Austin Stands Near Top In Recreation Program
Beverly Sheffield reports 1948 recreation department gains with 2,638,310 attendees last year. Austin offers two paid pools and nine free pools for 150,000 residents, 13 playgrounds totaling 59.37 acres, and four large parks Barton Springs Zilker Pease Bee Creek. Facilities include Rosewood Park Hart Field Downs, and two golf courses Dam Boulevard Enfield Road and Northside Municipal. Rapid city growth foreshadows new playgrounds and another golf course.
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James A. Garrison
Garrison
Austin
Sam
Vienna
Austria
Guston Morgan
Dallas Morning News
North
Texas
Barton Springs
Zilker
Pease
Bee Creek Park
East Woods
Harris Park
Zaragosa
Ninth
Pedernales
Gillis
Oltorf
South First Streets
Shipe
44Th
Avenue G
Stacy
Sunset Lane
East Avenue
21St
West Austin
10Th
Blanco
Metz
Canterbury
Ramsey
42Nd
Rosedale
Palm
First
Westenfield
Enfield Road
Bailey
West 33Rd
Bailey Lane
Rosewood Park
Rosewood Avenue
Austin Athletic Club
12Th and
Shoal Creek
Pan-Am
Third and Comal
House Park
12Th
Hart Field
Chicon
Butler Park
Lamar Boulevard
Toomey Road
Downs Field
Webberville Road
A. J. Eilers
Eilers Pool
Dam Boulevard
Northside
41St
Red River Street
Bryker Woods
Wilshire Woods
Govalle
Labor Guerrillas and Union Woes Across America
A sweeping 1949 digest outlines labor unrest and union activity across the United States. It notes armed labor guerrillas threatening leaders, CPI and Communist-linked groups, looming strikes, and employer pressures. It mentions AFL auto and steel wage talks, Reuther shooting probes, union film projects, and a push for higher minimum wages, plus broader labor media ventures and a pending socialist center plan.
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AFL Auto Union
Hawaii
New England
Comrades
Oregon
Truman
Congress
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
Reuther
United Nations
Norman Thomas
AFL High Command
Toronto
Questions and Answers from the Archive Quiz
A set of trivia Q and A covers cable thickness, the Ganges as sacred, Notre Dame governance, Mickey Mouse origin, lunar motion, Mexican and northern boundaries, and old bridal customs. Details include the undersea cable thinning near deep sea and thickening near shore for protection, the Ganges washing away sins, Holy Cross governance, 1928 creation of Mickey Mouse, lunar daily eastward drift, and threshold lifting in Rome to avoid ill luck.
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Rome
Braniff to lead Texas USO drive and speakers bureau
T E Braniff announced a major step to reactivate USO services in Texas with a $10,100,000 national budget funded by voluntary subscriptions. John Ben Shepperd will head the speakers bureau in each county to mobilize support for the Texas drive. Gov. Allan Shivers and Firestone endorsed the plan after Braniff’s statewide meeting.
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T. E. Braniff
USO
Texas
Harvey S. Firestone Jr
Braniff
John Ben Shepperd
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Paign
Allan Shivers
USC
Shepperd
Shivers
Jaycees
Europe
Sons and Daughters of
Gladewater
Firestone and
Modern Manners booklet offers guidance on timing and statements
Today’s booklet explains what to do and when to do it and what to say and when to say it. It presents an authoritative up to date guide to correct form for all occasions to help you make the right impression and avoid doubt.
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Capitol Grounds
Austin
Capitol Exit
Lavaca
Mundt proposes government info bureau to aid small firms
Washington column notes Senator Mundt's plan to create a government information bureau supplying data on contracts to aid small businesses. The piece cites big firms like General Motors Studebaker and Pan Am as leveraging in Washington, and details how tax deductions help cover lobbying costs. It also threads in political gossip about Virginia and New Jersey races, Byrd machine fears, and various Senate dynamics.
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Washington
South Dakota
Karl Mundt
Mundt
General Motors
Studebaker
Douglas Aircraft
Pan American Airways
TWA
Uncle Sam
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Harry Storin
Keith’s Theater
Eddie Dowling
McGrath
Dowling
Roosevelt
White House
Arnall
Truman
Senate
Virginia
Boss Hague
Jersey City
Tammany
Fdr Jr
Harry E. Byrd
Byrd
Willis Robertson
John S. Battle
Remmie Arnold
Arnold
Rocky Mount
Broadway Jack Lait on New York Liquor Rules and After Hour Life
In New York the author argues, with opinions from years of observation, that liquor laws are the strictest and enforcement airtight. He notes 4 a.m. closing as key, few stay out late, licenses lifted for violations, and late venues limited to exclusive clubs like Club Carr.
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Detroit
First Union
Dave Dubinsky
Ladies Garment Workers
Sam Levene
James Edwards
Hammond
Ind
New York
Alcohol Board of Control
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By William J. Weeg
The
Austin American Star
Capital City
Beverly Sheffield
Phil Murray
Detroit Police
CIO Auto Union
St. Paul and Minneapolis
CIO
Speedway Riders Association
Bureau of Labor Statistics
America
New York Post Corps
Austin American Information
Ganges River
Ganges
India
Order of Priests
Notre Dame University
FET. A
Congregation of the Holy Cross
Disney
Missouri
Mortimer Mouse
Mickey
C.H
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Alaska
Vice Editor's Notebook
Capitol
11Th Street
By Smith
Austin American
By Carrier Mart
American
Austin Statesman
Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
Pepe Ponte
Drew Pearson
Sen. Mundt
Jesse Dillon
Brady Almond
Arcent Byrd
Dillon
Almond
Merry
Bob Reynolds
North Carolina
Clyde Hoey
Bert Miller
Idaho
John Miller
John
Capitol Hill
House
House Labor Committee
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Jack Lait
Club Carr
East Side
Carr
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