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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1948
Page
5
Brackenridge Hospital reports rising weekend injuries from back alley fighting as readers are urged to avoid trouble on Saturday nights and holidays. Gulch Gossip also recalls a lakefront incident where a woman damaged a residence and threatened to burn it, while a male companion tried to stop her.
The piece argues death is the ultimate event of life and criticizes natural plans that deny dignified exit. It contends human philosophy, not nature, shapes attitudes toward death and that destroying hope and faith in youth robs that defense against fear.
The piece discusses recurring dust storms in Texas linked to long drought and overcultivation. It notes Gulf Coast visibility losses, past dust bowl lessons, and calls for soil conservation, shelterbelts, cover crops, and check dams. It also covers a Galveston convention where the Texas State Guard Association urged state support for rapid Guard activation and training facilities.
Victor Riesel details a fearsome portrayal of Communist influence in U.S. labor unions. Whitaker Chambers recalls the party’s reach and the CIO and United Mine Workers leaders James Matles Julius Emspak and Dave Beck as drives to organize white collar and public workers loom next January with a proposed 2.5 million dollar budget. The piece casts a cautionary view of a planned revolution in labor power led by Murray Lewis and Beck, aiming to reshape postwar unions.
Washington column notes Truman considers unifying the Democratic Party rather than punishing Dixiecrats. The piece also covers American Dental Association progress on sodium fluorine, General Lucius Clay on Moscow, and diplomatic relations with Cuba and Germany's Ruhr recovery plans.
Commerce Dept reports October sales of manufactured goods hit a new high. Broadway shows Kiss Me Kate receive favorable early reaction in Philadelphia. The Secret Land documentary draws praise. Reviews note adult themes in Mercy killing abortion and mental illness pieces. Mary McCarty rises in stardom while Christmas displays light Rockefeller Center and City Hall Park.
The text presents Q A items on breeds dog names parachute candy Berlin home ownership crime demographics and a Washington Sesquicentennial date range. It notes the rat terrier confusion with Toy Manchester terrier black and tan airdropped parachutes from handkerchiefs home ownership 1812 million nonfarm families rent statistics crime age distributions and the D C Sesquicentennial from April 15 1950 to November 22.
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