Capital City grand juries speed murder cases in 1949 50
Grand juries, district judges, and the district attorney’s office are praised for clearing prior murder dockets. Indictments are issued quickly, and trials are set promptly, with witnesses still recollecting details. The DA emphasizes speedy trials and warns against delaying tactics, hoping for reduced crime. Police salary concerns and a circulated forged letter attacking a county official are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Williams
Bob Long
Travis County
Uncle Sam
District Attorney's Office
Chamber of Commerce
Austin
Small Town Scene and National Resource Fears
A rural town screens time with magazine browsing at the drug store newsstand. Across the nation, cries over dwindling natural resources accompany ongoing forest fires that devastate dry woodlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Texan Reaches Top in Oil Empire
Eugene Holman born in San Angelo and raised in Mona han Texas rose to president of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) after a career from University of Texas geology to Humble Oil and Refining and leadership roles in South America and the companys New York operations. He spoke at the Texas proration hearing on national security and domestic oil health, stressing restraint on imports and long term value of the domestic industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Eugene Holman
San Angelo
Monahans
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
University of Texas
West Texan
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Standard
West
Texas Plains
Austin
Holman
Army Signal Corps
United States Geological Survey
Humble Oil and Refining Company
New York
Standard Oil
Standard Affiliates
South America
Texas Commission
Texas Production
Texas Oil
Railroad Commission
Con
Standard of
Senate probes urged into Detroit labor rackets and mob ties
A column urges the Senate Committee to pursue wide investigations into labor unions and mob-linked gambling in Detroit. It names figures tied to vice, blackmail, and rackets in unions, urging witnesses and subpoenas to expose corruption affecting workers and business. It cites Don Levine's Plain Talk and Reuther case notes as supporting leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Senate
Max Raddock
New York
AFL High Command
Raddock
Truman
Isaac Don Levine
Little
Plain Talk
Clark
Reuther
Don Levine
Reuther Brothers
Walter Reuther
Schenectady
N. Y
Pest Mall Syndicate
Q and A trivia roundup on physiology and history
Questions cover daily water exhalation by four people, a cubs home run killing a bulldog, Bach’s blindness caused by copying works at night, Big Ben’s clock dimensions, main furniture regions in the U S, stored body fat proportion, and the Conscience Fund. Answers provide concise historical and factual details with named persons and places where available.
Gambler Vaughn Cannon Tax Case Still Unresolved In NC
Washington reports lingering mystery over tax fraud prosecution for Vaughn Cannon, Buncombe County’s slot machine king. Case stalled since 1949 with Treasury handling, while Cannon faces Asheville gambling charges and local officials linked to his operations. Congress and Kefauver probes noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vaughn Cannon
Buncombe County
North Carolina
Asheville
Cannon
Bob Doughton
Doughton
Northwestern Bank
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Cong. Doughton
Treasury Department
Lamar Caudle
Justice Department
Caudle
The
Treasury
Superior Court of
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Sam Cathey
Vaughan Cannon
Marshal J. West
Winchell on Broadway shows quick bites from New York nightlife
A dense montage of Midtown chatter covers Broadway figures, hotel staff, and socialites. It notes Nancy Andrews paying writers for songs, Jean Stewart linked to Lord Carnovan and Jack Duff, Marion Kendall Hodge’s Montreal ties, Nona Massey’s New Orleans marriage, and a run of Broadway rounds from Upper Darby to midtown. It also mentions a hotel maid strike and Mindy Carson’s record.
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Times Square
The
Blue Angel
Nancy Andrews
Touch & Go
Miss Platt
Jean Stewart
Lord Carnovan
Jack Duff
Chemical Zillions
Eddie Olivers
F. Throwers
ABC
Marion Kendall Hodge
Montreal
Nona Massey
Jay Kurtz
New Orleans
Haymassey
J. W. McElduff
Broadway
Upper Darby
Hotel Chambermaids
Midtown
Jeanne Olson
Babies Hospital
Medical Center
Paramount
Palm Beach
Florida
Reno
John Jacob Astors
Robert Christenberry
Audit Bureau affiliations of Austin papers noted
The Austin Am The Austin American and The Austin Statesman are listed as members of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, a national organization certifying circulation figures for major U.S. newspapers. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news republication in the newspaper and AP dispatches.
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The
Austin American
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Nations Organization
United States
Associated Press
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Capital City
Police Association
Usu
Editors
Texan
Fred N. Howser
California
Howser
Cecil Storey
Criminal Code Commission
Storey
By Smith
BY Victor Riesel
AFL
Bill Dahlen
Cubs
Polo Grounds
Digby Bell
Bach
Meb
Comis
Froberger, Buxtehude
Big Ben
London
W. Ell A
House of Parliament
J. R
Great Lakes
Southeast
Middle Atlantic
Ilinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Michigan
Ohio
Conscience Fund
United States Treasury
Drew Pearson
Rich
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Joe Martin
McCarthy
Nilkanth Chavre
Foster
Sears, Roebuck
House Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Beethoven
Edgar Allan Poe
Duke of Wellington
Napoleon
Samuel Coleridge
Shelley
Charles Dickens
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Richard Sheridan
Livingstone
Stanley
Congressional
Taft
Mindy Carson
Rosemary Kittleton
F. Satenstein
Compass
Ludwig Bemelman
Simon & Schuster
Austin Am
Erican
Porto ET eRefer
Asthene
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