Two Candidates Beat Deadline In Filing for District Offices
Two candidates filed for district seats just before the Monday midnight deadline. Raymond Donley Jr. seeks the House Place 2 while Herman B. Burleson enters the State Board of Education, Tenth District, as a late challenger. Incumbents Pearce Johnson and Obie Jones face limited opposition, and unopposed races include Associate Justice Raymond Gray and District Clerk O. T. Martin Jr.
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J. M. Patterson
Democratic
Raymond Donley Jr
House of Representatives
Herman B. Burleson
State Board of Education
Donley
Johnnie B. Rogers
Carter Lester
Arthur Sandlin
Pearce Johnson
Obie Jones
Raymond Gray
Third Court of Civil Appeals
O. T. Martin Jr
Homer Thornberry
Magnesse L. Foster
Bob Long
T. O. Dillard
Rage Mopp song loses appeal as wife tunes him out
Falls City Nebraska story reports a man confessing the novelty tune Rage Mopp has worn thin. He tried to play Rag Mopp after returning home angry, but his wife interrupted by hitting him with a dish or object, delivering a humorous domestic twist.
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Hic
Falls City, Neb
Falls City
Rage Mopp
Mopp
Israel seeks 1,250,000 acres under cultivation by 1953
Israel aims to expand farming to 1.25 million acres by 1953, director general H. Halprin says this would more than triple the current 400,000 acres in cultivation.
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Israel
H. Halprin
60,000 Texas youths available for military service
Texas has nearly 60,000 men aged 19 to 25 ready for military service in case of emergency. Brigadier General Paul L. Wakefield, state director of Selective Service, said April added 3,438 to the pool. Local boards registered 5,424 youths who turned 18 in March, with totals on draft lists reaching 546,136. 401,027 were classified by end of April. In April Texas boards made 8,756 new classifications, about 5,300 placed in deferred status.
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Texas
Paul L. Wakefield
Selective Service
Draft Boards
Selective Service Act
Wakefield
Congress
Bus Company Extends Kinney Avenue Route
Ben Greig of the Austin Transit Company says the Kinney Avenue bus route will extend about three quarters of a mile west to cover more territory. The change takes effect Wednesday morning after City Councilwoman Emma Long spurred a dispute on service. A committee appointed to probe conditions has approved the move and will meet again Thursday in the county courthouse.
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Kinney Avenue
Ben Greig
Austin Nsit Company, Inc
Fredericksburg Road
Bluebonnet Lane
Emma Long
Greig
Vandenberg Considers Return After Surgeries
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, Republican leader in foreign affairs, revealed he has undergone five operations in two months. He visited the Capitol for a shave and haircut and said this is a trial run with no plans yet to resume full duties. The Teague drunken driving case proceeded after earlier insanity pleas.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Rmich
Capitol
Michigan
Foreign Affairs
Teague
State Hospital
County Executive Warns Rural 1B Up Over Country
County officials warn tuberculosis is rising in rural areas prompting calls to extend TB control programs beyond urban centers. Stella McCullough of Travis County TB Association reported on National TB Association sessions in Washington April 24 28. Committee rosters for 1950 51 were announced and June July August will be break months with ongoing committee work.
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Stella McCullough
Travis County Tuberculosis Association
Miss McCullough
National Tuberculosis Association
Washington, D. C
Charles West
John D. Simpson
Washington
Lorraine Barnes Hood
A. J. Lee
Patricia J. Mendez
Thomas D. Rishworth
Walter E. Seaholm
Oliver Bruck
Lolla Peterson
A. L. Chapman
Ben Primer
H. B. Palmer
J. Edward Johnson
H. Lee Richey
Gus Rogas
Philip R. Overton
H. J. Leon
Robert B. Morrison
Charles W. West
William J. White
W. A. Bandy
Allen Cain
G. R. Felter
J. H. Meek Jr
Patricio J. Mendez
J. D. Pannell
T. H. Williams Jr
W. W. Kelton
Rose C. Timmerman
S. H. Dryden
John L
Columbus Boy Choir School Relocates to Princeton NJ
The Columbus famed boy choir school will move to the West Minster Choir College at Princeton New Jersey, an official announcement said on Tuesday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Westminster Choir College
Princeton
Allred Appeals $5 Court Fine in May Trial
James V. Allred Jr., son of a federal judge, appealed a $5 Corporation Court fine for double parking and blocking a crosswalk at Seventh and Congress, issued May 2 for an April 1 incident. The appeal goes to the County Court at Law and won’t be heard until June due to docket constraints.
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James V. Allred Jr
James V. Allred
South Texas
Corporation Court
Joe Roberts
Seventh and
Congress Avenue
Perry Jones
Construction Firm Named in 75000 Dollar Taylor Case
The Fulcher-Burgher Construction Company of Austin is named defendant in a 75000 dollar damage suit filed in 53rd District Court by Mrs. Eunice A. Davis for herself and four children. The suit arises from fatal injuries to her husband C. C. Davis a construction worker on the First Baptist Church project in Taylor. Davis died July 26, 1948. The complaint says Davis worked for Borders-Young Steel Erection Company under contract to Fulcher-Burgher.
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Fulcher-Burgher Construction Company
Austin
Eunice A. Davis
Hays County
C. C. Davis
First Baptist
Taylor
Davis
Borders-Young Steel Erection Company
Fulcher-Burgher
Canal Building Real Estate Sale Sets City Record
New Orleans on May 16 reports the sale of the Canal Building for 6,202,000 marking the largest commercial real estate transaction in the city’s history. The deal underscores strong activity in local markets and involves prominent city investors.
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New Orleans
Hisory
Parker Clinic Praised By Patient For Effective Care
Miss Keeter recounts relief at the Parker Chiropractic Clinic and urges others in ill health to seek treatment. She notes the expert doctors, effective adjustments, and economical care that helped her recover.
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Fort Worth
Dorothy Keeter
W. Rosedale
Miss Keeter
Parker Chiropractic Clinic
Parker Clinic
Parker Chiropractic
Parker
Mrs. Bes sie Gonzales Suffers Longtime Stomach Ailment
Beaumont report notes Mrs Bes sie Gonzales of 150% Center Street had endured stomach pains for many years with no pain now according to a brief local health update.
Health Shot No Help From Shots Health Shot No Help From Shots
Mrs Louise Davis of Austin describes severe chest pain and a immobilized shoulder followed by two weeks of Parker Chiropractic Clinic treatment she says left her in better health and at low cost. A friend recommended the clinic and Mrs Davis now highly endorses it.
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Houston
Raymond Chapa
Avenue E
Austin
Louise Davis
Parker Chiropractic Clinic
Parker Clinic
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Savings Bonds Division
Oscar A. Ahlgren
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Albert Armstrong
Ladies’ Auxiliary
VFW
Save For Your Independence
Clark
Treasury Department
Allred
Austin Auction Lictioneers Liquidators
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Chiropractic
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Luther M. Boyd
Austin Clinic
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