Johnston Puts Dynamics In Price Controls in Washington
Eric Johnston may take over price and wage stabilization amid debate over temporary controls. The piece traces Johnston’s labor relations focus, past postwar plans with figures like Green and Murray, and his push for industrial peace while Truman and Wilson demand inflation curbs. It notes Valentine’s ouster and critiques of the failed price freezes and management-labor talks.
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Eric Johnston
Alan Valentine
Valentine
Moving Picture Industry
ESA
Washington
New York
Jenory
Induspeace
Johnston
United States Chamber
Man
John Lewis
Phil Murray
Lewis
Pres. Truman
C. E. Wilson
E Valentine
Staer Michael V. DiSalle
Dr. Valentine
Tough District Fights Gambling With Crackdown
In a hard edged view, officials vow to crack down on gamblers and racketeers in a backward district. The piece notes a tense balance between keeping order and preserving tough lives amid daily gripes and slow progress.
Braniff to be honored for Brotherhood Week post
The National Conference of Christians and Jews will honor Thomas E. Braniff, president of Braniff International Airways, as National Catholic co chair at a Feb 21 dinner in Oklahoma City. Dr. Everett R. Clinchy announced plans in New York, with General William S. Key as general chairman and Rep. Brooks Hays as guest speaker.
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National Conference of Christians and Jews
Thomas E
Dallas
Europe
United States
Braniff
Sterling W. Brown
Oklahoma City
Hastings Harrison
Southwestern
T. H. McDowell
Oklahoma
William S. Key
Brooks Hays
Little Rock
Ark
Hays
House of Representatives
Southern Baptist Convention
Clinchy Addde
Braniff Saint Gregor y Knight and Brotherhood Week note
Conference president Braniff highlights Catholic lay honors including Knight Commander of St Gregory and Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. He recalls a 1950 European tour for the World Brotherhood, and describes the National Conference promoting interfaith cooperation via Brotherhood Week. A Day Like This laments Texas freeze impacts on aviation and citrus, noting economic losses and orchard risks.
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Braniff
St. Gregory
Vatican
World Brotherhood Cause
National Conference
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Suppressing Soviet slave crab and fur trade on American markets
A blistering editorial denounces Soviet slave labor in crab and fur products, calls for banning port imports, and urges federal action to halt $50 million yearly shipments. It accuses British brokers and furriers of complicity and highlights rubber and metal trade links financing the Red war machine.
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Treasury Department
Karmechatka
White House
AFL
London
Montreal
Vancouver
Seattle
Creed
Harry
Red Land
Answers and questions from The Austin American Information Q&A
A reader quiz covers telegraph pole nests sea eagles restraint on killing squirrels under game laws and Pony Express distances. It cites state vehicle registrations in 1949 and notes dangers of sun glare and brush restoration limits. It also mentions radio nets and a historical burial in England.
St. Lawrence Waterway Revived as U S Defense Priority
President Truman and top aides agreed last week to press forward with the St. Lawrence Waterway linking Detroit and Chicago to the Atlantic. The move drew support from mobilization head Charles Wilson and lawmakers including Senators Connally Wiley and Representative Biadnik as officials urged rapid action to secure iron ore, joint Canada U S control, and defense needs.
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Washington
Truman
St. Lawrence
United States
Charles Wilson
Tom Connally
Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Charles Buckley
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Atlantic Ocean
John Biatnik
Minnesota
White House
Labrador
Canada
Wilson
General Electric
Wallgren saga marks clash over national power board
The piece recaps Senator Byrd’s role in blocking Mon Wallgren’s rise to the National Security Resources Board and traces Wallgren’s career moves and policy shifts. It notes Wallgren’s push to move the Federal Power Commission to Colorado Springs, his bid to run for Senate, and ties to Phillips Petroleum and the Andrew Mellon empire. It highlights bipartisan opposition to a Texas Eastern pipeline plan and the broader political maneuvers around the FPC.
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Harry Byrd
Virginia
Mon Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Byrd
Washington
War Board
Federal Power Commission
Wallgren
White House
Colorado Springs
Mon
Senate
California
Washington, D. C
Truman
Kerr
Bill Kerr
Oklahoma
Petroleum
Tient Ofartet
Phillip Petroleus
New England
Texas Eastern
Koppers Coke
Andrew Melson
Sherman Adams
Tobey
New Hampshire
McMahon
Connecticut
Green
Rhode Island
Power Commission
Phillips Petroleum
Kansas City
Bill Boyle
Neil Tolman
Tolman
GOP
Styles Bridges
Bridges
Nelson Lee Smith
Commission
The
Hell Syndicate, Inc
Walter Winchell On Broadway Big Scoop Sparks Rumor Mill
Walter Winchell’s Broadway gossip column notes Ethel Merman inner circle chatter and a wave of showbiz headlines. Highlights include Winthrop Rockefeller Gretchen North idyll, Nigel Patrick marrying Batrice Campbell, Vera Scott delaying homeward trip, and Edy Lamarr's career move under question.
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Ethel Merman
Winthrop Rockefeller
Gretchen North
Nigel Patrick
Maugham
Batrice Campbell
Time Mag
Monica Wyett
Philip
Commonweal
Kefauver Comm
Underworld
F. Costello
Hogan
Ike
Hamilton
Columbia
Jean Sablon
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Austin American Information
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Pony Express
S.5
National Bureau of Standards
Radio Net
Sivertane
John Wyclif
W.s
Lutterworth
Leicestershire
England
Constance
Drew Pearson
Oscar Chapman
Lewis Pick
Army Engineers
Alexander Wiley
Wisconsin
Wiley
Connally
St. Lawrence Waterway
Tom
FPC
Phillips
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Herbert Gehr
Harry Gross
Gross
Ellen Henley
Thomas Edwards
Houston
Gene Bayles
Copa City
Cyrile Seiden
Oliver
Tana
Enva Sadecat Cabin
Matania
Isabel Bigley
Mary Martin
Daddy
Danny Thomas
Margie Truman
Bob Mitchell
United Artists
Dan Parker
Socrates
Klepto
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Marie Hammons
Sweetenheartens
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Wade
Austin American
Austin Statesman
On Nations
Associated Press
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