City explores bond plan to maintain 10 to 1 debt ratio
The Austin city government faces a May 16 special election to authorize 7.15 million dollars in revenue bonds for utility upgrades. Tax rates remain unchanged as earnings from the water and light plant pay these bonds. Officials forecast issuing 2.45 million in tax bonds and outline a five year plan to keep bond debt within one tenth of assessed valuations.
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Texas
Joe Huffman
Guston Morgan
Arrogant John L Lewis Faces A Looming Coal War
Washington report portraits John L Lewis as a powerful union figure seeking to expand the welfare fund and housing projects. Operators threaten a showdown over control of quotas and leadership, while some backing his social programs exists. The piece warns arrogance may provoke a lengthy strike or force compromise.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
John Lewis
John L
Lewis
Texas
New York Post Corp
Answers and Facts From a Historic Q&A Page
A reader Q and A session covers live TV versus film, origin of Chow Chow name, Anna Jarvis death details, hot dog attribution to T Dorgan, Road of Loving Hearts gift for Robert Louis Stevenson, peanut history, and divorce rights for GI spouses under wartime acts. Questions span media, pets, history, food, and law with concise official-style replies.
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Tusitala
Editor's Notebook on Water Bill Defeat and Confederacy Honors
Spokesmen of the High Plains Water Conservation and Users Association deny involvement in the underground water bill defeat and discuss local administration plans for underground pools. The piece also reports Texas Stars and Bars Week honors for the Confederacy and proposed constitutional changes to extend terms for state officials and legislative sessions.
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High Plains Water Conservation and Users Association
High Plains Association
W. O. Fortenberry
Senate
E. V. Spence
State Board of Water Engineers
Plains
Texas
Beauford
Ple
Beauford Jester
Webster's Illustrated Tower Dictionary and Atlas Offer
A booklet promotes Webster's Illustrated Tower Dictionary and Atlas as a compact encyclopedia with 378 pages, 25 000 definitions and pronunciations, plus 16 pages of four color world maps. It invites readers to send 40 cents to the Austin American Information Bureau in Washington DC.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N. E
Washington, D. C
Postwar China’s Tragedy and Hidden Ship Deals
Washington reports unveil a postwar China mired in misused relief, as T. V. Soong and M. H. Kung block U S ship purchases while controlling supply. State Department protests show private buyers barred, Kiang’s agents insisting exclusive broker role. Also notes Brooklyn born Ambassador Gans and Swiss GI aid pioneer Florian Niederer in lighter features.
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Washington
State Department
China
T. V. Soong
M. H Kung
Chiang Kaishek
Board of Supply
USA
Soong
US Foreign Liquidation Commission
Manila
P. Kiang
Stetson
J. B. Stetson
Stetson Hats
FLC
Kiang
Monnet Davis
Shanghai
Executive Yuan
B. A. Johnson
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Oscar Gans
United States
Gans
Cuba
Tasker Bliss
Broadway Musings Mix Politics, Theatre, and Gossip
The column blends Senator Bridges’ snub of the State Department over China aid with cultural notes on Loesser’s It’s Cold Outside and a review of Death of a Salesman. It mentions Kai-shek, Yalta memories, Hiss loyalties, and showbiz anecdotes from Bobby Clark to Kirk Douglas.
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Styles Bridges
Dep't
China
Gov't
Frank Loesser
Joel Sayre
John Warde
Gotham Hotel
New Yorker
Jack Gilford
Dharbanger
Behar
India
U. S
Bobby Clark
Sec’y
Stettinius
Fdr
Yalta
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Ethel Pyle
Nevada
Pyle
United States
Kirk Douglas
Douglas
Broadway
Lauren Bacall
Coasters
Jamaica
Blue Lancer
McLemore
Cong
Sclon
Henry
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West Chester
Q. How
Oo R.L. T. A. Dorgan
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P. T. Barnum
C.E.C
South
Ular
House
By Smith
Drew Pearson
Ambassador Gans
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Latin America
Labor Department
Swiss Kilroy Club
Florian Niederer
Switzerland
Europe
Niederer
Swiss Tourist Office
Alps
Kilroy
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Wincheil
Austin
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Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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