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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1949
Page
13
Rep Tufares natural gas tax plan failed to advance as the House rejected a motion to move the bill to highways and roads by 53 to 50. The proposal would add a 1.12 cent tax on natural gas, aiming to raise up to 42 million dollars annually.
Arthur C. Hester 19 will tell the Johnson County Grand Jury in Cleburne Monday about the slaying of Dr. John Lord dean of the TCU Graduate School. Attorney Al Clyde said he would notify the district attorney. A steel rod was to be sent to Austin for lab tests.
On Poland's demand, the United States agreed to withdraw Chester H. Opal as attache of the American Embassy in Warsaw. Poland cited a wireless bulletin from the US Information Service in Warsaw branding Poland a Soviet satellite. Opal will be transferred to Rome, announced by George V. Allen.
Austin representative Pearce Johnson pushed a state youth development council bill to priority floor action after House committee approval. The measure seeks a diagnostic center for youthful offenders financed by a $300,000 two year appropriation within the eleemosynary institutions bill and has emergency status from Governor Beauford Jester.
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Joe Smith of Jefferson in Marion County on possession of unstamped whiskey after an opened quart fruit jar was shown to jurors. Smith was convicted and fined $100. the appeals court remanded for a new trial due to pretrial juror prejudice.
Travis County nears legal status to set up and maintain a county law library under a bill that passed final Senate approval with an Eastland County amendment. The measure authorizes commissioners courts in Travis El Paso Galveston and Eastland counties to levy a $1 cost fee on civil suits excluding delinquent tax cases to fund the libraries.
Governor Beauford H. Jester appointed Galloway Calhoun of Tyler and reappointed two present members to six-year terms on the Texas State University for Negroes board. Named to new terms were Charles K. Devall of Kilgore and Rev. I. B. Loud of Dallas.
Court records list several divorce filings in 126th district court including Margaret Evans vs Richard Evans and Elizabeth McKinney vs Melvin McKinney. Other entries note divorces granted in Ross Jr. vs Travis Ross and E St John vs E A St John. The Spencer Company vs Bammel Machine on contract filed. State vs Arby L Stewart forgery probation. John W Ray swindling fined. District and justice court items span probate executrix appointment and automobile theft filing.
The Texas Senate approved two statewide measures this week and sent them toward the House. Senator G C Morris of Greenville sponsors the driver liability bill mandating insurance for motorists lacking assets. Representative Jake Aynesworth of Waco says March 29 is the House date for action. Senator John J Bell of Cuero handles the veterans land sale bill, with plans for a state agency to aid veterans in acquiring lands and strong House backing expected.
Sen Carlos Ashley of Llano forecast final legislative approval for the LCRA power development plan. He moved to use the Senate bill to avoid delays, noting both chambers’ bills are identical and amendments were accepted. The measure heads directly to the governor for signature without conference.
Seattle report: Mrs. Hertis Sugden, memory loss five weeks, says her husband Bus driver W. K. Sugden is the man she would want for a husband. Married last November she recalls nothing since 1944. She remembers little of the marriage but favors her spouse amid letters of aid. Her stepchildren Roberta 8 and Kenneth 10 are mentioned as part of the family.
The House passed a Senate bill to issue temporary 60 day Texas vehicle licenses to out of state truck operators. The measure, amended from 90 days, returns to the Senate for action. Backers say it aids farmers along the Red River by permitting Oklahoma trucks to haul wheat to railroads and elevators.
Six year old Arthur Grossman, an orphan, escaped a social worker and ran into a New York subway tunnel. A station clerk alerted the approaching train, which slowed to a near halt as the boy sobbed beside the track. Mrs Gertrude Maizer offered to foster him but said she could not force him to stay.
The Supreme Court ruled against oral agreements for agents commissions in real estate sales in a $287.50 dispute. Buratti and Montandon of Austin sued Roy I. Tennant and wife in Travis County for the commission, won a judgment, and the Third Court of Civil Appeals reversed on admissibility of oral agreement evidence. The high court affirmed the appellate ruling.
An old print ad urges women to combat fatigue and pallor from borderline anemia blamed on ferro nutritional deficiency. It promotes Ironized Yeast Tablets as a remedy to reclaim vitality, beauty, and alertness, noting high prevalence and advising medical consultation.
The Travis County Commissioners Court visited the Austin-Travis County Tuberculosis Sanitarium on Webberville Road for an inspection Wednesday afternoon. They adjourned the midweek meeting for the trip and were hosted for lunch by the facility's governing board.
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