Capital City Commissioners Map Three Elections in Nov.
County Judge Tom Johnson and four county commissioners face three election questions. The Congress Avenue Bridge widening bond issue is likely set for November 7 alongside a $20 million city and schools bond. A second election may authorize reallocating tax levies to better fund needs. A third vote on state ad valorem tax is delayed to spring 1951 per the AG ruling. County aims to rebuild roads with new funds. County Attorney-elect Les Procter news noted.
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Congress Avenue
Colorado
State Highway Department
Washington
Highway Department
India's Nehru as mediator and reformer in world role
The Indian prime minister is portrayed as a persistent mediator between East and West. He champions Asian leadership, maintains cautious ties with China, and stresses both political and economic freedoms while seeking international cooperation. His stance on Kashmir remains unresolved.
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UN General Assembly
Korea
India
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Britain
Nehru
Mao Tse-tung
Marx
Communist Party
Russia
Pakistan
Kashmir
Gandhi
Mahatma
Turnpike Turns Ten as Toll Roads Expand in Nation
The Pennsylvania Turnpike marks its 10th anniversary with a 326.6 mile system spanning Philadelphia to near Petersburg Ohio. Plans include 211 million bonds, 30 million PWA funds, and extensions to King of Prussia and the Ohio line. Traffic and revenue projections rise as 16 states authorize new toll roads and private toll routes target resort areas.
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Middlesex
Harrisburg
King of Prussia
Philadelphia
Irwin
Pittsburgh
Ohio State Line
Petersburg
Ohio
PWA
American Automobile Association
Pennsylvania
New York
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Illinois
North Carolina
Oklahoma
New Jersey
Kentucky
Colorado
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Greenboro
Charlotte
N. C
Dallas
Houston
Texas
Inside Labor Subversive Control Should Hit Reds
A packet of police records from Italy accuses the American Communist Party of ties to a violent international organization. The dossier cites 63 crimes including murder and riots, detailing Fanin’s death and subsequent Communist arrests, with calls for public release under Subversive Control Act.
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Communist Party
American Communist Party
Italy
Giuseppe Fanin
Bologna
Federation of Labor
Fanin
Saint Giovanni
Persiceto
Molinella
Po Valley
Italian Confederation of Labor
CGIL
Commie Labor Federation
Free Labor Movement
Felice Dalla Valle
Chamber of Labor
Valle
Moscow Radio
Post Hall Syndicate Ineo
Questions and Answers on Historical Inquiries
A compilation of Q and A excerpts covering subjects from American sculpture in Europe to Mount Vernon clocks and barleycorn measures. It also includes notes on Reynolds paintings, the Bok Singing Tower motto, and Farragut as admiral, plus a lengthy, controversial passage on postwar labor politics and Soviet influence.
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Bok
Florida
John Burroughs
Slip Covers For Furniture Government Guide
Dress up your house with light colored slip covers and follow a government booklet on uses fabrics decorative features and yardage estimates. Send 10 cents to Austin American Information Bureau 1200 Bye Street NW Washington 5 for the booklet.
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OFEER
Austin American Information Bureau
Bye Street
N.W
Washington
Navy Air Force feud resurfaces in Korean battles
The article details renewed friction between Navy and Air Force in Korea as pilots clash over targets and air support. Stratemeyer protests to MacArthur while Ewen defends his pilots, then Sherman orders a halt to the bickering.
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Washington
Pentagon
Korea
Navy
Air Force
George Stratemeyer
Far East
MacArthur
Forrest Sherman
Naval Operations
Ed Ewen
Korean
Chinju
Army
Gen. Stratemeyer
Gen. MacArthur
Ewen
Stratemeyer
Walton Walker
Walker
Navy Air Force
Hoyt Vandenverg
Adm
Sherman
Marine Corps
Walter Winchell on Broadway News Items
A collage of Broadway gossip and society notes noting Oscar season, marriages, citizenship filings, and show business moves. Mentions Marcia Henderson, Robert Brod sky, P. G. Wodehouse, Madison Square Garden crowd, and various celebrity anecdotes with minimal coherent narrative.
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Midtown
Marcia Henderson
Wendy
Imperial
Robert Brodsky
Pater
Medical Arts
Hosp
P. G. Wodehouse
Dow
Park Avenue
Madison Square Garden
Feds
Riverside Drive
Cincinnati
Grady Hatton
Rosemary Clooney
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Marine Custom
Asia
UN Security Council
Indo-China
Formosa
Japan
Pennsylvania Turnpike
By Manning
Reds
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St. Giovanni
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Frank Edwin Elwell
Metrocars Museum of Art
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Sir Joshua Reynolds
Legion of Honor
France
Napoleon Bonaparte
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David Glasgow Farragut
Congress
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Redstone Hill
Sterling
Mass
Henry Ford
Wayside Inn
South Sudbury
Louis N. Goldberg
Drew Pearson
South Carolina
South
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Strom Thurmond
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
Fort Sumter
Lucius Clay
Atlanta
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Herman
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Aoee
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Rural Electrification Administration
REA
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New Mexico
Chavez
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Kansas
Robertson
Senator Holland
Darby
Louisiana
Russell Long
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
O'Conor
Kerr
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Walter Winchell
Broadway
Sheila Bond
Joy Walker
Olsen & Johnson
Las Vegas
Rob't Robertson
Baldwin
Stork
Dolly Martin
St. James Church
NBC
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Billy Rose
Jed Harris
Stuart Moore
Southland
Schine
Roney
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Boca Raton
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Cosmopolitan
E. Lehman
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
DeWae Papers
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