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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1950
Page
4
City leaders warn of a light turnout for Monday's $20 million Municipal and school improvements bond vote. Five unpaid council members led planning, with departments outlining needs for the next four to five years. Campaign pressure and community goals accompany a call to civic duty and a Community Chest drive aiming to aid vulnerable residents.
The piece contrasts old time thievery with today’s station robberies, questions hidden weapons, and critiques Americanism. It wades through hints about federal payrolls, political favors, rugged individualism, and a quip about a world shortage tied to a lamb.
The piece argues the Truman assassination attempt exposes subversives at home and abroad. It lauds FBI vigilance and Congress action while defending civil liberties, urging a firm, evidence based crackdown on treason without vengeance.
In Miami years ago Al Jolson spotted a bartender’s table joke and paid a hotel desk clerk who had stolen a thousand dollars from Jolson’s envelope. The clerk bet on dogs at South Miami and won three thousand dollars, with Jolson joking about a college fund and a quip about a quarter from a juke box.
Swiss defenses, built on armed neutrality and large reserve forces, are shifting toward stronger deterrence. The government seeks a near doubling of the military budget to acquire more planes tanks and heavy weapons amid fears of renewed warfare in Western Europe.
A compilation of Q and A on army saluting rules historic shifts up to 1913, odor removal from damp papers, silicosis cures, ship classifications, largest hydroelectric plant, tea name origins, and metal durability with notes on archaeology. It covers army etiquette, archival housekeeping, public health, maritime standards, energy, linguistics, and metallurgy.
An inexpensive Jesus gift marketed as a red letter New Testament with Savior awards in red print. Aimed at Sunday school teachers seeking a fitting, low cost present. Includes a section naming Bible linked natural features and living beings. Printed on thin paper with a brown cover.
Page four item from the Austin American dated November 3 1950 in Austin Texas. No readable events, names, or specifics available in fragments.
Two Mormon Utah leaders J Reuben Clark and Elbert Thomas square off as Clark backs shifts in Monroe Doctrine and UN policing while Thomas pushes UN policy and Korea. Oklahoma candidates William Alexander and Mike Monroney clash with Alexander billed as revival showman amid controversy over Monroney’s basement bar.
In Oklahoma Congressman Victor Wickersham faces criticism over what the piece calls a poor congressional record of “feeding at the public trough.” It cites salaries paid to associates, use of staff for private business, improper travel attempts, and alleged padding of expenses, portraying a pattern of misuse of public funds. The Bell Syndicate report frames the reelection bid amid ethics questions.
Walter Winchell surveys how political letters powered campaigns and policy. He traces pivotal missives from Benedict Arnold’s West Point plans to George Baer’s coal strike letter and Roosevelt era maneuvers, noting letters as decisive legal and political leverage.
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