Mystery of Missing UT Student Cleared
Roberts Mims a 21 year old University of Texas student was located in Houston on Thursday after leaving Austin last Friday en route to Amarillo. His father alerted police to his disappearance prompting local and state searches. Detective Captain Ted C Klaus confirmed the update after being informed of the Houston visit.
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Roberts Mims
University of Texas
Houston
Sims
Austin
Amarillo
Ted C. Klaus
Mims
Daily dog roundup rises to forty eight in city quarantine
Police reports show an average of 48 dogs per day were picked up over the past 15 days under the five month old quarantine. Wardens disposed of 679 strays and returned 41 to their owners as the ordinance requiring pens or ties takes effect starting January 1.
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R. D. Thorp
Austin Chefs Cook Up State Convention
The Texas Restaurant Association uses six Austin chefs to organize its state convention in Galveston, with Giles Spillar as program chairman. Austin board members Fred A. Leser C. A. McAden and Harry Akin will attend, while Patrick W. Moreland serves as executive vice president. An Austin square dance team will perform at Stewart's Beach pirates party.
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Texas Restaurant Association
Austin
Galveston
Giles Spillar
Night Hawk
Fred A. Leser
Old Seville
C. A. McAden
Chicken Shack
Harry Akin
Hawk
Patrick W. Moreland
Austin Square
W. L. McKinley
Austin Restaurant Association
Stewart’s Beach
Three Austinites Picked by Savings League
Three Austin men received appointments to the 1949 committees of the United States Savings and Loan League. They are Earl T. Howell, vice president of the Austin Savings and Loan Association, and A. B. Shierlow, executive vice president of the First Federal Savings Institution. The league is a 57‑year‑old nation-wide trade organization of savings associations.
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United States Savings and Loan League
Earl T. Howell
Austin Savings and Loan Association
A. B. Shierlow
First Federal Savings Institution
Savings Association
Houston Pastor James P. McCarthy Dies at 61
The Rev. James P. McCarthy, pastor of Christ the King Church in Houston since 1928, died in Galveston Wednesday after an eight week illness.
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Houston
James P. McCarthy
Christ the King
Galves
Taylor Fined on Gaming Charge at Hamburger Shack
Virgil Taylor was fined $25 and court costs in County Court-at-Law for permitting intermittent playing at a public place after detectives found a jar of lottery tickets at Taylor's Hamburger Shack on Guadalupe last week. He pleaded guilty to the charge.
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Virgil Taylor
Taylor
Guadalupe
Fast Toll Highway Sought in Missouri
Jefferson City Mo June 2 A Missouri House proposal seeks a high speed toll highway linking St Louis and Kansas City Author Homer L Pruett would also double the size of the four man State Highway Commission during construction of the road.
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MNS
St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri House of Representatives
Homer L. Pruett
State Highway Commission
UN Plans $35 Million Aid Program for Backward Areas
The United Nations released a $35,862,576 first year plan for technical assistance in economic development of backward areas. It outlines projects with ILO FAO UNESCO ICAO WHO World Bank IMF and IRO, including labor training agriculture industry malaria control education and government fiscal modernization.
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Truman
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UN Education and Scientific Organization
International Civil Aviation Organization
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Hap Arnold Receives Five Star Air Force Rank
General Henry H. Hap Arnold was awarded a five star commission as the first permanent general of the Air Force in a White House ceremony. The event, attended by Secretary Symington, follows Congress creating the permanent rank and Arnold's return to West Point for his son David L. Arnold's graduation.
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Henry H
Hap) Arnold
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Aiir
Truman
Air Force
White House
Symington
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Sonoma
Calif
Congress
Arnold
West Point
David L. Arnold
London Treasury Experts Headed to Washington for Talks
London political quarters said senior Treasury officials were en route to Washington for talks with US fiscal experts. They denied the meetings involved Britain’s pound devaluation.
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Treasury
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