City Hall debates pay raises and water rate plan
Police and firemen press for a 20 percent raise with potential council race bids in April. City Manager Seaholm says salaries for police and fire chiefs will rise to $400 monthly, while Brackenridge Hospital and other city roles show higher pay. Mayor Taylor Glass stays noncommittal on re election amid budget debates and a $400,000 salary fund drive.
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City Hall
Taylor Glass
Walter Seaholm
Brackenridge Hospital
Emma Long
James E. Duke
Municipal Hill
Internet
Seaholm
City Hall addition plan sparks council friction
City authorities press ahead with a large City Hall addition despite wary council briefing. Mayer Glass plans a social call to Bergstrom Air Force Base officials and tells a bystander to inform Councilwoman Long. The piece also notes stalled signal-light discussions at West 12th Shoal Creek and a new police fundraiser idea linked to the March of Dimes drive.
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Mayer Glass
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Long
West 12Th
Shoal Creek
12Th
Lamar
Thorp
Nine
Fragmented Commentary on Politics and Society
A string of aphorisms and jabs at politics and culture. Observations touch on confusion, wartime alliances, shortcuts, originality, aging media, dual leadership, and industrial leaders’ fondness for money. The piece reads as a column of wry reflections with no clear narrative.
Tide-Over Session Hinted by Texas House Preview
The piece notes Representative M. Bell of San Antonio says the 52nd Legislature faces civil defense and disaster relief, temporary taxes, redistricting, and state finance. It recalls past sessions’ achievements and warns that full state modernization will extend beyond this session, with major tax and restructuring decisions pending.
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Texas House
M. ©. Bell
San Antonio
House
Senate
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Old Second Guesser Toupee Wearers Have Hirsute Facts
A column by Joan Wheeler blends a War Cloud horse elegy with commentary on men’s toupees. Anecdotes cover aging animals, horse memory, hotel lobbies, and a Scripps Howard executive’s bald roommate. The piece notes evolving toupee styles and the vanity of disguise.
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Joan Wheeler
Ridgefield
Connecticut
Tom Christopher
War Cloud
Dr. Schutz
Old War Cloud
Sardi's
Park Lane
Park Avenue
Broadway
Bill Hawkins
Scripps Howard Newspapers
Questions and Answers on Famous Portraits and U S Facts
A quiz column covers a portrait owned by Queen Elizabeth II and on display abroad. It lists the Post Office Department revenue, social security age rules, the first Golden Gloves teams from Chicago and New York, and national elevator statistics including Rockefeller Center figures.
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Chicago Tribune
New York Daily News
Chicago
New York
Joseph Patterson
Ica
Rayburn seeks bipartisan unity on foreign policy and war effort
Speaker Rayburn urged Democratic colleagues to unite across party lines to strengthen the nation against aggression. He contrasted Republican leaders and praised General MacArthur while defending a national unity approach. The piece also profiles John Haggerty, Yugoslav aid advocate, and notes Czech unrest and child welfare reforms led by Rep Anfuso.
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Rayburn
Congress
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Sam
Mac-Arthur
MacArthur
House
John McCormick
Bob Taft
Ohio
McCormack
Walton Walker
Montana
John Haggerty
United States
Belgrade
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Haggerty
John Vorys
Tito
Yugoslavia
Washington
Broadway Gossip and Society Notes from Walter Winchell
Social flotsam from Broadway and Washington, listing Margaret Truman and other celebs, marriages, rumored romances, and legal matters. It mentions Margaret Truman at the ballet, Basil Heatter’s son in Miami, Mrs Alger Hiss, Flair magazine purchase, Wendy Barrie’s marriage, Sheila Reno’s Mayo Clinic diagnosis, and Taft-Hartley affidavits probes.
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Margaret Truman
Pertickler
Yoo-hoo
Braverman
Gabe Heatter
Basil
Miami
R. J. Reynoldses
Reynolds
Marianne O'Brien
Alger Hiss
G. Cowles
Flair Mag
Carol Paight
Robert Anderson
Samford
Conn
Wendy Barrie
Vy Smith
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Wray Weddell
Uncle Sam
Franco
Philip Murray
Texas Economy Commission
Robert S. Calvert
By Herblock
Riley Wilson
Louis Bromfield
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, DC
Austin American
George Bernard Shaw
August John
England
B.S.B. A
Post Office Department
National Elevator Manufacturing Industry, Inc
Rockefeller Center
Pea Ann
GOP
Drew Pearson
Sam Rayburn
Efort
State Department
Czechoslovakia
David
Europe
Moscow
Cominform
Czech Communist Party
Zapotocky
Victor L. Anfuso
Brooklyn
Kings County
N. Y
Anfuso
Italian Board of Guardians
Board of Guardians
Manhattan
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Walter Winchell
Man About Town
Shelia Reno
Darling
Los Angeles
Mayo's
Sheila
Runyon Fund
Doraine DuPont
Laurence C. Liebson
Chauncey Olcott
Wm. Cavanaugh
Barbara Washburn
John Lynch
United Press
Big Yakitty-Yaket
Associated Press
Kent Cooper
Nancy Hannock
Rheingold
Jay Kramer
H. Bogarts
Betty Bacall
Jane Morgan
Boston Thrush
Yarrop
St. Regis
Gents
Mali
Texas
Austin
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Austin Statesman
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