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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1950
Page
2
Washington May 1 Officials say the 1950 national nose count is about 90 percent finished with two to three weeks more work needed to finish. First tentative figures will be released this month and next by district supervisors, including counts for counties and cities over 10 000.
In Edinburg on May 1 UP reported two patients admitted to the Valley polio clinic Sunday. An 11 year old Weslaco boy and a 2 year old Elsa boy were among admissions, with three more admitted Saturday.
The U S Supreme Court refused to block Georgia Governor Talmadge’s 1949 voting law. The measure requires statewide re registration of about 1.2 million voters, with 120000 Black citizens among them, and a literacy style test for registration. Also covered were rehearing denials for Eugene Dennis and a CIO fishermen union anti trust case.
Greenville May 1. Bonham resident Ural L. Darling has been appointed district census supervisor for the Fourth Congressional District to fill the vacancy from the death of R. L. Greenway of Wolfe City. Darling, formerly Fannin County clerk, had been assistant supervisor since January and worked with the Veterans Administration in Dallas.
Concrete work and sewer installation on the Interregional Highway east of 19th Street will begin about May 15 by Dean Skinner Construction Company. J C Mc Millar, job superintendent, said the firm holds a $960,000 contract for local lanes from East 17th to Fuel 46th Street.
Former Red Utley testified that Owen Lattimore showed subservience to Communist Party discipline while American editor Demaree Bess defended him saying he saw no evidence of fellow traveler ties. Bess said Lattimore learned from Soviet officers in Moscow and shared information with U.S. intelligence. Utley, who joined the British Communist Party in 1928, argued Lattimore and his wife acted like Communists, while Lattimore denied being a Communist or sympathizer. He is set to testify again as Budenz accuses him of belonging to a Communist cell in Institute of Pacific Relations.
Three companions of 21 year old James Pace heard him shouting for help while swimming in Sheldon Reservoir. They believed he was clowning and only realized the danger after he sank 25 yards from shore and drowned.
The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission on Monday described a surge of real life tales from across the state. Reports include a fox attempting to board a moving railway handcar, a jackrabbit caught by an angler, and a two year old with a rattlesnake in the yard near Weatherly. Also noted are a skunk bite near Nordheim a bear raiding goose eggs near Mienola and a 93 pound six foot alligator gar caught in the Rio Grande near Laredo.
The departments of State Interior and Defense urged Hawaii statehood at a Senate committee hearing. Governor Ingram Stainback and Senator Knowland testified as Defense Secretary Johnson supported statehood in a letter and Assistant Secretary Hickerson argued it aids U S foreign policy and UN obligations. Chapman cited Hawaii’s population 530 000 schools economy and loyal populace and noted a 50 member delegation was sent to the hearing.
An advertisement touts a new toothpaste like cream called STAZE that supposedly helps wearers chew steak corn and apples without plates. It promises a money back guarantee and notes a 35 cent price, claiming to hold plates tighter and reduce food particle issues.
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