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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1950

Page

4

Steps To Avert Dual School Tax Get Deep Study

City Hall may reveal plans for a large bond issue to fund city and school services beyond current funds. Finance Director Joe Huffman and Mayor Glass hint at details, with a possible election and a debt limit exceeding 10 percent of assessed property value. A split from the city by the schools could allow new bond issues but shift the tax and interest dynamics. Union and non union labor clash over wage impact of a power plant stoppage, while the public weighs tax costs and municipal credit implications.

City Hall Joe Huffman Glass Austin City Brown and Root Company Brown and Root Brown Root

Small World Opinions on War and Wealth

A collage of aphorisms on politics science and society notes mass murder fears hydrogen bomb debates Taft Hartley implications capitalist mindset and democracy through satirical lines. It contrasts Truman era legality with national policy and popular culture observations reflecting mid century concerns.

Detective Patty MacVeigh Solves Hugger Mugeger Case

In August 1933 two deaths occur in a Broadway nickel slot restaurant. Detective Patty MacVeigh uncovers a double murder by cyanide in a garage owner’s poppyseed roll and a scavenger named Lillian Rosenfeld who had hidden $45,000 in bankbooks. The motive links to hardship and a fatal snack crime.

New York Patty MacVeigh Sherlock Holmes Jellinek MacVeigh Lillian Manhattan New Jersey Billy Rose

Trees and palms show varied sex in flowering patterns

A readers Q and A explains plant sex diversity. Holly and willow are dioecious, pines and oaks are monoecious, and palms vary by species with some having perfect flowers while others are entirely male or female.

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Austin Leads Texas February Job Growth in New Firms

Austin posted 441 permanent new jobs in February, more than Dallas, Houston, Amarillo, and Corpus Christi in the Tep Texas Employment Commission figures. The Austin Area Economic Development Foundation notes the city opened only three new establishments while Dallas added 12, with 216 jobs, and Amarillo began plastic plant work among several developments.

Austin Area Economic Development Foundation Cat Texas Employment Commission Austin Texas Dallas Owever Houston Amarillo el Paso Corpus Christi Fort Worth Longview

Uncle Sam's Almanac 1950 Offers Handy Calendar Facts

The Austin American Information Bureau announces Uncle Sam's Almanac for 1950 in its fourteenth year. It is a storehouse of facts from official sources plus standard calendar information. Ready soon for mailing, order now by sending 25 cents to 316 Street NE, Washington DC.

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Washington Worry-Go-Round Big Business Campaign Against Truman

A New York meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers launched a quiet anti Truman campaign. GE official Lemuel Boulware urged a strong anti socialism stand and promotional push via employee magazines and pay envelopes. The piece notes McCarthy's clashes with the State Department and California oath battles at UC, plus looming seamen hiring hall fights under Taft Hartley and a Senate inquiry into waterfront gangsters.

Washington New York National Association of Manufacturers Carrol E. French Standard Oil New Jersey Lemuel Boulware General Electric Corporation War Production Board Boulware John T. Flynn Flynn Swank Holton Arms School National Labor Relations Board Congress Senate Bell Syndicate, Inc

Broadway Stars and Society Mix at New York Hotspots

Celeb sightings fill New York scenes from 60th and Fifth to Le Vouray and Central Park. Jennifer Jones and D O Selznick stroll. Gracie Fields and Kath Hepburn visit. Denise Darcel and Carol Channing charm crowds while Billy Glason’s hit song returns to appeal audiences.

New York Jennifer Jones D. O. Selznick Hollywood Denise Darcel The Incomparisienne le Vouray Virginia H. H. Edwards Jimmy Kelly Greenlin Village T. Dewey Jr Cadet Broadway Dorothy Kirsten

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