Menems Body Returns Today To Austin
The body of Private Wadia E. Menem arrives in Austin via Unit Mail Division and will be transferred to the Field Artillery Unit. A rosary service is set for 8 p m at Cook Funeral Home, followed by a Friday 9 30 a m mass at St Marys Cathedral. Burial with military honors at Mt Calvary Cemetery.
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Wadia E. Menem
Austin
Pvt
Menem
Germany
Cook Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Council Session Set To Hear One Zoning Change
Austin Texas January 13 1949 The Austin American reports the city council will meet in routine session with a single zoning change request on the agenda J E Griffith and Southern Bedding Manufacturing seeks to rezone two lots at Manor Road and Maple Avenue from residential to commercial The change was endorsed by the zoning board after Grover C Colvin objected seeking to preserve the residential character The council also has not yet appointed two new zoning board members Louis Blendermann and Harry D Pruett both terms expired December 31 Blendermann declined reappointment.
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Henry F. New
Hays
Sears Foundion
Allen Gene Goehring
Herbert Goehring
San Marcos
Austin
Bennie Ray Wiliams
Lee Williams
Louis Edward Ehrlich
Charles Schmeltekopf
Kyle
Dennis Goehring
Keith Miller
Clifford Gold
Erwin Hagedorn
J. E. Griffith
Southern Bedding Manufacturing Company
Manor Road
Maple Avenue
Grover C. Colvin
Louis H. Blendermann
Harry D. Pruett
Blendermann
Zoning Commission
British Sloop To Visit Port Arthur Feb 9
The Eighth Naval District announced that HMS Bigbury Bay will visit Port Arthur Texas from February 9 to 15 amid February and March calls. The vessel will also stop in Baton Rouge and New Orleans with arrangements coordinated by the British consul general in Houston.
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New Orleans
Eighth Naval District
Port Arthur
Texas
Baton Rouge
Navy
Texas City
Houston
Dallas Store Cops Advertising Prizes
New York January 12 report that Neiman Marcus of Dallas won third prize in merchandise advertising and third prize in color advertisements in a national newspaper ad contest conducted by the Retail Dry Goods Association. The Dallas firm earned praise for its display in two divisions.
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New York
Nieman-Marcus
Dallas
Adoe
Os Retail Dry Goods Associaon
Keenan Wynn Weds Model by Proxy in Mexico
Film actor Keenan Wynn married a blonde model by proxy in a Mexico city marriage agency. The 32 year old son of Ed Wynn entered the arrangement with 25 year old Betty Jane Butler, daughter of a former St. Louis judge. The couple will complete the ceremony once the proxy certificate is validated in Morelos.
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Tijuana
Mex
Keenan Wynn
Ed Wynn
Betty Jane Butler
St. Louis
Wynn
Evie
Mexico
van Johnson
Wynns
Morelos
Hollywood
Actor Willie Howard Dies at 66 in New York
Actor Willie Howard aged 66 died Wednesday at Polyclinic Hospital in New York. He had long teamed with his brother Eugene Howard in Broadway plays.
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New York
Willie Howard
Howard
Eugene Howard
Polyclinic Hospital
San Antonio Board Maintains Fraternity Ban
The San Antonio School Board on Wednesday upheld a ban on fraternities and sororities for junior and senior high students. The policy takes effect at the start of the new term January 24, with extensions for pro-fraternity groups rejected.
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San Antonio
Joseph B. McShane
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Dave Shanks
Austin American Agricultural
Jack Mann
Young
Sutton
Ed Payne
Mann
G. W. Crabb
Victor Striegler
Blanco County
Crabb
Charles Whitworth
Smith Conservation Group
Wilson Travis
Bertram
Lee Huggins
Hill Bros
Venezuela
W.W. W. Cardwell SR
W. W. Cardwell Jr
Luling and
Lockhart
Cardwell
Ruth Cauley
Caldwell County
R. H
Bob) Mason
Gonzales
THE
Austin American
Austin, Texas
Sotten & Minor Clinic
Thornton & Minor
Ransom Drug, Wugreen’s
Jewels
Soc Weekly
Fed
Woodmen Life
Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society
Omaha, Nebraska
M. E. Super, Dist
Mgr
Littlefield Bidg
Wadia
Keluick
Barton Springs Road
Zephyr
RIZE
Grand Prize Distributing CO
Colorado ST
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