Leonard Elected By Civic Theater
Leonard elected idol head for one year at the Austin Civic Theatre Thursday. Myra Williamson and Windy Winn named to three year board terms. Trueman O’Quinn reelected. Bruce Roach to fill unexpired term. Art Wickland invited as pro tem. Mel Pape named director for five years. ACT reports 1949 50 season profit 2088 11 with 12560 attendance and 522 members.
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Homer Leonard
Austin Civic Bead
Eyle
Jack Lucke
Myra Williamson
Windy Winn
Trueman O'Quinn
Bruce Roach
Bill Mayne
Art Wickland
Lucke
Mel Pape
Pape
ACT
Blaze damages 15 room home at Kenmore Courts
Firefighters battled a stubborn blaze Thursday night at the 15 room residence 2507 Kenmore Courts. The fire started in an HVAC unit in the basement of Louis Page's home and spread through the conveyor up to the first and second floors. Fire alarm at 7:53 p.m. and damage extent undetermined.
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Kenmore Courts
Louis Page
Inter-American House Elects Stayton Head
John Stayton named president of the Inter-American House Association at a Thursday announcement. A four member committee elected Stayton and other officers on Wednesday with Mrs Fanny Amster as secretary and Fred Adams as treasurer. Adams re elected and Stayton succeeds Mrs W A Carter while Amster replaces Miss Rita Binkley. The electing committee included Mrs Stella Hardin, Mrs Marguerite Simpson, Mrs J L Hanchey and Mrs M C McCorkle.
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John Stayton
Inter-American House Association
Stayton
Fanny Amster
Fred Adams
Adams
W. A. Carter
Amster
Rita Binkley
Stella Hardin
Marguerite Simpson
J. L. Hanchey
M. C. McCorkle
Mrs Wyatt Injured In Auto Pedestrian Crash
Ozena Wyatt aged 60 of 1010 Willow Street was injured Thursday night in an auto pedestrian crash in front of 1004 East First Street. She was treated at Brackenridge Hospital for back and foot injuries and not reported in serious condition. Driver was Jimmy Stockdale 17 of 013 East First Street. Officers C Dipprey and Roger Rountree investigated.
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Ozena Wyatt
Willow Street
East First Street
McCarthy accuses Lattimore over Chinese Communist links
Rochester dispatch reports Senator McCarthy produced documents alleging Owen Lattimore intervened to keep two Chinese OWI employees, Chi and Hong, in U S government service despite Communist ties. Lattimore denied misuse of records and accused McCarthy of partial quoting and unauthorized possession.
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Rochester
N. Y
McCarthy
Owen Lattimore
Civil Service Commission
Lattimore
Baltimore
Office of War Information
OWI
Pacific
Kung Chuan Chi
Chew Si Hong
Chi
United Nations
Alfred Klein
Hong
K. C. Chi
K. T. Chi
Dr. Chi
Chungking
Bank of China
H. H. Kung
France
Chiang Kai-shek
Chew Hong
Chavez
D-N.m
Senate
Louis Budenz
Catholic Church
Budenz
Daily Worker
Civil Service
Shansi
China
Communist Party
Moscow
Weather fragment and astronomical notes from Austin Friday
The fragment reports sunrise at 5:31 a.m. and sunset at 7:25 p.m., with moonrise at 2:16 a.m. and moonset at 2:01 a.m. It notes a full moon on May 3, a high temperature around 92 degrees, and rainfall since January 1 totaling 18.33 inches. The text includes scattered forecasts and hydro-meteorological data for the Marshall Forest River area and surrounding regions.
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P. Mn
Vecesss CO
Cveas
Austin
Marehall
Balers
Antonio
Methodist Urges More Evangelism at Northwest Texas Conference
BIG SPRING May 25 Methodists at the 41st Northwest Texas Conference hear Reverend J Edmun Kirby urge a strong evangelism push this year. Dallas minister Pr Robert Goodrich stresses living faith in all life areas. Reports note Southwestern University enrollment peaks and conference youth sending six abroad for missions. Fort Worth Methodist Hospital work highlighted. McMurry fund drive seeks remaining $72,000 for a $200,000 campaign with dedication set for Oct 10-11.
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Big Spring
Northwest Texas
J. Edmund Kirby
Sweetwater
Commission On Evangelism
Robert Goodrich
Dallas
Howard Knox
Georgetown
Southwestern University
Barbara Lowery
Lubobck Conference
Hobert Johnson
Waco
Methodist Orphans Home
Fort Worth
John Huston and Bride Welcome First Son Walter Anthony Huston
Film director John Huston and his bride Enrica Soma welcomed a baby boy named Walter Anthony Huston, born April 16 at Temple Hospital. The couple, married February 10 in La Paz, Mexico, are listed with parents John Marcellus Huston and Enrica Soma. Walter Huston is the father's father.
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Los Angeles
John Huston
County Bureau of Vital Statistics
Walter Anthony Huston
Temple Hospital
John Marcellus Huston
Enrica Soma
Huston
Miss Soma
la Paz
Mexico
Evelyn Keyes
Juarez
Tony Soma
New York
Walter Huston
Underwater Tunnel Opens to Traffic in New York
Mayor William O Dwyer snips a ribbon to inaugurate the longest and deepest underwater automobile tunnel in the Western Hemisphere. The 9 117 foot twin bore tube links lower Manhattan and Brooklyn in an $80 million project, slashing commute times by up to an hour for Time conscious New Yorkers.
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New York
William O'Dwyer
Lower Manhattan
Brooklyn
Roosevelt
Manhattan-Brooklyn
Husband Sentenced to Twenty Years for Hot Stove Torture
In Rouen France Louis Blandeau a 39 year old hairdresser was convicted of voluntary homicide for forcing his wife to sit naked on a hot stove twice resulting in her death. The jury in the Assize court handed down the sentence of 20 years at hard labor. He claimed the burns were accidental after a money dispute with his wife.
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Rouen
France
Louis Blandeau
Assize Court
Blandeau
Blondeau
57 Negro Graduates Win Diplomas in Travis County
The first mass graduation for Negro elementary schools in Travis County was held at Ebenezer Baptist Church. 57 eighth grade graduates from 12 schools received diplomas while County Superintendent I W Popham presented them and Gus Urbantke delivered the invocation. Lucelestine Mitchell and Callie Canada had top grades.
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Travis County
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Robert L. Rowe
I. W. Popham
Travis County of Board
Gus F. Urbantke
Lucelestine Mitchell
Manor
Callie Canada
Montopolis
Mildred Williams
Pflugerville
Annie O. Davidson
Lamar
Helen Williams
Mantopolis
Alfred Sterling
Littig
Travis County Chorus
Creedmoor
Fiskville
Garfield
Hornsby Dunlap
Lund
Pilot Knob
Webberville
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