Texas Faces New Sales Tax Pressures Amid War Revenue Debate
Congress pushes a defense backed drive toward a broad sales tax while Texas weighs shifting away from ad valorem taxes. Governor Shivers forms a 500 member Economy Commission to guide tax policy ahead of the 52nd Legislature, balancing service demands against revenue limits.
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Texas
Congress
Allan Shivers
Texas Economy Commission
Gov
Shivers
Economy Commission
Witty Observations On Life And Language
A collection of pithy lines on culture, politics, and everyday life from classic quips. Notable jabs touch Broadway pricing, Red scare vibes, well digging in New York, and famous last words about transportation and language.
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New York
Absentee voting woes in Texas and allied security talks
The piece argues Texas absentee voting for service members abroad may disenfranchise many due to timing and mail uncertainties. It notes World War II provisions were insufficient and compares the military vote impact to broader state practices, while also detailing traffic hazards near courthouses and Turkish hopes to join the Atlantic Treaty amid calls for broader regional security pacts.
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Korea
Congress
Armed Services
Texas
West Germany
Alaska
New York
United States
Turkey
Italy
France
Mediterranean
Russia
Greece
Iran
China Ties with Japan and Communists Stir Debate
Aucklander recounts a refugee tale from Hong Kong about factory abuse under corrupt local bosses and officials, illustrating shifting loyalties. The piece shifts to Washington where Senator Homer Capehart promotes a 28 page pamphlet by Carl H. Wilken arguing for a sound farm economy as a basis for prosperity, while noting mixed views on the theory.
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Franco
Spain
UN General Assembly
Hong Kong
China
Down Under
North China
Washington
Homer E. Capehart
Indiana
Sen. Capehart
Carl H. Wilken
Croux City
Iowa
Mr. Wilken
Wilken
Wilkin
The Seven to One Theory For Economic Stability
Historial piece reviews Mr. Wilken’s claim that economic stability rests on stabilizing gross farm income. He argues a seven to one ratio links farm output to national income, suggesting stabilizing non-perishable farm crop prices to protect national income and curb price swings. The analysis cites data from the President’s Economic Report and links the theory to broader market efficiency.
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Congress
Mr. Wilken
Wilken
United States
GOP
Brannan
Questions and Answers in The Austin American Information Bureau
Reader questions cover weather induced steam over streams, banyan tree roots and blood red cell counts. The Weather Bureau explains morning condensation, banyan tree aerial roots forming pillars, and red cell numbers varying by time of day and altitude with gender differences noted.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N. M
Washington
D. C
J.C. A
Railroads Dominate Military Travel Under Defense Plan
With military personnel on the move, railroads take the bulk of travel under a Defense Department agreement. Rail lines offer a 10 percent discount, airlines match it, and buses run cheaper. critics question the cost and efficiency of long trips by rail versus air.
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Defense Department
Defense Johnson
Pullman
Steve Early
Defense
Lait on Broadway and Hollywood Romance roundup
The column reports FBI interviews with Owen Lattimore regarding contacts with Philip Jaffe, rumors of Mrs. Lattimore as a lecturer in a Soviet lovers course, and a flood of celebrity marriages and romances. It notes Denise Darcel, Marilyn Maxwell, Wanda Hendrix, Rosemary Clooney, Judy Garland, and others with social ties to fame. It also mentions Hilton hosting Betty Lou Walter and a Congress scare over the Defense Reorganization Act threatening the Marines in Korea.
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Jack Lait
FBI
Owen Lattimore
Philip Jaffe
Amerasia
Denise Darcel
Paris
Charles
Clarence Chambelain
Stanley Polley
David Leggett
Marjorie Logan
Clarise Rasmussen
National Tea Tycoon
Thea Dispeaker
Little Orchestra Society
Lawrence Greig
Mitzi Gangor
Richard Coyle
Conrad Hilton
Betty Lou Walter
Terry Moore
Roddy McDowell
Bill Dozier
Margaret Sullavan
Connecticut
John Anderson
Nbc-Tv
Lina Porteous
Korea
Henry J. Lantham
Queens County
New York City
Javits
Finis
Glorious Corps
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Chandler
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Oklahoma
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St. Paul, Minn
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Navy Computing Machine Laboratory
Dayton
Ohio
Howard Engstrom
Naval Communications
William C. Norris
Meader
James Clifford
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
New York State
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Hanley
Dewey
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Broadway
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Aise
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Canad
Canada
Zasu Pitts
Willie de Rham
Newport
Lenore Lonergan
Margaret Lindsay
Grist Mill Playhouse
Rosemary Clooney
Artie Shaw
Joan Bennett
Melinda Wanger
Bob Wagner
Mussolini
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Ty Powers
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Coney Island
Sam Leibowitz
Lake George
Judy Garland
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