denton County residents, later wounded at Round Rock and killed July 21, 1878.
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Texas Central
Allen State
Texas
Sam Bass
Dallas
Denton County
Pinkerton
Bass
Ens
Rangers
Jim Murphy
Round Rock
Texas AG Fights 13 Firms in Anti Trust Suits
Attorney General Price Daniel seeks court orders to halt price fixing on gasoline mattresses and a wax polish in Texas. Ten oil companies accused of stifling competition by maintaining uniform gas prices and limiting outlets, with 65 percent of Texas refineries and 90 percent of retail outlets under their control. The suit follows 18 months of inquiry and targets major firms including Continental and Gulf Oil.
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Texas
Price Daniel
Daniel
Gold Seal Company
Arkansas Fuel Company
Cities Service Oil Company
Continental Oil Company
Gulf Oil Corporation
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Standard Oil Company of Texas
the Texas Company
Sinclair Refining Company
Phillips Petroleum Company
Phillips
Opa
Louisiana
Maryland
New Jersey
Virginia
Maine
Massachusetts
New Yark
Rhode Island
North Carolina
98Th District Court
Auto Workers Given Club In Bargaining
The National Labor Relations Board ruled General Motors guilty of unfair labor practices for creating a group insurance program without UAW consultation. UAW President Walter Reuther says the ruling strengthens bargaining power and may boost 1949 demands for pensions medical care and life insurance. A Reuther aide calls it a handy supplement if Supreme Court ruling limits Inland Steel case to pensions.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
General Motors Corporation
UAW
Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Supreme Court
United Steelworkers
Inland Steel
Reuther
High Court
Mantz Sets Houston to Mexico City Flight Record
Speed flyer Paul Mantz established his 11th record by slicing 31 minutes off the Houston to Mexico City course. In a souped-up P51 he covered 760 miles in two hours, 10 minutes and five seconds, saying mechanical trouble and 35 mph head winds slowed him.
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Mexico City
Paul Mantz
Houston
Mantz
Judges Benefit Measure Okected and Salary Proposals T
A Senate civil jurisprudence committee approved a bill to create a statewide retirement plan for judges, with a rewritten version allowing 65 with three quarters pay after 10 years and a 3 percent contribution. A separate bill by Senator Grady Hazlewood would set minimum and maximum salaries for county officials, scaled by county population.
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Associated Press
Senate Committee
Fred Harris
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Italy Ship Disabled Near Galveston Tow Set
The Moran Towing Company reported the Italian freighter Acheo lost a propeller Sunday 80 miles southeast of Galveston. The tug Kiven Moran from Mobile would tow the vessel to Galveston for assistance.
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New York
Moran Towing Company
Galveston
Kiven Moran
Mobile
Monroe Doctrine and Atlantic Pact Shape U S Western Policy
AP analysis notes Norway's support for the Atlantic Pact signals U S guarantees against aggression in Western Europe. The piece traces the Monroe Doctrine's legacy from 1823 to today, linking past resistance to European expansion with current moves toward military and economic unity in defense of liberal principles.
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J. M. Roberts JR
Washington
Norway
United States
Europe
Monroe
Pacific
Atlantic
Americas
Russia
Spain
Latin America
Alaska
North America
51St Parallel
Encyclopedia Britannica
Holy Alliance
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Western Europe
Berlin Chimney Strike Over Pay and Soap Costs
Berlin chimney sweeps protested a pay cut and soap costs, rallying 400 workers in a beer garden. They demand wages rising from 55 to 7 marks weekly and a quarter of earnings in West marks to buy soap, citing Soviet East marks as insufficient. The action spans swept from the Soviet sector amid Berlin unity whispers.
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Berlin
Germany
Court Records From Local Courts Include Divorces And Antitrust Actions
District and county court dockets list divorces filed for Harold Quinn and Venacia Garcia. antitrust and foreclosure suits against major companies. temporary and permanent administrators named in estates. several criminal charges including affray and public peace violations. multiple marriage licenses and new car registrations noted by clerks and officials.
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126Th District Court
Roberts
Harold Quinn
Willie H. Quinn
P. Haschke
J. H. Reeves
State
Gold Seal Company
C. Kirkby
Peace as ultimate defense against atomic bombs urged by editor
Wayne Guthrie of the Indianapolis News urged peace as the only final defense against atomic weapons at Kiwanis and University of Texas events during Religious Emphasis Week. He recalled Bikini Atoll tests in 1946 and said diplomacy and a peaceful world order are essential to curb totalitarian aggression and ensure global stability.
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Wayne Guthrie
Indianapolis News
Austin Kiwanis Club
University of Texas
Man of
Nazareth
Guthrie
Bikini Atoll
Galilee
United States
United Nations
Bikini
Hogg Memorial Auditorium
Kiwanis
Capital City
Kiwanis Club
William Campbell
Alvis Vandygriff
Campbell
Malcolm Gregory
Texas
W. Lee O'Daniel
Dancer Zorita Fined Over Cruelty Claim in Snake Act
New York magistrate fines Katherine Boyd known as Zorita 30 dollars after finding her guilty of cruelty to a 10 foot python Elmer used in a dance act. ASPCA testified she taped the snake’s eyes and mouth.
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New York
Harry G. Andrews
Katherine Boyd
Zorita
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Elmer
Andrews
ASPCA
Mendoza Trial Jury Selected in 1946 Murder Case
Jury selection began for the Macedonia Mendoza murder trial in 53rd District Court. Mendoza pleaded not guilty to the Trinidad Aguirre shooting, with witnesses called late Monday as the case, indicted in 1946, faced prior continuances.
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Macedonia Mendoza
Trinidad Aguirre
Mendoza
53Rd District Court
Milton Eugene Cain
C. C. Cooper
Warren G. Tittle
John T. Crawford
Louis V. Gold
J. B. Jones
Henry H. Franke
E. J. Moore
W. T. Adams
Lee Mills
Raymond Yocum
Worth F. Cottingham Jr
Ben Pound Jr
Wright Stubbs
D. J. Pickle
American Pilot Dies in Mid Air Collision in Germany
FRANKFURT Germany Feb 21 A American flier was killed Monday when two F47 fighter planes collided during a routine training mission The dead pilot s name was withheld pending kin notification Captain W Arnold Jr of Norfolk Va survived the crash landing at Neubiberg without injury The other pilot bailed out but his plane was too low for a safe jump Air Force officials reported only these details
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Frankfurt
Germany
W. Arnold Jr
Norfolk
Neubiberg
Air Force
Mormon Virgin Valley Founding Father Dies
William FE Abbott aged 79, longtime LDS patriarch and pioneer of Virgin Valley, died after driving into the valley in an ox cart 71 years ago. Survived by 13 children, 60 grandchildren and 65 great grandchildren. One of Brigham Young’s first parties to settle Virgin Valley. funeral held here Monday.
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Mesquite
William FE. Abbott
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Virgin Valley
Abbott
Brigham Young
Berlin Jews Riot Over Film Ousting Oliver Twist
Polish Jews clashed with German police in Berlin to prevent screening of a British film Oliver Twist. Riot police backed by Jewish leaders led to a promise the film would not be shown. About 25 Jews injured, four hospitalized, as Kurfuerstendamm area saw clashes.
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Berlin
Fagin
Henry Durbin
Eagle-Lion Studios
Charles Dickens
Kurbel
Kurfuerstendamm
House Panel Approves Pool Table Tax Law
The House revenue and taxation committee approved the first new tax bill of the Legislature. It would levy an annual license fee on pool tables from $10 to $100, licensing pool halls and formalizing what most cities already permit.
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House Revenue and Taxation Committee
Morse Attacks Taft Hartley Defenders in Senate Hearing
Senator Morse of Oregon denounces defenders of the Taft Hartley Act as selfish and class conscious while praising Taft for objectivity. He calls for a middle ground between Taft Hartley and the Truman administration plan, and targets the National Association of Manufacturers and the US Chamber of Commerce for their stance. Taft insists the act’s basic provisions remain while acknowledging some arguments against parts of the law.
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Washington
Morse
R-Ore
Senate Labor Committee
Taft
Robio
Senate
Truman
Ives
R-N.y
National Association of Manufacturers
US Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
CIO
Philip Murray
Ohio
Murray
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Temple
Howard A. Carney
Atlanta
Senate Game and Fish Committee
Shofner
Temple Daily Telegram
William A
Bill) Miller Jr
Carlton Moore
Miller
Game, Fish Commission
Howard Dodgen
Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Deno A. Tufares
Wichita Falls
Simmons Company
Montgomery Ward Company
Sinclair
Betts
Venacia Garcia
Steve Duran Garcia
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
Aubrey Harrell
J. W. Vaughang
S3rd District Court
Gardner
Montgomery Ward and Company
Johnson
Charles L. Manning
Frank McBee
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Ladenewis
Lee Tasby
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Felix M. Coronado
Beatrice Abeila
Henry F. Sellers
Lillie Crouch
James L. Steward
Addie Mae Lee
Bill T. Spoon
Lillian L. Hawkins
W. Bruce Allen, Jr
Sandra Arlene Erris Jesus Rivera
Mary Angeline Welch
Heffington
Flynn V. Long
Chrysler
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Plymouth
E. C. Rather
Buick
William R. Kaun
Lincoln
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