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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1950
Page
11
Court actions across multiple dockets include judgments for plaintiff and forfeiture of charter in Texas cases. divorces, injunctions, and monetary awards listed. Also published are marriage licenses issued for numerous couples and a long list of vehicle makes in license records.
Sam Moore, an Austin policeman, found his sister Lena M. Allen dead at 1710 Unit Street Monday morning. Justice of the Peace Travis Blakeslee ruled death from natural causes after investigators learned she had been ill since 1945. the body was moved to Fuller-Mercer Funeral Home.
Bold claim advertising a grape fruit juice plan to shed fat quickly and restore slender curves. Promises removal of bloat from neck chin arms bust abdomen hips and legs with a money back promise if results aren’t seen. The tone urges rapid personal transformation and renewed energy.
An old advertisement promotes BC powders and tablets for headache neuralgia and muscular aches. It touts the combined effect of multiple pain relievers, fast action, and the same formula in powder or tablet form. The note says two tablets equal one powder and lists 10c and 25c prices.
Ursula L. Garcia and his wife Tiburcia Garcia sue Austin Transit Company in 98th District Court for injuries after Mrs. Garcia boarded a city bus on June 27. They allege the door closed suddenly dragging her 15 feet, causing a fall and hospitalization at Seton. She remains unrecovered.
Crime in Austin stayed quiet with a single burglary noted a dry run. Mrs Sol Stern reported an entry through an unlocked window with no losses. IG A grocery near Montopolis Bridge saw a theft of small change and cigarettes. D W Mitchell said a store had minor copper theft. Henry Frey reported 50 pounds of pig ingot lead stolen from a house under construction.
Jury trials in County Court at Law are scheduled for the rest of the week after more than half of 125 defendants have pleaded guilty. Judge Mace Thurman called the docket with many pleas on Friday and Monday to cut the calendar. Hombano Garcia received 30 days in Travis County jail for keeping impure literature for sale. Thurman forfeited bonds of four defendants charged with driving while intoxicated who failed to appear, and two DWI trials proceeded with not guilty pleas and demands for jury trials.
Former Lieutenant Governor John Lee Smith asked Governor Allan Shivers to create a county court-at-law in Lubbock on behalf of the Lubbock County bar. No decision on timing for a special session was indicated, and Smith favored not delaying the hospital financing program. Smith retired three years ago and runs a Lubbock law office. his former name was Throckmorton.
Austin's Walker's Aus Tex Chili will host a meeting with CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America to discuss union recognition as employees' representative. UPWA officials will attend, and options include NLRB election or direct employer recognition. Two workers reinstated amid ongoing labor struggle.
Staff Sergeant Irva L. Rogers from the US Army and US Air Force recruiting stations in San Antonio will visit Austin Tuesday to interview young women interested in enlisting in the WAC or WAF. Master Sergeant R. L. Frazier of the local recruiting station at 203 West Seventh announced the event.
A remedy ad promotes FASTEETH powder to prevent loose dentures slipping or wobbling while eating or talking. It claims to hold plates more firmly without gummy or pasty residue, is alkaline, and available at drug stores.
Bids will be opened January 26 for the first units of a 200000 camp construction program in Texas parks. The projects cover facilities at Cleburne Mexia and Bonham with later work planned at Caddo Lake Beaumont and Corpus Christi. Bastrop State Park already under way with repurposed surplus buildings.
An ad warns a three days cough signals possible chronic bronchitis if untreated. Creomulsion is promoted as a non narcotic remedy that reaches the chest to loosen phlegm and soothe inflamed bronchial membranes, with a money back guarantee if it does not help sleep and rest.
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