Group Moves For Greater Huston Here
Austin leaders pledge to support a merged Samuel Huston College and Wiley College in Austin or Marshall. Dr. M. Bage says a 25 acre site is needed for about 750 students. Officials discuss using Downs athletic field and nearby land for the new Negro liberal arts college.
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Austin
Liberal Arts
Samuel Huston College of Austin
Wiley College of Marshall
Methodist Board of Education
Samuel Huston College
Taylor Glass
Tom Miller
M. 8. Davage
Nashville
Davage
Marshall
Dallas
E. H. Givens
Samuel Huston
Miller
City of
Springdale Road
Austin School Board
T. S. Painter
University of Texas
J. W. Edgar
O. R. Lott
Dr. Givens
Glass
Gene Ravel
Junior Chamber of Commerce
E. W. Jackson
R. W. Byram
The
A. C. Bull
American National Bank
Charles E. Green
American Statesman
A. A. Swenson
Pupils Pour In To City Schools In 1949 50 Registration
First Austin public school registration for the 1949 50 year promises a new pupil total. Officials expect about 15 000 to start, rising to 18 000 later. A smooth first day used staggered hours to reduce congestion. 2 000 first graders enrolled, up 350 from last year.
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Austin
Austin High School
Anderson High School
Mass Slayer's Motive Sought
Camden case probes why Howard Unruh killed 13 neighbors including a 10 year old. Prosecutor Cohen cites possible insanity or premeditation as psychiatrists study his mental state after his rampage with a Luger. Unruh faces possible death if sane. two weeks observation ordered at Trenton State Hospital.
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Camden
N. J
Howard Unruh
Unruh
John Wilson
Cooper Hospital
Cohen
New Jersey State Hospital
Trenton
Thomas Zegrino
Paul Williamson predicts football with high accuracy
Sports sparklers note Paul B Williamson, predicting games as a hobby, claims an 85 percent accuracy rate. Arizona star Gib Hansen plans to enroll at the University of Texas. Big State League playoffs were rained out as Waco beat Wichita Falls 1-0. Jorgensen and Stanky tied up the Brooklyn Boston clash 5-4. Yankees beat Red Sox 5-2 in a crucial series opener. St Louis edged Chicago 3-2. Ralph Kiner may surpass Babe Ruth’s 60 homer mark.
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Paul B. Williamson
Austin American
Gib Hansen
Arizona
University of Texas
Austin Texarkana
Waco
Wichita Falls
Spider Jorgensen
Eddie Stanky
Boston
Brooklyn
Four-a-Days Return to Vaudeville at Paramount
The Palace revival era proves vaudeville alive as Austin hosts seven acts at the Paramount Theater through Sunday led by Dave Apollon. Roulettes, 3 Swifts, Paul Haakon, Ruth Petty, Bobby Brandt, and Arnaut Brothers join the lineup, signaling a thriving revival with big crowds.
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Paul Haakon
Haakon
Stephanie Antle
Paramount Theater
Austin
Dave Apollon
3 Swifts
Ruth Petty
Bobby Brandt
Arnaut Brothers
Hurricane Heads For Atlantic Isle
An enormous hurricane moves toward Bermuda with winds up to 140 mph and 75 mph gusts expected by Thursday noon. A second storm off Lower California carries winds to 115 mph and threatens shipping lanes. California records heat with 108 in Glendale and two heat deaths. cool weather prevails in the upper Midwest.
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Associated Press
Bermuda
Lower California
South Carolina
Grady Norton
Miami
Lower
California
Glandale
Los Angeles
Great Lakes
Virginia
Carolinas
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Connally Shouts Chiang Fled China With $138 Million Gold
Washington reports contrast emerges as Admirals deny Kimball inquiry on the Worth memo attacking the B36 bomber program. Worth admits authorship and recants corruption charges, while Kimball and Price give shifting testimonies.
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Washington
Navy
Dan A. Kimball
Air Force
Kimball
Naval Court of Inquiry
Worth
Cedric R. Worth
Capitol Hill
Naval Court
House Armed Service Committee
Director of
Naval Intelligence
Thomas D. Inglis
Inglis
Europe
Office of Naval Intelligence
Air
Adm
Price
Aircraft Industry Association
Williamsburg
UT Doctor Heads Palsy Aid Clinic
Dr William Wolfe of the University of Texas was named director of Austin cerebral palsy treatment center. He will coordinate therapy work and act as liaison between the center and the Travis County Medical Society. Wolfe, 32, comes from UNC where he directed special education. He earned a PhD from Iowa in 1947.
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William Wolfe
University of Texas
Austin
Bess Jones
Travis County Society For Crippled Children
Wolfe
Travis County Medical Society
University of Iowa
Texas Third in Nation On '49 Building Totals
California led the nation in new building construction in the first half of the year with a value of 1,042,000 dollars. New York was second at 683,000,000 dollars and Texas ranked third with 616,000,000 dollars, continuing a postwar growth pattern.
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Texas
Washington
California
Commerce Department
New York
Texas Senator Attacks U S China Aid Over Chiang Allegations
Senator Connally of Texas charged Chiang Kai-shek deserted his people and fled to Formosa with 138 million dollars in gold, opposing further non-Communist China military aid. He questioned who would lead non-Communist China and criticized current U S policy as debate sharpens on aid and defense plan moves.
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Washington
Connally
Texas
Senate
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
Texan
China
Chiang Kai Shek
Chiang
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Knowland
R-Calif
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Far East
MacArthur
Japan
Defense Department
State Department
Joint Chiefs
George C. Marshall
Gen. Marshall
New York Journal-American
Britain seeks better chance to earn dollars in US market
Sir Stafford Cripps urged the United States for easier entry of British goods to aid a dollar shortfall and avert a wider crisis. Secretary Snyder indicated US help within existing policies and no new funding, expecting Britain to live with reduced Marshall Plan aid.
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Britain
Washington
Stafford Cripps
United States
Treasury
Snyder
Douglas Abbott
Canada
Cripps
Abbott
Bevin
America
Judge Hears Westinghouse case on race news wire taps
In 126th District Court Judge Jack Roberts heard the state's bid to halt illegal transmission of racing news to Texas gambling houses via Western Union. Sheriff C. V. Kern testified about wire recordings from Houston bookie raids and photos from 12 raids. The hearing continued to 9 a.m. Thursday as Western Union sought dismissal.
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Mac Roy Rasor
Associated Press
New York
126Th District Court
Western Union
Texas
Jack Roberts
Houston
Harris County
C. V
Buster) Kern
Kern
John W. Miller
Dallas
Dallas Deb Adrienne Atwell Dies In Cruise Ship Fall
A Dallas debutante Adrienne Atwell aged 19 was killed and her escort Robert M Willard 21 was critically injured when they fell backward on a promenade deck of the S S Excalibur while climbing a staircase. The ship arrived in Boston with Willard hospitalized after skull fracture and delirium.
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Boston
Dallas
Samuel Norman Groves
Adrienne Atwell
Mediterranean
Robert M. Willard
Excalibur
Coast Guard
Walter Wegner
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Miss Atwell
William Hawley Atwell
Willard
Groves
Wegner
Isolated Showers Possible Thursday
Cloudy conditions built over the city with light downtown rain and a Weather Bureau forecast of isolated afternoon showers Thursday. High reached 97 around 4 p.m. Texas towns saw storms with Texarkana recording 1.78 inches of rain and 40 to 48 mph winds knocking a radio tower offline briefly.
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Austin
Weather Bureau
Texarkana
Skater Sonja Henie to Wed Socialite Test Pilot Next Week
New York report announces that skating champion Sonja Henie will marry Winthrop Gardiner Jr. next week. The couple plan a September 15 wedding. Henie’s background includes Olympic titles and film stardom. Gardiner is an aviator and executive with ties to Gardiner's Island and Navy service, now heading an aviation department in New Brunswick.
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Sonja Henie
New York
Winthrop Gardiner Jr
Daniel Reid Topping
Frances Lattimer
Miss Henie
Kaakon
Norway
Gardiner
East Hampton
Long Island
Lord Lyon Gardiner
Gilman Country
Baltimore
Hun
Princeton
N. J
Navy
US Naval Air Facility
Columbus
Ohio
Industrial Tape Company of
New Brunswick
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Austin American Staff
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Maurice Cohen
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Barber Clark Hoover
Dudley
Palace
Vaudevillians
Variety
Atlantic Isle
Hugh L. Hanson
Cedrick R. Worth
International Soundphoto
Solon
Alaska
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Sonja Henie and
Winthrop Gardiner
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