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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1949
Page
4
A county official urges adding to the courthouse rather than a new consolidated law enforcement complex. The idea would trigger a chain reaction moving multiple offices, including the county clerk and probate court, and even the county judge.
The piece blends political rhetoric with harsh imagery as it cites family strain over cake, warns against secret plots by Fair Deal supporters, accuses Germans of grave desecration for commerce, notes danger from a youth with a high powered air rifle, and reports U S aid aimed at curbing Communism in Asia.
The Texas State Teachers Association plans to move its state headquarters to Austin following a unanimous executive committee recommendation. The proposal, based on a statewide survey, goes to the House of Delegates in Fort Worth on November 24 for final action.
The 75 state and regional associations, including education and commerce groups, recommend Austin for future conventions citing central location, direct access to Texas education administration and the University of Texas, and expanding hotel facilities. They anticipate annual meetings and note 50 000 educational professionals in Texas. The executive committee endorsed the report while awaiting House of Delegates approval next month.
A disabled job seeker pitches a column about the Spray-a-Wave Company of Chicago. The firm hires handicapped workers, winning wartime honors and boasting strong safety and production records. The story ties to National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week and ends with the twist that the company’s leader is Mr John, the youngest son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
A reader Q and A section covers topics from schoolroom needs in the U S to phrases origins brain growth salt rising bread the Salton Sea mines and Beaumarchais. It cites figures on classrooms 250000 plus 40000 to 80000 more, brain growth by age four, Salton Sea area and depth, football fatality rate about 25 per 100000, and 600000 hearing aid wearers.
Today you can order the Austin American Information Bureau booklet Dogs for 25 cents. It covers selecting and housebreaking dogs, bathing, breed origins, and the Boxer and Boston Terrier, with 33 leading breeds described and illustrated.
Secret Vaughan Maragon probe details a sunken tin cargo from the SS Luckenbach near Key West in 1942. The Maritime Commission faced pressure from Milwaukee interests and White House aides to award salvage contracts, raising questions about bidding and influence in 1949.
The item surveys Broadway theater shortages, shifts in shows, critic reactions, and radio TV notes. It notes Barbara Stanwyck blasting New York critics, Rodgers and Hammerstein acclaim, Life with Mother fizzle on tour, Lili Palmer on TV, South Pacific cast, The Lady's Not for Burning advance praise, Margaret Truman at stadium games, Kiss Me Kate block song leasing, and ad agency layoffs. It also mentions Byline Ball proceeds, Maria Neglia at the Persian Room, Fritz Kreisler, and musical notes on Gladys Shelley's sweater.
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