Cheer of Blind Stands To Aid Of Other Blind
Dudley Early profiles Mr. and Mrs. Penn Hammett blind lunch stand operators in Austin. They show cheerful resilience, discuss blind worker solidarity, and explain standard change practices. The piece notes their voices, camaraderie, and a pre show screening of The Snake Pit sponsored by local mental hygiene groups.
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Dudley
Austin American
Penn Hammett
Hammett
Mrs. Hammett
Paramount Theater
Hollywood
Austin-Travis County
Elizabeth Taylor
Margie Truman
Amy
Charley
Warners
Castle On the Hudson
Garfield & Sheridan
Warden
Kiss Me
Kate
Paragraphs on drinkers campaigns and public life
The column criticizes postwar politics and public figures while noting shifts in public taste. It references Truman campaign pledges, Governor Warren’s school handshake idea, and debates on national health insurance. A humorous, satirical survey ties drinking, soapbox orators, and naming trends for French show dogs to broader social commentary.
Editor's Notebook Urges Speed Up For Legislation
The piece notes a 120 day clock on lawmakers pay with half wages after, while major policy measures loom. It discusses Governor Jester's advisory panels, potential special sessions, and plans for state buildings, a Capitol Plan Commission, and early courts building.
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House
Senate
Jester
Congress
State Courts
Capitol Plan Commission
Capitol
Two Strong Parties Worthier Of The Public Good
The writer, born into a Republican family, shifts to Roosevelt era reform, returns to the GOP in 1916, and argues two strong parties are needed. He critiques Republican power tied to big business, railroads, banks, and trusts, urging leaders to honor liberal principles and defend the commonpeople.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
New York Herald Tribune
Herald Tribune
New York City Waterfront and Piers Details
The text states New York has 578 miles of waterfront and 722 piers in the harbor area needed to handle loading and unloading of ships. It also includes Q and A on coal rights, penguin egg warmth, Vergennes Vermont, artist Peale, burning green wood, germs on books, and home furnace efficiency.
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America
New York
Republican Party
New York City
Vaughan the General who drives policy with humor
Washington reporters describe General Harry Vaughan as a roly poly, easygoing aide whose jokes amuse President Truman yet who also wields influence on foreign relations. Vaughan’s career spans Missouri manufacturing work, secretary to Truman, liaison to the Army, and a controversial role in policy like liquor quotas.
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Washington
Harry Vaughan
Truman
Vaughan
J. Edgar Hoover
Bermuda
Harry Truman
Missouri
Hines Company
Milwaukee
T. J. Moss Tie Company
Heim Binder Company
Senator Truman
Australia
Brisbane
MacArthur
Army
Gen
Col. Vaughan
Capitol Hill
Col
Navy
White House
Gen. Vaughan
Europe
Clinton Anderson
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Nathan Koenig
Koenig
Senate
John Maragon
Maragon
Jimmie Byrnes
Winston Churchill
Stalin
Broadway notes and earnings from theater and film
Winchell on Broadway surveys theater and film business with Miller’s All My Sons profits around five thousand weekly plus rights pushing toward a million. Mentions Saroyan praise for Dont Go Away Mad and Rodgers Hammerstein project The Happy Time. Notes high income for Josh Logan from Mr Roberts and Annie Get Your Gun and industry chatter aboutinvestments and stars.
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Broadway
Arthur Miller
Miller
Saroyan
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Robert Fontaine
Josh Logan
Mr. Roberts
White House
Local News Syndicated In The Austin American
A standard note on ownership and republication rights from the Austin American about Associated Press content. It states the AP holds exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches for republication.
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Associated Press
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Nobody Hates
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