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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1949

Page

4

Expert Claims School Worth All Its Costs

Clarence E. Lovejoy, Columbia University, argues that sending a child to college costs a lot but pays off. He says today’s students are goal oriented, vocationally minded, and prefer coed schools, often funding their education through work at Berea Berry College and similar institutions.

Inez Robb New York Clarence E. Lovejoy Lovejoy Columbia University Mr. Lovejoy Harvard Berea Berry Mount Berry Blackburn Carlin Fenn Cleveland Wilmington Ohio

Quips and Quibbles Round City Courtesies and Crises

A string of short items notes legal, social, and political quirks from law sticks to parking woes. It cites a dog kennel case, a drive to move barking records, and a bridge tactic warning. A Ohio wife shoots husband over garage duties while a UN chief laments cold peace era and a prison breakout involves chicken pox.

Army and Bureau Feud Over Water in New Flood Bill

In the $995 million flood control bill, Army Engineers clash with the Bureau of Reclamation over irrigation plans for the Grand Prairie Bayou Meto basin in Arkansas. The dispute centers on repayment rules and which agency should build and finance irrigation, risking divergent costs and competition between agencies.

Washington NEA Army Engineers Bureau of Reclamation House Senate Public Works Committee Hoover Reorganization Commission Army Corps of Engineers Grand Prairie Bayou Meta Basin Arkansas White Rivers Mississippi Congress 97Th Meridian Louisiana Army Department of Agriculture Grand Prairie Bayou White River Grand Prairie-Bayou Grand Prairie Senate

Kaiser-Frazer to test small auto plants for quality

Kaiser-Frazer plans experimental plants in Portland Oregon and southern California to build 10 to 20 cars daily with sub 200 worker crews and highly trained mechanics to boost quality, drawing on Rotterdam methods as a model for regional output and local pride.

Cio’s Electrical Workers New York General Electric Washington Truman Portland Ore California Kaiser-Frazer Company Kaiser Rotterdam Holland

Underage Bride Seeks Annulment to Return to School

A 16 year old girl seeks annulment to resume her schooling amid pressures from politicians who vow to name names. A panhandler echoes changing costs, pleading for spare change.

Bradley backs Truman on Vaughan during cocktail party

Washington column reports General Omar Bradley at a party defending President Truman’s stance on General Harry Vaughan. The piece notes Army prestige sensitivities, Vaughan’s funding violation, and broader church politics involving Cardinal Spellman, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, and Governor Lehman. It also covers Navy lobbying for a super airplane carrier against Johnson’s defense policy.

Cleveland Moscow Progressive Party United Electrical Workers Harry Bridges CIO California Bridges National Cio FBI Arry Brewery Workers Union Drew Pearson Washington Omar Bradley Louise Heiberg Douglas MacArthur Bradley Senate Truman Heiberg Harry Vaughan Vaughan Catholic Hierarchy Pope Pius XII Cardinal Spellman Mrs. Roosevelt Spellman Cardinal Stritch Chicago Roosevelt Vatican Ed Flynn Bronx Flynn New York State New York Lehman Navy Defense Johnson American Legion Legion Calvin Durgin Joseph Kane Joint Chiefs of Staff Secretary of Defense Secretary of the Navy Adm Durgin Capt. Kane Kane Bell Syndicate, Inc

Belasco’s Clerical Style and a Sleeper Film Career

The piece recounts David Belasco’s shirtfront and collar era tied to religious staging, his influence on ONeill and Morse, the MasSacre of the Innocents controversy, and the later rise of the Cathy O’Donnell drama They Live by Night, bought by Howard Hughes.

David Belasco Dickey James O'Neill Eugene O'Neill Christus Belasco Joseph Mary Pontius Pilate Howard Hughes RKO Beaten Path London Cathy O'Donnell Hughes Cathy

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