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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1950

Page

4

Welfare agency merger urged by city county panel

A three member citizen committee recommended uniting city and county welfare work under one department with a single head to coordinate all welfare agencies. The plan aims for improved efficiency though details and locality must be studied. Mayor Glass and Judge Johnson have yet to comment.

Taylor Glass Tom Johnson Glass Johnson Louis Slaughter Jack C Adams Grover Kuempel Slaughter County Commission

Labor Appeal To Treason Sparks Hearty Rebuff

Washington reports from Bucharest indicate a Soviet led plan to disrupt arms shipments and corrupt Western armies. American and French intelligence intercept leaflets urging dock workers to refuse loads, while labor leaders back Symington in pressing for greater war spending amid a mobilization push by unions and the National Security Council.

Washington Russia Bucharest World Federation of Trade Unions America Asia Antwerp Stalinist Action Committee Commie Amsterdam Rotterdam Europe Longo Italy Stuart Symington Symington National Security Council Truman Veepee Barkley General Marshall Dean Acheson Supreme Council White House

Texas Mobilizes Civil Defense For Grim Bomb Era

Governor Shivers calls for volunteers to train in first aid and home care as Texas builds a civil defense program. About 1 070 000 people must be trained, with 50 000 in home care, under a 3 year federal bomb shelter plan matched by states. Major General Berry leads a 30 000 strong blood and plasma pledge by the Texas National Guard amid looming war needs.

Texas Shivers Red Cross Congress K. L. Berry Adjutant General Texas National Guard National Guard Canada Great Britain Congress of Administration

Ty Cobb Salary Peak and Paraphrased Science Qs

The highest salary Ty Cobb earned was $60,000 in 1927. Glass is a high viscosity solid like a saturated liquid solution of sesilicates. Double jointedness comes from loose ligaments around the joints allowing greater movement. Basilisks in tropical America run on water due to rapid foot motion and a balancing tail.

Ty Cobb V.lr. A Tropical America

New World Atlas Offer With Stratosphere Maps

Send for a 50 page atlas booklet featuring 30 full color maps and eleven additional maps of the world today. Includes maps of the Western Pacific China Korea Asia Russia Europe 1914 1938 1941 and 1948. Special price 50 cents to Austin Information Bureau 1200 Eye Street NW Washington DC.

Roday Western Pacific China Korea Asia Russia Europe USA Austin American Information Bureau Eye Street N.W Washington , D. C

GOP Drafts Its Plan For Fight on Truman Policy

The piece reports on a confidential GOP policy chart for noncooperation with Truman's national emergency plan. It notes indictments of Rep. Walter Brehm and outlines fears the plan could expand presidential power, with Taft opposing bipartisan cooperation and Sen. Morse wagering on 1952 outcomes.

GOP Republican Policy Committee Taft United States Executive Branch Congress Truman White House Acheson Ohio Harry Truman George H. E. Smith

Walter Winchell On Broadway Midnight Special Celebs in Town

Walter Winchell notes in Broadway column about Eleanor Roosevelt Helen Hayes French dancer Colette Marchand Elsa Maxwell Wagner crowd scenes at Park Avenue and Grand Central. Mentions potential police chief rumor Herbert O Brien mayor’s brother in law Paris London figures at Gogi’s and Armando’s. Memorial to Joseph Pulitzer near the Plaza fountain.

Eleanor Roosevelt Sardi Helen Hayes Grand Central Depot Alexandre Manziarli Keeseeng Zee Colette Marchand Gogi Larue Elsa Maxwell Duchess of W Park Avenue Clark Paul Fran Warren

Associated Press Local News Reprint Policy

The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news republication and AP dispatches printed in this newspaper. This policy grants the AP exclusive use fees for republication of the paper’s local content and all AP news dispatches.

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