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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1949
Page
3
Governor Beauford H. Jester grants a W-day reprieve delaying the execution of Umberto Reminez Valtiero who was condemned for murder in Dulles County. The stay shifts the scheduled execution from June 7 to July and alters the timeline of the death penalty case.
City councilman Stuart Mac Corkle will represent Austin at the Texas City Managers Association meeting in Sherman starting Sunday. City Manager Guston Morgan will miss the event due to a revenue bond election in Austin Monday.
The Austin Area Economic Foundation re elected President C B Smith and officers for the new fiscal year. A C Bull Max Starcke and Raymond Brooks were also re elected in officer posts. The board reviewed the year’s growth including payrolls over 1 million dollars and new industry data.
Fort Worth council asked by Councilman M. M. McKnight to investigate rumored gambling payoffs. The request was deferred two weeks for study. McKnight helped arrest former Dallas police captain Norman Bailey last week on charges of attempted bribery of a councilman.
Special Investigator George Pope dismantled six more one ball marble machines as part of a county raid series. Earlier in the month 37 machines were dismantled with coins totaling over $800 slated for the Travis County grand jury. Electrical parts went to the University of Texas and planning survey, while wooden parts were distributed to state organizations.
Precautions against polio continued by the city health department as 928 blocks were sprayed with DDT. Dr. Ben M. Primer, health director, said the area south of the Colorado River was included and outlined the treated sections from Georgetown Road to Burnet Road and beyond. Additional spraying covered garbage sites on Ridgeway Drive and Sol Wilson.
The University Film Committee screens the 1944 Moscow romance at Hogg Auditorium with showings at 4 and 7 p.m. Admission is free. The story follows a boy meeting a girl and portrays youth issues as universal.
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