Counties Hand Legislators Past Due Bill
Counties deliver a collector's bill stamped past due to the Legislature as they press for more state funds. They previously secured the first $50,000 of motor registration fees and a share of the rest, while state payment of local district court costs remains. A constitutional amendment authorizes counties to levy up to 30 cents of the ad valorem levy for roads and flood works, potentially $12 million yearly if used statewide, and allows internal reallocation to swap tax revenues for the general fund.
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Sam
Philip Murray
CIO
Victor Riesel
Riesel
Pittsburgh
Public Safety Department
Georgetown Road
K. L. Berry
Texas National Guard
Public Safety
Hoover
Clark
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
FBI
Dr. Condon
Condon
Webb
Coplan
United States
Justice Department
Touhy
Chicago
Roger Touhy
John Barnes
Coplon
County finances squeeze state road aid eyed
The article outlines county and state financial changes including a farm to market road appropriation, a plan to split motor vehicle tax revenue with counties, and prior debt relief under road bond and Gilmer Aikin programs. It notes county salaries rising and a push to fund leaders’ pay, with legislators pressured to cover arrears and current costs.
Building bonds and plans shape Texas state construction
A务ndement discusses shifting surplus funds to a state building program. Governor Jester urges a building commission to map a phased plan for new offices hospitals higher education and public safety facilities. The plan could finance designs and start construction including a new public safety headquarters and a potential hospital project via bonding and existing 2 cent levy. The Pederales Bridge and Lake Travis area highway expansion tie into broader Central Texas growth and tourism, linking Mason Llano Burnet and Marble Falls counties with Austin and the lakes region.
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Jester
Building Commission
Automatic Tax Board
Legislative Office Building
State Building Commission
Pedernales
Lake Travis
Travis County
Llano
Llano County
Mason County
Marble Falls
Lakes
Burnet County
Texas
Tea ball brewing and historic curiosities in Q and A
Questions cover tea brewing with boiling water to open leaves for flavor. Other answers trace the origin of dinner dressing to Romans, European gasoline prices in April, Holland Tunnel financing and transfer to Port Authority, fate of the Charter Oak tree, and circus operating costs at $23,000 daily.
Hoover Rumor Fight Reveals White House and FBI Ties
Washington notes detail 48 hour mystery over J Edgar Hoover resignation spurred by President Truman and Hoover publicist Lou Nichols. The piece traces Nichols involvement, Clark and Hoover conversations, and why unchecked FBI rumors should not guide firings.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Truman
Judith Coplon
Lou Nichols
Nicholopolous
Nichols
Hoover
Tom Clark
Capitol Hill
Parnell Thomas
unAmerican Activities Committee
Thomas
Ferguson
Michigan
Justice Department
Lou
Elizabeth Bentley
Capitol
Miss Liberty dominates Broadway and cinema chatter
Broadway notes hail Miss Liberty by Berlin Sherwood and Hart as the season's bright spot with critics urging polish. Mary Martin’s son attends a sell-out South Pacific, tickets fetch $2.40, and theatres forecast a busy summer with 150+ stock productions.
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Robert E. Sherwood
Moss Hart
Philly
Berlin, Sherwood & Hart
Mary Martin
South Pacific
Texas
Fifth Avenue
Wich
Broadway
Life
Danny Kaye
Spike Jones
Pacific
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Senate State Affairs Committee
unAmerican
America
Chamber of Commerce
New York Post
Ment
Board of Control
Austin Public Schools
Austin
Dallas Highway
North
Central
West Texas
Lakes Country
Gulf Coast
el Paso
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Mister
By Smith
W.P
Europe
Italy
Denmark
Switzerland
France
Belgium
England
Holland Tunnel
New York
New Jersey
State of
State of New York
New Jersey Holland Tunnel Commission
Port of New York Authority
Port Authority
The
Charter Oak of
Connecticut
B.G
Hartford
7 Bros
Barnum & Bailey's
Drew Pearson
Clark and Hoover
Reeves
the Cinemagicians
Walking Hills
Jake LaMotta
MGM
Criterion Theater
Rita Hayworth
Hollywood
Ava Gardner
Ethel Barrymore
Walter Huston
Joan of Arc
Bergman
Neptune
Variety
Warner
NBC
Ruth Hussey
Craig
Toscanini
N. Y. Times
Ruth
Leonard Lyons
Lyons
Austin American
Geneseseee
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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