Courthouse Notices and Vehicle Registrations Summary
Courthouse records show multiple divorce filings across several pairs including Marie Hagemann and Jack Hagemann and Dorothy Ann White and Ralph Ernest White Jr. The docket also lists garnishment against Central Freight Lines Inc and multiple marriage licenses issued. New car registrations include Chevrolet and Ford models in various names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Hagemann
Jack Hagemann
T. M. McKinley
J. D. McKinley
QO. A. Browne
J. J. Browne
Dorothy Ann White
Ralph Ernest White Jr
W. O. Harper
Dollie P. Dickenson
Ida Mae White
Isaiah White
Rosa Shields
Willie Shields
Dual Era Tales in Glass House Drama and Beery Comedy
A review notes a two generation flashback structure in a film set in an English home. Gigi Perreau and Teresa Wright lead childhood roles, with David Niven and Evelyn Keyes shaping the modern thread. The cast includes Wallace Beery Marjorie Main and a sub plot with cadaver hoarding, plus candid camera shorts that enliven the program.
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Jayne Meadows
Gigi Perreau
David Niven
Gigi
Peter Miles
Theresa Wright
Miss Meadows
Evelyn Keyes
Farley Granger
Old House
Hollywood
Austinites Head to Legion Meet for State Convention
Austin drum and bugle corps from Travis Post No. 76 will leave Thursday for Fort Worth to compete in the Texas American Legion convention. The group aims to represent Texas at the August Philadelphia national convention, with Dallas, Houston, Seguin bands also vying. National speakers include Senators Johnson and Connally and Attorney General Clark, with Rayburn invited.
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Austin
Travis Post No. 76
American Legion
Fort Worth
Texas Department
Miami
Brownsville
Lubbock
Texas
Philadelphia
Dallas
Houston
Seguin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tom Connally
Tom Clark
Sam Rayburn
Paramount and other cinema notes in brief
Through Thursday run longer in Paramount listings with Terese right and cinema matchups featuring Jene Beery Richard Cante ras in varied showings. Austin shows G-Men with James Cagney and five cartoons while Drive-Ins present Stairway to Heaven with David Niven and Johnny Belinda at CHIEF with Jane Wyman showing final day screenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
G-Men
James Cagney
Tures
David Niven
Johnny Belinda
Jane Wyman
Lawnmower Theft Charge Filed in County Court
Fritz Robinson, 49, of 1130 Northwestern faces theft charges after a lawnmower disappeared from Larry Ballard at 1800 Congress Avenue. The mower was later found in a secondhand store pawned for $7. Two burglaries and a theft were also reported Wednesday morning.
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Fritz Robinson
Northwestern
Frank Turner
Larry Ballard
Congress Avenue
Ballard
L. A
Negro Charged With Swindling In Austin Baseball Ad Scam
A 26-year-old Austin man, James Edward Bunty Alexander, faces eleven charges filed in two courts for a false advertising scheme. He posed as an agent of the Black Pioneers, offering to place names on team uniforms for $3 to $6, deceiving local merchants who paid varying sums. Authorities say Tom Plummer, team owner and Travis County deputy sheriff, was not involved.
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Austin
Black Pioneers
Tom Plummer
Plummer
Travis County
James Edward
Bunty) Alexander
Short
Hargrave Street
Justice of the Peace P. L. Nairn
Capitol Shoe Shop
West Sixth
Raymond McAngus
East 1Sth
Barton Springs
H. H. Burch
South Congress
City Hall Wing Building Begins Construction
City officials began work on a $53,000 addition to the rear wing of City Hall with scaffolding by Moore Construction Company. The structure is expected to be ready for occupancy around November 1, and the police radio tower will be moved to the west wing, announced City Manager Guston Morgan.
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Moore Construction Company
Guston Morgan
William J. White Heads Seal Sale
William J. White will head Travis County’s 1949 Christmas seal sale campaign to fund tuberculosis control work. He serves on the Junior Chamber of Commerce board, with Charles West and Arthur de Witty and Pat Mendez as campaign leaders. A planning meeting for the drive is set for August 16 at 2 p.m. in John D. Simpson’s office.
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Travis County
William J. White
John D. Simpson
County Tuberculosis Association
White
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Charles West
Arthur de Witty
Pat Mendez
Simpson
Ironmaker cannon and balls in Revolutionary War
The main military outputs from ironmakers in the Revolutionary War were cannon and cannon balls cast from molten iron at blast furnaces, supplying artillery for battles and sieges.
North Austin Civic Club backs polio clinic site
The North Austin Civic Club unanimously endorsed locating a $75,000 polio recuperation and recreation center at Wilshire Boulevard, Airport Boulevard and Schieffer Avenue. The vote followed appeals by club officers and comes as residents previously urged the City Council to dedicate the 20 acre tract for playground use with three acres for the polio center. A public hearing will follow Polio Inc building plans and a property survey.
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Airport
Schieffer Avenue
Wilshire Wood
Delwood
North Austin
Polio Inc
Posthumous Promotion of Admiral McCain Approved
The House Armed Services Committee approved a resolution ordering the posthumous promotion of the late Vice Admiral John S. McCain to full admiral effective Sept 6 1945. McCain commanded in the Pacific under Admiral William Halsey during World War II.
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Washington
John S. McCain
House
Armed Services Committee
McCain
Pacific
William Halsey
Power House Foundation Get Green Light for City Project
Construction begins on the 98000 foundation for a proposed 750000 power house at Second and West Avenue after the go ahead from contractor B Sneed. The city approved buying a seven acre Missouri Pacific tract for 33000 with a federal court in St Louis, deed pending. Council set bids for the six story power house for August 31.
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Second and West Avenue
B. Sneed
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Guston Morgan
Power House Foundation
Power House
Cosmopolitan Club of Austin discusses pro jects for service clubs
The Austin Cosmopolitan Club heard Erwin S. Whiffen and Alfred R. Johnson of the Houston Cosmopolitan Club discuss starting small community projects. Whiffen noted Houston’s shift to aid to spastic children as it grew, urging Austin to build gradually and concentrate efforts. Dean A. Whiffen serves as acting chairman amid charter preparations as membership targets 25.
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Cosmopolitan International Club of
Austin
Houston Cosmopolitan Club
Erwin S. Whiffen
Alfred R. Johnson
Houston Club
Whiffen
Austin Group
Austin Club
Dean A. Whiffen
Austin Cosmopolitan Club
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Courthouse Records
53Rd District Court
Gardner
Mayme E. Seiders
Edward W. Seiders
98Th District Court
Betts
Joe C. Carrington
Central Freight Lines, Inc
Limberg
Lem Batts
Mary Brewer
Joseph Martin
Dorothy Plummer
M. W. Williams
Mattie Collins
Harris Earl Smith
Leona Lorena Ray
Henry S. Ivory
Nancy Davis Wallace H. Carlson
Ella Ruth Dickinson
Heffington
Kermit W. Fox
Chevrolet
S. E. Hinton
Edger T. Davis
Buick
Henry Svoboda
Pontiac
W. J. Rothrock Jr
Lincoln
P. L. Moore
Chrysler
Kenneth H. John
Plymouth
C. L. Richardson
Sebastian Fulcher
Lucile H. Wetegrove
Dorothy Nel Ross
Ford
W. Clint Little
Hudson
Edith Walsh
James W. Townsend
Antero Carrillo
S. R. Friedsam Jr
Robert N. Farley
Patrick
The
Big Jack
Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Beery Rountine
Beery
Richard oCate
Edward Arnold
Vanessa Brown
John Doe
MGM
Tifried
Richard Screen
Gene Fowler
Marvin Borousky
Osseo Vaness
Wallace Pieck Kate Marjorie Mila
Alexander Meade
Richard Conte
Ace Creameries
NoMend
Denier
Paramount
Apg Terese
Thusdey
Jene Beery
Richard Canteras
June Haver
Oo Warde
Rite —Tosas
Allegheny
John Warne
Jane Veht Ureday
Alt Neg Ture
Richard Dix
Nore
Alan Ladd
City Hall
North
Okeh
New Power House Foundation
Doris Dodson
D. Gal
Fabric News
Rayon
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