Newspaper Boys Campaign for Savings Bonds Drives June Start
Newspaper carriers will begin the Savings Bonds Independence Drive June 1 delivering about 16 000 leaflets urging thrift under the slogan Save for Your Independence. The program led by ICMA officials and officials from the Treasury outlines boys as volunteers in promoting payroll deductions and bond purchases to meet a Texas quota of 24 088 000 and a Travis County target of 476 000.
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P. F. Fincher
The
American Statesman
Thrift
Fincher
International Circulation Managers’ Association
J. B. Lee
Howard W. Stodghill
Newspaperboy
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Savings Bonds Division
Gus Edson
Liberty Bell
Snyder
ICMA
Washington
Fred C. Morse Sr
Travis County
Morse
Texas
Fossil Find Reveals Cave Treasures In Texas
Scientists from the University of Texas reveal fossils from a cave in what is now Bexar County. The site, unearthed last summer, includes elephant remains, a large wolf, turtle bones, and a 30 foot Plesiosaur. The Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory coordinates research through Geology, Bureau of Economic Geology, and Texas Memorial Museum.
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Bexar County
Department of Geology
Bureau of Economic Geology
Texas Memorial Museum
J. A. Wilson
J. T. Lonsdale
E. H. Sellards
Sellards
Texas
F. H. Sellards
New Ranch Highway 93 Near Marble Falls Opens Next Week
The 34 mile paving project on Ranch Highway 93 from Oak Hill to just beyond Marble Falls is three and a half miles from finish. Weather permitting, officials expect completion by Saturday and traffic to start next week.
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Oak Hill
Marble Falls
Highway Department
What to Wear at Barkley Dinner Proves Casual Night
The Democratic dinner honoring Vice President Alben W. Barkley urges attendees to dress down. Men should wear summer suits and women short dresses, with "something cool and washable" as the target. Four large fans will cool the City Coliseum while Barkley delivers a fiery speech.
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Alben W. Barkley
City Coliseum
Mercury
Veep
Barkley and Wife Set for Austin Jefferson Jackson Dinner
Vice President Alben W. Barkley and Mrs Barkley arrive at 5 30 p m Saturday for a Jefferson Jackson Day barbecue in the City Coliseum Austin with about 2300 dinner tickets issued The event features Gov Allan Shivers national committeeman Wright Morrow Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson among the notables to attend in a mass dining hall setup and a fundraising drive for the Democratic party
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Barkleys
Commodore Perry
Washington
Coliseum
Truman
Barkley
Allan Shivers
Wright Morrow
Houston
Sam Rayburn
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Taxi Ordinance Postponed One Week by City Council
City Council delayed final approval of the administration taxicab control measure for one week after a morning conference with Yellow Cab representatives. The ordinance would require meter installation by July 1, place firms under a franchise system by Oct 1, raise public liability limits, set a 35 cent first mile fare, and create a three man taxi investigators unit.
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Wray Weddell
Taylor Glass
Attorne Trueman O'Quinn
O Quinn
Missouri-Pacific
David Tisinger
Leonard Dodson
Representa
Statue Unveiled Too Soon In Travis County Memorial
The Travis County WWII Memorial was unofficially unveiled on Wednesday after a white canvas cover was stolen Tuesday night from the Colorado and 11th Streets site. Lois Fugler, president of the Austin American Gold Star Mothers, with Betsy Wright and Lois Carol, replaced the cover and plans to keep the statue covered until the official Sunday unveiling.
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Travis County
Colorado
11Th Streets
Lois Fugler
Austin
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc
Court House
Betsy Wright
Lois Carol
Austin Chamber canvasses 1000 prospective members
Responses to DC campaign show 1000 plus firms and professionals approached by the Austin Chamber of Commerce. 272 workers reported or delayed callback visits with some out of town, as Noble W. Prentice praised the turnout. Formal membership election is set for June with expanded roster and added shares planned. An $80,000 budget was tentatively approved.
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Austin Chamber of Commerce
Noble W. Prentice
Chamber of Commerce
Board of
Biggs Elected Head of Builders Group
W. E. Biggs was elected president of the Austin Home Builders Association at its second meeting held at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel Tuesday night. Coy L. Dobbins was named vice president and Clyde Copus secretary. The group deferred national affiliation until June 5 to allow more builders to join as charter members. Biggs said 18 have indicated their intention to join.
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W. E. Biggs
Austin Homebuilders Association
Stephen F. Austin
Coy L. Dobbins
Clyde Copus
Biggs
Pop's Census Work Echoes Through Texas
In Travis County Texas, enumerator Herbert Lawson recalls rough census days from 50 years earlier. He drove 2 400 miles and logged 152 hours to locate about 450 people for the 1950 census earning around 250 dollars including car expenses. His father H S Lawson endured harsher conditions in 1900 with river dangers and mosquitoes while collecting the census in Travis and Bastrop counties.
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Travis County
Pop
Herbert Lawson
San Antonio
Austin
Burnet
Williamson County
Lawson
H. S. Lawson
Travis
Bastrop
Civic Theater Plans Vote At Annual Confab
The Austin Civic Theater closes its 1950 spring season with a membership meeting Thursday at 8 p m in the Croysta Ballroom Driskill Hotel. Mel Pape says the session will review finances elect a president and board for next season and recap the year. A one act play That Affair at the Blessingtons written by Mrs Marge Benjamin will be presented in the cast Al Johnson Harvey Herbst Wally Pryor Jim Nummey Isabel Johnson and Mrs Benjamin. The company set a season record with two simultaneous productions Dirty Work At the Crossroads and Born Yesterday which closed last week.
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Austin Civic Theater
Croysta
Driskill Hotel
Mel Pape
ACT
the Blessing
Displaced Tires Rise as Liability in Austin
Thousands of worthless tires pile up on a vacant East Fourth Street lot as the local scrap yard and incinerator face waste. Incinerator supervisor Howard Sedwick notes tires are used as kindling despite no local market, while Glenn Cater of Blue Pennant Tire discusses cautious retreading of tires with intact carcasses.
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Austin
East Fourth
Howard Sedwick
Glenn Cater
Blue Pennant Tire Company
Cater
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