Austin sports group eyed to lure major events
Austin businessmen discuss forming a dedicated sports association to sponsor events and attract major league baseball spring training camps to Central Texas. A $500 startup and $2,500–$3,000 annual budget are proposed, with Disch Field and Caswell Tennis Center cited as existing assets.
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Austin
Central
Texas
Southwest
Austin Chamber of Commerce
C. T. Aselton
Chamber of Commerce
Milwaukee Brewers
Brewers
Disch Field
Fredericksburg
New Braunfels
Seguin
Georgetown
San Marcos
Temple
University of Texas
William J. Disch
Bib Falk
Daniel A. Penick
United States
Texas Longhorn
Caswell Tennis Center
24Th
Lamar Boulevard
Texas Memorial Stadium
Austin Economic Area Industrial Foundation
Unions Plan 5 Million Political War Chest for 1949
Victor Riesel reports labor leaders aim to raise at least five million dollars for a broad 1949 political offensive. Truman praised CIO chief Murray after a postelection call, pledging a door open to labor. Taft Hartley reforms and Wagner Act support are outlined.
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Truman
CIO
Phil Murray
Murray
White House
AFL
Tobin
AFL and Cio
Washington
Europe
American Communist Party
Eugene Dennis
Supreme Court
Congress
Truman weighs Secretary of State pick as 1952 prospects loom
President Truman mulls top candidates to lead foreign policy as he seeks a strong successor plan, with Justice William O Douglas and former VP Fred Vinson among possible choices. Senate labor and election investigations frame Beltway debates as Democrats gain control, while ongoing inquiries threaten GOP exposure.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Franklin Roosevelt
United States
Fred Vinson
Vinson
Court of Appeals
William O. Douglas
Securities and Exchange Commission
Fdr
Bill Douglas
GOP
Tennessee
Texas
Bill Jenner
Indiana
Francis Myers
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Jenner
Myers
Senate
Deranian
Bob Kerr
Kerr
Senate Expenditures Committee
John McClellan
Arkansas
James Eastland
Mississippi
Clyde Hoey
North Carolina
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
Byrd
Herbert O’conor
Maryland
Bell Syndicate Inc
Broadway Notes Vetted By Critics On Populous Election Echoes
Winchell on Broadway surveys New York theatre and media reaction to election results. Critics debate predictions and performance, praising some editors while lampooning others as they assess productions and stars amid political and cultural shifts.
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America
New York
Unity Coalition
Unity
Jimmie Petrillo
AFL
Tampa
Mike Quill
Transport Workers Union
Commie
Moscow
Quill
Kremlin
Mike
Transport Union
TWU
Soviet Union
Colyumer G. Sokolsky
Florabel Muir
Varity
Coast
Idjez
American Astrology
Dell Horoscope
J. Weidman
Chuck Barnett
Fred Othman
Washington News
Harry Truman
Freddie
Theatre Guild
My People
Brooks Atkinson
A Darvas
Stalin
Wallace
Bobby Clark
Bobby
Editor's Notebook Opposes Texas Education Reform Plan
Mays County Superintendent R L Bunting writes to fellow superintendents opposing a special Texas Legislature session to study the Gilmer Aiken report. He objects to strong centralization and favors incorporating good ideas into current administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mays County
R. L. Bunting
Texas
Gilmer-Aixen
Bunting
Gilmer- Aiken
State Board of Education
Puzzling Q A Smoking Pigeon and Royal Lineage
A collection of Q A items covers Kaiser the carrier pigeon hatched in Cologne in 1917 and aged 31, George III’s 18 children, ministers taxed on income with housing exemption, DC white population about three fourths of the district, Nero’s fire during 64 AD, and silver dollars last minted in 1935.
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Kaiser
A. Kaiser
Cologne
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm
Signal Corps
Colum
Bureau of the Census
District of Columbia
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Sports Group
William J. Weeg
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Kiwanis Club
Dallas
Austin G. Scott
Travis County
Browning
Victor Riesel
Dewey
Republican Party
John Steelman
Bell Telephone
Frankie Carle
Duke Ellington
Tommy Dorsey
Benny Goodman
Eddie Arnold
Hollywood
Emil Rieves
Redskins
New York Post Corp
Austin, Texas
Drew Pearson
T H Law
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Elbert Thomas
Utah
Robert Taft
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
Maurice Tobin
Labor Department
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Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Estes Kefauver
Marley Kilgore
West Virginia
Michigan
Homer Ferguson
Ingrid Bergman
Olivia de Havilland
Stewart
Fontaine
Linda Darnell
Rex Harrison
Preston Sturges
Ida Lupino
Gallant Bess
Bergman
de Havilland
Wyman
Ray Bolger
Atkinson
Bankhead
Sabbath Times
Roberto Hope
Hoover-Smith
Edttor
Farmer's Prospect
Democratic Congress
Agriculture
Organized Labor
By Smith
L.D.D
George III
Nero
Rome
MTAA
T.N. A
Associated Press
Rogabenioe Ea UN Loca Arty Medias
Sail In
Poest
Act
United State
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