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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1949
Page
4
A Texas city confronts abortions and infant mortality from unwed births. Authorities note a lack of facilities to care for expectant mothers, urging a safe home to protect babies and reduce killings by abandonment. Prominent locals discussed funding such a home, criticizing social stigma as a driver of tragedy.
In Washington and New York CIO leaders and Communist allies clash over charges of thuggery and Klan links. Tensions rise as Murray faces attacks from Mine-Mill and allied unions while pro Communist voices vow to stay with CIO.
A compiled Q and A section covers topics from earth measurements and naval navy color origins to Abraham Lincoln’s youth reading, cream whipping factors, dog show ages, tantalum in medical implants, Palace of the Soviets height, Social Security annuities, Denver altitude, and the Cerberus saying origin.
The House killed the three way cotton research project’s funding but lawmakers expect conferees to restore money with procedural changes. The program, run by UT, A&M, and Texas Tech, aims to improve cotton breeding standards and uses, with the bill routing funds through each institution’s channels.
Washington coverage notes Sir Harold Bellman, British housing tycoon, rebukes stringent controls on private housing while at a private dinner hosted by Mrs. Frances Freed. The discussion touches on public housing and the Taft Elliott Wagner program, with Bellman defending a British social housing approach.
A jumble of Broadway gossip and society notes. Names include Winchell, Emerson, Wyman Ayres, Frances Faye, Joe Lou Ruby, Fritz Kreisler, the Saroyans, Nan Kramer, Shirley O’Hara, Jo Tachau, Nancy Hawks, Leland Haynes, Nedenia Hutton, June Moon, Stacy Kuhn, Ruth Waldo, Maureen Stapleton, and Ike Eisenhower. Mentions mergers, marriages, pregnancies, legal notices, and theater rumors with international figures and Milan La Scala.
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