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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1949

Page

14

Fog to Attack Polio Here Today in Austin

Austin unveils a DDT fogging machine to combat polio with noon Tuesday operation. Herbert Hargis notes the Beecaves Road dump will be first treated, with 18 weeks of fogging costing about 5000 dollars from the city general fund. Brackenridge polio ward patients number nine, with four Travis County cases and five from elsewhere. county cases total eleven, five fatal.

Austin Herbert E. Hargis Hargis Bee Caves San Antonio Brackenridge Hospital Travis County

Reward Offered After Beating of Neubauer

Taylor residents post a 300 dollar reward for information on the assault of Bill Neubauer a 57 year old produce dealer and former tavern owner found beaten bound with baling wire at his home north of town. Police report indicate he was struck with a heavy instrument and suffered skull injuries as a cigar box containing change was found empty.

Taylor Bill Neubauer Bill Olson Neubauer Here J. W. Dellinger

Paris Woman Paints Over Street Signs For Confusion

In Paris on June 13 Mme Adelaide de Page 62 altered two street signs to create confusion. She painted Roosevelt Avenue as Franklin Bouillon and Georges Mandel Avenue as Georges Mandrin, replacing honored figures with controversial names. Police took her name and actions into account.

Paris Mme Adelaide de Page Franklin Roosevelt Roosevelt Franklin Bouillon Bouillon Georges Mandel Georges Mandrin Mme. le Pape

Rutherford man named chief of occupation textile division

Textile Chief Named TOKYO Rutherford N J resident Richard D Cleaves has been named chief of the occupation s textile division succeeding Frederic A Williams of New York who resigned.

Tokyo Richard D. Cleaves Rutherford, N. J Frederic A. Williams New York

City Considers Fishing Piers On Park Shore

City Manager Guston Morgan weighs adding small fishing piers along City Park shore as Lake Austin is lowered. Work may proceed only when ground dries. bulldozers will deepen a channel near the water. LCRA plans to refill the lake next week and inspect Tom Miller Dam flood gates.

City of Austin Lake Austin Guston Morgan Monday Morgan Lower Colorado River Authority LCRA Tom Miller Dam

Supreme Court voids Standard Oil exclusive sales contracts

The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, struck down exclusive sales contracts between Standard Oil of California and independent dealers for reducing competition in oil markets. Justices Douglas and others dissented, warning the ruling could enable oil majors to build nationwide station empires at the public expense. The majority asserted the contracts violated anti trust laws.

Standard Supreme Court Washington Standard Oil Company of California Standard Oil of Douglas America New York Rocky Mountains Rockies East Midwest Frankfurter Black Reed Murphy Rutledge Jackson Vinson Burton

Hops States Dominate U S Hop Production

Washington Oregon and California produce virtually all of the nation s hops, underscoring a regional concentration in hops farming and supply.

Washington Oregon California

Schacht Prison Term Nullified by Court

A German denazification court nullified an eight year labor camp sentence against Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, former Reichsbank president and minister of economics. The decision ends a two-year cycle of trials and appeals. Schacht, living at Bleckede near Lueneburg, is writing memoirs and had been freed by the Nuremberg IMT on Oct. 1, 1946.

Stuttgart Germany Hjalmar Schacht Ger Reichsbank Schacht Hitler Bleckede Lueneburg International Military Tribunal Nuernberg

Elliott Business College opens in Austin with quick training

Miss Helen Maass of Bandera Texas completed Elliott Business College secretarial course in eight to 12 weeks and secured a good paying insurance job. College plans limited enrollment on the sixth floor of the Ewell Nalle Building with graduates expected to land better positions sooner, boosting earnings by about 1000 dollars.

Helen Maass Bandera Texas Elliott Business College Elliott Free Placement Bureau Elliott Miss Maass Austin Ewell Nalle William S. Everett Ewell Nalle Bldg

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