Resolution Urges Action To Halt Soviet Threat
The Texas House adopted a resolution urging American aid to stop communism in China and Soviet expansion into Berlin. Backed by Rep. Doyle Willis and Rep. Peppy Blount, the measure warned of Stalin’s grip on Europe and China and criticized the State Department for passive resistance. The resolution heads to the Senate for likely action early next week.
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Austin
State Department
House
China
Berlin
Doyle Willis
Fort Worth
Peppy) Blount
Big Spring
Stalin
Soviet Union
Senate
Civil Appeals Filing Charges Established in Texas
Texas Supreme Court adopts new deposits for civil appeals filing in courts of civil appeals. Direct appeal and mandamus related actions require 25 and 10 dollars respectively, with an extra 15 dollars if leave to file is granted. Additional costs include 5 dollars to extend time and 20 dollars if the record is filed. waivers preserved for affidavits showing inability to pay.
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Texas Supreme Court
Courts of Civil Appeals
Public Blames Citizens for Teacher Shortage in Texas
Dr. M. L. Goetting of Baylor University of Education told about 60 teachers at the Texas Society of College Teachers of Education opening meeting that democracy requires enlightened public opinion to fund better salaries, working conditions and equipment. He urged public recognition and respect for teachers to ease the shortage as the meeting runs through Saturday noon.
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Texas Society of College Teachers of Education
University of Texas
M. L. Goetting
Baylor University of Education
House Passes Youth Council and Nine Other Bills
The Texas House approved a state Youth Development Council and a state Eleemosynary Board as part of ten bills sent to the Senate. Debates centered on funding, with road money prioritized over schools. Other measures include partition of community property, franchise tax changes, and Trinity River bed transfers to adjacent landowners.
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Associated Press
House
Senate
Gilmer-Aikin
Eugene Williams
San Antonio
Joe Fleming
Henderson
Trinity
Dallas
Sam Hanna
State
State Board
Board of Control
UT Anthropologist To Address Scientists
UT anthropologist J. Charles Kelley will deliver the John Wesley Powell lecture at the Southwest division AAAS meeting on May 15 in Alpine. Kelley, curator of the Anthropology Museum, will speak on Archaeology and the Modern World, continuing the annual Powell lecture begun in 1929.
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University of Texas
Southwest Division
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Alphine
J. Charles Kelley
Anthropology Museum
John Wesley Powell
Association
Nho
Kelley
Fifty Legislators Attend Corpus Buccaneer Days
Fifty legislators will attend Buccaneer Days in Corpus Christi with their wives as guests of Rep. O E Cannon. They will travel on special buses departing Saturday at 9 30 a m and returning Sunday at 5 p m. Events include banquets air shows auto races aqua events and parades.
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Corpus Christi
O. E. Cannon
Corpus
RCAF Visitors Head Home From Texas After Four Day
The Royal Canadian Air Force goodwill delegation of 70 personnel leaves Texas today in two transports. Air Vice Marshal E M Guthrie and Mrs Guthrie fly on the Winnipeg bound plane at noon, while the Ottawa bound flight departs at 9 a m. The mission included a Mabry ceremony and a tour of Randolph Field plus a San Antonio outing. The Central RCAF band concert wrapped the visit at Bergstrom.
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Austin
Royal Canadian Air Force
Goodwill
Texas
Ottawa
Winnipeg
E. M. Guthrie
America
Randolph Field
San Antonio
Bergstrom Air Force Base
RCAF
65 ING Men To Hy to Talk Major General Miller Ainsworth Leads Texas Flight
A Texas National Guard contingent of 65 men will fly to Indianapolis on 12 Texas Air National Guard planes for the 12th annual National American Legion Aerial Roundup. The training flight is authorized by Governor Jester and Adjutant General Berry. Texans will return Sunday. Eric Goens, Bertram Giesecke, Rogers Kelley, Lee Dirks, and Jimmy Phillips are among national Legion officials greeting the fliers.
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Miller H. Ainsworth
Luling
Texas National Guardsmen
Indianapolis
Ind
National American Legion
Texas Air National Guard
Jester
K. L. Berry
Adjutant General of
Texas
General Ainsworth
Texas National Guard
American Legion
Ernest S. Goens
Austin
National Legislative Committee
Bertram E Giesecke
National Housing Committee
Rogers Kelley
Edinburg
National Foreign Relations Committee
Lee Dirks
Tuleta
National Agriculture Committee
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Merchant Marine Committee
Conlon Addresses Mortgage Bankers
F M Conlon, manager of the Federal National Mortgage Association office in San Antonio, spoke at the Austin Mortgage Bankers Association monthly luncheon. He outlined FNMA development and its links to the RFC and private mortgagees, with Morris Alford presiding.
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F. M. Conlon
Federal National Mortgage Association Office
San Antonio
Austin Mortgage Bankers Association
Conlon
FNMA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Morris Alford
Austin
Regents Approve New Building College of Mines Name Change
Texas Regents unanimously approve renaming Texas Western College from Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy El Paso Texas and await final legislative action. Board actions include a new $1 247 633 pharmacy building approval sewer line crossing campus a $700 scholarship gift acceptance magnesium plant acquisition and non resident student fee reset plus rare 1583 English Bible donation added to the university Rare Books Collection.
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EL Paso
University of Texas Regents
Texas Western College
University Branch
Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy
A. G. Swenson
Regents
Texas
Board of Regents
D. K. Woodard
Dallas
T. S. Painter
University At Austin
Carroll Simmons
M. D Anderson Hospital
Houston
Atlee
Robert M. Ayers
City of Austin
Austin
Theta Sigma Phi Women’s Journalism Fraternity
Painter
M. F. Yount
Beaumont
Pres. Painter
Christopher Barker
London
Silkini’s Midnights At Paramount Thrill With Laughter Fright
Silkini’s Ma niac stage show at the Paramount blends audience participation with horror. Glen Strange stars as a convincing Frankenstein while Dr. Silkini, real name Wyman Baker, performs in a Technicolor Eagle-Lion release. The double feature also includes Tulsa billed with Susan Hayward and Pedro Armendariz in bright color and lively action.
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Silkins
The
Paramount
Silkini
Chamber of Horrors
Dr. Silkini
Wyman Baker
Baker
Walter Wanger
Stuart Heisler
Technicolor
Paramount ‘Theater
Susan Hayward
Robert Preston
Cine
Pedro Armendariz Pinky Chill Wills
Tulsa
Bizarre oil saga in Oklahoma debuts Cherokee as heroine
Cherokee, a wild-blooded frontierswoman, leads a one-woman war on early oilfield exploiters amid wildcatter chaos. A diesel-rescue scene, romance with Robert Preston, and a cast including Chill Wills frame a 1920s setting with dramatic oil fire spectacles and loud drives for attention.
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Robert Preston
Pedro Armendariz
Preston
Susan
Chill Wills
Texas to survey defense facilities near joint use plan
A two day Texas Military District meeting opens Monday to survey federal and state facilities for joint defense use under the National Defense Reserve Facilities Act. Attending are Col Oscar B. Abbott and officers from the Army Navy and Air Force with state officials and defense representatives. An interim report will be sent to the secretary of defense with recommendations for joint use across Texas.
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National Defense
National Defense Reserve Facilities Act
Texas Committee
National Defense Reserve Facilities Board
Oscar B. Abbott
Texas Military District
Texas
Munitions Board
Department of Defense
Abbott
Ernest S. von Kleeck
Dallas
E. W. Hagen
Austin
Navy
Cecil E. Henry
Brooks Air Force Base
John P. Kenny
Hensley Air Force Base
Lucien S. S. Berry
K. L. Berry
Adjutant General of
al C. Deutsch
Clements McMullen
San Antonio
Secretary of Defense
Congress
Story of Capitol Told to Kiwanians
Capital City Kiwanians heard the Texas Capitol Building tale at a Friday luncheon in the Stephen F. Austin Hotel. Austin writer Curtis Bishop said the Capitol’s construction was the world’s most costly and that 3,000,000 acres of state land funded it, now valued at about $3 billion. The Colonial Square Dancers performed with four Kiwanis members joining a special dance.
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Capital City
Texas Capitol
Stephen F. Austin
Curtis Bishop
Austin
Bishop
Tom Roberts
Kiwanis
O. H. Cummings
Bill Campbell
Alvis Vandygrift
Albert Caster
Manfords to Attend John Tarleton Fete
Speaker and Mrs Durwood Manford head a legislative delegation for Parents Day and ex students reunion at John Tarleton Agricultural College Stephenville Saturday and Sunday. Governor Beauford Jester will speak Sunday at 11 am introduced by Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist of Texas A&M. The Manfords will be house guests of Rep H G Perry of Stephenville.
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Durwood Manford
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Stephenville
Beauford Jester
Gibb Gilchrist
Texas A&m
Manfords
Representative
H. G. Perry
Stephenvile
Jester Declares May 1 Loyalty Day in Texas
Governor Beauford Jester named May 1 as Loyalty Day in Texas as part of a national drive to counter Communist May Day activity. He said Texans support the effort and will observe the day, once known as Red Day.
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Beauford Jester
Texas
Jester
State Institutions Names Changed by Legislature
Two bills by Representative Pearce Johnson pass final legislative approval this week renaming state institutions. The broader term eleemosynary institutions is replaced with Texas state hospitals and special schools, and the Deaf School gains the official title Texas School For the Deaf.
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Pearce Johnson
Texas State Hospitals
Texas School For the
Deaf School
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