Higher Education Seeks Big Increase in State Funds
The Legislative Budget Board reports higher education requests a 63 percent rise in state appropriations for the next two years. Current two year funding for all institutions totals 960,979,383. Hearings will align with the State Board of Control with campus budgets reviewed in August and July as part of the biennial budget process.
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Higher Education
State Board of Control
Legislative Budget Board
College of Arts and Industries
Texas College For Women
East Texas Teacher College
Southwest Texas Teacher College
San Marcos
A&m
McDonald Attacks Cotton Policy in Runoff Campaign
Texas agriculture commissioner J. E. McDonald denounced the government cotton price support and acreage controls in telegrams to Senate and Congressional leaders. He urged that destroying cotton harms war needs and noted farmers would accept a tax on overplanting but oppose being labeled violators and losing future benefits. He toured Rio Grande Valley and South Texas, calling for policy changes.
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Capitol
J. E. McDonald
Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
Senate
Congressional
Korea
McDonald
Tom Connally
Lyndon B. Johnson
W. R. Poage
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
McDonald Long
Democratic Administration
Democratic State Executive Committee
Supreme Court
Glass to Confer on Austin Day for State Fair
Mayor Glass said he will meet Chamber of Commerce leaders to ask the State Fair of Texas to designate a date as Austin Day. James H. Stewart, fair executive director, requested the date and a meeting place for Austin visitors. Salutes would run in Dallas papers and on radio, with the Austin High School Maroon Band available for concerts as the fair opens October 7.
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Taylor Glass
Chamber of Commerce
State Fair of Texas
Austin
Glass
James H. Stewart
Stewart
Dallas
Austin High School
Maroon
Resigned Librarian Reveals Commission Conflicts
Francis Henshaw state librarian disclosed July 17 orders by the Library Commission to halt aiding state departments in microfilming records. He resigned effective Sept 20 after months of conflict with Commission chair Mrs. Gambrell, who calls a Tuesday meeting to choose a successor. Henshaw accepted an offer from the Library of Congress and will end active duties Aug 16 with vacation time.
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Francis Henshaw
Library Commission
Herbert Gambrell
Henshaw
Railroad Commission
Warde Smith
Gambrell
Philip Brooks
The
National Archives
Brooks
State Department
Library of Congress
Daniel Invited to Speak on Tidelands in Copenhagen
Attorney General Price Daniel received an invitation to present Texas tidelands ownership history at an international law forum in Copenhagen on Aug 30. He may submit a legal treatise instead due to travel costs, with his assistant J Chrys Dougherty also involved in the tidelands defense. The invitation comes from James W. Ryan and Arthur Jaffe, with Daniel and Dougherty as International Law Association members.
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Capitol
Price Daniel
Republic of Texas
Tidelands
International Law Association
Copenhagen
Denmark
Daniel
Association
James W. Ryan
Arthur Jaffe
London
World-Wide Association of Experts
J. Chrys Dougherty
Texas
New Permits Signal Industrial Growth in Austin
Steady expansion shown in Monday’s secretary of state filings with new Austin corpora tions. Imperial Manufacturing Company and Ideal Home Builders lead a list that includes Kuhn Paint and Wallpaper Store Paradise Mines and W and M Construction. Foreign permits extend business to Weslaco and Dallas with Hoffman La Roche and Frankenthal Company noted.
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Austin
John Ben Shepperd
Imperial Manufacturing Company
Capital Stock
Clyde C. Logue Jr
Clyde C. Logue Sr
Rosalind B. Logue
Ideal Home Builders, Inc
van C. Kelly
van C
Kelly Jr
L. E. Elliott
Willie C. Goebel
Martin C. Goebel
Elizabeth Goebel
Texas
Frankenthal Company, Inc
New York
Weslaco
Arthur P. Bagby
Hoffman-La Roche, Inc
New Jersey
Dallas
O T Martin Leads Ticket in Democratic Primary
O T Martin headed the ticket in the Democratic primary results shown by the canvassing committee. Martin was unopposed for re election and garnered 18 467 votes the highest total for any county candidate.
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O. T. Martin
Martin
Possums Called Dogs DeSoto Comment On Raccoon Opossum
DeSoto described raccoons and opossums in early America as “little dogs that do not bark” in a remark noted for its humorous wildlife comparison. The quip reflects colonial-era observations of native mammals and language use.
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DeSoto
America
Mathews Named New Daniel Ride In Greenhill Post
Charles D. Mathews of Lubbock named first assistant attorney general succeeding Joe R. Greenhill who resigned to practice law in Austin. Everett Hutchinson named executive assistant. Crenshaw heads oil gas transportation litigation with Goolsby. Mathews has served since 1947 and earlier led the anti trust division.
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Price Daniel Monday
Charles D. Mathews
Lubbock
Mathews
Joe R. Greenhill
Austin
Everett Hutchinson
Daniel
Army
Patton
Texas
The
University of Texas
Hutchinson
Charles E. Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Oil, Gas and Transportation
Durward Goolsby
Daniel Said
Counting Ambulances in the Auto Industry Wages
The Automobile Manufacturers Association estimates that the automobile industry and related business provide jobs for one of every seven wage earners in the United States.
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The
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Automobile Industry
United States
Austinite Appointed To NYU Committee
Mrs. H. C. Sparks of 908 Riverside Drive reports her son Bob Sparks, a New York University student pursuing a doctorate in business education, has been named to a key student committee in the education department. The group hosts weekly business education luncheons at John Wanamaker in Broadway. He plans to return home August 15 and resume duties with the Austin Public Schools in September.
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H. C. Sparks
Riverside Drive
Bob Sparks
New York University
Department of Education
John Wanamaker
Broadway
Sparks
Austin Public Schools
Ben Ramsey Group Forms Run-Off Club in Austin
A meeting was called for Wednesday at 8 p m at the Driskill Hotel to organize a Travis County and Austin club for Ben Ramsey’s lieutenant governor bid. Van C Kelly and Stanford Payne issued the invitation for supporters to attend. The club plans stem from a reception honoring former Secretary of State Ramsey at Kellys country home Saturday night attended by Mrs Daisy Hall and others.
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Austin and
Travis County
Ben Ramsey
van C. Kelly
Stanford Payne
Driskill Hotel
Travis County and
Austin
State Ramsey
Daisy Hall
Kelly
Stan
Ramsey Graces Sendoff Speech at Ford Payne Reception
Ramsey attended as a guest at a Ford Payne hosted reception with about 100 attendees. He delivered a brief speech thanking his hosts for the farewell gathering ahead of his second primary race.
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Ford Payne
Ramsey
Williamson, Travis Agents Attend School at Tarleton
Only home demonstration agents from District 10 attending the two week tailoring school at John Tarleton College Stephenville are Mrs. Estella Strayhorn Williamson County and Miss Rose Erisman Travis County. The school opened Monday and ends Aug. 12.
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Georgetown
ANS
John Tarleton College
Stephenville
Estella Strayhorn
Williamson County
Rose Erisman
Travis County
City Bids for Shrine Meet Here in 1952
City Manager Walter Seaholm issued an official bid to Texas Shriners for a 1952 Shrine Ceremonial meeting in Austin. Fort Worth to host the 1950 gathering will open Friday. Seaholm, a Ben Hur Shrine Temple past potentate, is a member.
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Walter Seaholm
Texas Shriners
Austin
Texas Shrine Ceremonial Association
Fort Worth
Seaholm
Ben Hur Shrine Temple
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