Austin Building Permits Rise to 17 Million in 1949
Austin permits for 1949 totalled 17,427,302 with 979,533 issued in the first 13 days of June. Residential construction leads with 6,665,227 year to date, commercial at 3,147,505, while non taxable includes churches and schools. June activity lists 70 residences valued at 464,700 and 13 commercial structures at 3900,500. major projects include a girls dormitory for the Texas School for the Deaf 164,700 and a 35,000 Guadalupe commercial building by Joe L. Greenwood.
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Austin
John C. Eckert
Texas School For the Deaf
Guadalupe
Joe L. Greenwood
Enfield Realty Company
12Th and
Lamar Boulevard
Capitol Chevrolet Inc
East Fouth Street
Guadalupe Street
Walter Wukasch
Black woman fined $200 for disorderly house conviction
Sally Hughes, 41, an Austin resident, was convicted by a county court jury on a disorderly house charge. She received a $200 fine and a 20 day jail sentence after arrest on May 24 during an Austin vice crackdown. It marks a rare Travis County bawdy house conviction in recent years.
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Sally Hughes
Austin
Travis County
Blue Bonnet Margarine Promises Flavor Nutrition Economy
Advertising copy touts Blue Bonnet Margarine as a quality spread for flavor nutrition and economy. It highlights its yellow Quick bag and recommends using it on vegetables and bread to please the family.
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Basil Rathbone
America
Billl Bonner
City-County Bridge Over Colorado River Delayed
County Engineer Ian Morgan said the Austin Colorado River bridge will not open until around July 15 due to trigger work including curbing gutters and sidewalks. Final slab has been poured and trucks can use the bridge June 21 after bid advertisements for remaining tasks.
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Colorado River
Ian Morgan
Morgan
City of
Austin
UT Professor Talks Big Rise in New Drugs Use
University of Texas pharmacist Dr. Henry Burlage told Austin Rotary that modern drugs since 1936 have sharply increased drug spending with 54 cents of every dollar going to these medicines. He cited wartime needs and noted 16 percent fewer deaths last year and life expectancy rising from 39 to 65 years, while warning research must grow.
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Henry Matthew Burlage
University of Texas
Austin Rotary Club
Burlage
Texas
Indiana University
Harvard
Purdue
Washington
Oregon
University of North Carolina
Police Chief R D Thorp to undergo operation this week
Police Chief R. D. Thorp will undergo an operation at Brackenridge Hospital later this week. He has been away from the office for a week and is expected to be out an additional week or 10 days after the procedure. His condition is not serious.
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R. D. Thorp
Brackenridge Hospital
Vets Still Lead UT Registration
Veterans remain the majority of University of Texas students in the summer term though their numbers are falling. Total summer enrollment is 8 474, down 845 from 1948. Readmissions dominate with 7 703, transfers 621, new freshmen 150. men outnumber women 6 609 to 1 865.
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University of Texas
Graduate School
College of Fine Arts
Houston Judge to Sit For Rice in Court
Judge Allan T. Hannay of the South Texas district will sit for Judge Ben H. Rice Jr. at the opening of the federal court in Houston Thursday at 9 30 a m. Rice will swear in the grand jury and preside at the start of week two. Naturalization hearings are set for Friday at 2 p m with Taylor Chandler arriving Wednesday to assist.
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Allan T. Hannay
South Texas
Houston
Ben H. Rice Jr
Rice
Judge Hannay
Hannay
Judge Rice
Taylor Chandler
Naturalization Examiner
San Antonio
Violation of Dog Law Charged Again
Mrs. E. P. Batts of 1606 East Fourth Street faces a second charge in Corporation Court for permitting her dog to run at large. She was placed on 30 days probation last week after an initial complaint. city dog warden Thomas J. Allen filed the renewed violation alleging the dog still roams free. The ordinance requires pens or ties at all times.
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E. P. Batts
East Fourth Street
Life Underwriters Install Officers in Zilker Park Barbecue
Members of the Austin Association of Life Underwriters skipped their noon luncheon for a barbecue at the Boy Scout hut in Zilker Park Tuesday night. New officers are Ben Albright president Don Richardson vice president Buford Stewart secretary and G D Driskill treasurer. Directors are John H O'Brien Andy Semetko Jr Miss Catherine Bailey F Otha Reed L F Frymire and J H Huddle.
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Austin Association of Life Underwriters
Boy Scout Hut
Zilker Park
Ben Albright
Don Richardson
Buford Stewart
G. D. Driskill
John H. O’brien
Andy Semetko Jr
Catherine Bailey
F. Otha Reed
L. F. Frymire
J. H. Huddle
Rachlin Arrives in Austin to Explore Symphony Post
Ezra Rachlin, a leading candidate for Austin Symphony Orchestra director, lands in Austin by plane on Wednesday to meet symphony society directors and local groups. He stays through Friday as Fritz Reiner praises his musician and technician abilities. Rachlin began piano at five with the Los Angeles Symphony and has conducted major American orchestras including a Stokowski Youth Concert soloist role.
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Ezra Rachlin
Austin Symphony Orchestra
Austin
Symphony Society
Rachlin
Fritz Reiner
Metropolitan Opera
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Reiner
Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra
Europe
America
Leopold Stokowski
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Africa
Lauritz Melchior
Ancestral Home Sulgrave Manor Receives Preservation Role
Sulgrave Manor near Oxford once home to George Washingtons family now belongs to the Colonial Dames who maintain it as a memorial property reflecting its historic link to early American lineage and English heritage.
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Sulgrave Manor
Oxford
England
George Washington
Colonial Dames
Austinite Gets Bond For Oak Hill Killing
H. H. Hetzel, 34, of Austin, posted $2,500 bond and was released from county jail after being charged with murder in the stabbing death of 19-year-old Fred Darity of Cedar Valley. A second count of assault with intent to murder is pending for wounds to 19-year-old Morene Glass, Cedar Valley. Attorney Paul T. Holt secured the release after Justice Frank McBee reduced the bond from $6,000 to $2,500.
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H. H. Hetzel
Austin
Hetzel
Fred Darity
Cedar Valley
Miss Morene Glass
Paul T. Holt
Frank McBee
Peso Reaches 8 Per Dollar In Mexican Market
The peso climbs back to 8.00 per dollar in Mexico City trading on June 14, marking its first reach of the level since May 20. Buying at 8.00 and selling at 8.05 indicates renewed dollar demand and currency volatility.
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Mexico City
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