Capital City Short of Dollars Hits Austin Budgets
Austin faces a severe cash shortage as growth and utility extensions strain city, school, and public services. Crowded high schools, underfunded parks, unpaved streets, and no east west through streets persist. Salvation Army also sees low kettles due to rain. residents urged to mail donations to 105 East Second Street.
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Austin
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Fragmented musings on society and politics in odd mix
A set of disjointed reflections cover carbon monoxide deaths egoism and aging. It references bees, government eggs, the FBI fingerprint file, and a shift in leadership with Lilienthal's retirement. The piece ends with a line about Red China and American respect.
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The Candy Store on the East Side and the Westchester Run
A former mob fixer recalls a daring payday tale of Bonowitz a candy store owner on the East Side during Prohibition era He hides a gunman in a cellar then helps him escape to a car convoy near a wooden bridge in Westchester The story hints at a later visit from a West Side chocolatier and a threatened payoff ending with a mysterious ride north.
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Dutch Schultz
Jersey
Ronowitz
Pop
West Side
Westchester
Escape driver’s brutal theft ends with mercy
An Escape driver snatched chains from the luggage area and stretched an old man with a heavy scrap iron wedged under his body. The hoodlum prepared to toss the man after counting to three but laughed, then freed the chains saying the old man now knew how he felt in the mattress.
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Pop
Answers and Q A from The Austin American Information
A reader asks about regional surpluses of unmarried women and other trivia. Notable figures include top states with unmarried women, 230,000 blind in the U S, Antietam as bloodiest day, the Camdon epitaph, Blackie Halligan the WW II carrier pigeon, freezer defrost guidance, low airsickness rates, yeast nutrition, Greely Arctic expedition survivors, Mona Lisa left-handed creation, and street noise levels from the 10th to 12th floors.
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Guadalcanal
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Fort Monmouth
Austin Jaycees Press for Stronger Sex Offense Laws
The Austin Junior Chamber of Commerce leads a push for stronger sex offense penalties and prevention measures in Texas. A proposed committee study of criminal law revisions, urged by Gov. Shivers and the Legislature, aims to address defects and safeguard children while considering special session constraints.
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Longview
Webster's illustrated tower dictionary and atlas booklet offer
Today’s booklet advertises a miniature encyclopedia 378 pages in size with 16 pages of four color maps and extensive supplements including synonyms weights and measures commercial legal and musical terms. Send 40 cents to Austin American Information Bureau 316 Eye Street NE Washington DC.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
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D. C
Truman Still Brooding Over Olds Appointment Failure
President Truman remains upset over his failed bid to reappoint Leland Olds to the Federal Power Commission. He sent a renewed pro Olds letter to the Senate and asked Vice President Barkley to insert it in the Congressional Record, hoping to preserve a full record of the event.
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Kingman’s Canyon
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California
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Broadway Stars and News Pervade Winchell Column
New York gossip notes highlight Lauren Bacall remarks on sex appeal and Georgi’s Cosmopolitan cover featuring Beulah Penny. Betsy Drake, Peter Lind Hayes, and Katharine Cornell are profiled amid Broadway buzz and radio chatter. Credits, rumors, and lists weave through a rapid-fire column.
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Elsa Maxwell
Cosmopolitan
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Don Bestor
Beulah Penny
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