Texas alcohol vote trends and local option map
The Liquor Control Board reports 1948 local option results with 21 of 36 wins, noting wet and dry pockets across Texas including Travis County. A separate county dog quarantine tale recounts cruelties and a county plant’s dog killings during winter, while local judges discuss juror duties for women and a humorous exchange on settling disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Forbes
Austin American
Texas
Liquor Control Board
Gulf Coast
Rio Grande
Panhandle
Travis
WCTU
Quillen Notes on Gangs and Fashion Tidbits
A quirky column contrasts two gangster types with a line about quick and deadly. A fashion note mentions pockets in pants staying the same size. The piece ends with a quip about a girl who collects antique horse pair chairs and her grandmother wearing six petticoats.
Editor's Notebook advocates Central Texas Industrial Show
The piece argues for a regional industrial exposition in Central Texas modeled on the Southwestern Industrial Exposition in Fort Worth. It highlights Austin’s new exposition hall, growing local production, and potential buyer interest from Eastern distributors and University women students as a market driver for small factories and specialty products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Central Texas
Texas
Butler Park
Fort Worth
Calls for federal probe of school land grants
Harold L. Ickes urges a nationwide investigation into how federal land grants for education have been used or misused. He cites prior grants, instances of mismanagement, and concerns over profits from subletting, warning that $800,000,000 in aid may be misapplied without scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Winters
Department of Public Welfare
Harold L. Ickes
Republic
Continental Congress
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
General Land Office
Congress
State Teachers’ Association of
Chicago Tribune
Joseph Medill
Robert R. McCormick
Tribune
Illinois
Nashville
Cardinal Mindszenty
Jesse James
Columbia College Forum
Wild Bill Donovan
Eisenhower
Answers and Questions from the Public Forum
A compilation of brief Q and A items addressing U S history, postal regulations, Indian settlements maps, Fairbridge Farm Schools in Canada, kangaroo jumping height, and honey versus other sugars. The entries quote multiple named contributors and discuss educational and civic topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbridge Farm School
Duncan
Vancouver Island
British Columbia
Fairbridge Farm Schools, Inc
Kingsley Fairbridge
Perth
Australia
Western Australia
London
Manchester
Birmingham
British Isles
Uncle Sam's Almanac 1949 booklet offer
Advertisement for Uncle Sam's Almanac 1949 detailing weather forecasts planting days moon phases religion military topics ships telephones money railroads and a list of new Congress and governors. Limited edition order form asks readers to send 25 cents to the Austin American Information Bureau Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N. E
Washington, D. C
Horses and freight cars ride again with Gratitude Train
Drew Pearson recalls riding in French boxcars during relief work and war aid, noting their warmth with eight horses and hay. He contrasts wartime Balkan journeys with postwar American railroading as 49 boxcars travel 70 700 miles under a planned Gratitude Train schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Pearson
Balkans
Charles D’hagues
France
Serbia
Italy
Europe
Washington
United States
Broadway Buzz and Showbiz Snippets in New York Ticker
The New York Ticker surveys Broadway stars and industry gossip. Ruby Dallas models for Ebony. Diana Barrymore and the Wilcoxes headline gossip. Tales of the South Pacific star Mary Martin causes stage buzz. John Garfield’s The Big Knife forecast to break box office. scandals, book releases, and film plans populate the chatter from Cecil Beaton to Mae West and Goell royalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joe Louis
Ruby Dallas
Ebony
Robert Wilcoxes
Diana Barrymore
Swopes
Dorothy McGuire
General Electric
South Pacific
Mary Martin
Harry Truman
Cecil Beaton
Truman Capote
National
John Garfield
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W. T. Door
Bee Cave Road
Humane Society
Sam Allred
Lawson Boothe
Boothe
Commission
James E. Taylor
Audie Murphy
Taylor
Hollywood
Charles O. Betts
Betts
Mace B. Thurman Jr
Thurman
Department of Public Safety
Quillen
Ucts
By Smith
New Republic
Ohio
Oregon
Truman
D.A.R. A
District of Columbia
H.L.M. A
Elizabeth W. Rounds
Neil M. Judd
US National Museum
Cleveland Park
John_ Eaton
T.Y. A
Post Office Department
Fairbridge Farm
D.E.A
Erie RR
Weehawken
White House
Bell Syndicate Inc
Belgrade
Nish
Earl Wilson
Elliott Business Machines
Elliott
New Westop
Milady
Memphis
John Grahame
I. Stone
Post
Hex
James Keller
Meyer Berger
The
Times
Edwin C Hill
Mae West
Garden
Nina Radova
Marlene Dietrich
G-men
Z Foster
Valerie Bettis
Kate Hepburn
Studio One
J. H. Clifford
5Th Marines
Kingsport
Tenn
Roney Plaza
Elliott Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Vernon Duke
Walter Benton
Montgomery Clift
Atlantic Records
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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