Lutheran Church Opens Sunday School Drive
Workers from First English Lutheran Church opened a nation wide Sunday School Enlistment Demonstration with a local rally led by Rev. C M Weihe. Personal visitations begin November 1 and 2 at 630 p m with an evaluative meeting November 3. The drive aims to grow Sunday school membership to 1,000,000 by 1950.
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First
English Lutheran Church
United Lutheran Church In America
C. M. Weihe
Philadelphia
First English Lutheran Church
Lewis P. Speaker
First English Church
United Lutheran Church
United States
Canada
Clifton M. Weihe
Denomination
Jurist Retirement Plan Talk Stated
A round table on the judges retirement amendment will air Monday at 8 30 p m. on KNOW. Participants include Dean C T McCormick of the University of Texas School of Law Robert Lee Bobbitt former Texas attorney general and Ralph W Yarborough of Austin chairman state committee. The amendment, last on the ballot, has backing from the State Bar Association and civic groups. Support cites court efficiency and government economy as main aims. Thirty one states already have similar plans.
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KNOW
Dean C. T. McCormick
School of Law
University of Texas
Robert Lee Bobbitt
San Antonio
Texas
Ralph W. Yarborough
Austin
State Bar Association
Garrison Announces Patrol Rookies to Stations
Director Homer Garrison Jr of the Texas Department of Public Safety announced the assignments of new highway patrol rookies to stations of duty effective November 1. The patrolmen have completed training and are ready for service.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Homer Garrison Jr
Department of Public Safety
Central Texas
William Jesse Ellison
Austin
Floresville
W. Leon Fuller
New Braunfels
Linton
Harry F. Heidemann
Brenham
Victoria
Walter C. McFarland
Liberty Hill
Harlingen
Maurice Nolan Pfeiffer
Elgin
San Antonio
Jerome H. Preiss
Pleasanton
Oliver A. Taylor Jr
Houston
Belle Boyd Divorce Revealed in 1884 U S District Court
The 1884 decree grants Mrs. John S. Hammond a divorce and child custody. The article notes her fame as Belle Boyd a Confederate spy whose Civil War exploits inspired theater narratives. It mentions a Dallas theater performance at the time of the divorce and lists several Central Texas military assignments for men.
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United States District Court
Dalles
John S. Hammond
Blood Clot Slows Down Bob Hope
Hollywood reports Bob Hope slowed by a blood clot after slipping on a ship’s gangplank used as a movie prop for Easy Does It. X rays revealed a clot forcing a bed rest of at least a week and postponement of his NBC show due to the election. Hope laments the timing of the setback.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
NBC
Paramount
UT Prof Will Visit Lint Processing Plants
University of Texas chemical engineering professor Dr. K. A. Kobe will inspect cotton processing plants in the East. He will tour the Deering-Milliken Research Trust lab in Stamford Connecticut the USDA Eastern Regional Research Lab in Philadelphia a DuPont plant in Wilmington New Jersey and DuPont’s fundamental research plant in Richmond Virginia.
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East
K. A. Kobe
University of Texas Chemical Engineering
Deering-Milliken Research Trust
Stamford
Sailor Claims Moses Brown Crew Held as Prisoners
In San Francisco Edward A. Owen Sailors Union of the Pacific delegate on the liberty ship Moses Brown says the crew has been held virtually as prisoners of war. The Moses Brown operates on a North Korea Sakhalin Island shuttle run and was recently misreported shelled by Russians. Owen spoke to union leader Harry Lundeberg on the matter.
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San Francisco
INS
Moses Brown
Edward A. Qwen
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Harry Lundeberg
Union
Good Highway System Expands New York State Network
The New York State system spans 83 570 miles with nearly 64 000 miles of hard surface roads. Officials tout improved infrastructure and expanded capacity across urban and rural districts.
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New York State
Frequent Fires: 720 Home Fires Daily in U.S.
A nationwide pattern shows about 720 residential fires erupt across the United States every day fueled by aging wiring, unattended cooking, and heating hazards. Fire officials urge immediate safety checks and smoke alarm tests.
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United States
Taylor Lodge Armistice Day Fete Slated in Taylor
The SPJST Lodge of Taylor will hold an Armistice Day celebration at the hall east of Taylor featuring a Mexican dinner, games, and a dance. Dinner begins at 5 p.m. Veterans of both world wars will be admitted to the dance free of charge.
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Taylor
Spl
Spjst Lodge
Austin Navy Wives Club Organizing at Naval Reserve Armory
An Austin Navy Wives group plans formation today at 7 30 p m at the 1 Naval Reserve Armory 1110 Barton Springs Road. Wives whose husbands serve in the Regular Navy Coast Guard Marines or Naval Reserve are urged to attend.
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Austin
Navy Wives Club
Naval Reserve Armory
Barton Springs Road
Navy
Coast Guard
Marines
Naval Reserve
Printer Named Aide to Tobin
The White House announced on Sunday the appointment of Ralph Wright as assistant secretary of labor. Wright, 45, a working printer and International Typographers Union official, has served as secretary of the Allied Printing Trades Council of Greater New York for two years.
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Washington
White House
Ralph Wright
Wright
New York
International Typographers Union
Allied Printing Trades Council of
Greater New York
Labor Department
Truman
Maurice J. Tobin
Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
The Pigeon Unique Water Drinking By Suction
A note states that the pigeon uniquely drinks by suction among birds. Other birds ingest water into the beak and tilt the head to swallow.
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Jurist Retirement Plan
By d’Alessio
Mr. Mason
Garrison
Highway Patrol
Ralph M. Adkins
Bivins
Chesley Jerome Auten
Whitney
Hallettsville
J. D. Chastain
Brownwood
Billie R. McElroy
Coleman
Bob Don Richards
Meridian
la Grange
UT Prof
Taylor Lodge
Austin Navy Wives
Tobin
Seeing Eye
Chicago
Woman
Frank Sinatra
Don Ameche
Dorothy
Biery
Bell Gardens
Calif
Master Eve Foundation
An Minn
Horme
Bharan
Hormel
Vienna
Austin, Minnesota
Polly Weaver
T. B, Williams
Kirsch Sunaire Blinds
Congress
Hawaii
Matson Line
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
U. S
Bendix
Harry
Ist
Parker
Calcasieu
Flastia - Stace
Bendix Dryer
Lavaca
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