Christmas Seals Aid Austin TB Fight and Health Work
The Austin community supports the Travis County Tuberculosis Association as Christmas Seals fund ongoing health efforts. Dr. Ben M. Primer notes 1949 County TB deaths at 52 with 20,600 X-rays detecting 404 definite TB cases. The campaign aims to uncover about 2,500 undetected cases and fund health education, schools, and public health services in Austin and Travis County.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin
Travis County Tuberculosis Association
Travis County
Texas
Ben M. Primer
Medical Society
State
Texas Personnel and Management Association
Winter notes and old Derby hat remarks
A reflective piece laments fuel shortages and patience for winter readiness. It humorously notes a Derby hat aging well and comments on social rituals around cocktails in a small town.
Tax ceiling debate pits Austin residents against council plans
The editorial argues the city council may raise the assessment basis to 100 percent for bond funding, shifting tax burdens without a direct vote. It warns that weakening citizen control risks taxation without representation and urges added safeguards in the City Charter while defending public accountability.
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Austin
Critics, critics, critics and a taste for fun in culture
A humorous take on avoiding drama critics in favor of enjoying art for fun. The piece contrasts reading reviews with attending Call Me Madam and highlights personal taste in music painting and poetry while noting dividends trend and tax implications for 1950 corporate earnings and stockholder payouts.
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New York
Imperial Theater
Kate
Rudyard Kipling
T. S. Eliot
Kipling
Eliot
Department of Commerce
General Motors
Chrysler
du Pont
Answers and Facts From the Q and A Feature
A compilation of reader questions and expert replies covers census practice on American Indians before 1940, Amelia Bloomer's clothing choice, causes of premature birth, loco weeds and their effects on livestock, and Mt Stalin in Tajikistan at 24 000 feet. Names include Amelia Jenks Bloomer and Tajikistan.
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Soviet Russia
Mt. Stalin
Garma
Tajikistan
Soviet Union
Central Asia
Puzzles Tricks and i booklet offer from Austin American
Today’s booklet offers entertainment for all ages and a workout for the mind. It promises mathematics problems word puzzles enigmas paper puzzles and simple magic. Order by sending 15 cents to the Austin American Information Bureau 1200 Eye Street NW Washington DC.
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Austin
American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D.C
Henry L Stimson Pushed Peace Despite Opposition
Henry L. Stimson, former Secretary of State and War, died last week. He endured GOP and White House doubts while pressing for disarmament and League of Nations revival. His efforts culminated in support for a future international armed peace and a consultative pact.
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Henry L. Stimson
Hoover Administration
State Department
Mr. Stimson
Bill Flythe
INS
Lyle Wilson
Fiorello la Guardia
Congress
War Department
Stimson
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Taft
FDR
Frank B. Kellogg
Kellogg
League of Nations
White House
Herbert Hoover
GOP
Manchuria
Pearl Harbor
Korea
Asia
China
Europe
Lake Geneva
United Nations
Henry Stimson
Leon
Senator McCarthy
Drew Pearson
Walter Winchell on Broadway notes from a renewed cold war era
Walter Winchell reflects on the Hitler won the war theory and U S postwar policy. He cites Bonn banning pianist Elly Ney and notes Nazi connections through Walter Gieseking. He references Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker and postwar clemency, rearmament of Western Germany, and Soviet hard liners.
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FDR
Hitler
Bonn
Elly Ney
Elly
Walter Gieseking
Baron Carl von Merck
South America
Panama Canal Zone
Aires
John J. McCloy
Ernst von Weizsaecker
Germany
Russia
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Eleanor
the Imperial
Ethel Merman
Paul Lukas
Berlin
George Abbott
Utrillo
Federal Reserve System
Bureau of International Revenue
Bureau of Internal Revenue
United States
Bureau of the Census
Amelia Jenks Bloomer
DH. H. A
Louis N. Goldberg
Austin American
Charles E. Green
Newspapers, Inc
Seventh and
Colorado Streets
the American Statesman
Washington
World Police
London
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Truman
Brooks Atkinson
N. Y
Congressional
Toa
Renee Rene Tee
Mareh
The
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
TED Press
Associated Press
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