Flies Delay Health Bill Debate In Texas Legislature
In Austin, a black fly interrupted debate on the health bill as Rep Joe Kilgore pushed a $40,000 measure to guard five Mexican bridges and five roadblocks against the citrus black fly. Opponents questioned costs and tactics while lawmakers quipped about Green Fly and radar detection.
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Fred Williams
Austin American Capitol
House
Senate
Rogers Kelley
Hidalgo
Mexico
Texas
Joe Kilgore
McAllen
Brownsville
Bill Fly
Victoria
Green
Joe Pyle
Fort Worth
Kilgore
Valley
Pyle
Editor's Notebook Review of City Coliseum and Voting Reform
The piece notes Austin's partial success with the City Coliseum showing growth potential and need for expansion. It also discusses Texas secret ballot reforms, arguing current methods have defects and that numbered ballot stacks could improve voter anonymity and contest integrity. Price Daniel and Doyle Willis support the plan.
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Texas
Price Daniel
League of Women Voters
Doyle Willis
Random ballot stubs complicate security and voting rights
The article discusses random ballot stubs matching numbers, their removal by voters, and the lack of listing numbers on polling lists. It argues stubs aid post election contests and voter privacy. It also notes objections to lump sum salary grants in state budgeting and concerns over misuse benefiting higher paid staff.
Texas House Debates Fly Border Control Costs and Methods
Kilgore explains citrus fly enters Texas as larvae on plants while Hanna presses for cost efficiency and lifecycle details. W R Chambers questions sponsors about life cycle and Mexico measures as Manford moves to basic science bill amid floor opposition chatter.
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Hanna
Kilgore
Texas
Louisiana
Dallas
W. R. Chambers
May
Mexico
Durwood Manford
Hoover Says Taxes Near Saturation Point
A satirical collage notes former President Hoover claiming taxes are at saturation and taxpayers are soaked, with comic lines about Treasury doors, nails on park benches, and other public figures. It mocks politics and public life with assorted quips.
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Herbert Hoover
Bernard M. Baruch
U S Should Not Recognize Franco Regime in Spain
In a 1949 opinion piece the author argues recognizing Franco’s Spain would betray American ideals and enable a police state. He credits Mussolini and Hitler for Franco’s rise, cites Spain’s fearlike regime, and urges United Nations policy against recognition, warning of economic manipulation by banks.
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Spain
Franco
United States
Russia
New York Herald Tribune
Homer Bigart
Bigart
America
Ameri
thAe
Mussolini
Hitler
Secret Police
Pyrenees Mountains
Germany
Gibraltar
James A. Farley
Chase National Bank of New York
France
Rockefeller Bank
United Nations
Franco Urquijo
New York Post Corp
Answers and thoughts on parks and roles in marriage
The questions cover major city parks Griffith Philadelphia Forest Rock Creek and the US Air Force training at Carswell and San Antonio. The piece also discusses the Magi names and a Robert Quillen essay arguing selfishness ruins marriage with warnings about spoiled partners and the need for mutual duty and respect.
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United States
Griffith Park
Los Angeles
Fairmont Park
Philadelphia
Forest Park
St. Louis
Rock Creek Park
Washington, D. C
Army
Department of the Army
Carswell Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Robert Quillen
Russia May Move Iranward in Silent Kremlin Shakeup
Column notes uncertainty over Soviet cabinet changes and speculates on a Russian move toward Iran. It cites U S arms support to Iran, pilots trained in Germany, and transfer of war material, with parallel political remarks about Rep Blanton and Senator Wherry’s campaign funds.
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Washington
Kremlin
United States
Poland
Iran
John Wiley
Teheran
Germany
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Truman Eyes Federal Probe of Labor Critics
President Truman discussed behind closed doors with CIO leaders a possible official inquiry into Washington activities of major businessmen and lobby groups. He said he had long planned such an inquiry and urged hard campaigning to push his Fair Deal, while labor leaders pressed for more White House pressure on Congress.
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Truman
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
CIO
Congress
S.O.B
White House
Auto
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Big Joe Curran
Slim Jim Carey
George Baldanzi
New York Post Corp
Broadway Heartbeat and Society Notes Parade
A bustling round of high society sightings and show biz chatter from New York. Mrs Babe Ruth and Nelson Waterbury ride Central Park South in a hawking carriage while figures like FDR Jr and Arthur Miller surface in transit and venues. Celebrities, impresarios, and clubs populate a kaleidoscope of nightlife from Lindy’s to Le Mirliton and the Warwick Raleigh Run with links to cinema, opera, and radio.
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Broadway
Babe Ruth
Nelson Waterbury
Central Park South
Fdr Jr
Sherbrooke
Park Ave
Arthur Miller
Way
B’klyn
Roberto Rosellini
Lindy
Kutch
Bagatelle
Lili Pons
Andre Kostelanetz
le Mirliton
Gene Austin
Red Cap
Grand Central Station
5Th
Madison
Bet ‘Em Brothers
Betty Grable
Betty
San Francisco Opera
Flagstad
New People’s Industrial Bank
Bigtown
Benny Rubin
Eddie Cantor
Josephine Baker
Paree
Canada
Runyon Fund
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Sam Hanna
A. J. Vale
Rio Grande City
Austin
Seum
Travis County
Daniel
By Smith
Treasury
Joe
Harry
Chiang Kai-Shek
India
Harold L. Ickes
United Nations Appeal For Children
New York City
J.L.M. A
R.S.R
Melchior
Light
Gaspar
Balthazar
Christ
Quillen
Drew Pearson
Thomas L. Blanton
Blanton
AFL
Kenneth S. Wherry
Wherry
Delaware
John Townsend
Dupont
Duponts
Theodore Granik
Bell Syndicate Inc
BY Victor Riesel
Ted Lewis
Louis Johnson
Secr. of Defense
Harvey Stone
Louie
Guy Wood
Eddie Seiler
S. Marcus
Vaughan Monroe
Victor
Met Thrush Ljuba Welitsch
New
Rage At the Opera
N. Y. Times
Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
London
Katherine Dunham
David Astor
Austin American
The
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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