Morgan Rejected Dallas Offer to Stay as Austin City Manager
In June 1 retirement of Guston Morgan, Austin loses a renowned municipal leader who declined a $20,000 Dallas post. Morgan, kept in Austin by loyalty and a $10,000 salary, helped drive postwar growth, bond programs, water and sewer expansions, and utility upgrades under Mayor Tom Miller and City Council. Walter E. Seaholm, long Morgan’s ally, is eyed as his successor, bringing decades of service and UT engineering ties to the role.
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Guston Morgan
Austin
Texas
Morgan
Tom Miller
Hershey
Ohio
Michigan
People of
Colorado River
Utility Department
Dallas
Taylor Glass
City of
Walter E. Seaholm
Water and Light
Seaholm
Mar
Ring
University of Texas
University of Texas College of Engineering
Latin American unrest and uranium threat exposed
Soviet plots in Bolivia staged for March 28 were foiled by police, leading to the outlawing of the Bolivian Communist Party on April 11. The article links Cominform activity to mining uranium discoveries near the Argentine border and warns of broader Latin American communist influence aided by unions and labor leaders. It cites FBI and Justice Department efforts and notes AFL CIO tensions in Panama Canal Zone unions and Petrillo’s musicians.
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Bolivia
Washington
Senor Ravines
Spain
Comintern
South America
Presidential
Teachers Congress
Partisans For
Bolivian Communist Party
Senor Donate Millan
la Paz
Cominform
Communist Party
Pedro Acosta
United States State Department
Secretary of State
United States
Guatemala
Western Hemisphere
Cuba
Chile
AFL
CIO
Don Gabriel Gonzales Videla
Serafino Romaaldi
Panama Canal Zone
Phil Murray
Senor Anagia
Eral
FBI
Louis Budenz
Budenz
Justice Department
Medina
McGrath
Road Iron Lures Texas Industry With New Acrylate Road Process
Austin researchers note acrylates mixed with moisture harden soil to a rocklike surface. Army Navy and Air Force tests show boggy ground becoming passable for heavy equipment and emergency airstrips. Texas spends millions on rural roads while petrochemical yields promise endless acrylate supplies for paving and defense uses.
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Austin Businessen
Texas
Austin
Department of the Army
United States Navy
Navy
Army
Air Force
Texas poised as hub for acrylate road materials growth
The discussion highlights Texas as the nation’s leader in petroleum by products and vinyl materials, urging exploration of acrylate use in road surfacing. It notes potential all weather improvements for rural access and the chance for a major plastics industry centered in Texas, leveraging existing chemical industries and by products.
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Texas
Armed Services
Rabies cases in the United States and city census details
The text notes 8508 rabies cases in 1940 including 6610 in dogs and 13 in men, with other animals also affected. It lists large cities over 100000 in 1940 and 1790 counts, noting New York 1790 population 49401 and Louisville 200. It states Washington DC has five universities: George Washington, Georgetown, Catholic, American, and Howard.
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United States
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Providence
New Haven
Richmond
Albany
New Bedford
Norfolk
Hartford
Cambridge
Worcester
Seld
Mass
Louisville
George Washington
Georgetown
Catholic, American
Howard
Florida Senate Race Highlights Pepper Smathers Clash
In a heated Florida contest for the U.S. Senate Pepper faces Smathers with labor backing Pepper while Smathers relies on GOP money from wintering Republicans. The campaign echoes a Dewey Truman style, with focus on Communism and Russia. Pepper’s ties to Stalin surface as Smathers accuses him of wartime Moscow contact.
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Pepper
Stalin
Washington
Florida
Claude Pepper
Senate
Truman
George Smathers
Congress
Smathers
New York Times
Thomas A. Dewey
Sir Galihad
South
Uncle Sam
House
Joe Stalin
Saturday Evening Post
Henry Wallace
United States
Justice Department
Marine Corps
Claude
Key West
Congressman Cannon
Russia
Potsdam
Metropolitan
Moscow
USA
Ussr
Assia
The
Bell Syndicate. Inc
Winchell on Broadway and Other New York Gossip
New York correspondent recalls show business scraps and society chatter. Princess Margaret smoking brand Passing Clouds noted. Mrs Daisy Connaid, former FDR cook, reflects hard times. Various stars, romances, hotel moguls, and a spate of breathless items populate a brisk Broadway-beat column.
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New York
Adler & Draper
Frances Wilson
Bill Bertolotti
Juliana Larson
W. Bedford Sharp, Jr
Monsoon
Nazli
Egypt
Mayo
Gigi Durston
Elliott Roosevelt
Eugene MacCown
Boston
Paree
Scott McKays
Hilton
George Nichols
Sutton Place
Providence
Bob Hope
Frank Luther
Windsor
John Maragon
Texas
Robert Q. Lewis
Parisien
Gussie Moran
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Recipe
Texas Petroleum and Chemical
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FLW
Washington, D. C
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Times
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du Pont
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