Newsmen Undertake Five Day Tour Of Texas Hospitals
Veteran Texas newsmen and editors plan a self funded five day circuit of state hospitals to factually document conditions. The effort aims to inform the public and assist legislators in January with surveys and recommendations for better care and housing of state wards.
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Allan Shivers
Austin
Sigma Delta Chi
National
Shivers
Texas
Capitol
Texas Daily Newspapers
So They Say New York Leaders Push Rights and Justice
President Truman urges respect for human rights and development with a plan to control economic weapons. Governor Stevenson links freedom to economic and social justice and equal opportunity. Thorfin Hogness criticizes the Atomic Energy Commission’s cautious stance amid security concerns.
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New York
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Chicago
Thorfin R. Hogness
Senator Hickenlooper
Rtown
The
Atomic Energy) Commission
Editors Notebook: Critics Target Annual Legislature Sessions
Former Representative Fritz Engelhard of Eagle Lake denounces the proposed constitutional amendment for annual sessions and full-time pay for lawmakers. He questions legality, voting eligibility, ballot wording, and notes a Dallas suit that was dismissed. The piece also highlights Mineral Wells growth and a statewide gathering with Governor Shivers and officials.
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Fritz Engelhard
Eagle Lake
Engelhard
House
Senate
Dallas
Travis County District Court
Doctor's fight to fund cancer research in New York clinic
A doctor, reluctant to reveal his name, details the funding obstacles in cancer research. He recounts sacrificing salary for lab work, securing fellowships, and the struggle to publish before grants. He notes a new wing being built at his center as a hopeful sign.
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New York
M. D
Medico
Answers and Facts From a 1940s Q and A Compilation
A collection of brief Q and A items covering topics from school bus totals in 1949 to Duncan Hines merit listings, mint marks on wartime cents, gin rummy origins, city ownership of transit, Dutch named streams, Woodrow Wilson book plate words, 1948 sports attendances, grease removal from vents, Andrew Jackson inauguration chaos, the blind beetle in ant nests, and overseas civilian jobs in the Navy.
Children's Animal World booklet offered for 20 cents
This notice promotes a booklet titled Animals are the children's friends with illustrations from photograms from the American Museum of Natural History. It highlights woodland and field creatures and zoo inhabitants and urges readers to send 20 cents to the Austin American Information Bureau in Eye Street NE, Washington DC.
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Eye Street
N. E
Washington
D. C
Austin American Information
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Parks
Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street NE
Washington, D.C
Income Tax Enforcement Needs Stronger Action
Treasury officials say up to a billion dollars could be collected annually with fuller income tax enforcement. Delays and local politics hinder prosecutions as cases move from the Justice Department to district attorneys, with examples in Prince Georges County Maryland and Kansas City Kansas involving the sheriff and a prominent doctor.
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Truman
Bureau of Internal Revenue
80Th Congress
Treasury
Justice Department
Washington, D. C
T-men
Prince Georges County
Earl
Bernard Flynn
Baltimore
Kansas City
Kan
Herbert Hessler
Lester Luther
Topeka
Luther
Hessler
Patenotres Indicted In Hidden Profits Case 1948
The column recalls the 1948 indictment of Mrs Eleanor Patenotre and her son over concealed profits from selling the Philadelphia Inquirer. They paid about 1 567 in 1930 instead of an estimated 200 000. Madame Patenotre agreed to plead guilty and pay a 2 000 000 cash settlement to avoid jail. Also noted is Bill Lias of Wheeling West Virginia who withdrew a guilty plea and was acquitted after a jury trial.
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Eleanor Patenotre
Philadelphia Inquirer
Treasury
Patenottes
Justice Department
Raymond Patenotre
Patenotre
Washington
Ellsworth Alvord
Madame Patenotre
Bill Lias
Wheeling
W. Va
Lias
Lee Spillers
Spillers
Bell Syndicate, Inc
The Theater Book of the Year by George Jean Nathan
Winchell on Broadway offers tastings from Nathan’s latest edition The Theater Book of the Year. The essayist criticizes Hollywood satire, stage perfomances and the value of zoos while reflecting on actors critics and public tastes with wit and sharp observation.
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George Jean Nathan
A. A. Knopf
Fragments on Society From A Bygone Era
A collection of curbed opinions touching crime business travel and moral judgments. It criticizes big business and politics while lampooning common habits and social trends of the era. The voice surveys American life from transportation to domestic strife and cheap entertainment.
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Land of
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