School Children Fail of Thrills Before Sclons
Austin visit to the Legislature during a basketball tournament shows high school students puzzled by fringe procedural details as lawmakers chat and read resolutions. Rod Kidd announces construction of a Bear Creek camp swimming pool and notes the old 1853 school building in use as camp HQ. The criminal docket swells with over 100 cases, including DWIs, while reports feature Augusta Weaver promoting amputee courage and a tale of a rattlesnake causing a wooden leg to be shed before a painted house finally appears.
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Bear Creek
Austin
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Virginia
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P. L. Nairn
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Texas
J. Henry Martindale
Lockhart
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Martin- Gale
Labor Leaders Confront Squeeze in Philadelphia Study
AFL investigators traced 2000 high income metal workers in a Philadelphia plant to show how postwar wages meet rising costs. Despite $2 weekly gains, two thirds cut meat and three quarters reduced main foods while half trimmed clothing and shoes. Families tapped savings and war bonds, signaling strained buying power as unions face wage pressure without triggering price hikes.
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Philadelphia
AFL
Answers to curious questions from a bygone quiz page
A compilation of Q and A items covering fur production from captive-bred animals, stages of human development, Napoleon’s burial timeline, the origin of the term Nurnberg egg, the scene of the poem Hiawatha, Mrs Calabash, popular girls’ names in 1944, how an electrical pigeon evictor works, Buffalo Bill’s nickname origin, Vienna Choir Boys history, fed nursing training current status, and the Port of New York Authority’s creation and purpose.
Legislature urged to take vehicle registration from counties
The push for Senate Bill 91 would remove motor vehicle registration from county tax assessor collectors and let the Highway Department hire firms or individuals at county seats to handle it. Officials say counties would still keep their shares of fees, while service would improve with broader access for car owners.
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E. J. Emey
Amey
Ruhr Cartel Return Steers German Steel Leaders
Washington column outlines Germany easing Ruhr back under cartel control with 12 German steel barons chosen by a former Nazi officer. It links American steel giants like US Steel, Bethlehem, Republic to prewar Nazi deals, and notes closings in Hungarian Jewish relief offices.
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William J. Brinkerhoff
Werner P. Neumann
Ronald Clark
Ian F. L. Elliott
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Inland Steel
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London
Paris
Tom Girdler
Republic Steel
Harry Truman
Truman
George Allen
Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel
Ben Fairless
Ernst Poensgen
Sir Andrew Duncan
British Iron and Steel Federation
Pierre Puchen
Humbert Wendell
Wendell and Laurent
Ian Elliott
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Hungary
Budapest
State Department
General de Gaulle
Bell Syndicate Inc
Broadway Vignette Gossip From The City Beat
ABrooklyn style column surveys stage and screen glare with Mag Truman and Mag O Brien at the Waldorf, King Peter of Yugoslavia in Central Park, Jo Brando in Mr Roberts and H Fonda missing a joke, Garbo and other stars court side.
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Mag O’brien
King Peter
Yugoslavia
Queenie
Judy Sinclair
Clifford Adets
45Th
Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Austin Paper Publishes AP Local News Dispatches
The Austin American notes its subscription policy with the Associated Press, asserting exclusive republication rights to local news printed in the newspaper and all AP dispatches.
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