Capital City Notable Gifts Enrich Austin Public Library
The Austin Public Library gains a large foreign language book collection donated by Miss Ima Hogg, including works from England France Poland and Holland. The gift, made in memory of a brother and valued for artful illustrations, aims to inspire readers and classrooms, with access in the children's reading room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Public Library
Southwest
Ima Hogg
Austin
Lewis Carroll
Alice
the Rabbit
University of Texas Library School
Miss Hogg
England
France
Poland
Holland
Texas Mental Hygiene Society
Dr. Ellis
Amusing Reflections on Aging and Modern Life
A collection of wry maxims contrasts middle age naps with grandma duties and war dog days. It notes slow times in horse and buggy days, patience at traffic signals, and a joking critique of civilization and white man impact. The piece ends with a famous line about moral support and financial help.
Disaster relief planning binds Red Cross to Texas, nation
The Red Cross led area conference on disaster relief integrates with civilian defense across Texas and the nation. Postmaster R L Phinney heads Austin relief mobilization while Guston Morgan and Walter Seaholm lead civilian defense efforts. Emergency planning stresses evacuation, care, shelter, and rapid mobilization of volunteers for man made or natural disasters.
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American Red Cross
Texas
Red Cross
Austin
R. L. Phinney
Guston Morgan
Walter E. Seaholm
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
Fort Worth
Labor Union Fights Red Influence at AFL Convention
AFL leaders in Texas vow to back a massive anti Soviet force and push an underground network of anti communists worldwide. The drive includes labor boycotts on Soviet goods, bartenders refusing Red drinks, and a political push to raise funds and votes for anti communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Alamo
AFL
Defense
Louis Johnson
Bill Green
Johnson
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Green
Europe
Near
Iran
Turkey
Asia
Korea
Russia
US State Department
Executive Council
China
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
India
Australia
Italy
Japan
Jules Moch
Paris
Warsaw
Cominform
Wall Street
Moch
Marshall Rokossovsky
Red Army
Poland
Polish Communist Party
Rokossovsky
Moscow
Texas
Labor Leagues
Machinists
Labor
Gordon Cole
CIO
Pete Swim
Labor League
Glenn Slaughter
National Democratic Committee
Charles van Devander
Dinah Shore
Bill Holden
Ruth Hussey
Eddie Cantor
Frank Sinatra
Melvin Douglas
Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Inchon
Pentagon
Henry Knox
Grant
Sherman
Congress
Texas Oil Fields
Willard Rockwell
Senator Byrd
Virginia
Pittsburgh
National Tax Association
National Association of Manufacturers
Byrd
Rockwell
Congressman Case
South Dakota
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Chapman
Senate
Schoeppel
Kansas
President Truman
Joe Louis
Truman
Sen. Schoeppel
Interior Chapman
Army
Navy
Air Force
Donald Dawson
New York Stock Exchange
Bob Lovett
White House
Acheson
Atlantic Union
Lovett
Weight Control booklet offers practical weight guidance
The revised booklet Weight Control promises simple, sensible tips to gain or lose weight without medicines or fad diets. It includes maintenance and reduction menus and a table of average weights by height, with a request to send 15 cents to the Austin Information Bureau in Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D.C
British Scheme to Seat Red China in UN
Bevin and Nehru plan to push seating of Communist China before the General Assembly to avoid a veto. They seek a two thirds vote to seat the Red Chinese and exclude Nationalists, hoping Moscow and Beijing clash weaken. Russia’s stance remains uncertain as Britain aims to break the deadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
China
World Organization
Russia
Bevin
Nehru
Mao Tse-tung
Kremlin
Mao
Tito
General Assembly
United Nations
India
Pandit Nehru
Walter Winchell Notes on Broadway Glitter and Gossips
Walter Winchell reports on Broadway scuttlebutt including furs from Russia unloaded for crew pay. Celebrities like Robin Roberts Barbra Peyton and Doris Duke are linked to romance rumors while others face lawsuits divorces and feuds. A wild week of showbiz headlines ends with Ben Miller and Petrillo tensions and industry shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Robin Roberts
Humphrey Bogart
Barbara Peyton
Franchot Tone
Jennifer Jones
Henry Wallace
American Activities Group
Atlantic City
Joyce Mathews
M. Berle
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Lorraine Barnes
University
Morris Midkiff
Washington
Weldon Hart
Ate
Wilbur Evans
Evans
Pa Cc
Granny
Alaska
Civil Defense Office
U. N
By Herblock
BY Victor Riesel
MVD
Secret Police
New York
Jack Townsend
Townsend
Drew Pearson
Carl Ilgenfritz
Munitions Board
US Steel Corporation
E. G. Plowman
US Steel
Uncle Sam
Defense Department
William H. Harrison
Commerce Department
International Telephone and Telegraph
Jimmy Roosevelt
Air Force Field
Victorville
Calif
Victorville Air Base
Victor Valley Housing Corporation
Mesa Estates
C. O. Moore
Victor Valley
Roosevelt
Roosevelt and Sergeant
American Bar Association
American Federation of Labor
American Legion
General McNarney
McNarney
Defense McNeil
Walter Winchell
Broadway
General Electric
Charles Wilson
Capitol Hill
Kefauver
Harry Vaughan
Park Sheraton
Neal Lang
Petrillo
Musicians’ Union
Impellitteri
Pecora
Dewey
Foster Dulles
J. J. Shubert
Medico
Ben Miller
Rich Allen Ryan
FDR
Priscilla St. George
Amory
F. Chandler
Princess Moana
Samoa
Betta St. John
South Pacific
Thrush Martha Wright
London
Bagatelle
Wall
Austin American
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Aoe
Associated Press
Thisewspaper
al (Ap) DeWs Dispatches
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!