Austin Foresees 1960 Population At 225000 Peak
City plans a $9,983,000 bond program for five years with street bridge water sewer library recreation airport and fire station projects and a $10,000,000 school request raising total to $19,983,000. Officials expect utility service demand rise and weigh tax or rate hikes while Austin aims for 182,000 population by 1955 and 225,000 by 1960.
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Austin
William J. Weeg
Fort Worth
Waco
Lubbock
Texas prison board aims for self support through production
Texas Prison Board officials told lawmakers the system is on track to become self supporting or near it. They cited a 4 million dollar rehabilitation program and expanded livestock, vegetable, and cotton production to supply state needs. The plan includes continued appropriations for growth as inmate labor and farm operations generate broader state profits.
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Texas Prison Board
Legislative Budget Board
Board of Control Budget Staff
Huntsville
Texas
Texas Prison Costs and Delinquency Aimed at Reducing Inmate Population
A Texas analysis argues prison funding remains a net drain but shows costs per inmate are among the lowest nationwide. It links postwar inmate growth to juvenile delinquency and support programs, noting reforms aim to halve youth detentions and rely on a self supporting system through prudent policy.
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Texas
Hollywood Crusade to Rid Red Influence From Film World
In 1950 the industry seeks to purge Communist influence from Hollywood actors writers and technicians. Studios organize classes to teach morality and self restraint while unions push self policing and a public campaign to boost box office. Critics warn against past purges and call for fair trials before blacklist actions.
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Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
Ashington
New York
Red
Jeff Kibre
Kibre
Fishermen's Union
Harry Bridges
Alaska
Korea
Hollywood 10
Red Fronts
Parables and images mingle in a quirky column
A nature note laments wildlife loss yet jokes about honky tonk life. A playful line notes a father carrying his first-born’s photo in his wallet, highlighting common parental pride amid light anecdotes.
Answers From The Austin American Information Bureau
A reader questions on topics from tobacco terms to biblical origins. The Q A format covers wooden ear meaning in tobacco, earthworm excavation, Can Can origins in Paris, Black Widow naming, Neem medicinal properties in India, Ninbidin malaria treatment, and where Old and New Testaments were written.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N. M
Washington, D. C
India
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
W.T. A
Holy Land
St. Paul
St. John Probaly
Ephesus
Washington Army Go Round House Freshman Given Johnson Oyster Credit
Senate hearings feature General Collins defending Korea strategy and training limits due to equipment shortages. He cites improved weapons like super bazookas and a plastics relief-map process, while senators press on mobilization and a resignation-era political frictions surrounding Secretary Johnson and Secretary Chapman.
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Washington Army
Johnson
Washington
Congress
Army
Joe Collins
Korea
Formosa
Collins
Senate Armed Services Committee
Japan
National Guard
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Senate
Cherbourg
Normandy
Kentucky
Virgil Chapman
Byrd
Virginia
United Nations
Senate Interior Committee
Frank T. Bow
Andrew Schoeppel
Kansas
Interior
Oscar Chapman
Joe O’mahoney
Wyoming
Chapman
Bow
House Committee On unAmerican
House Committee
O'Mahoney
Old Harness Committee
Harness Committee
Jim Murray
Montana
Jack Lait On Broadway
Jack Lait discusses figures in politics and culture with notes on Roosevelt successors and Marshall. He comments on Ted Collins Yankees and a proposed Soviet replica city idea, plus a controversial novel titled Taffy by Philip B. Kaye and its portrayal of urban neglect. Crown will publish this shocker Oct. 11.
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Jack Lait
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Secretary of the Navy
Francis Patrick Matthews
Louis Johnson
Junior
Teddy
Roosevelt Navy
Roosevelt
Ted Collins
New York
Yankees
Ted
Kate Smith
Kate
Harry G. Green
S. Homan Ave
Chicago
Russia
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Philip B. Kaye
Crown
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Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
Amarillo
O. S
By Smith
Victor Riflel
Walter Pidgeon
Screen Actors
Mr. Miniver
Beverly Hills
Movie Colony
Entertainment
AFL
American Federation of Radio Artists
AFRA
Poat-Hal! Syndicate, Inc
Honkytonks
China
Paris
France
Jacques Offenbach
The
Austin American
Charles E. Green
Drew Pearson
Axman Tauriello
Tony Tauriello
Buffalo
Tony
Louey Johnson
Tauriello
Wisconsin
Andy Biemiller
White House
Biemiller
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Stephen Young
Ohio
Taurielo
Robert Taft
Broadway
George Marshall
Leesburg
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Austin Statesman
Pre Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Associated Press
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