Austin Traffic Not Worst in Texas After All
The Austin Police Traffic Bureau counts about 55 000 vehicles in the metro area and notes five fatalities since June but says other Texas cities inch ahead in danger. Captain Blackman and Sergeant Garrison cite drivers weaving between lanes and pedestrians as main hazards, while education and signals remain key tools.
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Austin
Texas
R. D
Thorp
Boss
Cen
W. W. Blackman
A. E. Garrison
Capt. Blackman
Ed Garrison
Blackman
Bergstrom
Bureau
Congress
Guadalupe Street
Dallas Highway
South Congress
Barton Springs Road
Riverside Drive
Garrison
Optimist and pessimist in oyster wisdom
A short reflective quip contrasts optimism seeking a pearl with pessimism about stew. It notes that success often comes to those who stay ready without relying on fortune telling. The piece comments on youth and freshness without extra context or names.
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State Department
Russia
Ole Olson
Olson
Johnson
Chick Johnson
Korea
Butlin project in Texas faces wind up of Bahamas venture
Austin observers weigh the fate of Butlin and Critchley plans for a Texas Vacation Villages on Lake Austin as Bahamas bankruptcy prompts possible asset shifts. London reports of the Bahamas unit collapse arise while Butlin denies his firm’s involvement, citing 10 million pounds in assets.
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Austin
Butlin
Texas
Lake Austin
William E. Butlin
London
Bahamas
Alfred Cecil Critchley
Bede Clifford
United States
Highland Lakes
Critchley
Sir Bede
New York
Butlin’s, Ltd
Butlin Group
Critchley Group
General Critchley
Gen. Critchley
Clifford
Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
Lakes
Texas Vacation Villages, Inc
England
Theater rally exposes stage stars backing anti Soviet push
A Times Square rally for the Crusade for Freedom features Gypsy Rose Lee Basil Rathbone and Jose Ferrer among performers denouncing Soviet influence. The author critiques Myron McCormick and Herman Shumlin for past pro communist fronts while praising anti communist sentiment and demand for humility from favored artists.
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Sardi’s
Majestic Theater
South Pacific
Gypsy Rose Lee
Basil Rathbone
Ole Olson
Howard
Father
Lindsay
Jose Ferrer
Myron
McCormick
North Pacific
Soviet Russia
Times Square
Crusade For Freedom
Clay
Tallulah Bankhead
Mr. Ferrer
Jean Muir
Herman Shumlin
Bud
Answers and Facts From Various Fields
A Q and A column covers muscled weight in men about half of body mass, U S reclaimed land housing nearly five million people with thousands of farms and towns, Manx cats with mostly tailless tails traced to Isle of Man and Far East origins, cloverleaf highway design as four ramp grade separation, sparkling wines bottled during fermentation with CO2 in solution, hurricane risk spans all of Florida with no designated belt per Weather Bureau.
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United States
G.S.F. A
Florida
C.B
Los Angeles
Jack Hardy
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Tertie
Margaret
Charlie
Jack
Hardy
GOP
Georgia Sibley
Fay Helm
Halls of
Congress
Munitions Board failures cited amid election rhetoric
Washington column accuses candidates of misrepresenting records while detailing the Munitions Board’s alleged inefficiency under Chairman Hubert Howard. It notes delayed leadership, stockpile shortages in wool and aluminum, and lack of wartime production plans impacting Korea operations.
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Hubert Howard
Munitions Board
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pearl Harbor
Korea
Inchan
Far East
Seoul
Armed Services
Aluminum Company of America
Coal Company
Stuart Symington
Howard
White House
Europe
Broadway gossip and power players swirl in Walter Winchell column
Elliott Roosevelt’s new belle Genie Byfield tops a celebrity web that includes Rex Harrison Hollywood moves John Raskob’s last gift to Impellitteri campaign fund Senator Johnson denying plans to ban Ingrid and other stresses of New York society. Public figures, hotel clans, theater legends, and media powerhouses mingle in a rapid-fire roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Roosevelt
Genie Byfield
Chicago
Rex Harrison
Hollywood
John Raskob
Impellitteri
Johnson
Ingrid
Sec’y
The
Treasury
Snyder
Drucilla
Maj
J. E. Horton
George Raft
Julie Wilson
Sportsman S. Hammond
Raft
Norma Eberhardt
Artie Shaw
Ava Gardner
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Lorraine Barnes
Oklahoma
Commerce Clearing House
California
Arizona
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Bud Wilkinson
Roy J. Turner
James E. Berry
By Fitzpatrick
Victor Riesel
Eighth Avenue
Berlin
Gypsy Lee
Myron McCormick
Mary Martin
Hazel Scott
Isle of Man
Japan
E.D.C
Austin American
Louis N. Goldberg
Washington
Drew Pearson
Agriculture Department
Walter Winchell
Broadway
George Bernard Shaw i
20Th Century-Fox Epanee
Orson Billingsley
Sarah Churchill
Hanley
Gannett Gazettes
Fdr
Lloyd’s of London
Taegu
Normandy
Noel Field
Eric von Stroheim
Stuart Fisher
Adelaide Bartt
Air Force
Rangers
Bud Palmer
Knickerbockers
Fay Caulkins
Croonex
Johnny Parker
Jackie Loughery
R. K. Heimann
Dick van Patten
Mary Malone
Mr. Roberts
Miami Beach
Roney Plaza
Pat
Roney
American Legion
Louis Johnson
Don Wilson
Carl Marzani
Admiral Byrd
Robert Lowell Moore Jr
Sheraton
Joan Lawrence
Armando
Sylvia Porter
New Y York Post
Adam Hats
Jane Shaler
George Washington Hill
American Tobacco Tycoon
Guncay
Daliio
Usten & Ac
He Sodalinn
Sunn Tod Ueber
Lal
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
National Organization
Recubucation
Nnmae
Toe
Tmcuoirs
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