Austin Stands Chance To Save On Hospital Job
Austin could save about 250000 dollars on the Brackenridge Hospital wing with a higher federal grant under a new amendment to the National Hospital Federal Aid Act. The increase to 54 percent would raise Austin’s share to 750000 dollars, with the city prepared to use existing bonds for future expansion if the grant reaches 50 percent.
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Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
National Hospital
Texas State Board of Health
Austin Voters Eye Ten Texas Constitution Amendments
Kenneth McCalla outlined all ten proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution at the Austin Kiwanis Club, noting arguments for and against. He defended a measure allowing district judges in multi county districts to sign orders anywhere in the district and discussed three tax-raising proposals, plus the contentious jury service amendment and legislature pay reforms.
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Austin
Travis County
Texas
10Th Canal District
Education
Gilmer- Aikin
State of
Kenneth McCalla
Associated Railroads of Texas
Austin Kiwanis Club
McCalla
127Th District Court
Harris County
They Say It Looks Like Old Times in 1952 Public Life
A reflective column contrasts Stassen and Eisenhower in the 1952 era, notes the persistence of public service quitting, and sketches civic and family changes. It observes baby-sitting as a growing industry and remarks on gender roles and beauty in modern society.
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Stassen
Eisenhower
Editors Notebook Examines Rail Abandonment Trends in Texas
The Supreme Court allows railroads to drop unprofitable passenger trains, prompting many abandonments from Houston to Victoria and Austin to Houston. Critics warn of higher costs, reduced service, and harmed communities, urging schedule readjustments to fit public needs.
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Texas
Supreme Court
Railroad Commission
Houston
Victoria
Austin
Waco
Yoakum
Katy
Giddings
Brenham
New Orleans
Hearings on Adoption of Texts and State Book Funds
Hearings are held on possible new textbook adoptions as over $5 million is made available to buy books for 1950. The nine member outgoing board reviews bids and teachesability of texts while the new Gilmer-Aikin board will take office later in November. Taxpayers wonder if current books cover a full school year.
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State Board of Education
Austin
Gilmer-Aikin
Labor CIO Faces Split as Murray Stands Firm
Report from Cleveland describes Communist CIO chiefs plotting a factional run against Phil Murray after failed appeasement. Harry Bridges mobilizes ten San Francisco longshoremen to press for autonomy inside CIO, while Murray defers to the upcoming convention.
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Cleveland
Kremlin
Allerton
CIO
Phil Murray
Murray
Soviet Union
Harry Bridges
Hawaii
San Francisco
Embarcadero
Electrical Workers
CID
Night of clashes at CIO Communist expulsion meeting
A 1949 Post Hall syndicate report depicts internal feuding at a CIO convention amid expulsions of Communist elements. It notes sharp attacks on leaders, rival stalking, and plans to protect union assets as legal battles loom. The piece highlights factions led by Murray and Curran, with Bridges advancing strategy and tensions between pro and anti Communist wings.
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CIO
Wallace
Murray
Phil Murray
Bridges
Big Joe Curran
Ben Gold
Old Bearface
John L. Lewis
Phil Muray
Jim Carey
National Cio
Post Hall Syndicate
Lewis
Stephens
Ching
Roger Blough
US Steel
Congress
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Tree ring age clues and other science Q A brief
A Q A roundup covers tree ring aging in temperate regions with courtroom acceptance, oldest US church chimes in Philadelphia Boston and New York, bread toasted vitamin loss, and Venus flytrap habitat in the Carolinas with its trapping mechanism.
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G.H.M. A
United States
Christ Church
Philadelphia
Boston
Trinity Church
New York
Admiral Sherman Favored as Forrestal's Naval Chief
Washington reports Admiral Sherman, Forrestal’s favored choice for chief of naval operations, was once earmarked to replace Conolly in Europe. The piece notes his alert, aggressive style and contrasts with Conolly, while outlining allied plans, political shifts, and ongoing labor and defense debates of 1949.
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Washington
Forrest Sherman
Forrestal
Naval Operations
Sherman
Mediterranean
Richard Conolly
Europe
Conolly
Con
Halsey’s
London Economist
Lauris Norstad
Capitol Hill
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Broadway Lights Still Glow as Shows Stir Interest
The Broadway scene remains lively with major productions and film crossovers. Lunt & Fontanne’s I Know My Love shows strong advance sales, while Maurice Evans and the Browning Version draw stage attention. Eddie Miller and Ethel Barrymore headline, with Miss Liberty triumphs echoing critics.
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Variety
Lunt & Fontanne
Boston
Montserrat
Maurice Evans
Hamlet
Adam
Eddie Miller
Palace Theater
Ethel Barrymore
Hollywood
Entertainment
Jeanne Crain
Local newspaper role in AP and ABC certification
The Austin American and The Austin Statesman belong to the Audit Bureau of Circulation and are members of the Associated Press. The AP holds exclusive rights to republish local news from these papers and to distribute AP news dispatches.
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The
Austin American
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Associated Press
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Reds
BY Victor Riesel
Bureau
Eye Street
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South Carolina
Drew Pearson
Britain
London
Chip” Bohlen
Russia
Stalin
Tito
Hitler
Yugoslavia
Italy
Trieste
Acheson
George Kennan
Truman
J. Copeland Gray
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
John L Lewis
John
Ben Fairless
Tighe Woods
Woods
Jim Reynolds
Reynolds
China
Cy Ching
US Rubber Company
Job
John L. Lewis,” Ching
John Stephens
Eleanor Flournoy
Irving Berlin
Robert Sherwood
Moss Hart
Paul Douglas
Lindaniel
Celeste Holm
Tokyo
Joe
Bogart
MGM
Marilyn Maxwell
Maureen O'Hara
Broadway
Gordon MacRaes
Movietown
B. P. Shulberg
Paramount
Sammy
Ussr
Army and Navy
Lauren Bacall
Warner Bros
Will Mahoney
M. Berle
Ben Gross
Bob Monroe
John Steele
Leo de Lyon
Ben Gage
Stan Freeman
V. Monroe
F. Laine
Burriskers
Jerry Vale
Sherwood
Kennys
Scattergood Toys
Connie Russell
D. Garroway
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