Double Parking Still Headache For Traffic Officials
Austin faces ongoing trouble with double parking as one way streets proved no cure. City officials weigh zoning amendments, press questions, and a looming bond issue while Mayor Taylor Glass pushes census counting and the new city manager Walter Seaholm plans frequent briefings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Glass
Austin
Walter Seaholm
Seaholm
Municipal Hill
City Hall
Trueman O’quinn
City Zoning Board of Adjustment
Circus Aims to Teach Lessons with Summer Delights
A whimsical note links a boy dragging his dad to a circus for a swell and learning to swim. It mentions a corn crop bound to grow with hot weather and a New Jersey dog biting eight people as the mosquito season returns.
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New Jersey
Newcomers Hear Warm Welcome From Austin Chamber
Austin leaders outline a citizen welcome plan with a list of prospective residents shared with local businesses and groups. Former servicemen are invited to consider Austin as a permanent home, while Alpha Phi prepares Texas themed events in Galveston for its international convention. President Truman may attend Big Bend National Park dedication during the Parks Officials convention, with planners expecting over one million out of state visitors to Texas state parks this period.
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Chamber of Commerce
Austin
Military Affairs Committee
Texas
Alpha Phi
Galveston
Southwest
Omega Chapter
University of Texas
Dallas
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Truman
Big Bend National Park
National Park
Big Bend
el Paso
Marathon
National Association of Parks Officials
Big Bend Park
Davis Mountain
Bastrop State Park
Frank D. Quinn
Texas State Parks Board
National Parks Service
Freedom Fair Proposal for Democracy Display at 1952 Fair
Billy Rose proposes a Washington 1952 Freedom Fair to showcase American liberty against Soviet regime in a 200 acre Lincoln Memorial area. He suggests exhibits comparing cars, unions, voting, living standards, and punishment in a Mindszenty trial, asserting democracy offers the best life and pledging support for policy work in exchange for tobacco.
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Kremlin
Lincoln Memorial
Flushing- Meadows
NKVD
Jimmy Durante
Cardinal Mindszenty
Questions and Answers: Miscellaneous U S information
A compilation of brief Q and A items covering postal rates for Christmas cards, Israel's capital and population, the origin of the nickname Veep, longevity by region, counts of full blood Aztec Indians, U S railroads by power, Army bad conduct discharges, Oregon population growth, fashion cycles, busy world city corners, the Younger brothers, and women’s control of private wealth.
Dulles Sees Japan as Cold War Partner in Balance of Power
The piece reports on shifts in Congress over income tax forgiveness for tax delinquents and outlines Secretary Dulles and Secretary Johnson shaping U.S. stance toward Japan and Formosa. It notes Dulles doubts on MacArthur policies, Johnson backing military aid to Formosa, and proposals to reframe Japan under a Pacific defense force while warning of risks if troops move out.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Walter Lynch
New York City
Lynch
Joe Nunan
Internal Revenue
Nunan
Frankie Costello
Herman Eberharter
Pittsburgh
Eberharter
John Carroll
Colorado
Cooper
Tennessee
Stephen Young
Ohio
Carroll
Young
John Foster Dulles
Louey Johnson
Johnson
Dulles
Formosa
China
Wall Street
State Department
GOP
Douglas MacArthur
Secy. Johnson
MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
Pentagon
United States
Tokyo
Congress
Acheson
London
Pershing
Haig
Lloyd George
Woodrow Wilson
Marshal Foch
Eisenhower
France
USA
Ussr
Europe
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Winchell On Broadway Behind the Scenes
A nostalgic digest of Broadway lore tracing misattributions about The Little Church Around the Corner and recalling anecdotes about figures like George Holland Nat Goodwin Lillian Russell Rachel Fanny Ward and David Wark Griffith plus Sarah Siddons and Mme Francisquy Hutin with theater legends and oddities from 19th and early 20th century stages.
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Manhattan
George Holland
Fulton Market
Holland
Dr. Sabine
Audit Bureau of Circulation Certifies Local Papers
The Austin American and The Austin Statesmen are noted as members of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, a national body that certifies the circulation figures of leading U.S. newspapers. Associated Press claim confirms exclusive rights to use all local news printed in the Bowepaper and AP news.
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Bureau of American Ethnology
Austin American
The
Austin Statesmen
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Oeee Weber
Associated Press
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Wray Weddell
Lake Austin
East Sixth Street
Lake Austin Metropolitan Park
Irby B. Carruth
W. I. Kocurek
District Attorney's Office
T. C. Dillard
Bob Long
Stuart MacCorkle
MacCorkle
Editors
By Scott
Freedom Fair
Billy Rose
Harry S. Truman
White House
Freedom
Joe Doakies
Josef Dokezes
Iron Curtain
General Motors
UAW
Walter Reuther
Commielands
Berian
Jane
San Diego
Austin American Information
Eye Street
N. M
D.C
Post Office Department
Israel
G.O.V
Tel Aviv
Jaffa
Veep
M.C.K
Albent W. Barkley
Leonard Kirsten
W.N.N
North Central
Minnesota
North and
South Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Ican
C.ohn
M.B
Oregon
Bureau of the Census
Agnes Brooks Young
7Th Avenue
Broadway
Los Angeles
Hyde Park Corner
Columbus Circle
Richard
Thomas Coleman
Louisiana
California
James Henry
Cole
John
Robert Ewing
Stillwater
T. A
Drew Pearson
Dulles Vs
Nat Goodwin
Rennold Wolf
Columist
N. Y. Morning Telegraph
Tony Pastor
Helen Louise Leonard
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Chicago
Lillian Russell
Rachel
Philly
Fanny Ward
Washington, D. C
Lawrence
David Wark Griffith
Eleanora Cuse
Mussolini
Sarah Siddons
Mme. Francisquy Hutin
Lafayette
la Hutin
Eeenne
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