Obituary notices and services in Central Texas
Obituaries list deaths of Carl J Heuer Alma Arnold David Ward Henry Everts C W Vann Carl J Brooks K M Carlson with survivors including spouses children and siblings. Services held in Baton Rouge Burnet Palestine Round Rock San Marcos and Taylor areas. burial and funeral home details noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl J. Hauer
Baton Rouge
Carl Jackson
Bud) Heuer
Austin
Hauer
Underwood Typewriter Company
South
Eunice Hauer
Annie Hauer
Mayme Button
Bessie Harris
Nellie Webb
Thelma Metz
Burnet Cemetery
W. A. Berry
Lampasas
San Antonio
Fred Barge Jr
Ben Lee Chote
W. O. Fitzgerald
J. A. Rauhut
Edwin Lamm
Howard Harris
Alma Arnold
E. R. Fenton
Kerrville
Palestine
Cook Funeral Home
Henry B. Everts Taylor
Henry Burl Everts
Round Rock
Ardeen Brown
Jarrell
Mary Rice
Lubbock
Anna Mae Allen
Mae Belle Daniel
Florence
Leroy Everts
William Everts
Albert Everts
Tyler
J. B. Everts
Martha Ferris
Brackenridge
Maude Mae Nobb
Tennessee
Carlos Everts
Arthur and
Horace Everts
Dallas
Kenneth Everts
Houston
First Methodist Church
Robert Peyton
Carl J. Brooks
San Marcos
G. C. Moore
Masonic Lodge
Jack Brooks
US Navy
Pearl Brooks
C. E. Holcomb
Tuska
Okla
Chas. R. Brooks
Jesse N. Brooks
Killeen
K. M. Carlson Taylor
K. M. Carlson
Gilstrap Funeral Home
Elmer Johnson
Hutto
Hutto Lutheran Cemetery
Annie Carlson
Albert Carlson
Taylor
J. J. Bryan
Albert Nygrin
Jonah
Gaming Cases Set Record By Absence
County Attorney Perry Jones announced that all gambling cases in County Court-at-Law have been settled for the first time in months. In two months more than 40 cases of permitting intermittent playing at a public place were filed, mostly from three city raids that netted 37 marble tables. Defendants pleaded guilty and paid fines ranging from 25 to 100 dollars.
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Perry Jones
George Pope
Jones
House Rejects Summary Sale Tax Seizure Bill
The House defeated a bid to set a Friday special order for a bill authorizing seizure of property for taxes without court judgment. The 69 to 42 vote fell short of the two thirds needed. The measure, tied to a constitutional amendment from prior years, aimed to quickly raise tax money without court action.
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Austin American Capitol
House
Travis County Grand Jury Faces Heavy Docket
The Travis County 126th District Court grand jury will convene at the courthouse Thursday with a heavy docket of felony charges to consider. It began in March and will continue into midJune, having recessed last week without indictments. foreman North Millican leads the panel.
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Travis County Grand Jury
126Th District Court
North Millican
Austin Real Estate
Houston lawmaker undecided on probe of veterans agencies
Representative William Miller Jr of Houston said he had not decided whether to press investigations of the Veterans Affairs Agency and the Veterans Approval Agency. He has been busy probing the State Board of Optometry and hopes to finish before the session ends. Complaints allege optometry license application handling.
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Austin American Capitol
Sta
William. Y
Bill Miller Jr
Houston
Veterans Affairs Agency
Veterans Approval Agency
State Board
Miller
VAC
VAA
American Legion
Hoyes
Senate
House
Optometry Board
County approves mobile radio system for sheriff department
Sheriff Ernest Best won approval for a county wide shortwave radio system after FCC clearance and a 4500 dollar funding vote. Tests showed the mobile unit range and effectiveness satisfactory and five two way car units will be purchased for deputy cars. A jail broadcast unit will be installed on the fifth floor with an antenna atop the courthouse. The court also approved a tuberculosis sanitarium fence project and authorized a vehicle swap to buy a new Chevrolet truck.
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Ernest Best
Best
Commissioners Court
Webberville Road
Sam N. Allred
Precinct Three
Texas Moisture Picture Varies Across the State
The USDA notes dry spells in Central South and East Texas aid field work while heavy rains halt activity in the plains and North Texas. Wheat prospects stay good despite hail losses, oats and flax harvests move along in South Texas, cotton progresses with replanting in Dallas and northern counties, tomatoes harvest in the Lower Valley, and cattle growth improves as grasses replace other feeds.
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Texas
US Department of Agriculture
USDA
Dallas
Debate over Drivers' Law faces farm vehicle amendment
The House halted debate on the driver financial responsibility bill amid amendments. A farm-vehicle exemption was adopted 68 to 60, shielding non-town-bound farm vehicles. An attempt to cap insurance profits failed 68 to 50. The bill requires proof of financial responsibility for accidents with $200 damage, up to $11,000, and already has Senate approval.
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Associated Press
House
Jack W. Wisener
Wells
Senate
County approves tentative interstate route through Travis County
The County Commissioners Court tentatively approved the federal interstate highway route through Travis County after the Texas Highway Department submitted the route plot in response to citizen concerns. The highway would start near Airport Boulevard, run toward Three Point, and join the Dallas highway north of Fiskville, guiding future building plans.
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Travis County
County Commissioners Court
Texas Highway Department
Airport Boulevard
Three Point
Dallas
Fiskville
Jury Commissioners for June Named
Judge Charles O Betts named June grand jury commissioners Holland Page D D Williamson and W J Keen. The 98th District Court panel will begin June 20 just after the March term 126th District Court grand jury adjourns.
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98Th District Court
Charles O. Betts
Holland Page
D. D. Williamson
W. J. Keen
126Th District Court Grana Jury
Whooping Cranes Petunia and Joe Miss Nest Chance
Petunia and Joe, two crippled captive whooping cranes at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, failed to raise a family after smashing their two-egg nest. Audubon observers note this setback ends a historic prospect of captive whooping cranes rearing offspring, though the birds are about 13 years old and could still attempt a nest later.
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Corpus Christi
Petunia
Joe
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
National Audubon Society
Aransas
C. A
Bud) Keefer
Robert Allen
Audubon Society
Gothenburg
Neb
Rod and Gun Club
Abbeyville
New Orleans Zoo
Society
Fish and Wildlife Service
Aransas Refuge
Arctic
Low bid awarded on 9.6 mile rural road project
A low bid of 77 697 was submitted on nine miles of farm to market road FM 812 620 in Travis and Williamson Counties. The project extends from the Lockhart highway near Onion Creek bridge to Elroy and toward Round Rock with the total stretch 9.6 miles. The paving and structures contract went to J R Canion and Rex R Kitchens of Austin. A second project near Seguin to the San Marcos River drew a low bid of 289 010 by Holland Page.
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Travis
Williamson
Lockhart Highway
Onion Creek
Elroy
Williamson County
Round Rock
Marshall Ford Dam
Low
J. R. Canion
Rex R. Kitchens
Austin
Central Texas
Seguin
San Marcos River
Guadalupe County
Holland Page
City Council to Hear Zoning Setback and Parking Plan
Council plans a Thursday hearing on East Avenue and Lamar Boulevard zones between 24th and 45th Streets. Previous public opposition centered on a 25 foot building setback and off street parking area requirements equal to two to three times the building area. A North Austin Civic Club petition seeks designation of the Red River and 41st Streets country club site as park and playground.
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East Avenue
Interstate Highway
Lamar Boulevard
North
Notaries Public Must Renew Commissions
County Clerk Emilie Limberg warns all notaries to renew before midnight next Tuesday. All commissions expire, regardless of issuance date, and a new $1,000 bond plus $2 fee are required. Prospective applicants should contact the county clerk to forward names to the Secretary of State for consideration.
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Emilie Limberg
Secretary of State
State Revises Oil Company Charges in Gasoline Probe
Judge Betts granted the state's request to revise its petition charging 10 major oil companies with alleged gasoline price fixing. The pre-trial hearing saw calls for specifics on persons and instances, with arguments that conspiracy dates go back to 1931. Magnola Oil Company’s plea to move suit to Dallas County was overruled. the conference adjourned for amended filing.
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Associated Press
Charles O. Betts
98Th District Court
Betts
Price Daniel
Magnolia Oil Company
Dallas County
Travis County
Shipping Strike Study Proposed
Washington proposes that Harry Bridges' CIO Longshoremen's Union end its 25 day Hawaii strike and send the wage dispute to a fact finding board. Cyrus S. Ching asks Hawaii governor to appoint citizens to sift issues and recommend settlement terms amid a 2,500 member strike seeking higher wages.
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Washington
Harry Bridges
CIO
Hawaii
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Ingram M. Stainback
Ching
Bridges’ Union
Taft Calls for Senate Showdown on Taft Hartley Bill
Senator Taft urges rapid Senate debate on the administration Taft Hartley repeal. He predicts Congress will kill the administration bill and pass his substitute with more than twenty changes while keeping key features. He presses leadership to start debate so a quick decision can follow.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Congress
Donnell
Smith
N.J
House
Polio Cases Rise Prompt Cox Clean-Up Appeal
New polio cases in Texas jump to 42, versus 14 a week earlier, placing this year near the 1948 peak of 1,765. State Health Officer George W. Cox urged a statewide sanitation drive, asking citizens, civic groups, and officials to join the effort to avert a 1948 scale outbreak.
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Texas
George W. Cox
Cox
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County Mobile Radio System
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