City Engineer May Resignation Rumor Circulates in Austin
City of Austin official James E. Motheral, serving since 1933 and public works chief since 1945, reportedly may resign within days. City Council met in closed session to discuss the possibility, with no formal action taken. Morgan declined comment as did Motheral, while discussions followed between Morgan and Motheral.
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James E. Motheral
City of Austin
Motherals
Deece
Ity
Guston Morgan
Morgan
Motherall
City Hall
Motheral
Travis County
University of Texas
American Public Works Association
American Society of Testing Materials
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
Texas
Texas Highway Department
City of
Austin
Weird Hurricane Aims at Florida Coastline
A developing hurricane twisted toward the south Florida coast and was about 350 miles from Miami at 12 a m CST. Warnings covered from South Florida to Vero Beach as forecasters expected landfall in about 18 to 26 hours. The storm moved west northwest at 15 mph with winds over 100 mph on its stronger side.
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Miami
Fila
South Florida
Vero Beach
Weather Bureau
San Salvador
Watling Island
Cat Island
Bahamas
Grady Norton
Florida
Melbourne
Key West
Vaughan Used President Name to Aid Maragon Trip
Senate hearing disclosed Major General Vaughan used the President’s name to push a passport for John Maragon, the ex-shineboy linked to a perfume firm. Ed Pauley and others aided Maragon’s Paris and Italy trips with high level introductions and favored travel orders.
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Vaughan
Truman
Maragon
Washington
Harry Vaughan
Europe
John Maragon
State Department
White House
Senate
Trans-American Traders, Inc
Champaigne
Francis Flanagan
Italy
Albert Verley Perfume Company
Bennett
Paris
Col. Vaughan
Shipley
Ruth B. Shipley
Col. S
Flanagan
Army
Pauley
Mr. Truman
Henry F. Grady
Greece
Police Hold Austin Girl In Fatal Brady Shooting
Brady police report a 34-year-old real estate man Lewis Patterson was shot and found face down beside Highway 87. A 15-year-old girl and a 23-year-old woman were arrested in San Angelo after statements that Patterson was shot during an attempt to rob him. The woman faces murder charges. the girl may be handled by juvenile authorities.
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Austin
Brady
Lewis Patterson
Brady Real Estate
Highway 87
Here
San Angelo
Patterson
McCulloch County
Evans J. Atkins
Summerville
Mass
Amarillo
W. A
Tex) Thornton
Department of Public Safety At
Ralph Rohatsach
Lubbock
Neal Dendy
Ralph Logan
S. L. Cockrell
Houston
Temple
San Saba
Johnson
Bernard Young
Young
McCulloch
Dendy
Jiff A. V. Willborn
119Th
Logan
Wilbert Fleming
Eden
Fleming
Bill White
W. H. McGonigal
RCA Announces Color System for Present TV Operations
RCA said it has perfected a color device that can be superimposed on black and white transmissions, enabling existing TV transmitters to send color with minor studio equipment changes. Color can be received on current sets with a converter, while some devices allow black and white reception without it. Demonstrations are planned in Washington with NBC's WNBW for upcoming hearings starting Sept. 26.
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Washington
Radio Corporation of America
RCA
NBC
WNBW
Commission
Columbia Broadcasting System
The
Radio Manufacturers Association
Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Thomas C. Kincaid
van Zandt
Probe Into B36 Program Closed
The B36 bomber investigation ended with a Navy critic admitting error while a House committee exonerated defense officials of fraud, collusion, or dishonesty. The August 25 report notes the dramatic turn as the inquiry concluded.
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Joseph B. Keenan
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Washington
Navy
House
Vinson
Students hear Flowers urge education in world conflict
Southwest Texas State Teachers College graduation speaker John Garland Flowers told 326 graduates that the classroom can shape world fate amid a global ideologic clash. He warned that postwar Europe faces civil strife if Americans withdraw, urged reform in German education, and stressed teachers’ pivotal role in shaping future policy and stability.
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Wray Weddell
Austin American
San Marcos
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
John Garland Flowers
Dr. Flowers
Sewell Park
Flowers
Germany
Europe
Bastrop Youth Farm Honored for County Foundation
Bastrop County earns praise from Senator G C Morris for creating the Bastrop County Youth Foundation. The project aims to build a 1000 acre agriculture school near Camp Swift funded by private funds. Morris calls for future ag training amid remarks on farming’s evolving role. County Judge J J Sapp outlines the movement’s history and notes private financing. Music was provided by the 585th Air Force Band from Carswell AFB.
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Bastrop
G. C. Morris
Greenville
Bastrop County Youth Foundation
Camp Swift
Morris
Bastrop County
J. J. Sapp
585Th Air Force
Carswell Air Force Base
Sports Sparks and Scores From The Day
Corpus Christi seeks a Big State League berth as Brooklyn and Chicago split a doubleheader with Dodgers losing 4 0 and winning 3 1. Pittsburg tops Philadelphia 5 1 in game one. The upcoming VFW softball tournament starts Monday. Buffalo Bills and Chicago Rockets open AAFC action Friday. Rio Grande Valley and Longhorn Leagues discuss inter league series in San Antonio Friday. Six UT assistant coaches added to the staff.
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Corpus Christi
Brooklyn
Chicago
Dodgers
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Buffalo Bills
Chicago Rockets
San Antonio
University of Texas
Hearing on sale of 400 acres of Austin park lands
The City Council called a public hearing for next Thursday at 10 a.m. to consider selling 400 acres of Austin Metropolitan Park to private interests for a holiday village at a cost of 46,500. Mayor Glass said the hearing follows a request by C. B. Smith of the Austin Area Economic Development Foundation, which plans to purchase the land for eventual assignment to the Butlin Holiday Village group for a 4,500,000 recreational project.
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Austin Metropolitan Park
Taylor Glass
C. B. Smith
Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
Butlin Holiday Village
Giddings Native Dies in West of Here Collision
One man killed in a truck auto crash five miles west of Giddings on the Austin highway. Red Mueller of Hills Texas, driver of the auto, dies. Unidentified truck driver uninjured. Both vehicles badly damaged. Mueller operated a Hills grocery store.
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Giddings
Here
Austin
Red Mueller
Hills
Texas
Mueller
Public appeals in hunt for widow Mimi Boomhower
Detectives in Los Angeles asked the public to aid in locating Mrs. Mimi Boomhower a wealthy widow missing from her Bel Air home for a week. A white leather purse with her identification was found at a Beverly Hills market bearing a beach message from a police dept. They regard the purse as hers and consider foul play, a sudden trip, or amnesia as possibilities with no solid leads.
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Los Angeles
Mimi Boomhower
Bel- Air
Emmett Jones
Peace bid fails as States Rights split widens in 1948 race
Washington reports that President Truman invited Southern bolt leaders to rejoin a Democratic National Party on the 1948 platform but the States Rights faction rejected terms, insisting civil rights be handled as state matters. Leander Perez and governors Thurmond Wright defend Jeffersonian principles while threatening continued opposition.
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Washington
Leander H. Perez
New Orleans
States’ Rights
Democratic National Committee
Truman
Perez
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
Fielding Wright
W. H. Talbot
Louisiana
National Committee
Chicago
Seuis
Wallace
Stalin
Truman Signals He Won't Seek 1952 Reelection
President Truman suggested in informal remarks that he would not be a candidate in 1952 but stopped short of a flat denial. At a news conference he clarified the implication from earlier comments to Girls Nation that he would not promise distant appointments beyond his term.
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Vaughan
Mr. Truman
Ed Pauley
Johnny Maragon
David Bennett
Washington
Truman
American Legion Auxiliary
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Independence
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R-Wis
Mrs. Thurman
Independence, Mo
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William M. Boyle Jr
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