New Approach Develops for State Problems in Texas
The Texas Legislature shifts to unpaid volunteer groups to study and reform state government. Joint Legislative Budget and Audit panels join clerks, lay members, officials, and lawmakers in codifying laws and assessing agency efficiency. The movement follows youth survey and Gilmer Aikin reforms, now shaping higher education reconsideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Gilmer-Aikin
Legislative Council
Joint Water Code Commission
Gilmer-Aikin Commission
T. S. Painter
University of Texas
Quirky Clippings Highlight Oddball Notes
A patchwork of witty lines mentions a cocker spaniel winning a flea contest a jilted real estate claim and a truck driver missing tires. The piece muses on juvenile conduct seasonal guesses Christmas questions and humorous observations about sausage varieties in Russia and career choices.
California old age aid clash mirrors Texas reform debate
California fights an amendment to let the Legislature set elderly and blind aid levels, potentially shifting funds to counties and raising property taxes. Texans weigh similar welfare stakes as water conservation talks and a Time watch plant boosts Texas manufacturing capacity with 500 workers needed at full output.
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California
Texas
Tion
Abilene
Connecticut
Arkansas
Southwest
Purchase Prudence and the Steel Strike Crisis
The piece argues that fear of a broad spending slowdown could cripple the economy if steel and coal strikers’ families are pushed into poverty. It notes President Truman’s aides seek a 15 day settlement, praising Phil Murray and warning of broader welfare-tax impacts and possible government intervention to prevent statism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Joe
Truman
Jamaica
Lewis
Phil Murray
Murray
Moscow Radio
Philip Murray
CIO
Steel Industry
US Steel
New York Post Corp
Questions and Answers from a historic glossary page
A compiled Q and A style excerpt covers name meaning Winona in Dakota, the gasoline engine’s invention lineage from Abbe d Hautefeuille to Lenoir and Otto, Speaker voting rules in the House, government plant care brochures, and a note on tax compliance for admissions. It also records the Gold Star Mothers Club organized in Washington, DC on June 4, 1928 and incorporated January 5, 1929.
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Abbe d'Hautefeuille
Lenoir
N. A. Otto
Gold Star Mother's Club
H.C.B. A
Gold Star Mother's Association
Washington, D. C
Washington Roundup Exposes Leaks and Navy Rift
In a chaotic Washington Roundup, John L. Lewis accuses Southern coal operators of leaking a closed session report, while Dan Kimball presses Navy officers to air solutions at a Monterey gathering. Senators rail on isolationism, Nehru faces State Department misgivings, and maritime expenses draw scrutiny as Russia moves in Iran and China eyes diplomatic recognition.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
John Owens
Southern
Owens
Joseph Moody
Southern Coal Producers
Moody
Mr. Lewis
Navy
Dan Kimball
Kimball
Monterrey
Calif
Arthur Radford
Gerald F. Bogan
Louis Johnson
Adm. Bogan
Adm. Radford
Tom Connolly
Texas
George Malone
Nevada
Connally
Malone
Congress
Nehru
India
State Department
USA
United States
Cain
Senate
Magnuson
New Orleans
Sen. Cain
Honolulu
Walla Walla
Boston
Hardy
Norfolk
Alert
Lindsay Warren
Maritime Commission
Commission
US Lines
American Lines
American President Lines
Able Expenditures Committee
William Dawson
Illinois
Iran
Azerbaijan
London
Britain
China
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Broadway Lightnotes and Critics Roundup
A lively 1949 Broadway stage and film column surveys critics, premieres, and industry tidbits. Anne of the Thousand Days praised. Miss Liberty and South Pacific noted as box-office bright spots. Names like Wyman, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Ruth Chatterton, Maurice Evans, and Jane Russell appear along with upcoming shows and cinema plans.
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Anne
Broadway
Philco
W. Morehouse
Wally Cox
The
Blue Angel
Dwight Wiman
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
Ruth Chatterton
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Raymond Brooks
Capitol
Austin American
Qohio
Russia
Editors
Austin
Centex
House
Bers
Central Texas
John D. McCall
Dallas
Brazos River
Victor Bouldin
Houston
Durwood Manford
R. Dean Moorhead
Moorhead
Water Code Commission
Code Commission
Time Corpora
By Herblock
Pune
Bureau
Eye Street
D. C
Austin American Information
Winona
House of Pagrecentatives
Austin American Information Bureau
Capital News
Shippina
Bonanza
Porter Hardy
Virginia
Michael Arlen
Mr. Charming
Sylvia Sidney
Roberta Quinlan
Maurice Evans
Winter Garden
Jane Russell
Variety
P.S
Zanuck U
Vic Mature
Hollywood Aggies
Lizabeth Scott
Christopher Columbus
Fredric March
Roseanna McCoy
Hatfields
McCoys
Cupid
Arristocrats
Col
Lem Q. Stoopnagle
F. Chase Taylor
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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