Survey claims lax justice in Texas courts
A Texas survey by the State Junior Bar and the Texas Safety Association reports widespread informal practices in 173 justice of the peace and municipal courts. Findings show many judges lack legal training or access to laws, with trials held in unsuitable spaces and some courts lacking basic trial infrastructure.
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Houston
State Junior Bar of Texas
Texas Safety Association
Texas
Junior Bar
The
Safety Association
W. C. Morris Jr
Justice of Peace
Justice of the Peace
President Truman Plays Piano for Grandma Moses
President Truman visited Blair House tea for Women's National Press Club officers and honored guests. He granted 88-year-old painter Grandma Moses a request to perform piano, joining a moment of informal history as he played a Chopin number for the guests in Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Anna Mary Robertson Moses
Eagle Bridge
N. Y
Blair House
Women's
National Press Club
Grandma” Moses
Capitol Building Really Home To Speaker's Son
The speaker Durwood Manford and family live in the Capitol with his son Louis Price Manford aged 14 months. The nursery and remodeled apartments reflect a grand space as Price tours the halls in a toddler buggy.
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Capitol Building
Speaker
Louis Price Manford
Capitol
Price
Manford
Durwood Manford
Smiley
Obituary Notices for Grubb Scott Waechter Mussett and Others
Funeral services were held or announced for Daniel E. Grubb at Hyde Park Presbyterian Church with burial in Memorial Park. A. L. Scott's services occurred at New Sweden Lutheran Church with burial in New Sweden Cemetery. Anna Elizabeth Waechter, longtime Austin resident, and Mrs. Helen Douglass Mussett died, with services by Cook Funeral Home. Infant Turner and Mattie Davis had services as well. Emma Delany Davenport died in a local hospital. services set for St. Davids Episcopal Church. Fred W. Anderson, 62, died suddenly at his home in Austin. funeral plans follow.
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Daniel E. Grubb
Temple Hospital
Hyde Park Presbyterian Church
John Mueller
W. C. Easton
Memorial Park
Cook Funeral Home
Daisy Grubb
Martha McDonnel
Austin
Myrtle Lamperson
Dallas
Fred Badger
Irma Gersohn
Tucson Ariz
Jimmie Grubb
A. L. Scott
New Sweden Lutheran Church
J. E. Chester
A. W. Almquist
H B. Haterias
Hugo Gibson
Glen Stenholm
E. P. Roden
New Sweden Cemetery
Hyston Manor
Helen Douglass Mussett
David M Currie
Turner
Oakwod
Mattie Davis
Livingston
Emma Delany Davenport
A. M. Scott
D. M. Bartlett
Wilma Delany Doing
Houston
William Delany Walker
St. Davids’ Episcopal Church
Charles Sumners
Oakwood Cemetery
Leslie A. Ginn
Joseph V Frnka
Meteor N. Frnka
William Weeg
Henry Holman
William H. Pright
Fred W. Anderson
W. 6Th Street
Manor
Travis County
Aus
Hospital Pays Off On 25 Year Old Offer
In McCook Nebraska on May 15 a triplet birth fulfilled a 25 year old hospital pledge. St Catherine’s Hospital had promised the first triplets born there would have all expenses paid. The Wise family of Wilsonville welcomed two sons and a daughter weighing four to five pounds each.
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Senate
Shivers
Willene Craft
Price
Capitol
Elizabeth Scott
Albert Cowan
Joyce
Mccook
Neb
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Dale Wise
Wilsonville
Courageous Champions Form Austin Chapter For Handicapped
An Austin unit of the Courageous Champions was organized at a Sunday meeting held at Mrs. A. C. Walker's home. About 40 attendees, many of them handicapped, heard Miss Albine Vincent named temporary chairman and Ernest B. Van Zandt as temporary treasurer. Mrs. Stuart Long spoke along with City Council members, Rev. John Barclay delivered the invocation, and blind musicians A. J. Bell and Miss Barguerite Grisham performed. A nominating committee was formed including Mrs. B. P. Hammett, Beli, and Barclay.
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Austin
The
Courageous Champions
A. C. Walker
Albine Vincent
Ernest B. van Zandt
Vincent
Stuart Long
John Barclay
First Christian Church
A. J. Bell
Barguerite Grisham
B. P. Hammett
Beli
Barclay
Navy Plans To Send WAVEs Overseas
The Navy announced plans to assign enlisted WAVES to overseas stations, beginning this fall, marking the first such overseas postings since the war. The program targets expansion of duties beyond domestic posts.
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Navy
Washington
Death notices for Anderson family member with local ties
A long time resident and painting contractor died leaving a wife, a son Winfield Anderson of Waco, two step-daughters in Austin, three sisters in Austin, five brothers in Taylor Round Rock Austin Manor and Houston. Survived. body at Weed-Corley Funeral Home awaiting out of town relatives arrival.
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Tewards
Central Methodist Church
Winfield Anderson
Waco
Billie Peterman
Joy Woodruff
Austin
C. E. Gustafson
W. M. Gustafson
W. S. Gustafson
Paul Anderson
Taylor
Wilgot Anderson
Round Rock
Ralph Anderson
Lee Anderson
Manor
Lambert Anderson
Houston
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
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ABC Network
Westinghouse Electric Supply Company
East Houston Street
San Antonio, Texas
Austin Orthopedic
Martha Cole
Assocated Press
Allan Shivers
East Side
Mrs. Shivers
Mission
Shary
Allan Jr
Maralice
Mrs. Manford
Georgetown
House of Representatives
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Anna Elizabeth Waechter
East 30Th Street
A. P. Sommers
Fred W. Waechter
George H. Waechter
Chicago
William Wolf
Max Wolf
Helen D. Mussett
Mrs
Emma D. Davenport
Dr. Scholl
J. W. Dalton
Littlefield Ridg
Austin, Texas
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Rural Life Insurance Company
Home Office
Dallas, Texas
Flea Hoppers
Edinburg
J A. Oswalt
Hidalgo County
Colorado
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Linden W. S. Birdwell
Martin Blomquist
Austin's
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Jack Corley
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