City Hall Favors Open Talk On Bond Issue And Tax Hikes
City Manager Walter Seaholm presents a blunt assessment showing bond debt and a slim general fund forcing higher taxes or reduced services. The plan relies on advisory support to persuade voters while Negro leaders seek guarantees on employment and hospital access. A new dump site near St. Edwards University and a possible municipal auditorium near the Coliseum are discussed amid current building activity concerns.
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City Hall
Times
Walter Seaholm
Seaholm
East Side
Everett Givens
Brackenridge Hospital
Givens
St. Edward's University
Taylor Glass
City Coliseum
Coliseum
R. D. Thorpehat
Capitol
Thorp
Chamber of Cammerce
Atomic Explosives Hit Record Pace As Shortages Loom
The piece notes rising production of atomic explosives alongside warnings of food shortages and black market speculation. It reflects on postwar scarcity fears and cultural quips about diets, entertainment, and town life, pairing social commentary with economic anxiety.
Nightmare Visit From Old Teacher Echoes in Billy Rose Tale
Billy Rose recounts a surreal dream where Miss McNeill, his former P. S. 44 teacher, visits his office seeking tickets and tests his memory with arithmetic and grammar challenges. The twist ends as his wife awakens him from a nightmare, echoing the day’s fatigue.
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Joe
Miss McNeill
Billy
Miss McNeil
Eleanor
Billy Rose
Austin’s rapid growth faces planning and transport strain
As Austin surges from about 53 000 to 153 000 population in a year, city officials weigh bond funded water light sewer street and building projects. They push for industrial zones, a new auditorium, bus terminals and expanded traffic planning to avert chaos. Texas motor fuel plant in Brownsville aims to convert dry gas to liquid fuels, boosting state fuel capacity.
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Austin
Wth
Economic Development Foundation
Fic
West Fourth Street
Texas
Florida
Brownsville
Q and A from The Austin American Information Bureau
A reader questions facts answered by The Austin American Information Bureau. Topics include Montreal inland port distance from sea and NFPA model fireworks law adoption, mink kits, voter registration history, parasol ants leaf transport, and the origin of lumbago from Latin lumbus.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
Washington, D.C
Montreal
Canada
New York
North America
National Fire Protection Association
International Association of Chiefs of Police
NFPA
Truman and Marshall Close Personal Friendship Echoed in Leesburg Tale
The article recalls a close friendship between President Truman and General George Marshall illustrated by a Leesburg visit over a grave mix up. It notes ongoing tensions with MacArthur and the joint chiefs over guerilla tactics and infiltrating behind enemy lines in Korea.
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Washington
Truman
George Marshall
Leesburg
Gen. Marshall
Marshall
Edward D. Baker
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Sen
Morse
Sen. Baker
Library of Congress
Col. Baker
Sen. Morse
Gen. MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Forrest Sherman
Joe Lawton Collins
Tokyo
Korea
MacArthur
Wire-Tap mystery hints at high level links and contempt
The piece outlines Henry Grunewald’s possible ties to Sen. Brewster and Pan American in tapping Howard Hughes and his lawyers, with Grunewald refusing to answer Senate questions and the committee weighing contempt. It notes ties to Lt Joe Shimon and concerns over wiretaps amid Washington politics. It ends with a separate FBI nickel-dye theft anecdote.
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Henry Grunewald
Wittess
Senate
Grunwald
Pan American Airways
Sen. Brewster
Maine
Howard Hughes
Trans World Airlines
Pan American
Washington
Hughes
Frances Dustin
Brewster
Grunewald
Senate Committee
Joe Shimon
Sen
TWA
Pan Am
USA
Moscow
Jack Lait On Broadway Lost Star Valeska Suratt
Journalist recounts recollections of Valeska Suratt once a Broadway and film star. He recalls their collaboration on Spice and her peak as a vaudeville and screen performer, her later religious writing, and a possible radio return. Suratt, born Terre Haute, remains a vivid figure of early American theater.
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Fox
Suratt
Terre Haute
Ind
Valeska
Keith- Orpheum
Winter Garden
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