Glass to Push City and School Improvements
Mayor Glass plans intensified city and school improvements in 1950 without tax rate increases. He studies funding for a $350,000 police courts building and a $1,250,000 low water dam under the 1946 bond election, while school officials seek a faster building pace via the Gilmer Aiken fund. The plan hinges on projected Gilmer-Aiken allocations and 1949 tax valuations. the 2.75 rate remains. He also favors a two year limit on commercial zoning before reverting to prior use to curb speculation and balance zoning.
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Taylor Glass
Glass
People of
Austin
Austin Public Schools
Gilmer- Aiken Fund
Austin approves 7.15 million utility bond for plant upgrades
Walter E. Seaholm hails the 10 to 1 City of Austin vote approving a 7.15 million utility bond to fund two boilers two 20 000 kilowatt turbines condenser gear and pumps for the power plant. The project also adds a 3 million gallon clear water well increasing peak daily capacity to 43 million gallons and enabling higher flows during daily peaks. Mayor Glass plans weed clearance on Lake Austin and considers a pontoon mounted power saw to aid navigation.
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Walter E. Seaholm
Austin
City of
Seaholm
Mayor Glass
Lake Austin
Editor's Notebook Proposes State Building Bond Plan
The column discusses financing a $60 million state building program over two years using interest from cash on hand and pledged university funds. It notes a $1.8 million annual cost for a $40 million bond program over 40 years at 2 percent, with flexible allocation to hospitals schools and expansion projects. The piece also covers Dallas News expansion and Forrestal's death and legacy.
Answers From the Home Front and Facts on War and Nature
A compilation of Q and A items covering constitutional wartime limits for states, how to flameproof children clothing with borax and boric acid, average farming income per person in 1948, sap movement in trees, and the lifting capacity of Navy floating dry docks for large vessels. The piece presents practical guidance and civic information for readers.
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E.C. A
Department of the Navy
Vaughan Fails To Wear Argentine Medal Yet
Army delays approval for Major General Harry Vaughan to wear the Argentine Order of San Martin after House committee spots his name on a list of foreign decorations. The panel, led by Chairman Carl Vinson, voted to hold the medals, delaying Vaughan while approving others for Navy officers. The article also recounts how a phone call by Louis Johnson altered history, preventing Lewis Douglas from becoming secretary of state.
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Peron
Vaughan
Congress
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Oregon
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Philip Hooper
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Norblad
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Carl Vinson
Georgia
Louisiana
Overton Brooks
Vinson
Department of the Army
Paris
United States
Potsdam
Lewis Douglas
Great Britain
Mutual Life Insurance
Louis Johnson
Truman Finance Committee
Johnson
Douglas
United Nations
Truman
London
Norman Thomas
Louie Johnson
White House
Arizona
Ariz
Broadway Memo Glamour and Box Office Scandals Recap
Memo notes recall a South Pacific ticket scandal involving Murtagh Inc and a box office man earning 5000 weekly tips, more than show owners and stars. Broadway gossip covers Bob Hope quips, crowd sizes at Yankee Stadium, Rita Hayworth, Aly Khan, and industry chatter from The Times and satellite reports.
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Murtagh, Inc
Bob Hope
Rita Hayworth
Bob
Orson
Yankee Stadium
Milton Berle
Henry Youngman
South Pacific
Pinza
Mary Martin
Pacific
Elsa
Colyum
Rita
Aly Khan
Len Lyons
A. Kostelanetz
Paris
Nancy Carroll
Eire
Paree
Joe DiMaggio
Margaret O'Brien
Forrest Warren
San Diego Journal
Warren
Frankie
Johnnie’s
Times
Deedee
The
Met
Mack Harrell
Aspen
Col
Pix
42Nd
Runyon
Paramount
Yale Boys
F. M. Donahue
Princetopian
Pravda
Donahue
Yale Daily News
Joe Laurie, Jr
Subscription Rates and AP News Policy Note
The notice cites subscription rates and states that The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to use fees and republication of local news and AP dispatches. It outlines the paper’s entitlement to AP content and the newspaper’s authority over local sews.
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