Mechanical Mayhem Drops Scribe in Breezy Column
A relaxed Austin columnist recounts a huge excavator collision with a railroad bridge at Barton Springs and Lamar. The piece shifts to statehouse chaos with budgets, a $50 million item, and Rep W O Reed as source, ending with fashion tips and a joke about washable summer wear.
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House Appropriations Committee
W. O. Reed
Dallas
Dan Early
Spike
Queens Bath
Pro Communist picket fights spark violent union tactics
A Chicago suburb clash ended with nine long blades and assorted weapons near Elkav Manufacturing in Cicero as UE led militant picketing. The scene mirrors battles from Kentucky to the East Coast, with leaders tied to Communist groups and plans for harsher industrial strikes.
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CIO
United Electrical Workers
Elkav Manufacturing Company
Cicero
Ill
Kentucky
Cleveland
East
One Company
Texas Fights Tidelands Claims Into Supreme Court Route
The Texas Legislature and School Land Board push to shield tidelands from federal control, seeking a fast route to trial in district and circuit courts rather than the Supreme Court. They urge Congress to confirm state titles and limit any compromise, noting $20 per acre tidelands leases versus 25 cents federally owned land. The note also covers a bill to extend privileged publication protections to radio stations amid libel questions.
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Texas
United States
United States Supreme Court
District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Texas School Land Board
Congress
School Land Board
Washington
California
Federal Communications Commission
Militant Drive Aims at CIO Chief and US Trade Policy
The piece warns of a militant campaign to pressure CIO leader Phil Murray and to convene a national emergency conference. It describes plans for a coast to coast strike, unemployment committees, and a national pro Communist league of jobless. It criticizes unions for backing leftists and urges action ahead of September UE elections and possible shifts in Russia trade policy.
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CIO
Phil Murray
League
Washington
Russia
Foreign Ministers
Germany
Acheson
Red Army
Various Quick Facts Quiz Style Q and A Highlights
A compact quiz list covers pies origin with medieval English cooks and peacocks, Mach 1 speeds and Mach number use, driving economy tips noting compression limits, premature grayness in women, city heat effects from dense buildings, Antaeus weakness, bird migration heights, states admitted under President Harrison, and ski pronunciation differences between regions.
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Jane Seymour
Henry
Almanac offers 1949 facts for busy readers
The booklet promises Nobel Prize winners Oscars Olympic results and the new Congress lineup along with governors and hundreds more timely facts for the year. Send 25 cents to Austin American Information Bureau at 316 Eye Street N E Washington D C to receive it.
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New Congress
Austin
American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N. E
Washington, D. C
Leaders Illness Slows Truman Administration Push
Washington report notes illness and feuds among key Democratic leaders slow Senate progress on federal aid and education measures. Senate figures Lucas McGrath and Bevin exchange tensions while Biffle and Johnson mediate issues, and Charles Bennett urges stronger schools for Southern Negroes.
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Scott Lucas
Ilinois
Howard McGrath
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Lucas
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Tennessee
Truman
Charles Bennett
Florida
Bennett
Congress
Broadway Buzz and Celebrity Skirmishes Across Town
Winchell on Broadway highlights socialites dining with Babe Ruth’s kin and polo circles, while news of Garson Flynn romance builds for The Forsythe Saga. De Bendern and Lady Stanley stir intrigue. Barón suffers mugging. Taylor, Davis, and Luce wrapped in showbiz tales. Berlin and Loesser hits top charts as Dewey plans state securities shift.
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N. Waterbury
Long Island Polo Clan
Greer Garson
Glenn Davis
Elizabeth Taylor
Claire Luce
David Graham
Artie Shaw
J. DiMaggio
Pamela Curran
Hollywood
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