Highway Commission lauded for good road development
Ike Ashburn of the Texas Good Roads Association praised the Texas Highway Commission in a speech to the Austin Rotary Club. He lauded its objective approach to road needs, noted Lamar Boulevard extension easing traffic, and predicted similar benefits from an interstate highway planned for the city.
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Highway Commission
Texas Highway Commission
Ike Ashburn
Texas Good Roads Association
Austin Rotary Club
Texas
Way Commission
Texas Commission
Ashburn
Lamar Boulevard
Austin
City
Eleven Stores To Expand Here In Austin
J D Shook announces eight new 7-Eleven stores will be built in Austin after suitable sites are found. G A Penniman of Southland Corp will negotiate leases with property owners and aims to have openings by early April 1950. The project plans to invest about 200000 dollars and create 35 to 50 jobs.
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Southland Corporation
G. A. Penniman
Austin
J. D. Shook
Red River
Tuesay
Texas
Penniman
Dallas
Fort Worth
Southland
Rotary Lecturer From Brazil Heads to Mexico City Ceremony
Don Bolt, lecturer from Brazil, Indiana, stopped at the Texas Capitol on Tuesday en route to Mexico City for a Rotary International flag presentation. He said flags of 54 nations will be presented at the ceremony led by President Aleman. Bolt has spoken to many Rotary clubs and was designated by Governor Schricker of Indiana to represent him at the Mexico City event and delivered greetings to Governor Shivers.
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Don Bolt
Brazil
Ind
Texas Capitol
Mexico City
Rotary International
Aleman
Bolt
Rotary
Henry F. Schricker
Indiana
Holt
Allan Shivers
Schricker
Public Records Roundup From 126th District Court
Court records list habeas corpus against William G. Yar borough and multiple criminal fines and jail terms for offenses including swindling, theft, aggravated assault and carrying a pistol. Marriage licenses issued include DeMaria Wagner Navarro Espinosa and Miller Shelton. Property filings show several home constructions with values from 3 000 to 14 000 dollars and various addresses.
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Tom A. King
Eddie Lee Burnette
Thomas Loving
LeRoy Loving
Lewis Mendoza
Willie Gibbs
Clark Alexander
Avelous Davis
Allan W. Seaholm
Vernon McConico
Alvina Ockletree
G. W. Harris
Limberg
Albert DeMaria
Doris L. Wagner
Dora Moreno Espinosa
Kleber Claude Miller Jr
Gayle Adele Shelton
Eighth and Guadalupe Get New Traffic Light
The city activated a new traffic signal at Eighth and Guadalupe with a second light planned for 15th and Red River streets. Police say motorists quickly adapt to the 60 40 green cycle, and the first light went live late Monday.
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Eighth
Guadalupe
Bert Lay
15Th
Red River Streets
Some Austinites Get Yule Spirits Early
Austin residents reportedly receiving “spir its” this holiday season as police log a sharp rise in DWI filings. By Tuesday, 22 DWI cases were filed in the first 13 days of December, nearly double the 13 cases recorded in the same period in November.
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Austin
$20 000 Asked in Auto Death of 2 Year Old
Parents of 2 year old Chrysel Fowler filed a $20 000 damage suit in 126th District Court claiming their daughter was killed in an auto pedestrian collision on Sept. 28. They name Celester Lee Watkins and Mrs. A T King of King Funeral Home as defendants.
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Chrysel Fowler
126Th District Court
James Fowler
Maple Avenue
Celester Lee Watkins
A. T. King
Measles Prank Suit Seeks Six Thousand Dollars
A dentist's assistant, Miss Helen Toney Boyd, sues former employer Dr. George F. Bohuslav in 126th District Court for $6,000. She claims a patient with measles was brought in despite her warning, calling the act a misguided prank. She seeks $600 lost wages $100 medical bills $2,500 eyesight impairment and $2,500 for pain and suffering.
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126Th District Court
Helen Toney Boyd
George F. Bohuslav
Mixer Gift Mixed Up By Yuletide Burglar
A thief arrived at the Neal Finch home five miles northeast of Hillsboro before Santa Claus could. He took a new electric mixer intended by Finch as a Christmas gift to his wife.
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Hillsboro
Neal Finch
Here
Santa Claus
Finch
Travis County Plans Free Chest X-Ray Survey
The Travis County Tuberculosis Association announces a free chest X-ray survey from January 3 to February 13. Led by S. M. Apperson and Mrs. Alden Davis, the effort requires about 16 women volunteers daily from service groups. The project, financed by Christmas Seals, follows a 40 000 person screening and aims to reach 17 500.
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TB Association
Travis County
Texas Tuberculosis Association
Davis
Four Policemen Added For Holiday Traffic In Austin
Capt Warren Blackman said Tuesday extra police have been added to the regular traffic force to handle Christmas season traffic in the Austin business district. Two patrolmen work morning hours and two in the afternoon, all on overtime during off hours, augmenting the normal ten man force on the avenue.
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Austin
Warren Blackman
Tooth decay named most widespread human disease
Britannica defines tooth decay as the disease affecting humans most extensively, surpassing all others in reach and impact.
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William G. Yarborough
David Duval
Rachel Louise Duval
Helen’ Toney Boyd
Thurman
Eckert
Frank E. Montgomery
Woodrow Avenue
W. H. Harvey
Cherrywood Road
Ben Sustaita
East Third Street
Erick Johnson
Eilers Avenue
Leo L. Smith
Avenue B
West 45Th Street
Walter Burkland
Wildwood Road
8Th
Cameo Ny Ons
Sneeri
Were
Price
Congress
S. M. Apperson
Mrs. Alden
Vicks VA
LaChoy Food Products
Beatrice Foods Co
Archbold, Ohio
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