Capital City Little School Of Travis Shows Progressive Model
The Pecan Springs School near Austin demonstrates modern education in a two room building. Led by Mrs. Zella M Peavy and Miss Rosalie Urban, the district uses a public address system, film projector, radio, musical ensembles, and active art and reading programs for about 40 to 44 pupils with daily attendance from first to fourth grades. Postmaster Bob Phinney notes mail delivery changes and fiscal constraints, urging patience as new Austin delivery schemes roll out.
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Pecan Springs
Austin City
Old Manor Road
Travis County
Zella M Peavy
Rosalie Urban
Peavy
Bob Phinney
Austin
Phinney
Postoffice
Plunging Neckline and Dead Battery Both Fail
A satirical trio of lines mocks fashion and utility. The first jokes about a revealing neckline losing its appeal, the second deflates a flashlight with a dead battery, and the third suggests religion is under attack by Reds in a warlike stance.
Texas industry gains shown in employment nine year span
A Texas Employment Commission report shows manufacturing and non manufacturing sectors expanding since 1940. From 652,711 workers in 1940 to 1,654,500 in 1949, with war production driving early gains and postwar adjustments leading to broader firm growth and rising employment across industries.
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Texas Employment Commission
Texas
Flying Saucers Sighted In Newtown Aide From Navy Pace
A writer recalls a moonlit sighting of disk shaped flying objects over Newtown Connecticut two summers ago. Eyewitnesses include Paul Osborne and Josh Logan while Henry J. Taylor on a General Motors network claims two saucer types exist remote controlled discs and jet driven craft. He notes sightings near Wildwood New Jersey and Galveston Texas and a warning on a saucer about military secrecy.
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Newtown
Conn
Paul Osborne
Paul
Josh Logan
John Hersey
Henry J. Taylor
General Motors
ABC
Taylor
Henry J
Wildwood
N. J
Galveston
Texas
United States of America
United States
Questions and Answers from a Historic Knowledge Quiz
A compilation of trivia covering UN Charter ratification order, FBI fingerprint numbers, Blondin’s Niagara rope, arthritis antiquity, zipper invention, bread freshness tips, gender questions on trips, Jefferson warning hero, and horned toad moisture absorption.
Washington Werry-Go-Round Acheson Protests Lie Trip
Washington column notes Eric Geiger a Salzburg Austrian Jaycee adopted by Texas visits Washington glimpses Congress and Lat Timore hearing and meets Dean Acheson. Other items cover McCarthy affidavits, Byrd lobbying, paid audiences by Aiken, Cold War planning, Lie’s Moscow trip warning, and Vargas Brazil election dynamics.
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Washington
Acheson
Trygve Lie
Moscow
Drew Pearson
Eric Geiger
Chamber of Commerce
Salzburg
Austria
Texas
Geiger
United States
USA
Amarillo
Chambers of Commerce
Eric
Congress
Lattimore
Dean Acheson
Winchell On Broadway Celebs Steal Spotlight at Lindys
Movietown stars shine in a night of glamour with Claudette Colbert, Mary Beth Hughes, Chandler Cowles, Leonore Lonergan, Max Rosenbloom and Gregory Ratoff among others. Personal dramas unfold as marriages wane and careers push on across coasts.
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Claudette Colbert
Movietown
Lindy's
Mary Beth Hughes
Ermine
Chandler Cowles
Leonore Lonergan
Maximillian Rosenbloom
Gregory Ratoff
Marlene Dietrich
Gazettes
Hudson River
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Little School of
Travis
E. P. Hawley
Cooperative School Board
Veterans Service
Veterans Affairs Commission
Veterans’ Associations
Waco
Dallas
Houston
Lubbock
San Antonio
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Disabled American Veterans
Louis N. Goldberg
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Goldberg
By Combes
United Nations
Flying Saucer
Myre
Onr
Navy
Air Force
Austin American Information
Eye Street
L.mcb. A
France
China
United Kingdom
Soviet Republic
FBI
F.S. A
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Blondin
Niagara Falls
G. A
Jean Francois Gravelet
Whitcomb L. Judson
Bertram G. Work
B. F. Goodrich Company
American Sightseeing Association, Inc
Association
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
A. Jack Jouitte
Charlottesville, Va
Communist Daily Worker
Earl Browner
Bella V. Dodd
Owen Lattimore
Communist Party
Communist New Masses
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
New Masses
Cairo
Teheran
McCarthy
Smathers
Gardner Cowles Jr
Look, Quick
Flair
A. M. Hamilton
American Locomotives
Earl Browder
Russia
America
Kansas City
Sen. McCarthy
Wheeling
W. Va
State Department
Byrd
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Farm Equipment Association
Senator Byrd
Aiken
Senator Aiken
Vermont
Agricultural Department
Minnesota
Brannan
St. Paul
Burlington
War and Navy
White House
National Security Council
National Security Resources Board
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
ECA
Stuart Symington
Air
Resources Board
Lew Douglas
London
Joseph Stalin
Lie
GOP
Civil Aeronautics Board
Air Transport Associates
Golden North Airways
Alaska
Post Office Department
Don Reynolds
Quentin Reynolds
Labor Relations Board
Jim Reynolds
Boys Clubs
Vargas
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Hates USA
Eduardo Gomes
Dutra
Social Democrats
Mauricio Nabuco
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Broadway
Leo Durocher
N. Y. Giants
Gar van
Beverly Crane
Irene Rich
Frances
Navy Council
Lois Andrews
S. Stanford
Coast Mint
Associated Press
Austin American
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
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