Coffee Cup Debate: Saucer Loss Sparks Cautious Talk
A satirical column rails at designer Russell Wright who favors removing saucers from cups to cut tableware. Local officials and readers weigh in on practicality and safety, ending with Dave Shanks’s quip to “throw away the cup and keep the saucer.”
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Russell Wright
Wright
Charles E. Green
Claude Voyles
Voyles
Fannie Andrews
Miss Fannie
Life
America
United Nations
Dave Shanks
Shanks
War Impact Presages Boom Epoch in Public Mood
The national Elmo Roper poll for Fortune shows fewer than a third foresee a low mood in two years, down from two thirds a year earlier. After Korea began, many expect higher prices and a possible boom, with wage and farm price expectations shifting and more people planning government bond purchases.
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Elmo Roper
Fortune Magazine
Roper
Consumer Outlook
Fortune
United States
South Korea
Korea
Blocking Sidewalks Ought To Be Stopped
City traffic experts study downtown congestion and call for stronger ordinances to curb sidewalk parking. Vehicles block sidewalks from curb to buildings on Lavaca West 10th and Guadalupe, forcing pedestrians into traffic and oil pits. Enforcement should target habitual offenders and business owners who permit overparking.
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Lavaca
West 10Th
Guadalupe
Courthouse
Lavaca Street
10Th Street
Capitol
Labor Bar to Slave Labor Strike Debate
Washington voices defend a coast wide labor strike against Soviet slave labor imports. The author argues President Truman should not curb the action, claiming it strengthens anti Communist aims and aids wartime morale. He cites local organizers from Pier 18 and Albany, urging support from AFL CIO leaders and action at the Houston convention.
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United States
Truman
American
Europe
Afl-Cio
America
AFL
Houston
Mr. Truman
New York
Irving Brown
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Federation
League For Political Education
League
Labor
Austin American newspaper masthead notes editors and offices
The page lists the Austin American publication details with Louis N. Goldberg as business manager and Charles E. Green as editor. It notes daily publication except Sundays by Newspapers Inc at seventy Colorado Streets, Austin Texas, with Sunday issue by The American Statesman.
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Sevent
Colorado Streets
Austin
Texas
the American Statesman
Truman Pressured by Labor Allies Over Anti-Communist Strikes
A Minneapolis Tribune column argues that President Truman faces labor resistance to the administration policy against Soviet influence. It cites AFL seafarers led by Paul Hall who kept London ports open amid “rolling and exporting” strike tactics, warning the White House not to alienate allied workers worldwide.
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London
Halifax
Paul Hall
Questions and Answers in the Almanac Feature
A Q A page presents trivia on Dorothy Thompson and Germany expulsion, Maryland flag coat of arms, presidents born in log cabins, world languages counts, and almanac offers. It notes Hollywood California postal history with dates Oct 25 1867 and Dec 31 1907, and mentions the claque tradition for theater applause.
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Calvert
Baltimore
Hollywood
Calif
Los Angeles
Washington rounds on North Korea sortie and UN rift
Washington report notes President Truman vents to his doctor about wartime strain and A-bomb worries. UN Security Council chatter centers on China seating and Korea policy, with Warren Austin warning UN members against broader Chinese or Korean interventions and Acheson set to meet Bevin to review Far East policy.
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Washington
Security Council
White House
Wallace Graham
Graham
Truman
Stalin
Korea
Warren Austin
UN Security Council
Austin
China
United States
UN General Assembly
MacArthur
Chiang Kai-shek
Philippines
Chiang
Pacific
Mao Tsetung
Acheson
Bevin
Ambassador Douglas Warns Britain on Russian Machine Tools
Capitol Capsules report Ambassador Douglas warned Britain at the Foreign Office against shipping machine tools to Russia. He told Hector McNeil Britain must cancel Moscow contracts or risk strong anti-British sentiment in the United States. He suggested the United States would offer more Marshall Plan funds to help Britain buy timber and wheat from Russia.
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Douglas
Foreign Office
Washington
Hector McNeil
Britain
Moscow
United States
Russia
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Army Draft Plan Goes for Democratic, Production-Line Training
The Army will draft up to three million men and run a production-line style training program. Trainees will be treated as individuals with 14 weeks of active training, eight weeks of specialized instruction, and about 70 percent in combat fields. Officer training remains limited with one officer candidate school at Fort Riley.
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Truman
Army
Engineers
Quartermaster Corps
Signal Corps
Fort Riley
Kan
Johnson’s Politics Secretary of Defense Johnson faces critique
A Midwestern businessman accused the Johnson administration of losing public confidence over political matters. The exchange involved questions about a prior false economy program connected to Korea and Johnson’s handling of political issues despite his stance as a Democrat and ally to a Republican colleague.
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Omar Bradley
Defense Johnson
MacArthur
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Johnson
Paul Griffith
Lait on Broadway and Washington Inside Cold War Theater
The piece notes Jack Lait on Broadway as Truman addresses Korea and Communism, while General Landry and Harold Stuart vacation in Morocco. It cites midwest manufacturers eyeing war contracts, Pecora supporters in the mayoral race, and fusion talk after a Dewey blast. It mentions the Liberal Party backing Pecora and looming CIA/FBI records battles.
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Truman
Korea
Robert Landry
Air
Harold Stuart
Morocco
Subscription rates in Austin area published by AP
The Austin American prints a brief notice about subscription rates and service terms. The Associated Press dispatch outlines standard rate changes and policy notes for readers and advertisers.
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Austin American
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