Capital City Tax Bills Follow Meandering Legislative Path
A special session shows a volatile scramble over an omnibus tax measure. Senator Kyle Vick and Speaker Joe Fleming clash over allocations for eleemosynary institutions. Senate rules limit bill introductions as Keith Kelly struggles with votes.
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American Capitol
Olga Davis
Pat Bullock
Capitol Grounds
Davis
Joe Fleming
House Revenue and Taxation
Fleming
House
Kyle Vick
Senate
Gatesville
Gainesville
G. C. Morris
Vick
Morris
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Keith Kelly
Fort Worth
Kelly
They Say The Boy Who Took His Watch Apart
A reflective line notes a boy who disassembles a car to diagnose it and laments complacency in society. It contrasts curiosity with indifference and hints at voter intelligence. The piece critiques passive acceptance and questions communal responsibility.
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Ambass
London
J. P. Kennedy
W. Churchill
George Hoblins
Lake Success
Fred Keats
Keats
J. Marquand, Jr
Florida
Nikki de Metz
Hartford
Tom Dewart
N. Y. Sun
Tom
Belmont Park
Stork Club
Virginia Leigh
Horace Brown
Malcolm Newsweek! Muir Clan
New Year's Eve Date Turns Sour at East 60s Inn
In a New York East 60s restaurant, Mr Burke from Canada courts Miss Hurlbert through goulash and plans for Carmen and a Cabaret. After a night of brandy and chatter, Miss Hurlbert, who uses a brace, leaves as Burke never intends to dine with a disabled woman.
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Joseph
Toronto
Mr. Burke
Miss Hurlbert
Winter Garden
Copacabana
Jimmy Durante
Jimmy
Hurlbert
Mestre d
Billy Rose
Answers and Facts From the Q and A Column
A reader asks about mint marks on coins and why the wartime 65-cent piece bore a P. Other questions cover the first U S airmail stamp issued in 1918, Eiffel’s iron frame for the Statue of Liberty, mimeograph stencil colors, Mauna Loa’s height, top horse sale price, blind tax exemptions, Richard Henry Lee’s independence move, birds sleeping posture, and when caps and gowns began in American colleges.
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Post Office Department
United States
Washington, D. C
State microfilming project ends at Austin hospital grounds
State Librarian Francis H. Henshaw reports completion of a microfilming test on state records stored in abandoned cowbarns at Austin State Hospital. The project cost 917 dollars with 1 716 dollars in saved binders and equipment. 45 000 square feet of state storage space could be freed, and 1 650 feet of film could store the records.
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Austin State Hospital
Francis H. Nenshaw
Henshaw
Treasury Department
Capitol
Fire Insurance Department
Secretary of State
State Treasury
Comptroller
Red Tide Bill Faces Technical Ruling Over Austin Lands
An article discusses a land measure tied to Austin farm tracts near the Dallas Highway and Lamar Boulevard. It notes the land could be sold to private owners to boost tax rolls, criticizing no moves to transfer hospital land to public agencies. It profiles Allen D. Rooke, brigadier general of the Texas State Guard, and outlines efforts to bolster internal security and combat subversive groups.
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Deer Park
Austin State Hospital
Dallas Highway
Lamar Boulevard
Austin
Woodsboro
Texas
Allen D. Rooke
Texas State Guard
TSG
State Guard
Association
General Rooke
Almanac 1950 edition ready for mailing
Limited edition of Uncle Sam's Almanac for 1950 printed and soon to be mailed. It contains timely features and a wealth of everyday facts with no advertising or propaganda for the whole family. Order now by sending 29 cents to Austin American Information Bureau 316ays Street N E Washington D C.
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Uncle Sam
Austin
American Information Bureau
Taft Hartley Act Turns John L Lewis Into Hero
Washington dispatch notes miners face gas and oil pressures as the Taft Hartley Act sharpens labor aims. Other items report Gen Chen Yi clashing with Mao, Illinois Senator Lucas praised for leadership, Nixon eyeing Downey contest, and a DP bill revision.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
John L
Taft
Guy Gabrielson
Robert Taft
Ohio
China
Chen Yi
Mao Tze-tung
Chen
Shanghai
Gen. Chen
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Barkley
Lucas
Truman
Congress
California
Dick Nixon
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Sheridan Downey
Nixon
Embassy lobbyist tied to Vichy Manila party
The piece names Jose Felix De Sequerica as Franco Spain’s chief lobbyist for American aid, noted for attending Washington hostesses’ parties, linked to a Vichy party celebrating Japan’s Manila victory. It also mentions Tom Murphy, Alger Hiss prosecutor, as possible New York governor candidate and John Lodge of Connecticut possibly seeking the Senate.
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Franco Spain
Vichy
Manila
Jose Felix de Sequerica
Washington
Tom Murphy
Justice Department
Alger Hiss
New York
John Lodge
Connecticut
Senate
Henry Luce
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Winchell on Broadway Wild Nights in New York
Juicy City gossip lists Linda Darnell and Pev Marley amid tabloid romance rumors. Celebrities including John Garfield and Pamela Churchill swirl through bars, rallies, and hotel lobbies as Midtown vignettes expose flirtations, feuds, and media fevers.
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Winchellebrities
Linda Darnell
Pev Marley
Movietown
Pat McCoy
Peter Donald
Burgess Meredith
Blue Angel
John Garfield
Howard Johnson
57Th St
Newbold Morris
Rinkafeller Plaza
John J. Astor
Duncan MacMartin
Boheme
Pamela Churchill
St. Pat's
Bob Hope
Jerry Colonna
Bobby Breen
Cab Calloway
Taft Barbershop
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