Meanest trick of 1950 lands on trio renters
A father and two daughters swindle an 80 year old landlord out of about 2400 through repeated checks. County officials probe but find no swindle law as the trio, already on welfare, push the limits. Other items note a sanity hearing breach, out of town traffic fines, and violinist Rubinoff being made a Texas deputy sheriff.
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East Side
Lola Peterson
Miss Peterson
Perry Jones
Mace Thurman
Travis Blakeslee
Blakeslee
Austin
Rubinoff
Allan Shivers
Texas
Ernest Best
Travis County
Possibilities Unlimited
Riesel
Stalin's reforestation plan set to music in a joke
A playful note on Stalin's reforestation program being set to music and a remark on rising nervous disorders. The piece mocks the era by mentioning boys who seek to amplify music and sales talks over loudspeakers in railroad stations.
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Stalin
Editors Notebook on Shivers Tax Ideas for Hospital Funding
The note surveys 71 citizen replies to Governor Shivers on funding a hospital program. Most favor adjusting the 1941 omnibus tax levy or a temporary tax hike, with few endorsing a sales tax. Several propose other taxes, with none supporting deficit financing. Also notes repeal of the 10-cent oleomargarine tax and price effects on butter.
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Allan Shivers
Shivers
Congress
Wisconsin
Possibilities Unlimited Help Amputees Find Work and Pride
A Cleveland based effort, Possibilities Unlimited, assists 500000 Americans with limb loss through self help. Members train in sports and crafts, run placement bureaus, and host industrial forums to prove value to employers without charity. Betty Lou Marbury and Phyllis Detweiller exemplify resilience and independence.
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Betty Lou Marbury
Tennessee
Phyllis Detweiller
Cleveland
Betty Lou
Phyllis
Jimmy Savo
Jimmy
Savo
Possibilities Unlimited, Inc
Possibilities Unlimited
Phyllis Winging
New York
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Alcoholics Anonymous
Connecticut
George Kruger
Horace Heidt
Peg-Leg Bates
Betty Lou Will
Post-Mall Syndicate, Inc
Trivia Q and A From an Old Newspaper Column
The page presents a mixed Q and A set covering wedding march history needles numbering Canada naming practice and the Dominion term, a list of ten intelligent animals, four year presidential term origins, and UN flag adoption with dates and locations.
Tyler to China Letter Echoes in Modern Trade Ties
Washington recalls 1843 Tyler letter and Webster’s instructions to Cushing as today’s U S China trade frictions mirror Britain's export interests. The piece notes historical patterns of opening ports, treaty rules, and U S diplomacy facing Chinese markets. The Bell Syndicate text contrasts 1843 hopes with 1950s trade tensions.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Washington
United States
China
John Tyler
Maury Maverick
Caleb Cushing
Daniel Webster
Ambassador Cushing
Webster
Karl Marx
Tyler
United States of America
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
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Connecticut
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Delaware
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Virginia
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South Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Louisiana
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Mississippi
Illinois
Alabama
Missouri
Arkansas
Michigan
Japan
Yellow Sea
Pekin
Canton
Amoy
Ning-po
Shanghai
Fu-chow
America
Senate
John
Cushing
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Broadway Letters and Film Notes Mix in Aegis of Hollywood
A collage of letters and reviews references Broadway and film lore. It quotes Max Abramson on Riding High and notes connections to Broadway Bill and Little Miss Marker. It cites Damon Runyon and Dorothy Thompson, plus reflections on actors like Emil Jannings and Tallulah Bankhead.
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Variety
Hellinger
Hollywood
Miss Marker
Bob Hope
Damon Runyon
Willmot Lewis
Dorothy Thompson
Tallulah Bankhead
AP News Republication Note
The Associated Press licenses local news for republication in this newspaper and distributes AP dispatches to subscribers.
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Associated Press
The
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W. Reid Blair
Bronx Zoo
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Lady Love
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Iva le Gallienne
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Lue Angel
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Pastronat Ampere
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