First Episco pal boarding school to open near Austin
Work begins on the $305000 St Stephen s Episcopal School eight miles west of Austin with four buildings. The Leslie Crockett Construction Co of Austin is general contractor. Enrollment planned up to 300 with 60 boarding students first term and 40 day students from Austin area.
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St. Stephen's Episcopal School
Leslie Crockett Construction Company of
Austin
William Brewster
Lake Austin
R. O. Davis Company
Brewster
O. H. Cummings Electrical Company
Education's Link To Religion Told At UT Luncheon
Dr. Ordway Tead told University of Texas faculty and administration that religion and education are two halves of a whole. He spoke at the Religious Emphasis Period luncheon at the University Presbyterian Church. Lectures seminars and supper discussions led by ministers and laymen will close the 11 day period.
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Ordway Tead
University of Texas
Tead
New York City Board of Higher Education
Harper and Brothers Economics
University Presbyterian Church
Brackenridge Hospital Faces Efficiency Survey and Expansion
City Manager Guston Morgan announced plans for an efficiency survey at Brackenridge Hospital to be chosen by the medical staff, while bids for a $1.5 million expansion will be sought in about two months. Bonds totaling $750,000 will be advertised March 16 with federal matching funds, part of an $18 million bond issue approved in 1946.
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Guston Morgan
Brackenridge Hospital
Brackenridge
Morgan
Charles Weeg
Youth Theater Presents Marco Polo in Austin Friday
The Austin Junior Civic Theater sponsors National Youth Theater shows in Austin with a production of Marco Polo directed for youth audiences. Performances occur at University Junior High School at 4 30 p m and 7 30 p m with adult actors. Tickets are 42 cents for children and 1 20 for adults.
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Austin Junior Civic Theater
National Youth Theater
Austin Friay
University Junior High School
Phil Arnold
Don Purcell
Charlotte Chorpenning
Junior League Council
American National Theater and Academy
Austin Civic Theater
Mel Pape
Census Testing To End Friday
Census officials announce two days of testing remain for crew chief and enumerator positions in the 10th Congressional District. John Manning says tests will be held Thursday and Friday at the district office 304 West Eighth from 2 to 4. About 20 tests were given Wednesday to applicants who missed prior sessions in Central Texas. Crew chief selections will be notified soon. enumerator lists take three to four weeks. Manning plans a district wide educational program after testing and has spoken to civic clubs in Luling and Georgetown and aims to address all PTA groups in Austin in March.
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John P. Manning
10Th
Congressional District
West Eighth
Texas
Manning
Luling
Georgetown
Austin
Lawyer Grady Niblo Defends Owen Murder Case for Free
Dallas lawyer Grady Niblo serves as defense counsel in the Owen murder trial in the 98th District Court without charge. Niblo, a UT football star in 1912 14, credits trainer Sam Owens for healing his injured leg, and Owens is father of defendant Roy Owens.
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Grady Niblo
Dallas
Owen
98Th District
Niblo
University of Texas
Sam Owens
Roy Owens
Defense argues wrong man in Owens slaying case
Trial testimony details blood stained sheets and shirt found in a culvert and a dresser with disturbed linens. Detective Lang described the scene at 1710 Paquito and the nude body with stockings and a fur piece, while defense claims the killer was a third party and questions the defendant’s alibi.
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Grady Niblo
Lang
Niblo
Douglas
13Th and Poquito Streets
Bob Lang
24Th Street
Charles O. Betts
Owens
Paquito
John McKay
Buck Avery
Norman Thomas to Speak on Communism at Texas Union
Socialist presidential candidate Norman Thomas will discuss facts and falsehoods about communism in Hogg Auditorium Thursday at 8 p m. The Forum Speakers Committee sponsors the free public lecture. Thomas recently argued against communism in speeches and radio addresses.
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Norman Thomas
United States
Hogg Auditorium
Forum Speakers Committee
The
Texas Union
Thomas
Austin
Harry S. Truman
Wooldridge Park
University of Texas
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Union Theological Seminary
Pflugerville Farmer Leads Red Cross County Campaign
Otto W. Bohls, noted Pflugerville farmer and former Pflugerville School Board president, is chairing Travis County Red Cross fund drive starting March 1. He will lead soliciting in Pflugerville Manor Creedmoor Manchaca and other communities with a large list of community chairmen helping.
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Otto W. Bohls
Pflugerville
Red Cross Fund
Joe Dacy
Bohls
County Production Marketing Association
Manor
Creedmoor
Manchaca
Travis County
Veterans’ Vocational School
Red Cross
P. B. Knebel
W. H. Wentland
Harvey Hensel
Travis Peak
W. E
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Weeg
Youth Theater
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Ellison
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Red Cross County Committee
Pleasant Grove
Edward Rogge
Pecan Springs
Thomas Hughes
Nichols
Hilliard A. Nelson
Elroy
John K. Riss Jr
Norwood
Carl Uhlig
Pilot Knob
Ewald Reinhart
Maha
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Austin Nursery
Piccadilly
the Piccadilly
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