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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
4
A tribute to Mr. Murray Sices of New York City for expanding fashion for smaller women. He mapped the shift from size twelve to size nine, projecting major gains as stores drop old biases and offer more flattering, grown up looks for shorter shoppers.
A sequence of wry observations on progress and society. It notes how heat and danger alter behavior, how war and peace are viewed, and how public life shifts from rural calm to modern speed and media awareness. The piece pokes at attitudes toward gender, danger in stunts, and daily life contrasts.
AEC orders press Ingersoll-Rand plant in Phillipsburg stalled by six week strike led by Local 451 with pro Soviet influence. International reps, Marcel Scherer, Walter Barry and others push for political aims while plant gates stay shut. Union leaders face questions over loyalty and delayed atomic production for Oak Ridge program.
In a Texas Railroad Commission hearing on the nation's oil needs, the Oil flow from Russia is examined with focus on reserves, production drops since 1944, and the U S role. The piece notes Russia’s oil dependence, Western Hemisphere supply, and potential impact on wartime strategy and regional economics.
Right wing Republicans and Dixiecrats plot a joint realignment to control Congress by 1952 and then the Electoral College to name a conservative president. J Harvie Williams leads a Citizens Political Committee with backing from Senators Mundt Bricker and Byrd and ex-Senator Hawkes for funding.
Saratoga faces a tourism lull as rumors of a federal probe and Kefauver hearings dampen the August racing season. Bankers and mob-linked operators fear subpoenas, leading to a shutdown of gambling operations while dealers stay, hoping for a reopening that seems unlikely. Restaurants seek workers as locals depart.
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