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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1949
Page
11
Mayor Frank Zimmerman proclaimed May 9 to 13 as Clean-Up Week in San Marcos. Street Commissioner Oren W. Cliett said city trucks and crews would participate and citizens have offered additional trucks if needed.
The Communist Party in Texas urged the UN to chastise former Ambassador W. C. Bullitt for a speech before a Texas Legislature joint session. James J. Green of Houston cited provocations urging armed action against Russia and China and asked UN Secretary Lie to act, though he did not specify measures.
In Johannesburg on Thursday a three-train collision killed about 60 people and injured around 70, in what is described as South Africa's worst rail disaster. Most victims were locals.
San Marcos negotiations for a franchise renewal and rate increase remained at an impasse after a three hour meeting. Walter Donaldson of Dallas urged no obligation to share ten years of company balance sheets while the council demanded profitLoss data for a fair rate deal. He tied proposed rate hikes to business lines and warned of operating at a loss if wages from a union demand persist. He pledged to install a dial system if the renewal and raises are granted and to provide a written plan for system reconditioning.
Amarillo judge refuses bond for Elizabeth Langston 41 after her arrest for the April 16 fatal shooting of Alfred Monroe Allison of Amarillo a carpenter and father of seven. An attorney said the ruling would be appealed to the State Court of Criminal Appeals but the May trial date will not be delayed.
Marvin Carter state service director of the Texas Farm Bureau Federation spoke to the Giddings’agriculture class of veterans about Farm Bureau insurance programs and services. A J August Burgdorf of Paige was chosen county insurance agent for the federation in Lee County, effective last week.
Stonewall will dedicate a $30 000 school gymnasium that doubles as a community hall this Sunday in Fredericksburg. The event features Hill Country League baseball against Boerne, a 5 pm barbecue for about 3000, a three act play New Adolph, and a dance to close. Proceeds go to the school treasury.
The Bertram branch of the Burnet County Free Library above R W McFarlin Drug Store will open Saturday from 3 to 6 p m. Officers include J A Steele president Dick Field vice president Mrs M H Huckabee second vice president Mrs Granville Knox treasurer and Mrs Tom and J C Wright directors.
Seguin High School hosts an 8 p m music festival presenting songs and dances tracing music's role from childhood to adulthood. German and Latin American pieces highlight an international program. Communities from Seguin Geronimo Schertz New Braunfels participate under Texas music department sponsorship with Dr Gertrude Stein leading TLC.
J. R. Owen, local chairman, urged all contributions be made by the end of the week. The drive workers include E. Bartosh, Horace Twitty, A. H. Miller, Jim Sonntag, Kirby Vance Lane and Ollie Hall in Taylor, April 28.
Thrall streets are upgraded with top paving and new streets opened as part of the municipal improvements. The town announces continued work and anticipated completion of surface upgrades in the near term.
Taylor FFA prepares a regional show at Gaote school grounds this Saturday. Entries include beef cows and bulls, dry lot milk fed fat calves, and breeding stock. Ribbons will be awarded as prizes.
Wiesbaden April 28. Alexander Ferdinand 27, the late Kaiser Wilhelm’s princely grandson and Prince of Prussia since his father’s death last March, works as a bed salesman at the Wiesbaden Trade Fair. He has been a businessman since 1945 after Dresden bombs destroyed his estate. He said he needed to live somehow.
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