City council may end forced deduction on bonuses
City officials debate whether the practice of paying employees a year end bonus and withholding half for the Community Chest violates the state constitution. The scheme, in place since 1941, uses a 50 percent deduction before taxes, drawing sharp questions from Councilman Stuart MacCorkle and raising political risk ahead of spring elections.
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Council
Stuart MacCorkle
MacCorkle
March of Dimes
Red Cross
Backward Area Described As Water-Main Free Zone
A backward area is titled as the place lacking water mains to burst. The old fashioned boy walked to school. The modern boy thumbs as many men may string along for access to purse strings. Cool heads urged in a cold war context.
Austin to resume normal government activity and new term begins
The note outlines Austin's return to normal operations as state government enters a new two year term with new officials and a six month legislative session. It highlights the opening of the 52nd Legislature, the inaugurations of Governor Allan Shivers and Lieutenant Governor Ben Ramsey, and the influx of legislators and staff to Austin for months of public affairs and policy shaping. Veteran J B McDonald is noted for his long tenure and steadfast farm policy stance advocating a national farm program with parity prices and market freedom.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Ben Ramsey
Texas
McDonald
United States Secretary of Agriculture
Holiday Lighting Wins Commendation in Austin
Austin’s decorative holiday lights blaze for New Year’s. City earns praise for warm festive display reflecting local spirit and community pride. Strong showing of color and beauty honors those who enjoy the city’s hospitality.
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Austin
Labor defense agencies spread buying as wartime shift nears
A speech draft from a Communist Party conference in New York City contrasts Soviet scarcity with American prosperity. The piece notes rising civilian pay, high employment, and planned war production shifts expected to begin in March, with Defense and Labor Department actions to distribute contracts and protect workers.
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Communist Party
New York City
Colmrade
Tovarich
Connecticut
Defense
Labor Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
US Labor Department
Labor State Department
Brussels
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
New York
Singapore
Geneva
World Crusade
Commy Ceylon
Korea
Confederation
Milan
Italy
Dave Lasser
Rien
CIO
Electrical Workers
Lasser
Jersey
Chad
Thate
Post-Ball Eyndicate, Inc
The Austin American page four staff credits and branding
The Austin American lists editor Charles E. G. E. Green and business manager Louis N. Goldberg. It notes publication every morning except Sunday by Newspapers Inc with address Seventh and Colorado Streets Austin Texas and that the Sunday issue is The American Statesman.
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The
Austin American
Charles E. G. E. Green
Newspapers, Inc
Seventh and
Colorado Streets
Austin
Texas
the American-Statesman
A-Bomb Costs Defend U S, Says AEC Chief Gordon Dean
Washington reports Gordon Dean of the Atomic Energy Commission tells the House appropriations committee that the $3 billion spent on atom and H-bomb development over four peacetime years pays defense dividends. He asserts the United States is in a strong position versus Russia and that the program should not be relaxed.
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AFL
United States
National Production Authority
Joe Keenan
Joe
Paradise
John Lewis
Washington
Pittsburgh
CIO
Phil Murray
AFL High Command
Truman
Jim Carey
Murray
Dave Dubinsky
Ladies Germent Sonra
Gordon Dean
Young Bossa
Atomic Energy Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Dean
John Q
Albert Thomas
Texas
John Q. Public
Commission
Russia
Congress
United States Senate
Senate
Maine
Brewster
Howard Hughes
Pan American Airways
Pan American
Hughes
Ieans World Airlines
Joseph Shimon
Latin America
Pepper
Florida
Europe
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Shimon
Martin Fay
Fay
District of Columbia
Senate Committee
Grunewald
House Foreign Affairs
Ggg
Mission of Inquiry
West Germany
Walter Winchell On Broadway Critiques Congressional Probers
Walter Winchell argues that congressional investigations are essential bulwarks of democracy yet often ineffective. He notes probes into junkets and franking, the Nazi files leak, and the failure to face KKK crimes while warning that public disclosure frequently fails.
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Bureau OF Missing Investigations
Congress
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Joe Huffman
Huffman
J. BE. McDonald
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Holiday Lighting
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Comintern
American Communist Party
Presi
Louis N. Goldberg
Drew Pearson
Bly
Steve Leo
Stuart Symington
Leo
Symington
Bell Syndicate
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Rip van Winkle
Germany
Edward A. Rumely
Uncle Sam
KKK
UN- American Activities Committee
Austin Blatesmen
Audit Bureau of
Chew Uen
Ceme
Associated Press
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