UT custodian halts world wide book drive after 325000 sent
H A Dunn, UT Austin custodian of the main building, ends his long running Books for China project after sending 325000 volumes abroad since 1947. The 60 year old says he is quitting for a while due to fatigue, despite packing 250 boxes weighing about ten tons for Japan and other regions.
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Associated Press
H. A. Dunn
Dunn
University of Texas
Germany
Japan
Hungary
Brazil
Mexico
Korea
Wu Yi
Canton
China
Alpha Phi Ome
People of Texas
Drops Project Dunn to send few books at 60
Project Dunn will continue sending a limited number of books and not large shipments. He is 60 and eligible for retirement in ten years, and has been with the University of Texas since 1936.
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Dunn
University of Texas
Mohair Prices Rise Six Cents in Central Texas
Mohair prices jumped six cents a pound in Central Texas markets as Melvin Winters of Johnson City quotes adult mohair at 1.56 and kid hair at 2.06. Wool prices also climb amid post holiday government purchases for military uses and a 15 cent per pound rise since Christmas.
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Texas
Melvin Winters
Johnson City
Lampasas
Fredericksburg
Dripping Springs
Boy Scout Troop 176 Organized at Jonah
Jonah January 10. Boy Scout Troop 176 sponsored by the Community Club has been organized with W. A. Pipher as Scoutmaster. The troop committee includes T. E. Leggett H. B. Boydston and John McDonald. Registered boys are Donald Barrington Joe Ed Barrington Kenneth Boydston Floyd Byrd Joe Reynero Murray Roberts and Dan Thornton.
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Jonah
W. A. Phifer
T. E. Leggett
H. B. Boydston
John McDonald
Donald Barrington
Joe Ed Barrington
Kenneth Boydston
Floyd Byrd
Joe Reynero
Murray Roberts
Dan Thornton
Comanches Seek Peace. Karnes Rejects While Captives Haunt
Three Comanche chiefs meet Texas Ranger Henry W. Karnes in San Antonio in 1840 to propose peace. Karnes insists no peace while captives remain. Return of only one girl, Matilda Lockhart, leads to a renewed standstill and a battle where 35 Indians are killed and 27 captured. Warfare continues 40 more years.
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San Antonio
Texas
Henry W. Karnes
Karnes
Matilda Lockhart
Council House
Curtis Bishop
Guard Prestige Salesmen Warned At Emergency Meeting
Paul Burbank of the National Stationery and Office Equipment Association warned salesmen to guard against slipping in prestige during the coming emergency. He spoke at a joint Sales Executive Club and Austin Advertising Club meeting urging focus on customers, clear motives, courtesy, and hard work as items grow scarce.
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Paul Burbank
National Stationery and Office Equipment Association
Burbank
Sales Executive Club
Austin Advertising Club
Discoverers of Spindletop Honored at Beaumont Event
Beaumont observes the 50th anniversary of Spindletop with tribute to Captain Anthony F. Lucas and Paullo Higgins. Geologist E Degoler calls Spindletop a training ground for the U.S. oil industry, crediting its impact on Gulf Oil, Texaco, and Houston Oil.
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Beaumont
Anthony F. Lucas
Paullo Higgins
Spindletop
Higgins
Lucas
E. Degolver
Dallas
Gulf Oil Corporation
Texas Company
Houston Oil Company
Walter S. Carpenter Jr
E. IL. duPont de Nemours & Company
Oil and Chemical Industries
Deaths and Funerals Notice Summary
Death notices for Herbert L. Mathias 52 of East First Street and Thomas A. Lorance 90 list Thursday funeral services at St Pauls Lutheran and Weed-Corley Funeral Home with burial at Capital Memorial Park and Oakwood Cemetery. Ralph Hugh Smith and Manuel M Estrada had Wednesday burials at Oakwood Cemetery and Mt Calgary Cemetery. Blake J Council of Austin dies at 66 Cross Street with Thursday 4 p m service at East Avenue Baptist Church. Adolph A Naizer 38 rites held in Taylor and Granger churches. Beverley Davenport Hendricks 23 of Prairie Lea buried in Masonic Cemetery with service officiated by Rev Dewey Roberts.
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Herbert L. Mathias
East First Street
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Albert F. Jesse
Capital Memorial Park
Thomas A. Lorance
Weed-Corley
John Barclay
Oakwood Cemetery
Ralph Hugh Smith
Cook Funeral Home
O. F. Dingler
Manuel M. Estrada
Manuel M
Estrada
East Sixth Street
Mt. Calgary
Blake J. Council
Cross Street
Flora B. Council of
Austin
L. B. Council
Jones A. Council
East Avenue Baptist Church
Joe Love
E. L. Sparks
G. W. Griffin
Albert Cahill
O. J. Hill
George M. McCarty
L. E. Noe
M. A Richards
Adolph A. Naizer Taylor
Adolph A. Naizer
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church
Granger
Taylor Catholic
Beverley Hendricks Prairie Lea
ANS
Beverley Davenport Hendricks
Dewey H. Roberts
Douglas W. Hendricks
Luling
Shirley Ann
George N. Lamkin
Harwood
Ross McMahan
George Carlisle
Gordon Smith
M. B. Jeffrey
Buck Hendricks
Jack Hendricks
Masonic Cemetery
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Texas State Optical
Boy Scout
BY Max B. Skelton
B. Brewster Jennings
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
United States
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors Corporation
David Rockefeller
Vances
Rotary Club
B. Clary Bates, M.D
West 18Th Street
Kelly Smith Cleaners, Inc. Cleaners, Furriers, Hatters
U.S
Congress
WEED
Corley
Pureral
Austin, Texas
Karotkin
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