Comanche Man Slowly Works Out Check Mix-Up
Comanche man Walter Jones avoids trial after a check mix-up involving a car purchase from an Austin dealer. Sheriff Ernest Best arranged Reno authorities to release Jones and a local judge released him on recognizance. Jones returned the car, paid damages, and the dealer declined to prosecute.
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W. A. Jones
Comanche
Austin
Reno
Nev
Ernest Best
Jones
Travis County
Nevada
Charles 0. Betts
Bob ‘Long
Fragmented Verse and Vague News Snatches
A disjointed collection of lines evokes political satire and social commentary. References include a slipping metaphor about a Ship of State, a girl in a dress, fiscal concerns, bomb shelters, and Franco's daughter marriage, with scattered remarks on dictators and wealth.
Texas Seizure Fight Shapes Gulf Coast Boundaries
Federal officials in Austin discuss the three leagues offshore claim amid Texas and Mexico competing rights in the Gulf of Mexico. The piece notes annexation terms preserving Texas public domain and the push to rule on ownership while highlighting Austin’s defense and reserve facilities plans.
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United States
Texas
Austin
Brownsville
Mexico
Tidelands
Rio Grande
Gulf of Mexico
Congress
Fourth Army
Texas Military District
Army
Armed Forces Center
Labor leader Phil Murray targets broad labor unity plan
In Atlantic City 2200 Steelworkers delegates hear Phil Murray outline a bold push for a unified labor command. He pledges a joint committee with AFL leaders, predicts wide contract gains, and argues for compulsory union shop across heavy industry. He cites back pay, growth to 75,000 white collar members, and massive life and health benefits while urging John L. Lewis to join.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
Steelworkers
Phil Murray
Lewis
Phil
Walter Reuther
Labor
All Labor
AFL
Murray
John Lewis
US Steel Corporation
United Steelworkers
Reuther
John L
Joe Pelleschi
Elmora
Joe
American Civil Liberties Union
Herbert Northrup
Labor Relations Committee
Patrick Murphy Malin
ACLU
John L. Lewis
Lloyd Sidener
Canton
Joe Dickman
Library
Coatdigger
Post Hall Syndicate
Amendment on bank deposit guarantee introduced by Vandenberg
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan introduced the amendment to the Glass-Steagall Banking Act for the immediate application of Federal Deposit Insurance. He had long advocated insuring bank deposits before the Roosevelt era.
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Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Booklet Offer on Fortune Telling Draws Readers
Readers can buy a booklet titled Fortune Telling from the Austin American Information Bureau in Washington DC. It promises complete directions a dream dictionary horoscopes and an assortment of omens signs and everyday superstitions. The ad invites readers to send 15 cents for a copy.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
Washington, D. C
Exiled peasant leaders plan anti communist Green Internationale
Washington stage hosts International Peasant Union Congress with leaders like Stanislaw Mikolajczyk and Imre Kovacs aiming to rally US backing for Balkan independence movements. Also in Annapolis, Judge William C. Coleman urges open hunting and condemns anti-baiting laws amid a Maryland sportsmen meeting.
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Washington
National Press Building
International Peasant Union Congress
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
Imre Kovacs
G. M. Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Green Internationale
Europe
Hungary
Buchenwald
Danube
Mark Ethridge
Louisville Courier-Journal
Balkan
State Department
William C. Coleman
Baltimore
Coleman
United States
Judge Coleman
Clarence Cottam
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Maryland
Annapolis
Maine
New England
Republican Friction Erupts At Capitol Hill Dinner
A Capitol Hill dinner devolved into a heated exchange as Rep. A L Miller of Nebraska condemned GOP leadership accusing Joe Martin ex-Speaker and Rep. Les Arends of failing to confer with rank and file. Martin defended limited conferences and in-touch letters, sparking a tense stand, adjournment moved by Rep. James Dolliver.
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Capitol Hill
A. L
Doc” Miller
Nebraska
Joe Martin
Martin
Les Arends
Illinois
Miller
James Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Iowa
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Broadway gossip and political charges swirl in 1949 era piece
Winchell notes demands for investigations into lobbyists and cartels, citing Truman's attack on the real estate lobby and a massive 21 billion dollar oil and shipping scandal. He recalls secret testimony against Polish Communists and critique of congressional probes, plus theater mishaps and star mentions like Pia and Barbara Perry.
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Truman
Senate Judiciary Committee
USA
Eisler
Europe
P. S
U. S
Sen. Aiken
Congress
Maritime Commission
Cong
Senate
United States
Washington
Justice Dep't
Broadhurst
Fred March
Pacific
Happy Times
Roseanne
T. Dorsey
Shamrock
Houston
Bobby Clark
Volpone
Syd Zelinka
Howard Harris
Audit Bureau certifies Austin papers circulation
The Austin American and The Austin Statesman are members of the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The papers are Associated Press members, with AP rights to republication of local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Austin American
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Associated Press
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Henry Kluge
Jim McCoy
L. T. Gunn
Doss Waggoner
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Arthur Knudson
Lee Williamson
Sheriff's Department
Brotherhood of Ankind
Samson
Franco
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United States Attorney General
Texas National Guard
Texas City
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John Llewellyn Lewis
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Wales
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Johnstown
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