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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1949
Page
4
A long Austin Travis County piece discusses juvenile home security and detention plans. Probation Officer S L Bellamy outlines a shift to 24 hour detention to keep youths out of jail while stressing need for trained personnel and a humane program.
A Kearney Nebraska investigation into the Air Force plan to close the local base and move the 27th Fighter Wing to Bergstrom in Austin finds Bergstrom underbuilt and Austin housing strained. Report cites a lean hangar area, a wartime airfield layout, and lukewarm local enthusiasm.
Committeemen report housing shortages in Austin amid record university enrollment while Bergstrom Air Force Base expansion draws attention. Quoted figures show 105 new quarters to start within 120 days. rents cited at 70 to 110 dollars for 2 or 3 room units, 85 dollars unfurnished apartments. Texas military assets valued at 650 million dollars, with 500,000 acres owned and 1,400,000 leased.
The piece analyzes Governor Thomas E. Dewey's Washington appearance and the GOP split observed during the 1948 campaign. It recalls his 1944 New Deal promises and critiques his 1948 stance as centering on the middle of the road while claiming to be a progressive.
Questions and answers cover Handel giving Messiah proceeds to the Foundling Hospital in London and stipulating royalties go to the charity in his will. Other items note high speed aircraft and UN employment, plus unrelated Q&A and a 1949 poem excerpt.
The Gratitude Train to the United States carries six million French keepsakes as a personal gesture of goodwill. The gifts include the Taveau statue of George Washington and the Verdun flag of 1918. The piece argues people to people ties can deter war more than ambassadors.
A collage of showbiz quips on Mae West and Lucille Ball era stars plus the Gratitude Train from France. French citizens send gifts, notes, and a child’s painting to America, while US figures debate politics and aviation industry spending amid postwar cultural exchange.
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