Obituary for Mrs Ollie Francesco
Funeral services for Mrs Ollie Francesco were held Monday at the Cook Funeral Home with Rev Odis Rainer and Rev E L Sparks officiating. Pallbearers were Ennis Doherty Estel Doherty Robert Barnes George Byrne Ferro Stewart and Clarence Causey. Burial was in Memorial Park.
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Ollie Doherty
Ollie Francesco
Cook Funeral Home
Odis Rainer
E. L. Sparks
Ennis Doherty
Estel Doherty
Robert Barnes
George Byrne
Ferro Stewart
Clarence Causey
Memorial Park
Community Funeral Notices From The Dripping Springs Area
Obituaries and funeral notices report the deaths and services of local residents including Mrs. Feliciana Ramos Judith Shelton Ratliff infant, J W Wigley Clara Sophie Johnson and Joseph Koprica. Services set in Dripping Springs Elgin Taylor Briggs Round Rock and Georgetown with Cook Funeral Home Friedrich and Condra Funeral Homes handling arrangements.
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Judith Shelton Ratliff
Clark Ratliff
Fort Worth
Cook Funeral Home
Jester Proclaims Soil Conservation Week in Texas
Governor Beauford H. Jester designated May 22 to 28 as Soil Conservation Emphasis Week urging Texans to use proven techniques to reduce topsoil loss. The signing was attended by State Soil Conservation Board officials and Texas A&M System leaders and editors.
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Texas
W. C Marshall
State Soil Conservation Board
D. W. Williams
Texas A&m System
J. D. Prewit
Texas Extension Service
Paul Walser
Temple
A. B. Kennerly
Dallas
Farm and Ranch Magazine
Robert A. Manire
R. D. Lewis
Texas A&m
Abnormal results in Gatesville reform school youths
Seventy two of every 100 boys at Gatesville state reform school were proven mentally abnormal in a psychological survey. One in seven feeble minded, two in seven retarded, two with neurotic or psychopathic troubles, and one in 36 with sexual perversion or other abnormalities. A little over one in seven were normal as rehabilitation planning proceeds. The survey guides vocational training and expanded programs for handicapped youths.
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Austin American Capitol
State Reform School
Gatesville
Hall Logan
State Board of Control
Chmn. Logan
Fines Boost Austin School Attendance Under New Law
District Judge J Harris Gardner reports attendance rising after four Austin parents were fined five dollars each plus costs for failing to send their children to school. The cases mark the first use of the compulsory school law in the area. Jesse Gonzales and Richard Hardeman were fined for their youths Margaret Ann and Virgil missing classes.
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Austin
J. Harris Gardner
Travis Blakeslee
Blakeslee
Jesse Gonzales
Margaret Ann
Richard Hardeman
Virgil
Grand Jury Given Gambling Probe Fund
County Attorney Perry Jones turned over 547.18 to the Travis County grand jury for gambling probe expenses. The money came from nickels seized from 26 one ball marble tables, with additional 309.95 to follow from 11 more tables. Judge Mace Thurman Jr ordered the funding after a report calling slot machines and table gambling a 1,500,000 annual racket in Travis County. The grand jury resumed sessions Monday and will sit until mid month.
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Perry Jones
Travis County Grand Jury
Jones
Mace Thurman Jr
County Court-at-Law
Grand Jury
Travis County
Texas Tech President Installation Tonight
Dr D M Wiggins will be inaugurated as the fifth president of Texas Tech at Jones Stadium Tuesday night. Dr Doak S Campbell president of Florida State University will be guest speaker. Charles Thompson board chairman will conduct the investiture service.
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Lubbock
D. M. Wiggins
Texas Technological College
Jones Stadium
Doak S. Campbell
Florida State University
Charles Thompson
Colorado City
Senate OKs Bruce as New Ambassador to France
The Senate unanimously approves David K. E. Bruce for ambassador to France. Senator Connally notes a Paris meeting of the Big Four Foreign Ministers this month to discuss the German problem.
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Washington
Senate
David K. E. Bruce
France
Connally
Texas
Paris
Rabbi Klausner's Mother Dies in New Jersey
Rabbi Bertram Klausner of Temple Beth Israel left Austin Monday to attend the funeral of his mother Mrs. Rebecca Klausner 80 who died in Hackensack New Jersey early Monday morning. Funeral arrangements were not known Monday afternoon. The rabbi's wife accompanied him on the trip.
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Temple Beth Israel
Austin
Rebecca Klausner
Hackensack
N. J
Scout Meeting to Discuss Camp Plans at Camp Tom Wooten
The Capitol Area Council BSA executive board meets at the Driskill Hotel Tuesday at 6 30 p m to approve opening plans for the area summer camp at Camp Tom Wooten on June 12 and set dates for the fall council meeting. President Ed St John also notes discussion of integrating programs with regional and national Crusade plans for 1949 50 and a committee to nominate officers next year. A committee to select candidates for the Silver Beaver award will be named.
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Tom Wooten
Capitol Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Driskill Hotel
Ed. St. John
Army of Liberty
spAnn
Army Teaching Interviews Open On Foreign Jobs
Three Army representatives began interviews with about 530 Texans seeking overseas teaching roles in Germany Japan and the Philippines. About 400 vacancies exist by August with elementary teachers in highest demand. Salaries run around 4100 for teachers and 5000 for principals plus a month’s vacation. Army covers travel and living quarters. Transportation and housing provided, with two years recent teaching experience and a state teaching certificate required. George Allan of Standard Oil, New Jersey also interviewing applicants.
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Hob Gray
University of Texas
Richard Meyering
Marjorie E. Wycoff
Germany
Tennis W. Hoffman
Japan
Philippine Islands
Gray
George Allan
Standard Oil
New Jersey
ROTC Awards Slated Tomorrow At University of Texas
ROTC awards will be presented at UT with Colonel Oscar B. Abbott announcing honors. Silver medals go to top second year basic cadets and rifle team members. The Austin Chamber of Commerce will award a large silver cup to Company A, and various posts will honor standout cadets and band leaders.
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Oscar B. Abbott
Texas Military District
Army- Air Force-Navy
Reserve Officers’ Association of Austin
Travis Post
American Legion, of
Austin
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Capitol City Post
American Legion
Tom Miller
Paul D. Heyman
Maybin H. Wilson
Army Rotc
Brice Jordan
Armed Forces Band
Texas Ranger
Magazine Poll Shows US Family Income Up
New York May 9 The 20th annual buying power survey from Sales Management magazine shows 1948 average after tax family income rising to 4531 dollars from 4309 dollars in 1947. The report notes 80 percent of the increase was spent in retail stores and 69 cents of every dollar went to retail purchases. Nevada and Montana show high per family income above the national average.
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New York
Sales Management Magazine
Rainbow gladiolus offer for bulb assortment
Big rainbow gladiolus assortment advertised with 60 blooming long stemmed bulbs all colors delivered postpaid for 1 dollar. 120 bulbs for 2 dollars and 180 bulbs for 2.75 dollars. Safe arrival guaranteed and satisfaction promised. Order today from 696 Empress Bldg Seattle Washington.
Teacher Requirements Clarified by Daniel
Attorney General Price Daniel ruled that vocational teachers in non Smith-Hughes funded schools need not meet state board standards. The opinion was issued Monday to Senator G. C. Morris, chair of the advisory committee on school equalization aid.
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Austin American Capitol
Smith-Hughes
State Board of Vocational Education
Price Daniel
G. C. Morris
Joint Legislative Advisory Committee On
Daniel Rules No Refund Required on Renewal Fees
Texas Attorney General Price Daniel ruled that the state is not required to refund the $1 filing fee for insurance agents and solicitors on renewals when renewals are refused, responding to a query from Fire Insurance Commissioner Paul H. Brown.
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Austin American Capitol
Price Daniel
Paul H. Brown
Truman Nominates Smyth and Dean to Atomic Commission
President Truman named Henry DeWolf Smyth and Gordon Dean to the five member Atomic Energy Commission. Smyth, Princeton physics chair and Smyth Report author, becomes the sole atomic scientist on the board. Dean, USC law professor, was an aide to Justice Jackson and helped draft criminal procedure rules.
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Truman
Atomic Energy Commission
Henry DeWolf Smyth
War Department
Gordon Dean
The
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Smyth
Department of Physics
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Robert F. Bacher
Bacher
Mr. Truman
William W. Waymack
Dean
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Japan
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Earthquake Shakes Remote Dutch East Indies region
John Carroll University reported a moderate earthquake Monday about 9,050 miles southwest of Cleveland, likely in the Dutch East Indies. The notice places the event as a distant seismic incident with no reported damage or injuries.
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INS
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Dutch East Indies
21st Mad Dog Listed By Health Department
Austin reports its 21st rabid dog since Jan. 1. A male German police dog about seven to eight months old was picked up Sunday in the 1600 block of West 12th Street. The dog bit no one and no other dogs. This marks dog number 69 since May 1948.
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Austin
State Health Department
West 12Th Street
City Health Department
Du Pont Reduces Price of Ethyl Anti Knock Compounds
Wilmington Del May 9 E I du Pont de Nemours and Company Inc Monday cut the price of its tetraethyl anti knock compounds to new lower levels amid ongoing cost concerns and market adjustments by the chemical maker.
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Wilmington, Rel
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc
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