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[Newspaper Clipping Discussing Earl Yates, Jr.] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping Discussing Earl Yates, Jr.]

Newspaper clipping discussing Earl Yates, Jr. being awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge due to his "participation in combat against the enemy with the Fifth Army in Italy." The article goes on to describe the appearance of the award itself.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: And Bacon, Too!!!] (open access)

[Clipping: And Bacon, Too!!!]

Newspaper clipping discussing how an 1849 advertisement printed in another clipping shows what the culture was like in that time period.
Date: 1945~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Untitled] (open access)

[Clipping: Untitled]

Newspaper clipping with a photograph of women working in the Seventh war loan drive and a short article on one side and another article on the other side.
Date: May 11, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Catherine Parker Ends WASP Career Unit Is Praised] (open access)

[Clipping: Catherine Parker Ends WASP Career Unit Is Praised]

Newspaper clipping announcing that Catherine Parker has ended her flying career at Marana Army Air Field. The clipping includes a brief history about Miss Parker and her experiences as a member the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: January 1, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Charlyne Creger] (open access)

[Clipping: Charlyne Creger]

Newspaper clipping describing the details of the graduation ceremony for the final class of Women Airforce Service Pilots at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Three hero medal winners to be honored Sunday (open access)

Three hero medal winners to be honored Sunday

Clipping from a newspaper about a dance given by the Houston Council of the League of United Latin American Citizens to honor three Congressional Medal of Honor winners: Macario Garcia, Clteo Rodriguez and Lucina Adams.
Date: September 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
L.U.L.A.C pays homage to Sugar Land war hero (open access)

L.U.L.A.C pays homage to Sugar Land war hero

Clipping from The Houston Post about a LULAC meeting held to honor Staff Sgt. Macario Garcia. Garcia received the Congressional Medal of Honor on August 23, 1945, from President Harry Truman. Post photograph features Robert E. Smith ; Sergeant Macario Garcia ; and John J. Herrera.
Date: September 7, 1945
Creator: Gregory, Martha
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Biographical Article on John J. Herrera] (open access)

[Biographical Article on John J. Herrera]

Biographical article on John J. Herrera from the Pan-American magazine, Volume 1, Number 4, January, 1945.
Date: January 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Goes To Washington] (open access)

[Clipping: Goes To Washington]

Clipping describing the arrival of Harris K. Weston to assume his duties as law clerk to Justice Harold H. Burton.
Date: 1945/1946
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Med College Removal Plan Called Folly] (open access)

[Clipping: Med College Removal Plan Called Folly]

Clipping describing a statement from Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, dean of the medical school in Galveston, declaring that it would be a lost investment if the medical school is moved from Galveston.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Dallas Newspaper Challenges Rainey on 'Academic Freedom'] (open access)

[Clipping: Dallas Newspaper Challenges Rainey on 'Academic Freedom']

Clipping describing a front-page editorial by the Dallas Times Herald refuting claims by Homer Rainey that academic freedom has been suppressed in the University of Texas.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Committee Favors Measure to Move Medical School] (open access)

[Clipping: Committee Favors Measure to Move Medical School]

Clipping describing the passage of the Mauritz Amendment by the Texas Senate Committee on constitutional amendments.
Date: 1945
Creator: Herz, Lillian E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Committee Votes For Ballot on Med School] (open access)

[Clipping: Committee Votes For Ballot on Med School]

Clipping from The Austin American Capitol Bureau describing the advancement of the Mauritz Amendment, with an explanation on what it entails.
Date: 1945
Creator: The Austin American Capitol Bureau
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Med School Becomes Center Caring for Only Galveston's Poor] (open access)

[Clipping: Med School Becomes Center Caring for Only Galveston's Poor]

Clipping describing the importance of the University of Texas Medical Branch to Galveston and the public's reaction to the proposed relocation.
Date: 1945
Creator: Thompson, Fred D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Taxing and Spending] (open access)

[Clipping: Taxing and Spending]

Clipping describing the recent budgetary proposals in the Texas Legislature, and a national proposal to cap the federal income tax.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Commission-Loss Fear Stifles UT Med Students] (open access)

[Clipping: Commission-Loss Fear Stifles UT Med Students]

Clipping describing further developments in the Rainey dispute, on whether the University of Texas Medical Branch should relocate or not.
Date: 1945
Creator: Thompson, Fred D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Proposal Ill-Timed] (open access)

[Clipping: Proposal Ill-Timed]

Clipping describing a recent visit to the Medical Branch of the University of Texas in Galveston, and Lt. Gov Smith's proposal of a second state medical college.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Sanitary Engineer Reports Conditions at Sealy Disgrace] (open access)

[Clipping: Sanitary Engineer Reports Conditions at Sealy Disgrace]

Clipping from the Austin American describing the unsanitary conditions in buildings compromising the John Sealy hospital, without any future repairs being prepared for by the Board of Regents of UT.
Date: 1945
Creator: Thompson, Fred D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Truth Our Best Defense] (open access)

[Clipping: Truth Our Best Defense]

Clipping from the Galveston News describing the recent passage of the Mauritz resolution, and the disapproval of the amendment due to its vague wording and the possibility of a statewide fight for a relocation of the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Date: 1945
Creator: The Galveston News
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "War In Europe Over! Germany Quits!"] (open access)

[Clipping: "War In Europe Over! Germany Quits!"]

Photocopy of a portion of The Shreveport Times front page and several articles for May 1945, including information about combat in Manila, the redeployment of 800 planes, the attack on Pearl Harbor, news of the end of World War II, and more are included.
Date: May 7, 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: A Glossary for Reactionaries] (open access)

[Clipping: A Glossary for Reactionaries]

Newspaper clipping containing an editorial in the form of a glossary defining words for reactionaries. The definitions reflect the author's view of American culture at the time. A cartoon labelled "X-Ray of the Nationalist Brain" is featured next to the editorial. There are headlines for other articles on the back of the clipping.
Date: July 5, 1945
Creator: Lerner, Max
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Headline for a Soldier Receiving a Medal] (open access)

[Newspaper Headline for a Soldier Receiving a Medal]

Newspaper clipping of an article entitled: "Bronze Star is Awarded to Vet for War Exploits." The article says that Hewitt C. Laird won the Bronze Star for "heroic achievement" during World War II in Germany. The photograph shows Captain John R. Beneventi attaching the medal to Laird's chest.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Medical School Relocation] (open access)

[Clipping: Medical School Relocation]

Clipping from the Houston Post summarizing the proposed plan to relocate the University of Texas Medical Branch to Austin, and recent developments countering that plan.
Date: March 10, 1945
Creator: The Houston Post
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Omnibus Amendment] (open access)

[Clipping: Omnibus Amendment]

Clipping from The Galveston Daily News describing the recent Maurtiz amendment to relocate the University of Texas Medical Branch.
Date: March 17, 1945
Creator: The Galveston Daily News
System: The Portal to Texas History