Mason's Son Beaten on Houston Trip in 3 Against One Attack
Burt Mason 22, son of slain Alice radio commentator Bill Mason, was beaten on South Main Street Houston early Sunday. He suffered a broken leg and bruises, says he was attacked by three men after a vulgar remark, and plans to return to his radio program once discharged.
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Burt Mason
Alice
South Main Street
New Shamrock Hotel
Mason
Bill Mason
Sam Smithwick
Jim Wells County
Sheriff's Department
Smithwick
Corpus Christi
Floy Kennedy
Victoria
Lester
Bastrop County Plans New Farming School in Texas
Bastrop County advances a $500000 agricultural school project under a foundation trustee model. The county will own property while the Bastrop County Youth Foundation finances and operates it. The program will include vocational training, an experimental farm, soil conservation, and activities led by county officials and local high schools.
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Camp Swift
The
Foundation
County Home
Elgin
Bastrop
Smithville
Four Small Steel Firms Say Pay Hike Threatens Profits
Four small steel firms told a wage board on Monday that a proposed package of higher wages pensions and insurance would cost from 30 to 65 cents an hour. They warned the industry could not absorb such costs and some would lose money while prices may rise if wages go up.
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New York
Aug
CIO Steelworkers Union
Jules Backman
New York University
Steel
H. G. Batcheller
Alleghany Ludlum Steel Corporation
Batcheller
Nathan
Backman
Centex Road Jobs To Be Let In Texas Bid Openings
Five Central Texas road projects are among 24 bids to be opened by the State Highway Department on Tuesday and Wednesday. Projects include asphalt topping of Ranch Highway 93 near the Pedernales River bridge and paving in Travis County from Lamar Boulevard to Airport Boulevard areas with grading and base work. Other Lettings cover farm to market roads in Gillespie Gonzales and Burleson counties.
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Central Texas
State Highway Department
Pedernales River
Travis County
State Highway Commission
Burnet
Blanco
Lamar Boulevard
45Th Street
Dallas Highway
Airport Boulevard
Cameron Road
Gillespie County
Gonzales County
Burleson County
Two American Boys Missing on German Bicycle Tour
Berlin reports American military officials say two 19 year old youths Wallace Oessner and Peter Sellers are missing in Germany after a bicycle trip. They were last seen August 10 in Goettingen in the British zone.
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Berlin
Germany
Wallace Oessner
Peter Sellers
Goettingen
Austin Sets Heat Record as 100.4 Tops 1949
Austin logged the hottest day of 1949 at 100.4 degrees at 4 35 p m as the record near July 11 was surpassed by a half degree. Fort Worth endured a moderate hail storm while forecasts warned of heat persisting with potential cooling showers. The all time Austin high remains 109 set in 1923, with a cold snap record of 2 degrees on Jan 31 this year.
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Austin
Fort Worth
Taylor businessmen lead city polio drive in Taylor
Taylor August 15. Local businessmen close shops 8 a m to 1 p m to launch a city wide polio drive. Civic leaders doctors lawyers and board members join as inspectors with Kiwanis Rotary and Lions volunteers to survey homes for trash water and other mosquito or rodent breeding sites. State health officials assign zones and sanitation workers spray lime and DDT after reports are tallied. Inspectors will not enter homes but refusals are noted for health records.
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Taylor
Kiwanis
Rotarian
Lions Clubs
State Health Department
Sub
Patterson
Matthews Pay Case Decision Due Tomorrow
The Travis County Commissioners Court will decide Wednesday on the next step in the Matthews case after the county filed suit to recover 11200 paid to former County Judge George S. Matthews for uncompensated Sap Juvenile Board service, Aug. 1941 to Dec. 29, 1948. Three commissioners later withdrew the suit and sought an attorney general opinion on constitutionality, but the suit remained active Monday as details were to be worked out at the Wednesday meeting.
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Travis County Commissioners Court
Matthews
George S. Matthews
Perry Jones
Jones
Sap Juvenile Board
U. S. McCutcheon
Warren Freund
American Indemnity
Standard Accident Insurance
Austin
Smith, Rotsch and Steakley
Lawson Boothe
N. L. Gault
Arthur Swenson
REA Grants $750000 Loan for Comanche Co Op
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a $750,000 loan Monday to expand electric service for the Comanche County Electric Cooperative. The loan supports infrastructure upgrades and greater reach of power to rural residents served by the cooperative.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Comanche Co. Electric Ae Association
Com
Airliner Crash At Sea Kills 9
A Skymaster four engine airliner ran out of gas and ditched 15 miles off the Irish coast. Forty nine aboard survived in a tense rescue while nine were killed or lost. The craft carried 47 Italians and 11 Americans including Ruth Nichols. Survivors were picked up by the British trawler Stalberg and the Irish freighter Lanahrone.
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Galway
Ireland
Transocean
Atlantic
Brooklyn
Venezuela
Pit
Ruth Nichols
Rome
Shannon
Stalberg
Lanahrone
Court Order Restrain Striking Dock Workers
Honolulu August 15 The Hawaiian government won a circuit court injunction restraining the CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union from picketing the freighter Hawaiian Merchant pier The move part of a government drive to open strikebound ports using its Steve Doré service.
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Honolulu
CIO International Longshoremen’s and
Woman Hurt After Fatal Gun Attack in Lyons Kansas
Mrs. Consid Bunce, 24, mother of four, survived an attack by her estranged husband who killed her parents and then himself. She lies in Lyons Hospital in critical condition with a left chest wound from a 22 caliber pistol.
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Lyons. Kas
INS
Consid Bunce
Lyons Hospital
Austin Man Gets Jail Time for First Offense Drunken Driving
A county jury sentenced a 24 year old Austin man to 10 days in jail for his first drunken driving offense, marking a departure from the usual $50 fine and costs. Judge Mace Thurman presided as the jury delivered the verdict, per Jones.
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Austin
Fgg
Severu
Austin High 13 Clubs Disband Inter-Club Council
The Inter-Club Council of 13 Austin High clubs voted to disband on Monday night and divided its $42.50 treasury among member clubs after ousting the Hypatian Literary Society from the Girls' Executive. The body also directed the Boys Executive's $100 to the Franklin Debate Society and discussed the 51st Legislature law on club prohibitions and district rules for teachers.
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Austin High Boys
Hypatian Literary Society
Frankling Debate Society
Austin School Board
Diana Joseph
Miss Joseph
Ex Luling Postmaster B R Miles Dies At 77
Bassett R Miles 77 retired Luling postmaster died Monday at home. Funeral 5 p.m. Tuesday at residence with Dr R A McCurdy officiating. Burial in Luling City Cemetery. Survivors include wife Blanche Andrews Miles two daughters L E Brooks Wharton and N A Stuart El Campo and two sisters A M Maymon Los Angeles and Nick C Ladner Yorktown.
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Luling
Bassett R. Miles
Luling Poostmaster
Pierce
R A. McCurdy
Luling City
Blanche Andrews Miles
L. E. Brooks
Wharton
N. A. Stuart
el Campo
A. M. Maymon
Los Angeles
Calif
Nick C. Ladner
Yorktown
Covington Bank President M T Davis Dies in Cleburne
M T Davis, 73, president of the First State Bank of Covington in Covington Hill County, died early Monday in a Cleburne hospital. A Missip native, Davis had lived in Covington.
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Cleburne
M._ T. Davis
First State Bank of
Covington
Cleburne Hospital
Missi Davis
Hill County
Congress Approves Major Arms Aid Plan in Bid to Unite Allies
The House foreign affairs committee approved a $1.45 billion arms aid package to bolster foreign nations against Soviet aggression. About $1.16 billion is for arming recipients with half cash and half contract authority, ending March 31 unless mutual defense plans are approved. The panel also rejected funding for non Communist China but urged Far East nations to form a mutual defense pact with U.S. cooperation.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs
United States
Congress
House
Representative Lodge
R-Conn
China
Far East
House Rejects Extension of Emergency Credit Measure
The House balked at a second emergency credit extension as concern rose that Army Navy and Air Force funding would halt on August 16. Veterans pensions and hospital payments could stop while Interior Army engineers face unpaid contracts and possible project shutdowns. House leaders seek a stopgap bill amid a Senate logjam totaling about 27 billion dollars in funding.
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Veterans Administration
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Veterans Administrations
Interior Department
Army Engineers
Cannon
House
Senate
Senate House
Four year old Austin Lad Admitted to Polio Ward
Donald Mikus, nearly four, was admitted to Brackenridge Hospital Monday afternoon with polio. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mikus of Route 1, Taylor. His condition and the other 11 polio patients at Brackenridge were reported good.
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Donald Mikus
Brackenridge Hospital
Thomas Mikus
Route 1
Taylor
Brackenridge
Montreal councillor proposes bolero jackets for women
City Councillor Dave Rochon suggests a Monday move to curb U S visitors exposing too much skin by requiring thin printed boleros over clothing in public spaces. He says police could enforce the measure to protect modesty.
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Montreal
Dave Rochon
Rochon
United States
Austin Building Totals Near 1947 Peak With 1949 Run Ahead
Austin construction spending neared a 1947 record as totals reached 20,472,293 dollars for 1947, trailing 1948 by 6,680,223. With 4.5 months left in 1949, officials expect to surpass last year’s peak 27,161,516. Bergstrom AFB housing project of 1.25 million is not in the tally. August permits total 987,291.
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Austin
John C. Eckert
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Eckert
Margaret Mitchell Takes a Turn for Worse
In Atlanta on August 15, Grady Hospital doctors reported Margaret Mitchell reached a decided turn for the worse. The 43 year old author of Gone With the Wind had a fever of 102 degrees and a falling pulse as nurses sponged her with cold to reduce her temperature.
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Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Grady Hospital
Miss Mitchell
Second Trip Planned After Lights Fail In Ocean Dive
Aboard the Velero V I off Santa Cruz Island California submariner Otis Barton halted a planned 6000 foot dive after the lights on his bathysphere failed due to a faulty power cable. He reported dimming power, seen phosphorescent fish and a jellyfish but returned to the surface at 2:12 pm. Barton plans another attempt when repairs are completed.
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Santa Cruz Island
Calif
Otis Barton
Pacific
Barton
Boston
Dis
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National Association of Manufacturers
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Mosher
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Carroll B. Daugherty
Northwestern University
Truman
Centex
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Neal Douglass
Rome-Shannon
Otis Nelson
Herbert
Jack) Asbel
N.Y
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Communist Party
Almer Smith
B. R. Miles
Texas County
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D-Tex
Austin Lad
Bermuda
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