County Salaries At Issue In New Legislation
Legislature may fix Travis County pay gaps for 1951 raises, affecting county attorney and county court at law judge who were left out of standard increases. Deputy salaries depend on population brackets and past adjustments. P. L. Nairn and Fred Hartkopf, both double amputees, were photographed this week for a fraternity magazine highlighting resilience.
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Travis
Tom Johnson
Commissioners Court
Johnson
Justice of the Peace
P. L. Nairn
Fred Hartkopf
Nairn
Hartkopf
Buerger
Hartgeet
Espair
Judge Nairn
Texas
Veterans
Ampn
Vetran
Fragmented OCR scribbles on weather, illness and war
A jumble of notes mentions old wall phones, weather causing colds, warnings of temporary insanity, and a remark about fifteen Russian generals dying in a year. It also touches on excuses under patrol scrutiny and a so called Battle off the Century shifted to other parties.
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Stalin
Bell County shows record population surge in decade
Bell County Texas posted a 65.3 percent population gain for the decade, the strongest rise among Texas counties as Temple and Belton cities share in the growth. The increase, about 29,309 people, outpaced prior declines, with Fort Hood and urban expansion aiding the rebound. The rise signals broader rural revitalization and could shape the county’s economic outlook for the next ten years.
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Mid-Texas
Bell County
Texas
Blacklands
Temple
Belton
McLennan County
Waco
McCloskey General Hospital
Camp Hood
Killeen
Fort Hood
Bell
Films Still Lead TV for Entertainment Says Rose
Billy Rose argues film outshines television in eight months of home viewing. He praises Annie Get Your Gun The Asphalt Jungle Father of the Bride and The Next Voice You Hear for their cinematic quality and impact, while noting TV may eventually rival top Hollywood products. He plans to keep watching films at the barn theater in Mt. Kisco and only use TV when top films are scarce.
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Eleanor
Mt. Kisco
Groucho Marx
John Huston
Hollywood
Billy Rose
First Latin American nation to declare war on Axis
Costa Rica declared war on Japan on December 8, 1941 and followed with declarations against Germany and Italy on December 11. The three year limit on espionage trials was questioned, with a Bill moving to ten years in the Senate.
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Department of Justice
Attorney General
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Wood investigated for fee tied mail routes and alcohol use
A Bell Syndicate piece accuses Congressman John S. Wood of Georgia of taking a $1000 fee from Ralph Stanfield and other favors, alleging improper awarding of rural mail routes, alcohol problems, and connections to Hollywood funds. The piece portrays Wood as unfit to lead the unAmerican Activities Committee.
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Wood
Carl Tallent
Ralph Stanfield
Stanfield
Jack Chappel
Georgia Marble Company
Georgia
Cong. Wood
Congress
Weldon C. Bennett
Canton
C. B
Butch) Holcombe
Holcombe
John S. Wood
Congressional
Elder Stanfield
Ralph Clark Jr
Flowery Branch
Harold W. Puckett
Buford
Homer Reeves
Reeves
George Bryce
Frank
Joe Martin
Charles Halleck
Indiana
House
unAmerican Activities Committee
Hollywood
Ed Dunlap
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Winchell on Broadway Celebs and Broadway Buzz
A compact rundown of stars and showbiz. Notable names include Justice Douglas inviting a columnist to a light breakfast, Desi Arnates with Lucille Ball, Don Taylor seeking roles, and George Shearing gaining US citizenship. Midtown notes tease Woodruff vs Pepsi location, Newsweek staff strike talk, and other nightlife chatter.
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Wm. O. Douglas
Russia
Don Taylor
Desi Arnates
Lucille Ball
Patricia Neway
H. Pollet
Nat'l League
Diener
The
Blue Angel
George Shearing
Bop City
America
Coca-Cola
Woodruff
Broadway
47Th St
Pepsi-Cola
7Th Ave
Audit Bureau roles in Austin newspapers
The Austin American and The Austin Statesman are members of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, a national organization certifying circulation. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of local news printed in this newspaper and AP dispatches.
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Bureau
1200 Eye Street
Washington 2
Austin American
Austin
The
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation, S
National Organization
Cadic
United States
Associated Press
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Capital City
Tom Whitehead JR
Grees
Bergman
Editors
White House
Ence
Washington
Walter K. Kerr
Kerr
By Scott
Pacific
as_ Entertainment
BY Billy Rose
Spencer Tracy
Elizabeth Taylor
Dore Schary
MGM
Radio City Music Hall
Metro
L. E. HM
Cyrus Pield
Atlantic Ocean
P. N
Joan
Jack) Broughton
England
Rome
C.M.C. A. Gibbon
K.bm
James Madison
Woodrow Wilson
D.C
National Bureau of Standards
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit
Mashburn
Cumming
Suerior Court
Forsyth County
Franklin P. Adamses
New England
Doris Duke
H. Houghton
Encye Britannica
Ethel MacLean
Muzak
Ann Blyth
Richard Long
Mack Gordon
Flair
Liberty Mag
Newsweekers
Newspaper Guild
Jimmy Durante
Vincent Dempsey
ABC Newsroom
Coward McCann
J. Famm
Mirror
Pam Sharpe
Westchester County
Music Hall
Patricia Laird
Thrush
Roy Stevens
Roseland Crew
Mad- Moiselles
Lea Mathews
Cafe Society
Tony Martin
Lalo Rios
Margaret Case Harriman
Algonquin Round Table
Algonk
Ginger Gibson
Barbizon
Veep Barkley
ABC
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