Women Legislators Bring Active Presence to Texas House
Grace Baker urges forming a service club for servicemen as Seton Hospital marks its golden anniversary and Easter Seal Sale is planned. New freshmen include Dorothy Gurley and Virginia Duff, with Neveille Colson in the Senate, showcasing increasing female representation and focus on good government.
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Grace Baker
Avenue H
Austin
Bergstrom Air Base
Georgia
Seton Hospital
Travis County Society For Crippled Children
Cerebral Palsy Center
Texas Hunter and Jumper Association
Cocke Horse Farms
Lake Austin
Joe Cocke
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Glenn Greens
Virginia Forbes
Glenn Green III
Virginia
Congress
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Washington
INS
Dorothy Gillis Gurley
del Rio
Virginia Duff
Ferris
House
Senate
Neveille Colson
Legislative Assembly
Truman urges standards for redistricting as states gain seats
President Truman pressed Congress to set clear rules for redistricting in Texas and six other states gaining representatives after the 1950 census. He warned Congress can intervene if states refuse fair standards, aiming to keep districts proportional and discourage gerrymandering. California would gain seven seats while nine states lose seats, signaling a tough session with bills to reapportion and create new districts including Texas 22nd.
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Pennsylvania
Missouri
New York
Oklahoma
California
Florida
Maryland
Michigan
Virginia
W. R. Chambers
Brown County
22Nd
Senatorial reapportionment faces limited changes and fresh terms
The article discusses senatorial redistricting under Senate Bill No. 1, noting a skeletal plan for five counties and three Lower Valley counties. It explains senatorial courtesy, district sizes, and the challenge of a new law forcing all senators to rerun every two years, influencing retirement decisions such as that of Senator Charles R. Jones.
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Rogers Kelley
Rio Grande Valley
Lower Valley
Hidalgo
Cameron
Willacy
Kelley
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House
Senate
Charles R. Jones
Bonham
Demoralization Tactics Alleged at Communist Parley
A 1922-tinged account claims Communist leaders outlined plans to demoralize the US by infiltrating labor, youth, religious, and civil defense groups. It warns of “Operation Demoralization” and the use of non Communist agents to weaken war effort and foster popular fronts with staged committees.
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Michigan
United States
Communist Party
Lower East Side
Gus Hall
Moscow
Warmongers
Earl Browder
Wall Street
Ssr
Russia
William Z. Foster
Johnny Gates
Volunteer Civil Defense Corps
AFL
Steel, Auto and Electrical Indus
Chiang Kai-shek
Manila
Gran San Martin
All Red Gazettes
London
Answers and facts from Austin American Information Q and A
A reader questions a range of facts from congenital clubfoot to Nobel Prize discovery. Topics include 77 percent present at birth, 5 percent inherited, the kookaburra nickname for the laughing jackass, shoe weight allowances, Yukawa’s 1949 Nobel Prize for the meson, fingerprint resilience of bricklayers, and Lully’s death from baton injury in 1687.
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Austin American Information
A. Hidelki Yukawa
Retreats in Korea show planned pullback across 38th Parallel
The article outlines two UN retreats in Korea, describing a staged withdrawal from near the Manchurian border to the 38th Parallel and then to Hungnam. It notes limited Chinese attacks at Hungnam, liaison problems between Eighth Army and the 10th Corps, and morale issues within the Second Division. It also mentions media cost inquiries and other late-1951 items.
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Korea
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10Th Corps
Hungnam
Europe
Mao
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MacArthur
Pentagon
Walton Walker
Walker
Almond
Tokyo
Manchurian
Siberian
Manchuria
Walter Winchell on Broadway and Hollywood Buzz
Gossip column style briefing with notes on Walter Winchell, Elizabeth Taylor, Paulette Goddard, Arthur Godfrey and others. Mentions marriages, industry moves, foibles, inflation on Broadway, and political shifts including McCarthy era tensions and international tidbits.
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