Murder Charge After Airman Death in San Antonio Hospital
A Austin woman Mae Virginia Ruth Smith Tomlin 22 had charges upgraded from assault with intent to murder to murder after her husband Corporal Edward C Tomlin died Monday at Brooke General Hospital San Antonio. She appeared in Justice Blakeslee's Court posted 1000 dollar bond. Tomlin was shot twice in his Bergstrom area apartment last Thursday night and treated at Brackenridge and Bergstrom before transfer to San Antonio.
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Austin
Army
Mae Virginia Ruth Smith Tomlin
East 12Th Street
Edward C. Tomlin
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Brooke General Hospital
San Antonio
Travis Blakeslee
Blakeslee
Paul T. Holt
Tomlin
Bergstrom
Brackenridge
County Employs Legal Aid in Matthews Suit
Travis County approves suit to recover 11 000 paid former County Judge George S Matthews for Juvenile Board service from 1941 to 1948. Commissioners Allred and Swenson push court action despite opposition and plan to name others as defendants after AG rulings and district court decisions.
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County
Matthews Case
Smith. Rotsch and Steakley
Travis County
George S. Matthews
Matthews
County Juvenile Board
Sam N. Allred
Arthur Swenson
Jones
Attorney General
98Th District Court
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Parley Delayed On Fishing Pond Plan for Austin Youths
Leaders in a drive to create a Barton Creek fishing pond for Austin youngsters 6 to 16 will meet City Manager Guston Morgan on Wednesday to discuss location opening date and funding. Conrad Fath and others from the Austin Rod and Gun Club push the project as a weapon against juvenile delinquency and want it open to all children in Austin.
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Austin
Guston Morgan
Conrad Fath
Barton Creek
Barton Springs Dam
Fath
Ben McDonald
Don Swartz
Lawrence Parr
Frank Ross
Austin Rod and Gun Club
Guerra Cleared In Federal Court
Ysidoro Guerra was acquitted by an instructed verdict after the jury found insufficient evidence on a tax evasion charge tied to marijuana. A raid found more than 1000 grains at 2208 East 212 Street. Guerra was one of three occupants but not present. Others pled guilty to mari juana transfer and theft of government property with deferred sentences. Trial for Dorothy Cotton Journeay is set for June 27.
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Ysidoro Guerra
Ben H. Rice Jr
East 212 Street
Guerra
Rice
Charles D. Sawyer
Harold Herbert Joyner
Arthur C. Morgan
Douglas W. Smallwood
George Lane
Dorothy Cotton Journeay
Bids Opened for Bergstrom 80-Unit Housing Project
A bid opening in Galveston is set for the Bergstrom Air Force Base 80 unit housing project. Estimated cost is 1,613,000 dollars for 10 two story row houses with eight apartments each, plus utilities streets grading and drainage. Units are for non commissioned personnel.
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Galveston
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Army Engineer Corps
Council To Consider Decontrol Request
Austin City Council will review a petition from the Austin Property Owners Association urging decontrol. The 10 member group presented the 100 name, all frozen property owners, petition to Mayor Guston Morgan and was invited to speak at Thursday’s meeting.
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Austin
Austin Property Owners Association
Guston Morgan
Morgan
John E. Williams
No Poison No Taste DDT Demonstration Stuns Austin Crowd
Four Austin office workers bit into DDT fogged snacks to show the city health department that the fogging machine used against polio leaves no taste or harm. The event at Seventh and Congress featured a parade down Congress with a fire truck as the machine released a white cloud while Dr. Primer and others watched.
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Austin
Seventh
Congress
Ben M. Primer
Herbert E. Hargis
City Sanitarian
L. G. Baker
6100 Construction Workers in Austin Area
The Austin TEC office reports 6100 workers employed in construction in Austin. Average wage is just over $1 per hour, equating to about $244,000 per 40 hour week. Workers range from skilled to unskilled labor.
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Austin
The
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Fire damages two room Essex Street house
A two room frame house at 1108 Essex Street was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon. Fire officials report unknown cause. Occupant Willie Mae Thomas and owner Horace Allen are noted in the incident records. Fire began around 4 30 p m Monday.
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Essex
Willie Mae Thomas
Horace Allen
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Brazos Street
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Frances Herring
John B. Robertson
Marvin Burk
Essex Street
Austin Hydro-Gas Co
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Austin, Texas
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