Stock-Taking In Austin Reveals Much Progress
William J. Weeg reviews Austin's 1948 progress across church growth, hospital expansions, new schools and facilities, civic gains, and industry boosts. Highlights include the Diocese of Austin formation, bishop installation, hospital projects, civil rights strides, and planned 1949 road and park improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
William J. Weeg
The
Austin American Staff
Salvation Army
the American-Statesman
Diocese of
Louis J. Reicher
University Student Hospital
Brackenridge Hospital
Seton Hospital
Negroes of Austin
Holy Cross Hospital
East
City of
County Commissioners Court
Butler Park
Caswell
National Defense
Navy
Marine Corps
Austin Area Industrial Development Foundation
Jefferson Chemical Company
East Austin
Lamar Boulevard
45Th Street
East Avenue
Guston Morgan
Trouble and money in a bored modern world
A reflective piece critiques taxation and class, noting the poor pay little tax while buying cheaper goods. It mocks judgments of actors by income and suggests money buys happiness if tied to material goods. It hints at social expectations and curiosity about marriage talk. It ends on modern boredom and the search for hobbies.
Election Weak Spots Noted in Texas Law
The Beauford H. Jester committee reports at its first meeting 50 weaknesses in Texas election law, urging a full rewrite rather than patching. Chairman H. Grady Chandler outlined conflicts and omissions, with Patterson, Kennedy, Brown, and others urging realism in campaign finance reporting. Time will tell if lawmakers act.
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Dave Cheavens
Associated Press
Texas
Beauford H. Jester
H. Grady Chandler
Austin
J. M. Patterson Sr
Travis County
Democratic
Patterson
Vann M. Kennedy
Democratic Executive Committee
Paul H. Brown
Lawmakers Debate Strengthening Election Laws and Penalties
Chandler urged tougher measures to require full reporting of contributions and expenditures and to treat civil election violations as crimes. He cited precinct overcounts, misnumbered ballots, and missed returns in the presidential race as examples of weak enforcement. The committee faces a large task drafting seven pages of proposed changes.
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Chandler
Austin
Brown
Labor leaders shape Truman's upcoming Congress message
The article reports that top labor chiefs privately helped draft President Truman’s labor, housing, social security, and minimum wage proposals. A White House strategy committee, aided by CIO and AFL leaders, prepared a plan for a national welfare department and pensions, with Oscars Ross Ewing named for cabinet rank.
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White House
Tobin
Labor Department
Labor
National Cio
Jim Carey
CIO
Arthur Goldberg
Phil Murray
Debonair Dave MacDonald
The
AFL
Bill Green
George Meany
National Afl
Washington
Department of National Welfare
Oscar Ross Ewing
Mr. Truman
Answers and Questions From a 1948 Knowledge Quiz
Compiled Q and A samples cover topics from Jenny Lind welcomes and Feller’s 1948 baseball record to Hamlet’s first stage, New York and Washington budgets, Blair House name origin, Travelers Tower lighting, Gaelic Ireland, and Death Valley’s Badwater.
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Republic of Ireland
N.A.P. A
New Republic
Weight Control booklet offer from Austin American Information Bureau
The notice promotes a health booklet titled Weight Control with guidance on diet vitamins calories and exercise. It shows height and weight tables for men and women and urges sending 15 cents to the Information Bureau in Washington DC for purchase.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N. E
Washington, D.C
Mexico Oil Talks Drift Amid US Pressure and Loans
Washington reports indicate US and Mexican officials pursue reopening Mexican oil lands to American operators with a US loan option. Antonio Bermudez denies leaks as Aleman seeks protection against confiscation and fears of Communist-led revolt. Crosser family flight funded by Aleman adds political intrigue while Puebla refineries and Pemex selling terms loom. White Russians face peril in Shanghai as refugees consider suicide and visa barriers persist. Dew-Drop flights for lawmakers draw critique after a snowbound New York trip to Barkley dinner.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Antonio Bermudez
Aleman
State Department
United States
Mexico
Texas Company
Cities Service
Bob Crosser
Ohio
Crosser
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Elton J. Layton
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
John Meyer
Meyer
Air Forces
Capitol Hill
Pemex
Shanghai
Siberia
Manchuria
China
International Refugee Organization
Palestine
Siberian
Russia
Vladivostok
Iron Curtain
Broadway Notes and Critics Spark Theatre Week
Notes on Sascha Guitry on Broadway in Don't Listen Ladies and other premieres. J. Chapman and Dick Watts praise Make Way for Lucia and Jenny Kissed Me. Berle's Aristocrats and Porter's Kiss Me Kate draw attention. NBC Mother Earth and ABC Almanac noted. Earl Wilson, Jolson, and radio roles teased.
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Broadway
Sascha Guitry
France
Anne
Talulu Bankhead
Chambers
Western Union
Madeleine
Carroll
M. Berle
Norman Bel Geddes
Copa City
Miami Beach
Don Arden
George J. Nathan
Katzenjammer
Lucia
John Chapman
Jenny
Leo G. Carroll
Dick Watts
Cole Porter
Kate
Berle
Jean Arthur
Thirthr Guild
Alter
Abc-Wjb
J. MacDonel
Edward Weeks
The
Atlantic Monthly
Wedzdee
Earl Wilson
Boston Blackie
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Vhce Editor's Notebook
Truman
Congress
Missouri
Mr. T
London
Americans For Democratic Action
Labor Party
Manchester
England
Administration
New York Post Corp
Jenny Lind
Suites States
New York State
Providence
R. I
Winston Churchill
Bob Feller
Hamlet
Globe Theatre
Richard Burbage
Burbage
Shakespeare
New York City
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Japan
Commodore Perry
Blair House
Joseph Lovell
Blair
Washington, D. C
Francis Preston Blair
Washington Globe
Montgomery Blair
Travelers Tower
Hartford
Conn
Man
Dewey
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Michigan
Air Force
Joe O’mahoney
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Lyndon Johnson
New York
Town Hall
Alben Barkley
Mitchell Field
L. L
Barkley
Bell Synd., Inc
NEW Yorker
Austin American
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
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