Death Ends Career Of A C Baldwin
A C Baldwin’s long career in Texas journalism and printing ends with his death. He owned or edited multiple papers, helped found the Austin Printing Company, and partnered in ventures including the Austin Statesman and San Antonio Gazette before devoting full time to his commercial business. He retired from active papers after selling The Tribune in 1915.
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Austin
Driskill Hotel
Austin Evening News
East Seventh Street
Tally Ho Cafe
Texas
Democrat
Sunday Morning Mirror
John Henry Kirby
Houston
Austin Statesman
The
Statesman
San Antonio
Henry Hutchings
Austin Printing Company
A. C. Baldwin & Sons
Hutchings
Texas Adjutant General
Baldwins
Fourth and
Congress
West Eighth Street
Baldwin
Austin Tribune
Tribune
Senate Primary Probe Pressed By Grand Jury
A Grand Jury in ALICE heard continued questions Friday in last year’s heated Democratic senatorial primary. Witnesses included Mrs. Claude McConnell, her husband the former jailer, Edwardo Rios, and others among ten subpoenas issued. Former Governor Coke Stevenson alleged 200 fraudulent votes in Precinct 13. Lyndon Johnson’s victory followed.
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Alice
Claude McConnell
McConnell
Edwardo Rios
Coke Stevenson
Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
US Senate
McConnells
Rios
Eleven Senators Seek Allied Police Force Concept
Eleven senators from both parties propose a professional Allied Police Force of volunteers from smaller European nations to operate with major powers in defense of the North Atlantic area. The plan would amend a foreign arms aid bill, allocating 1.314 billion dollars for European Atlantic Pact members and excluding England, France, and Italy.
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Washington
North Atlantic
England
France
Italy
Senate
Sparkman
D-Ala
Aiken
Rvt
Cain
R-Wash
Capehart
Rind
Hendrickson
R-Nj
Flanders
R-Vt
Hill
Hoey
Tender Hauls 5 000 Gallons Water Capacity
A large type railway engine is described as capable of carrying 5 000 gallons of water in its tender.
He ll Go Straight Parents Back Bid For Freeing Convict Lover
Peggy Peterson the California girl who came to Baltimore to plead for the freedom of her convict sweetheart says her parents approve her fight to free William J. Lansbury a 24 year old prisoner paroled two weeks ago but facing forgery charges. She offers part of her savings as restitution and plans marriage only after probation and California approval allow it. She awaits the judge's ruling as she resumes job hunting.
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Baltimore
Peggy Peterson
California
Peggy
San Francisco
San Quentin
William J. Lansbury
Lansbury
Robert France
France
Wichita Falls Fire Cuts Water Supply
A fire at the city water plant shut pumps and dropped pressure from 70 to 15 pounds, leaving Wichita Falls nearly without water for hours. Crews wired around the burned panel to restore service before noon, and residents were urged to conserve water during the outage.
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Wichita Falls
Even Prison in Texas Better'n Missouri Cold
Tommy M Hughes a 45 year old armed robber who had escaped from the Sagerland Texas prison farm in 1947 surrendered in Kansas City Missouri saying the cold there is worse than Texas heat and that he would return to Texas where he served eight years of a 15 year sentence.
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Kansas City
Tommy M. Hughes
Hughes
Texas
Sagerland
San Antonio
Lathers Union Elects New President in Cleveland
William J. McSorley of Cleveland was re-elected Thursday to a three year term as president of the AFL Lathers Union. Houston was chosen as the site for the union’s next convention in 1952.
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Los Angeles
William J. McSorley
Cleveland
AFL Lathers Union
Houston
Meek Surrender Ends Rifle Threat in Suburban Apartment
A laborer armed with a shotgun surrendered after riot guns were drawn by four officers at a police station. He dropped the weapon when ordered, was arrested, and jailed after Friday charges. A soldier sighting prompted the investigation, with neighbors reporting a gunman fleeing west. Police, aided by the sheriff, searched nearby woods for the suspect.
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Johnson
Weilding
Ernest Best
Son of Gov Warren Forms Caviar Firm
Earl Jr Warren, 19, son of governor, formed Trans Orient Trades with friends and a Japanese couple to produce caviar from sea urchins off Southern California and Mexico. He will return to UC Davis to study animal husbandry as work begins.
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Warren
California
Mexico
Trans-Orient Trades
Earl Jr
University of California Agriculture School
Davis
Gov Allan Shivers to Return to Austin Saturday
Governor Allan Shivers, three days in Mexico City, will fly back to Texas Saturday after participating in Mexican Independence Day celebrations. Senate President G C Morris finished a brief acting governor tour but spoke in North Texas Friday night.
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Austin American Capitol
Allan Shivers
Mexico City
Texas
Senate
G. C. Morris
Hap Arnold Reported In Very Good Health
General H H Arnold retired wartime leader of the Army Air Forces was examined by Dr Russel C A Lee in Palo Alto California and returned to his Sonoma ranch home north of San Francisco after the check up The physician said Arnold is in the best of health since his retirement.
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Palo Alto
Calif
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Russel C. A. Lee
Arnold
Sonoma
San Francisco
Birth Care Clinics in 29 States Operate 157 Clinics
Twenty nine states maintain a network of one hundred fifty seven birth control clinics offering services across the nation. The figure highlights the spread of reproductive health facilities and access points.
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Union
Top GI Insurance Dividend Of 528 Dollars Set
Veterans Administration outlines a $528 maximum dividend for National Service Life Insurance with 55 cents per $1000 per month for those 40 and under, declining to 20 cents for older veterans. January payouts total $2.8 billion for about 16 million veterans and dependents, with verification required and tax free.
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Washington
Carl R. Gray Jr
Gray
Veterans Administration
National Service Life
Mayor Approves War Dead Statue in Austin
Mayor Taylor Glass backed a nine foot World War II doughboy statue for Congress Avenue and 11th Street honoring 285 Travis County veterans. The plan, costing about 5000 dollars, awaits police traffic bureau and City Council approval with emblems of service branches on the marble base.
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Congress Avenue
11Th Street
Austin
Gold Star Mothers of America
Travis County
Taylor Glass
Gold Star Mothers
Llth
Glass
Police Traffic Bureau
Lois Fugler
Gold Mothers Chapter
Senate rejects steel executive as Munitions Board chairman
The Senate rejected Carl A. Ilgenfritz for the Munitions Board post over his refusal to give up US Steel salary of 70 000 a year. Truman nominated the Big Steel executive to direct mobilization planning, but Byrd argued the two salaries created a bad precedent and the vote was 40 to 28 against confirmation.
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Washington
Senate
Carl A. Ilgenfritz
US Steel Corporation
Chamber
President Truman
Truman
Ilgenfritz
US Munitions Board
Byrd
Dva
US Steel
Sen
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Congress
Tydings
D-Md
Senate Armed Services Committee
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Lathers Union
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Sacramento
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