Proposed Separate Mayor Vote and Rotating Council in Austin
The Austin American notes suggestions for future city governance including a separate mayoral race, a nine member rotating council, and clarified vacancy appointments. It cites major 1951 bond needs for water and power, Brackenridge Hospital expansion, recreation facilities, school improvement, and a new low water dam, urging voters to choose capable leaders for two years starting May 1.
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Austin American
Austin
City of
Brackenridge Hospital
Di Giorgio strike tests Taft Hartley law in Kern County
The 1947 Di Giorgio Fruit Corp farm labor dispute in Kern County California grows into a landmark case as 1100 workers walk out after failed hearings. The Associated Farmers of California backs action and uses Taft Hartley act provisions to seek injunctions while AFL support and alleged smuggling accusations shape a heated legal battle with 1,345 farmers affected.
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Congress
Kern County
California
Associated Farmers of California
di Giorgio Corporation
di Giorgio
National Farm Labor Union
American Federation of Labor
Kern County Central Labor Council
Joseph di Giorgio
Farm Corporation
AFL
US Senate
William Green
Senate Committee On Labor and Public Welfare
H. L. Mitchell
Immigration Service
di Giorgio Fruit Corporation
National Labor Relations Board
Fresno
Calif
Associated Farmers of
New York Post Corp
Questions and Answers from a 1950s classroom page
A compilation of brief Q A items covering world fairs plans for 1953 rumors, stage superstitions, poultry and fish terminology, aerial farming uses, the shortest US Soviet Russia distance, the Free State of McDowell phrase, Strauss waltzes, seed germination, and Columbia University’s founding in 1754 with Royal Charter. The piece gives concise answers and notes notable facts and figures.
Texas Democrats Rally for Unity and Fundraising
The Texas Democrats show solidarity amid national fights, urging unity and fundraising to bolster party strength. The piece notes Texans support for party ideals, aid to national efforts, and a backing of Democratic leadership while resisting internal hostilities. It mentions an ongoing Legislature proposal to take over the University’s permanent fund.
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US Senate
Democratic Party
Texas
Washington
Congress
Plan to split income of University permanent fund debated
Hearing set for Wednesday on Representative Norton J L Jr an amendment to divide the University permanent fund income among 18 colleges. A new board would issue up to 40 million in bonds for building across colleges replacing the current method funded by permanent fund revenues. The plan would divert five cents of the state tax to a building fund, with potential cuts to other support.
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West Texas Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
J. L. Norton Jr
Nacogdoches
University Permanent Fund
University and A&m College
A&m
University
Mon Wallgren
Truman
Wallgren
Senate Armed Services Committee
Harry Cain
Washington
National Security Resources Board
Armed Services Committee
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Cain
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Tydings
Sen. Cain
Palm Desert
Calif
Associated Press
Wise Investments
Bridges
Senate
Armed Services
Wallace crop controls loom for July 1950
Washington insiders expect Henry Wallace's crop control plan to be reinstated around July with acreage allotments and marketing quotas for cotton and wheat and possibly corn. Wheat carryover is projected to exceed 300 million bushels, signaling probable 1950 controls if weather allows.
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Washington
Henry Wallace
United States
Department
Broadway chatter and wartime politics mingle in Ferrel notes
A saturated column riffs on Winchell style scandals from Feb to March covering Forrestal resignations, Truman, Acheson and Pound. It skewers Time and Life magazines, Nazi sympathizers, Hollywood types, and newspapers while noting Princeton upset of Yale and Betty Saks jokes. Several named figures appear: Forrestal, Truman, Acheson, Paul Gallico, Tony Lavelli, Ezra Pound.
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Paul Gallico
Gallico
H. Trib
Princeton
Tigers
Yale
Tony Lavelli
Life Magazine
Luce
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BY William J. Weeg
Harold L. Ickes
Europe
St. Louis
US Department of Agriculture
Soviet Russia
W. D. L. A. LittlesDiomede Island
Big Diomede Island
Bering Strait
Alaskan
Siberian
Free State
McDowell
Free State of
West Virginia
McDowell County
Johann Strauss
Hans von Bulow
Offenbach
Verdi
Delibes
Wagner
Gounod
Columbia University
King’s College
New York
Samuel Johnson
Vhce
Editor's Notebook
By Smith
Wallace
Florence
S. C
Old South
Western Union Negro
James Jones
Jones
Hi-Y Boys
Desert
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Georgia
Dick Russell
Kentucky
Virgil Chapman
Wyoming
Lester Hunt
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Walgren
Warren Magnuson
Kefauver
Agency
FPA
Fritz Kuhn
Nazi Gieseking
Gieseking
von Rundstedt
White House
Mr. Forrestal
N. Y
James Forrestal
Acheson
S.o
Franco
Nutz
Fuehrer
Bob Hope
A. Hitler
Lassie
Colyomer A. Krock
Saks
5Th Avenue
Ezra Pound
Mr. Bullington
Pound
The
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
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