California Socialism Warns Texas as Costs Rise
A 1950s analysis contrasts California and Texas, citing higher state spending taxes and public assistance in California. It notes California jobless benefits 65,652 versus Texas 63,389, crime 165,134 in 1949 to Texas 61,282, debt California 167,248,000 versus Texas 20,445,000, and per capita income differences. It argues rising taxes lower take home pay and link socialist policies to crime and discontent, referencing FBI and Collier sources.
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California
Council of State Governments
Texas
Council
Congress
FBI
Churchills rapping Attlee keeps in fighting trim
The column notes Churchill’s combative posture toward the Attlee government and contrasts it with open gambling in Nevada versus other states. It questions public concern over policy duration and mocks aging guidance for the young while lamenting old traffic solutions and sardine limits on a bus to a game.
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Churchill
Attlee
Nevada
Charles G. Dawes
Editor's Notebook on Texas Defense Network Growth
The article notes evolving Texas defense measures including permanent air bases many from wartime fields, coast and inland sites, interregional highways to ease ground transport, and a radar and communications network linking military and civilian centers. It highlights growing civilian defense organization and security considerations in wartime context.
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Texas
National Defense Program
Long
Texas Coast
National Frontier
Washington
United States
Korea
War preparedness underlined across the nation
The piece notes civilian volunteer and full-time recruitment for air raid warning and disaster relief, with state and local officials coordinating efforts. It highlights militia strength in Texas and New York, readiness of Organized Reserves and National Guard, and the expedited mobilization advantages from Selective Service in case of major emergency.
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Texas
New York
Congress
Nightlife contrasts and wartime work shift in 1950s
A veteran remembers Prohibition era venues and stars while noting modern audiences, then reports Frieda Miller and the US Women's Bureau outlining plans to mobilize housewives for industrial work as the nation prepares for broader war effort. The piece analyzes entertainment, gender roles, and labor shifts with emphasis on notable figures and institutions.
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Washington
All Lady Toilers
Frieda S. Miller
US Women’s Bureau
National Security Resources Board
Women’s Bureau
Women's Bureau
Frieda Miller
Questions and Answers on Wood Grain USP and Light Metals
A quiz style piece explains that a bat cracks due to grain orientation with strength along the grain and weakest across. It clarifies USP as United States Pharmacopoeia with standards for drugs. It notes Japan’s islands are nicknamed the Festoon Islands for their arrangement, and lists lithium sodium and potassium as metals that float on water.
Hoarding Rows and White House Renovation Sparks Talk
Washington column reports excessive Agricultural Department stockpiling of cheese butter eggs and grain, causing higher prices while surplus storage grows. Senate battles over a children aid bill stall aid despite large food reserves and a White House remodel adds eight bathrooms and a bomb shelter.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Agriculture Department
Korea
USA
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Alexander Wiley
Kenneth McKellar
Senate
Estes Kefauver
Nebraska
Kenneth Wherry
Wiley
Kefauver
McKellar
Appropriations Committee
Walter Winchell On Broadway and the Gossipy Set
A Wash of celebrity chatter from Winchell on Broadway covers Damaged marriages and reconciliations. Names include Walter and Mary Rogers, Bing Crosby’s niece Toni, Joe Louis victims trainer Ray Arcel, Gen. Eisenhower, Hedy Lamarr and Bea Wain. Scenes shift from New York to Europe with Joan Blondell and Lili St. Cyr amid mergers and scandals.
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P. L
Phillies
Carol Weber
Albany
Errol Flynn
Uh-Huhney
Ghika
T. Furness
British Mint
Garner
Jan: Garner
Texas
R. Nicholl
Will Rogers
Mary
Walter Brooks
Bing Crosby
Toni
Air Corps
Shreveport
B. Baruch
S. Symington
Park Bench
Woolworth Donahue
Joan Castle
John McCullough
Ezzard Charles
Ray Arcel
Joe Louis
Kayo
Fisenhower
Ike
Lili St. Cyr
Jack Pping
Baltimore
Paul Mason
Emerson Foote
Foote
Cone
Belding
Alan Dale
Lenny Bruce
Dale
Bruce
Roma Paige
Mike Todd
Joan Blondell
Memorial Hospital
Runyon Fund
Geo. Escher
Damon Runyon
Papa Dionne
Quints
N. Y
People
Andre Baruchs
Bea Wain
Hemingway
Bedell Smith
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Harry Richman
Versailles
Piaf
Ginger Rogers
Louis Soboy
Judy Garland
Prince Serge Obolensky
Erybody
Lillian Russell
Florodora
Billy Rose
Douglas Larsen
Japan
Austin American
Louis N. Goldberg
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White House
Renovation Commission
Langer
Humphrey
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Douglass
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Lehman
Bell Syndicate. Inc
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Broadway
Hedy Lamarr
Prince Gallucci
Italy
Southampton
Don Errico
Dolores Dawson
Jimmy Kelly
Jack Healys
Rocky Graziano
Helen Condon
C. Courtneys
Jackie Copeland
Movieburg
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Look
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Antoine
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Canton
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Austin Statesman
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