Education Head Praises Austin For Excellent School Program
Dr. J. W. Edgar Texas education commissioner praised Austin leaders for advancing a strong school system under Gilmer Aikin. He noted the Texas Education Agency oversees 400 employees, 165 million dollars to local units, and sets standards for 50 000 teachers while managing school transportation and lunch funds.
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Gilmer-Aikin
Texas
J. W. Edgar
Austin Kiwanis Club
Stephen F. Austin
Edgar
Austin
Irby Carruth
Waco
Carruth
Texas Education Agency
C. C. Calvert
George Beta
Indiana
Calvert
Lee Wilborn
Kiwan
Dallas
Whitesboro
William Roy French Enrolls at Abilene Christian College
William Roy French son of Mrs Ora French of 1008 West Annie Street enrolled in the second semester of summer school at Abilene Christian College, Abilene. He is a sophomore majoring in education.
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William Roy French
Ora French
West
Annie Street
Abilene Christian College
Abilene
Union's Defense Begins In Trial Over Boycott
The 53rd District Court opens defense in an anti trust suit over alleged unlawful boycotts. The state seeks a temporary injunction against the Houston Construction Trades Council, Gulf Coast Construction Employers Council, and 11 Houston contractors. Parker Brothers Cement Company testified that a labor dispute caused 25 drivers to strike, affecting non union operations on the unfair list.
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Houston Labor Council
53Rd District Court
Houston Construction Trades Council
Gulf Coast Construction Employers Council
Houston
Union Council
W. R. Parker
Parker
Parker Brothers Cement Company
J. Harris Gardner Parker
Council
Nat Wells
Labor Council
Parker Brothers
Texas
Harris County
Charles M. Morton
J. M Odem Construction Company
Austin
Employers Council
Evers Council
Texas Departmental Sales Slide in June Figures
The UT Bureau of Business Research reports June department and apparel store sales in Texas were 6 percent above June 1949 but 18 percent below May. Brownsville led gains with 46 percent, Odessa 30 percent, Laredo 29 percent, Lubbock 25 percent, San Angelo 20 percent, Dallas 14 percent, while Temple and Port Arthur fell. First half 1950 sales rose 2 percent year over year.
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Texas Department and
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Brownsvill
Odessa
Laredo
Lubbock
San Angelo
Dallas
Temple
Port Arthur
Brownsville
Sherman
Economic impact of Truman Korea war spending
In a mailbag note a graduate economist argues that Truman’s ten billion dollar Korea action raises output but shifts scarce goods like steel and consumer durables to higher income groups. He predicts price rises, rationing by dollar voting, regressive taxes, tighter credit, and a burden on the lower and middle class while profits rise for the wealthy.
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Truman
Korea
Dust on Congress Avenue Sparks Water Waste Critique
A reader denounces city water use for street dust control in downtown Austin. The letter praises clean streets but complains about nighttime spraying on Congress Avenue, noting drenched car owners and requesting water be redirected to dustier dirt streets. The editor reminds unsigned letters cannot be published and asks for name, address, and brevity.
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Austin
Congress Avenue
Congress
Rush Tapers Down On Building Permits
The city building inspector reports a three day rush for building permits last Tuesday through Thursday tapered over the weekend and Monday. A total of 141 permits for new construction or alterations were issued, averaging 47 per day versus the normal 15. From July 11 to last Friday, $2. m in construction was authorized.
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John C. Eckert
City Grants Permit For Filling Station at 1201 West Lynn
The city building inspector approves a permit for Alfred Ellison to construct a masonry service station at 1201 West Lynn Street. The project funds total $12,000 for the building.
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West Lynn Street
Alfred Ellison
Major Hagan Reports for UT Duty
Major John F. Hagan Jr. reported for duty at the University of Texas headquarters of military science and tactics. He will serve as an instructor in the transportation branch. Hagan, a Kentucky Tennessee native, entered the Army in 1942 and saw combat in the Mediterranean before later assignments at Ft. Eustis and in Rome and Paris.
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John F. Hagan Jr
Headquarters of Military Science and Tactics
University of Texas, Texas Military District
Hagan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Seattle
Wash
Army
2Nd Cavalry Division
Mediterranean
Rome
Foreign Liquidation Commission
Paris
United States
Ft. Eustis
Sleep and how to get more of it
August Reader's Digest showcases Robert Coughlan offering science based guidance to improve sleep. It debunks myths and presents a single best rule to fight insomnia while explaining how the body attains slumber and what aids or disrupts it.
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Reader's Digest
Robert Coughlan
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Barton Springs
Grieder
Neal Douglass
Education Head
Mountain Valley
al H. Johns
Walle Annex
Scarbrough & Sons
Hoover
Granada
Arcadia
China
Scarbrough
Philco
Hoover Department
Third Floet
Chelan
Sandahl Beverages
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