Talk:Karl Hoblitzelle

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A fact from Karl Hoblitzelle appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 November 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Karl Hoblitzelle was the first movie theater owner in the United States to install air conditioning?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2017/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Karl Hoblitzelle.

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Very one-sided account

Hoblitzelle was a very controversial figure at the time. According to Caro, he was an arch-conservative lobbyist in the 30s and 40s and he was behind the firing of University of Texas professors who spoke in favor of unions. Here is an account of his "philantropic" (as it is depicted in the main article) work at the University of Texas. https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/battle-for-the-texas-mind.pdf Someone should include some of this in the main text. I rather not do it, as I may be baised myself. 131.130.85.52 (talk) 13:18, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]