Merry Christmas Reflections From Austin Veterans
A reflective Christmas piece from Austin editors and staff recalling 1944 memories. Readers share Navy and Army experiences from Anchorage Ka rachi Maui and Leyte while lamenting and embracing the holiday rush. The column ends with a warm year end greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Williams
Navy
Anchorage
Alaska
Dave
Reuben” Shanks
Leyte
Dudley
Naval Air Station
Maui
Hawaii
Charles
Chuck” Clark
Karachi
India
December disasters and politics mix in witty quips
A collage of witty observations on laws politics and culture notes winter evergreen wealth moralizing and the year prior rounds of public affairs. It cites Congress passing 440 laws bumper crop talk and the byways of public discourse with frosty irony.
Night Before Yule Each Pension Is Full
Poetic column from 1949 discusses union pensions and CIO unity across the U S from Texas to Maine. It references Murray and CIO leaders Potofsky Curran Reuther and Quill, actors like Ike Truman Taft and the AFL CIO battle, and calls for voters to back programs and welfare plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Maine
Murray
CIO
Navy dishonorable discharges and other Q A facts
A compilation answers questions on naval dishonorable discharges totaling 935 Navy personnel 7145 Marine and 2599 Coast Guard personnel for June 30 1917 to June 30 1948. It covers tides highest at new and full moons and other varied topics with concise figures and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Navy
New Wage Hour Reform Will Start January 25 in Texas
The 1949 amendment to the federal wage-hour act, approved by President Truman, brings new rules on industrial home work and a 75 cent minimum wage. It retains some exemptions and broadens others, with many interpretations pending test cases and regulatory clarifications. The Comal River claims the title of the world’s shortest navigable river, three miles long in New Braunfels, Texas, sourced from Comal Springs and feeding the Guadalupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ourself
Truman
United States Chamber of Commerce
Walsh-Healey
Texas
Comal
New Braunfels
Guadalupe River
Comal County
Comales
Children's Favorite Songs booklet offers 118 tunes
The booklet includes nursery songs singing games folk songs patriotic and Sunday School hymns with words and music. Arrangements fit children's vocal ranges. Bound in a durable cover with illustrations it appeals to children. Send 25 cents to Austin American Information Bureau oy Street NE Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Russians never reached atom secret but public knew first
Washington insiders recount the high level debate over releasing news that Russia had the atom as the U S pressed for prompt disclosure. Truman consulted Acheson Early and Johnson while Britain, Attlee, and Bevin weighed delaying and potential morale effects. In the end, allied leaders agreed to announce the Soviet bomb to preserve trust and deter mass panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson
Washington
Russia
Truman
Vannevar Bush
National Research Council
Hiroshima
Defense Johnson
Stephen Early
Dean Acheson
Acheson
New York
United Nations
Pound
Labor
Oliver Franks
White House
Attlee
Ernest Bevin
James Reston
New York Times
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Early
FDR
United
Ime
Bevin
Lewis Douglas
London
Winchell On Broadway
A look at Broadway songwriters and music industry rise through ASCAP knew-it-all legends. It covers Stein and Berlin, Meyer, Cohan, and Cahn amid war eras. showcases royalties, publishers, and shifting profits shaping careers in Tin Pan Alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Stephen Foster
Bellevue
I. Berlin
Rodgers and Hammerstein
G. M. Cohan
ASCAP
Songwriters’ Organization
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AFL
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Petrillo
Ike
Cio-Pac
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Taft
Oswego
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Austin American Information Bureau
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Holy Roman Empire
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Sweden
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Philippines
Security Council of the
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Albany
Hudson River
National Bureau of Standards
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
NRA
OPA
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Steve Early
Empress
Post Office
Railway Express Company
Wells Fargo
Capital News
Federal Reserve Board
Portugal
State Department
All Nations
Angus Ward
Mukden
Macao
China
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Germany
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Moscow
von Paulus
East Germany
the Bell Syndicate. Inc
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Lindy
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Meyer
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Mills
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Hollywood
Hanson
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Martin Block
Sammy
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Black
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Danny Kaye
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