Joe Rabb Produces First LaGrange Cotton Bale
Joe F. Urban of Rabb's Prairie brought LaGrange's first 1949 cotton bale into town Wednesday morning. Ginned by Michalk Gin it weighed 534 pounds and was classed low middling. Urban sold it to the Ehlers Cotton Company for 33 cents a pound, about 12 cents above market. Harvest duty slows daily picking in Rabb's Prairie.
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Lagrange
Joe F. Urban
Rabb’s Prairie
Michalk
Urban
Ehlers Cotton Company
Budget Outline For San Marcos City Projects
San Marcos officials heard a proposed budget totaling $93,695.81 with major allocations of $22,000 for streets and alleys $14,000 for garbage collection $15,515.81 for bonds and interest and $14 for the administrative department City Secretary Ted McIntyre reported 89 percent tax collections and a tax rate yet to be set Former Mayor J R Wilhelm opposed moving $14 000 from water funds to garbage collection citing risk to utilities Zimmerman said the city is financially strong with AA rating and bond debt under 10 percent of valuation The city valuation is about $14 million and current bonded indebtedness stands at $207 000
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San Barcos
Frank W. Zimmerman
San Marcos
Ted McIntyre
City Commission
J. R. Wilhelm
Water Department
Wilhelm
Zimmerman
San Marcos Budget Hearing Set Aug 23
San Marcos Independent School District schedules public hearing for the 1949 50 budget on August 23. Superintendent Fred Kaderli notes a 95 tuition fee for children under six who reach six by December 31, due to no per capita funds for that age group. The district will not admit students not turning six by year end and tightens staff retirement at 65 with a new age 40 hiring cutoff for beginner teachers.
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San Marcos
Spl
Fred Kaderli
San Marcos Independent School District
Kaderli
Date for Police Job Applications Extended
Applicants for positions on the Austin police force receive an extended deadline for the civil service examination. Police Chief R. D. Thorp announced the dateline moved from Aug. 18 to Sept. 2 at 7 pm in Corporation Court. Application blanks are available at police headquarters.
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Austin
R. D. Thorp
Corporation Court
Thorp
Hammer and Sickle Flag Flies From San Francisco Flagpole
The hammer and sickle banner of Russia flew from the civic center flagpole Thursday morning. Police blamed pranksters while the custodian dumped the Red banner in an ashcan and raised the Stars and Stripes.
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San Francisco
Russia
Civic Center
Gas speeds through pipelines from ten to two miles per hour
A note on natural gas flow describes speeds varying along pipelines with typical travel rates from about 10 mph down to 2 mph.
Reich Payroll Missing From Army Safe in Bremerhaven
In Bremerhaven Germany on August 11 the German payroll of 80 000 marks about $24 000 vanished when the main American Army post exchange safe was opened. The provost marshal later said all but about 6 000 marks $2 000 were recovered from the attic.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
Ater
Teen-Age Recreation Program Elects Officers in San Marcos
SAN MARCOS Aug. 11 Spl Jim Caley has been elected president of the Teen-Age Recreation Program group. Other officers include Charlotte Williams as vice president Polly Ann Smith as secretary and Liew Kellerman as treasurer. Frank Zimmerman heads the publicity committee Martha Ann Waldrip entertainment chairman and Lyndon Saunders building and grounds. The group plans a series of entertainments for the coming year.
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San Marcos
Jim Caley
Charlotte Williams
Polly Ann Smith
Liew Kellerman
Frank Zimmerman
Martha Ann Waldrip
Truck Crushes Bay En route to Grocery
A 5 year old boy Raymond Garcia was crushed to death when struck by a truck while following his sister en route to a neighborhood grocery store in Houston on Thursday. He was the youngest of eight children of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Garcia and died on arrival at a hospital.
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Houston
Raymond Garcia
Joe Garcia
Raymond
Jeannette
Crop Rally Planned in Granger Tonight
Granger pastors call a CROP meeting in the high school auditorium to organize a Christian Rural Overseas Program. Thrall and Bartlett have already formed a local CROP group, with a Taylor representative to explain the new program.
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Granger
Thrall
Bartlett
Taylor
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