Campaigns For House Offices Taking Shape
Austin reporters note the House campaign season begins with focus on key posts such as Parliamentarian and Sergeant at Arms. UT ties emerge as Granbury, a UT professor, may influence selection, while Ern est Boyette may step down due to ill health. Other names floated include Murphy Hydrick Bean Pace Shackelford Evans.
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Durwood Manford
Granbury
University of Texas
Granberry
Ernest Boyette
House
Bob Murphy
Boyette
Isom P. Hydrick
Marshall
Woodrow Bean
el Paso
Jim Pace
Clarence Jones
Lesta Shackelford
Livingston
Roger Q. Evans
Ditto
Denison
Labor Spy Committee Signals Looming Economic Strain
The piece reports mounting job losses as major manufacturers warn of thousands of layoffs within six months. It notes labor leaders seeking direct talks with business and political figures, growing anti Communist sentiment in unions, and a push to defend workers against factory dangers amid Donora like smog events and proposed safety walkouts.
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East
Truman
Congress
John Lewis
Coaldiggers Union
Washington
House UN American Affairs Committee
McDowell
Murray
Pittsburgh
Phil Murray
Answers to Questions and Answers From 1948 Post Quiz
A collection of quiz Qs and As on pipes school lunch act earthquakes minority presidents Canadian legislature bear Kipling and labor ambassadorships. Notable items include 27-8 inch drill pipe weight 10.4 lb/ft and total stem weight 148 814 pounds, Gladys Strum as an MP, and early accident insurance in 1864.
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American Petroleum Institute
Pure Oil] Company
Casper
Wyo
United States
Andrew Jackson
John
United Tes
Travelers Insurance Company
James Balter
Hartford
Forrestal Aide Stresses Big Business Ties in War Prep
An off the record talk reveals Forrestal’s Munitions Board favors big business for war production. Carpenter pressed Bourne on politics and warned against New Dealers, linking the board to du Pont interests and past arms financing in Latin America. The piece ties these ties to Venezuela Nicaraguan unrest and evolving US Latin policy.
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Washington
Defense Forrestal
Forrestal
Donald Carpenter
Munitions Board
William Bourne
State Department
Carpenter
Bourne
du Pont-Carpenter
Roosevelt
Liberty League
Truman
du Pont
Wall Street
Bolivia
Paraguay
Ernst Roehm
Hitler
Roehm
Remington Arms Company
Remington
Latin America
Venezuela
Bolivar
Missouri
USA
Costa Rica
Somoza
Nicaragua
Trujillo
Forrestal Marine Corps
Winchell on Broadway and Industry Rustle in 1940s media
Gossip column notes Pepper on the Mutual Forum debate style and high profile TV and radio moves. Ellen Drew and John Payne to star. The Lone Ranger episodes and Club Seven Twins plan tease. Editor mentions Mae West, Mae West feud, Gabe Heatter, Lee Shubert, and anniversaries amid industry panic over pay cuts and advertising shifts.
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Senator Pepper
Mutual Forum
Heebie & Jeebie
Bob
M. Berle
Radio
George Jean Nathan
Proposal to Relocate Deaf School and Modernize Austin Facilities
R M Boyd suggests moving the State School for the Deaf and other state facilities from central Austin to cheaper land outside the city. He argues sale of city land could cover new construction, reusing current buildings for state departments to ease Capitol traffic and tax burdens. He notes government ownership of large city land and favors sites beyond city limits for modernization.
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Austin
R. M. Boyd
South Congress
Boyd
Austin State Hospital
Board of Control
State School For the Deaf
Welfare
Vocational Education
Adjutant General Department
State Hospital
Blind School
School For Colored Deaf and Blind
University of Texas students seek holiday work in Austin
Over 60 UT students will stay in Austin for the Christmas to New Year holidays and seek full or part time jobs. They can perform typing, odd jobs, sales, photography and drafting. The student employment bureau will stay open Dec 22 to Jan 3 to accommodate employers needing short term help.
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Las Vegas
Driskill Hotel
Earl Mayfield
Mayfield
Board of Control
House
Senate
Capitol
Ben Warden
House of Representatives
Granbury
Murray
Washington
CIO
Truman
Mike Quill
CIO Transport Workers Union
Mike
New York
Commie
University of Texas
Austin
Student Employment Bureau
Lynn Bolser
Ralph E. Frede
Local News Rights Notice
A standard Associated Press notice states that AP holds exclusive rights to local news republication and dispatches in this newspaper. It outlines permission for use of AP content and credits the source for published material.
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Associated Press
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Atlanta
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Maida
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