It Pays To Look At Registered Mail These Days
A column of scattered notes recalls odd Austin happenings. A couple seeks a so called permit to live together and is advised to seek a preacher. A man repairing a typewriter misleads a shop owner before police intervene. A foreign UT student, struck by a driver, quits school and heads elsewhere. Former officials and staffers surface in anecdotes, juries and tickets feature, with quirky wry reflections on wealth and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Jones
Jones
Austin
California
Florida
Trans-Jordan
Middle East
University of Texas
Community Chest
Travis County
Dallas
Texas
Charley
Communists Target Key U.S. Plants in Labor Drive
Victor Riesel reports that Communist organizers are expanding influence in major plants including a strategic Ohio tool and die shop in Cleveland and seek to seed strikes in auto plants. He notes infiltrations, purges, and agitprop tactics as part of a broader 1949 labor confrontation. Murray frames a call to organize unskilled workers nationwide amid rising tension.
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Portland
Ore
Dell
Commie
New York
Phil Murray
CIO
Cleveland
Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Communist Party
Detroit Auto
San Francisco Bay
Murray
America
John L. Lewis
Jimmie Petrillo
New York Post Corp
Potatoes first grown in Ireland before 1663
The text notes that the potato was introduced to Ireland at an unknown year but was cultivated there as a field crop prior to 1663. It also states the Irish recognized its food value early and the potato became a chief crop.
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Ireland
Europe
Austin Eyes State Title Game Bid For Interscholastic League
The Austin area hosts the bi district Interscholastic League game this Saturday and may host the state final later in the month if a contender is chosen. Austin highlights central location strong facilities and town pride as advantages for a home state championship. A separate anecdote illustrates a con artist exploiting trust, failing to obtain a dollar after bluffing about needing funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Department blamed for Latin American coups
Drew Pearson reports Washington's handling of Peru and Venezuela sparked political upheaval. He asserts the State Department promised consultation with Ecuador Colombia Chile before recognizing Peru's junta, then abruptly continued relations with Peru, undermining Latin leaders and boosting militarist moves across the region. He links this to U.S. aid policies and the Roosevelt era Peron-backed Bogotá resolution. The piece notes Gallegos's fall as a stain on American prestige and cites subsequent political maneuvers in Congress and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Romulo Gallegos
Venezuela
State Department
Peru
Ecuador
Colombia
Chile
Paul Daniels
United States
Hemisphere
COPEI
Gallegos
Col. Vargas
Vargas
US State Department
Truman
Bolivar
Simon Bolivar
House Expenditures Committee
Atomic Proving Grounds
Los Alamos
N. M
Clare Hoffman
J. Edgar Chenoweth
Colorado
Melvin Snyder
West Virginia
New Mexico
United Nations Appeal For Children
Richmond
Calif
Council on _ Inter- Group Relations
Cheever Cowdin
America
Jim Bruce
Jim
Argentina
Newsie
New York
Getcha Daily Mirror
Winchell
Drew Pearson
The
Bell Synd.,. Inc
Winchell On Broadway Portrait of an American
A compact portrait notes Walter Winchell in 1948 shows a battle hardened, steadier figure with sharper eyes and less gaudy style. The piece recalls wartime loyalties and hints at postwar worries through vivid lines about American effort and family.
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Mrs. America
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Inside Labor War Fund
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Commie “Agitprop
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