Texas woman leads first US Army women officers
On May 18 1942 Oveta Culp Hobby of Houston took oath marking the first time women were admitted to the US Army as commission officers. She oversaw 440 WAC officer candidates at Fort Des Moines Iowa and soon after the corps became a permanent Army division. Curtis Bishop.
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United States
Oveta Culp Hobby
Houston
Women's Auxiliary Corps
US Army
Texas
Hobby
WAC
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Women's Corps
Army
Catholic Groups Plan Joint Picnic at Landa Park
The Commerce Forum of St. Edward's University and the St. Edward's Council Knights of Columbus plan a joint picnic Thursday afternoon at Landa Park in New Braunfels.
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Commerce Forum of
St. Edward's University
St. Edward’s Council
Knights of Columbus
Landa Park
New Braunfels
Zoning Board Considers Medical Arts Building Plan
The City Zoning Board may hold a special session this week to decide a contentious zoning change allowing a medical arts building on the southwest corner of Rio Grande and West 16th Streets. If approved, residential land would convert to commercial to permit a 60 foot high, 139 by 62 foot structure with about 60 offices designed by Page-Southerland-Page.
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Medical Arts
Rio Grande
West 16Th Streets
C Commercial
J. Novy
David Howard Novy
Morris Shapiro
Page-Southerland-Page
Dobie Profiles Cambridge University in Holiday Magazine
J Frank Dobie travels to England to write for Holiday Magazine about Cambridge University. The piece notes his 1943 44 Cambridge tenure and an honorary MA awarded during an American British university exchange. Illustrations accompany the article.
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J. Frank Dobie
Cambridge University of England
Holiday Magazine
Holiday
Dobie
England
Cambridge
State College Study Urged By Educator Leader
Dr Sam Barton president of the College Classroom Teachers Association urged a state college study modeled on Gilmer Aikin to raise higher education quality. He warned Texas risks undermining public school standards if college training remains weak. Barton cited salary comparisons showing Texas losing top instructors to other states.
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Sam Barton
College Classroom Teachers Association
Texas
Barton
Austin Man Elected President of Texas Private Fliers
Holland Page Jr. of Austin was elected president of the Texas Private Fliers Association at a Mineral Wells convention. His wife named secretary. R J Morey of Austin was elected to the board of directors.
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Holland Page Jr
Austin
Texas Private Fliers Association
Page
Mineral Wells
R. J. Morey
CC Enlists 262 In Member Drive For Austin Chamber
The Austin Chamber of Commerce reports 262 volunteers lining up for a one day membership canvass aimed at adding nearly 1000 new business firms and newcomers. Noble W. Prentice says the effort will form two person teams with recruits including Marvin Basey H W Bull Travis Cooke and many others to spread the chamber program and its publication Something Made Austin Grow. Mayor Taylor Glass and President W Luther Thompson support the appeal as canvassing proceeds.
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Austin Chamber of Commerce
Noble W. Prentice
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor Glass
Austin
W. Luther Thompson
Prentice
Marvin Basey
H. W. Bull
Travis G. Cooke
H. E. Huff
J. G French
Paul Fuller
Louis Gage
A. W. Garman
Wiliams
Gatewood
D. O. George
Merle Goodnight
Louis Groos
George R. Haberlin
O. G. Hanseler Jr
City Officials Study Job Classification Methods
Chicago officials and J. L. Jacobs discussed methods for establishing a city job classification system. The talks are part of a series with firms skilled in classification work and follow an budgeted appropriation to ensure equal pay for comparable municipal work.
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Chicago
J. L. Jacobs
Nurses Explore Polio Treatment Phases at Brackenridge
Three speakers at Brackenridge Hospital polio nursing school discussed progress in care. Dr. Lansing Thorn described respiratory involvement and treatment, Dr. Oliver Suehs spoke on surgical aspects of acute poliomyelitis, and Mrs. Eleanor Malone covered physical therapy.
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Brackenridge Hospital
Lansing Thorn
Oliver Suehs
Eleanor Malone
Busy City Council set for vote on cabs zoning and dock
Austin council considers a taxicab regulatory ordinance with higher insurance and new franchise, taximeter deadline, and a 2 percent gross receipts tax. Zoning changes affect beer sales and grocery store off site alcohol. Bus fare plans include a shopper rate 10 cents round trip and a $1.25 weekly pass. A municipal dock contract and NAACP protests also loom.
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Austin
Robert L. Burns
Ben Wayne Greig
Austin Transit Inc
Greig
Austin Retail Sales Rise Amid Regional Growth
Austin metropolitan area retail sales last year reached 155,377,000 dollars, up 3,000,000 from 1948 and 21,000,000 from 1947, according to Sales Management magazine. The report issued May 10 notes effective buying at 198,071,000, down 2,020,000 from 1948’s peak but 29,500,000 higher than 1947, with Austin advancing faster than the national trend across three years.
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Austin
National
Alonzo Sentenced To Three Years For Slaying Friend
Alonzo Falipe, 17, received a three year penitentiary sentence after a 98th District Court jury found him guilty in the March 12 Webberville Road club shooting that killed his friend Johnnie Contreras. Prosecutors were District Attorney Bob Long and Assistant DA Tom Blackwell.
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Falipe Alonzo
Johnnie Contreras
98Th District Court
Webberville
Alonzo
Contreras
Bob Long
Tom Blackwell
Jaycees Pledge Support for Downtown YMCA
The Junior Chamber of Commerce investigations committee announced on Wednesday it will persist in efforts to establish a downtown YMCA. A preliminary report indicates an annual $40 000 subscription would be needed to fund the project.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Brackenridge Hospital
NAACP
Austin Lulac Club
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Butler Park
Jaycees
Lake Austin
W. L. Craven
Austin
Chamber of Commerce
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Joe Dacy
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Austinite
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Fort Hood
George D. Crow
Arno J. Jewett
Julian
A. P. Jenings
Harry Jensen
Otho Jones
V. C. Jung
Leonard Karotkin
G H Kastner
Paul A. Keller
Everette Kelly
Harry E. Kelly
E. G. Kingsbery
Donald B Knight
Ray Knippa
Howard Kuhlman
Jack Lebo
R. W Lindahl
Frank Linden Jr
Edward E. Maxey
Reece Meador
E. A. Moeller
R. O. Moore
E. T. Morris
Fred C. Morse
Aubrey L. Moyer
Paul Murchison
Ellsworth Murray
John H. Nash Jr
Homer Owens
C. H. Page Jr
J. Adonle Parker
R. D._ Patterson
James T. Peal
Don A. Phillips
Wh, Pitts
E. B. Potter
Harry D Pruett
Victor H. Randolph
Victor Ravel
Dick Reynolds
Max Roesch
J. L. Rose
John A. Russell
Gerald £. Rutledge
Clarence E. Saegert
H. A. Schaffer
A. F. Schneider
Julius Schutze Jr
Alfred Schweizer
C. A. Scott
Forace H. Shelton
Louis V. Shurr
John H. Simmons
Woodrow Sledge Jay Smith
L. J. Snyder
S. P. Speir
J. Murray Stevens
H. M Totland
Marvin C. Turner
Dr. G. B. Vosburg
Wiliam F. Warren
S. S. West
Kinney Avenue
Austin Metropolitan Area
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East &Th
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