One-Man Pollster Plans Early Tour for 194? Elections
President Truman's pollster Leslie L. Biffle announced a new, discreet tour to gauge public sentiment after Congress adjourns. He aims to sound out grass roots views in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and possibly Wisconsin on the administration and Senate chances in November.
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Leslie L. Biffle
Truman
Biffle
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Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Wisconsin
Novemer
Police recover stolen car after quick theft
A car stolen from the 700 block of Brazos Street was recovered minutes later. Fred Davis owned the car at 5518 Jefferson Davis Avenue. A man in Stambaugh’s car asked for a ride to Louisiana before driving off in Davis’s car, which police later found in the 2200 block of Guadalupe. The driver showed signs of drinking and had a road map. The vehicle was returned to Davis.
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M. A. Guentzel
C. H. Petri
Guadalupe
Roland Carlson
Margie Marie Barr
Garden Street
Perfecto Cleaners
West
Esmeet
Gatesville
Trinity Street
Nickelodeon
Fugitive Bent Jr. Escapes Police After High-Speed Chase
Police pursuing James F. Bent Jr. 26, a Kansas City armed robber and California felon, chased him through swamp roads near New Orleans. Bent crashed a convertible into a Jefferson Parish squad car, escaped on foot, and eluded capture after leaping boards and barbed wire fences. He was finally cornered under a house before being recaptured and returned for treatment of a broken jaw.
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San Diego
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Victory
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NYU Professor Scheduled for PTA Leadership Talk
Dr. Howard Lane of New York University will lead a PTA workshop on leadership on Wednesday at 9 30 a m at Camp Craft on Bee Caves Road. The event is sponsored by the Hogg Foundation and announced by Mrs George Snowden president of the Austin city council PTA.
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New York University
Parent- Teachers Association
Camp Craft
Bee Caves
George Snowden
Austin City
OES to Install Officers at Creedmoor Chapter 607
Mrs. Alton Mullins will become Worthy Matron of Creedmoor Chapter No. 607, Order of the Eastern Star, at installation services Wednesday at 8 p m at Onion Creek Masonic Lodge Hall. Installing officers include Miss Ada Nolen and Mrs. Albert Hooke with a full slate of elected officers. The program is open to the public.
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Creedmoor
Order of the Eastern Star
Onion Creek Masonic Lodge
Stanley Seffert
Clayton Gurley
John Kelly
Rudolph Braune
C. H. Petri
W. T. McAuley
Venus Smith
W. D. Wilson
Marshal
W. F. Friedrich
Ada
Edward Schmidt
Ruth
Jacob Bauerle
Esther
A. H. Laws
Martha
James Boyd
Electra
Howard Ayers
Alvin Krumecke
Sentinel
UT Ramshorn Club to Meet on Friday
The Ramshorn Club of UT Engi neer ex-students will hold its second meeting Friday in the University Union at 6 45 p m. A program outlining activities and a rehydraulic laboratory proposal for Austin will be reviewed. Dinner will be served and speakers include Bully Gilst rap president L H Cullum of the Texas Ex Students Association and Dudley K Woodward of the University Board of Regents.
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University of Texas
Secor
Austin
University Union
Julian Montgomery
Bully Gilstrap
L. H. Cullum
Texas Ex-Students Association
Dudley K. Woodward
University Board of Regents
Field Marshal Wavell Burial Plans Complete
London authorities announced that Field Marshal Earl Wavell will be buried privately in the cloister of Winchester College on June 7 after services at Westminster Abbey. He led Allied forces in Africa during World War II.
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Field Marshal Earl Wavell
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Winchester College
Westminster Abbey
Hospital Reports Hive Injured In Wreck Improved
Five men injured in a head on collision Sunday are in fair condition. Manuel Castro and Christine Castro show improvement while Casmine Castro is in good condition. Two Austin men Allan Walden and Houston McGary improved slightly. Police officer Charles Haralson and spectator Roy Henderson are in fair condition from Oak Hill motorcycle races. Funeral services for Jose Castro were held. Epitamio Castro killed in wreck. Drownings of Andrew Hunter and Bobbie Crafford confirmed accidental. funerals held with pallbearers named.
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Christine Castro
Casmine Castro
Creedmoor
Austin
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Houston McGary
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Waco
Roy Henderson
Oak Hill
San Jose
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Brackenridge Hospital
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Colorado River
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Jack) Hunter
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Hylton Manor Funeral Home
C. W. Hawkes
Montopolis Baptist Mission
Memorial Park
C .T. Sutton
Harold Pearce
Jess Grady
David Brown
Jimmie
Vergil Shuler
Bobbie George Crafford
Trinity Street
Hylton Manor
Harry Pesnell
The
Baptist Temple
Bobbie Williams
Bennie Roy Chiles
R. O. Cathery
Jimmie Nicholson
Richard Young
Surgery Planned for Colorado River Shooting Boy
An operation to remove a .22 caliber bullet from Billy Joe Simpson 8 on the Colorado River May 21 is planned by three attending physicians. The lad was on the critical list a week and is now much improved. Police expect ballistics tests to identify the shooter, as two groups of boys on the opposite riverbank admitted firing. Each group denies shooting at anyone, and bullet removal will aid pinpointing the weapon types used.
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Billy Joe Simpson
Colorado
Zoners Refuse One Bid and Delay Two Zoning Changes
A City Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting failed to recommend the request to change the northwest corner of San Jacinto Boulevard and East 17th Street from C-1 to C-2. Two other changes were postponed for further study: Manor Road near Cherrywood Road from A residential to C commercial and River and Red River Streets at the southwest corner from …
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City Zoning Board of Adjustment
San Jacinto Boulevard
East 17Th Street
Manor Road
Cherrywood Road
River
Red River Streets
Austin Considers Sanitation Standards for New Housing
A special committee in Austin is set to recommend City Council passage of minimum sanitation rules for new housing. The plan targets pit toilets, favoring sewer connections within 100 feet or septic tanks, and a square footage standard by bedroom count. The panel also weighs a mandatory minimum housing size, with Wednesday's vote pending.
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Austin
Munsey Wilson
Wilson
Taylor Glass
Campaign Chest to Study Funds for 1950 Drive
Austin businessmen plan a Wednesday meeting at City Hall to raise the 38000 needed to finish the 1950 Community Chest campaign. The drive faces dire financial straits with 18 agencies already seeing cut allotments as supporters rally for a fall restart. E. H. Perry urged continued local business backing to sustain the chest until October renewed efforts.
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Community Chest
Austin
City Hall
Businessen
E. H. Perry
Polio Patient in Good Condition at Brackenridge
The fifth polio patient of 1950 in Travis County, four year old Barbara Nell Jones of Del Valle, was reported in good condition at Brackenridge Hospital. She had been a patient since last Wednesday after a polio diagnosis on Saturday. County polio cases this year compared with eight at the same time last year.
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Travis County
Brackenridge Hospital
Barbara Nell Jones
Melvin Jones
del Valle
State Health Department
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