Austin Schools Embrace In Service Training Program
About 90 percent of Austin's public school teachers stay in the city during a year marked by an extensive in service training program. Under Superintendent Irby Carruth the 10 month schedule includes summer workshops and teaching centers aimed at improving classroom instruction. About 1,582 students participate in summer activities, with 400 in regular summer classes at Austin High School and others in centers citywide. The program stresses learning by doing and keeps pace with national education advances.
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Irby Carruth
Carruth
Austin High School
United States
Texas
Global leaders quote on communism and negotiation stance
Hoover warns of rising communism in the United States. Lie expresses satisfaction with Ache's open-negotiation stance. Eisenhower believes progress toward solutions upholds American system principles and individual dignity at the core of national unity.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
United States
New York
Eisenhower
The
Austin American
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Editors Notebook Texas oil tax revenue swings upward
Texas oil production steps push prospective petroleum tax revenues above 100 million for the coming year. April output slightly over 60 million barrels, with the 12.1 cent average gross tax rate per barrel. Legislature and new commissions study permanent tax plans to avert deficits while oil remains a key revenue source.
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Railroad Commission
Texas Economy Commission
Citizens Economic Council
Financial Post
How Does He Do It
An unclear fragment suggests questions about someone’s methods for the remainder of the year and into the next year. The text lacks concrete names, dates, or events to establish a full record.
University of Texas Perfects Acetylene Process
The University of Texas announces a perfected acetylene production process from hydrocarbons, tested in pilot plants and ready for industrial use. Licenses are available from the Board of Regents. Dr. E P Schoch and colleagues led the project, signaling a major economic advancement in Texas.
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T. S. Painter
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Painter
Schoch
Bureau of Industrial Chemistry
E. P. Schoch
Pitching Horseshoes and a Brass Fish Pocketbook Tale
A pinochle night robbery ends with Uncle Charley losing a wallet and a brass fish charm from Gypsy anter, but receiving the wallet back intact next day. Frieda credits luck while Charley questions superstition as a note returns thirteen dollars and a return promise.
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Allen Street
Frieda
Charlie
Suffolk Street
Answers and curiosity from a 1940s Q and A page
A collection of brief questions and concise expert replies on diverse topics. Baseball numbers, Greenland population, funeral costs, demography, historical figures, King George III, Traveller the horse, Gauguin, US state sizes, Old Vic Theatre origins, oil-burner summer storage. Includes multiple named persons and organizations.
Wire-Tapper Controversy Spreads Across Senate
Washington column notes GOP senators Brewster and Ferguson tapped Hughes. Bielaski's Rhode Island wire tapping described as un American and dangerous. the piece critiques political double standards and notes broader impact on U S views abroad.
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Maine
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Charles Dillon
NBC
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Amerasia
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Bielaski
Chan Gurney
South Dakota
Wallace White
William H. Vanderbilt
Louis Jackvony
McCoy
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Gestapo
Oliver Wendell Homes
United States Supreme Court
Damocles
Broadway Newsreel Evening Pulse of Stars and Surprises
Eisenhower buys front row seats for S Pacific showing. Ruth Chatterton rises in best seller list. Frances Dee shines on stage while Paulette Goddard debuts Cleopatra hair. Debates over religion and midtown mystery unfold as heiresses and stars travel Europe. News notes from Variety cover bulbs, fur, marriages, and nightlife.
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Runyon Fund
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Star
N. Y. Times
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Lite
Frances Dee
Alphonse Onse
Coq Rouge Ringsiders
Paulette Goddard
AP Credited Local News Access Policy
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republish local news from this newspaper and to use AP dispatches. This notice sets the rights and restrictions for republication and distribution.
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