Senator's tirade over school board bills and reforms
A state senator rails at a government unit for shaping exam questions to fail a applicant. In a contrast, a secretary explains a 2 percent opposition in letters reflects reasons from the 98 percent camp. A citizen defense of SB 115 and the Gilmer Aikin reform laws is quoted, urging principled stand. The Gulch chronicles urban to rural noise and a barnyard night scene with a fox and a hen as rural life returns to routine.
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Truman says constitutional rights must accompany the flag
In a bold rebuke to secret Munich military trials, President Truman urged that the Constitution travel with the American flag and be honored in occupied Germany. He warned that military tribunals cannot override Bill of Rights guarantees and called for immediate action to protect fair trials.
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Munich
Germany
Lucius Clay
Maxwell Taylor
Europe
John J. L. McKee
Military Commission
Hungary
Armed Forces
Trivia Questions and Answers Mix of Facts and Histories
A long reader quiz covers animals in trees the sloth and a Landseer tale of drawing two pictures, sleeve buttons origin in lace cuffs, Saturday half holidays from Edgar to Canute, UN taxes, annual cold loss, sheep and poultry manure use, daily prayer origins, wedding anniversaries, and the hydrophobia rescue of Joseph Meister.
Isaacks Urges Texas Lynch Law To Halt Federal Anti lynch Moves
Texas lawmaker S J Isaacks proposes a broad lynching bill extending penalties to all mob participants in fatal crimes and up to ten years for second degree lynching. The measure adds new enforcement power for prosecutors and the governor to pursue accused mob members and gangs. In Austin, postwar construction finally resumes with plans for two major structures after a lull.
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S. J. Isaacks
Texas
South
Isaacks
Isaackis
Austin to Add Two Tall Buildings to Revitalize Downtown
Negotiations proceed for a 10 story office building to be leased to federal agencies while a second major project gains momentum. The pair would rank among Austin's largest business structures as new offices and hotels address growing space needs and downtown expansion ahead of the 1950 census.
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Stock Company
Commodore Perry
Calcasieu
Tor
Weight Control booklet offer from Austin American Bureau
Simple booklet explains how to manage weight without medicines or fad diets. Covers vitamins calories proteins carbohydrates and everyday food terms with menus and weight charts by age and height. Send 15 cents to Austin American Information Bureau 316 Eve Street N E Washington DC.
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Eve Street
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Washington, DC
Washington Werny Go Fount Irish Mince On Atlantic Pact
Irish Minister Sean Nunan bluntly told Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Ireland cannot join a military alliance with Britain or any power tied to oppression in Ireland. The piece outlines U S Soviet divisions, Tass unsure info, and debates shaping the North Atlantic pact and its congressional war-declaration framework.
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Ireland
Great Britain
Senate Foreign Relations Comittee
Sean Nunan
Nunan
State Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Time mag front cover sparks gossip and showbiz rumors
A collage of notes from the era recalls Time magazines cover, celebrity stories, and social chatter. It mentions Gable returning gifts, the Maharajah of Indore and his US wife, Danita at The Little Palm in Miami, Joe E. Lewis and Tony Martin, a memorial dinner for Colonel David Marcus, Felice Ingersoll’s film presence, and various political figures amid showbiz salaciousness.
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Indore
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David Marcus
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Criterion Theater
Felice Ingersoll
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