Petition Aims for Austin Utility Bill Payment Centers
The North Austin Civic Club proposes city branch stations to pay water light telephone and gas bills in one trip. The plan cites traffic congestion downtown and seeks signatures for a City Council petition. The Augustana Association of Charities urges Texas state support for a home for the aged with bequests and a long campaign expanding from Travis to Jones counties and to Houston Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Weeg
North Austin
Augustana Association of Charities
Texas
Augustana Association
Williamson County
Texas Conference of the
Augustana Lutheran Church
John Eric Wennerstrom
Round Rock
Jim Wells County
Charlotte Ekman
Osage City
Kaw
Sharon Lutheran Church
Fort Stockton
Alfred L. Scott
Texas Conference of the Church
Austin
Association of Charities
Riverside Drive
South
Board of Charities
The
Texas Conference
J. E. Chester
Home For
Chester
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Lutheran Church In
Travis County
Jones County
Houston
Galveston
Fragmented Prose Fragments on Town Life and Motives
A series of clipped reflections on local life and behavior. Notes on apology, effort in racing, seasonal fruit cake, small town concerns, nightclub plots, theft, easy money schemes. Contains general observations without clear events or individuals.
Demand for Judicial Reform and Texas Court Load Equalization
The essay argues for judicial redistricting over legislative redraws to curb court proliferation. It cites district court imbalances in Texas, notes Austin's overloaded courts, and endorses varied term schedules and Administrative Judicial Districts to balance workload. It also highlights a Travis District Boy Scout budget drive seeking $45,000 and community support for youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max C. Smith
San Marcos
Smith
Texas
Austin
Travis
Labor and Labor Leaders Face Deportation Case Rivalries
A polemic alleging James Matles, a longtime labor figure, dominates U S defense plant influence and Communist ties. The piece claims Matles orchestrated wartime shop placements across electronic, radio, and missile industries and leverages unions Local 430 Local 1227 Local 475 to place “comrades” in sensitive plants. It ties labor brass, national policy, and defense readiness to backroom plots and warns of mobilization and wage controls amid Korea and European tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immigration Service
America
James Matles
United States
Elizabeth
New Jersey
Mr. Matles
Matles
Cee
East
Ohio
Brother Matles
Electrical Workers Union
Jim Carey
CIO
United Electrical Workers Unions
Comrades
Emerson Radio
Army
Navy Air Corps
al Stearns
Communist Party
Daily Worker
Communist Politburo
Ehrlich
Alter
Matles’ Fraternity
Pentagon
Korea
Europe
Defense
Marshall
Stuart Symington
MacArthur
Symington
Mao
AFL
William Green
White House
Post-Hall Syndicate
Ins
Planting Hollys and Marines Hymn Facts in Today’s Booklet Offer
Readers ask if male holly trees are needed for berries and learn pollen is required though hormone sprays may enable fruiting. Marines Hymn pages note three official verses. A booklet offer promotes Dogs by William Brown with 111 breeds listed by the American Kennel Club. 25 cents to Austin Information Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Brown
American Kennel Club
Austin
American Information Bureau
N. E
Washington
Truman
Senate
Scott Lucas
Ilinois
Scott
Lucas
Myers
Pennsylvannia
Maryland
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Attlee Truman talks mark turning point in Korea policy
Washington analysis notes the Attlee Truman meeting follows the Potsdam era and centers on atomic bomb use, MacArthur authority, and the US Britain cooperation. It highlights British labor unease, Latin American oil and coffee tensions, and the push for a stronger good neighbor policy amid Korea and manganese concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Potsdam
General MacArthur
White House
House of Commons
Labor Party
MacArthur
State Department
Labor
Tom Driberg
Ilan Mikardo
East
West
Korea
Anthony Eden
London
London Daily Mail
Attlee
Churchil
Atlantic
Hhe
Truman
Churchill
United States
Britain
Iowa
Senate
Guy Gillette
New York
Gillettee
Latin America
Rio Grande
Kansas
Nebraska
Gillette
Edward Miller
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Broadway Show News Signals Mixed 1950-51 Halfway Mark
Walter Winchell surveys Broadway in midseason, noting Bell Book and Candle tops straight plays with about $28,000 gross, while The Golden State disappoints critics for Josephine Hull. Stella Adler-era names, operas, and revivals appear amid varied reception and star turn headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Josephine Hull
Judith Anderson
J. Atkinson
N. Y. Times
Confrere R. Coleman
N. Y. Mirror
Stella Adier
C. Porter
Boston
Variety
New Haven Sentinel
Lily Henry
Associated Press Dispatches Lead Local News Publication
A member of the Associated Press highlights the newspaper as the exclusive outlet for AP news dispatches and local reports published in this edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
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Home For Aged
Tive
Boy Scout
By Manning
Samson
Red Manning
R. H
Marine Corps
Drew Pearson
Thomas
Ellender
Louisiana
Brazil
Americas
Gillette Committee
Elmer” Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Orpheus
Stalin
Geronimo
Vivian Blaine
Signe Hasso
Nancy Kelly
Paul Kelly
Sam Levene
Movietown
United
L. Silliman
Bibi Osterwald
Yvonne Adair
Carol Channing
Jeevy
Jane Harvey
Congress
Austin American
Austin Statesman
National
Audit Bureau of Cieellatin
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