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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1951
Page
4
Fort Worth reports show lawyers using ornate diction in petitions. A man with a broken finger sues for 5000 dollars. a divorce petition mocks the husband’s temperance and wages, with the judge translating the verbose language into a plain result.
Starkville notes scientist John DeMarche of Mississippi State College explains that only a tiny fraction of solar energy reaches Earth while preserved rock records show billions of years of sunshine. He describes solar energy as nuclear in origin and warns of catastrophic future impacts from interstellar disturbances and solar system motion.
Disjointed notes discuss religion, pleasures, and schooling. Mentions Christmas spending, dancing schools, earthquakes, jeans, teen culture, wealth display, breakfast ham and eggs, old days, spelling by graduates, and motorists with faulty brakes.
The editor warns polio may become an year round threat in Texas with rising cases and deaths, urging sanitation and public health measures. It contrasts 1949 and 1950 polio data and stresses civic action to defend against the disease. The piece also reviews an American Legion report criticizing the 1949 Air Force strength versus recommendations, urging a bold, five year plan for air power and related national defense initiatives.
A Philadelphia waterfront report details alleged Communist Party infiltration led by Al Lannon and associates. It describes ties to Chester, labor meetings, and plans to seize AFL local power, with a looming January strike and warnings to strike leaders.
A quiz format lists questions and concise answers on varied topics. It covers Alaska railroad opening date July 15 1923 Colosseum construction by 12 000 slaves to Rome and seating details Fingerprint identification points and common word meanings Alaska area versus U S, House Speaker selection, Los Alamos name meaning, education statistics, and orchestra instrument ranges.
The fragment provides masthead details for The Austin American Statesman dated January 6 1951 with editor Charles E Green and business manager Louis N Goldberg information. It notes the Sunday issue and publication location in Austin Texas.
Washington scene centers on a looming railroad strike despite a public settlement. White House aides clash with Railroad Brotherhood chiefs over final decisions and mediation. New England seeks a government steel plant in Connecticut vs Big Steel plans in Pennsylvania, while Senate and House debate tax and amortization.
Walter Winchell on Broadway highlights G I Al by Harry Akst and Jolson links, plus Paris merged Nora Norman Mailer sister Barbara, Leila Hadley chatter, Ziegfeld girls, Mousie Greens shoes valued at 12000, and Ring Round the Moon ballet lift accusations. It notes election results with Gerald L K Smith, John Hamilton, and 267000 votes, plus Time jests at Forrestal critics and other showbiz and political tidbits from 1951.
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