Writer Mourns Fire Loss Of Honest Track
A columnist laments Hollywood Park burn and recalls Del Mar honesty. He shares a humorous recollection of Bing Crosby’s box and a clocker’s picks, then muses on luck, betting, and the quirks of the era.
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Dudley
Austin American
Hollywood Park Racetrack
Santa Anita
Hollywood Park
California
del Mar Racetrack
San Diego
Calif
Bing Crosby
Pat O’brien
Rocco
del Mar
Old Rockport
Ford union showdown drums up strike amid speedup row
A New York Post report notes the Ford local union pushed a strike over speedup at Ford and Mercury plants while national leaders like Walter Reuther and Emil Mazey investigated. It questions the timing amid nationwide labor jitters and potential pension gains.
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Ford
Ford Union
Mercury
National Union
Walter Reuther
Detroit
Reuther
Mand
Emil Mazey
Mazey
National Office
National United Auto Workers
National Auto Union
New York Post Corporation
Symbol and trivia Q A from a historical inquiry page
A compilation of trivia Q As cover medical symbols, U S citizenship race limits, Pulaski Skyway costs, a president’s cabinet, dogs mating, plant roots, frigate birds, lake freezing, Nellie Bly around the world, and Glacier Bay National Monument details with dates, measurements, and natural history notes.
Texas Gets Another National Plug In Time Magazine
The May 9 Time Magazine page notes Texas coverage by publisher James A. Linen and editors, with Gov Beauford Jester hosting Time's Griffith and Elson at the Texas executive mansion. The piece contrasts Texas growth with Pacific Coast development and highlights Houston’s City Hall remark. It also reports on Texas legislative bills limiting multi year appropriations, Wool production declines in West Texas, and high wool prices amid a shrinking sheep flock, per Investor's Reader survey.
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Austin
Time Magazine
James A. Linen
Linen
Texas
Time
Thomas Griffith
Robert Elson
United States
Beauford Jester
Texas Industrial Development
Executive Mansion
Pacific Coast
Griffith
Elson
Pacific Northwest
Oscar Holcombe
Houston
Common Household Pests booklet offer
A Washington DC information bureau advertises a booklet titled Common Household Pests from United States Government pest control experts. The guide covers indoor and outdoor insects, damage to lawns furniture woodwork clothing and books, and includes a four page section on DDT as a household insecticide. Send 15 cents to the Austin American Information Bureau in Washington DC.
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United States
Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N. E
Washington, D. C
Russians And German Tie Up In Cold War Realignment
Copied Bell Syndicate 1949 column outlines Moscow nudging toward Western talks while strengthening ties with Germany. Nadolny advises quiet diplomacy to sway opinion and ease North Atlantic Pact funds. Also details a California housing lobbying scheme using staged telegrams to Congress and outlines the Committee for Home Protection led by Frederick C Dockweiler.
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Nadolny
Moscow
Europe
United States
Congress
Germany
Russia
Silesia
Britain
USA
China
Red Army
Norway
Italy
Bonn
Lucius Clay
Capitol Hill
California
Committee For Home Protection
National Association of Home Builders
Frederick Cdockweiler
Los Angeles Home Builders Institute
Fritz B Burns
National Home Builders
Frederick C Dockweiler
West
Washington Boulevard
Los Angeles
Washington
Southern California
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Broadway Talk and Critics Toss in a Fractured Nation
A collage of Broadway chatter and political quips contrasts at the gates of Heaven with Truman and Bevin, critics clashing over quotes, and showbiz anecdotes. It notes public fealty to reporters, NineteenForty politics, and stars like Eugene O Neill and Paul Robeson amid race and wartime remarks.
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Truman
Ernest Bevin
Heaven
Bevin
Ernie
Lindy’s
Blahzay
Eugene O'Neill
O'Neill
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Bing
Paramount Pictures Corp
Crosby
Horace MacMahon
Louise Campbell
Horace
Clocker
Mac
Louise
Texas State Historical Association
Association
King George VI
Uncle Sam
Jack Benny
John L. Lewis
John Nance Garner
Hoover Commission
Oklahoma
Jupiter
A. P
Q. White
Franklin K. Pierce
Tropics
Nellie Bly
Glacier Bay National Monument
G. W
Alaska
West Texas
By Smith
Drew Pearson
Rudolf Nadolny
Bismarck
Phoney Telegram
N. Y
G. J. Nathan
F. Hazlitt Brennan
St. Louis
Joe Driscoll
Brennan
Joe
Franco
Hitler
Radio City
Gen. Claus
Eric Thorson
Paul Robeson
Communist Congress
Paris
KKK
Pearl Harbor
Davis
Dorie Miller
Navy
Robeson
Valerie de Cadenet
Art Students’ League
Matter May Openeress
The
Austin Statesman
the Austin American and Organisation
Audit Bureau of Circulation
TED Press
Associated Press
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