Capital City weighs truck ban to ease downtown traffic
City officials study a 10 am downtown truck ban to curb street blocking while preserving trade. Mayor Glass backs a study. night highway use by firms may ease congestion. Police and traffic leaders praised crackdown on double parking amid plans for cooperative delivery hours.
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Austin
Taylor Glass
Texas
Red River Street
San Jacinto Boulevard
Guadalupe Street
R. D. Thorp
Warren W. Blackman
Global Communist Peace Drive Targets United States
A May 23 meeting in Budapest united labor chiefs from cities including Peking Paris and Moscow to organize a world propaganda push against the United States. They plan to mobilize labor sentiment to resist drafts and spur peace riots, with campaigns across Europe and the United States led by the World Federation of Trade Unions and the Peace Information Center.
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Budapest
America
Peking
Paris
Ruenue
Rio
Moscow
Russia
United States
Korea
Kansas City
World Federation of Trade Unions
CIO
Phil Murray
Wang Fu Ching Street
Kuo Mo-jo
China
Poland
Germany
United States Communist Party
Kyo
Party
Census workers praised after district completes enumeration
District Supervisor Manning and about 150 census staff across seven crews wrapped up the main counting phase in Travis County with gratitude from Austin citizens. Leaders highlighted dedication from Silas Maxwell, Jodie Smith, Lillian Sellar, Mary Sue Ireland, Sue Keevert, Sam Summers and others as the office gears up for final reports due by June 30.
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John Manning
Austin
Travis County
Manning
Silas Maxwell
Jodie Smith
Lillian Sellar
Mary Sue Ireland
Bastrop
Sue Keevert
Lockhart
Gleemen and other curiosities from medieval lore
The text surveys gleemen itinerant minstrels of the Middle Ages, notes notable 14th century acclaim, defines sailplanes as engine free gliders, and covers New York water projects, Maritime Commission training cuts, a one cent check to President Cleveland, Fort Knox’s naming and founding, and record long Christian names.
Washington Merry-Go-Round Small Business Pleads Cause With Party Boss WASHINGTON
Leaders from small business labor and farm cooperatives press Democratic Chairman Boyle to veto the basing point bill arguing it raises living costs and benefits big steel and cement interests. The group cites Republican support and Democratic voting patterns as part of their appeal. Boyle acknowledges the case and says he will urge the President to veto the bill.
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Washington
Bill Boyle
Truman
George Burger
National Federation of Independent Business
Wallace Campbell
Co-Operative League
Don Montgomery
United Auto Workers
George Fretas
Retail Druggists
Ed Rowe
United Wholesale Grocers
William Marsh
National Association of Retail Tire Dealers
Boyle
Montgomery
Auto Workers
Joe O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Francis Myers
Pennsylvania
Herbert O’conor
Maryland
Administration
Burger
Small Business
South Carolina
Burnet Maybank
Small Business Committee
GOP
Robert Taft
Ken Wherry
Winchell on Broadway and Hollywood Feuds
The column notes Sen Johnson's stance on Hollywood morals, the MPPA's pledge to clean house, and Frank Sinatra facing potential film work bans. It recalls party chatter at Jack Benny's Stork Club event and industry pressure tied to a Spain visit. It also surveys global alchemy of media figures, satire, and vintage gossip.
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Sen. Johnson
Hollywood
MPPA
Motion Picture Producers Ass'n
Frank Sinatra
Jack Benny
Stork Club
Sinatra
Eric Johnston
Spain
Hope
Godfrey
Berle
Washington
Munich
Germany
Henrich Hoffman
Len Lyons
Japan
Islands
Paris
London
Rome
Chicago
Tokyo
MacArthur
Truman
Gray Young
J. Brooks Atkinson
N. Y. Times
Concoe
H. Barnes
The
Herald Tribune
Freeman Chum
Haganah
St. Louis
William Howard Taft
Yale
Taft
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Diseh Field
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Peace Information Center
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Paul Robeson
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Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
Editors
Sam Summers
University of Texas
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1200 Eye Street
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Neversink
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California
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Claude Pepper
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Warren Moscow
New York Times
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World Power
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Stanton Griffis
Samuel P. Haines
Way and Means
Haines
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Worcester
Rowe
War Plants Corporation
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Austin American
Austin Statesman
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