Resignation of Detective Herbert hits Austin police
Detective K R Herbert resigns after 12 years with Austin Police to join the Austin National Bank as of Aug 1. The top homicide investigator, praised for confessions and forgery cases, leaves a force two short of full strength. Chief Thorp notes two patrolmen will be promoted to fill vacancies.
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Austin
K. R. Herbert
Herbert
South
The
Austin National Bank
Ted C. Klaus
R. D. Thorp
Thorp
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Texas
Education Going to the Dogs by Degrees
A humorous brief noting the phrasing about Uncle Sam and the British Jack and the idea that special privilege and honor degrees are being conferred on dogs, implying education going to the dogs by degrees.
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Uncle Sam
Election Day Call To Duty In Texas Politics
The piece urges citizens to vote and attend precinct conventions on election day, outlining polling hours from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and stressing the duty to influence government at federal, state, and local levels. It notes poll taxes and registration affect participation and discusses wartime context and turnout concerns. It also references military experts on armored warfare trends and the role of tanks in Korea.
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Congress
Texas Legislature
Texas Senate
Texas
Korea
Liddell Hart
Ordnance Magazine
Russia
Red Star
Red Army
Amereral Solomatin
Pro Soviet Labor Cadre Forming National Coalition
A wartime conference in an eastern city assembled Arry Bridges and a cadre of pro Stalinist unionists claiming to lead a labor fed eration of nearly 200,000 members with 4000 officials and 500 top Communists. The group centers on United Electrical Workers and operates covertly in major plants including Sylvania Radar Huntington West Virginia Westinghouse Erie Pennsylvania and Knolls Atomic Lab Schenectady New York while opposing defense programs and seeking to disrupt atomic projects and war production.
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Arry Bridges
United States
Arry
Communist Party
New Bridges
United Labor Action
United Electrical Workers
Phil Murray
Tronic
Communist National Board
Sylvania
Huntington
W. Va
Commies
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse
Erie
General Electric
Lester
Knolls Atomic Lab
Schenectady
New York
International Harvester
CIO
Fort
River Rouge
Peace Committee
Post-Hall
Questions and Answers on varied topics from a 1940s column
A miscellaneous Q and A list covers dog aging 12 years equated to 84 human, Bamboo and Ice Bowls locations, fishing license totals for 1949 at 15 478 570, gas furnace humidity risk and venting, Michigan repealing prohibition in 1933, whales being largest animals, and Henry Hudson English by Dutch employ.
Care of the Feet booklet offer from Austin American
Foot troubles that become painful in adulthood often start as overlooked childhood defects. Feet take twenty years to develop. children's feet should be watched from infancy. The booklet provides care advice for all ages and lifestyles. Order by sending 15 cents to Austin American Information Bureau, 1200 Eye St NW, Washington DC.
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Austin
American Information Bureau
Eye St
N. W
Washington, D. C
Symington taps Pioneer Airlines head as RS Board vice chairman
In a Capitol briefing, Stuart Symington named Bob Smith of Pioneer Airlines as vice chairman of the National Security Resources Board. He stressed the role as a close aide who will push legislation on Capitol Hill and work with labor leaders. Symington noted labor’s strong anti communist stance and praised leaders like Walter Reuther and Jim Carey for their courage. He dismissed plans to relocate mass production to one region and said war plants would follow need, not politics.
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Washington
Korea
California
Graves Erskine
Edward A. Craig
James A. van Fleet
Greece
van Fleet
Walton Walker
Johnny” Walker
Patton
Robert S. Allen
Walker
Bob Allen
Shaef
6Th Armored Division
Omar Bradley
Oklahoma
Elmer Thomas
United Dty
Capitol Hill
Duke Cullum
Thomas
Broker Cullum
New York
Joycette Jones
Thomas’ Agriculture Committee
Cullum
Capitol
Sen. Thomas
Europe
Sweden
Stuart Symington
Gen- Bob Smith
Pioneer Airlines
Texas
National Security Resources Board
Symington
Roosevelt
Sidney Hilman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
William Knudsen
General Motors
Office of Production Management
Resources Board
Labor
Walter Reuther
Jim Carey
United Auto Workers
International Electrical Workers Union
Bob Smith
Jesse Jones
Willow Run
Henry Kaiser
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
The
Bell Syndicate Inc
Winchell On Broadway Abroad Tipping And Tips Across Europe
Go overseas tips and travel quirks from Winchell recount how tipping differs by country, the correct terms for police in France, dining habits in Italy, signage in Paris, and oddities like Geneva horn laws and a Paris brothel near the Arch de Triomphe. The piece notes language quirks, customs, and travel lore for visitors to France, Italy, Switzerland, and beyond.
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France
England
Great Britain
Switzerland
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Paris
Francois
Henry VIII
Marie Antoinette
Geneva
Arch de Triomphe
United Nations
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Tom Whitehead JR
Bob Long
Long
Nairn
Grant
Garret
Underhill
Stalin
By Smith
Democracy At Work
Victor Riflel
House Un-American Affairs Committee
L.i.t. A
T.K
Manila
Philippine Islands
Fairbanks
Alaska
M.C. A
National Bureau of Standards
J.J. A
Hudson
Hudson River
M.B
Henry Hudson
Dutch East India Company of Holland
Hendrik
Wmirrry
Pioneer’s Smith
All
Shannon
TWA
Agents de Police
Mseer
London
Rome
Vatican
Orly Field
Paree
Riftel
Napoleon
Hotel Des Invalides
Horace Sutton
Sat
Review of Literature
Austin American
Ladide Foreign
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Abbocta ‘Associated Press
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