Area Winter Milk Production Matches Local Demand
The Austin area reports winter milk production equal to demand for the first time since World War II. Sanitation Engineer H. E. Hargis notes no interstate imports since Christmas and daily consumption averaging 13,632 gallons over the last 30 days. Rising production credited to favorable weather and new dairies fostered by the health department.
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Austin
City Health Department
H. E. Hargis
Hargis
Health Department
City Health Officer Reports Rise in Chickenpox and Mumps
City Health Officer Ben Primer announced increases in mumps and chickenpox with 730 mumps and 225 chickenpox cases last week. He urged vaccination and noted return-to-school certificates are required, with detail on exposure and exclusion guidelines for both diseases.
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Ben Primer
Primer
Ruby Bid Low On Paving at Disch Field
M F E Ruby of Austin and San Marcos was the low bidder for paving streets around Disch Field with a bid of 2625 dollars. The work covers Robert E Lee Road from Lamar Boulevard to Bouldin Avenue and Dawson Road from Barton Springs Road to Robert E Lee Road.
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M. FE. Ruby
Austin
San Marcos
Disch Field
Robert E. Lee
Lamar Boulevard
Bouldin
Dawson Road
Barton Springs Road
Public Records From 53rd District Court Drain Docket
Dobbins Campion Lumber Company versus A M McClendon on note. Judgments for plaintiff in several cases including Searetta Wright, Calcasieu Lumber Company versus G Construction and Development for foreclosure of lien. Divorce judgments granted for multiple pairs including Sutton, Thompson Ward, Evans, Richmond, Slawson, Taylor, Dugar, Purcell. Name change for Irene Garcia to Irene Austin. Unemployment tax judgments in several Texas cases. Vehicle and marriage license entries follow with numerous real estate filings, new car registrations, and construction projects in the county court and justice court records.
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Dobbins-Campion Lumber Company
A. M. McClendon
Sam Thompson Jr
Searetta Wright
Calcasieu Lumber Company
G_ Construction and Development Corporation
Paul J. Deaton
Christabel Hughes
American Casualty Company
Pennsylvania Casulty Company
Arrow Coach Lines
Orion M
Irene Garcia
Irene Austin
Morris E. Sassman
George Sassman
State of Texas
Floyd Wallace
Violet Oyler
Leslie H. Oyler
Joe Ann Thompson Ward
Grady Ward
Richard J. Evans
Willie May Evans
Lyle Baird
Wilma Jun Baird
B. M., Nash
H. M. Nash
Barbara Taylor Davis
O. K. Davis
Gus Pinn
Search Continues In Gulf for Two Missing Airmen
A Friday night search in the Gulf of Mexico for two missing airmen from the 27th Fighter Wing follows a F82 crash near Matagorda Island. First Lieutenant John J. Anderson and Staff Sergeant Olin J. Smith are listed as missing after the Wednesday crash during air-to-ground gunnery practice. remnants of the Twin-Mustang were found by a Navy salvage boat, but no trace of the occupants was located. Anderson belongs to a fighter escort squadron at Bergstrom Air Force Base. his wife resides in Austin. Smith is attached to a unit stationed on the island.
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Gulf of Mexico
Matagorda Island
John J. Anderson
Olin J. Smith
Gulf
Air Force
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Matagorda
Bergstrom
Anderson
Austin
Laird Drive
Smith
New Jets At Bergstrom If Weather Allows This Weekend
Five Thunderjets are expected to Bergstrom Air Force Base from Farmingdale New York with five pilots ready to ferry them if test hops can be flown. Six jets had been received two weeks earlier as Bergstrom converts to a jet fighter base. Four jets that escaped to Biggs Army Air Field El Paso last week have returned as weather allows.
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Bergstrom Air Force Base
R. F. Rudell
Fighter Wing
Republic Aviation Corporation
Farmingdale
N. Y
Bergstrom
Texas
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Air Force
Weather Bureau
Baker To Face New Bane Trial
Clement Aaron Baker a 27 year old Austin man charged with rape faces a new trial in Anson after a hung jury was discharged. The case involves alleged sexual assault of a five year old Abilene girl and was moved on a change of venue. Special Investigator George Pope said he expected to be called as a witness. Pope also placed a hold on Baker over an aggravated assault charge from an incident at the Driskill Hotel last September.
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Clement Aaron Baker
Austin
Anson
Abilene
George Pope
Pope
Baker
Driskill
Shotgun Purloined Burglar Sought After Bold Theft
The sheriff's department hunted Friday for a burglar who stole a 12 gauge hammerless double barreled shotgun from W. L. Taylor on Route Six. The thief fled in an old Chevrolet toward Austin, leaving Taylor only the gun as a clue with the letter T cut on the stock.
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Sheriff's Department
W. L. Taylor
Taylor
Austin
L. J. Chapman
Perry Mill
Norman Thomas to Speak on Communism in Austin
Socialist Party leader Norman Thomas will lecture on Facts and Falsehoods about Communism in Hogg Auditorium Thursday at 8 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Forum Speakers Committee of the Texas Union. Thomas, 1948 presidential candidate, has a long record as author, editor, and radio speaker.
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Socialist Party
United States
Hogg Auditorium
Norman Thomas
Forum
Texas Union
Marion
Ohio
Thomas
Warren G. Harding
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Union Theological Seminary
League For Industrial Democracy
Austin
Congress Avenue
John Walker Invented Friction Match in 1827
English apothecary John Walker created the friction match in 1827, marking a key development in portable fire starting. This invention enabled safer, easier ignition compared with prior methods.
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John Walker
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26Th District Court
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Spencer Bunton
J. L. Hubby
Nairn, JP
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L. W. Pfluger
Clint Small Jr
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Myrl G. Gary
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Covert Auto Company
M. K. Grimes
Abel J. Theriot
Eckert
Conger Jonge
Lamar
Leroy McBride
Pandora
Robert H. Bowman
Nueces
William Arbuckle
Lullwood
Nash Phillips-Copus
Basford Road
Nash Phillips
Copus
W. M. Sanders
Jessie
Fred Adkins
Mildred Street
Coy Dobbins
Karen Avenue
Wv. Campion
Ruth
van C. Kelly Jr
Brentwood
George Maxwell
East 34Th Street
Hawes Campbell
Perry Lane
W. P. Watts
Brookview
Keystone Reality Company
East 19Th
Will H. Biggs
Alameda Drive
Kocurek's
Willie
San Jacinto E
Sunshine
New Bane
34Th St
Austin Radiant Glass Heating CO. Ltd
West
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G. W. Payne
Optometrist
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East 10Th
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