City Plans Bid Call for Sand Beach Range Lease
City prepares to issue bids to lease city owned Sand Beach Reserve property near the Missouri Pacific Station for a golf driving range. Walter Seaholm said bids will come any day. Three proposals exist including from pro golfer Leonard Dodson. Six month lease cancellation clause planned. Riverside boulevard could run nearby in long range plans.
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Sand Beach Reserve
Missouri-Pacific
Walter Seaholm
Leonard Dodson
Double life for fliers tots daily await daddy home
At a Fifth Air Force base in Japan Lieutenant Holmes L. Small and his wife Eleanor keep up a cheerful routine for daughters Carolyn and Natalie as war unfolds. The family lives near the base while Small flies Korean missions, maintaining a brave front under mounting dangers.
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Japan
Carolyn
Natalie Small
Holmes L. Small
Medford
Mass
Eleanor
Natalie
Snow White
Air Force Base
New York
Smalls
States
Propaganda leaflets targeting Korea found in Austin
Local residents report distributing red leaflets titled Challenge with Prevent World War III urging no guns no planes and no US lives to protect South Korea. Leaflets appeared in The Austin American papers and at Chal mers Courts Brackenridge Beep Eddy West 19th 21st 23rd Streets with FBI called in for investigation.
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Challenge
South Korea
Austin
Chalmers Courts
Brackenridge
Beep Eddy
West 19Th
West 21St
West 23Rd
Willis H. Dismukes
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Austin American Eddy
Walter H. Gaetjens
West 19Th Street
W. F. Gohlke
Ross Staine
T. A. Brown
R. F. Field
West 23Rd Street
Charles Dickens
W. T. Conklin
West 22Nd
Pervis R. Jeffery
Robbins Place
Two Austin Florists Nominated at Houston Meeting
Two Austinites were nominated for Texas State Florists Association posts in Houston. Steve Eichelberger co owner of Eldon Powell Florist was nominated without opposition for president. Dolly Maude Harris was nominated as one of nine candidates for director with three to be chosen.
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Waco
J. R. Woodward
Edge Davis
Eichelberger
Eldon Powell Florist
Twas a Trick A Dirty Dog Would Do
In MOBILE on July 12 Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Barnes faced two missing pork chops after a blackout. A dog named Major was seen under the table taking the meals, ending the quiet dinner with a theft.
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Mobile
Ala
Wallace Barnes
Major
Lemon Lands Work Of Youths at Center
Salvation Army Captain James D. Lemon reported 163 boys are enrolled in the eastside youth shop’s five weekly classes. Optimists approved spending 125 to equip a North Austin boys league to be named the Optimists League with about 60 participants. Three Group 10 members performed songs from Roadside at Saengerrunde Hall and explained the production business.
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Austin
Eastside
Salvation Army
James D. Lemon
Stephen F. Austin
Lemon
Optimists
North
Optimists League
Roy Upshaw
Julius Walker
Jim Finley
Saengerrunde Hall
Walker
Confidence Game Fleeces Austinite
A woman in Austin was swindled in a pigeon dropping confidence game near Sixth and Congress. She lost 44 dollars after a man presented a found hundred dollar bill and war bond and asked her to witness cashing the bond. He asked for more money to impress a clerk and vanished when she followed toward a nearby post office. The suspect, about 40, 5 feet 11 inches, 160 pounds, remains at large.
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Austin
Sixth
Congress
Oberammergau Passion Play’s Long History Noted Since 1634
The Oberammergau passion play has a storied tradition dating back to 1634 with only a few lapses in its long history. The article highlights the enduring performance, its religious significance, and the community’s role in preserving the event through centuries.
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Oberammergau
Senate blocks FEPC bill amid filibuster fears
The Senate defeated the Fair Employment Practices Commission measure with 33 votes in opposition, 22 Democrats and 11 Republicans for cloture, and 55 yes on the motion to proceed toward debate. Leaders warned of continued obstruction and a two thirds hurdle proved insurmountable. The result ends any revival for this session and reflects deep civil rights tensions under President Truman.
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Washington
Senate
FEPC
Fair Employment Practices Commission
South
Lucas
Florida
Pepper
Bridges
New Hampshire
Edton
Montana
Gurney and Mundt
South Dakota
Malone
Nevada
Young
North Dakota
Truman
Texas
Connally
Johnson
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Calif
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Zemo
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Temo
Mongomey Ward
Austin Florists
Houston
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Ping
Emerson
Zale
Ino
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