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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1949
Page
5
Wilford L. Turner, vice president and director of Austin National Bank, serves as treasurer and executive board member of the Capitol Area Council, giving him strong qualifications to speak on the financial aspects of scouting.
The Boy Scouts of America received a federal charter from Congress on June 15 1916 the privileged status shared by few American groups. The annual Congress report covers yearly activities services membership and treasury and finance committee notes audited by certified public accountants and published by the Government Printing Office. Capitol Area Council based at 300 East First Street Austin also undergoes annual audits with checks signed by the council treasurer and countersigned by Dunn er.
The finance committee chairman outlines the Capitol Area Council budget process. He notes budgets, capital funds for Camp Tom Wooten, and annual audits to ensure efficient use of Scout contributions for 11 500 boys and leaders across 15 counties.
Police and sheriff officials filed charges in County Court at Law against 14 defendants after raids on illegal marble table gambling machines. The second major confiscation in two weeks brings total tables seized to 34 stored in a private warehouse awaiting trials. Defendants include Milton Roye Ted Stathos J C Peckins Robert Fowler Allen Seaholm Roy Walker O H Hollyfield LaRue Jacobs Tony Daywood W T Covington Kenneth Threadgill L A Doud Harry Paulos and Gus Polios.
In Breckenridge on February 18, UP reports a second rail shippers meeting will be held next week to seek a solution to prevent abandonment of the Wichita Falls and Southern Railroad amid a strike.
Dr. Clarence Dykstra UCLA Provost refused to allow two University of Washington professors to debate at UCLA about the dismissal of one UW faculty member. Dr. Herbert J. Phillips, former Washington philosophy professor ousted, argued against the university viewpoint with Dr. M. E. Benson before UCLA graduate students.
On this day in 1846 Pinckney J. Henderson became the first Texas governor and Albert C. Horton was sworn in as lieutenant governor. The United States replaced Texas laws and postal rules, and the prior Decem ber was reelected amid debate over the Lone Star Flag ceremony date. Some historians place the Republic's end around February 16, while others cite February 19. Henderson soon took leave to lead Texans in the Mexican War.
John T. Koehler aged 43, Maryland attorney, was sworn in as assistant secretary of the Navy on Friday. He succeeds Mark Edwin Andrews, whose resignation took effect Tuesday.
Georgetown seniors plan a public barn dance in the new $150 000 gymnasium on Saturday night. Featured callers include Mrs Doc Weir Mrs Joe C Barnes Mrs W K McClain W K McClain and Jack Currier with Pop Williams and his Lazy River Boys providing the hoe-down music. The program also includes Paul Jones folk dances round dancing and more events.
Feb 18 El Paso report says James Kirksey age 2 was killed instantly when run over by a school bus. He is the son of Captain and Mrs Hubert S Kirksey of William Beaumont Army General Hospital.
An improved powder called FASTEETH helps upper or lower plates stay in place with no sliding or rocking. It is alkaline, non acidic, and does not sour or leave a gummy taste. It also helps control denture odor and is advertised for drug stores.
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