Texas University President Ousted By Regent Board
Houston AP reports University of Texas President Homer P Rainey was dismissed by the Board of Regents in a closed session at the governor’s mansion. The board chair Leo Haynes announced the firing amid resignations by H H Weinert J J Harrison and others. Tension rose over Rainey’s autonomy and plans to move the medical school plus past conflicts dating to 1942.
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University of Tezes
Sears
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T. & Painter
WEY Meime
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Leo Haynes
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H. H. Weinert. Seguin
Dam J. Harrison
John J Bickell, Jr. Dallar
Austin
Dr. Rainey
Board of Regents
Wendell Gordon
Fagg Foster
W. N. Peach
University Controversy Sparks Faculty Protest and Regental Ties
A row over measures affecting faculty contracts and dismissals at a university provoked student ex‑students and professors to organize. The Amenda Association, led by Ralph E. Himefeld, pressed for inquiry into three dismissals as regents debated the case in Houston and a new president Dr. Painter led a faculty committee seeking compromise.
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Houston
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Painter
Ratney
Regents
President Proclaims Fourth Thursday As Thanksgiving Day
President Roosevelt proclaims November 23 as Thanksgiving Day the fourth Thursday of the month. He urges reading Holy Scriptures from Thanksgiving to Christmas to thank God for freedom and the promise of enduring peace. Congress had enacted a two Thanksgiving days plan, but the five Thursdays month keeps the extra day in flux. Forty-one states and D C have fixed November 23 for the holiday under the federal statute.
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Canada Lets War Controls End Fast For Civilian Goods
Canada plans a simple switch to civilian wartime production control, revoking many restrictions as wartime needs ease. Officials say price controls and rationing stay until peacetime normalizes, with reconversion bottlenecks and material shortages expected. Franklin D Roosevelt proclaims Thanksgiving 1944 in the U S.
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Japan
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