Rents Rise Across Six Cities After End of Control
Government data show rent increases from 16 to 41.3 percent in six large cities after decontrol under the 1949 rent act. Dallas leads in dollar and percentage gains, with an average monthly rise of $13.66 or 35.4 percent. Houston shows 31 percent of units rising since decontrol.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Dallas
Houston
Topeka
Kan
Knoxville
Tenn
Lake City
Jacksonville
Truman
Travis Welfare Survey Begins In Austin Group Effort
The Austin Community Council started a county wide welfare survey requested by the City Council and backed by the Travis County Commissioners Court. Paul Benner of the Louisiana State Department of Public Welfare leads the field study focusing on city county and private agency relations to identify overlaps and gaps in welfare services.
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Travis County
Austin Community Council
Travis County Commissioners Court
Public Welfare Study Committee
Paul Benner
Louisiana State Department of Public Welfare
Walter E. Long
Community Council
Frederick Brooks
Joe C. Carrington
Allen Ward
D. J. Alton Burdine
P. V. Pennybacker
Hal P. Bybee
Josephine Daniel
R. N. Lewis
Frank Spiller
Ted Thompson
Ted Buttrey
Len Belding
G. W. Cleveland
Ben Brigham
Raymond Brooks
George Stautz
Benner
City of Austin
Louisiana
Police ticket spree sparks GOP plot accusation
Police Private P L McEwen issued 16 parking tickets on a blocked New Hampshire Avenue stretch near the Women's National Democratic Club where Democratic leaders gathered for a party. Recipients unnamed but guests included cabinet officers and senators.
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Washington
INS
P. L. McEwen
McEwen
New Hampshire Avenue
National Democratic Club
Pollution Hearings Open Over San Antonio River Pollution
Officials from three state agencies opened hearings into alleged pollution from the San Antonio sewage plant. Witnesses testified river water harmed irrigation livestock and fishing as it travels toward the Gulf, with fish kills reported below the plant. The city denied improper treatment citing tested discharge.
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San Antonio
Attorney General's Department
State Health Department
and Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Price Daniel
Floresville
Karnes City
Falls City
Path
Range
Goliad
Gulf of Mexico
A. E. Hitzfelder
E. J. Berg
Episcopal Church selects officers at annual Taylor meeting
St James Episcopal Church in Taylor will name new officers at the annual parish meeting Tuesday evening. The gathering, announced by pastor Rev W Meade Brown, will be held at Mrs Crawford Booths Lake Drive home.
Quinn To Confer With Washington Park Department
Frank D. Quinn of Austin and a State Parks Board member travels to Washington to discuss with National Park Service officials a Texas based plan for the annual National Conference on State Parks. The meeting aims to align dates with a September or October Texas conference and coordinate Big Bend park dedication with the event.
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Frank D. Quinn
Austin
State Parks Board
Washington
National Park Service
Texas
Bastrop State Park
Longhorn Cavern
Buchanan and Inks Dams
Memorial Stadium
University of Texas
Commodore
Quinn
Lake Austin
Highland Lake
San Jose Mission
San Antonio
Garner Park
del Rio
Big Bend National Park
Davis Mountains
Balmorhea
Big Bend Park
Truman
Detroit
Gordon Shearer
National Organization
Lakes
Highland Lakes
US natural rubber usage rises to postwar high
The Commerce Department reported that in November the share of natural rubber in tire and tube manufacturing reached 68.7 percent, a postwar peak as synthetic rubber usage fell. November volume of natural rubber hit 34,470 tons, up 2,091 tons from October and the highest since last March, while general purpose synthetic rubber declined for the third straight month to 15,684 tons.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Four Years Of Digging Boy Finds Buried Loot
Nine year old Jay Erlichman who dug for buried treasure for four years uncovered a cigar box containing four fifty dollar US Government bonds and fifteen pieces of costume jewelry valued at about one hundred dollars. Detectives linked the items to a burglary last October and Jay will receive a reward.
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New York
INS
Jay Erlichman
Jay
Brooklyn
Two Killed in Car and Truck Crash Near Cuero
Two people died and four were injured when a car carrying four collided with a truck three miles from Cuero on the Goliad highway Sunday night. Victims were Virgil Wilkinson 20 of Edinburg and Dolores Hahn 18 of Cuero. Injured include Edward Rhodes 19 Edinburg Joe Kersh 25 San Antonio Marge Franklin Cuero and Marshall Prewett Cuero. Hahn died instantly Wilkinson died hours later in Cuero hospital.
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Cuero
Goliad Highway
Virgil Wilkinson
Edinburg
Dolores Hahn
Edward Rhodes
Joe Kersh
San Antonio
Marge Franklin
Marshall Prewett
Miss Hahn
Wilkinson
Building Materials Production Dips in October
Washington reports October building materials output fell five percent from September and about twelve percent below the all time October peak of 1948. Commerce Department cites seasonal factors and the steel strike as causes for the decline.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Foster Dad Fears Frame Up In Child Cruelty Charge
Schulenburg, Jan 16. A.J. Michel flies to Hollywood after wife Lorraine Michel is accused of cruelty in beating nine year old Lora Lee, a claimed adopted daughter and aspiring screen star. Michel calls it a frame up and says he will fight to keep the family together. He says Lora Lee was put on a strict diet for a glandular disturbance. The Michels adopted Lora Lee in 1945. attorney Harvey R. Clark notes the transformation from a ragged waif to a cared for child.
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Michel
Lora Lee
Hollywood
Schulenburg
Harvey R. Clark
Delegates Named for Texas White House Youth Conference
The Texas Youth Development Council selected delegates for the White House Conference on Children and Youth planning session to meet Feb 1 2 and asked Governor Shivers to expand the Texas White House Conference Committee. Rev Walter K Kerr and 8 L Bellamy head the delegation with statewide representation targets discussed. Herman Nash of Amarillo already serves on a conference committee. Aubrey Elliott and other state leaders participated in the planning.
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American Capitol
Texas Youth Development Council
White House
Walter K. Kerr
L. Bellamy
Advisory Planning Council
Youth Development Council
Texas
Juanita Luck
The
Children's Bureau
Washington
Herman Nash
Amarillo
Aubrey Elliott
Austin Community Council
State Committee On Children and Youth
State Council
Three Hurt As Trains Crash Near Havre Montana
A Great Northern passenger train collided head on with a parked freight train 14 miles southwest of Havre. Engineer William Budeski of Great Falls suffered a broken leg after leaping away. Passengers P W Lowe of Havre and William E Wilson of Great Falls were treated for injuries. The 48 car freight train was northbound. the passenger train was southbound on a single track.
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Havre
Mont
Great Northern Railway
Here
William Budeski
Great Falls
P. W. Lowe
William E. Wilson
H. M. Shapleigh
Butte
Great Northern
Budeski Stoo
Fort Assinnie
Aine
LeMond Clinic spinal analysis aids asthma and other cases
A historical clinic note describes Neurocalometer spinal nerve analysis with X rays locating nerve interference. Cases include a 12 year old with asthma resolved for two winters, a 33 year old with headaches and goitre relief, and a 28 year old whose menses and symptoms improved after adjustments.
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LeMond
Atik
LeMond Chiropractic
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Austin, Texes
Travis
Bexar
Taylor
Aspen
Colorado
Kentucky
Lone Star CO. — Distributors
G. W. Payne
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Cleansey
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ARS
Pioneer Air Lines
Jim Tucker
Smashup
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Plate
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Goitre
Lemond Clinic
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