New Playground Plan Evolving for Airport Area
City Council nears a decision on 30 acres at Airport Boulevard Schieffer Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard with a plan creating a 175 foot commercial frontage on Airport and a residential zone on Schieffer. A central playground would sit between the two, funded by an expected 100000 sale revenue to aid Interregional Highway right of way. The area has been a focus since talks of a Polio Center and a church proposal, prompting residents to pursue a safe playground. The piece would be graded and filled using earth from highway paving and storm sewer work. The writeup also endorses restoring the old French Embassy on East Eighth Street as a heritage site with a French atmosphere and visitor access.
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Wilshire Boulevard
Wilshire Wood
Austin
Colorado River
Pleasant Hill
East Eighth Street
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Maverick
la Villita
Works Progress Administration
National Youth Administration
Americas
Simon Bolivar
Benito Juarez
Mexico
Maximilian
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Texas
France
Republic of Texas
Virginia
Taylor Glass
Renin
Oil Import Threat Imposes Focus On Texas Industry
Texas weighs its oil future as 14 major importers testify on six month plans at the June proration hearing. Purchaser nominations show a modest June increase, while above ground reserves hover near 245 million barrels, dimming prospects for substantial output gains. The issue ties to state tax revenue and overall economy amid National Defense Week observances and Armed Forces Day preparations.
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Railroad Commission
South America
Canada
Texas Conservation Agency
East Texas
Labor and Labor: Communists Target Churches and Rail Strikes
A 1950 syndicated column reports on attempts by Communist organizers to involve Protestant ministers in anti Catholic campaigns, escalating rail strikes with 20 million weekly wage losses, AFL CIO political maneuvering, and union contracts boosting Screen Extras Guild pay. It notes rising anti Truman talk, union mergers, and a tough new CIO Southern chief.
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Electrical Workers Union
CIO
General Electric Atom Labs
AFL
Electrical Workers
Public Service of New Jersey
Railroad
The
American Civil Liberties Union
John Lewis
Congress
CIO Southern
John Rife
Steel Union
Depth of the Dead Sea and Queen ships lease details
The Dead Sea reaches a maximum depth of 1,309 feet per early soundings by US Navy Lieutenant William Lynch. The Queen ships incur annual Port of New York pier rent of 259,626.50 dollars under a recent 10 year lease.
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Palestine
William Lynch
New York
GOP Ghost-Writers Battle for Control at Campaign HQ
Washington reports reveal GOP chairman Guy Gabrielson overwhelmed by ghost-writers and publicity men. Names include Bob Humphreys and Vic Johnston shaping messages for Martin and Wherry, with Mylander coordinating efforts as publicity director. Tensions rise as clashes between McKellar and Connally over Point Four aid surface.
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GOP
Guy Gabrielson
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Charley Michelson
Gabrielson
Bob Humphreys
INS
National Committee
Joe Martin
George Washington Inn
Capitol Hill
Humphreys
Martin
Congress
Vic Johnston
Harold Stassen
Johnston
Arthur Hachten
Ken Wherry
Wherry
Truman
Hachten
Guylay
New York Herald Tribune
Robert Taft
Bill Mylander
Cowles
Bill
Mylander
Senate
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
Appropriations
Tom Connally
Texas
McKellar
Conally
Appropriations Committee
Connally
the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Pearson jokes over mistaken cable to Drew Pearson
Canadian External Affairs Minister Lester B Pearson displayed a cable sent from Paris addressed to Hon. Drew Pearson, Secretary of State for External Affairs. Pearson quipped that the message could have referred to George Drew, the opposition leader, highlighting the humorous mix up.
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Mike” Pearson
USA
Drew Pearson
Ottawa
Mike
FDR
Paris
George Drew Pearson
George Drew
Hurley Not Lattimore Behind Agrarian Reformers Label
The column debunks claims that Owen Lattimore called Chinese Communists agrarian reformers, citing Patrick J. Hurley as the actual source. It notes Hurley’s 1945 remarks that some Chinese Communists seek Moscow guidance but many are reformers aiming to be the ins, and highlights a sharp quip about Oklahoma Republicans.
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Louis Budenz
Owen Lattimore
State Department
China
Lattimore
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
Hoover
GOP
New Mexico
McCarthy Group
National Press Club
Washington Post
Moscow
Ins
Oklahoma
Local AP News Repurposed in City Paper
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of local news printed in this newspaper and AP dispatches. The notice confirms AP entitlement to reuse, distribute, and syndicate the newspaper’s local reporting.
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