Annexation and Highway Deterioration Highlight City Debates
The piece critiques Texas highway signage from Port Arthur to Galveston as a public relations failing while reporting on City of Central Texas plans. It notes Mayor Taylor Glass pushing for a Negro golf course and discusses annexation timing affecting tax rolls, zoning hearings, and alcohol sale controversies.
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Galveston
Texas
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Gulf
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Beverly Sheffield
Glass
Iloss
World of headlines mocks and muses in midcentury chatter
A collage of quotes and quips on politics and society captures postwar moods. McCarthy vows to fight communism while opinions on Russia arms grow. Truman urges restraint. Figures discuss social change, conversation, and the burdens of military and gender expectations in a skeptical, wry tone.
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Reds
Real Self Must Find True Expression
A Greenwich Village resident recalls a man with a Harvard accent telling a woman his life arc from Harvard degree to a failed play, then a piano finally a symphony, with critics noting echoes of Odets, Saroyan, ONeill, Sibelius, Wagner and Debussy before turning to painting.
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Answers and Q A from The Austin American Information Bureau
A reader asks questions from Nobel prize funds to Ash Wednesday origins and insulation tips. The piece provides concise factual answers on Nobel bequest amounts, World War durations, telescope sizes, religious beards, tangerine naming, jade virtues, life insurance, Ash Wednesday history, and insulation savings.
Two Major Civic Gains In Store For Austin
The Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Junior Chamber of Commerce vote to place financing for a municipal auditorium and convention center atop this fall’s bond issue. The 100 member committee reports the project will pay its own operating costs and generate about one million dollars yearly in new convention revenue for Austin, supporting growth across the city.
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Austin Chamber of Commerce
Tom Miller
Auditorium Committee
Greater Austin
Miller
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Glass
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Central Texas
Emma_ Long
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Webster Tower Dictionary and Atlas promoted in readers letters
Readers praise Webster's Illustrated Tower Dictionary and Atlas a 378 page reference with over 25000 definitions and extras including legal and musical terms, population tables, earth statistics and 16 pages of world maps. Order form requests 40 cents to Austin American Information Bureau Washington DC.
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American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N. E
Washington
D.C
Washington Tempers Flare Over Marine Corps Fallout
President Truman faced pressure from DNC Chairman Bill Boyle Attorney General McGrath and Leslie Biffle to retract remarks criticizing the Marine Corps. After intense urging Truman dictated a formal apology to General Clifton B. Cates amid threats of a Marine Corps League resolution.
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Marine Corps
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Democratic National Committee
McGrath
Leslie Biffle
Senate
Truman
White House
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Biffle
Clifton B. Cates
Marine Corps League
Clay Nixon
Mel Maas
Minnesota
Maas
United States
United States Marine Corps
Truman’s Feud With Byrnes Shapes South Carolina Politics
The President’s clashes with Jimmie Byrnes cost him sway in South Carolina as Byrnes sought governor power. Truman’s caustic letter to Bernard Baruch, though understandable, harmed him more by undermining Baruch’s influence and blocking Mon Wallgren for the National Security Resources Board chair.
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South Carolina
Byrnes
White House
Truman
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
Byrd
Mon Wallgren
National Security Resources Board
Truman Attacks and Imagines Backstage in Public
The article notes President Truman describes an alleged incident with two pearl-handled revolvers and a threat to shoot. The writer doubts the event ever occurred while praising some of Truman’s goals and criticizing his methods. It suggests Truman should use copyreaders to temper wartime letters.
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Truman
H.S.T
Marine Corps
Congress
Bob Hannegan
Mr. Truman
The
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Jack Lait On Broadway: Warmth in Politics Debates Fame
Journalist Jack Lait argues public appeal in governors and presidents comes from character over glitz. He cites Dewey, Roosevelt, Bryan, Cleveland, Lehman, Taft and others, praising diverse traits that win trust beyond photogenic showmanship.
AP News Dispatched Material Reprinted In Local Paper
The local newspaper carries AP news dispatches and exclusive rights to republication of AP content. The Associated Press grants exclusive use of its local pews material printed here.
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