Early Bid Call Predicted For Super-Highway
A Highway Department official predicted bids for the first section of the interregional expressway in Austin will be called soon after utility relocations on East Avenue are completed. R H Fincher said bids will be advertised once lines are out of the way. The initial 200 foot wide highway runs from East 19th Street to East 46th Street.
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Austin
Highway Department
R. H. Fincher
Division 14
East Avenue
East 19Th Street
East 46Th Street
Great Smoky Likeds Popular National Park Since 1940
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the North Carolina Tennessee border has been the most visited national park in the United States since 1940.
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Great Smoky
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
America
Texas Employment Drops Third Straight Month
Employment in Texas fell for the third consecutive month reaching the lowest level since February of last year. The Texas Employment Commission said September saw 38 new firms locating in the state with Dallas leading in new firms and 225 workers.
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Texas Employment Commission
Austin
Dallas
Amarillo
Waco
Longview
San Angelo
el Paso
Fort Worth
Corpus Christi
Houston
TEC
MoPac Officials Make New Offer For Strike End
The Missouri Pacific strike enters its seventh week with management proposing a new end to the walkout. Union leaders draft a reply amid signs they will reject. arbitration was suggested for 93 unresolved claims, while major issues raised by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen remain unsettled.
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MoPac
ST. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Frank Aldrich
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Aldrich
Governors
Union
Ancient Buffalo Skull Arrives as Permanent Exhibit
A prehistoric buffalo skull found by Travis County workmen 12 feet underground near Onion Creek on the Lockhart Highway was delivered to the Texas Memorial Museum. Dr. E. H. Sellards confirmed the skull will be a permanent exhibit and noted more bones may exist nearby.
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Texas Memorial Museum
E. H. Sellards
Travis County
Onion Creek
Lockhart Highway
Sellards
Texas
Texas Museum
This Old Adage About Womens Work From Hillsboro
Hillsboro report highlights Mrs J D Duke a busy housewife and mother of two who starts at 5 am with breakfast and chores Then she helps in the cotton fields by 6 30 am Returns home by 5 30 pm for dinner and child care Finishes laundry on Saturdays and in spare moments says she also works in a drug store highlighting the multitasking role of a rural wife and mother.
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Hillsboro
J. D. Duke
Austin Jaycees Extend Yule Decorations Across Congress
The Austin Jaycees voted to extend Christmas lights from Fourth Street to 11th Street along Congress Avenue. They will hang aluminum garland and bells costing over 3,000 dollars with business contribution sought at one dollar per front foot. Gene Ravel, president, noted only a small portion of the total has been raised.
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Chamber of Commerce
Congress Avenue
Austin
11Th Street
Jaycees
Congress
Fourth Street
11Th
Gene Ravel
Jaycee
Ravel
Pearls and Diamonds Stolen From Stockton Store Safe
A former Shanghai broker Leopold Stein 55 a war refugee and store owner in Linden Stockton was hospitalized when thieves broke into his country store and stole a safe containing pearls valued at 10000 and diamonds worth 5000 totaling 15000. Deputies investigated the burglary as Stein recovered.
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Stockton
Cal
INS
Shanghai
Leopold Stein
Baron Mikimoto
Stein
Linden
Red Cross Cuts Guatemala Flood Death Toll Estimate
An American Red Cross official reduced the Guatemala flood death toll from about 4 000 to 500 after an aerial survey. He warned crop and property damage would reach 50 million dollars, with roads, bridges and communications needing urgent rebuild. Rescue teams and parachute drops continued as Americans stranded near Lake Atitlan were evacuated.
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Guatemala
Red Cross
Edward Russel
St. Louis
Russel
Pacific
US Army
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