Drive To Build School Walks Gains Support
A coalition spurred by Mrs. R. N. Lewis and Walter Koch pushes for sidewalks to protect Austin schoolchildren. Plan calls for May PTA meetings to organize summer work and door to door campaigns to persuade property owners, with an estimated cost of about 1.25 dollars per linear foot.
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Austin
R. N. Lewis
City Council of Parents and Teachers
P-Ta
Walter Koch
Lewis
PTA
Koch
Learn highway signs by shapes and colors Texans urged
Article explains three sign types regulatory warning and guide. Regulatory signs alert drivers to laws and stop signs eight sided with yellow backgrounds. warning signs diamond shaped warn of hazards ahead. guide signs use rectangles and standard colors to show destinations distances and landmarks.
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Texas
Barrow Bridge
Paying Taxes Now Can Reduce Penalty
County Tax Assessor-Collector Steve Heffington announced that persons owing delinquent 1949 taxes can save by paying them during May. He noted payments before May 31 will incur a four percent penalty and six percent interest on February 1, 1950.
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Steve Heffington
Little Leagues Open Season With Four Austin Teams
Young players ages eight to twelve start play this weekend in three Little League groups sponsored by North and South Austin Lions Clubs and the Tenth Ward Civic Club. Each league fields four teams, with 18 games per team in a nine week half season, leading to a district playoff and possible World Series berth in Williamsport. Coaches and civic leaders, including Governor Shivers, were named for support roles though Shivers cannot attend.
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Austin Lions
Tenth Ward Civic Club
Austin
Williamsport
Garnard Morrison
North Austin Lions
Morrison
Allan Shivers
Taylor Glass
Ed Knebel
The
Austin Pioneers
University of Texas
Bibb Falk
Pioneer
Hank Dana
W. J
Billy” Disch
Shivers
North
Austin Lions Club
Superior Dairies
Bert Magnuson
Austin Fireproof Warehouse Company
Dutch Schroeder
A. J. Hamilton
Randy Circle R Barbecue
J. A. Dearing
Seven Up
Eugene Powell
South Austin Lions Club
Swede Lind
Seven
Jack Andrawather
Optimist Club
Charlie Weber
Exchange Club
Nolan Harvey
Milky Way Dairies
Seven-Up Bottling Company
Alamo Welding Supply and Rice and
Williams Cleaners
A. C. Cluck
John Pinkey
C. P. Kohler
E. E. Arbuckle
Kenneth Arnold
Thees Crepe Suzette Wears the Old Tire
A visiting French chemist misreads a waffle as crepe suzette with tires after a waitress explains the breakfast item. The amused diner tries the dish with butter and maple syrup and smiles at the clever misunderstanding.
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Suzette
Juanita Reavis
City Unveils New Liquor Control Ordinance
The city proposes a revolutionary measure coordinating local licensing with the Texas Liquor Control Act. It requires applicants to file copies with the city clerk and undergo city inspections for moral, zoning, health, fire safety, and sanctions.
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State Liquor Control Board
Liquor Centre Board
Hospital Head Deplores Shortage Of Personnel
Brackenridge Hospital by Dr. Raleigh Ross cites emergency room and clinic workloads as an assembly line due to a deficit of internists and resident physicians. The five months old Rosa Marie Caldwell died after parents sought care, with autopsy pending. Ross says staff shortages force triage amid crowded clinics and lack of social services.
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Brackenridge Hospital
Raleigh Ross
Dr. Ross
Rosa Marie Caldwell
James Caldwell
East 12Th Street
Justice of the Peace
Frank W. McBee
Social Service Department
Ross
Tax Gremlins Shrink the Little Fellow in Gas and More
A 1940s cartoon blames federal state and city taxes for high gas prices. It claims the federal tax is 144 cents per gallon and oil and tire taxes hit the average driver hard. It argues the average worker spends 47 days yearly earning taxes and warns of added costs from new programs promoted by government. The piece ends naming James F Byrnes.
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United States
James F. Byrnes
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PTA Council
Texas Highway Department
Clearview Drive
Close
Florine Branch
Charles P. Davis Hardware
Congress
Neal Douglass
Robert L. Burns
Tom E. Johnson
James A. Stanford
Burns
Stanford
Coke Stevenson Jr
Legal Department
Liquor Control Board
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