City Council weighs survey of Brackenridge Hospital
Mayor Glass said the city may order a thorough efficiency survey of Brackenridge Hospital if expert fees are not prohibitive. Doctors led by Dr. George Decherd Jr. urged autonomy and a trained administrator, voting for a survey, while hospital head Charles Weeg and City Manager Guston Morgan defended current authority and budgets.
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Taylor Glass
Brackenridge Hospital
Oy Hospital
Guston Morgan
Morgan
George Decherd Jr
Decherd
Charles Weeg
Weeg
Brackenridge
Kiwanis Club Plans Kiddie Party Friday
Capital City Kiwanis Club schedules the annual Christmas party for children at noon Friday in the Stephen F. Austin Hotel. Santa Claus will deliver gifts. Noble Doss and Harold Page return after absence. Doss played for the Philadelphia Eagles this season. Two war films shown by George Schutze cover Nagasaki and Hiroshima aerial raids and 1944 bombing operations in Europe and Asia.
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Stephen F. Austin
Capital City Kiwanis Club
Albert Jesse
Santa Claus
Noble Doss
Harold Page
Doss
Philadelphia Eagles
George Schutze
Nagasaki
City Delinquent Tax Suits Prompt Inquiries
Filing of 17 delinquent tax suits by the city sparked a flood of inquiries to the city legal department as taxpayers sought extensions and payment plans. Williams said further suits are in preparation with some payments already made on three cases. Most suits fall in district court with others in county and justice courts.
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W. T. Williams Jr
Williams
Justice Court
City Legal Department
Clifford Stohl
Fire Hazards Found At Abilene State Hospital
H R Brayton reports serious fire hazards at Abilene State Hospital after surveying buildings during a hospital fire protection course. He notes blocked exits and barred windows, insufficient fire escapes, and delays for fire department response. He urges the hospital to obtain firefighting equipment, install swing doors, and increase extinguishers.
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Abilene State Hospital
H. R. Brayton
Firemen's Training Schools
A&m Extension Service
Board of Hospitals and Special Schools
Brayton
Abilene Fire Department
Public Records and Marriage Licenses Reported in District Court
Public Records list in 8th District Court includes license reinstatement for Texas Railroad Co. and Capitol Butane Gas Co. along with numerous marriage licenses issued. Real estate notes show multiple residences and garages in Breezy Hollow Addition and Woodacres Inc. with prices from 4,750 to 13,650 and totals around 65,000.
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E. O. Brown
Capitol Butane Gas Co
Vs. Texas Railroad Co
Thomas J. North
Breezy Hollow
Joe Sayers
Arroyo Seco
Woodacres Inc
Merrie Lynn
G. H. Hawkins
East 16Th Street
R. R. Sands
Bowman Avenue
Travis Leads State in Mumps Outbreak
State Health Officer George W. Cox reported 446 mumps cases statewide this week, with Travis County leading at 71 cases. The outbreak increased sharply from last year, while Lavace County reported 66 and the state saw a near fourfold rise.
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Travis County
George W. Cox
Lavace County
Cox
Cosany
Austinites Return From Tour of Haiti
Two Austin men Joe Austell Small editor of Western Sportsman and J P Crowe photographer completed a two week tour of Haiti as government guests. They hunted fished filmed adventures including a voodoo ritual with Small later said to be under protection of the god of war. Small plans annual foreign trips for subscribers.
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Austin
Republic of Haiti
Joe Austell Small
Western Sportsman Magazine
J. P. Crowe
Small
God of War
Square Dance Marks New Decade in Austin
The Austin folk and square dance council opens 1950 with a public square dance at the Athletic Club. Johnnie Deison and his Cripple Creek Ranch Hands provide music. Admission is 35 cents with free coffee and punch. Edwin L. Spenrath decorates and Clemens J. Staudt is emcee.
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Austin
Austin Folk and Square Dance Council
Johnnie Deison
Cripple Creek
Edwin L. Spenrath
Clemens J. Staudt
Tom Adams
Ray Davis
Spenrath
Jaycees Plan Yule Dance at Tower Thursday
The Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Christmas dance Thursday at the Tower from 9 p m to midnight. Gene Rayel Jaycee president announced the event with Mel Sandler's orchestra providing music and a floor show. Ken Seibert leads arrangements.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Gene Rayel
Jaycee
Funay
Mel Sandler
Ken Seibert
Jaycee Social Committee
Yale Choir Presents Christmas Story at Concordia Memorial Gym
Concordia College Concordia Choristers plan a Tuesday 8 p m Christmas program in Memorial Gym. The boy’s a cappella choir will present the Christmas story in word song and picture with a candlelight procession and carols. Admission is free.
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Concordia
Concordia College
Memorial Gym
City County Study Police Building
City and Travis County officials studied three weeks for a proposed 600000 dollar courthouse wing to house sheriff and city police, with 27780 square feet, plus 3000 more for jail addition. Opponents argued higher cost than a separate 180000 dollar police building and questioned efficiency gains.
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Wolf
North Millican
Travis County Law Enforcement Commission
Guston Morgan
Morgan
Tom E. Johnson
Johnson
Solons Create Probe Subcommittee On State Affairs
A 17 member Joint Legislative Council subcommittee was formed to consider any matter for investigation. Senators Searcy Bracewell and Walter Tynan and Representatives Sam Hanna Louis J. Ivey and James B. Pattison were named to the group. Maddox, former Chief Claims Auditor for the Board of Control, said he wished to present complaints about Board of Control affairs and was dropped from the payroll December 1 after a clash with Chairman Hall Logan.
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Joint Legislative Council
John F. Maddox
Board of Control
Council
G. C. Morris
Morris
Senate
Senate Committee
House
Legislative Council
Searcy Bracewell
Houston
Walter Tynan
San Antonio
Sam Hanna
Dallas
Louis J. Ivey
el Paso
James B. Pattison
Pattison
Maddox
Board of Control Affairs
Hall Logan
Pioneer Deaf Teacher Jessie Mae Webster Rites Planned
Funeral services for Jessie Mae Webster, longtime teacher at the State School for the Deaf, are set for 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Cook Funeral Home in Austin. She died Thursday night in an Austin hospital after 32 years at the school. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Roy M. Sielle called her an outstanding teacher. Congressman Homer Thornberry will be a pallbearer. honorary pallbearers include Jim Hornsby and others. She is survived by three Austin sisters.
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Jessie Mae Webster
State School For the Deaf
Miss Webster
Austin
Cook Funeral
Flynn Long
First Southern Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Roy M. Sielle
Thornberry
Jim Hornsby
Glenn Cook
C. B. Baxton
Burnet Pharr
Lucius Dean
W. M. Davis
W. H. Martin
Etta Webster
Danish Gym Team to Perform at Gregory Gym Austin
The Danish Gym Team of 35 top gymnasts visits Austin for a Saturday 8 15 p m show in Gregory Gym. Coached by Erik Flensted Jensen the troupe includes gymnastics acrobatics ballet and native folk dancing with two ex Olympic team members. A reception follows hosted by the Women’s Physical Training department at the University of Texas. Tickets are $1 20 and on sale at Reed's William Charles the University and the Music Building box office.
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Denmark
Austin
Gregory Gym
Erik Flensted-Jensen
University of Texas
Corinne J. McMullen
University
Reed's
William Charles
Music Building
Santa Claus with Wings Visits Austin December 22
A Santa Claus using wings instead of reindeer will arrive in Austin on December 22 at p.m. He will deliver Christmas toys to Pioneer Air Lines children and gifts for Pioneer staff families. Pioneer families will meet him at the airport.
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Santa Claus
Austin
Pioneer Air Lines
Pioneer
Federal Bakery Peach Pies 95 Cents and More
Local bakery advertises peach pies priced at 95 cents and cream puffs around 40 cents per dozen chocolate éclairs about 5 cents each. Macaroons also listed at a similar per unit price.
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