Welfare Roll Privacy Kept Under Texas Law
Federal rule allows public welfare roll access if states choose. Texas would need action to open lists, per Public Welfare Director John Winters. He favors limiting access to names and amounts, not full social records, and notes confidentiality must remain. Penalties exist for improper disclosure under state law. Nameless bank teller joke closes the item.
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Austin
Texas
John Winters
Winters
Associated Press
Cols Transmitted From Person to Person
Texas health officers note that colds rise in fall and winter and spread easily. People should rest, cover coughs, avoid crowds and contact with vulnerable groups, and consult a physician if fever or persistent symptoms appear.
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Austin
Geo. W. Cox
Texas
Fiery Southern businessman letters sharp rebuke
A fiery tempered southern businessman pens a pointed letter saying his stenographer cannot type his thoughts because she is a lady and he cannot think them as a gentleman. He adds that the recipient, being neither, will understand the ridicule.
Store Drops Lid on London Topper
The article notes the decline of the silk top hat in London culture as fashion shifted from the topper to the derby and pork pie hats. Walker's of Denton, a long established maker near Manchester, closed, signaling the end of an era for silk hat wearers including bankers, doormen, and grooms.
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London
Walker’s
Denton
Manchester
New Two Cent Postcards Issued Surface Dec 1
The Postoffice Department announced the new two cent postal card will be for sale in all post offices by December 1. The two cent rate becomes effective January 1 while the old penny cards stay on sale through December 31 and can be mailed any time before midnight.
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Washington
The
Postoffice Department
Engineers Use Ice to Move Heavy Press in Detroit Plant
In an auto plant in Detroit, engineers used 60 tons of ice to tilt a 275000 pound stamping press during a model change over. Workers stacked 350 ice cakes behind the press and tilted it as the ice melted, allowing the press to sink to the floor for shipment to another plant.
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Detroit
Tucson Churches All Break Law Over Cuspidor Rule
Tucson contends every church in the city violates 1911 ordinance requiring public places to provide cuspidors. Failing to furnish them carries a 20 dollar fine or up to ten days in jail.
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Tucson
Ariz
Mexico Pays Another Oil Grab Installment
Washington reports Mexico paid 2.5 million dollars toward a 40 million dollar U S claim arising from the seizure of oil holdings and land of American citizens. The payment was handed to Assistant Secretary of State Edward G Miller Jr by Mexican Ambassador Don Rafael De La Colina. Mexico agreed to pay the 40 million in the 1941 claims convention. it now owes 9 million.
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Washington
Mexico
U. S
Edward G. Miller Jr
Don Rafael de la Colina
Hearing aid researchers study deafness causes and treatments
Dr. J. B. Warren notes that manufacturers and engineers with ear specialists are refining devices to overcome deafness caused by disturbances in the outer middle or inner ear or the eustachian tube. The American Medical Association has evaluated hearing aids using pitch measurements.
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American Medical Association
Tight Pants Decree Triggers Ruckus Among Best Dressed Men
New York reports a civil war among tailors after the Custom Tailors' Guild named the year's 100 best dressed men. The debate centers on a proposed narrow cut for trousers and jackets, praised by some Big 10 figures while bandleader Freddy Martin denounces the fashion shift and rejects the label.
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New York
Custom Tailors’ Guild
Freddy Martin
For Rent and Wanted Ads Mixed in Whitewright Page
Local notices offer rental cues and wants including rooms by night or week and requests to buy trees rags iron eggs cream hides and land. Businesses advertise wiring supplies plumbing and auto parts while service firms promote insurance and watch repair in Whitewright area.
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Caro Maxey
Carrie Hamilton
Babcock Auto Store
Brunswick
C. J. Meador Hardware
Farmall
Orenduff
Whitewright
Fashion dress code clash with Mr Martin on tight pants
Fred Baletta leader of the guild says the dressy look is rising in demand among wives studying UN dignitaries and trim suits. The guild lists Eisenhower Hope Rockefeller Durocher Vinson Hart Melchior Impellitteri Taylor as models while Martin insists trousers stay full sail in casual style. He argues after 30 comfort is key for courting and happiness.
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Fred Baletta
Guild
Martin
United Nations
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bob Hope
Winthrop Rockefeller
Leo Durocher
Fred M. Vinson
Detroit
Herbert Hart
Laurite Melchior
New York
Vincent Impellitteri
Robert Taylor
Impellitteri
Taylor
Old Gold Ash Tray Planned for Ex-City Manager
Worcester dentist Don Abbey will present Everett Merrill, former city manager, with a solid gold ash tray crafted from old dental gold saved from a patient's teeth. The gift underscores the frugal reuse of precious metal.
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Worcester
Mass
Don Abbey
Everett Merrill
Abbey
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