UT Musician Gets High Uruguay Honor
Homer Ulrich, a University of Texas musician, was named a corresponding member of the Inter-American Institute of Musicology in Montevideo Uruguay. Dean E W Doty of the College of Fine Arts also became a corresponding member. The institute honors those who advance musical research creation and organization.Director Francisco Curt Lange, the institute director, previously taught as a summer visiting professor at UT.
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University of Texas
Homer Ulrich
Inter-American Institute of Musicology
Montevideo
Uruguay
E. W. Doty
College of Fine Arts
Francisco Curt Lange
Blackshear P-TA Meeting At New Mount Olive
Blackshear P-TA will meet Wednesday at 8 p m at New Mount Olive Baptist Church 1113 Leona.
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Blackshear
New Mount Olive Baptist Church
Leona
Blindness Spurs Lexington Man Farm Success
Earl Owens, a blind Texan from Lexington, built and runs a 15 acre poultry operation with eight brooders, Angora goats, a rustic tent house, and Pal the German police dog as usher. He aims to double output to 8,000 broilers per season and may offer training in internal culling through the Eames method. Owens credits Genevieve Powell for motivation and receives support from the Texas Commission for the Blind and local agencies. He began after losing jobs in Wichita Falls and war work, then moved to Lee County to establish his farm and home with wife as contractor.
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F. B. Curry
Austin American Giddings
Lexington
Earl Owens
Owens
Eames
Wichita Falls
Genevieve Powell
Lee County
Texas Commission For the Blind
Drillers Find Oil and Gas Near Lampasas
Oil and gas were found in a water well on the Lee Shepherd place about half a mile west of Lampasas. The well reached 600 feet and is in Ellenberger limestone with increasing gas and oil shows. Gas is plentiful and oil tests at about 43 gravity. area projected to extend west and north across several thousand acres with interest from Lone Star Gas and major oil companies.
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Shepherd Place
Lampasas
E. M. Albrecht
Ellenberger
Lone Star Gas Company
Realtors Hear Biard on Psychology in Selling
Austin real estate professionals will hear Arthur E. Biard of San Antonio speak at the Austin Real Estate Board clinic in Calcasieu Auditorium Wednesday at 7 30 p m Biard a former Austin resident has led his own firm and served as president of the San Antonio Real Estate Board and as vice president of the Texas Real Estate Association He has directed the sales of more than 40 million dollars in real estate and his company runs subdivisions and related services.
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Austin Real Estate Board
Calcasieu Auditorium
Arthur E. Biard
San Antonio
District Court Divorces and Name Change Notices
The district court entries list multiple divorces granted including Emmaline Houston vs Eddie Houston and Eddie Roberta Ussery cases, with Mrs Ussery changing names via ex parte proceedings. Minor name changes and marriages are also recorded among listed parties and clerical notes.
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Emmaline Houston
Eddie Houston
Irene Son Grubbs
Heber C. Grubbs
Claraer
John E. Dittlinger
Doris Iderach
Joseph J. Balderach
Lilliana
Edward Zander
Mike Ro Rodricues
Mary Theresa Rodriguez
Vere Rn Tennon
Mildred Tennon
Ormette Sauls
Wade Dean Oy Aiveres
Velyn Marie "Bacwell
Jack Bagwell
Elnora Davis
Joe Davis
Manhwriage Cinanees
Limberg
Gore _ Loris
Jeanne Pafford
Ob C. Steiner
Mucer Dallommy L. Roselle
Evelyn Mary Schubach
Julian M. Acosta
Crus Gercia
Ramon Rivera
Olivea Cortez
Heffington
Collee Carlton Johnson
Ooach Wiliam Firvin Ford
Dodes
Manitoba Forest Fires Rage Across Large Areas
Uncontrolled forest and grass fires swept across Manitoba Tuesday driven by 25 to 35 mph winds. Officials called it the province的 worst outbreak in recent history with major blazes near Northeast timber stands. About 700 firefighters were in action, with 200 in the Lac du Bonnet area as Pine Falls prepared for emergency measures and guards protected the town.
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Winnipeg. Man
Manitoba
Pine Falls
Winnipeg
Bill Misko
Fine Falls
Great Falls
Mud Falls
Lac du Bonnet
S. W. Schortinghuis
Manitoba Forest Service
Arborgs
Riverton
Rebels Seize Rice in Rangoon Burma Conflict
Burmese government says insurgents in upper Burma captured large stocks of rice. Troops were dispatched to retake control as the situation developed on October 5.
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Rangoon
Burma
Upper
Renowned Texas Attorney William Pannill Dies
Fort Worth Texas attorney William Pannill 72 died after a two month illness. Former Erath County and 29th District district attorney he helped in top land cases and was first chief justice of the Eastland civil appeals court in 1923. Survivors include a widow two sons and several daughters. Services pending at Ray Crowder Funeral Home.
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Fort Worth
William Pannill
Pannill
Erath County
Texas
Eastland
William C. Pannill
Hastings Pannill
Midland
John Camp
Houston
E. J. Aycock
Charles Ramsey
al Wooten
John Davis
Ray Crowder
Red Cross Aide Edouard Sisserson Dies at Base
Wichita Falls Oct 4 Edouard B Sisserson 47 assistant Red Cross field director at Sheppard Air Force Base died in base hospital Sunday after a heart attack.
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RED Cross Aide
Wichita Falls
Red Cross
Sheppard Air Force Base
Edouard B. Sisserson
Rotarians Hear Hohn Deplore Waste of Soil
C Dutch Hohn conservation supervisor of the Lower Colorado River Authority told Austin Rotarians that soil loss in Central Texas is dire. He urged terracing and erosion control, noting soils average only five to six inches of topsoil and calling soil conservation an educational effort. He described LCRA’s 10 county program and emphasized farmer banker cooperation and adoption of soil-saving equipment.
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Texas
Dutch” Hohn
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Austin Rotary Club
Texas A&m
Hahn
LCRA
Austin
Jury Indicts Deputy On Alien Registration Charge
Deputy Sheriff Mario Campa, a World War II veteran, was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury on a charge of failure to register as an alien. He posted $5,000 bond. Sheriff Owen W. Kilday noted Campa’s prior acquittal in 1942 on a similar charge and said Campa's mother testified he was born in Bexar County. Campa's career included jail guard service starting in 1941, Army service from 1942 to 1945, and a recent rise to deputy sheriff.
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San Antonio
Mario Campa
Conservation program for 1949 mapped at two day conference
A two day conference opens in San Antonio on Tuesday to map a conservation program for 1949. Seventy five officials from 17 South Texas counties are expected to attend the meeting.
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San Antonio
South Texas
Expert Calls for Middle East Oil to Meet ERP Needs
In Dallas a panel of 800 petroleum experts heard John R. Shuman of Standard Oil of New Jersey warn that the United States must develop Middle East oil reserves to avoid shortages. He cited 35 billion barrels in Middle East reserves versus 22 billion in the US and noted ERP use of Middle East oil is vital.
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Dallas
John R. Shuman
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Middle East
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Fairmont Foods Company
Giddings
Austin Realtors
Biard
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Dr. Pierce
Central
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