Decline of Loyalty Pledges Shapes Texas Politics
The piece notes Texas long used a party loyalty pledge in Democratic primaries, yet courts view it as moral, not legal, binding. It traces historic disaffection, party controls, and a proposed voter registration law tying registration to party affiliation to curb crossovers. It weighs implications for local and national ticket support and future elected officials.
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Texas
Democratic Party
Alfred E. Smith
Hoover
Jake Smith
The Grandfather of Broadway's Hiss and the 42nd Street Comeback
Billy Rose recalls Oscar Hammerstein I who caused a theater hiss at a 1890s Keating opera, set off a legal tussle, and reshaped New York's theater district by building the Olympia on 42nd Street. The tale links Koster and Bial, Macy, and the rise of late nineteenth century show business.
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New York
42Nd Street
Koster
Bial
Messrs. K
Marietta de Dio
Herald Square
Olympia
Macy
Oscar Hammerstein I
South Pacific
Forty - Second Street
Oscar II
New Amsterdam
Billy Rose
Texas Reapportionment Hints Favor Travis County Leaders
Austin and Central Texas leaders express cautious optimism that 1950 census driven redistricting will lift Travis County with a new House seat and a share of a potential third representative. The article notes limits on big counties and anticipated January legislative action under constitutional provisions, with emphasis on Austin Corpus Christi gains and the ex officio board option if lawmakers fail to act.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Travis County
Congress
State Senate
Harris County
Dallas
Corpus Christi
Texas Real Estate Licenses for Builder-Salers Debated
The article explains that owner-builders who erect and sell homes may fall under real estate license rules, raising questions about who must be licensed. It notes Texans’ licensed status, potential court tests, and state regulation aims, referencing the real estate law and its broader implications. It also surveys Texas state spending growth, highlighting education, highways, and welfare programs rising since 1917, with current annual totals surpassing $117 million for assistance and over $400 million for all programs.
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Texas Real Estate Commission
Texas
State Board
Robert S. Calvert
Republic of Texas
Answers and Facts From the National Health and War Era
A compilation of Q notes and A replies covering World War I National Guard actions, bone structure weight allowances, coal production and consumption in 1948, small state capitals by population, average working hours in agriculture, U.S. coffee imports and per capita use, Broadway’s Great White Way origin, twin life expectancy, and the definition of bone china.
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United States
Department of Commerce
Lattimore Named as McCarthy Top Suspect Debunked
Washington report challenges Senator McCarthy’s claim that Owen Lattimore is the top Communist agent. The piece details Lattimore’s Kabul mission for the UN, his anti-Communist work, and FBI clearance, while noting letters from Johns Hopkins officials seeking hearings. It also covers Lattimore’s career, writings, and ties to the Institute of Pacific Relations. The column links Mongol refugees, Living Buddha Dilowa, and Afghanistan to Cold War tensions.
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Washington
McCarthy
United States
State Department
Senate
Lattimore
Walter Hines Page
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Kabul
Afghanistan
United Nations
Russia
Sen. Tydings
Sen. McCarthy
Far East
Living Buddha
Mongolia
Dilowa
Dali Lama
Tibet
Owen Lattimore
Washington, D. C
Eleanor Holgate
Shanghai
Tientsin
Chiang Kai-shek
Office of War Information
Pacific
General Marshall
China
Turkestan
High Tartary
Manchuria
Asia
FBI
Albert Kohlberg
Kohlberg
Institute of Pacific Relations
Frederick Field
Institute
Moscow
India
Winchell on Broadway and Writers Wit Across Time
A column celebrating wit in theater and literature recalls Will Rogers, John Bright, H. G. Wells, Virginia Woolf, George M. Cohan, Ferenc Molnar, Aldous Huxley, Edgar Allan Poe, Heinrich Heine, Sinclair Lewis, Finley Peter Dunne and others. It notes plagiarism debates, success delays, and how hunger sometimes spurs genius.
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Will Rogers
Rogers
John Bright
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Virginia Woolf
George M. Cohan
Ferenc Molnar
Danube
Aldous Huxley
Huxley
Edgar Allen Poe
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Poe
Heinrich Heine
Sinclair Lewis
Lewis
America
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Dunne
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Austin American
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Austin Statesman
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