Solon Tempers Frayed as Legislature Faces Heat
A Texas legislative column reports heated House and Senate sessions with fault finding toward Lt. Gov Shivers and Senator Ashley. The piece notes personal insults and a controversial soil conservation bill, plus a New Mexico anniversary event and a satirical editor piece excerpt.
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Phil Willis
Kaufman
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Texas
House of Lords
Senate
Carlos Ashley
Ashley
Treasury
Vacation Time And The Kidding Around
The piece notes kids on vacation and mothers facing it, valuing hands on work with heart. It ricochets through jokes about no fishing signs and the season returning, and ends with a quip about two Ohio boys caught in a stolen car realizing they are not going anywhere.
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Ohio
Editor's Notebook urges citizen help in polio cleanup
Austin's sanitation drive hinges on widespread resident participation to guard public health. Authorities lack full practical effort from households as trash handling and pest control remain weak. Vigilance against flies and roaches, proper trash disposal, and dog control are stressed to protect lives.
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Austin
Butlin Visit Favors Austin Lake Resort Development
British holiday village operators see the Austin lake area as feasible for a large year round resort project. If Butlin builds here or elsewhere, it could trigger broad parallel development, with officials noting the area’s attractions and opportunities for tourism growth.
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Austin
Butlin British Group
Highland Lakes
Posal
Butlin
Austin Lake
United States
Lakes
England
A. C. Critchley
Bebe Stafford
William E. Butlin
Austin Area Foundation
Austin Lake Country
Labor Unemployment Stretches Longer as Jobs Vanish
Washington experts warn that the duration of unemployment is lengthening with 700,000 job seekers over four months without work. More layoffs are expected in metals, textiles, clothing, and mining as coal and factory activity slow. The piece notes potential public works delays, rising relief costs, and calls for action from Truman’s advisers and union leaders amid a bleak 1949 outlook.
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Washington
US Labor Department
Washington Monument Lawn
Chamberlain
Ohio
Alabama
New England
New York
Middle Atlantic
Europe
Mr. Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
CIO
Big Joe Curran
John Lewis
Walter Reuther
Auto Union
New York Post Corp
Q and A on military, travel, and history facts
A reader quiz covers the European Army duty length three years, air travel speeds versus land and sea, spinach history in the United States, the Star Spangled Banner as anthem in 1931, Bolivia’s high altitude effects, deadweight tonnage definition, Grand Caverns tour beginnings, St John Nepomucen facts, postwar air-route growth from 1945 to 1949, and hydraulic brakes first used in the 1920s on Dusenberg and later by Chrysler.
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R.D
House of Representatives
Hoover
Malcolm Loughead
Chrysler
Ike Education Aid Stirs Congress Over Federal Funds
General Ike Eisenhower answered a New York congressman’s letters opposing federal aid to education. The piece notes Gwinn’s heavy use of franking, funding costs, and ties to Mellon and major corporations. It also covers Ike’s stance on how the aid bill functions and political context.
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Washington
Ike Eisenhower
Ralph Gwinn
New York
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Ike
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Gwinn
Eisenhower
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Post Office Department
Government Printing Office
Foundation For Economic Education
Committee For Constitutional Government
Mellon
du Ponts
Republic Steel
U. S. Steel
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Texas Oil
Joe Pew Sun Oil
Fifth Avenue
Cong. Gwinn
Senate
Broadway Celebs Spin Tales in Nightclub Scene
Winchell on Broadway surveys celebs in New York social whirl. Mentions include His Honor the Mayor, Ruth Chatterton, Basil Rathbone party at Le Mirliton, Marilyn Maxwell autograph quips, Ina Claire tea at the Pierre, Royland Field’s inheritance, Mavier Cuagat’s South American tour and $500,000 earnings, Helen Hayes debunking Red charges, Maureen O'Sullivan baby chatter, Milton Berle banter, and Midtown vignettes at Schrafft's with Omar Bradley.
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Ruth Chatterton
Stork Club
Lawrence Tibbetts
Basil Rathbone
le Mirliton
Marilyn Maxwell
Ina Claire
Pierre
Royland Field
Mavier Cugat
S. American
Peru
Chile
Colombia
Brazil
Venezuela
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