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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1949
Page
12
Fines were paid Wednesday on eight more marble tables seized in recent mass raids. The county’s total fines and costs exceed $2,300. Operators paid $50 fines and $19.55 costs for permitting intermittent play in public places. Destruction orders followed guilty pleas. electrical parts will be distributed to the University of Texas and other state institutions.
Tarleton Agricultural College Dean Paul A. Cunyus will headline Giddings junior senior banquet Friday night. A former soap manufacturer owner and district soil conservationist for 30 counties, he later led the Southwest Turkey Growers Association before working at A&M College experiment station and extension service. The event includes a dance after the banquet.
Maurice Erickson, economics teacher at Southwest Texas State College, believes police show a soft spot for college professors as he headed to attend a class at the university. The report notes his circle involved in a campus setting in San Marcos.
California moves a bill to ban fine print in insurance policies from out of state firms. The measure, approved by the Senate financial institutions committee, aims to force clear terms and large print disclosures. Wallace Downey testified that risky fly by night plans promise much for small premiums but pay little for common accidents.
Llano County unit of the Texas State Teachers Association viewed a National Education Association film on federal aid with Superintendent F. J. Young explaining. During the session, Mrs. Damon Edwards urged teachers to support the American Cancer Society drive, and Miss Iva West was named to lead the school drive.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee began secret talks with Commonwealth leaders including Lester Pearson and D S Senanayake, Daniel Malan, and Joseph B Chiefley. The aim is to keep India in the federation while remaining under the king’s nominal sovereignty, with a proposal to recognize India's elected president as the king’s official representative in place of the governor-general.
City and county offices will be closed Thursday for San Jacinto Day. Only the sheriff's office will remain open in the county courthouse. State offices show the governor's office as the only other one staying open. Each department head decides closure.
Elgin will begin water system expansions on Thursday with 6 500 feet of pipe, including 3 300 feet of six inch line in south and east Elgin and 3 200 feet of two inch pipe along East First and East Eighth streets. Four new fire hydrants will be installed. The project costs several thousand dollars and adds 15 workers under Otto Francke, water superintendent.
Ex parachutist Bob Niles faced a vague charge of disturbing the peace after a bridge jump attempt from the Golden Gate. Officials said no law covers the act. judge dismissed the case. About 112 people have jumped since construction. only one reportedly survived.
In Elgin runoff for alderman on Monday 227 votes were cast with Jerry Stach secure ing 126 and J W Frost 101 The city council lineup was announced with Edwin O Lundgren mayor Ivan Ellis police light A E Johnson public health Chester R Swenson street and garbage Frank Hawke water works Jerry Stach building permits and park and cemetery Dr W E Wood health Jackson S Webb city attorney and Enoch R Lind city treasurer.
Negro 4-H Club and Bastrop Travis leaders tour model ag establishments in Central Texas with stops at Jones Bar-Nothing Ranch Otho Warren dairy Luling Foundation Martindale Kasch blocks and Milkway Dairy Austin Informants include T A Mayes and local county agents highlighting cattle breeding fodder crops and farm improvements during spring field visit.
Half acre grain crop reported with oats forming large heads after recent rains. Friday market prices list poultry rates: fryers 2 lb+ 32 cents, hens 5 lb+ 40, 4–5 lb under 40, under 5 lb 26. roosters 16 cents per lb. turkeys No.1 hen 15 lb+ 35, under 15 lb 25, No.1 tom 20 lb+ 35, under 26 lb 25. ducks 16, guineas per each, rabbits 3–4 lb 2, over 4 lb 2.
Prices supplied by L East Ice Company Austin list 3gsper dot Grade A white at 43 cents.
Cotton industry witnesses tell a Senate labor subcommittee that raising the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour would trigger unemployment in the South. They urge to keep exemptions for farm labor and agricultural processors, while supporting automatic cost of living adjustments.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled against the City of Brownsville over taxes on 268 acres of water district territory annexed years ago. The decision reversed the Court of Civil Appeals and upheld the trial court finding Brownsville owed payments. Justices Hart and Brewster dissented. The majority said the debt arose from annexation, while the minority found the tax statute unconstitutional.
Springfield Mass patrolman Christopher J. Aspall, who says he issues more parking tickets than any officer, marked tires of parked cars with green chalk to honor St Patrick's Day after writing 32,000 slips last year.
The House conservation and reclamation committee approved a bill to create the Colorado River municipal water district in Howard and Ector counties. Rep Blount of Big Spring said the bill targets Big Spring and Odessa, excluding Midland and Colorado City, which have separate plans. He aims to schedule it on the next local and uncontested House calendar.
Representative Preston Smith of Lubbock advocates a bill to make meetings of Texas boards and commissions accessible to the press. The House approved the measure 118 to 4 with little opposition, though a Senate effort to exclude certain boards may occur. The sponsor argues public access is essential to inform citizens how state business is conducted.
Major General Aurelio Celedon head of the Chilean Air Force visited Fort Worth to inspect the B36 Superfortress and the plant that builds it. He sought a cowboy suit but after tours with Carswell officers and Consolidated-Vultee officials he left for Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana without shopping.
Mrs. Walter Boyer of Columbus Indiana sought rabies treatment after a skunk bit her when she attempted to drive the animal from a chicken house. Health officials said only a sick skunk bites in defense.
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