Austin Parking Meter Mystery and City Plans Highlight 1949
The Austin American reports a sudden meter revenue rise after a midyear dip, with August totals nearing 1948 levels and fines up by $500. The piece covers police patrolling shifts, city recreation dreams for Zilker Park, cries rooms for interrogations, Pioneer players settling in, lake conventions boosting Austin profile, and four way stop signs improving driver courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin American
Austin
R. D. Thorp
A Patchwork of 1940s Headlines and Humorous Observations
The excerpt blends wry commentary on politics and sport with cultural references. It mentions Churchill criticizing England’s Labor government and new English Channel swimmers rising after a quiet period. It notes a rough farm season and jokes about the Brannan farm plan. Baseball interest is tepid and Congress recess dulls public outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
England
Italian Shoeshine Man Drives Half Million Windfall Tale
A small Italian immigrant in a bank line offers a half million dollars in counterfeit money but explains he shines shoes and runs three parlors. The banker and guests hear his rags to riches tale, noting how his sister’s death left him the fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bub
Tony
Bob
Andrew Mellon
Toney
Napoli
Horatio Alger
Aga Khan
Demitasse
Rugged
Billy Rose
Answers and Questions From The National Bureau
An archive of reader queries answered by the National Bureau of Standards at 316 Eye Street Washington DC. Topics cover court procedure at the Supreme Court fires of Fourth of July rain myths ship names and naval history medical and technical questions and explanations from experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Eye Street
N. E
Washington
D. C
Austin American
Weather Bureau
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
National Bureau of Standards
Truman confirms battle over Ilgenfritz as defense post chair
President Truman faces a Senate fight to confirm Carl Ilgenfritz of US Steel as chairman of the Army-Navy Munitions Board while he seeks to keep both his corporate salary and board pay. Supporters argue indispensability. opponents warn the arrangement harms public trust and policy. The panel favors confirmation, but a floor battle looms amid broader political maneuvering and industry influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert S. Allen
Washington
Truman
Senate
Carl Ilgenfritz
US Steel Corporation
Army-Navy Munitions Board
Ilgenfritz
US Steel
Munitions Board
Defense
Louis Johnson
Millard Tydings
Johnson
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Lyndon Johnson
D-Texas
Wayne Morse
R-Ore
Sec. Johnson
Sen. Johnson
Morse
Sec’v. Johnson
Senate Committee
Byrd
The Voice and the Light and a Broadway miscellany
Reviewer notes Edwin Fadiman Jr. novice author of The Voice and the Light a reverent Jeann e d Arc study expected Sept. 8 Crown Publishers. The piece blends biography research with dramatic narrative and hints at 1940s New York narcotics and political corruption themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lait
Crown Publishers
New York
Edwin Fadiman Jr
Clifton
Jeanne d’Arc
Domremy
Fadiman
Saint Jeanne
Three Way Medical Center Plan Pleads for Cooperation
Editor argues for a joint Austin state effort linking Polio Inc and the State Medical Association to create a centralized treatment and research center. Proposes shared facilities for polio and cerebral palsy care, funded by city land, state money, and endowments to serve all Texans.
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State Medical Association of Texas
Lamar Boulevard
19Th Street
City of
Austin
Polio, Inc
State of Texas
Travis County Medical Society
State Association
Dallas
San Antonio
Temple
University of Texas
State Hospital
State Center
Texas
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Treasury
Dream
Zilker Park
Recreation Department
Beverly Sheffield
Finance Department
Police and Courts
Pioneer Ballclub
Wade Tate
Fred Campbell
Campbell
Hank Dana
Lake Advertising
Lake Austin
Athele
Brannan
St. Louis Browns
BY Billy Rose
Sista
Supreme Court of the United States
R.I.M
Crier
Popski
Major Popski
Eighth Army
Italy
D. H
R. V
W. McB
Drake
Titusville
E. L. Drake
Will Pickett
Taylor
John Paul Jones
R.C. A
Benjamin Franklin
Lyndon
Drew Pearson
Robert §. Allen
Mon Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
United Hybrid Growers of
Iowa
Corn
John W. Nicholson
UHG
California
Richard J. Welch
San Francisco
Earl Warren
Welch
Congress
Hiram Johnson
Gov. Warren
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Sheridan Downey
Canoviaht
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Little Belmont
Raines Law
Tenderloin
Broadway
New York-Peru
Manhattan Island
Hollywood
Uncle Sam
By Herblock
Austin Statesmas
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Associated Press
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