UT Tower Library Biggest in South
The University of Texas library, with about 900000 volumes, is the largest in the South and second only to a few in the nation. Begun in 1883, it expanded after 1897 with Sir Swante Palm’s gift of 10000 volumes, creating full time staff and rare collections accessed through a vast card catalog in the Main building.
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University of Texas
South
United States
University A
Sir Swante Palm
Austin
Texas
Eugene C. Barker
Texas History Center
College of Arts and Sciences
Alexander Moffit
Fred Folmer
Texas Tech To Teach Business Etiquette
LUBBOCK Aug 2 The Texas Tech division of business administration will offer a new fall course to polish applicant poise and social skills for job hunters. Dean George G Heather says personnel managers care about personal traits as much as know how and industrial leaders will speak to the classes as a supplement to lectures.
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Lubbock
Texas Tech Division of Business Administration
George G. Heather
Tech
Cold Table Store Opens in Prague for Quick Meat Prep
PRAGUE AUG 29 This city opens a store called the cold table offering half cooked meals that customers finish at home in 10 or 15 minutes. Menu includes meat cutlets calf knuckle with bacon stuffed peppers potatoes sauerkraut and sauces. Customers are offered a course on using these prepared foods.
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Prague
Israeli Farmers Back Farm Area Increase Plan
The national conference of Israeli farmers supports the government's four year recovery program to raise arable land from 700000 to 1250000 acres by 1953. The plan aims to double cultivated area as part of economic recovery efforts led from Tel Aviv with August remarks.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
National Conference of Israeli Farmers
British Industry Calls for Change in Outlook and Productivity
Ten British pressed metal experts who studied US methods say Britain must modernize plants and improve labor efficiency. They praise American productivity and urge management to adopt progressive methods while trade union officials push members to abandon restrictive practices and raise productivity immediately.
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London
Great Plains Named World’s Most Active Tornado Region
The Great Plains area of the United States is identified as the globe’s leading zone for tornado formation. Experts note frequent atmospheric instability and strong shear contributing to high tornado activity in this region.
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Great Plains
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This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!