New City Council Takes Office As Austin Plans Big Projects
The Austin American notes Mayor Taylor Glass and councilors sworn in to lead Austin into a two year program of growth. Key projects include a 7.15 million water light plant bond, a hospital addition, freeway work, zoning changes, and airport expansion. Mayor Miller retires after 16 years of leadership. North Austin Civic Club pursues a park at 41st and Red River Streets with a petition to the City Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin American
Taylor Glass
Glass
Tom Miller
P. W. McFadden
Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
East Avenue
19Th Street
William S. Drake
Stuart MacCorkle
Will T. Johnson
Emma Long
Eugene Bartholomew
Bartholomew
E. C. Bartholomew
C. M
Jim) Bartholomew
North Austin
Country Club
No Austin Cie Club
Labor Hikes Lead US Pay Rise Spread Across Cities
The report notes Los Angeles leads with average weekly raises of $4.50 in new union contracts, while Dallas and Houston average $4 to $4.40. Other cities like New York, Chicago, and St. Louis show lower gains. The piece also mentions potential CIO walkouts, Ford wage talks, and broader labor dynamics including immigration and Czech trade questions.
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Los Angeles
Etc
Dallas
Houston
Atlanta
New Orleans
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
CIO Electrical
Pennsylvania Steel Union
FBI
State Department
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Seattle
National Maritime Union
Joe Curran
Jimmie Petrillo
Vaudeville Union
Petrillo
Communist Party
Walt Whitman
Labor Department
Whitman
Department of Interior
Secretary of the Interior
Housewife Duped by Farbenized Foods Faces Hearings
A 1940s era column reports FDA inquiries into synthetic food substitutes linked to I. G. Farben and used in bread and baked goods. Rep. Frank Keefe claims chemicalized bread lacks nutrition and may pose health risks, with industry groups touting taste and shelf life. The Agriculture Department warns such substitution could threaten dairy farmers and calls for research and potential new laws. President Truman recalls New Mexico visits and anecdotes of old curio shop owner.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
I. G
Farben
Food and Drug
Frank Keefe
Wisconsin
Food and Drug Administration
Keefe
I. G. Farben
Atlas Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
Glyco Products Company
Brooklyn
Vernon C. Usher
New Mexico
Santa Fe
The
Santa Fe New Mexican
George N. Reynolds
White House
Dennis Chavez
Clinton Anderson
Truman
Winchell on Broadway Notes of a New Yorker
Notes from a New York media column cover Hollywood Broadway chatter about Debi Moon Hitchcock and Nathan self mockery. Debates on cinema trailers vaudeville Palace openings and Gypsy Rose Lee career moves mix with Nielsen radio ratings and Ripley’s Believe It or Not sales. The piece name-drops stars Henry Fonda Carroll Harrison Garfield and others while a fan asks for autographs.
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la Bergman
Beverly Hills
Santa Monica
Debbie Moon
Alfred Hitchcock
George Jean Nathan
Gypsy Rose Lee
New York
Florida
Ramon Novarro
Jennifer Jones
John Garfield
A. C. Nielsen
Broadway
Shuberts
Henry Fonda
Madeleine Carroll
Rex Harrison
Lee J. Cobb
Melvyn Douglas
Lee Tracy
Huntress
Charlies Boyer
Shariz
Hollywood
Texas Voter Law Revisions Move Through Legislature
The editorial notes broad election law overhauls in Texas this year. Votes next September could abolish the poll tax and inaugurate a new voter registration system. A four way joint commission studies changes, with aims to move Democratic primaries earlier and explore a presidential preferential primary.
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Texas
Senate
House
Dewey
Jester
Blake Timmons
Texas gains in jobs while nation falls, UT journalism shines
National labor data show 750000 fewer US jobs than last year, prompting a Truman inquiry. Texas adds about 5000 jobs since last May, offsetting declines elsewhere. Texas journalism gains national attention as James L. Rogers wins ANPA 1949 prize amid UT expansion and upgraded status.
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Victor Riesel
United States
Truman
Riesel
Texas
University of Texas
American Newspaper Publishers Association
James L. Rogers
ANPA
Fort Worth history and Colorado River compact implications
Fort Worth grew from a 1849 camp named for General Worth after Brevet Major Arnold watched frontier Indians. The Colorado River compact affects seven states, reserving 7.5 million acre feet for Wyoming Utah Colorado New Mexico and the same for Arizona Nevada California, with Mexico receiving 1.5 million acre feet.
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A. Fort Worth
R. A. Arnold
Fort Worth
William Jenkins Worth
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
California
Mexico
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BY Victor Riesel
Scandia Machine and Die Corporation
World Labor Federation
Russia
New Delhi
Buenos Aires
Tokyo
AFL
David Dubinsky
Bill Green
Matt Woll
Electricians
Dan Tracy
Lettercarriers
Bill Doherty
Jay Lovestone
CIO
Dave McDonald
Steel
Allan Haywood
Jim Carey
John Brophy
Geneva
Europe
AFL Radio Artists Union
Clayton
Superman
Goodrich Company
Akron
National Health
Agriculture Department
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture
Charles Brannan
Ralph Trigg
Drug Administration
Department
Candelaria
Napoleon
Curio
Paulette Goddard
Palace
Association
David W. Howe
Oklahoma
Missouri
Columbia
By Herblock
U.S.S.R
Fort Worth, Texas
J.P
A.H.J
Congress
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Reading
Associated Press
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