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[Clipping: Plant More Trees]
Clipping from Pens of the People describing disapproval for the proposal to remove the esplanades and trees from Galveston highways.
Date:
January 27, 1948
Creator:
Boddeker, Louis E.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Drastic Expedient]
Clipping describing traffic issues. The author posits that operations by motorists should be guided by a control plan drafted by a traffic engineer. Complaints about the esplanades are also discussed.
Date:
January 28, 1948
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Natural Beauty Spots, What Other Cities Do, Bottlenecks]
Clippings describing how to improve the esplanades instead of paving over them. Jeane B. Kempner commends the "Drastic Expedient" editorial and desires to build up the esplanades. P. W. Holt advocates the prohibition of parking on 25th and Broadway to preserve the esplanades and protect pedestrians.
Date:
January 28, 1948
Creator:
Patrick, T. W.; Kempner, Jeane Bertig & Holt, P. W.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Get the Speeders, Esplanade Question, Narrower Esplanades]
Clipping from Pens of the People describing two issues on Galveston roads. Martha Creel petitions the police to catch the speeders on these roads. Fannie Wilson petitions for the esplanades to be left as is. O. J. Arvidsson proposes narrowing the size of the esplanades by half.
Date:
January 28, 1948
Creator:
Creel, Martha; Arvidsson, O. J. & Wilson, Fannie
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Whoa There, Dobbin! Not So Fast!]
Clipping from The Galveston News describing the mayor's position on removing the esplanades. The Galveston News for parking to be prohibited on specific streets to as to enable the preservation of the esplanades. The author strongly petitions for a traffic control evaluation.
Date:
February 1, 1948
Creator:
The Galveston News
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: "Automobile"]
Clipping of newspaper classified advertisements describing automobiles for sale. Listed for sale is a four-door touring Cadillac owned by D. W. Kempner.
Date:
1948
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: The New York Times Book Review - December 5, 1948]
Clipping advertising the Fourth Edition of the Biographical Encyclopedia of the World, 2 volumes, by showing its favorable reviews by different newspapers.
Date:
1948
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: New York Herald Tribune}
Clipping from New York Herald Tribune describing New York Herald Tribune.
Date:
September 19, 1948
Creator:
New York Herald Tribune
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Compare for Value Anywhere! Fraser, Morris & Co., Inc.]
Clipping from Fraser, Morris & Co., Inc. advertising a food parcel, described as massive, cheap, and shipped fast to anywhere in Europe.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Fraser, Morris & Co., Inc.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Problems of Growth: Water Need Is Acute]
Clipping describing the problems with Harris County's water supply
Date:
1948
Creator:
Mewhinney, H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Problems of Growth: Emergency? No, But---]
Clipping describing the need for improvement in the Harris County water system, especially improvement in supply.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Mewhinney, H.
System:
The Portal to Texas History