Civic Affairs Bureau to Meet Committees of Austin Chamber
The Civic Affairs Bureau of the Austin Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday at 4 p m to plan the rest of the year. Vice President Willis J Koen called the session. This marks the first joint meeting of committee chairmen and members since the January Chamber annual meeting.
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Civic Affairs Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Civic Affairs
Willis J. Koen
Bureau
Poison meatball warning shocks Kansas City children
Police warned children Tuesday about poisoned meatballs that resemble cookies with white icing. The deadly baits, dipped in animal fat, have killed at least 15 dogs in three days in Southeast Kansas City, with four morsels found on a school playground. A special detail of five officers continues the investigation as residents report 28 bites.
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Kansas City
Knights of Columbus Parade Protests Mindszenty in Rain
Knights of Columbus marchers, estimated 5,000 to 10,000, protest the treatment of Cardinal Mindszenty along Fifth Avenue. The parade ends at St Patrick's Cathedral with the annual memorial mass as about 73,000 spectators watch.
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Knights of Columbus
Fifth Avenue
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Frank Fristensky Jr
Kellam Elected Rotary Club President Here
KTBC manager J C Kellam was chosen incoming Rotary Club president at a Tuesday luncheon in the Stephen F Austin Hotel and will assume the post in July. Ora J Cohee, of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, spoke on Brotherhood Week, warning of a long clash between two government ideas and urging renewed faith to build peace through democracy.
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Hypnotists Cite Stalin With Sinister Eye Brunt
The National Institution of Hypnosis lists six people with the most hypnotic eyes, including Stalin whose gaze is described as showing sinister brutality. Truman is noted for laughing eyes while Margaret Chase Smith and others receive varied eye-characterizations.
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Maine
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Rise Stevens
Kirk Douglas
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Repeal of Telegraph Phone Tax Sought by Magnuson
Senator Magnuson of Washington announced he will urge repeal of the wartime telegraph and telephone taxes when the House bill reaches the Senate. He argued that removing nuisance taxes would boost sales enough to offset treasury losses.
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Magnuson
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Treasury
Aged San Antonian Jumps To Her Death
Flora Ullman, 73, leaped from the ninth floor of the Aurora Hotel Apartments in San Antonio on Tuesday. Police said she had been in ill health and a coroner’s verdict ruled the death a self-inflicted act.
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Flora Ullman
Aurora Hotel
Two Dairies Cut Milk Price by One Cent
Austin shoppers saw milk in glass bottles fall by one cent Tuesday after Superior Dairies posted a two cent per quart price drop for pasteurized and homogenized milk. The reduction applied only to glass bottle milk while carton milk remained one cent higher per quart.
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Superior Dairies
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Hillcrest Farms
How to Live Longer in March Reader's Digest Summary
Francis Vivian Drake argues people harm themselves with neglect and outlines geriatrics new science on aging. The piece highlights two key factors for vigorous old age, with diet tips and practical health advice.
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American Mercury
Dairies Hold Prices After Penny Reduction
Milky Way Dairies' Joe Carrington says paper carton deliveries stay at 23 cents for pasteurized and 24 cents for homogenized milk, following last Friday's one cent cut. Local retailers match the drop as smaller dairies align prices across layouts.
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Milky Way Dairies
Auto Spins Around To Hit Car Behind
Kimberly Idaho February 22. Police report two cars traveling in the same direction collided head on after James D Bean’s lights failed. Frank D Bower offered to escort Bean into town. Bean’s car hit a snowbank spun around and struck Bower’s car head on. Estimated damage 475. No injuries.
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Repeal of White Oleo Tax Forecast by Solon
Washington dispatch reports Representative Hoeven of Iowa predicting the 81st Congress will repeal federal taxes on margarine while banning selling yellow colored margarine. House agriculture committee hearings begin March 1 as compromise legislation aims to remove taxes and outlaw yellow margarine sales.
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House Committee On Agriculure
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German woodpile thief trapped by magnesium log
In Hamburg on February 22 a German man booby trapped his woodpile by hollowing a log and filling it with magnesium to deter a thief. Neighbors reacted with an explosion the following day as the culprit’s trap was triggered.
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Reader's Digest on natural childbirth and psychic phenomena
Condensed summaries cover natural childbirth without anesthetic and relaxation methods, messages from the dead and mental telepathy with J B Rhine and Duke University research, and advice on marriage tensions with arrival of a first child from A R Wylie.
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Duke University
American Magazine
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Parents’ Magazine
Local and Area Investment Policy Discussed at Luncheon
Local and area investments in expanding and new industrial enterprise will be discussed by financiers investors and Austin Development Foundation directors at a luncheon Tuesday noon at the Driskill Hotel. Foundation President C B Smith called the board meeting inviting bankers savings institutions local insurance firms investment mortgage firms and individual investors.
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Driskill Hotel
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C. B. Smith
Texas Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Attack
Winston James Lemons, 30, of Phillips, was given a 15 year term in 84th District Court for rape of a 21 year old Borger housewife on November 3. He previously received 10 years for armed robbery of the same woman. Lawton officers placed a detainer for trial in Oklahoma after Texas sentences are served.
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Japs To Visit Pakistan for Cotton Purchase
Karachi reports Japan's trade mission arrives to negotiate the purchase of 100000 bales of cotton. The group is due Wednesday and aims to expand commerce with Pakistan.
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Karachi
Realtors Hear Licensing Plan Update in Texas Legislature
Austin real estate leaders heard a progress report on a state real estate license bill. George Sandlin outlined a shift to a three member governor appointed commission to run licensing. fines would rise from 3 to 10 dollars for dealers and 3 to 5 dollars for salesmen. About 30 000 licenses are held in Texas. A committee to study standard contracts and uniform lease forms was named with Chester Buratti Howard Osburn Clint Little George Sandlin and Tom Graham. A speakers bureau committee was proposed but its naming was deferred.
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Texas
George Sandlin
Sandlin
Chester Buratti
Howard Osburn
Clint Little
Tom Graham
Buratti
Speakers Bureau
SSS Tonic Promises to Build Red Blood Strength
Advertiser touts SSS Tonic as a cure for low blood count caused by poor diet. Claims positive medical proof and activates digestion to improve appetite, energy, and overall vitality. Urges readers to buy at their drug store and enjoy a healthier glow.
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