Budget role shift eyed for Texas state auditor
The proposed plan would place budget making under the state auditor, leveraging the auditor’s legislative accountability and ongoing agency surveys. Advocates note the auditor’s reports already assess efficiency and operations, while critics warn of executive bypass and potential veto limits.
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Scream and Slayings Across the Nation
A New York doctor warns that emotional stress makes people scream while J Edgar Hoover cites an average of 36 nationwide daily slayings. A Kentucky customer shoots a barber over a haircut. A Hollywood writer critiques mogul schemes as producers cling to old plots.
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J. Edgar Hoover
United States
Innocents Abroad Show Positives from American Diplomats
The writer, returning from travels, says Americans abroad are largely decent and capable. He highlights diplomats James Bruce in Argentina, Dunn in Rome, Averell Harriman in Europe, and a principled press corps, noting their work steadies U.S. influence as Cold War tensions rise.
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Europe
Paris
Joe Stalin
Pearson After Pegler On Forrestal Charges
Drew Pearson argues Pegler’s accusations framed his criticism of James Forrestal as contributing to Forrestal’s death. He details past remarks, Navy handling, psychiatric risk, and broader press and political dynamics, saying a libel suit will reveal the true factors behind Forrestal’s distress and death.
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Walter Reed Hospital
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Winchell On Broadway and Street Scene Gossip
Urban gossip column highlights romances marriages and social ties including Louise Van Alen and Prince M'dvani as well as Victor Kreavechenko and a Manhattan schoolmarm. Martha Wright secrecy at Blue Angel, Aly Khan kin and Paris gossip, Gregory Ratoff's marriage plans, and other Broadway and society chatter fill the page.
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Blue Angel
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Prince d'Avalion
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Rome
Morton Downey
Standard Oil
Armour Archbold
Ruth McCullough
Chi Society
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Theater Guild
Cy Howard
E’slyn Keyes
John Huston
Ingrid Bergman
Texas colleges see veterans graduate as GI program ends
The article notes about 1,300 veterans earned degrees at the University and many others in Texas colleges reach graduation this period. It discusses the GI bill's impact, shifts in enrollment from veterans to non veterans, and state funding adjustments while Austin plans $410000 in new municipal buildings including police courts and a health center.
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America
Austin
Recreation Department
Brackenridge Hospital
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Answers and Answers and Facts From a 1930s Q and A
A compilation of questions and answers covers US wartime aid totals and postwar loans, Mark Twain’s pilot certificate, FHA mortgage insurance, Mohammedan duties, the largest trees and their measurements, and a Masonic lodge owning George Washington’s hair. The piece cites figures for lend lease and ERP, Twain’s museum certificate, and references to California sequoias.
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Masonic Lodge
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