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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1949
Page
5
NEA report details how unemployment insurance strains state funds during downturns. It notes coverage for 33 million workers, wage credits, and varying state rules. New York currently offers the most generous terms with a $26 weekly maximum for 26 weeks per year.
New York short term unemployment claimants gain access to new benefits at each quarter start while total claims rise from 331000 in June to 425000 in July. Massachusets and 15 states set April 1 year starts with 23 week maximum. exhaustions push workers to relief. Across 48 states, 369000 of 2110000 unemployed had exhausted benefits in Q1, with Q2 trends uncertain and regional areas facing high exhaustions and looming relief needs.
An authority warns Modern America risks returning to jungle music and primitive sound while juke box tunes allegedly inflame savagery. A Chicago man injures his wife with a shin bone strip, yet wives contend husbands’ shins appear under bridges. Atomic Energy Commission activity demands energy, and an old-fashioned blushes at suggestiveness as her daughter proves shock-proof.
In a New York waterfront area sailors preview a union produced film titled The Battle of Wall Street showing clashes with police at the Stock Exchange. The piece aims to reveal anti Communist labor roots and counter Moscow propaganda as American unions plan an international anti Communist network led by AFL CIO leaders.
The editorial lauds a Mexican temporary worker agreement benefiting thousands of braceros with better wages and steady seasonal jobs in Texas. It notes Texas safeguards against discrimination via the Good Neighbor Commission and contrasts Texas with California. It praises reduced friction and revived cross border goodwill while mentioning regional river highway work in Burnet and Blanco Counties.
World Powers No 1 and 2 Highway Commission urge immediate paving on 20 miles of new road from Oak Hill to Marble Falls with bids set for Aug 16. Pedernales Bridge completed linking to Llano. final western Burnet Llano link planned for early future to form a central Texas through route. Texas adopts chiropractor license law. a public safeguard with a new board of examiners to enforce standards.
A collection of trivia with answers on Japan’s islands, Gloria Thompson’s weight, the 1948 Organization of American States formation, a Webster's dictionary booklet offer, the origin of the word torpedo, and countries with supersonic flight. Includes notes on heat generation during high speed flight.
Washington memo notes Congressman Parnell Thomas recovering health and not facing trial for kickback schemes. Report mentions White House aides pressing to drop indictment, and ties to Vaughan, Hunt, and the Carnegie-Illinois scrap iron contract with Benny Bender.
The article describes Bender's 1947 contract with lobbyist Hunt to move scrap from Carnegie Illinois to Bender for 12500 dollars, with Hunt introducing him to Gen Vaughan as involved in the deal. Vaughan met Hunt after leaving the White House, framed as aiding the scrap-iron transfer.
Journal notes by Billy Lait describe industry figures like Charlie Washburn and Ruth Thormas chasing sensational scoops from Monte Carlo to Broadway. The piece contrasts press vanity with a wan街ing city heat, depicting tourists, locals, and neighbors seeking relief as summer dulls Manhattan in the heat and boredom.
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