Advisory Group To Hold Meeting On Building Code
City Manager Guston Morgan announced the first meeting of the citizens advisory committee on revision of Austin’s building code for Wednesday at 3 30 p m in City Hall. The 11 member panel includes professionals and city officials with Mayor Glass expected to attend.
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Guston Morgan
Citizens Advisory Committee
Morgan
Austin Trades Council
W. L. Heaton
W. T. Williams Jr
John C. Eckert
Taylor Glass
Austin
YMBL Campaign Aims to Reach Sunshine Camp Quota
The Young Men's Business League plans a two week push to meet a 3500 Sunshine Camp fundraising quota. John Harrison Jr. notes 45 underprivileged Austin children will spend six weeks at camp this summer with a full staff providing care. Helen Woodman expresses confidence in reaching the target as the camp grows from 20 to 45 children over 18 years. Selection by a board considers need and physical condition.
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Young Men’s Business League
John Harrison Jr
Austin
Harrison
Helen Woodman
Miss Woodman
YMBL
National Honors for Austin NAACP Chapter Highlight Racial Relations Program
The Austin NAACP chapter receives state and national recognition for its racial relations program. Publicity director Arthur De Witty cites conference room problem solving and lawful avenues as core to its approach. The chapter, led by President Mrs. A. V. Christian, has about 600 members and aims for 700 by June 1. Kouyer Keener backing is noted, with Atlanta Life Insurance awards cited for Sweatt case and educational work.
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Austin
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Capitol
Arthur de Witty
NAACP
de Witty
Atlanta Life Insurance Company
Heman Marion Sweatt
US Supreme Court
Sweatt
University of Texas Law School
de Witt
A. V. Christian
Postal Cut Order Cuts Austin Post Office Hours
Postmaster General order reduces service causing 6 p.m. closures at main and annex windows in Austin. Twenty one clerks and sixteen temporary mail carriers receive 30 day dismissals. Emergency mailings will still be accepted until 9 p.m. weekdays and 6 p.m. Saturdays at the night window.
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Austin
Jesse Donaldson
Bob Phinney
Phinney
Two Central Texans Named Guard Posts
Two Central Texans were named Monday on Texas National Guard appointments. Carroll D. Eads of Lockhart was commissioned captain and assigned as company commander of Company K, 141st Infantry. J. W. Reser of Kerrville was made warrant officer, junior grade, and assigned as unit administrator of Battery A, 155th Field Artillery Battalion.
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Capitol
Texas National Guard
K. L. Berry
Carroll D. Eads
Lockhart
141St Infantry
J. W. Reser
Kerrville
155Th Field Artillery Battalion
Life With the Tax Gremlins Clipping Wages at Payroll
A summary of a 12 part series on federal and state taxes describing how payroll taxes cut into wages. It notes federal income tax 11 percent for singles, lower for married with exemptions, plus state local taxes in 31 states and 172 jurisdictions. It explains social security deductions and criticizes government expansion.
School for Deaf Seeks Teachers
Dr. R. M. Stelle, superintendent of the Texas State School for the Deaf, says a shortage of teachers with special training for deaf students hinders the school. Since Aug. 1948 he has added 13 faculty and four registered nurses, part of broader reforms after eight months of controversy over crowded conditions and strict regimentation.
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R. M. Stelle
Texas State School For the Deaf
Stelle
Beauford Jester
Board of Control
Roger M. Powell
Jester
Austin
Travis County Without Health Officer as Vacancy Grows
Travis County loses health officer Dr. Robert Jaehne who resigned for family reasons. The county cannot find a successor despite ads and pleas, sending indigent patients to Brackenridge Hospital while rural health work continues with nurses. County Judge Tom Johnson notes no doctor has applied, while officials adjust duties and funding considerations remain unsettled.
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Travis County
Robert Jaehne
Jaehne
Leahy Clinic
Boston
Mass
Brackenridge Hospital
Tom Johnson
State Medical Journal
Travis County Health Association
Doctor Clears Poison Ivy Myths For Texas Readers
Austin skin specialist Dr. C H McCuistion warns poison ivy is not seasonal and can be active year round. He says touching the plant spreads the toxin and that most remedies are ineffective. first aid should be soap and water within minutes and seek a doctor after. He notes Virginia Creeper as a dangerous lookalike and explains how to distinguish three leaflets in a cluster.
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C. H. McCuistion
Austin
Dr. McCuistion
Texas
McC
McCuistion
Bedford Shilmire
Dallas
Virginia
Walnut violin proves wood choice not soft front required
J W Whatley of 1908 W 35th builds all walnut violins and repairs many more earning a national reputation. He has crafted about 100 violins in 23 years and appraises the best at 650 to 1250 dollars while most sell for 500 to 600. He helps preserve Old Fiddlers Club to teach kids traditional music.
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J. W. Whatley
W. 35Th
Whatley
Austin Fiddle
Old Fiddlers Club
Economy Panel Plans Meeting in Austin at Driskill Hotel
Newly elected and outgoing directors of the Austin Area Economic Development Foundation will join holdovers for a board meeting called by President C. B. Smith at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Driskill Hotel. Balloting elected nine new board members for two-year terms. holdovers include ten current directors. Richardson Wood, New York consultant and eastern representative, will attend. The meeting opens the foundation's new fiscal year and will review the past year and plan next year’s activities.
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Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
C. B. Smith
Driskill Hotel
A. F. Ashford
A. J. Maloney
Hiram Brown
George Stautz
Chais Nolen
E. ©. Bartholomew
Fred W. Catterall Jr
A. C. Bull
Mike Butler
H. H. Dickehut
C. L. Higgins
E. A. Moeller
J. W. Scarbrough Jr
D. A. Shipwash
Max Starcke
Raymond Brooks
Richardson Wood
New York
Austin
Smith
Eee
Austin School Census Counts 20,003 Children for 1950
The final 1950 scholastic census shows Austin with 20,003 school age children next September, a new high. White students total 16,995 and Negro students 3,008, with gains concentrated in areas such as Rosedale, Robert E. Lee, Ridgetop, and Zavala, while several white and Negro schools show losses or smaller gains.
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Austin
Arthur Cunningham
Austin Public Schools
Rosedale
Robert FE. Lee
Ridgetop
Zavala
Palm School
John B. Winn
Baker
Fulmore
Pease
St. Elmo
Rosewood
Campbell
Census Enumerator Takes His Revenge
An Austin census enumerator faced a difficult interview with a resident who refused to share age marital status birthplace or income. The only fact he could confirm was that the man himself is a census enumerator, revealing a sly twist to the encounter.
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Austin
Chico Chooses Street Life Over Home After Arrest
A 9-year-old boy nicknamed Chico has lived at the Travis County juvenile home since April 3 after multiple arrests. He describes choosing the street over a dilapidated shack, noting cold nights, lack of food, and a belief the street provides more warmth and companionship than his home.
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Chico
Travis County
Austin
Austin Shack
Frank Campbell
Bill Ballard
Montopolis Bridge
Sixth Street
City achieves four month stretch with zero traffic fatalities
Austin reports a modern traffic record with no fatalities in the first four months of 1950. Police Chief R. D. Thorp expresses hope the achievement endures the year, noting no prior modern history saw so long a fatality-free period.
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Austin
R. D. Thorp
Civil Service Meeting In Austin Set For Tuesday
The Austin police and fire civil service commission will hold its regular monthly meeting at city hall Tuesday at 10 a.m. Executive Director Frank Albrechtsen said firemen from each station may send a representative to discuss commission procedures and routine matters.
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Austin Police Firemen's Civil Service Commission
City Hall
Frank Albrecht
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