Alaska statehood debate diverts students’ views
The Globe reports Texas congressman Rayburn’s proposal to grant statehood to Alaska prompts student opinions. Lyman Ellis argues Alaska’s strategic position and resources justify statehood while Kenneth Peck and others urge patience or oppose immediate admission.
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Texas
Rayburn
Alaska
Lyman Ellis
Taylor
Russia
United States
Ann Ousley
West Eighth
Ice in Texas: first duty-free allowance and early ice trade
The 1845 Texas Congress admitted ice duty-free for drinks and beer. Galveston saw 150 tons arrive in May 1839 at fifty cents a cake. Civil War shortages spurred domestic production, with Ferdinand Carre's machine adopted in 1863 in San Antonio and Austin, leading to J B LaCoste's San Antonio plant as the state’s first permanent ice factory.
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Congress of the Republic of Texas
Republic
Galveston
Texas
Ferdinand Carre
San
Austin
Daniel Sie
Diaaiti
Man Antonio
Carre
J. B. LaCoste
San Antonio
Todays Cooking School Recipes Showed Onstage At Municipal
The Globe-News cooking school closed this afternoon before a packed Municipal Auditorium. Readable recipes include blade pot roast lemon onion garlic and pepper cabbage tamale loaf roast ham Creole lambite orange drop donuts pageant cake and frosting plus jellied Swedish meat loaf with gelatin tomato juice celery olives and mayo.
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Globe-News
Municipal Auditorium
Housing Plans Gather Speed
Washington report details a multi billion dollar federal effort to build low rent housing and clear slums. Congress approved a master plan and funding including 275000 new units and 500 million in grants plus 1 billion in loans over six years, with 200 localities already planning slum clearance and more than 25 000 population expected to participate.
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Washington
Congress
Raymond M. Foley
Housing and Home Finance Agency
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Law School Sweethearts Practice Law Together
In Mount Clemens Michigan Vincent M Dunn and his wife Betty Jane Dunn both earned law degrees together and now practice law jointly in the same firm.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
U.P
Vincent M. Dunn
Betty Jane
Dunns
Houston Woman Dies Heralded Kin of Sam Houston
Last rites were to be held today for Mrs. Annie McKeever Williams 77 widow of a grandson of Sam Houston She died Wednesday in Houston
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Houston
Annie McKeever Williams
Sam Houston
The Marks of Science and Invention in Marconi's Hand
The article discusses Guglielmo Marconi as a pioneer of radio and links his handlines to scientific brilliance. It notes lines of inventive talent near the heart line, lines of scientific abilities between the third and fourth fingers, and a star of fame at the base of the third finger, concluding with a modern critique of broadcasting programs. The Mirror Enterprises Syndicate, Los Angeles.
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Guglielmo Marconi
Marconi
Marks
Star of Fame and Fortune
Mirror Enterprises Syndicate
Los Angeles
Most Grain Speculators Lose Shirt
Washington columnist recounts a study by Dr. Blair Stewart on nearly 9,000 small grain traders, finding 6,598 with net losses and 2,184 with profits. Farmers suffered the biggest losses, while bears fared better selling short. Average gains were $212 versus $501 losses, leaving a mystery over who ultimately paid the $12,000,000 lost.
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Frederick C. Othman
Washington
Othman
Chicago
John
St. Louis
Commodity Exchange Authority
Blair Stewart
The
Exchange Authority
Johns
Stewart
Uncle John
Grain
Bears
Dr. Stewart
Demand for stockings in East Berlin sparks metal barter
East Berlin housewife Guste Zoerner complained to Neues Deutschland that stockings require a lump of lead or other non ferrous metal, as Soviet zone coupons and money fail to help. She warned workers could steal metals to trade for clothing. Globe-News want ads get results.
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Berlin
Guste Zoerner
East Berlin
Neues Deutschland
Flathers Attending Teachers Session In Dallas
J H Flathers president of Amarillo teachers association travels to Dallas for regional conference with Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas delegates. Focused on in service growth salaries standards for teacher education admissions and prep for 1950 summer conference with group workshop discussions and state action program development.
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Amarillo
National Education Association
Phone Executive Dies at Austin
Andrew Lewis Edmondson former Southwestern Bell division commercial superintendent died yesterday in Austin after a long career with the Houston based company. He was known for his service in the telephone industry and held responsibilities overseeing commercial operations. He leaves behind a family and colleagues in the firm.
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Austin
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Houston
Andrew Lewis Edmondson
69th Birthday and Long Service at Company
A longtime employee marked his 69th birthday after a career spanning 47 years with the company. He worked in Houston before moving to San Angelo in 1947 and retired in 1948.
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Houston
San Angelo
Texas Farmers Earn Record Income in 1949 boost
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research reports Texas farmers earned 1.852 billion dollars cash income in 1949, up 2 percent from the prior year. Cotton led with 798.309 million dollars. Industry data place cotton as the top income source for the sector.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Unlucky Symbols Cited by Horsemen Include Peacocks
Horsemen view two items as unlucky, naming peacocks and horseshoes as talismans to avoid for good fortune.
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