Loftin outlines SAC plans to become top Texas junior college
San Antonio College President J O Loftin announced goal to be the best junior college in the country, dismissing moves to a four year program. He urged campus expansion including a larger library, six labs, a swimming pool, new shops, more classrooms, a 1000 to 1500 seat auditorium, a student center, and administration buildings for St Philips Junior College’s Negro branch. Plans include acquiring property on San Pedro site with moving slated for February 1952 amid enrollment growth from 687 in 1946-47 to about 1,989 in 1949-50. 1950-51 expected to set records.
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Léng Tarige
San Antonio College
Texas
J. 0
Loftin
SAC
Jege
Beverly
Laftin
San Pedro
Schod
Side Notes on Vaudeville Past and Radio Household Trends
A dialogue recalls actress Gertie Vanderbilt and Georgie Edwards in early 20th century vaudeville, noting scarce small foot shoe shops and misaddressed requests. It also touches on Gertrade Vanderbilt and Lila Lee, Hammerstein venues, and 1910 performances. A Californian reports on doctors and women physicians, plus farm radio adoption and bathroom access data.
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Georgie Wrnce
Hen
Lila Lee
A. Am Jn
Gus Edwards
Hammerstein
Victoria Music Hall
Horses & Women
U. S
Names and Patrons in a Dizzying Patchwork
A column riffs on name pronunciations and famous pairings, noting Nap Lajpie’s casual nickname and marriage jitters around Hollywood couples. It wades through patron saints for workers and travelers, then translates a French psychology text that stereotypes gender understanding and male cunning.
No Wetbacks to be Allowed in Valley Work
The Texas Employment Commission reports a decision by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to discontinue the practice of allowing Mexican nationals to work in the valley. The USES telegram cites migration restrictions and a border crackdown, forecasting valley worker shortages rising to 22,000 by July 10 and 56,006 by Aug. 1. Valley farmers are urged to place orders for workers from other Texas and U.S. regions to meet the labor need.
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Austin
Texas Employment Commission
Immigration and Naturalization Service
TEC
U. S. Employment Service
Henry LeBlanc
Washington
Mexico
Rio Grande River
Leblanc
Texas
U.S
Indictment of Jet Scientist in Perjury Fraud Case
Los Angeles reports grand jury indictment of Dr. Sidney Weinbaum, Caltech jet propulsion lab researcher, on eight counts of perjury and fraud. He allegedly denied Communist party ties while secretly listed as member Sydney Empson in the Communist Professional Unit 422. Bond set at 5000. fellow Caltech researcher Jacob W. Dubnoff also testified before the jury. Weinbaum asserts confusion, claiming no subversion intent.
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Los Angeles
Sidney, Wettibaum
Jet-Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
U. S
FBI
Army Review Board
Communist Party
Sydney Empson
Shorty
Jacob W. Dubnoff
Caltech
U.S
Ernest Tolin
Dubnoff
Weinbaum
James M. Carter
Russia
Maintenance Suit Answered
SANTA BARBARA June 23 Dr Michel Loutfallah eye physician filed an answer to a maintenance suit brought by Marte Har Tisori demanding 137000 claiming no valid marriage ever existed. Loutfallah notes a form of marriage ceremony in Elkton in 1937 but asserts neither party intended a husband wife relationship. He states no claim of recognition as wife was made before 1948 and says the plaintiff had insisted she be known as his aunt Marie Harrison. He says she is beneficiary under the will of her deceased former husband Alfred C Harrison receiving 20000 annually for nearly a decade and has enjoyed this income.
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Gertie Vanderbilt
New York
Vanderbilt
Gus Edward
Georgie
San Francisco
Napoleon Lajpie
Cleveland
Lazatway
St. Michael
Apo
Chicago
St. Jude
League of St. Jude
League of St. Michael Wenting
Allsnow
Christopher
Catherine
Edward Montier
Monsieur Montier
Heracli
Santa Barbara
Michel Loutfallah
Jins
Marte Har- Tisori
Loutfallah
Elkton
Marie Harrison
Jher
Alfred C. Harrison
Cost Cuts Bring Profit From Corporate Gains in 1950
The Federal Reserve report states a few large companies boosted early 1950 profits by cutting costs. Smaller firms did not share as fully and faced tougher competition. The report notes larger firms realized significant operating economies from postwar plant and equipment upgrades.
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Washingson
Federal Reserve ‘Board
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