Newspaperman Week Set by Texas Governor Shivers
Governor Allan Shivers designates October 18 as Newspaper Week in Texas and national observance from October 1 to 8. He praises the press's role in society and notes appreciation for journalists, including newsboys honored as National Newspaperboy Day in Texas. The report covers other state news on school purchasing policy, election results, and public notices.
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Austin
Shivers
Texas
Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Allan Shivers
America
Gov
Board of Trustees
George H. Gentry
Supt. Gentry
Gman
Gentry
Baytom ‘Area
Supt Gentry
Sun
State Democratic Executive Committee
Texas Election Bureau
Women urged to lead in church affairs at World Council
At the World Council of Churches meeting in Evanstown US French delegate Mme Madeleine Barrot urged expanding women roles in church life. She argued women would become ministers and peacemakers, noting only 15 of over 800 delegates were women amid calls for unity and fellowship.
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World Council of Churches
Evanstown
Mlic
Madeleine Barrot
Mre
Burrat
Religion, denominations, and women in church leadership
The author questions why women are rarely allowed to lead sessions and why Protestantism contains 163 denominations. He laments endless meetings for unity, asks if the method to approach God matters, and uses a cartoon of doctors and a patient to argue against sectarian divides. religion as a fire extinguisher needed now.
Travel Boom Drives Hotel Building Across the Nation
The Baytown Sun reports a surge in American travel spending, up five to seven percent from last year and exceeding 25 billion dollars this year. Travel is largely for leisure with eight percent overseas, prompting rapid growth in resort hotels and air conditioned motels along major arteries.
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Harris County
B. Bruce
Washington D C should return to Maryland to govern
Central Press reports Rep. Frazier Reams of Ohio urging retrocession of the District of Columbia to Maryland. He argues DC’s government is inefficient under congressional control and Executive appointments, noting past failed arrangements and proposing DC become a state city under Maryland accountability.
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Fowler
Wick Fowler
Austin
Shivers
Washington
Congress
District of Columbia
Maryland
Population boom and oddities spark global intrigue
World population grows by about 30ty million yearly, signaling vast potential markets. The billionth animal arrives at Chicago stockyards, a ceremonial moment amid caution. A Burlington postman completes a 50 mile birthday delivery, while Michigan reports a bright object resembling a flying saucer. Eugene Tart of Brooklyn spends a free ride to Southampton after a misadventure in New York harbor, missing weeks of school but expanding geography knowledge.
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Eugene Tart
Brooklyn
New York Harbor
Southhamption
England
Oxen Smarter Than Horses Says John Treadwell at Saugus Ironworks
In East Brookfield Massachusetts John Treadwell recalls riding with oxen on a wet hill. He says oxen are smarter than horses and can earn about 109 dollars a day with hay. The Saugus Ironworks revival near Boston, restored with private funds, draws 300 years of history back to life.
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W.nichiols
John Treadwell
East Brookfield
Mass
John
New England
Lea River
Saugus
Boston
Arid Stop Me and the Hammersmith Revival
MUNRO LEAF, famed Ferdinand the Ball author, recalls road meals at railroad inns where truck drivers know the best catfish spots though one tale ends with edible disappointment. The Hammersmith foundry, once thriving, fell on hard times but was restored by local citizens, now standing as it did in the past.
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Munro Leaf
Ferdinand the Ball
Leaf
Hemmersmith
Fragmented Bustling Trivia and Biographical Snips
A collage of trivia questions and biographical blurbs spans topics from Seminole population estimates and entomology to Shakespeare and notable historical figures. The item mixes quiz prompts, pronunciation guides, birthday notices, and short bios with scattered dates and names across various eras.
Next McCarthy Tax Case Focus May Be Income Taxes
Washington columnist Drew Pearson reports Joe McCarthy’s tax case may center on back taxes rather than a broad criminal probe. Tax Commissioner T Coleman Andrews allegedly sidelined a formal investigation, relying on an inexperienced agent and delaying a potential special inquiry.
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McCarthy
Drew. Pearson Washington
Joe
Senate
Internal Revenue
T. Coleman Andrews
Revenue Service
Andrews
Francis J. Boye
Boyle
Tee
Kiermas
Wisconsin
Matt Schuh
Jov
Ward
Revetue
Word Puzzle from Letters S A L T E R D W
Determine how many valid 5 letter words can be formed using the given 16 letters with each word used once and no plurals. The clues insert extra letters and hint at different word lengths and point values for S letter welter and dilester categories.
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Beeville
State Senate
John J. Belof
Dougherty
Lyndon Johnson
Bell
U.S
House of Representatives
Secand
USDA
trans-Pecos
High Plains
Texas Veterans
National City Bank of New York
Veterans Land Board
Hereford
Mel Heimer
Natice
Baytown
Napoleon
By Erich Brandeis
Baytown Sun
Eisenhower
Alger Hisg
Hiss
Roosevelt
Commerce
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Jesse Jones
Ball Commerce
RFC
FDR
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
George Bill
REC
Central Press
Uged
By William Rité
Chicago
Burlington, N.C
Poatman
Michigan
By Bennett Cerf
Pemierahier
Hammersmith
Florida
Shakespear
Finland
Russia
Beon
Gyorgy (Cgeorge) Sandar
Joe Haynes
Fann—Duess
Lancaster
Adelbert College of Western Recarve University
Cleveland
Anod
Yale University
New York National Guard
Marylean Perder
Californias
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Times Genely
Maryville
Colimn
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Africa
Aretia
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
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Henry Hudson
Albany
N.Y
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London
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Danish Island
Robert Hughes
Dale Carnegie
Richmond
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Appleton
Wis
Senate Committee
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Ray Kiermas
Riggs Bank
McCarthys
Ray Kirrmas
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Lier
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Storett
John Manning
Kine Features Syndicate
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Leonard Sansome
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