Written complaint needed for raid on private clubs
Austin police chief R D Thorp says raids on private clubs require written complaints alleging gambling. He notes no active gambling in local clubs. A Sunday raid on VFW Post 856 at 103 Riverside Dr confiscated three slot machines. County Attorney Perry Jones will present the case to the grand jury for guidance on gambling laws.
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Austin Police Department
R. D. Thorp
Rex Fowler
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Riverside Drive
VFW
Perry Jones
Jones
Grand Jury
Texas
Austin finishes food handling course. 326 receive certificates
A city health department run program with the Texas Restaurant Association awarded 326 certificates to restaurant workers and managers in Austin. Tom Warren taught the course covering sanitary food handling, bacteria, contamination prevention, sanitation, storage and personal hygiene. Classes began January 30 in the City Library auditorium.
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City Health Department
Austin
Health Department
Texas Restaurant Association
Tom Warren
State Department of Health
H. E. Hargis
City Extends Paydays to the Seventh and Twenty Second
City workers will now be paid on the afternoons of the seventh and the twenty second each month instead of the fifth and twentieth. Finance Director Joe Huffman said about 1,800 checks totaling 166667 dollars are issued per period, roughly four million dollars annually.
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Joe Huffman
Huffman
Pecan Trees Planting Fund Nears $600 With New Gift
Austin real estate board adds 50 to the pecan tree planting fund bringing the total to 586 dollars. Campaign advances with 100 trees slated for city property and several organizations sponsoring trees. Proceeds from an Austin Civic Theater benefit cover 85 trees and the Saen gerrunde Hall Association funds 15 more. Parents and scouts assist in community planting as notices go to 35,000 households.
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Austin
Austin Real Estate Board
Chester Buratti
Bess O Beeman
Stephen F. Austin
Lamar Boulevard
Saengerrunde Hall Association
Optimist Club
Negro Citizens Council
Govalle Civic League
Austin Insurance Agents Association
Federated Business and Professional Women’s Club
Hyde Park Reading Club
Texas
Colorado Lakes Area Council
Mary E. van Valkenburgh
Jury Rules Five Year Suspended Sentence For Youth
Henry Rodriguez a young Austin Latin American was found guilty of burglary by a 98th District Court jury and given a five year suspended sentence He pled guilty and sought the suspension Both sides urged the sentence as the jury deliberated for two hours The burglary involved Chuck Maretzky s Gun Shop at 801 East Avenue in January and the raid yielded 19 pistols two rifles and a dirk
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Henry Rodriguez
Austin
98Th District Court
Rodriquez
Chuck Maretzky
East Avenue
Joiner Insurance Suit Ends Abruptly
Trial of Willard H. Joiner's $12 525 insurance recovery suit against American Casualty Company was halted when the case was withdrawn from the jury and settled. Joiner claimed permanent disability from a July 6 1949 sewer plant accident and received a $350 payment in exchange for releasing the insurer from all claims.
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Willard H. Joiner
American Casualty Company
Joiner
Jay H. Brown
Insurance Company
Jesse Bartlett
Ben H. Rice Jr
Public Records District Court Docket Highlights
Summary of filings across multiple Texas courts including divorces cases in the 7th and 126th districts. Notable entries include administrative actions in estates, change of name petitions, and multiple divorce proceedings. Also listed are marriage licenses and building permits with addresses and values.
Judge To Address Newspaper Group On Court Coverage
Associate Justice W St John Garwood will speak to Sigma Delta Chi about state Supreme Court coverage and how to write and evaluate court reporting. The talk at Moss Rose Case is at 7 30 p m with two new initiates Homer Olsen and Bryce Rucker joining the chapter.
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State Supreme Court
W. St. John Garwood
Sigma Delta Chi
Garwood
Dick Moorehead
Moss Rose
Homer Olsen
American Statesman
Bryce Rucker
University of Texas Journalism School
Bike License Plates New Due and Ready
Police Chief R. D. Thorpe announced new bicycle license plates are due and ready. Tags are free at the central fire station East Fifth and Trinity for registration and stamping bike numbers. Those registered in 1949 may bring their card to obtain a plate at the station.
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R. D. Thorpe
Central Fire Station
East Fifth
Trinity
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Thorp
Jack McKay Lumber Co
East 6Th ST
Georgia
Felter Legett
Carey Legett, JR
Colorado Street
New Lote Fashion and Chote
Fashion Academy of New York
Ford
Swearingen-Armstrong
Colorado
Austin, Texas
Public Records
53Rd District Court
Gardner
Lillian Hurd Taylor
Sam Moore
Margie Lee Moore
Cancer Deed
State of Texas
Quick Action Manufacturing Corporation
TEC
Betts
Jo Anne Johnson Cornman
Conrad Lee Cornman
Naomi J. Cawthorn
Robert Cawthorn
Doris Mez Henry
Frank L. Henry
Austin National Bank
E. J. Gustafson
David Kay Kennedy
126Th District Court
Roberts
Norene Beck Critchfield
Chester H. Critchfield
Willie J. Morgan
George Morgan
Inez Durham
D. L. Durham
Johnson
William Earl McCracken
Della A. McCracken
Joseph C. Peacock
Bernice
Peacock
Morace H. Shelton Jr
Louise L. Shelton
Patrick H. O'Donnell
Mabel Mildred McCain O'Donnell
Justice Court
Blakeslee
Justice
Roy G. Hershberger
Louis James Priest
R. L. Rains
J. W. Grumbles
Nairn
Delton Branum
Limberg
Hiram M. Reed
Mabel Clark
Manuel D.diaz
Beatrice Torres
William E. Farris
Martha Jean Montague
Willie Johnson Billingsley
Madeline L. Hawkins
George Perry Morgan
Mary Ann Sterling
Jim Jones
Mary Elizabeth DeWitty
Heffington
Co. T. Sterling
Pontiac
H. F. Medford Jr
George A. Smith
W. P. Cradock
Buick
L. B. Greenhaw
Mercury
Juanita Trotter
Rosalie Matlock
A. W. Meadows
Calvin J. Ausland
Lincoln
H. F. Goff
Chevrolet
Eckert
A. C. Warner
Woodview
Forest J
Rice
Restauard
Piedmont
W. H. Sullivan
James C. Murphy
Happy Hollow Lane
Kelly McAdams
Red River Street
Dr. A. Burstyn
Optometrist
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