High Court to Hear Firemen-Cop Pay Case in Texas
Oral arguments before the Texas Supreme Court will address minimum pay for Austin police and firemen in a test suit arising from two issues. The case covers all major Texas cities and centers on whether raises should follow the state minimum or current salaries and whether accumulated unused sick leave should date from May 1947 or earlier.
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American Capitol
Austin
Supreme Court
Texas
Court of Civil Appeals
Doan’s Pills Marketed For Kidney Relief
Aging and stress can slow kidney function causing backache fatigue headaches and night visits to the bathroom. Doan’s Pills are advertised as a mild diuretic used by millions for over 60 years to ease these symptoms by flushing waste from kidney tubes and filters.
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Dean
Doan
Churchill Rules Out Coalition If Election Is Close
London February 21. Conservative Leader Winston Churchill rejected forming a coalition even if Britain’s general election is tight. Prime Minister Attlee defended Labor as inclusive, and both leaders campaigned in their home districts ahead of the 625 member House of Commons vote.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Laborites
Churchill
Attlee
Labor Party
Walthamstow West
United States
China
House of Commons
England
Bailiwicks
Applicants Screened For Consular Jobs In Austin
Two State Department representatives ended interviews with Austin applicants for foreign service posts after a final test at the Driskill Hotel. Mrs Grace A Grefe and Miss Sam Joan Housman praised the pool as exceptional and said openings include stenographers and code clerks for overseas posts among 300 diplomatic and consular posts.
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State Department
Austin
Driskill Hotel
Grace A. Grefe
Sam Joan Housman
Department
Washington, D. C
Grefe
Rhubarb Poisoning Linked to Leaves Fatal Cases
Oxalic poisoning from rhubarb leaves reported as fatal cases per the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Coal showdown nears as fuel famine tightens in coal dispute
Washington reports the fuel famine sharpens a coal dispute with 372,000 striking soft coal miners idle for five weeks. John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers hold silence as federal court contempt threats loom. layoffs mount to 55,500 with no progress in mediation. Senator Taft cites gangs hindering work. Seizure powers remain debated.
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National Coal Association
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Federal
Cyrus
S. Ching
John R. Steelman
Senator Taft
Ohio
White House
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Moose Falls in Open Grave Delays Rites
A funeral in Palmer Alaska was delayed after fish and wildlife agents and a tow truck hoisted a moose from an open grave. The stray animal wandered into the cemetery at night and fell into the freshly dug burial site, delaying rites.
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Palmer
Alaska
UPA
Fish and Wildlife
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