New Irons Put Into Fire Over Textbook Fuss
Statewide survey of school administrators questions current textbook stock and future needs as the old Board of Education faces bids and new law changes. Superintendent Woods will present recommendations Nov. 14 based on superintendents replies and on the projected $5 million annual textbook fund.
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L. A. Woods
Austin
Board of Education
Gilmer-Aikin
R. B. Cousins Jr
C. C. Chessher
Price Daniel
Woods
Definition of a Small Town and a Lost Grip on Life
A reflective piece contrasts small town Sundays with fading Jazz Age memories. It laments modern young lives, noting an Eskimo custom aiding the aged and ill, while America seems to promote youth driving to death through automobiles. A man loses his grip on life while steering.
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Kenley
America
Legislative mixups risk state school governance confusion
Attorney General Price Daniel ruled that two state special schools remain under the Board of Control for superintendent appointments despite transfers to a new board. The error arose from conflicting laws effective Sept 1, with corrections expected by January. The note warns such legislative carelessness could harm state operations.
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Price Daniel
Board of Control
Hospitals and School Board
Youth Development Council
Texas Banks Demand Holiday Flexibility and School Move Backed
Bankers pressed for optional holiday closings, arguing liability risks on legal holidays. Texas State Teachers Association moves headquarters to Austin while the conference of school administrators endorses the plan, presenting broad educator support ahead of Fort Worth vote.
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Texas
Texas State Teachers Association
Austin
Tsta House of Delegates
Conference of
House of Delegates
Fort Worth
Will He Live a Year The Doctor’s Wry Prognostic Tale
A doctor tells a patient a year to live, sparking a tale of a toy man who ignores medical advice. The man splits his fortune, divorces, moves to Mexico, then defies the prognosis with shifting health claims and a looming lawsuit.
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Medico
Mexico
Cuernavaca
Brown
New York
Billy Rose
Answers and Questions From a Historic Quiz Page
A mixed Q and A feature covers topics from Tom Thumb at the White House during Lincoln’s presidency to lamprey in the Great Lakes and the size of the Queen Mary’s main restaurant. It also details polio transmission, color blindness by gender, the westernmost town Ozette, and Milton’s Paradise Regained as superior to Paradise Lost.
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Tom Thumb
White House
Lincoln
Great Lakes
St. Lawrance
G.C.B. A
Milton
D.C. A
Red Letter Testament booklet offer for Sunday schools
Booklet promotes a new Testament edition with red text for the Savior words. It urges adherence to Scripture as civilization hinges on it. The volume, 254 pages, thin paper, black binding, costs 25 cents and is available from The Austin American Information Bureau in Washington DC.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
Washington
D.C
Adlai Kilday Clashes With Radford Over Navy Critique
Washington column recaps Admiral Radford's closed session remarks and Paul Kilday's rebuke for airing Navy criticisms of the Air Force and Defense Secretary Johnson. It notes Alfted Reilly's warning on MacArthur, Miller's death delaying displaced persons bills, and Budgets on tidelands oil.
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Washington
Arthur Radford
House Armed Services Committee
Radford
Kilday
Navy
Matthews
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Crommelin
Broadway gossip and showbiz rumors across New York
Newsboy peddling papers and notes on Nehru suites at the Waldorf. Ezio Pinza rejects offers and Kay Medford’s film footage trimmed. AGWA, TV slang, and hotel woes headline a chaotic blend of theater, society, and sports chatter with names like Kay Thompson Benny Goodman and Faye Emerson across Manhattan venues and circles.
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City Prison
City
Bertrand Campbell
Adler
Shamrock
Mouston
Texas
Connecticut
Actors’ Union
AGWA
Kay Medford
F. Emerson
New York
Johnston
Medford
S. Pac
Benny Goodman
Izzat Good
59Th St
Virginia Leigh
Max Hart
the Palace
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Fragmentary OCR provides only stray letters and partial words. readable content insufficient to identify a person, place, or event for a valid summary card.
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