Sanitarian Halls City Cleanliness
Former US Public Health Service official Dr. Peter Crawford praised Austin sanitary conditions and criticized the Texas Health Department after State Health Officer George Cox called Austin a dirty town. He urged integration of public health bodies and praised Austin as well managed and clean, while Cox pushed a citywide cleanup plan and faced little public objection.
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Public Health Service
Austin
State Department of Health
George Cox
Peter Crawford
State Health Department
Texas
Crawford
Public Health Service Commission
State Department
Board For State Hospitals
Macken Heads Third District Texas Bankers Group
Dennis W. Macken of Austin National Bank was named chairman of the Third District Texas Bankers Association as Austin was chosen the 1951 meeting site. More than 600 bankers and their wives heard talks by Dr. Sam L. Joekel and Maj. Gen. H. Miller Ainsworth at the Austin Hotel.
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Dennis W. Macken
Austin National Bank
Texas Bankers Association
Austin
Sam L. Joekel
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
H. Miller Aisesworth
Luling
First National Bank
Joekel
Ainsworth
Lsted
Los Angeles Chosen For Marine Convention
The Fifth Marine Division Association selected Los Angeles as the site for its convention to be held August 24 to 26. The announcement came from Washington on February 17.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Fifth Marine Division Association
No Real Progress in Coal Parley Fails to Break Impasse
Federal mediators reported no real progress in last ditch talks between John L. Lewis and soft coal operators. Lewis ordered 370,000 idle miners to return to work Monday. fields showed cool reception and doubts of full compliance amid possible contempt action and a mediation report to the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Cole
White House
19 or More Die As 2 Trains Hit
A Long Island railroad collision near Rockville Centre New York killed 19 or more, with police estimating up to 50 may die. More than 100 injured. seven bodies recovered from wreckage with many more believed trapped.
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Rockville
Centre
N. Y
Long Island
James Farrell
Nassau County Police
Martha Zuch Named Valentine Sweetheart at AHS Coronation Ball
Miss Martha Zuch daughter of Mr and Mrs H W Zuch of 711 East 43rd Street was Austin High School Valentine Sweetheart chosen by popular vote from 15 finalists. Kenneth Ashworth escorted her at the coronation ball with R W Byram presenting a bouquet of red roses and the sweetheart train.
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Martha Zuch
H. W. Zuch
East 43Rd Street
Austin High School
R. W Byram
Austin School Board
Kenneth Ashworth
Zach
Nedra Becker
Davene Lamm
Nancy Ritter
Claire Caswell
Ann Wiley
Norma Dean
Georgeanne Perry
Joyce Rydeberg
Donna Williamson
Georgeanne Allen
Misses Zach
Martha Williams
Jane Kramer
Margaret Jo Piland
Sandra Johnson
Lovely Weekend Forecast For Austin
Local weather forecasters predicted a lovely weekend with no rain. Friday night they noted a low of 44 degrees at 7 am and a high of 72 by 4 pm. Saturday should bring slightly cloudier skies and south winds.
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Austin
Mercury
Advertising Federation District meeting honors UT AD Sigma head
Julian Herndon advertising director of The Arkansas Democrat in Little Rock will be made an honorary member of Alpha Delta Sigma at the University of Texas chapter. The 10th District meeting brings advertising men from Texas Louisiana Oklahoma Kansas and Arkansas for a day of sessions lunches and a dinner with Latin American music and comedy skits.
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10Th District
Advertising Federation of America
al Jennings
Austin Advertising Club
Ernest Sharpe
University of Texas
Alfonso Johnson
Dallas
William B. Arnold
San Antonio Weekly Dispatch
San Antonio Advertising Club
Julian Herndon
The
Arkansas Democrat
Little Rock
Ark
Alpha Delta Sigma
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Stephen F. Austin
Sun
Herncon
Home Economics
Ralph Davis
A. B. Fenny
Houston
Dale Rogers
Tulsa
Oklo
Ira de Jernett
AFA
Berry Boyd
Herndon
S. M. Apperson
Southern Union Gas Company
al Campbell
Senate Faces House-Passed Tax Bills Now
The Texas Senate moves toward a free for all over two tax measures to fund eleemosynary institutions. The omnibus bill would raise 16 million over 18 months while the cigarette tax would add seven and a half years of funding totaling about 60 million. Hazlewood pushed the sub committee bill forward to avoid hold ups. The House identical measures sparked warnings of amendments and potential clashes when floor action begins Monday. Leaders and opponents debated durations with Hill Hudson resigning from the sub committee. Oil and gas interests signaled willingness to pay amid a 26 million treasury deficit as lawmakers seek pay as you go funding for next year and a half.
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Senate Committee
State Affairs Committee
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Hazlewood
Senate
Hill Hudson
Pecos
House
Survivors of B36 Crash Reach Carswell Air Base
The C54 carrying B36 crash survivors landed safely at Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth at 10 33 p m Friday. Relatives waited anxiously as one engine out and a feath ered propeller were noted in reports from Albuquerque New Mexico. Nine survivors aboard included Lt Raymond Whitfield Jr Lt Ernest Cox and Staff Sgt Dick Thrasher along with Captain Harold L Barry and Lt Roy Darrah. Meanwhile five missing from the doomedPrincess Royal Island search hampered by worsening winter weather.
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Fort Worth
British Columbia
Carswell Air Force Base
Roy R. Darrah
Darrah
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Carol Sue
Larry
Harold Barry
Berry
Hillsboro
Ill
Barry
Fitzgerald
Princess Royal Island
San Antonio
Ernest O. Cox
Pampa
Dick Thrasher
Chilton
Harold L. Barry
Martin's Ferry
Paul Gerhart
Germantown
Martin B. Stephens
San Francisco
Calif
James R. Ford
Holdenville
Okio
Richard J Schuler
Miami, Fla
Roost on Roof Yields Floating Fish Finds in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant reports an odd sight as workmen repairing a hospital roof found three small fish swimming in a rain pool. Officials believe the fish reached the roof via a tornado gust lifting them aloft.
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Mount Pleasant
Jurors Say Slot Machines Illegal in Private Clubs
Travis County grand jury declares slot machines illegal in private clubs and public places and authorizes impartial enforcement. Perry Jones files charges against Anderson Batson, VFW Post 856 clubhouse manager, for permitting intermittent playing after raid.
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Travis County Grand Jury
Perry Jones
The
Veterans of
Foreign Wars
Anderson Batson
Post 856
VFW
Riverside Drive
Grand Jury
Jones
Austin
Sam Smithwick Denied New Trial Plea by Court
Belton February 17 The plea of Sam Smithwick a former Jim Wells County deputy sheriff for a new trial on the murder of radio commentator W H Mason was denied by District Judge Wesley Dice. Attorneys appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin citing jury selection from poll tax rolls rather than assessment rolls as the basis for the motion.
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Alice
Smithwick
27Th District Court
Dice
Quicks
Court of Criminal Appeals
UT Student Reunited After 43 Day Mystery
Francis V. McMillen 28 a University of Texas graduate student missing since Jan 5 was found in New Orleans and listed as an amnesia patient at Charity Hospital memory restored on Thursday. His parents Professor and Mrs O W McMillen of Fayetteville Ark arrived to visit him. He said he did not know how he reached New Orleans and had left a wife and child in Austin.
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New Orleans
Francis V. McMillen
University of Texas
Charity Hospital
O. W. McMillen
Fayetteville
Ark
Austin
University
Central Texas bankers project near record 1949 level economy
Bankers at the Texas Bankers Association third district convention in Austin foresee a slight slow but steady rise in Central Texas activity, close to the 1949 peak. They expect 1950 to be affected by cotton acreage cuts, with diversified agriculture and small industry keeping the region steady. deposits and cash payments remain solid, while foreclosures stay rare. Local reports from Williamson, Taylor, and Sonora note mixed impacts from crop shifts, but mohair demand and cattle markets show strength.
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J. M. Falkner
Tom E. Acker
Texas Bankers Association
E. P. Cravens
Austin Clearing House Association
H. D. Cherry
Caldwells
Thomas M. W. Yerxa
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Central Texas
Texas Bankers’ Association
Williamson County
S. G. Gernert
First Taylor National
Ex Governor Tasker Oddie Dies at 80
SAN FRANCISCO February 17 Tasker L Oddie former Nevada governor and United States senator died Friday at age 80. He served as Nevada governor and later in the U S Senate.
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Nevada
San Francisco
Tasker L. Oddie
United States
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Sanitarian
Wray Weddell
Texas Health Department
Mississippi
South
National Association of Public Health Reserve Officers
US Public Health Service
North Carolina
Exas
Board T
Cox
Taylor Glass
W. S. Drake
D. W. Macken
Bankers District Group
United Mine Workers
Truman
David L. Cole
UMW
AHS
Valentine
Ad Group
Earl L. Saunders
Margaret Mayer
American Capitol Staff
Andrew Howsley
Texas Mid- Continent Oil and Gas Association
Carswell
RUE Parr
N. M
Couny
Fred Williams
Sheriff's Department
J. Harris Gardner
Lard District Court
Austin Country Club
Rex Fowler
Austin Police Department
R. D. Thorp
Fowler
Police Department
Jones Satight
Batson
Ernest Best
Best
Sam Smithwick
Dave Shanks
Austin American
Bank
Taylor Bank
Gernert
Taylor
H. O. Cherry
Caldwell First State Bank
Tom Cherry
Giddings
Jean Derebery
First National Bank of
Sonora
Edwards Plateau
F. W. Weber
Charlotte State Bank
Atascosa County
Ray Arbuckle
M, D, Deison
Jack Harper
Sam Clement WM
Hofmann
G. Gernert
Norman Clement
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