Sunshine Camp fundraiser appeals for Austin support
W Doran Yancey of the Sunshine Camp fund drive seeks Austin and Travis County help to raise 75 percent of the $3,500 needed for a six weekSunshine Camp operation in Zilker Park starting June. The effort recalls the camps 1928 origins with the Travis County Tuberculosis Association and YMBL and urges a permanent endowment for annual financing. A separate note urges safer walking in residential areas and stricter attention to pedestrian signals to protect children en route to schools.
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W. Doran Yancey
Sunshine Camp Fund
Young Men's Business League
People of
Austin
Gancey
Sunshine
Zilker Park
Travis County Tuberculosis Association
Travis County
E. O. Chimene
YMBL
Sunshine Camp
Young Men’s Business League
Sunshine Camp Foundation
Baruch in pensions and public drive in the United States
The passage contrasts Baruch’s era with present concerns over pensions and social policy. It notes the appeal of pay-as-you-go pensions versus the desire to avoid payment, and observes persistent public drive in the United States. Rip Van Winkle is invoked to illustrate enduring questions about progress and governance.
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Rip van Winkle
Taft
United States
Acheson
The
Orient
Ed Dickinson
ECA
Paul Hoffman
State Department
Dickinson
India-China
Burma
Siam
India
Indonesia
Moscow
Red Army
London
United States Senate
China
Kuomintang
Washington
Congress
George
Georgia
Bao Dai
Paris
Ho Chi Minh
Senate
Farm Road Program Moves Ahead in Texas
The Texas secondary rural road program advances with about 50 contracts for farm to market roads totaling around 8 million dollars. The plan expects immediate employment effects across counties and long term benefits to farmers, rural residents, schools and commerce as part of a broader 15 million dollar yearly effort. The program aims to build an integrated statewide system and is seen as paying for itself through increased values and reduced logistics costs.
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Texas
Return Match Armed Forces Day ceremony overview
Herblock argues Armed Forces Day unifies Army Navy Air Force Marines and reserves with civilian groups to mobilize public support for national defense. He warns delaying attention could threaten security and reduce future willingness to fight, noting defense is key despite international hopes.
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Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marines
Coast Guard
National Guard
Veterans’ Organizations
Austin Army and Navy Advisory Committees
Military Affairs Committee
Cham
Ber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
League of Nations
United Nations
Labor CIO Backing Blamed for Pepper's Florida Defeat
The Florida Senate race ends with Pepper's loss as AFL leaders blame CIO PAC for overreach. They argue CIO operations in Miami and Jacksonville energized opposition and mobilized Black voters outside headquarters, undermining labor influence in the Fair Deal era.
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Florida
New York
Ohio
California
Labor
United States Senate
Claude Papper
AFL
Truman
CIO
Cio-Pac
PAC
Miami
Jacksonville
Post Hall Syndicate, Inc
Truman and Brewster duel over Fair Deal in Carlton dinner
President Truman challenged Senator Brewster to a public showdown on policy after a hush hush Carlton Hotel dinner. Brewster lined up speeches to rebut the plan while Truman pushes the Fair Deal with support and opposition forming in Congress.
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Washington
Truman
Brewster
Maine
White House
Carlton Hotel
Taft
Chicago
Wherry
Nebraska
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Morse
Oregon
Congressman Keefe
Wisconsin
Q and A on Townsend Plan comic strips and weather lore
The piece discusses a French 1793 forerunner to Townsend Plan, noting it never took effect due to currency collapse. It cites 1948 data: about 500 comic strips. 70 to 100 million daily readers. It explains poetic license as poet's privilege to violate grammar for effect. It covers adage on days lengthening and winter cold, with Weather Bureau notes that January is usually coldest.
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L. A
Republic of France
Weather Bureau
Audit Bureau and Associated Press Credits
The Austin American and The Austin Statesmen are members of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, certifying their circulation as leading U.S. newspapers. The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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The
Austin American
Austin Statesmen
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Associated Press
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Sunshine Camp Foundation Is An
Austin Need
BY William J. Weeg
South
Baruch
Cemrnnin
Ben
Editors
By Herblock
JSTER
Pepper
BY Victor Riesel
Oklahoma
Tom Steed
Joe Tuvim
Joe
America
AFL Needle Trades
Ladies Garment Workers
al B
Tokyo
Japan
Araby
John Lewis
Near East
Venezuela
Steed
Canada
Atlantic Fishermen's Union
Peru
Mexico
Cuba
Washington- Oregon
al Smith
Washington Wuntry
Drew Pearson
Rigga New England
Minnesota
Charles W. Stickney
Production and Marketing Administration
Stickney
Charlie Brannan
St. Paul
Brannan
George Aiken
Vermont
Republican
Aiken
General Accounting Office
al Loveland
Lewis
John L. Lewis
Anthony Cavalcante
Pennsylvania
Cavalcante
United Mine Workers
Strongarm
Edward Dumbault
Coal Operators’ Union
Harry Moses
United States Steel
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Moses
Big and Little
Berlin
Chile
Gonzalez Videla
Bolivia
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Tacna
Arica
John J. Pershing
William Lassiter
Chaco
Paraguay
Persident
Pacific
Titticacco
Atacama
Bell Syndicate, Inc
New England
Council of Economic Advisers
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Bureau
1200
Eye Street
Austin American Information
Jor
Creer
Seeenee Ehereeer
Heane
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