Giant Capitol Too Small For Texas Needs
An observer laments Texas Capitol overcrowding in a sprawling essay. He imagines basement offices overflowing with papers, jokes about moving the Pentagon to Austin, and notes unfamiliar Alabama and local sites like Palo Alto Galveston Goliad and the Alamo.
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Texas
Pentagon
Texas Capitol
Washington, D. C
United States
Washington
State Department
Department
Austin
Capitol
Palo Alto
California
Leland Stanford University
Galveston
Goliad
Alamo
San Jacinto
Editor's Notebook on Texas county consolidation and insurance rules
The piece weighs county government efficiency and the improbability of reducing Texas counties from 254. It weighs implications of merging cities with counties and mentions a statewide convention path. It also details a proposed Insurance Commissioners bill for uniform health and accident policy rules.
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Virginia
Texas
Denver
Cook County
Hoodlums Target Labor Fronts In Chicago Mob Pressure
A 1901 report describes rising labor racketeering as mob thugs threaten Chicago labor leaders. Bill Lee, head of the Chicago Federation of Labor, confronts would be mob payoffs while police monitor the situation. The piece warns other unions to beware future tactics as organized crime eyes labor muscle.
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Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Chicago
Bill Lee
Teamsters
Chicago Federation of Labor
Lee
Teamsters Union
Chicago Federation
Chicago Federation News
Madden
Capone Syndi
Cate
Miami Beach
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Alabama
Illinois
New York
Indiana
West Virginia
Kentucky
California
Maryland
Connecticut
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Birmingham
Los Angeles
National Securities Resources Board
NSRB
NLRB
Answers and Questions from the Austin American
Reader questions cover measurement systems moonlight optics and snakes movement. Topics include land and sea mile distinction nautical mile ice crystal reflection cross on the moon Tycho Brahe notable for pioneering observational astronomy.
Washington defense control clash slows wartime mobilization
Mobilization chief Charles Wilson moves to clamp price and wage controls within two weeks with Truman's approval. The piece notes internal rifts among officials, a shakeup at the Munitions Board, and ongoing disputes over dispersal of defense plants amid warnings of vulnerabilities and housing strains.
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Washington
Charles Wilson
Truman
Federal Reserve Board
Ich
Wilson
Mike di Salle
di Salle
Alan Valentine
Potomac
Pentagon
Munitions Board
John D. Small
Hubert Howard
Walter Winchell On Broadway Celebeants Of The Town
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes celebrity sightings across New York society. Joan Benn Hedy Lamarr Duchess of Windsor Russ Nype Eddie Cantor Anita Colby Jerry Gordon and others are quoted with fashion gifts, marriages, land prices, and a bomb scare rumor. The column predicts TV and stage adaptations of real life stories and praises Harry Hopkins era case rescues.
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Joan Benn
Hedy Lamarr
Duchess of Windsor
Nype
Duchess
Prince M. Pacelli
Eddie Cantor
Jean McCormick
Yarrop
Candy Jones
Ilka Chase
Anita Colby
Jerry Gordon
Wall St
T. Dorsey
Frances Irvin
Texas
Eleanor Roosevelt
Philly
Herbert L
Maris
Harry Hopkins
Robert
Colin Miller
United States
Miller
Hopkins
Republication of Local News Printed
A brief note states that republication of all the local news printed in this edition remains handled by the Associated Press for the period specified.
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Patti Moore
Ben Lessy
Latin Quarter
Billy Eckstine
Mgmagic
Paul Healy
Stalin
Tass
Corker
Mickey Virden
Tasstaff
Washington
Senator Connally
Ser. Tor
Associated Press
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