Gainesville Circus Story Inspires Movie From Community Tale
The Gainesville Community Circus, staged by amateurs from a 12 000 population city and surrounding areas, inspired Columbia Pictures to plan a full length film. Storywriter Ralph Bettinson toured Austin and Gainesville collecting material for a lively script. The piece traces how a debt struck Little Theater turned into a nationwide traveling circus with 269 performances in 43 Texas and Oklahoma cities, run on expenses and community pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Columbia Pictures
Ralph Bettinson
Austin
Bettinson
Circus
Denton
Texas
Oklahoma Cities
Odd Quotes Mix of Life Observations from A Miscellany
A collection of wry sayings touches on service at hotels and leisure, vacation money, fishing gear costs, Esther Williams swimsuit notoriety, Tito's workhorse joke, hay fever escapes, dog loyalty, road map genius, and social climbing via penthouses. The items read as a playful, opinionated sampler.
Editor's Notebook Bolstering Lakefront Plans for Austin
The piece argues for downtown river improvements and a potential lake concept to enhance recreation and beautification at nominal cost. It cites a future dam as a framework but suggests interim dredging and bank filling to enable public use and seasonal access while planning. It also notes upcoming holiday schedules for state workers reducing available workdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Congress Avenue
Barton Springs
Birthday Bromides From a 50 Year Old, by Billy Rose
The piece reflects on turning 50 with humor and self awareness. Billy Rose lists personal resolutions to guide aging: work for passion, travel eight weeks a year, avoid arguing with his wife, balance politics, avoid professional charity, and live by the rule not to hurt anyone. He jokes about grown daughters, groceries, and memories from Delancey Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor
Polly
Pop
Vox Pop
Vox Stalin
Billy Rose
Paul Robeson
Vito Marcantonio
Thomas E. Dewey
Robeson
Russia
Notable Child Prodigies and Early Achievements Across History
A compilation of quick answers on young prodigies like Mozart Menuhin Hoffmann and Alexander the Great. It also covers speed of vision versus cameras, immigration testing processes, the Unknown Soldier Medal of Honor, Canterbury pilgrim relics, and beliefs about early shaving influencing beard thickness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Mozart
Yehudi Menuhin
Josef Hoffmann
Alexander
Alexander the Great
Greece
Nero
Rome
Edna Millay
William Cullen Bryant
Lillian Russell
Austin Preserves Heritage in September 1949 Page Four
Page Four of the Austin newspaper dated September 5, 1949 presents local items, notices, advertisements, and short community updates typical of a mid-century city section.
House Plants Booklet Offers Care Tips
Government publication promotes a 30 page illustrated booklet on growing and caring for house plants. Send 10 cents to the Austin American Information Bureau at 316 Eye Street NE Washington DC for a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
Eye Street
Washington 2
D. C
Austin American
Austin
American Information Bureau
Green to be reelected AFL president at St Paul convention
William Green, 76, long-time AFL leader, will seek a 26th term at the AFL convention in St Paul starting Oct 2. He remains active, popular, and influential in labor circles with White House and Congressional respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
St. Paul
White House
Congress
Green
CIO
Phil Murray
Murray
John Gibson
Michigan Cio
Senate Democratic Campaign Committee
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Joe O’mahoney
Wyoming
Senate
Appropriations Committee
US Conciliation Service
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Broadway Jack Lait on The Glass Hat Closure and Nightlife Trends
The Glass Hat at Belmont Plaza on Lexington Avenue will close as a nightspot and entertainment dance venue next week. New owner William Lowenstein plans a straight eating-place in the room, reflecting a broader shift away from high priced cabaret restaurants toward simpler dining and fewer names in Broadway shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lait
Belmont Plaza
Lexington Avenue
William Lowenstein
East Side
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Statesman
Hollywood
Monte Carlo
Esther Williams
Esther
Marshal Tito
Utopia
By Herblock
Trwnan
Phillip Murray
Union
Fact Findin
BY Billy Rose
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Tim
New York
Century
Delancey Street
Tour d’Argent
Paris
Gene Cavallero
Colony
Pont L’eveque
Tremont Avenue
J.K
The
Better Vision Institute, Inc
United States
I. R
United States Public Health Service
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Oder
Board of Immigration Appeal
Department of Justice
B.S.T
National Cemetery
Arlington
Canterbury
Paul
Thomas A Becket
Herman Goodman
Labor Day American-Statesman
Sen
Austin, Texas
Washington
Ol’ Man River
Bill Green
A’ Ss
Drew Pearson
Robert $. Allen
BY Robert S. Allen
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
Taft-Hartley
Labor
Taft Hartley
Commie
Chamber
Nationwide Food Service Company of
Chicago
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
John L. Lewis
Broadway
Texas Guinan
Jimmy Durante
Harry Richman
Paul Whiteman
Williams Sisters
Helen Morgan
Sophie Tucker
Sophie, Richman
Joe E. Lewis
Xavier Cugat
New York City
Legal Party
ALP
Marcantonio
Westchester County
TPAD
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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