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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1948

Page

7

Tulia School Loses Buildings

Tulia public school officials lost two surplus barracks after movers found an empty Amarillo Army Air Field location. Barracks were traced to downtown Amarillo where Elizabeth P. Langston claimed ownership and refused to surrender. A temporary injunction from District Judge J E Northcutt bars her from disposing of or dismantling the structures while ownership is resolved.

Tulia Texas Amarillo Army Air Field Amarillo Elizabeth P. Langston Tulsa J. E. Northcutt

Paleface review hints at wild western spoof

A capsule review mocks the Technicolor farce Paleface starring Bob Hope and Jane Russell. Hope plays Pain Less Peter Potter the itinerant dentist and clashes with Calamity Jane Russell as they flee town amid spoofed western shoot em up antics.

Jane Russell Bob Hope Hugh Hope Painless Peter Potter Rus Paramount Robert L. Welch Grecia Norm Z. MecLeod Edmund Wartmann D Frank Paramount Theater Janeane Russell Erris Robert Armisrong

Paramount Paleface Heads Screenings Across Cities

Through Thursday Paramount offers The Paleface with Bob Hope and Jane Russell at multiple venues with varied start times and a Friday midnight show. You Gotta Stay Happy features follow on most stateside screens, while state theatres present One Sunday Afternoon and Shaggy with Brenda Joyce.

Paramount Bob Hope Jane Russell Joan Fontaine Dennis Morgan Penny Malone

Austin Sees Bright 1949 Economic Outlook

In Austin 1949 should bring better retail sales and steady employment as 1948 gains ease. Durable goods stay costly but supply improves while auto sales reach showrooms by July. Inflation eases with food prices down and clothing down, though overall costs remain above prewar levels.

Congress OPAC R. W. French Bureau of Business Research University of Texas Austin University Bureau of Business Research Texas F. B. Parsons Internal Revenue Parsons

Sumner Welles Still Showing Improvement

Sumner Welles, 56, former undersecretary of state, remains improving at Casualty Hospital after being found semi conscious in a field near his Oxon Hill Maryland estate. He suffers exposure and frostbite with possible surgery on frostbitten fingers and toes under consideration.

Washington Sumner Welles Casualty Hospital Oxon Hill Welles

Ibis Related to Stork in Ancient Egypt Lore

The ibis sacred bird of ancient Egypt is presented as related to the stork, suggesting a scholarly link between these avian symbols in historical contexts.

Ancient Egypt

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