Legal questions loom over acting county attorney in wartime
The piece weighs the legality of an acting county attorney when the elected official serves in the armed forces. It recalls a Denton County WWI precedent where an acting attorney was deemed unqualified, risking overturning convictions. The current Travis County setup mirrors that past, with Les Procter away and James Ware as assistant. Ware draws the salary. The column also notes Austin traffic fatalities rising sharply, record-keeping for 1951, and a county civil suit uptick in 1950.
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Red China and Soviet Voice In U S Labor Circles
In June 1945 San Francisco hosted daily press sessions with Molotov Stettinius Attlee and Stassen. A Chinese American group exposed the China Daily News at 105 Mott Street printing pro Soviet, anti U S lines in Chinese translations. Labor leaders reported pervasive hostile rhetoric and Soviet aligned coverage.
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Questions and Answers A Reader's Q&A Compilation
A compiled reader Q A column from the Austin American Information Bureau in Washington asks about draft exemptions for merchant mariners and other topics. It covers bowling alley counts in 1949 Germany coal production compared with Great Britain and France, origins of seltzer water, skywriting letter sizes, playing card court meanings, Johann Strauss young debut, Punchbowl cemetery, and post office history.
Texas to push driver responsibility in traffic safety drive
Governor Allan Shivers led a statewide conference in Austin to seek citizen and official backing for tighter traffic regulation. Texas considers a driver responsibility statute to require financial protection after accidents, emulating models in New York and other states, with concerns about insurer powers and potential state monopoly fears.
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Beef Shortage Warned in Price Skid and Ration Moves
Washington report from the Gillette committee staff led by Paul Haldlick warns of a looming beef crisis due to slower production than rising demand. It proposes heavier cattle, more frozen beef, Latin American imports, and sheep farming to ease wool and lamb shortages. It also discusses bread price rollbacks, dairy delivery reform, and a new price watchdog to curb inflation.
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Walter Winchell on Broadway and Readers Digest tales
Walter Winchell on Broadway surveys current magazine pieces. F Oursler’s Santamental tale in Reader’s Digest aims for merriment. Collier’s FDR missives include a Chicago publisher item. Edna St Vincent Millay’s final poem appears in Harper’s. Newsweek notes Nazi agent Vieck writing under Stuart Benton. Life Lists highlights US assets. Stalin’s world conquest plan appears in Coronet. Sabbath Times’ Peep Show criticized.
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Associated Press Rights Notice Reiterated in Paper
The notice states the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news republication in this newspaper and to AP news content. It emphasizes AP ownership and control over distribution rights within the publication’s pages.
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