Saturday Filing Deadline Quiet in Travis County Politics
Filing closes at midnight as Travis County voters prepare for July 22 primaries. Incumbents face scattered opposition in county races, while several officials run unopposed. A notable dispute centers on private funding for county roads and cooperation with city administration.
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Tom Whitehead JR
Travis County
John Q
Jim Fritts
Commissioners Court
Fritts
Sam N. Allred
Arthur A. Swenson
Precinct
Frank M. Pinedo
Austin
J. M. Patterson
Pinedo
Lulac Club
Homer Thornberry
Magnesse L. Foster
Pearce Johnson
Obie Jones
Johnnie B. Rogers
Carter Lester
J. Arthur Sandlin
Raymond Donley Jr
Bob Long
T. O. Dillard
Perry Jones
Leslie Procter
Ernest Best
Arthur Shropshire
Gainesville
Justice of the Peace
P. L. Nairn
Robin Forrester
William Pfennig Jr
W. S. Killough
John H. White
Charles L. Farrow Jr
A. W. Murchison
M. M. Thorp
Editors Notebook Taxes Run Heavy in Gas Cost
A national survey shows federal and state taxes total about one fourth of gasoline cost. Texas pays high highway taxes yet refines only part of the state's gasoline, fueling legislative push for a production tax to boost state revenue.
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Washington
Texas
Louisiana
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
New Mexico
Tennessee
Missouri
Texas faces redistricting as census adds seats
The 1950 census may give Texas one or two new congressional seats for 1952. Legislature will redraw districts in 1951 with Austin and Travis County likely gaining a third House seat while Houston and Dallas stay single‑county. Legislative apportionment will shift to reflect population variances across districts.
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Congress
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Austin
Corpus Christi
Travis County
House
Slave labor imports destroy jobs, Riesel reports
Washington columnist Victor Riesel analyzes how Soviet slave-labor goods, totaling about 150 million dollars annually, flood U S markets from Belgium Luxembourg United Kingdom and France. He questions Treasury port controls and warns of job losses in coal mining oil and other industries due to foreign competition.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
US Treasury Department
Truman
Soviet Slave Satellites, Inc
Treasury Department
Belgium
Luxemburg
Congressman Mack
Wash
United Kingdom
France
Kremlinites
Iron Curtain
Champs
Tom Steed
Okla
Mack
Congress
John Lewis
Ers
Steed
White House
Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
National pastime reflections and political quips
A fragmentary column parodies postwar policy and public life. It touches on government spending, labor, and freedom alongside light asides about celebrities, travel costs, and social trends. The tone is wry and observational with dated references.
Q and A Highlights From a Children’s Information Bureau
A mixed quiz style exchange covers canary sex determination, Damon Runyon’s Spanish American War service, spider silk production, mint discontinuations, and the origins of plant names. The piece promotes The Children’s Animal Picture Book published by the Austin American Information Bureau with a brief note on ordering.
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Austin
American Information Bureau
Eye Street
Washington, D. C
Washington Worry-Go-Round Senators Would Revive Censorship Prosecution
Democratic senators quietly back a Republican plan for a separate committee to probe the Justice Department and Amerasia, aiming to expand wartime probes to cases involving the Chicago Tribune and its disclosures on codes and mobilization. The piece notes the Midway period Navy intelligence breach that revealed Japanese fleet strength and the Tribune’s role, with political maneuvering over whether to prosecute.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Justice Department
Amerasia
Chicago Tribune
Midway
Pearl Harbor
United States
War
Navy
Tribune
New York Daily News
Washington Times-Herald
The
Battle of Midway
Stanley Johnston
Midway Island
Japan
Pacific
USA
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Johnston
Coral Sea
Ernest King
White House
Knox
Chicago Daily News
Roosevelt
William D. Mitchell
Hoover
Chicago
Mit
Chell
Broadway Buzz and Rumors From New York's Talk Scene
A compact survey of Broadway chatter and public notices mentions Irving Berlin’s score for Call Me Madam with Ethel Merman, bets about Casey Stengel to DiMaggio, Kay Thompson’s Paris acclaim, and industry whispers about executives, ads and deficts. It notes the 1-2 billion deficit, profits by Standard Oil Du Pont and GM, and varied culture industry tidbits from radio to publishing.
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Irving Berlin
Ethel Merman
M. Todd
W. R. Burnett
Feds
Casey Stengel
DiMaggio
Yanks
Paree
Kay Thompson
Suzette
Ham Fish
Eisenhower
James V. Hunt
Myron Mahler
New Yorker
Lucius Beebe
Standard Oil
du Pont
Gen's Motors
Dick Tracy
Flintheart
Shakespeare
York
Sinatra, Crosby, Eckstine & Co
Jose Iturbi
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Austin State Hospital
Jones
Vhe Editors
By Scott
Russia
Brink's Guards
Baruch
Croesus
Austin American Information
N. M
Washington 2
Damon Runyon
C. H
A. Damon Runyon
Colorado
Minnesota Volunteers
Runyon
Philippines
Carson City
New Orleans
H. K
New
John Steinbeeck
Tortilla Flat
Jos "Steinbeck
Monterey
Calif
Joel R. Poinsett
Caspar Wistar
Philadelphia
Leonard Fuchs
William Forsyth
Louis Antoine de Bougainvillea
Grand Duchess
Anna Pavlovna
Czar
Paul L
Senate
Senator Myers
Pennsylvania
Myers
South Carolina
Burnet Maybank
Charleston
S. C
Maybank
George
Bell Syndicate, Inc
United Nations Press Shack
Oscar Dystel
George Davis
Flair
N. Y. Enquirer
Ho and Whiting
S. Robins
Ed Weiner
Bop City
Louis Armstrong
Dick Brown
Rose Murphy
Viking
Colleen Townsend
Hollywood
Video Studios
Geene ~Naiee
Star Comics
Jeevy
Howard Hughes
Gov. Warren
Jimmy Roosevelt
McCarthy
Dept. of State
Austin American
Eee Cee Eee
CCCP
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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