Unspoiled Shoal Creek Park Asked for by Austin Resident
A letter from Mrs. D. K. Brace urges Austin School Board and City Council to keep Shoal Creek area as a park and outdoor classroom. She cites rich plant and animal life, fossils, and use by Woolridge and other schools, and invites officials to walk the area with local naturalists.
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D. K. Brace
Lamar Boulevard
Austin School Board
Shoal Creek
City of
Pease Park
24Th Street
Georgetown
del Rio
Wooldridge School
Fred Bullard
University
Friday Mountain
Pease
Mathews
Austin High
Bryker Woods
Wooldridge
Pilot Constellation Fielded In Childhood Dream and Flight Tales
A former aviator recalls wanting to captain a Constellation aircraft and serving as managing editor of a morning paper. He describes a flight with Captain Clifford Zieger, ground life as a farmer and nurse, and the routine of seat belt warnings during rough air.
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Constellation
South America
Bill Hearst
Clifford Zieger
Eastern Airlines
Zieger
Roosevelt
Africa
Miami
Fdr
Bill
United States
Fact and trivia Q A compilation across subjects
A Q A listing covers questions on Communist cards Debussy foot scrapers aviation Korea and Seoul City Sue wildlife venoms the 1949 vocational education match proceeds and a WWII era anecdote about President Roosevelt on a flight. It blends factual answers with humorous and historical notes.
Four Plans For Texas Higher Education Reorganization
The Griffenhagen Report sparked debate on unifying Texas higher education under one system. Four options are outlined by the Texas Legislative Council, including a centralized State Education Agency and three distinct systems under A&M UT and a teacher college board.
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Texas
A&m
University of Texas
Higher Education Reorganization Plans Face Debate
The article compares Griffenhagen style centralization with over all boards coordinating universities and junior colleges. It notes opposition from Texas Tech and teacher colleges and explains current moves to elevate junior colleges to senior status while preserving board structures. Legislature faces complexity with no clear solution yet.
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Griffenhagen
A&m
University of Texas
Teacehr
Board of Higher Education
Texas Tech
Teacher College Board of Regents
Our Presidents and Their Wives booklet offer
Today a 56 page booklet featuring biographical information on each president and his wife is offered. Learn birth, death, marriage, electoral votes, and other facts from Washington to Truman. Send 25 cents to Austin.
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George Washington
Harry S. Truman
Austin
Washington Merry-Go-Round GOP fight over Acheson aides
The piece reports on GOP leaders debating a formal resolution to remove Secretary of State Acheson, with Taft Millikin Wherry Ives Saltonstall and Hickenlooper clashing over tone and timing as Truman and Attlee navigate policy. Sabath urges war settlement efforts and peace. The discussion occurs amid White House access and later excess profits tax talks.
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Washington
Truman
Attlee
State Acheson
Defense Marshall
Treasury Snyder
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar Bradley
William Slim
Lord Tedder
Roger Makins
Averell Harriman
White House
Dean Acheson
Taft
Millikin
Acheson
Wherry
Senator Ives
New York
Ives
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Saltonstall
United States
Alger Hiss
Senator Hickenlooper
Iowa
McCarthy
Sir Echo
State Department
Hickenlooper
New Jersey
Alex Smith
House of Representatives
Sabath
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Russia
Adolph
House
Ways and Means
Jere Cooper
Tennessee
Dick Simpson
Pennsylvania
Simpson
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Broadway Critics Praise Season as Letters Pour In
Walter Winchell notes critics shower affection on performers this season. Fans filled 24 of 30 shows with love letters. Jolson and Dietrich draw praise while Hollywood figures like Eva Gabor and Piper Laurie attract attention. Mentions of Durocher, Huang, and others reflect a bustling entertainment scene with private bookings and prolific authors.
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George Jean Nathan
Phil Silvers
Copacabana
Darlene Dietrich
Times
J. Atkinson
Dixie
Jolson
Piper Laurie
New Hollywood Eyeful
Coast
Detroit
Rose Jacobs
Eva Gabor
Dellevision
Hollywood
Cyrano
John Wayne
Milady
Eduardo Cantor
Ed Gardner
Archy
Eddie
Peggy
Tommy Dorsey
Local AP News Rights Notice
The Associated Press states exclusive use of local news for publication. This notice confirms AP rights for dispatches and material in the newspaper.
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