AFL Labor Endorses March and Evans in Texas Race
Texas AFL leaders backed gubernatorial hopeful March and Roger C. Evans for lieutenant governor at Austin, vowing a broad get out the vote push. They criticized the February omnibus tax bills, citing heavy consumer sales taxes and auto, cigarette, and liquor levies, while urging efficient state spending and wage standards reform.
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Case March
Texas State Labor League For
March
Paul C. Sparks
Texas State Federation of Labor
League For Political Education
Sparks
State Federation of Labor
Union Labor
Roger C. Evans
Austin
League of Political Education
AFL
Texas
Evans
San Antonio
Federation
William J. Harris
State Highway Department
Labor
Psn Ap
Delancey Street bakers feud ends with street window ruse
Charlie uses publicity stunts to revive Schultz's failing shop by implying Dunkelmeyer uses dangerous methods. A crowd gathers on Delancey Street as mice appear near a wedding cake in the rival window. The ploy restores Schultz’s customers and ends with a public relations win.
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Charlie
Frieda
Allen Street
Delancey Street
Schultz
Dunkelmeyer
Champs Elysees
East Side
Charley
Billy Rose
Census count drives Austin growth and city prominence
Austin seeks a complete census by urging all firms and residents to verify every employee and family is counted. The effort targets hundreds living outside city limits but served by the city, stressing accurate decade-spanning figures that determine Austin’s classification and future business prospects.
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Austin
Chamber of Commerce
W. Luther Thompson
University of Texas
Austin seen as draw for new business and census impact
The piece argues that cities with populations above 150000 attract new industries and distribution networks, urging residents of Austin to ensure full census counts. It notes Austin hosting a Southwestern office of the National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters set to operate by June, with Paul Benbrook as manager, and highlights Austin’s growing regional role in insurance and business headquarters.
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Austin
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
Paul Benbrook
State Board of Insurance Commissioners
Texas
Strong
Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
Texas Insurance Checking Office
Q and A on Moon Light Washington Ribbon and Queensberry Rules
A compilation of Q A entries covering moon light variation between first and last quarter due to lunar dark areas eastern versus western halves, Washington blue ribbon origins from 1775 Geneva Orders, Marquis of Queensberry rules drafted in 1865 and first used in 1892, quick drying solvent for ink on typewriter ribbons, origin of battle royal cock fights, Kreisler wartime injury in 1914, and Confederate flag stars aimed at 13 states with 11 seceded.
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Washington
Geneva
M. M. A. Typewriter
Confederacy
Uncle Sam's Almanac 1950 Preview
The piece promotes Uncle Sam's Almanac 1950 with topics for families including gardens home notes cookery politics government sports aviation geography and calendar information. It advertises a 25 cent price and directs readers to mail to Washington for a copy.
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Sam
E Washinton
Pennsylvania Primary Tests Grundyism in GOP Power Shift
The Pennsylvania primary pits Jim Duff the liberal governor against the Grundy machine and the Manufacturers Association. Duff seeks Senate and governor wins to push reform, while Grundyites oppose his running mate Judge John S Fine. Outcome could reshape 1952 GOP direction and White House odds.
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Drew Pearson Washington
Pennsylvania
Jim Duff
Grundy
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association
Republican
Francis Myers
Philadelphia
Hugh Dilworth
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Duff
Washington
John S. Fine
Judge Fine
Pennsylvania Council of Churches
Fine
Teddy Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Grundyites
Jay Cooke
Union League Club
Cooke
Charming
Staid
John Kunkel
Harrisburg
Congress
Henry Clay
Kunkel
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Broadway Buzz and Backstage Life in Brief
A collage of entertainment and public life notes. Lectures by Owen Lattimore draw offers. socialites, marriages, and romances thread through cinema, music, and theater. Political shifts touch sentencing laws and casino-adjacent bills as industry figures navigate careers and headlines.
Audit Bureau and AP pledge on Austin papers
The Austin American and The Austin Statesman join the Audit Bureau of Circulation as certified newspapers. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republish local news and AP dispatches from these papers.
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The
Austin American
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Associated Press
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Ree Manning
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Eye Street
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George Washington
Marquis of Queensberry
A. the Eighth Marquis of
Queens
Berry
John L. Sullivan
James J. Corbett
New Oreans
Kreisler
Lemberg
GOP
Joe Grundy
United Mine Workers
Tom Kennedy
Schuylkill River
Delaware
USA
Miner Vs
Aristocrat
Owen Lattimore
Stephen Galhouns
Rosemary Fletcher
Social Register
Elliott
Fdr Jr
Knights of Pythias
Howard Youngs
Candace
Feds
Thrush
Lila Howard
Lina Rochine
Mexico
Albany
Boston
Hank Fort
Fifth Avenue
Lucy
Christopher Fry
Phoenix
R. H. Major Jrs
Coronet
Betty Garde
Warner’s
Blue Drake
Armando’s
Las Vegas
California
Betty Ammidown
South Carolina
Marlin Lee
Rosette Shaw
Paramount Canary
Brooklyn
Tabu
Alan Dale
Roma Paige
Lynn Kassell
Thailand
Bob Hilliard
Merwin K. Hart
F Buchanan
Buchanan
Berle
Runyon Fund
J. Horton
White House
Crucie Snyder
Sect
Treasury
Universal Picture
Carter Barron
Arthur Godfrey
Lambert & Feasley
May
Peter Ward
Dudley
DeGaulle
Thomas Mann
Erika
Switzerland
Edith Skinner
London
Harvey Wolf
British Intelligence
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Paree
Pamela Kastner
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