Pay raise woes split Austin police union and city budget tensions
The Austin Police Association fractures over detectives seeking higher pay, while patrol officers resist. City Manager Seaholm cites budget limits as the barrier to raises in all departments, prompting firemen to push for a charter amendment. Also notes on UT district traffic changes and Lamar Boulevard political posters.
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Austin Police Association
R. D. Thorp
Thorp
Walter Seaholm
Seaholm
City Plan Commission
University of Texas
19Th
24Th
Guadalupe
Rio Grande
Lamar Boulevard
Fragmented proverbs and reflections on liberty and trust
A collage of aphorisms contrasts creation myths with modern labor, travel, and politics. It weighs freedom versus control, noting ignorance of motive and the costs of a free world while critiquing character assassination and propaganda.
Texas Democrats urged to vote in precinct conventions
The article warns of a low non presidential election turnout in Texas and urges Democrats to participate in July 22 precinct conventions. It discusses the battle over party control at county and state levels, potential coups by Dixiecrats or anti administration forces, and the need for broad participation to reflect true majority will.
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Texas
Ken Regan
el Paso
Mineral Wells
State Committee
Twe
Sen
Graham
Senate
Supreme Court
University of Texas
North Carolina
Willis Smith
Frank Graham
West Point
Smith
Brewster
Congressional Record
John T. Flynn
Grand Central Station
New York
Public relations satire on superlatives and psychology
Columnist MALCOLM W. BINGAY discusses the cost and folly of claims of superiority. He notes how advertisers and public relations advisers push certainty, while psychology shows that claiming the best invites challenge. The piece cites the cigar industry and quotes Baltasar Gracian and Theodore F. MacManus.
Information Bureau Q and A compilation
A long reader Q and A feature covers unemployment in the 1930s, ice fishing, Pan American Highway travel, ship measurements, Grand Canyon boundaries, milk production, Shakespeare Bible, rocket altitude, Buenos Aires street naming, a dog awarded and later rescinded a Distinguished Service Cross, Eiffel Tower steel and rivets, and historic advertising advice highlighting restraint from superlatives with a Mr. Dooley remark.
Willoughby blamed for Korea blunders and southern GOP push
General Charles Willoughby, MacArthur's chief of intelligence, faces criticism in Washington over Korea misjudgments including underestimating Korean forces and overvaluing internal threats. Jonathan Daniels warns Truman that FEPC support may cripple the Democratic South. The piece details Republican efforts to sway Southern voters, including misleading endorsements and legal maneuvers ahead of Senate battles.
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Washington
Pentagon
Korea
Charles A. Willoughby
Mac Arthur
Manila
Willoughby
Iran
Louis Johnson
Omar Bradley
Tokyo
Bradley
Gen. Willoughby
National Security Council
North Korea
MacArthur
United Nations
Orient
Jonathan Daniels
White House
Daniels
Truman
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
South
North
North Carolina
Woodrow Wilson
Navy
Frank Graham
The
University of North Carolina
Senate
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond
Olin Johnston
Chicago
Brewster
Maine
Guy Gabrielson
Republican National Committee
Willis Smith
Winchell On Broadway notes on Nazi fugitives and deportations
The column catalogs individuals linked to Nazi collaborators and fascist groups who faced or faced pending actions by U S authorities. Walter Gieseking Ference Vajta Edward Sittler Lajos Marschalke Tiso Karol Sidor are cited with deportation hearings or trials.
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Hitler
Dept. of Justice
Herr Gieseking
Europe
Ference Vajta
Lajos Marschalko
Marschalke
Ellis Island
Uncle Sam
Tiso
Slovakia
Russia
Hecause Karol Sidor
Local News Republication Policy Note
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all local news printed in this newspaper and AP dispatches. This notice governs use and distribution of the paper's content.
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