Young Couple Tardy Victors in Race with Life
A Georgetown Highway incident left a 26-year-old man racing to Brackenridge Hospital with his wife in labor. Officer Homer J. Poole assisted by escorting the sedan with sirens on, delivering a seven-pound baby en route. Both mother and baby later reported doing fine.
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Ben Gould
Austin American
Austin
Homer J. Poole
Inter
Georgetown
Poole
Pfingerville
Brackenridge Hospital
Lake Austin to be lowered Friday into shallow stage
City Manager Guston Morgan announced Lake Austin will drop 12 to 14 feet Friday night and stay low until Monday June 20. Officials aim to kill weeds by exposing them to sun for 10 days, while boaters report navigation problems and docks becoming unreachable. Police lake patrol will notify boat owners and lake property interests.
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Guston Morgan
Lake Austin
Morgan
City Council set to sell bonds and hear zoning plans
The council will auction 300000 bond sale and 750000 school bonds with 180000 for police courts and 50000 airport bonds tied to federal aid. Ordinances set back requirements for East Avenue and East Seventh Street. hearings scheduled. Zoning grants issued for properties on East Avenue, Walsh Street, and Santa Rita Street with some rejections and withdrawals.
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Seventh Street
Trueman O’quinn
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Nick Linz
East 20Th Street
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W. S. Drake Jr
Jack Key
Leopold Cohn
Walsh Street
Joe B. Torrez
Santa Rita Street
Torrez
Cohn
Adolf Schutze
Walsh
Manslaughter Trial Ends in Hung Jury
Merced, California. The trial of Sergeant William Arnold, Castle Field airman, charged with manslaughter in the January highway crash that killed Velma Gillam 33 of Oakland and Richard Reed 48 and his wife 49 of Dodge City Kansas, ended in a hung jury after two hours and four minutes of deliberation. Superior Judge R R Sischo discharged the jurors.
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Calif
William Arnold
Castle Field
R. R. Sischo
Velma Gillam
Oakland
Richard Reed
Dodge City
Kan
Two Men Sue For Salaries In District Court
Two former Collins Construction employees Benno Ahmes and Emil Kaspar filed damage suits in the 53rd District Court Tuesday alleging unpaid back wages from 1946 to April 2, 1949. Ahmes seeks 1259.05 dollars including expenses. Kaspar seeks 1 dollar plus costs.
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Collins Construction Company
53Rd District Court
Benno Ahmes
Emil Kaspar
Ahmes
Kaspar
L3rd District Court
Gardner
Benno Ahmnes
Bids Opened for 40 Room TSD Dormitory
Bids for the Texas School for the Deaf 40 room dormitory will be opened Wednesday at 10 a.m. by the Act of Control. Estimated at 240000 dollars, the two story reinforced concrete building will house 80 girl students and begin construction immediately, the first new campus construction in over twenty years.
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Texas School For the Deaf
Act of Control
Boss of 2nd Armored Given New Command
Major General James G. Christian sailed on 7 June for a 45 day leave before assignment in the Far Eastern Command under General MacArthur. Brigadier General John H. Collier leads the 2nd Armored during the interim until Major General Albert C. Smith assumes command about June 26.
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James G. Christiansen
2Nd Armored Division
Far Eastern
Douglas MacArthur
Albert C. Smith
2Nd
John H. Collier
Gas Line Flames Burn Three Houston Workers
Three men were injured Tuesday when a broken gas line caught fire in Houston. The blaze burned for over an hour. Most seriously hurt was Eugene Kahnanek, 28, of Roseburg, with face and body burns. A. T. Wade, 41, of Houston, and C. E. Rutledge, 25, of Highlands, were less seriously injured while working on a gas line excavation.
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Houston
Eugene Kahnanek
Roseberg
A. T. Wade
C. E. Rutledge
Highlands
Inauguration Day For Boys State Governor In Austin
Formal ceremonies will install the newly elected Boy Governor of Boys State on Wednesday in Austin with Chief Justice J. E. Hickman presiding at the Texas Supreme Court. About 385 boys at American Legion Boys State vote Tuesday after a day of campaigning. ballots are counted Wednesday morning and the governor announced.
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Boys’ State
J. E. Hickman
Texas Supreme Court
Amer
Ican Legion-sponsored
Texas School For the Deaf
Texas
Bluebonnet Girls
Texas School For the Blind
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Senate
Beauford H. Jester
Reagan State Bank Opens in Houston Garden Oaks
J. M. Falkner announced approval to establish Reagan State Bank in Houston as an affiliate of the National Bank of Commerce. The new bank will be in Garden Oaks with $200,000 capital and $100,000 surplus and reserve, with Jesse H. Jones named as a majority owner.
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Reagan State Bank
Houston
Garden Oaks
National Bank of Commerce
Falkner
Jesse H. Jones
Bearded Man With Handkerchief Scares Tyler Women
Police in Tyler report a bearded man wearing only a handkerchief seen near town edges. Three women spotted him in daylight as he approached. none gave a reliable description.
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Tyler
Court Records and Public Notices from Local Courts
A montage of district and justice court filings lists damages, divorces, and crimes including swindling and theft. It covers L3rd and 98th District Courts with cases for Kaspar, Ahmnes, Betts, Hoelscher, Cherico, Crayton, De la Rosa, Cox, Parker, Bonner, and others. Also notes marriage licenses and new car registrations with names, partners, and vehicles.
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126Th District Court
Roberts
Loraine Crayton
Williard
Don Crayton
Vera Sauceda de la Rosa
Joe de la Rosa
Lozelle Cox
John Tate Cox
Lola Mae Parker
T. J. Parker
Beulah Bonner
Leon Bonner
Father Fined For Whipping Two Small Sons
Justice P L Nairn fined a father $25 on a simple assault charge for whipping his two sons aged four and five. The boys’ backs were cut and bleeding from a heavy fishing cord. The father, not drunk, was jailed for nonpayment of the fine and placed under a peace bond.
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P. L. Nairn
Nairn
County Releases Supervisors At Juvenile Home
Travis County night supervisors Mr and Mrs E V James will be released from duty effective June 10 after two and a half months at the juvenile home The juvenile court board said the dismissal followed due consideration and that staff are hired for the tenure of the chief probation officer Judges noted staff know they may be let go with changes in leadership and expenditures James claimed dismissal was due to discrimination as a Yankee.
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E. V. James
Travis County
James
Juvenile Court Board
Jack Roberts
J. Harris Gardner
Newsmen
S. L. Bellamy
Robert Mitchell
Houston
Realtors Report on State Parley in Dallas
The Texas Real Estate Association's Dallas meeting drew 18 Austin realtors and wives. 773 registrants made it the largest Dallas gathering. Owen Sherrill of Georgetown was elected to the state board, joining George Sandlin and Claude Wilson of Austin. Hugo Loewenstern of Amarillo named state president to succeed Chester Seals. San Antonio named as site for 1950 meeting in May. Congressman Homer Thornberry sent a letter backing a public housing program for slum clearance and rent decontrol local option.
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Austin Real Estate Board
Owen Sherrill
Georgetown
Austin
George W. Sandlin
Claude Wilson
Hugo Loewenstern
Amarillo
Chester Seals
Wichita Falls
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Tom Graham
Joe Franzetti
Sandlin
Wilson
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A. H. Osburn
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Youth Undergoes Blue Baby Surgery in Dallas
Kenneth Easter of St. Joseph Missouri aged 15 known as a blue baby was operated on Tuesday by a Dallas specialist. His mother Mrs. Bert Easter says he is in good spirits and eager to recover. The Easter family runs a small grocery and friends contributed 1000 dollars to help with expenses.
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Dallas
Kenneth
Pete) Easter
St. Joseph
Bert Easter
Friends
San Antonio Bell official promoted to Dallas post
Ben Smith, division manager of Southwestern Bell in San Antonio, is promoted to assistant general manager in Dallas. W. L. Lindholm, Dallas district manager, will replace Smith as Southwest Texas division head.
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Dallas
Ben Smith
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
San Antonio
W. L. Lindholm
Southwest Texas Division
Smith
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