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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1950
Page
13
J Hogan of 1810 West 35th Street displays a hand carved miniature pioneer town. The display includes a church saloon jail and other buildings created using his long practiced whittling craft. Neal Douglass Photo.
The Austin Zoning Board asks the City Council to repeal or amend rules allowing variations and temporary permits to zoning classifications. City Attorney O’Quinn says the board acted beyond authority in allowing alcohol sales in a prohibited zone, based on a Waco case. The memo notes years of variations for groceries, nurseries, and schools and questions future actions.
Five University of Texas students from Austin star in Invasion From Mars to be staged at the university music building Friday at 8 15 p m The cast includes Ernest L Hall Richard C Lyon Drew Nichols Wallace Pryor and Carl Tibbetts Lyon plays the original Orson Welles role Nichols is a sociology graduate student and son of Mr and Mrs R L Nichols Pryor is a senior radio major and swimming letterman Tibbetts serves as executive producer and is a Lambda Chi Alpha member hall is a senior radio major and Radio Guild member Tibbetts is a junior radio major and Lambda Chi Alpha member.
John Babcock of the Lower Colorado River Authority will address the University Area Kiwanis Club Wednesday at 12 10 p m on flood control water conservation and LCRA work in fishing and recreation in the area. The club meets in the Georgian Tea Room of the Texas Federated Women's Club.
Pioneer town model by J. Hogan of Austin features about 100 accurate structures and dozens of tiny figures. The electrician and war veteran crafted electric lighting for displays, using wood from around the world and salvaged firearms for lamps. The piece has won several first prizes at Central Texas fairs and is shown in schools and churches.
The Texas Petroleum Research Committee announced six new research positions led by Dr. H Fancher director and UT professor. Selected applicants receive 1800 dollars annually and can pursue a master of science or doctor of philosophy in petroleum engineering at UT or Texas A&M. Applications are open for research starting June 1 or September 1. Candidates must hold a petroleum engineering degree and be eligible for graduate admission. Address requests to G H Fancher director Texas Petroleum Research Committee 201 Petroleum Engineering Building University of Texas.
Harry Akin of the Night Hawk restaurants will attend the 31st annual National Restaurant Association convention and exposition May 23 to 26 in Chicago, Illinois.
A five month old girl Rosa Marie Caldwell died at Brackenridge Hospital after an illness not deemed acute upon initial exam. The incident triggers a city council investigation into circumstances surrounding her death.
John P. Manning projects Austin’s 1950 population near 145,524 if the same 1930–40 rate continues, based on 1940 count of 87,930 and 53,120 in 1930. The piece reviews historic growth, county shifts, and metropolitan boundary changes affecting counts.
Residents of Travis County and Austin city limits urged to mail the form for non enumeration. If not visited by an enumerator, call 6 4396 to schedule a visit or report others not enumerated. Civic duty to reach 100 percent participation is stressed.
Walter Rose of Pittsburgh has been named assistant director of the Texas Petroleum Research Committee. He has done production research for Humble Oil in Houston, Carter Oil in Tulsa, and Gulf Research in Pittsburgh. Rose is a Liberty Indiana native and a University of Chicago graduate. The committee includes representatives from the University of Texas Texas A&M and the Texas Railroad Commission. The group aims to develop a research program addressing sizing recovery problems.
The Driskill Hotel arcade hosted a photographers' show featuring portraits by Christianson Leberman. The Bible reading portrait of Mrs. W. D. Richards highlighted the Beau ty at Work series in the Sunday American Statesman.
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