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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1950

Page

4

Capital City Traffic Force Handicapped In Effective Work

City police seek budget funds to expand patrols. current force is woefully manned with only one patrol car for South Austin and a single car covering a large north end area. Additional officers would add two more patrol cars and stations, but the accident investigation unit remains underfunded with no new detectives planned.

Austin South North End Highland Park West West 24Th Street West 12Th Street Lamar Boulevard

Quip and Prose Fragments Echo Old News Bits

Irregular clauses touch Ezzard Charles and other figures in a collage of quotes and opinions. The snippets reference politics, marriage, fashion, and social change with satirical edge and dated tone. The fragmentary passages mix cultural references and rough observations.

Johnson in 56: Truman path followed for vice presidency

The editor notes Business Week sees Lyndon Johnson as a potential vice presidential figure, shaping a defense minded path like Truman. It highlights his role chairing the preparedness subcommittee, push for faster production, price controls, and unity among non reelection facing senators.

Business Week People Today Texas Lyndon B. Johnson Senate Harry S. Truman Truman White House Lyndon Johnson Senate Armed Services Committee Johnson National Security Resources Board Stuart Symington Morse Oregon New Deal House Roosevelt S .Johnson

National service proposals widen UMT into broad youth program

Supporters push to expand UMT into a national service act for American youth. The Defense Department bill before the Senate would require one year of training for about 800,000 boys yearly, with options between military or civilian service, beginning at age 18, costing about $2 billion annually and aiming for January 1, 1952, while debating social consequences and civilian control.

Congress Senate Truman House of Congress UMT Defense Department National Security Training Corps Fort Knox UMIT Selective Service Boards Armed Forces Army Navy United States Chamber of Commerce Europe Ellis Island White House Ernst Reuter West Berlin Reuter USA McCarran Langer North Dakota Germany Austria

Tito reforms spark global wealth reshuffle debate

Billy Rose observes historic claims of equal treatment for rulers and people, cites repeated utopian failures from Tibet to Indiana and Oneida, notes Soviet Russia wage gaps after 1935, argues human nature resists true equality, and ends with a quip about Tito’s Cadillac.

Soviet Russia America

Aluminum presence in foods and body and other trivia

Q A covers aluminum in water and foods as a normal body constituent. It also notes the first lightning rod on Franklin's Philadelphia house in 1749 and historical ship counts in World War III, plus details on presidential staff and veteran discharge button placement.

J.R.R. A Benjamin Franklin Market Street Philadelphia G.T. A Benjamin Harrison White House Harrison Indianapolis Alice B. Sanger

Children’s Animal Picture Book offer from Austin American

Booklet promotes a children friendly animal guide illustrated with photographs from the American Museum of Natural History. Describes life and habits of popular animals in simple language for parents to use in answering questions. Send 20 cents to Austin American Information Bureau in Washington DC.

American Museum of Natural History Austin American Information Bureau Eye Street N.W Washington D. C

The Austin American front matter and editors listed

The Austin American shows Louis N. Goldberg as business manager and Charles E. Green as editor. It notes publication every morning except Sunday by Newspapers Inc with the Sunday issue titled The American Statesman. Located at Seventh and Colorado Streets in Austin Texas, dated October 30 1950.

The Austin American Louis N. Goldberg Charles E. Green Newspapers, Inc Seventh and Colorado Streets Austin Texas the American- Statesman Renee Fenstall Congress Uared Austin Statesman United States

Washington Merry-Go-Round Dazes Iowa Senatorial Race

In Republican Iowa, the Democrats exploit Hickenlooper’s attendance record and past probes. The piece notes controversies over Old Hector whisky and P-60 anti-freeze purchases, with Governor hopeful Lester Gillette criticizing GOP choices. It also covers McCarran Act fallout affecting European visitors and Austria, plus Cold War tensions and international notes.

Washington Iowa Hector Senate al Loveland US Department of Agriculture GOP Bourke Hickenlooper Senate Agriculture Committee Loveland Agriculture Committee Sen. Hickenlooper Atomic Energy Commission State Department Des Moines Register-Tribune W. W. Waymack Army Commission Hickenlooper Joe McCarthy Rourke Korea Clyde Spry Iowa State College US Bureau of Standards Washnae Spry Lester Gillette

Walter Winchell on Broadway

Walter Winchell column notes Broadway gossip and theater buzz including Dashiel Hammett programs TV headaches Yuletide Musicians Union actions Cole Porter fee for Out of This World Frank Sinatra figures Billy Eckstine MGM contract and other Show Biz items with dates and places in New York.

Times Square Dashiel Hammett J. Gunther Musicians’ Union Terry Swope Sony “Goodman Tune- Pan Allegues Frankie Laine Heller Billie ‘Reynolds Seatit Cotignecy Wil Komarmaan Wineymoon D. Wallace Westport Conn Ford Int'l Jimmy Kelly Greenwich Village Aie Billy Eckstine MGM L. B. Mayer Bossman Metro Eckstine Loew State Ridge B’way

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