Austin Symphony Faces $15 000 Membership Goal
Austin Symphony Society reports a $5 000 intake from a membership drive with about 509 prospects remaining. President Carl Edward Bock and drive director Charles Reed estimate reaching the $15 000 target requires higher subscriptions as memberships fall into Patrons sponsors sustaining and guarantors categories. Citizens and firms in Austin are invited to join and gain season ticket privileges and special attractions.
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Oak Nets
Austin Symphony Society
Carl Edward Bock
Charles Reed
Austin
Bock
Reno Paves Alleys With Gold Ore
In Reno on May 24 Doug las and Lincoln alleys in the gambling district were paved with concrete bearing a ton of gold ore. The council declined adding signs but kept alleys for pedestrians only except during early morning hours to avoid tire marks.
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Reno
Douglas
Lincoln
Gambling District
Nix
Doomed Writer Warren Receives Big Mail After Cancer Ad
Forrest Warren, a 71 year old San Diego columnist, says I have cancer and I am dying. About 200 letters daily pour in from across the U S and Canada, many offering sympathy and some contributing nearly 1000 dollars for a cancer fund to aid research. His column continues as People We Know with his wife’s help. He is at home except for brief drives. The Journal notes his inner calm and bravery.
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San Diego
Calif
Forrest Warren
The
San Diego Daily Journal
United States
Canada
Warren
Journal
House Raises Fees For Bar Membership
The House approved raising state bar membership fees from $4 to $6 after adopting a conference committee report. The bill now awaits Senate action to match the report before sending to the Governor. The prior fee was $4 and the initial House proposal was $5.
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House
Conference Committee
Senate
Gullettes Plan Visit In Austin
Captain Jesse M. Gullette and his wife arrive in Austin with their two sons John and Bill to see his mother Mrs. T A Gullette and sister Mrs. Richard Corner Jr. They have lived in Osaka for 30 months with wife and children joining 21 months ago set to travel to Ohio then Phoenix Ariz where he will be stationed.
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Austin
Jesse M. Gullette
John
Bill
Capt. Gullette
T. A. Gullette
Alta Vista
Richard Corner Jr
East Live Oak
Gullette
Osaka
Japan
Gullettes
Ohio
Phoenix
Ariz
Capt
South Sea missionary greets New York in vivid pidgin
Robert Salau, 42, from Manus Island, arrived in New York aboard the Mauretania for a 12 week mission drive. He described the city as the biggest surprise of his life and admired the Statue of Liberty while joking with reporters in pidgin English.
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New York
South Sea Island
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Robert Salau
Solomon Islands
Empire State Building
Salau
Mauretania
England
France
Switzerland
Adventist Church
Manus
Satan
Salan
Texas City Case Judge Calls FBI
Federal Judge T M Kennerly subpoenas FBI agent and records in the $200 million Texas City disaster suits going into its fifth week. The case stems from the Ammonium Nitrate explosion aboard the Grand Camp that killed hundreds in the Texas City harbor.
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Houston
T. M
Galena Willis
FBI
Kennerly
Maurice H. Price
Milwaukee
Grand Camp
Texas City
Mrs. Truman Plans Missouri Vacation
The White House announced that Mrs. Truman will depart early next month for a month long vacation at the Truman family home in Independence Missouri. Daughter Margaret plans singing lessons in New York in preparation for a concert tour next fall and may not accompany her mother.
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Washington
White House
Archer Heads Church Council In Austin
Judge Roy C. Archer of Central Christian Church was named president of the Austin Council of Churches at a Tuesday night meeting. Other officers included Dr. Edward Heinsohn as vice president, Rev. Ted Richardson as secretary, and E. H. Steinmann as treasurer.
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Roy C. Archer
Central Christian Church
Austin Council of Churches
John Barclay
Edward Heinsohn
University Methodist Church
Ted Richardson
Tarrytown Methodist Church
E. H. Steinmann
First English Lutheran Church
Harry L. Bengston
Carlyle Marney
Emil Halm
Hulon Black
Bastrop Youth Drowned. Body Recovered After 32-Hour Search
The body of 13 year old Evaristo Gutierrez Jr. was recovered from the Colorado River after a 32 hour search by volunteers. He drowned Monday while swimming with two companions when he stepped into a deep hole. Survived by his father and five siblings, funeral arrangements are pending at Hasler Funeral Home.
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Bastrop
Evaristo Gutierrez Jr
Colorado River
Pete Galvan
Bennie Grohman
Carolyn Gutierrez
Ruth Gutierrez
Hasler Funeral Home
Weather Hourly Temps and Texas City Readings Report
The bulletin lists hourly temperatures for Austin and a statewide overview. It notes sunrise and sunset times, moon phases, and the moon new on May 27. It records highs 93 on May 22 and rainfall 0 inches in the last 24 hours, with total rainfall 16.21 inches and a 1.61 inch excess since Jan 1. It lists river stages for Montopolis and lake levels for Buchanan and Travis, and provides high and low readings for several Texas cities including Abilene, Fort Worth, Amarillo, Galveston, Brownsville, Houston, Corpus Christi, Laredo, Del Rio, San Antonio, El Paso, and Waco.
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Austin
Colorado
Montopolis
Lake Buchanan
Lake Travis
Marshall Ford
Texas
Abliene
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Galveston
Brownsville
Houston
Corpus Christi
Laredo
del Rio
San Antonio
el Paso
Waco
Society selects tentative site for polio center
Austin records a new polio case as Penny Hallmark, two, is diagnosed at Brackenridge Hospital. Polio Inc moves to build a center on Wilshire and Airport Boulevards, funded by new donations. Chapter discusses shared equipment, loan policies, and procedures for patient care under medical authorization.
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Travis County
The
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Penny Hallmark
Co. B. Hallmark
Nelray Street
Polio, Inc
Wilshire and
Airport Boulevards
William A. Garrett
Houstin
Young Carter
University of Texas
Earl J. O’brien, Jr
Carl Hardin Jr
Hardin
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