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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
2
A series of funeral notices and obituaries from Austin, Taylor, Burnet, and surrounding areas recount the deaths of James J. Wilson 80 of Austin and other residents. Services are listed with dates, funeral homes, churches, burial sites, and pallbearers. Survivors include spouses, children, and siblings across Dallas Austin Johnson City Dripping Springs and Taylor.
Secretary Snyder said the Treasury is nearly half way through sending refunds for 1948 income tax overpayments and hopes to finish by June 1.
Judge Jack Roberts of the 126th District Court refused to take jurisdiction over Bill Joseph's suit for the return of two confiscated slot machines. Joseph, an Austin restaurant owner, says detectives seized the machines last December while stored for repairs behind locked doors. A criminal case charging permitting intermittent gaming at a public place awaits in County Court at Law.
Seaholm warned Wednesday that Austin must issue 7 million dollars in revenue bonds to fund city utility expansion over the next three years. He detailed 5.5 million for a new power plant, 1 million for water plants, and 0.5 million for sewer upgrades, with bond timing to be decided next month.
The University Symphony Orchestra directed by Jay Dietzer performs a program of original student compositions in the UT music department. Works include Palmer's Concerto for Orchestra and A Letter to Anne, Holmes Adagio and Allegro for Orchestra, Ragsdale Slow Piece for String, and Keyes Adagio Symphony in C minor.
Personnel of the 27th Fighter Wing will hold their first dance at Bergstrom Air Force Base Friday April 1 at 8 30 p m in the base service club Woody Parker and his orchestra will provide music Guests include YWCA members and nurses from Seton Hospital and Brackenridge Hospital Military transportation will be provided to and from the base
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Leora Rowney Chambliss 61 in Burnet with burial at Edgar Funeral Home. Survivors include three sisters and three brothers. In Elgin Parks H Wilson 64 was interred at McDade Cemetery after services at McDade Baptist Church.
The council will discuss buying three acres at Moble Drive and 29th Street for a Tarrytown playground after a city land board report. The land was donated to Polio Inc. by W. M. Graham and W. S. Drake Jr. Council may offer Butler Park land to Polio Inc. and mayor Miller will discuss including $300,000 police and courts building plans with bond issues totaling $2.4 million this spring. An Adolph Kohn estate zoning request for 407 West Seventh remains the only zoning item.
Austin Exchange Club members learned of the Texas State Exchange Club convention set for June 10 and 11 in Dallas during a talk by T. H. Rutherford of Dallas. Rutherford cited 23 Texas clubs and urged youth leadership for citizenship.
Travis County moves to establish a law library as part of courthouse space shortages. Commissioners Court weighs locating the library within the six story courthouse while shuffling offices to create room. Funding would come from modest attorney user fees to cover library costs.
Mr and Mrs C E Parker of 1903 Chute named their newborn daughter after Cynthia Ann Parker the Texas frontier figure who was kidnapped in 1836 and lived with the Comanches. The child was born last Saturday at Seton Hospital. Parker noted potential but unconfirmed kinship with the Parker family while stressing the name honors the pioneer Texan.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused a motion for rehearing in the Sterling Oil Company Railroad Commission case. It upheld the Railroad Commission’s authority to close Heyser Field due to wasteful gas flaring and set aside an injunction against enforcing the shutdown order.
A bus bound for Vera Cruz ran off a down grade near Acuiltzingo, Mexico, killing five people and injuring 25. Survivors said brakes apparently failed on the long descent.
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