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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1949
Page
5
The columnist lauds Jinx Tucker for suggesting moving the 1949 Rice Baylor football title game to Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas to seat 70 000 fans. It would have benefited fans teams and Texas public, though not adopted.
An article in Municipal Finance urges cities to revise tax collection procedures to reduce delinquencies. It recommends prompt billing and clear statements, encourages installments, and stresses courteous, capable city hall staff to improve citizen cooperation and revenue stability.
A pet shop tale explores how dogs become champions through the American Kennel Club system. Prospective buyers learn about breed registrations, shows, and the 15 championship points needed, with anecdotes of judges and high-priced prize dogs.
Questions cover baby height milestones at 1 18 and 2 years and base heights boys slightly taller than girls in that age group. Other queries address the busiest US airports in 1948 with Chicago LaGuardia and National airports, constitutional instruction in schools, absolute zero states of matter for helium, first American air attacks on enemies in 1914 and 1915, Shanghai population growth to an estimated 4 to 5 million, and concrete curing strength.
School and home readers are urged to order the Webster Illustrated Tower Dictionary and Atlas with Encyclopedic Supplements. The ad touts world maps, statistics, population figures, musical and legal terms, synonyms and antonyms, all for 40 cents plus mailing to Austin American Information Bureau in Washington DC.
Senator Pat McCarran visits Madrid and advises Francisco Franco on public relations and lobbying to win Western support and UN agency inclusion. The piece profiles Franco’s propaganda push and highlights U S reactions, plus a health research note on Public Health Service clinicians at Bethesda.
Winchell on Broadway reports ex Nazis and allies regain influence as new German regime licenses papers. Former editors like Fritz Schneider and Straubinger Tageblatt reappear while six ex Nazis win seats in the West German Parliament and groups push a revival of Nazi ideas.
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