Capital City Court Wing Aims to Consolidate Police Courts
The plan calls for a north courthouse wing to house city and county law enforcement in one building. If the proposed $300,000 bond issue is approved, it could preserve $180,000 in police court bond revenues for the city’s sinking fund and curb future tax-rate increases.
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William J. Weeg
Travis County
Wnder
Fifth
Red River
Public Square
Fourth
San Antonio
District Court
Police Courts
Professor Says Old Paths Are Gone Should Take Up Golf
The text reflects on changing times with a professor invoking golf as a remedy and notes on extinct Struthiomimus Altus, an ostrichlike reptile. It mentions origins of wild silkworms in the Orient and contrasts old whip punishment with modern therapy at school. It also references Alger Hiss, the Pentagon, and a radio announcer’s flair.
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Earth
Orient
Metropolitan Museum
Frans Hals
State Moves To Revise Water Laws And Expand Legislative Bodies
New Ground Near for Revamping Two state activities begin this week with the Water Code Commission and the Legislative Council holding first meetings. The water revision panel includes House and Senate members and governor appointees. The Legislative Council, chaired by Governor Morris, will study and suggest reorganizing state services and agencies. A legislative budget committee will parallel the budget process without replacing executive authority. Dairy Products Institute of Texas also plans a Austin headquarters and staff to advance dairy farming standards and public relations with government agencies. George M. Clarke named to lead the institute’s administrative work.
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Legislative Council
House
Senate
Allan Shivers
Durwood Manford
G. C. Morris
Morris
Mantford
Legislative Budget Committee
Legislative Audit Committee
Executive Budgetmaking Authority
Legislative Branch
Dairy Products Institute of Texas
Austin
George M. Clarke
Texas
Austin Eyes One-Way Streets as Traffic Grows
The Austin City Council weighs one-way streets to ease downtown congestion. Growth along Lavaca Guadalupe and other radiating streets has increased traffic, with parking and new hotel developments adding pressure. Officials say one-ways may help but are not a full solution, though benefits merit exploration.
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Austin
San Antonio
Houston
Lavaca
Guad
West Fourth
The Gallery Swindle of the Dutch Masterpieces
A magazine narrator recalls a con involving a gallery worker's wife, a gullible older husband, and a con artist who sold five forged 17th century Dutch paintings for eighty thousand dollars. The ruse ended with the husband’s death and the wife inheriting a fake collection as per the will.
Answers and Facts From The Austin American 1949 Quiz
A compiled Q and A sheet covers changes in national defense naming, ship trousers history, teacher salaries by state, rhubarb origins, largest fish, 1948 strike activity, a book offer on presidents, bat bite myths, Civil War draft ages, lieutenant governor absence, and school desk ergonomics. Key items include law changing National Military Establishment to Department of Defense, and figures for California and New York salaries.
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National Military Establishment
Department of Defense
Department
Secretary of Defense
Navy Oper 23 Propaganda Unit Aims to Undercut Unification
Washington report details a secret Navy publicity bureau named Operation 23 with 12 officers and 17 enlisted men led by Captain Arleigh Burke. It allegedly smears the Army and Air Forces to block unification while coordinating with Admiral Radford and others amid other defense publicity concerns.
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Drew Pearson Washington
80Th Congress
Army
Byrd
Virginia
Navy
Arleigh Burke
Thomas Davies
Arthur Radford
Naval Board
Symington and Johnson
Broadway Notes and Cultural Snippets Across the Nation
A collage of Broadway chatter with jokes about Vaughan and Gallup, jokes about Peron and Hitler, plus campus banter between a drama dean and students. Pamela anecdotes include a co ed sighting, Delilah jokes, and press satire on entertainment figures.
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Geo. P. Baker
Satdee
Michigan
Anley
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