Heavy Costs of Gulf Storms Blur Texas Coastline
Texas faces ongoing hurricane expenses as storms disrupt shipping and destroy property. The Texas Disaster Relief Council mobilized 24 hour staff while the Red Cross aided 18 800 Texans with shelter and food in 60 centers. Recovery efforts now coordinate rehabilitation under federal law with state agencies, highlighting long term economic impact along the coast.
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Texas Disaster Relief Council
Red Cross
East Texas
Texas City
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Brownsville
Orange
Freeport
Galveston
Gulf
Plains
Self preservation and pride in newspaper notes
The fragment comments on self preservation as nature, suggests Major General Harry Vaughan’s under fire won’t get him fired, and remarks on debt, fatigue, reputation, and a print by Currier and Ives. It reads as a collection of reflective lines and opinions without a single event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Vaughan
Currier and Ives
Not All Dangers Are Foreign Made National Newspaper Week urged
The Editors Notebook notes National Newspaper Week October 1 8 led by Kiwanis Texas and national editors. It warns dangers to freedom come from domestic forces seeking to curb or regulate press with unfair criticism laws and propaganda use. It cites Senator Minton and a former congressman. The Dallas News stresses freedom carries responsibility and an irresponsible paper has no right to exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Clubs
Texas
Nation
America
Sherman Minton
Senate
United States Supreme Court
The
Dallas News
Texas Tax Climate Cited As Reason For Growth
Representative James T. Sparks of Sherman argues state taxes deter business and raise consumer costs. He notes Texas posts 500000 new jobs in seven years due to its tax advantage over Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana and cites per capita taxes and debt comparisons to bolster his case.
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James T. Sparks
Sherman
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Kansas
Arkansas
Sparks
Congress
Inside Labor Strange Tales Told at AFL Convention
At the AFL convention in St. Paul reporters recount inside rumors from hotel suites and strategy sessions. The piece notes FBI actions against government workers, potential labor federation mergers, and pro Stalinist activity rumors, with figures tied to CIO and CIO leaders, including mentions of John L. Lewis and union strategists.
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Labor
AFL
Giants of
FBI
CLO
Lewis
John L
Denny
Kathryn
Springfield
Ill
Third Labor Federation
Astor Place
New York
Woolworth’s
Kresge's
Grant's
Five and Dime Store
Distribu
Tive Trades Council
DTC
CIO
Revels Cayton
Harry Bridges
National Negro Congress
John Dos Passos
General Mills Food Company
Mickey Howard
Mickey Cohen
Willie Bioff
Chicago
Southwest
Brother Artists
The
Artistes of America
Four
A’s
Edward Arnold
Buck Harris
Jack Dales
Screen Actors Guild
Jurisdic
First County Health Department Founded in 1911
The first county health department in the United States was established in Yakima County, Washington, in 1911. There are now about two thousand nationwide as rural areas seek adequate local health departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
P.C.T
Yakima County
Wash
Labor Unrest Grows as John L Lewis Faces Dissent in UMW
Inside labor circles word says John L Lewis faces wavering unity in the United Mine Workers amid wage pain and three day weeks. Vet miners challenge his rule, pension funds face scrutiny, and Southern factions talk of forming a separate union as strikes strain families. Alaska housing shortages hinder defense needs, while lobbyist scrutiny and Amtorg tensions shape postwar politics.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Franklin Roosevelt
Lewis
UMW
Pennsylvania
G. H. Livengood
Livengood
South
Kentucky
Nicholas County
West Virginia
John Owens
Bluefield
W. Va
Broadway gossip and jokes from a Chicago writer
A collage of witty items on Broadway stars, headlines, and show business chatter. Notes mention James Gallagher Mary Martin and Umpire Grieve with quips about taxes, privacy, and power as entertainment figures react to current events.
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Raymond Brooks
Capitol
Austin American
Gundsr
Victor Rifesel
ST. Paul, Minn
Atomic Trades Chiefs
CIO Atom Workers Union
Chemical Workers
Scotland Yard
Ason
Mr. Truman
Carol Dougherty
US Steel
Sam Rosenman
Phil Murray
David Cole
Eugene M. Klein
Drews
Ronald Reagan
Lee Bowman
Richard Carlson
US Labor Department
Ted Lewis
William Z. Foster
No. 1
Commie Commissar
Valentin Kondratievich
Sinop
Turkey
Russia
Stalin
Australia
India
Pakistan
Malaya
State Department
New Free World Labor Federation
Teamsters
New York Post
Tinker Air Force Base
W.Y. A
Clarence Leonard Tinker
Armed Forces
Army Air Force
Pacific
D.P.H
Cardinal Gibbons
Gar Resuna
Drew Pearson
Owens
Capital News
Alaskan
Army
Air Force
Alaska
Kansas City
Bill Boyle
Justice Department
Amtorg
USA
US Central Intelligence
Uncle Sam
Nevada
Pat McCarran
Senate House
McCarran
House
Thomas Stanley
Bell Syndicate, Inc
James Gallagher
Mary
Martin
N. Y
Times
Funke
Connecticut
la Martin
Beverly Roberts
le Vou
Tallulah Bankhead
Smythe
Nunnally Johnson
Hollywood
Eddie Condon
Alfred Drake
Alcoholics Anonymous
N. Y. Herald Tribune
Rita Rayworth
Walter
Gene Weber
Doc
England
al Sessions
2Nd Naval Battalion
Moscow
Sreteee NP
Pfissas Eeeassi
Austin
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Nations Organization
TED
Associated Press
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