City Hurdles Over Water Fund Transfers To Schools
Austin faces a legal tangle over transferring 175 000 yearly from the water and light fund to the Austin School Board. The attorney general warns it may violate a general statute, prompting calls for legislative action to allow the practice or modify the 1945 charter amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Weeg
Austin School Board
Water and Light Department
New York
Water and Light
Austin
General Fund
Ee] Paso Court of Civil Appeals
Carroll
el Paso School Board
Hospital Building Bonds Debated for State Program
The special session will hear proposals to fund the hospital building plan with long term bonds versus direct taxation. Engineers note delays until 1952 or later if bonds are used, while supporters cite ten to fifteen year repayment. A survey by Dr Thomas McIntire urges a coordinated cerebral palsy treatment system with multiple units.
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Texas
Thomas McIntire
Arizona
Kerrville
Inside Labor John L. Lewis Faces New Suits
A sprawling Labor section notes John L. Lewis facing a wave of lawsuits over alleged insider schemes in plants, with unions, private agencies, and a $6 million scheme tied to an eastern auto plant. The piece also covers CFOs, wage trends, Taft-Hartley politics, and CIO activity amid labor unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Assembly
America
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Virginia
Johnny Owens
UMW
Ohio
White House
Congressional
Truman
Taft
Erie Railroad
Columbus
Democratic-labor Coalition
CIO
Ohio State Council
Q and A: Reserve transfers and civil service terms
The text covers that draftees serving under three years are moved to active reserve, Reno divorces cited mental cruelty, air mail stationery limits, origin of punch from five in Hindi, and Civil Service initials CAF SP P CPC now GS. It presents brief explanations and regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Reno
United
CAF
CPC
Federal Civil Service
M. E
Hoover Formosa stance and Stimson clash revisited
Washington commentary notes Hoover’s earlier opposition to Navy protection for distant Formosa contrasts with his later call to use the fleet in Chinese waters. The piece recalls Stimson’s push for League cooperation and Manchurian restraint, and describes other 1948-50 reflections including Bob Hope’s Alaska relief tour and Celler’s anti trust push.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Formosa
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Hoover
Manchuria
League of Nations
Mid Pacific
Prentiss Gilbert
Geneva
Gilbert
Republican National Committee
Air
Stuart Symington
Berlin
Air Force
Alaska
Nathan F. Twining
Symington
Bob Hope
Bob
Hope
Bing Crosby
Bing
USA
Veterans Hospitals
Wendy Barrie Groom Files in Florida Amid Notes on Broadway
Reporter laments lost romance with Broadway beat, notes ink as lifeblood. Items from Wendy Barrie groom filing, Paulette Goddard, Ann Dvorak gossip, license plate talk, and showbiz chatter fill a lively society column.
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Wendy Barrie
Fla
Paulette Goddard
Burgess Meredith
Boston
Ann Dvorak
Igor
Grace Poggi
Barbara Tufts
Sonny
Bunk
N. W
Waldorf Astoria
Omgeres
Hilton
Inga Andersen
Bellevue
NYP
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Phil Spitalny
Las Vegas
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Capital City
Shivers
Fourth
San Antonio
The
Editors
By Smith
BY Victor Riesel
Walter Reuther
FBI
Detroit
Phil Murray
Murray
Phil
Jules Emspak
United Electrical Workers
Atlantic City
General Motors
Jim Carey
CIO Electrical Workers
Carey
Westinghouse Corporation
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
J. Alfred Wilner
Dave Scribner
AFL
AFL Federation of Technical Engineers
Samuel Gompers
Shebcd
Gene Dennis
Communist Party
Labor Board
Pest-Hall Syndicate, Inc
Reno
Post Office Department
Capitol Hill
SEC
Cong. Celler
Celler
General Electric
HST
Harry Truman
Margaret
Burnet Maybank
South Carolina
John Sparkman
Alabama
Brent Spence
Kentucky
Sparkman
Iowa
Missouri
Spence
Kansas
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Park Row
Guy Fowler
Elizabeth Norman
Hollywood
Rita Hayworth
Gen. Vaughan
John Maragon
Miami
Dorothy Shay
Boheme
Bill Jordan
D. Elliott
Jerry Lewis’ Seltzer
Dean Martin
April
Copa City
Mindy Carson
Lena Horne
Asia
Freeman Chum
Hutton's
Rita
Monte Carlo
Cinta’s
Lindy
Algonquin
May Vi
Toi
Uhr Postoffice
Auslin
Texan
Act of Press
Austin American
Austin Statesman
United States
Associated Press
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