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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1949
Page
6
A citizens advisory panel proposes 150 dollars a day for single use and stepped discounts for longer bookings at the Coliseum. They add a 10 percent seating surcharge and set 50 dollars for church and political events, 25 dollars for teen dances, with concessions to be bid and awarded to a single operator.
The Austin American Capitol reports lawmakers and staff gather around a battered piano in the House to sing familiar hymns and Texas tunes. Women secretaries join with sopranos and tenors as songs provide comfort during the session.
St Johns Methodist observes Psalm Sunday with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 10 50 a m Rev Earl Martin speaks on Jesus Entry Into Jerusalem At 7 30 p m the pastor speaks on The Bulldogs Gift
Attorney General Price Daniel travels to Washington on a three fold mission. He attends the National Rivers and Harbors Congress as Governor James A. Jester’s representative to discuss irrigation and water rights. He represents S Perry Brown in a civilian orientation conference with Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson. He also advances Texas defense against the tidelands suit with preliminary Supreme Court arguments set for April 18 challenging the government’s right to file directly in Supreme Court.
The world's longest aerial cable railway carries more than 60 miles of line from Sweden's Boliden mines near the Arctic Circle, delivering ore and materials across rugged terrain.
The Truman administration seeks consumer support to pass a new farm program emphasizing cheaper food and price stability. It would let market prices for meat dairy eggs poultry fruits and vegetables fall naturally, with government payments to guarantee farmers a set return. Milk and pork purchases may be avoided by ending supply removals, shifting funds to direct payments. Congress doubts total cost and demands estimates.
The term restaurant traces to a Paris eatery opened in 1765, which first used the word to describe its serving of prepared dishes. The place is noted as the origin of the modern dining concept.
New York union officials ended a week old taxicab strike as Walter Brock urged drivers to return to work for the next shift. Police estimated about 90 percent of taxis already back on the streets, while Brock condemned Mayor O Dwyer as a strike breaker and praised drivers for showing they need a union. The strike began a week earlier and had diminished daily.
Monkeys at the Delta Zoo in Colorado collectively acted and attacked a two year old boy named Glenn after one reached through a screen hole. Five monkeys bit the child but his condition is not serious.
A rush of production cutbacks emerged as buyers held back orders. General Electric halves output of conventional washers, while Symington-Gould trims prices on railroad castings and Jones and Laughlin cuts pipe prices. Philips Petroleum halts a $10 million expansion. Willys-Overland adopts a four day week. New England Telephone plans a 2000 layoff due to postponed expansion. Hoosac Mills recalls a shift of 150 workers as it aims to add more.
Landlord Paul P. Zinner plans a $10,000 program to improve life for 277 tenants in a six-building development in Great Neck. He will add a hobby room gym recreation areas TV sets toys a free library golf driving range handball court billiards ping pong and more. Dance lessons baby sitters puppet shows and family events will run for 750 residents from 46 nationalities.
Childress dispatch reports N. D. Loter aged 65 of Community Center was crushed when his tractor toppled backward while attempting to pull another from mud. His wife and a neighbor discovered the body. funeral services are set for Saturday in Childress.
General Lucius D. Clay completed a review of the Malmedy mass trial reissuing the final death sentence count. Six death sentences remain, 20 life terms, 34 shorter terms, and 13 convictions quashed amid probes into evidentiary methods and duress concerns.
Two men near Griffith Park say they saw a disk shaped object about five feet in diameter zigzagging over the area and appearing roughly a mile high. Roscoe Johnson and Frank Esco Bar reported independent sightings on Thursday and Friday.
Houston reports former major leaguer Watty Watkins asking for the return of his 1931 World Series ring stolen from an unlocked safe at his Houston food store on Friday night. He valued the ring highly and also lost $100 in cash, but said the ring's return would make him happy.
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