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►_________...___.______ - . . - v. .-- K«n—., .....Soions ProvideFunds to Honorthlt; Tc\zz#f# Vfij chIState’s War Deadpeerrha | hpCommittee Selected toChoose Bronze Memorial for State 1 ofrint.I hlt;m^WlTiernory of all Texas heroes who lost their lives in the World j 3 War, the legislature has set aside w a fund of $10,000 with which to jerect a bronze memorial in the j Texas Memorial Stadium at A us- j a tin. Governor Moody, Dr. W, J. j #Battle, and the Commander of tpejcj American legion in Texas eonsti-jtutlt;* the committee to purchs*se the j 1 memorial This large memorial j e will probably have the individual 1 *•.name of each hero engraved on it. C Individual plates may be pur- a ehe.sed by the friends or the family of war heroes and placed in i ^ the stadium a* a minimum cost if jpurchased through the Texas Me- -moratl Stadium Association, Inc.InThese plates are made in bronze, a permanent metal, and will or lure for countless years. Each tablet tells a story; the hero’s name, rank, where and how he wa*killed.In the stadium there is a separate tablet for every Texas institution in the Southwest Confer-ence—Texas Christian University.Rice, A. and M. College, Baylor University, Southern Methodist University, and Texas University, and on each tablet is a list »ol those who died in service.-o---it
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Austin Daily Texan
Austin, Texas, US
Tue, Feb 14, 1928
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