Naval Reserve unit ships out for two week Caribbean cruise
About 40 Austin Naval Reservists left Saturday bound for the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi to take over the USS PCE 874 for a two week Caribbean cruise to Guantanamo Cuba and Kingston Jamaica. Additional reservists will depart for New Orleans Key West Great Lakes and Memphis for training and a second cruise.
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Austin Naval
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Guantanamo
Cuba
Kingston
Jamaica
Naval Reserve
Austin
New Orleans
Key West
Great Lakes
Memphis
E. W. Hogan
U. S. Naval Reserve Training Center
Barton Springs Road
Liberty
Franklin A. Graham
Oliver H. Polley
LCI
Robert W. Barbour
Fleet Sonar School
Naval Base
Sloan B. Blair
Arthur H. Jones
Billy G. Sladek
Don L. Hicks
Naval Air Reserve Training Unit
Naval Reserve Training Center
Floyd C. Buttry
Gene B. Burchard
Wesley W. Eckles
Oren D. Wyatt
Short Labor Supply Pressures Austin Job Market
The Austin and 19-county Texas district report a tight labor market with 3,531 live applications across five offices in May. The Texas Employment Commission placed 1,587 non agricultural workers, while 1,304 new applications arrived. Austin office placed 1,114 workers. 1,800 live applications remain. Industry absorption limited. private agencies note retail and clerical work dominate placements. Hugh Tarrant of Texas Star says Austin lacks industry to employ engineers, accountants, and salesmen.
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Austin and Centre
Texas
Austin
The
Texas Employment Commission
Commission
Brenham
Bryan
Lampasas
Taylor
Hugh Tarrant
Texas Star Employment Agency
Puddle of Alamo Club Elects New Big Toad
The Austin Puddle of Alamo Pond Honorable Order of the Blue Goose elected Harold G. Reinhacker as Big Toad for the coming year. John Gainer remains the croaker and Girard A. W. Kinney the polly wog with E. P. Porter as bouncer. Reinhacker named W. A. Drum George E. Wyse Charles E. Owens and Gainer as committee chairmen. It is a national insurance men’s society.
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Austin
Alamo Pond
Order of the Blue Goose
Big Toad
Harold G. Reinhacker
John Gainer
Girard A. W. Kinney
E. P. Porter
Big Toad Reinhacker
San Antonio
W. A. Drum
George E. Wyse
Charles E. Owens
Gainer
National Insurance Men's Society
Manor cattle sale set for June 23 by Sons County Hereford Breeders
Dr. War Jackson of the Sons County Hereford Breeders Association near Manor announces a complete herd dispersal totaling 90 head including 4 bulls 51 cows and 35 heifers with sale scheduled June 23 at Capitol Livestock Auction Company in the capital city. Walter Britten of College Station will auction with cattle magazine reps in attendance. Remaining lot details include 3 herd bulls 32 cows with calves 5 cows due to calve 14 bred cows 22 bred heifers and 13 open heifers.
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Dave Shanks
War Jackson
The
Sons County Hereford Breeders Association
Manor
Jackson
Walter Britten
Cattle Magazine
Capitol Livestock Auction Company
Marble Falls Area Sees Bonds and Power Upgrades
Marble Falls plans a $25 000 revenue bond issue to fund a new water works system with pumping equipment and a reservoir. Lone Star Gas gains a natural gas franchise, while LCRA crews relocate lines and install underground cables over seven weeks to revamp the electrical system. Researchers report crop issues due to heavy rains but top quality, and livestock notes cover grazing and local poultry prices.
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Marble Falls
R. O. Smith
Lone Star Gas Company
Lower
Colorado River Authority
United Jewish Appeal Dinner in Austin Tonight
The United Jewish Appeal dinner at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel at 7 p.m. Tuesday features Rev. Richard E. Evans as host speaker and Eddie Jacobson as guest of honor. European Jewish relief, North African emigration, and Israel absorption projects are outlined by the Austin UJA chapter led by Milton Smith.
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Europe
Israel
United Jewish Appeal
Stephen F. Austin
Richard E. Evans
Evans
Milwaukee
Eddie Jacobson
Harry S. Truman
Elli Silton
Austin
Italy
Germany
Nick Serafy
Department of Music
University of Texas
UJA
North Africa
Victor Ravel
Milton Smith
Jewel Thieves Steal $26,000 Gems From Hamshire House
New York police reported that jewel thieves raided the Hampshire House apartment of multimillionaire William Helis over the weekend and escaped with 26000 dollars in gems. They overlooked 100000 dollars worth of jewels in the same drawer. The haul came from Adrienne Helis, 21, daughter of the oil and shipping magnate.
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New York
William Helis
Adrienne Helis
Swank
Hampshire House
Miss Helis
Korea s only woman cabinet member resigns
Seoul June 6 The Korean Republics only woman cabinet member Louise Yim resigned from the post of Commerce Minister and the resignation was accepted by President Rhee. Yim awaiting trial on bribery and misappropriation charges said she had no plan to quit and claimed the charges were framed by people who resented a woman in high office.
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Seoul
Korean Republic
Syngman Rhee
Louise Yim
Miss Yim
Bees Convert Ten For One To Wax
Bees consume about ten pounds of honey to produce one pound of beeswax in a traditional process.
Second Day of Boys and Girls State Politics in Austin
In Austin the American Legion Boys' State with 386 youths at the Texas School for the Deaf and Girls' State at the Texas School for the Blind enter a second day of campaign activity. The boys form parties the Pioneers and Longhorns and will vote for state offices. girls study city government with talks by city officials. Both programs, guided by the American Legion, conclude with model governments and elections, with Governor Beauford H. Jester addressing the Friday session.
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Austin
American Legion
Texas School For the Deaf
Pioneers
Longhorns
Texas School For the Blind
Price Daniel
Trueman O’quinn
Zella Morrow
Morton
Low Fire Losses Continue In May
Austin reported continued low fire losses in May with eight insured losses from 90 alarms totaling 4881.78 dollars. For the first five months, alarms and insured losses fell from last year, with 493 alarms and 43525.54 dollars in losses. Fire Marshal W L Heaton noted inspections of dormitories and facilities for the State Fire Insurance Commission.
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Austin
W. L. Heaton
Heaton
State Fire Insurance Commission
Colored Deaf, Dumb and Blind School
Women’s Confederate Home
Men's Confederate Home
Texas School For the Deaf
Reach for Cigarette Finds Fatal Bullet
In Grand Prairie on June 6 a 20 year old man, Bobby Joe Mancill, died after reaching for a cigarette and triggering a .22 caliber pistol. He was dead on arrival at a hospital after returning from a party with his wife.
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Grand Prairie
INS
Bobby Joe Mancill
Mancill
Knife Victim Dies After Barroom Stabbing in San Antonio
Julian M. Duran aged 26 died at Santa Rosa Hospital in San Antonio Sunday night from a stab wound. Police held a 19 year old suspect who allegedly attacked Duran as he danced with a girl in a barroom.
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San Antonio
Julian M. Duran
Santa Rosa Hospital
Duran
Premature New England Baby Weighs Under Pound
In Lewiston Maine doctors feared for the life of a girl baby born Friday night to 17 year old Florence Jordan of Auburn. The child, weighing slightly less than one pound, is considered the smallest newborn believed alive in New England.
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Lewiston
Maine
New England
Florence Jordan
Auburn
Polio Prevention Dusting Decision Pending Emergency Committee
Emergency polio committee chair Charles L. Sandahl told the Austin Kiwanis Club that a final decision on aerial DDT spraying over Austin will be made today. The plan includes a $3,000 dusting per area, with pledges from the city county and local chapters, plus canvassing to recruit volunteers for targeted spraying and garbage-can disinfection.
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Austin
Charles L. Sandahl
Austin Kiwanis Club
Sandah
San Antonio
City of Austin
Travis County
County Commissioners Court
Sandahl
Sanitary Department
Fourth Street
Congress Avenue
East Avenue
Brackenridge
Revolutionary Tractor Claimed by Russians
Radio Moscow claimed Russian technicians designed a tractor powered from a high tension electric transmission line. The report appeared from London on June 6 via United Press.
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London
Radio Moscow
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William J. Leanza
Surface Division
Billy B. Jackson
Clayton T. Story
Ellis L. Swanson
Leland J. Allen
Walter G. Bodling
William H. Bohn
Ewald W. Bunge
Robert E. Coale, Jr
James FE. Donovan
Richard N. Elliott
Donald R. Francis
James B. Garrison
John F. Grant
William P. Haight
Jamie E. Hamby
Stanley J. Hanus
Marvin C. Heleman
Robert M. Key
Don K. Lanham
Steven G. Lenz
Robert D. McLeod
Cecil R. Middleton
Centex
Puddle of Alamo Club
Zilker Park
Alice Carlton
K. D. Willingham
Austin High School
Lena Sturges
Bastrop County
Dawn Duncan
Burnet Coun
Maryn Burnett
Llano County
J. E. Peck
Manor-Pflugerville
Reese Ashley
Milano Producers Cooperative
Ralph Jackson
Community Production Association
Rockdale
James Henry
Hammer
Spicewood
Burnet County
Sudan
ALL Purpose
James Burton
Burton
James
L. East Produce Company
Maurice Burnam
Sam
Edward
Edward Carrington
Buda
Milky Way Dairies
Milky Way
Baling
Korea
Lovel
Kentucky
LE Sage CO
Jack McKay
Vins van
Dormeyer
Austin Motor Truck (O., Inc
Lamar
Fred C. Morse
Harry Power
Congress
R. K. Shannon
Optometrist
Scarbrough & Sons
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