Pecans and Prices Stir Texas Growers and Public Taste
The article weighs pecan price floors, PMA policy, and market effects on Texas growers led by Truman Molladay. It notes 1930s price swings from high to low, a large Texas crop, and a nut promotion via Nut House partners in San Saba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman G. Molladay
Holladay
PMA
Secretary of State
E. E. (Tige) Gilbert
State Treasurer's Department
Nut House
San Saba
United States
Texas
Dock Strike Costs Four Million Per Day Heard on this beat
A lengthy report links the West Coast dock strike’s high cost to 1949 politics and US isolationism. It notes daily losses of about 4 million dollars, disruption of meat supplies to Asia, and potential long term unemployment among sailors and longshoremen amid leftist union activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
New York
State Department
West Coast
Orient
Harry Bridges
Fragmented questions mix through a 1948 Post clipping
A scrambled OCR slice covers diverse topics from Eskimo drift to the Barberini Vase and a Duchess of Portland artifact. It includes a whisky versus beer alcohol question, wartime union politics, CIO activity, writers guilds, and a 1948 copyright note from New York Post Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Post Corp
Gillette May Get Back To Senator by a Close Shave
Senate race coverage notes Lieutenant Colonel Paul Douglas of Illinois facing attacks from the right and left as he challenges for the Illinois seat. The piece references political crossfire, party maneuvering, and past Capitol actions shaping midwestern campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillette
Senator
Drew Pearson
Midwest
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Fred Busbey
Chicago Tribune
Douglas
Busbey
The
Tribune
Bill Miller
Progressive Party
Jake Arvey
Chicago
Wallace
Miller
Arvey
Senate
Miller Douglas
Marine Corps
Chicago University
Curley Brooks
Broadway Gossip and Political Campaign Echoes
The item blends 1930s Broadway chatter with politics as Isaac Winchell notes Guy Gillette’s Iowa Senate bid and Dewey’s possible ticket. Kansas farmer Magill and Schoeppel wage campaigns amid wheat prices, while show business anecdotes feature Stella Roman, Edda Mussolini Ciano, Anne Jeffreys, and Tallulah Bankhead with brisk quips and backstage glimpses.
Amending Ballot Proposals Show Mixed Merits and Confusion
The editorial weighs eight proposed amendments from the ballot, endorsing most as minor improvements while doubting others. It highlights complex voting quirks in the Texas presidential ballot and criticizes the ballot design as confusing for voters. Names and places include Travis County, Austin, and Texas electors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Travis County
Texas
United States
Mr. Truman
Warren
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congress Avenue
Truman
Stalin
Russia
Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Paris
Detroit
Tallulah Bankhead
White House Oval Room
Tallulah
Alabama
Harry Truman
Venezuela
Duchess of Portland
Josiah Wedgwood
J. A
CIO
Radio Writers Guild
RCA
Elaine Carrington
Pepper Young
Arizona
New Mexico
Massachusetts
Communist Party
National Youth Council For
Ann Arbor
Mich
Walter Reuther
Butchers Union
Joe Belsky
Kansas
Tortoise Magill
Kate Schoeppel
Dwight Green
Centralia
Green
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
Secretary of the Navy
GOP
Ross Rizley
Oklahoma
Rizley
Cities Service
Republic Natural Gas and Panhandle Eastern Pipeline
Harry Hopkins
Iowa
White House
Guy Gillette
George Magill
Washington
Virginia
Congress
Magill
Andy Schoeppel
Alf Landon
Senator Capper
Capper
Schoeppel
Met
Stella Roman
Capri
Edda Mussolini Ciano
Duce
EMC
Stella
England
France
Switzerland
Bob Sylvester
Anne Jeffreys
My Romance
Sigmund Romberg
Ann
Ronnie
Max Hart
Eddie Cantor
F. Ziegfeld
Mr. Z
Cantor
Hart
Max
Flo
Mike Romanoff
America
Bily Rose
Billy Rose
Talu
Harry Clark
Sticks
Clark
Ingrid Bergman
Sophie Tucker
Tucker
Sam Harris
Harris
Times
Jane Y. McCallum
Austin
Bud
By Herblock
European’ Recovery
Austin, Texa
Sant Iv Enganination ‘ . of
Comnation
Epomineicn
Shee Eat
Associated Press
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!