Polio Center Hopes Spark South Austin Debate
Polio Inc faces neighborhood opposition as it seeks a treatment center site in Austin amid protests over locating near residential districts. Citizens urge reuse of Stacy’s pool at East Live Oak and Blum Creek for warm-water therapy, while donors consider private sites and a city-wide push for funds.
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JO Ann Eicom
Austin American
Polio, Inc
South Austin
East Live Oak
Blum Creek Drive
Carl Hardin Jr
Austin
Eleanor Malone
Travis County
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Brackenridge Hospital
Brackenridge
Taylor Glass
Labor unions and racketeering clash shadowed by crime lore
A sweeping column traces Mickey Howard's hidden ties to the Cohen era rackets and Lepke Buchalter era plots. It also surveys labor politics led by Walter Reuther, unemployment trends, and AFL CIO activity including international graft fears, wage data, and upcoming elections shaping labor power.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Howard
Mickey Cohen
Howard
Murder, Inc
Comners
Lepke Buchalter
Lepke
Horowitz
New York
Liu Ning-yi
Peiping
All Asia
Finland
AFL
Arizona
CIO
Electrical Workers Union
Two New State Agencies Take Over Welfare Duties
The Youth Development Council and the Board for Hospitals and Special Schools begin full administration of welfare programs. The councils aim to reduce reliance on institutions by broadening youth welfare, while the eleemosynary board will improve housing and medical care for state wards. Texas seeks improved policy and admin expertise through these reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youth Development Council
Board For
Eleemosynary Board
Texas
Empty skulls drift into Congress and more opinions now
A humorous mix of quips notes Washington skulls drifting into Congress and debate over meat costs. A Michigan sheriff allows prisoners extra sleep until 6 30 a m since they have nowhere to go. A fashion expert calls women outfits extemporaneous while a philosopher favors indoor reading during storms. Government bonds are pitched as future best interest.
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Natural History Museum
Washington
Congress
Washington Warry Go Round Truman Adviser Lobby Work Irks Congressmen
President Truman faced criticism over White House Council of Economic Advisers member John D. Clark accused by Rep Wright and Rep Carroll of quietly lobbying to restore basing point price systems. The article notes Clark previously backed the FTC, shifts after a Supreme Court ruling against Standard Oil, and broader anti monopoly tensions in Congress.
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Robert S. Allen Washington
Truman
John D. Clark
White House Council of Economic Advisers
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Supreme Court
Wright
Texas
John Carroll
D-Colo
House
Patman
Carroll
Clark
White House
Federal Trade Commission
Homer Capehart
R-Ind
FTC
Michigan
McCormack Seen As Front-Runner For CIA Post
Alfred McCormack a wartime Pentagon intelligence colonel and New York attorney leads the field for civilian head of the CIA. Admiral Hillenkoetter, current CIA chief, resists loss of power amid a push for civilian leadership and notes a recent Syrian army coup that caught the agency flatfooted. McCormack entered Army G-2 under Henry Stimson and has practiced corporate law since 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred McCormack
Pentagon
New York
Central Intelligence Agency
Roscoe Hillenkoetter
CIA
Marshal Zaim
McCormack
Henry Stimson
Suppressed ECA Report Sparks House Senate Clash
The Marshall Plan watchdog committee faces Senate calls to continue while the House opposes. The panel withholds a critical French attitude report for over two months as it fights for another 350000 to keep operating. The report blames poor French outreach for the vast plan’s opacity.
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United States
France
Europe
America
Communist Party
New York
Bell Syndicate, Inc
House
Senate
Congress
Broadway Lady Joyce Simpson Tales Spark Gossip
The essay notes Joyce Simpson, a Texas native once linked to Mayor O Dwyer, is not a model but a style and fabrics consultant for Sterns. It mentions her Paris tour, prior annulment by Catholic procedure, and silent mayoral stance on private life amid Chicago power broker Tom Chamales retiring to Yakima. It also briefly recalls seltzer nostalgia and a Paris cosmetic technique trend.
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Bill O'Dwyer
Joyce Simpson
Consant
Stern
Paris
Brussels
Rome
O'Dwyer
Tom Chamales
Chicago
Kenna
John” Coughlin
S. Wabash Avenue
Commercial
Yakima
Wash
Coty
Jean Despres
Joan Crawford
Mr. Despres
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Polio Center
Hardin
Auto Union
Walter Reuther
Republican Party
Hartford
Conn
GOP
National Committee
Ohio
New York City
Bill Large
Dave Dubinsky
India
Nehr
Carey E. Haigler
CIO Eictor
Alabama
Ku Klux
Pro- Commie
High United Electrical Workers
Canadian Seamen’s Union
Commie
Louisiana Gulf Coast
Labor Department
Moscow
Conference of Peace Partisans
China
Brazil
Italy
Irving Abramson
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Carrara
Ers
Bleck
Phil Kaiser
Labor
Justice Black
Kaiser
Poland
Maurice Tobin
Terest
Stormy Davis
Kyle Vick
G. C. Morris
Allan Shivers
Beauford Jester
Sen
Morris
Gov. Shivers
Greenville
Humphl
By Herblock
Warry
Drew Pearson
Robert $. Allen
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
Pyramid Lake
McCarran
ECA
Jack Lait
Seltzer
A. Ae
Act of Congress
The
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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