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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1950

Page

5

Grouping of Law Agencies Praised But Now on Rocks

A Travis County plan to form a Law Enforcement Commission collapses amid opposition and parking concerns. Officials pushed a courthouse wing with shared jail and offices funded by a county bond, while critics argue a city building is preferable. The scheme stalls as bond logistics and notification gaps surface.

Travis County North Millican Travis Corporation Court Police Department Police and Courts Law Enforcement Commission Travis County Court-at- Law Travis County Court-at-Law Sheriff's Department

Jim Farley Rumored as New York Governorship Candidate

The text hints Jim Farley could run for governor of New York. It suggests political ambition might affect his thoughts but not his hair. It also makes a dated remark on relationships and modern women’s influence.

Jim Farley New York

Supreme Court Texas Tideland Case Shapes State Rights

Texas presses the tidelands dispute with the United States Supreme Court while urging Congress to act. The Galveston alliance backs prompt federal action to preserve school revenues and property Texas has long claimed. Officials seek court hearings, commissioners for unable witnesses, and possible congressional restoration of state ownership.

United States Supreme Court Congress Texas United States Galveston Tidelands Supreme Court Price Daniel Washington Funda

Texan in Key Post Urged by Kefauver in Atlantic Union Push

Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee urged immediate Senate debate on the Atlantic Union Resolution and called for drafting Will L. Clayton back into the State Department. He praised Clayton as Houston businessman and former undersecretary of state for economic affairs, while criticizing the department for lacking vision and ignoring peace proposals from loyal policy supporters.

Will L. Clayton State Department Clayton Houston Atlantic Union Committee Sen Kefauver Capitol Hill North Dakota Bill Langer Senate Scott Lucas Illinois Lucas Pat McCarran Nevada Judiciary McCarran Drew Pearson

Labor Strikes Cost Billions In Lost Coal Revenue

The article argues the coal strike and related labor disputes have totaled about a billion dollars in lost profits and wages. It estimates miners and connected workers faced widespread pay cuts, with knock on losses in railroads stores and carriers. It notes a rough $1,000 per miner wage loss and about 100 million tons less handled, shaping a multibillion impact.

Washington

Modern Labor Peace Formula and the Chrysler Battle

The piece argues the eight week Chrysler strike has cost about 800 million dollars and affected 10 500 dealers and thousands of towns. It calls for a new national labor management conference to craft a workable peace formula, referencing past failed efforts and a 1945 conference ending with a joke.

Chrysler Detroit CIO Walter Reuther Chrysler Corporation Auto Union Phil Murray Steel Reuther Washington Cy Ching National Labor Management Conference Eric Johnston Teamsters Dan Tobin Tobin Dan the Bell Syndicate, Inc

Woollen fabrics warmth and textile byproducts explained

The article explains wool as a natural insulator due to air spaces in fibers, reducing heat radiation and conduction. It also covers pine tree trimming guidance, uses for blood from slaughtered animals, migrating insects, coal volume per ton, and derivative citizenship applications.

Bureau of Plant Industry Towth Bureau of Mines

Today's Booklet Offer on Constitutional Rights

An advertisement urges every American citizen to obtain copies of the Constitution the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation for study. It promotes a 15 cent booklet order sent to the Austin American Information Bureau at 316 Eye Street NE Washington DC.

Bureau Eye Street Washington Austin American Austin American Information Bureau D. C

Memorial honors Haym Solomon, Revolutionary financier

Congress authorized a Haym Solomon Memorial twelve years ago to honor the forgotten Revolutionary War financier. A Solomon Memorial Society is raising funds as the Commission of Fine Arts considers a design.

Washington Lincoln Jefferson Haym Solomon Solomon Congress Guy Gillette Iowa Haym

Broadway Star Gossip and Courtroom Noir Chronicle

A collage of Broadway lore and society notes with celebrity sightings and legal drama. Mary Pickford toys with dolls on the Lower East Side. Eleanor Roosevelt ignores gawkers on 57th Street. Libby Holman wields a ciggie holder like a scepter. Eileen Barton tops charts with I’dve Baked a Cake. Kate Hepburn roves Fifth Avenue. Byron Talbot dances at the Pierre. industry gossip spans Bobby Clark, The White House, Eddie Condon quips, and a jurist in a Federal Court vignette. Also notes Don Meade’s reinstate bid, Mrs Casey Stengel’s surgery, and Schnitzler-like blurbs on Don Meade, Judy Coffin, and Moe Moore.

Mary Pickford Eleanor Roosevelt Hicks Libby Holman Chambord Eileen Barton Kate Hepburn Vth Avenue Byron Talbot Pierre Hope Miller Ares

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