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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1949
Page
3
The Texas Employment Commission reported forty new firms in April across Texas. Houston area added nine firms, Fort Worth seven, Dallas three, and San Antonio Beaumont and Corpus Christi each three.
In Big Lake May 31 a Presbyterian congregation with no funds erected an outdoor platform for worship. More than 50 cars lined up Sunday for services, emphasizing that there should be no strangeness in worshipping God in this manner said Rev. Rodney Gibson.
Houston reporters describe a new penthouse bookie shop on Main Street aiming to lure back customers after recent raids. Operators say elevated location and staged lookouts offer safety from Constable Dale Richardson and other officers as wire service resumes.
In Dallas on May 31 the Commodity Credit Corporation bought flax after private buyers stopped due to high support prices. Solomon of the CCC said 85 percent of Texas’ flax crop is harvested as shipside prices range from 3.69 to 3.31 per unit. The CCC buys to stabilize markets and hopes private firms resume purchases.
The Tumor Clinic of the Travis County Medical Society will meet Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Brackenridge Nurses' Home. Dr. M. Allen Jr., secretary-treasurer, announced Tuesday.
The Court of Criminal Appeals will hear Wednesday arguments on whether Travis County alcohometer evidence is lawful. The drunkenness recorder has been used since January 1 in DWI cases. Attorney Wright Stubbs appeals a DWI conviction challenging admissibility of the test report. County Attorney Perry Jones said over 40 subsequent DWI cases depend on the outcome.
Paris Texas May 31 Sentimental W A Rogers manager of the Lamar County Electric Cooperative Association dug up moved and replanted a 40 year old water elm to save it from being cut down for a new building using a bulldozer and tractor the tree was relocated 150 feet away for replanting.
Fort Worth health officials will discontinue typhoid vaccinations at noon Saturday as a precaution after the May 17 flood. More than 75,000 people have received shots, with only two typhoid cases reported so far and neither linked to the flood.
City taxpayers hurried to meet the Tuesday midnight deadline to avoid a five percent penalty. As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, city records show year collections at $3,374,885.25, about 86.73 percent of the total roll, with $516,211.21 still uncollected.
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