Oil Imports Debate Sways Texas Legislature
The Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association urges limits on petroleum imports, warning excess imports threaten national safety and state revenue by reducing exploration and accelerating dependence on foreign oil. Legislature shows growing opposition to price fixing with bills failing or stalled while sentiment against such regulation strengthens.
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Austin American Capital
Texas
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association
Austin
National Petroleum Council
Senate
State Board of Barber Examiners
Treason plays through Chicago steel centers in bribed labor tactics
The piece outlines alleged Communist cells and strike specialists coordinating mass walkouts this summer to cripple steel plants in Chicago Gary and Pittsburgh. It cites pressure on union leaders, pro Communist transfers of funds, and expected interference by British labor figures with AFL CIO efforts.
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Victor Riesel
Chicago
Gary
Pittsburgh
Republic Steel
US Steel
Philip Murray
Murray
World Communist Network
New York
AFL
CIO
Democratic
Labor International Federation
Cincinnati
Jack Kroll
Mr. Truman
Hollywood
Philadelphia
Jimmie Petrillo
Midwest
Congress
United Electrical Workers
Dayton
Harry Bridges
Louis Goldblatt
Dick Gladstein
New York Painters
New York Post Corp
The Editor's Notebook Miller Not To Seek Re election
The decision by Mayor Tom Miller not to run again ends an era for the city. He stayed firm on taxes and city finance, argued hard for the city’s bargains, and earned respect for honesty and determination though not universal popularity.
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Tom Miller
Miller
Miler
Austin
Tom Miller’s tenure praised as public service ends
The piece extols Austin mayor Tom Miller as a fearless public servant devoted to city state and nation. It notes his energy and fairness, acknowledges his unpopularity with some, and predicts the city will miss his leadership as a change era begins.
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Tom Miller
Austin
Nastradin Hatza
Middle East
Nastradin
Allah
Fiorello la Guardia
Answers and Questions on War Bonuses and Bank Insurance
An article presents Q and A on state World War II veterans bonuses totaling about 1.5 billion dollars with 500 million paid by 1947 and 200 million remaining in 1949. It also notes nine state bonus programs, plus questions on rope treatment, car scrappage age, and FDIC funding through member banks assessments.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Vishinsky Set to Purge Czechoslovak Reds After Prague Visit
U S officials report Joseph Vishinsky intends drastic action against Czechoslovakia's Communist leadership led by Klement Gottwald following Vishinsky's retirement style visit to Karlsbad. Gottwald’s refusal to repatriate 300,000 Sudeten Germans is cited as triggering Moscow's suspicions and possible purge plans.
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Czechoslovakia
Vishinsky
Prague
Klement Gottwald
Tito
Karlsbad
Politburo
Gottwald
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Selden Chapin
Hungary
State Department
Chapin
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