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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1950
Page
11
Compilation of annual fee reports for district officials, multiple divorce filings, judgments for plaintiffs, maritime and weapon offenses, and listed vehicle registrations. Includes marriage licenses issued and new car registrations with accompanying names and case numbers where readable.
R. E. Janes of Austin has been reappointed to the USDA poultry advisory board by Secretary Charles Brannan. The committee will meet in Washington next Monday and Tuesday to plan 1950 activities, Janes said.
The Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce bi regional convention meets in Austin with delegates from Jaycee regions seven and eight. Tommy Cook of Baytown leads Sunday morning talks on Hoover Commission economy recommendations. About 100 delegates from Central Texas expected with a banquet featuring distinguished service awards.
Robert Lee Boykin, 44, of Austin, was sentenced Monday to four years in prison and a $200 fine after pleading guilty to eight narcotics counts. He concealed heroin hydrochloride and sold the narcotic in late Oct and early Nov 1949.
Forty-four bids from Austin firms and individuals for two mail transport contracts to carry airmail to and from the Municipal Airport and trucking between post office, rail stations, and bus terminals were handed to the Post Office Department. The bids, submitted Monday, move to Washington for review after the Ricks Transfer and Storage Co. abandoned its contracts.
City Manager Guston Morgan said a report on adding sodium fluoride to the water supply will be presented to the City Council for study in connection with final adoption of the 1950 budget. The council may decide on funding equipment and materials, though not in the current budget. The Tuesday meeting will also discuss building permit fee ordinances and modernization of the 1931 building code.
The Capitol Area Water and Sanitation Association will elect officers for 1950 in a meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m at Moss Rose Cafe Lucia Strong assistant secretary announced Monday Present officers are G G Medders Burnet city manager president Otto Francke Elgin utilities superintendent vice president F T Jones Austin sewer department secretary treasurer Lucia Strong assistant secretary and Marvin C Turner Austin group leader
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