Governor Unavailable To Child Care Center Delegations
Eleanor Roosevelt notes a New York governor at his Pawling country home blocked visitors including women pressing to keep child care centers open. The piece contrasts this with New York City's mayor who welcomed delegations and pledges to help. It also critiques postwar price controls and party dynamics, urging Republican action in Congress.
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New York
State of
Pawling
New York City
Texas 1947 Traffic Deaths Dip Slightly From 1946
Texas traffic deaths for January through September reached 1,227, down 25 from the same period in 1946. Officials caution that with current traffic volume the annual total may still exceed last year's figure.
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Texas
Austin
U.P
State Department of Public Safety
Candidate Would Give the Country Back to Indians
Miss Zelma O Riley of Austin announces her 1948 presidential bid to restore stolen goods to American Indians. She would abolish the Indian bureau create an Indian bank and place state governors to be appointed in Washington while emphasizing Indian first then Irish.
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Zelma O'Riley
Austin
Miss O'Riley
White House
Indian Bureau
America
Washington
Riley
University of Texas
Cat Fancies Corn on Cob in Quirky Tale
Black Boy the plain cat enjoys corn on the cob and is said to clip kernels with fang shaped teeth. Owner Mrs. Floyd Hershinger of Houston describes him as friendly and large with a dark coat while noting his favorite dessert as canta loupe.
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Floyd Hershinger
Houston
Unions Face NLRB Action Over Taft-Hartley Provisions
The NLRB serves notice that unions are subject to Taft-Hartley penalties for unfair labor practices. Bonham files actions seeking a federal injunction against AFL carpenters in Chattanooga for a secondary boycott and charges the International Typographical Union and its Baltimore local with refusing to bargain in good faith. Officials say these cases test the law and aim to compel unions to answer complaints despite attempts to avoid the board.
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Washington
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Nlrb General Council
Robert N. Bonham
AFL
Chattanooga
Tenn
International Typographical Union
Baltimore
NLRB
Fort Worth Woman Killed in Church Outing Wreck
Mrs. J. C. Towe 24 was killed when their automobile overturned returning from a church outing in Fort Worth. Her husband suffered probable neck fractures and internal injuries while Lynn Brandon 19 had head cuts and a leg fracture and Noble Dialhister 17 sustained a head injury.
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Fort Worth
J. C. Towe
Worley Named Texas Rep to Empire Association Meet
Representative Worley of Texas has been named to attend the British Empire Parliamentary Association meeting in the Bahamas on December 28.
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Worley
Washington
Texas
British Empire Parliamentary Association
Bahamas
Tomato Vine Climbs Wall Impresses Mrs Blaker
Dr Bruce W Hume Jr at 2211 Polk has a tomato vine that climbs 7 to 8 feet up a wall while Mrs Blaker at 1513 East Twenty Eighth notes the abundant fruit. County agent Art Bralley says commercial growers use trellises to keep tomatoes off the ground.
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Bruce W. Hume, Jr
Polk
E. R. Blaker
East Twenty-eighth
Hume
Blaker
Art Bralley
Mr. Bralley
Three Fishermen Rescued After Shrimp Boat Burns
Three Port Arthur fishermen were rescued after their shrimp boat burned and split near San Luis Pass. Galveston life guards aided the air rescue, with Patrolmen Colombo and Thompson guiding a Piper Cub to a landing spot. The men Louis Deshotel Cornelius Allenson and Vernon Abbott swam to an island and were later flown to Port Arthur.
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Galveston
Port Arthur
San Luis Pass
Galveston Beach
Leroy Colombo
Jack Thompson
Louis Deshotel
Cornelius Allenson
Vernon Abbott
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