Capital City Champions Honor Their Achievements and Spirit
A Austin group of 55 to 60 handicapped and able friends call themselves Champs and aces. They support each other and recently donated 62.35 to the Community Chest. Miss Leila Morgan leads the organization, with members like Reba Pilgrim and Marjorie Delafield showcasing talent and resilience. They plan a Travis County Courthouse bazaar December 5 to raise funds for a clubhouse and overall aims.
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Unus
Cee
Tom Miller
Walter Bremond Jr
Robert Calvert
Charles EB. Green
Bill Cain
Jerry Joslin
W. T. Williams Jr
Beaumont
Austin
Champions
A. C. Walker
Avenue D
Country Club
Austin Club
Texas Union
Leila Morgan
Betty Ray
Reba Pilgrim
Marjorie Delafield
P. B. Hammett
City Hall
Hammett
Owe
Albion Vincent
Bill Henderson
Capitol
Sinclair
Travis County
Quips and Comments From Acheson to Adeline
A string of wry lines covers politics social roles and marriage. Jests touch on arms for peace and a woman’s task, Brannan plan doubts, Indian policy, a Missouri couple’s 50 year marriage after engagement, avoiding hitchhikers, statehood talk, and a sober party.
Lignite May Power Center Industry in Bastrop Texas
The Editor notes Bastrop and Milam County lignite deposits may spark a major Texas industry. Dr. Frank W. Jessen studies lignite as fuel cost rival to natural gas with hopes of new aluminum plants over lignite near the Colorado River.
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Bastrop County
Texas
Frank W. Jessen
Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
Bastrop Chamber of Commerce
Colorado River
Bastrop
Milam Counties
Rockdale
City of Austin
University of Texas
Texas Fuel Resources and The Promise of Hydrocol Refining
The piece compares Texas mineral wealth to new fuels from gas and oil shales and brownsville hydrocol processing. It notes investments over 20 million in gas to liquid fuels, contrasts with strip mining of natural gasoline, and argues Texas abundance of oil natural gas and lignite as a backstop for emergency needs amid shifting energy economics.
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Texas
Missouri
Far West
Brownsville
John L. Lewis
America Statesman Sunday News Snapshot
The Austin American dated November 2, 1950 from Austin Texas reports a Sunday issue of the Statesman on page four. It notes newspaper publication by Newspapers Inc at Seventh and Colorado Streets.
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Newspapers, Inc
Seventh and
Colorado Streets
Austin
Texas
the America
Statesman
aTee
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Washington
America
Paradise
Budapest
Hungary
Tejert
Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
PcPro
Austin American
The
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United Tas
Labor Goons Raid Bronx Tiny Shop in Pro Communist Push
A small Bronxville metal fabrication shop and its 60 workers faced a violent raid by a pro Communist labor group led by Morris Doswell. The attackers damaged equipment, assaulted owner Henry Allen and detectives, and threatened workers over firing union members. The incident ties to a broader pro Communist labor network with offices across major cities and plans to expand control.
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Universal Fabricators
Bronx
Morris Doswell
Distributive Workers Union
Bes
Henry Allen
Bronxville
Action Squad
Allen
Brother Doswell
Mr. Allen
America
CIO
pro-Commie
United Nations Action
Korea
Pro- Commie
National Labor Federation
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Chicago
New Orleans
Newark
Camden
Salem
Raleigh
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
South
Arthur Osman
Big Mouth
General Knowledge Q A Highlights From an Old Quiz
A historical Q A set covers topics from the Continental Congress sessions in a Baltimore tavern during 1776 77 to eternity of trivia. It notes Johnsons dictionary around 50000 words and honey calories 80 to 85 per tablespoon.
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Continental Congress
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Congress
F.hlr. A
Fortune Telling booklet offered for 15 cents
Today’s booklet offer explains fortunes through palmistry card reading tea leaf and coffee grounds interpretation facial features and a dream dictionary. Send 15 cents to Austin American Information Bureau 1200 Eye Street NW Washington DC for a copy.
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Austin
American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N.W
Washington
D. C
Ohio race frames Taft era clash of labor and isolationism
Washington column notes the Ohio senatorial contest centers on labor versus capital and the future direction of the Republican Party. Taft's isolationist stance and pro Roosevelt wing challenge Truman influence and McCarthy-era vigilance in foreign policy. The piece cites Vandenberg and several senators shaping the party’s pro or anti isolationist path.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
White House
Arthur Vandenberg
Ives
New York
Morse
Oregon
Aiken
Vermont
Tobey
New Hampshire
Smith
Maine
Vandenberg
Michigan
McCarthys
Malones
Jenners
Kems
Truman High Command
Indiana
Truman
GOP
Capehart
Alex Campbell
Alger Hiss
Harry Bridges
California
Nixon
Senate
unAmerican Activities Committee
Hiss
Marcantonio
Korea
McCarthy
Joe
General Marshall
Marshall
Europe
Chicago Tribune
Republican Party
Kemns
Wherrys
Matlones
Capeharts
Bell Sy cate and Hollywood Gossip Roundup
A sprawling, gossip-heavy column trails socialites, entertainers, and politics. It mentions Barbara Hutton, Louise Clews, Barbara Tru man, Anne Frances, Joan Blondell, Paulette Goddard, Shirley Cowell, Empress Zita, and others with brief notes on divorces, elopements, bequests, Governor Dewey’s son, and State Department passport chatter.
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Barbara Hutton
Prince Troubetskos
Duchess of Argyll
Louise Clews
Margaret Truman
Washington
Marvin Braverman
C. Chaplin, Jr
Anne Frances
M. Todd
Joan Blondell
Papa Dionne
New York
M. Belews
Harriet van Horne
Ed Flynn
Pichard
Princeton
Thomas Dewey Jr
AP Exclusive Rights Notice on Local Pages
A boilerplate AP notice states exclusive use of local pages and story distribution rights for the paper, indicating the Associated Press retains rights to printed material and feed distribution.
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Associated Press
The
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AFL
William Green
Federation
Miami
George Meany
Nealaggerty
George
Samuel Johnson
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Henry IV of
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Africa
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Cairo
Egypt
T.E.M. A
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United States
Barnet Never
Denver Post
Russia
Merry
Constitution Avenue
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Bell
Cate, Inc
Walter Winchell
Broadway
MAN About Town
Stanton Griffis
Paulette Goddard
Benny Venuta
Armand Deutsch
MGM
Nancy Davis
Ephraim Kurtz
CCNY
Jolson
John Jacob Asters
Shirley Cowell
Mater
Chums
Zita
Tuxedo Park
Christine Fisher
At&t
Hollywood
Veep
Ann Hadley
Mexico
Hilton
Waldorfs Wedgwood
DeMarcos
Jack Zuckerman
Reda
Wm. Patterson
Cong
MacArthur
Rob Hope
Brock Pemberton
Tighe Woods
Wil Clamp
Armyreas
Israel
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O'Dwyer
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