Two-Gun Early Now Looks for Tiddledy-Winks
Column by Dudley Early recounts a police targets shoot at Zilker Park with jesting notes about high and low scores. The piece moves to Army and Air Force Recruiting Office cuts, then TEC unemployment rules for married women, and ends with a critique of Collier’s magazine shift toward sensationalism.
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Rarge
Zilker Park
R. D. Thorp
Joe Belden
Belden
Chuck Clark
American-Statesman
Piney
Chuck
Collier’s
Collier's
SafEve Post
Cosmopolitan
Red Book
Coellier’s
Titanic Song
Oddities and Bribery Rumors Span The Nation
The OCR fragment hints at a four hundred million dollar bribery kitty tied to slot machine rackets and public officials while train robberies and legal firms mingle with ball players. It notes jokes about Os cars for Russian workers and a senator’s quip on pamphlets for sexing melons, ending with a punny ant headline.
Big Bond Vote Turnout Needed in Austin
The Editor's Notebook urges Austin voters to approve the $7 150 000 revenue bond proposal at the Monday election. It argues voter approval strengthens bond standing with investors, informs citizens on city progress, and curbs extravagant expansion as the city grows and electric demand rises. It also notes Texas school finance concerns under Gilmer Aikin bills and potential impacts on budget and pay scales for 1949 50 term.
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Austin
Colorado River
Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
Gilmer-Aikin
Inside Labor Brutalities Show Hidden Mob Ties
A 1949 New York Post piece outlines new mob tactics in labor and garment trades. It details how younger thugs are contracted by old bosses to commit brutal beatings for pay, fueling violence across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and California.
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Underworld
Chicago
al Capone
Ever-Pres
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
California
AFL Hotel Union
Walter Reuther
AFL
Moss Hart
Rockefeller Plaza
H’wood
Betty Alexander
Byron Kirk
Charley
Frank Loesser
Robert Carson
Don de Leo
Answers and Explanations From The Question Box
A summary of Q and A style responses on topics from animal behavior and ethics to birth candle origins, law, psychology, selective service, dog bites damages, coal volatility, and related facts. Notable items include mother love in animals, AVC charter status, biblical quote origins, best mental hours, sex differences in leg length, Selective Service classifications, ancient candle use, dog bite damages history, and coal volatility definitions.
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Loeser
Selective Service Act
Congressmen Use Socialized Medicine While Denouncing It
Washington report notes senators and congressmen receive government medical care from Dr. George W Calver with office on Capitol Hill. He treats lawmakers and staffs, conducts semiannual tests at Bethesda Naval Hospital, and bills mostly to taxpayers. The piece contrasts this with opposition to a national health program, and includes anecdotes about Curtis Calder and Rayburn, plus Truman quips about Wednesday Democrats.
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Washington
George W. Calver
Navy
Calver
Capitol Hill
Congress
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Truman
Curtis Calder
Electric Bond and Shareholding Corporation
Army
Calder
Holding Corporation
Notes of a New Yorker on Broadway Hints of Arts and Scandal
Notes of a New Yorker on Broadway highlights supper club chatter about Met Opera star John Garris and Theo dora Lynch plans, Tin Pan Alley predictions, Wertham book sal e to Hollywood studios, and industry gossip including Billy Walker era memories and Broadway casting shifts. The item mentions Sophie Tucker, Tallulah Bankhead, Vic Damone, Joe DiMaggio, and other figures in a rapid, tabloid tone.
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John Garris
Atlanta
Theodora Lynch
P. Getty
Nelson Eddy
Joe DiMaggio
Toots Shor
George Solitaire
Tallulah Bankhead
S. Bechet
Jimmy Ryan's
Fannie Hurst
Yarrop
N. Y
Jimmy Walker
Rudy Valentino
Raccoon Coats
Tin Pan Alley
Mitch Parrish
Hoagy Carmichael
Alf Hitchcock
la Bergman
Hamlet
Frederic Wertham
Hollywood
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Dudley
Army and Air Force
Dallas
Office
Women’s Job Aid
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Kremlin
Styles Bridges
Kinsey
Texas
By Smith
BY Victor Riesel
Ent
Mysterious National Syndicate
Ladies Garment Workers
Manhattan
New York Post Corp
American Veterans Committee
LL. A
The
AVC
Veterans Administration
Hef
F.L.V. A
England
J. A. Duncan
D.L. A
Bureau of Mines
TM Henny
Drew Pearson
Dr Calve
Dr Calver
Rayburn
Sam Rayburn
Sam
Ganson Purcell
Securities and Exchange Commission
Purcell
Electric Bond
Share
Kansas
Texas Power and Light
Dallas Power and Light
Railway Brotherhood
President Truman
Irving Lippe
Truman Main Line
Lippe
Okey
Labor
Alvanley Johnston
Tom Dewey
Paul M. Smith
Locomotive Engineers Journal
Bell Syndicate, Inc
NEW Yorker
Vic Damone
Alcoholics Anonymous
Sidney Blackmer
Howard Lindsay
Lindsay
Austin American
Texas Mail
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Associated Press
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