Austin 1949 Outlook Emphasizes City Growth Plans
Austin plans a 10 year utility upgrade program with $5 million in 1949 for electric, water, sewer systems and new city buildings. Major projects include Brackenridge Hospital wing, a cerebral palsy clinic bid, and a Holy Cross Hospital for Negroes. Road work includes Lamar Boulevard extension and East Avenue Interregional Highway in a $5 million state effort.
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East Avenue
Texas Highway Department
US Bureau of Public Roads
Lamar Boulevard
City of
Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Jefferson Chemical Company
Texas State Medical Association
19Th and
Lamar
Holy Cross Hospital
East 19Th Street
New York City
Labor and CIO fronts clash over world crime ban push
AFL CIO strategists Dave Dubinsky and Matthew Woll marshal documents to urge the UN to criminalize subversive activity between peaceful nations. The piece notes rising auto plant union drives in Detroit and threats against Ford, plus regional coalition efforts in Massachusetts cities ahead of local elections.
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United Nations
Labor
AFL O.p.s
Dave Dubinsky
Matthew Woll
Russia
AFL
CIO
Massachusetts
United Labor Committee
Boston
Springfield
Lowell
Mass
Labor unrest and union drives loom in postwar South
A 1948 New York Post piece sketches CIO organizers eyeing the South including a $15,000,000 blitz on textiles, with Denny Lewis guiding District 50 and Milton Murray slated to lead a white collar drive in New Orleans and Houston. It notes Quill’s Trans port Workers moves, Kaiser mustering cheap demo cars, and new organizing efforts by Desi Arnaz and Lawrence Tibbett as labor activity rises nationwide.
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John L. Lewis
North Carolina
John L
South
John
Denny
District 50
New Lewis
Shaggy Denny
Lewis
Virginia
Greensboro
N.C
CIO
Southern Drive
Mike Quill
Transport Workers Union
Quill
New Orleans
Houston
Texas
Newspaper Guild
Milton Murray
AFL Seafood Workers
Congress
Dewey
GOP
Prounion
House Labor Committee
Hashington Wrong-Go-Round and Real Estate Lobby Influence
Washington column notes two Congressmen tied to the real estate lobby on the banking committee helped defeat a public housing bill aiding Mr. Truman’s campaign. It also sketches Eberstadt and Forrestal clashing over military power, their past business ties, and support for wartime planning.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Charles Fletcher
San Diego
Rep
John Riley
Sumter
S.C
Mr. Truman
Forrestal
Hoover
Eberstadt
Jim Forrestal
Dillon Road and Company
Germany
War Production Board
Defense
Air
Army
Navy
James Forrestal
Wall Street
National Defense
Truman
Truman Committee
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Congressional defeats and Brookhaven air safety push
Two rising Democrats Hugo Sims of Orangeburg South Carolina and Clinton McKinnon of San Diego oust real estate allies while Real estate lobby fights to block them from banking and currency committees. Atomic scientists and weather experts study low level weather to prevent Donora like smog near New York City as Brookhaven goes live raising concerns about radioactive emissions and urban air safety.
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Hugo Sims
Orangeburg
S.C
Clinton McKinnon
San Diego
Banking and Currency Committee
81St Congress
New York City
Long Island
Brookhaven
Donora
Winchell on Broadway defense of spy reporting methods
Winchell discusses his 1941 handling of a spy ring story and contrasts intelligence work with police action. He asserts his naval service orders, notes the U S response to Gen Krivitsky's death questions, and explains how intelligence follows networks up the ladder to uncover agents and codes.
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G. S
Sun
Walter Winchell
The
Winchell
Isaac Don Levine
Mr. Levine
Levine
Hiss
Chambers
Krivitsky
Stalin
Hitler
London
Dunkirk
Russia
Sumner Welles
Welles
Byrnes
Shprhod
Austin Quarantine Cuts Loose Dogs and Boosts Inaugural Parade
Austin's new anti rabies dog quarantine shows over 90 percent compliance in early January. Stray and homeless dogs are largely cleared, improving safety for children. The inaugural parade will feature high school and college bands including the Hardin Simmons Cowboys and the 90th and 36th divisions, with Major General Berry as marshal.
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Austin
Travis County
Hardin-Simmons Cowboys
Capitol
Mittee
Walter E. Long
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Mexico
K. L. Berry
Moon Phases and Whaling Q&A from 1840s queries
A quiz-style exchange explains why the phase after new moon is called first quarter. It notes Herman Melville sailed on the Acushnet in 1840, desertion and rescue, and discusses sardine catches in the dark of the moon. It also covers draft registration rules for exempt aliens.
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S.E.D
Webster's Illustrated Tower Dictionary and Atlas Ad
A compact 378 page encyclopedia features 25000 definitions and pronunciations plus 16 color world maps. Readers are urged to order by sending 35 cents to The Austin American Information Bureau at 316 Eye Street NE, Washington DC.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N. E
Washington, D. C
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China
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Willow Run
Henry Kaiser
Hashington
Eberstadt Review
Herbert Hoover
Hoover Commission
Herman Eberharter
Pittsburgh
United States
Robert M. Gibson
United States District
T. Whitfield Davidson
Jefferson, Texas
Chet Holifield
Los Angeles
Edward Condon
unAmerican Activities Committee
Condon
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Independent
Motion Picture Producers
Hollywood
Bell Synd., Inc
By Herblock
Herman Melville
B.M.G
New Bedford
Melville
Marquesas
Pacific
New York
C. E. A. Selective Service
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Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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