Austin Realtors Favor State HQ Move to Capital City
William J. Weeg reports Austin is favored as the state headquarters for the Texas Association of Real Estate Boards after an NAR convention. The Austin Real Estate Board relayed officials want the state offices here, reviving a previous invitation. The piece also covers city traffic plans, council pay ideas, and potential charter amendments affecting the city government and school district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Weeg
Austin
Texas Association of Real Estate Boards
Austin Real Estate Board
Owen Sherrill
Georgetown
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Sherrill
Texas
Texas Association
Austin Realtors
State Association
Wichita Falls
T. Johnson
Johnson
Lamar Boulevard
Lamar
Dallas Highway
45Th
12Th and
Enfield Road
11Th Street
Congress Avenue
Shoal Creek
12Th Street
City Plan Department
Roperties
Tme
Zonins Board
Ayor
Penell
Uncertain Breaks Amid Soviet Tensions Mentioned
The text discusses potential upheavals in Russia, noting Stalin's death as a possible trigger and referencing the internal collapse of Russia. It mentions Taft and a Canadian UN delegate, warns of a Soviet peace pact, and questions strategies around war crimes prosecutions and Alaska concerns. Strong entities include Stalin Ernest Gruening Telford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalin
ECA
Pauoffman
Russia
British Know How To Aid Austin In Texas Venture
The article notes British capital shaped Texas early development but postwar policy blocks exporting capital while allowing know how. It cites Texas Vacation Villages Inc led by London resident General Alfred Critchley and director William E. Butlin as examples and suggests a broader British Texas partnership could boost both economies.
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Texas
England
Austin
Texas Corporation
London
Texas Vacation Villages Inc
Alfred C. Critchley
William E. Butlin
Butlin Enterprises
Butlin
Butlin-Critchley-Clifford Group
Bahamas
Model Legislature Sparks Youth Citizenship Training in Austin
Two annual events in Austin train youths in government. The Hi-Y Model Legislature, run by the Southwest Area Council of YMCAs, includes electing a boy governor and youth senators and representatives and conducting real legislative sessions. Governor Allen Shivers backs the program, with House Speaker Durwood Manford advising the youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
American Legion and Auxiliary
Southwest Area Council of Ymcas
Allan Shivers
Durwood Manford
House
Senate
Governors
Reuther Shootings and Labor Strife Exposé teased
A sweeping, unnamed special corps tracks the Reuther assassination attempt amid labor mob ties and political pressure. It also previews pension movements, AFL CIO battles, corporate crackdowns, and looming conflicts at GM and steel plants with unions and government probes.
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Michigan
Auto Union Usem
Reuther Brothers
Reuther
Locations of famous bells and a washing machine question
The article lists well known bells including the Burden in the Rockefeller carillon Riverside Church New York City the Czar Kolokol in Moscow never rung due to casting imperfection Big Ben in London the Liberty Bell Philadelphia and the Bell of Montserrat at the Mission Inn Riverside California It notes the Bell of St Patrick Will in Belfast dates from about 552 and mentions a small bell six inches high in Britain For washing machines conventional models hold 15 to 20 gallons at capacity and rinsing adds about 30 gallons total around 45 gallons for a full wash
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Riverside Church
New York City
Czar Kolokol
Moscow
London
Philadelphia
Mission Inn
Riverside
Calif
Montserrat
Great Britain
Belfast
Modern Manners booklet offers etiquette guidance
Today’s booklet from the American Information Bureau invites readers to order a guide on weddings bereavements dress codes and proper behavior. Send 20 cents to 316 a Street NE Washington DC for a copy.
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Austin
American Information Bureau
A Street
Washington, D. C
Senators Junket Highlights Europe Unease About U S
Washington report critiques a Senate committee trip to Europe led by Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma. The trip drew lavish hospitality and misidentifications of officials, sparking European perceptions that American lawmakers are ignorant. News contrasts Humphrey’s self funded voyage with this junket and notes broader diplomatic tensions in Spain and Bolivia.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Secretary of Defense
Louis Johnson
Senate
Europe
Johnson
Lecy. Johnson
Barkley
Sen. Thomas
Secy. Johnson
Spain
Sweden
Paris
New York Herald Tribune
Napoleon
Bidault
Senate Committee
Georges Bidault
Rene Pleven
M. Bidault
Thomas
Ritz
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Franco
Brewster
Maine
Ferguson
Michigan
Peron
Argentina
The
Nation
la Prensa
Associated Press
United Press
Trujillo
State Department
Vaughan
Notes of a Newspaper Man on Postwar Power Shifts
Winchell discusses Defense Department plans for a military dictatorship in case Capitol is destroyed by atomic attack. He cites sources including The Hopley Report and quotes from generals and officials. The piece critiques government actions, explores international subversion, and comments on taxes, war costs, and political figures.
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Devillians
Tokyo
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Daily Worker
UE News
Wilmington
Del
Junior
AFL
Jingle Bells
CIO
Air Force
National Maritime Union
Seafarers International Union
New York
Seattle
Washington Times-Herald
Dept. of Defense
Hopley
Forrestal
Vannard Press
Robert S. Allen
Ashington Ace
Allen
Britain
China
Santa
Reader's Digest
J. T. Flynn
J. Flynn
George Washington
Truman
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Capital City
Texas Realtors
Republican Party
Robert Taft
Ohio
Martin
Canada
Alaska
Pearl Har
Ernest Gruening
Nurnberg
Rmans
Telford
Ohook
By Herblock
Guy Bolton
Mennen Williams
Auto Workers’ Union
Ford Company
Garantuan
Communist Party
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Citizens’ Committee
National Labor Organization
Labor League
Harry Moses
US Steel
John Lewis
Carlton
Lewis
Moses
Johnny Owens
Arthur Murray
Chicago
Dance Instructors Guild
Dancers Guild
Jac Clark
Phil Murray
National Cio
Lee Pressman
Walter Reuther
General Motors
Gypsy Rose Lee
Vau
Vaughn Monroe
Broadway
Strand Theatre
Taft-Hartley
T-H
Sage
Post-Hall Syndicate Inc
Drew Pearson
Bolivia
Lloyds of London
la Paz
Paul Rubin
Madrid
Paul Culbertson
Culbertson
Max Truitt
Merry
Blandy
Pacific
Atlantic
New York Yacht Club
Navy
FHA
State Acheson
George Kennan
MacArthur
Far East
Sell Syndicate, Inc
Wild Bill Donovan
Malay
Singapore
India
Austin American
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
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