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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1949

Page

4

Four Capitality Labor in Texas Builds Up For Big Battle

Organized labor in Texas moves toward political action with a 10 point plan by the Texas State Industrial Union Council CIO union group aiming to form PACs in every precinct. They plan poll tax efforts and political education while backing Case March for governor and opposing sales and income taxes until natural resource taxes rise. The stance signals a potential watershed in Texas politics and a hard fight ahead.

Texas CIO PAC TSIUC Communications Workers of America Council Texas Social and Legislative Conference Labor CWA CIO Council Jack Kroll Case March March Baylor University Law

Blood-Letting Pattern of Revolt Rehearsed in New York Siege

A New York City waterfront siege by Communist sailors targets the National Maritime Union Building. Reporters observe a mob suppressing legitimate union leadership, with women inciting hysteria and police labeled neutral as contrived intimidation spreads through the lobby.

New York Lannon Politburo Maryland Russia Red Army Alaska Siberia Canada Communist Party Lannonis Big Joe Curran Slim Little Hedley Stone National Maritime Union Daily Worker John Moriarity Curran Kremlin NMU Hulbert Warner Union Pittsburgh Seattle Jack Smith Paul Robeson Peekskill Herman Cooper Duffy Adrien Duffy Commie

Two Centuries in the World’s Chronicle

A reflective look at the first half of the 20th century and its legacy. The piece weighs social progress, labor gains, health and wage shifts, and the rise of state and global cooperation. It anticipates democracy’s defense and the peaceful use of atomic energy shaping future history.

America Republic of Texas Hanseatic League League of Nations

Answers and anecdotes from a quiz style column

The piece presents trivia on religious art, good luck elephant myths, parachute rescue by Lt Harold Harris in 1922, the Jersey fabric name linked to Lily Langtry, and a note about Franz Schubert who reportedly played only his own music.

United States Harold R. Harris McCook Field Dayton Ohio Jersey Lily Langtry The Isle of Jersey Franz Schubert Elmer Thomas Oklahoma Senate Sweden Sen Thomas John Sparkman Alabama Sparkman Allen Frear Delaware Ralph Flanders Vermont John Bricker Bricker Stockholm Sen. Frear Pop Rotterdam Holland Dixie RFC Congress Truman Merl Young Young Lustron Ecc Wright Bell Syndic

Labor and diplomacy mark a calmer industrial era

The article highlights peaceful labor strife, praising CIO leader Murray and Jones and Laughlin Steel for nonviolent picketing. It notes coal and steel disputes without widespread violence, crediting coal firms for continuing credit and southern miners with meals for children. It also covers a Senate Sweden visit and a Navy report clash with Johnson, plus the Lustron housing collapse amid RFC loans and looming resignations.

Chicago Republic Steel CIO Phil Murray Jones and Laughlin Steel Company Ben Moreel Jones and Laughlin Moreell Aliquippa

Broadway prefaces and film notes mix in mixed reviews

A collage of stage updates and films from Broadway and beyond. Mentions revision of The Road to Rome for Marlene Dietrich, Vernon Duke’s Washerwoman’s Ball at the Winter Garden, Lost in the Stars with lavish scenery, and Melbourne premiere tensions. Also notes replies on Strindberg and Signor Chicago, plus reviews of The Father and Metropole. Includes mentions of Denise Darcel in Battleground and Seabiscuit biopic chatter.

Robert E. Sherwood Rome Marlene Dietrich Dwight Deere Wiman Lee Shubert Mansfield Ballet de Paris Vernon Duke Winter Garden Paree Golly Australia Hollway Kings Theater Melbourne Strindberg Mady Christians Raymond Massey J. Chapman Chicago Philly Broadway M. Gordon Variety Baltimore Wm. Walden Auth H. Ross The New Yorker Denise Darcel Astor L. Turner William Greaves Jackie Robinson World Theater MGM Rosalind Russell Joan Barton Will Mahoney Washington Capitol Theater Ee Taylor Robert Tay

Associated Press rights notice appears in local paper

The newspaper states exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. This notice declares AP content protection and the paper's entitlement to use AP material.

Absociated Press The Associated Press

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