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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1949

Page

4

City Fortunate In Having Two Sites for Hall

Austin leaders discuss auditorium sites with Butler Park favored for a civic center and a plan for a bridge to connect to South First Street. City eyes two city owned options as South Austin fears slums while North Austin gears for Interstate work and a proposed east west river boulevard.

Colorado River Say At Guadalupe South First Street Butler Park South Austin Civic Club South Austin Butler Tract Hutment Village North Austin Austin Barton Springs Road East Avenue Montopolis Burnet Road Austin Chamber of Commerce Texas Southwest

River barges here not fanciful, Austin’s harbor idea revived

The editor notes Austin’s inland harbor potential on the Colorado River and compares it to Texas efforts to navigate the Trinity to Fort Worth and Dallas. A 77-foot ship sighting on Lake Travis suggests nautical shifts, while air travel patterns evolve to include shorter, feeder routes to Bryan Palestine Tyler and Lubbock with improved service and lower fares.

Austin Texas Colorado River Fort Worth Dallas Trinity River Colorado Gulf Atlantic Bryan Palestine Tyler Lubbock Civil Aeronautics Board San Antonio Waco Houston

Cold War drives unseen wage boom and factory safety nets

Fifteen million dollars in unsold refrigerators illustrates how big firms rely on military orders to stay afloat. Unions have secured wage raises averaging 3.20 to 4.80 a week as wartime demand keeps plants open. Steel Workers head Phil Murray aims for more pay rises this spring, setting a pattern for the nation without major strikes.

Detroit Army Navy Air Force Secretary of Defense AFL CIO Refrigerator Outfit Washington Steel Union Pittsburgh Steel Workers Phil Murray Big Little Steel Murray Truman New York Post Corp

Questions and Answers from a Newspapers Quiz

The column lists Q and A items on diverse topics. Authorities include Sir William Osler Karl Marx and the International Tracing Service. Topics cover mail to Santa Claus Dead Letter Office gypsum at White Sands dog racing Great Salt Lake Holy Door history Feb 29 birthdays New England Primer Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep tidal conditions on the Great Lakes and Panama Canal excavation dates.

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Demos as Lax as GOP In Public Lands

Washington column by Drew Pearson discusses public lands grazing policy and Forest Service funding. It notes congressional clashes over overgrazing, ranger staffing, and a $1.5185 million appropriations cut, plus iron curtain catalog sentiment and Merci Train exhibits across states.

Washington Congress US Forest Service House Public Lands GOP Frank Barrett Wyoming Forest Service Barrett Agriculture Clinton Anderson Anderson House Appropriations Committee Honolulu Louisville J. B. Speed Art Museum Capitol Madison Wis Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Madison Business and Professional Women’s Club Arkansas Sid McMath Idaho Washington State Seattle Spokane University of Washington

Winchell on Broadway A mosaic of New York talk and tastes

New York chatter spans Ezio Pinza tensions at South Pacific premiere to wire tapping indictments and circus feats. Buzz covers Walter Hampden, Mrs Roosevelt on Meet the Press, Ringling Bros and a slew of film, radio, and book notes with sharp city color and critiques.

Ezio Pinza South Pacific Mary Martin Broady Jones Ryan Buddy Clark Kathy Fiscus Henry Luce Life the Dupes Shostakovich the Waldorf Luce Whittaker Chambers Time Bachelor Dens Man Ann Rutherford Oscar Wilde Tiffany Eyefalower Simone Signoret Deedee Jane Russell Esquire Billingsley Rockefeller Plaza Broadway John L. Lewis Manhattan Washington Lewis N. Y. Times Churchill Goebbels the Geraldos Ringling Bros. Circus Rhonda Fleming Walter Hampden Jed Harris Hampden Hamlet Life Mag Boston Braves Mgr Southworth Gene Fowler Jimmy Walker Beau James Seabury Tammany Steve Early FDR Crowe Jane Wyman Vishinsky Forrestal Teevee Univ. of Calif Essig Mags Franco

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