Nosing Around Approaching Bloody Beaks
The piece surveys statehouse gossip on the Gilmer-Aikin program and potential leadership changes. It highlights comments by Rep. Sam Hanna and Rep. C S McLellan about the legislative mood, a looming financial deadlock, and a plan to tour for public support on a proposed annual legislative session and pay rise. Glenn Green departs for Washington as coverage shifts.
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Statehouse News Front
Glenn Green
International News Service
Washington
John Crosthwait
Dallas
House
Senate
Austin Swells With Construction Boom For 1950
The Austin area anticipates a strong 1950 with the State Medical Association of Texas planning a state headquarters and library on Lamar Boulevard at 19th Street. Southwestern Bell plans a second central building in North Austin with extensive cable and circuit work. The city backs a $7.15 million electric expansion, a new post office is eyed, and a 12 story federal office option is rumored. Governor Beauford Jester pushes hospital and school building needs, with $6 million House appropriations to start projects by 1950. Population grows as Bergstrom AFB moves crews in and Jefferson Chemical adds scientists.
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State Medical Association of Texas
Lamar Boulevard
19Th Street
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Central
Austin
Beauford Jester
House
Commodore Perry
Colorado River
Bergstrom Air Base
Jefferson Chemical Company Laboratories
Austin poised for 1950 growth with major public works
Bergstrom construction plus Lower Colorado River Authority projects totaling millions will start in coming months, with completion planned for 1950 and 1951. Austin Development Foundation coordinates sites for new plants as railroads promote growth. a new $800,000 spastic hospital is slated for contract before Sept. 1. The Railroad Commission faces May hearings on oil proration as demand shifts and cuts intensify, affecting state revenue and operations.
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Bergstrom
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Colorado River
Marble Falls
Austin
Austin Development Foundation
America
Railroad Commission
Texas
Reds Urge Strikes to Penalyze Labor Rivals Across Nation
Washington report outlines how the Communist Party orders strikes or purges in major cities from Times Square to Detroit and Los Angeles. It notes pressure on CIO leaders to confront Henry Ford and Walter Reuther, with efforts to seize union assets and sabotage cross country flight networks.
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Washington
Manhattan
Times Square
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
California
Communist Party
Red
Gerhart Eisler
Tovarichi
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Los Angeles
San Francisco
CIO
Phil Murray
Woodward Avenue
Hollywood Boulevard
Walter Reuther
Ford
Henry Ford
Waiter Reuther
Auto
Reuther
Emil Mazel
Reds
Mike
Quill
Harry Bridges
New York Post Corp
Answers and Questions on History and Geography Trivia
A compilation of Q and A covering who coined Boston as a state of mind, Jimmy Rodgers recording blues for Victor, Amelia Earhart and Howland Island, Brotherhood Week origins, whips in bird song, and the Sault Ste. Marie Canal’s building history with dates, locations, and key figures.
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Jimmy Rodgers
Southern Railway
Victor
Rodgers
Hawaii
New Guinea
Amelia Earhart
Mrs. Roosevelt Influenced U N Spain Vote abstain
The U S abstained at the United Nations on Spain after Eleanor Roosevelt threatened to denounce the State Department. Secretary Acheson proposed abstention as a compromise and pledged a public blast at Franco, aligning with democratic Western Europe and countering Soviet propaganda.
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Washington
United Nations
Spain
Eleanor Roosevelt
State Department
Franco
Warren Austin
Acheson
Broadway memories and a welfare case amid Runyon era venues
A collage of New York sights from Broadway and surrounding streets recalls theaters bars and iconic spots like Roseland Runyon’s corner and 52nd Street while a separate welfare report describes a Puerto Rican nanny case ending with a child removed from a mother for negligence after a domestic dispute.
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Welfare Board
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Sault Ste. Marie Canal
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Hangchow
Chiang
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Nat Lewis
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Leon Eddie
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