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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1949
Page
4
A political column notes the Communist Party in Texas faces attempts to remove it from the ballot and schools while lawmakers rail and reporters chase developing clashes. The piece implies the party seeks attention to provoke reaction and disrupt state business.
A humorous look at the Senate press table hazards and all night hearings. Reports feature a reporter nearly losing balance, a chiseler at work, Walter E. Kerr’s sharp House committee performance, and gulch gossip about storms, storms, and a big fish incident near the Gee Whiz Kid squadron.
The piece discusses Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers's push for annual legislative sessions and financial reforms. It covers proposed constitutional amendments, tax timing, and salaries, plus Austin Development Foundation's first birthday achievements and Austin's growth in industry, tourism, and construction as context for state finance changes.
United World Federalists urge a world government under UN machinery with its own armed forces and police. They critique U S policy for not empowering the UN and denounce Dutch military actions in Indonesia as a test of Security Council enforcement.
Analysis questions how Secretary of Interior Julius A. Krug obtained $700,000 for Brookside Textile Mills in Knoxville. It notes a bank loan with no personal liability for Krug, gains in Brookside equity, and additional investments, plus criticism of government travel and use of a government plane.
A reader asks about sea level height of the White House front at 60 feet and terrain. distinguishes fir from pine by needles in flat rows versus grouped in sheaths. recalls a 1912 Detroit strike in sympathy with Ty Cobb and its brief duration. Moscow’s population ranking places it third after London and New York.
Washington column exposes the Foundation for Economic Education as a major pro business lobby backing anti Marshall Plan rent control and social program critiques. It lists backers including General Motors Standard Oil of New Jersey Ford General Electric Mellon Bank Gulf Oil Republic Steel DuPont Chrysler Humble Oil US Steel and others.
Merle Oberon faces obstruction from Giorgio Cini's aristocratic family as a high society merger stalls. A string of marriages divorces and rumors ripple through London and New York with politicians plots and a pirate’s loot tale amid a swirl of stars and editors.
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