Reactivation Of Camp Swift Now Asked by Bastrop
Bastrop officials press for reactivating Camp Swift near Bastrop to aid war footing. Mayor Bryson writes to Sen Johnson and Rep Thornberry seeking aid. current land inventory and legal steps outlined if DoD reactivates, including potential federal court takings.
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Camp Swift
Bastrop
Elgin
Smithville
J. G. Bryson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Homer Thornberry
Austin
Arsenal
Ordnance Department
Texas National Guard
Texas State Department of Health
Department of Defense
Political Hearsay and Old-Time Hayride Lore
A fragment reflects on political hearsay about party leaders voting for nonmembers and recalls an old-timer who fondly remembers hayrides with the gang on a moonlit summer night.
War Flurry and Election Fate in a Turbulent Year
The piece weighs the Korea war impact on November elections beyond Texas, noting cross party views on Democratic or Republican gains, cites past midterms including 1898 1918 1942 1944 1950, and observes Texas’ solid Democratic delegation with one recent Republican seat. It also offers street safety proposals for Austin with curb height and hill braking considerations.
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Spain
Congress
Senate
House
Wilson
Roosevelt
Truman
Korea
Republican Party
Texas
Ben Guill
Panhandle
Labor warnings on Korea show anti Communist union tactics
Washington reports describe an AFL Asiatic expert and a group of Oriental labor men in Bombay hotel rooms using typewriters and a packed file cabinet to map and push anti Communist union activity. They warned of political strikes as a revolutionary weapon and warned of infiltrating South Korean forces during the early Cold War era.
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Korea
Texas
Washington
State Department
Defense Department
Truman
Congress
Rao
Das
Ramadurai
Bombay
AFL
Dick Deverall
Seoul
North Korea
Deverall
South Korea
Kremlin
United States
Pak Hen-En
MacArthur
Japan
Germany
Tom Lambert
Associated Press
American Society of Newspaper
New York Times
National Broadcasting Company
Time
Life Magazines
G-1
G-2
Communist Infiltration and Uprising Fears Across Korea and Asia
A 1960 article warns of Communist influence by labor unions and puppet operators infiltrating South Korea and US zones, describing strikes in 1946 1947 and 1948, guerrilla activity behind lines in Korea, and the repression of 70 German missionaries including 21 nuns, with forecasts of further North Korean reinforcements and uprisings in Japan and India.
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United States
Siberia
Yenan
Communist “Korean Peoples’ Emancipation League
People’s Republic of North Korea
People’s
United Democratic Fatherland Front
Korea
North Korea
Father Sauer
Deverall
MacArthur
Japan
India
Post-Mall Syndicate, Inc
Questions and Answers on Elizabeth Barrett Browning and poplin
The piece discusses whether Elizabeth Barrett Browning a cripple noting she was an invalid due to spinal injury and lung weakness, and psychological shock from her brother Edward's 1838 drowning death. It also explains poplin origin possibly from Avignon in papal territory and cites Mustapha Kemal Pasha's 1924 reforms abolishing polygamy, the harem, and enforcing unveiling.
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H.T. A
Edward
Turkey
E.J.K. A
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
War Powers Bills On Deck for Quick Action
A review of moves in Congress shows Senators Taft and Bridges probing White House war powers amid scarce material control questions. The piece highlights Truman's public relations challenges and calls for possible emergency laws drafted by Senator Hunt to prepare for rapid wartime action.
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War Powers
Truman
California
Washington
Taft
Bridges
White House
Russia
Black Sea
South Pacific
Baltic
United States War Chiefs
Maine
Charlie Ross
Congress
Lester Hunt
Wyoming
Senator Hunt
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
Bernie Baruch
Hunt
United States
Stuart Symington
NLRB
Symington
Bell Syndicate
Washington War Spending Rises
Washington debates boosting US military outlays to a fourth of national income, arguing a balance of power against Soviet strength. Analysts warn of tax increases, greater drafts, and industry retooling as defense needs could triple or quadruple annual spending.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Pentagon
White House
US Department of Defense
Department of Defense
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