Square dance class added by Austin Recreation Dept
The Austin Recreation Department announces a new square dance class on Wednesdays at 6 30 p m following the 7 30 to 8 30 p m round dance. Monday classes continue. A caller’s clinic will be held in the dance studio at the usual hour due to rising demand. Floyd Taylor begins beginner and improvement classes next week.
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Austin Recreation Department
Floyd Taylor
Children’s Theater
Bettie Lee Lafferty
Austin Athletic Club
Shafik Farid
Cecil Scarbrough
Guard Dies After Buffalo Jail Break Assault
Five prisoners escaped from Erie County jail in downtown Buffalo. Guard Joseph Wachowiak, 45, died at Emergency Hospital after being knocked unconscious with a broken mop handle. Another guard, 59, was struck but listed in good condition. All fugitives were captured.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Joseph Wachowiak
Arthur D. Britt
Erie County
Plane Carrying 3 Clergymen Missing
Civil Aeronautics Administration officials said a private plane with three persons aboard is unreported after leaving Cody Wyoming on Wednesday morning. The plane carried three clergymen with the words Voice of the Woods on its wings. Destination listed Boise Idaho with Pocatello Idaho as possible intermediate stop.
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Salt Lake City
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Cody
Wyo
CAA
Voice of the Woods
Boise
Idaho
Pocatello
Fifth Polio Death Reported in San Antonio
The fifth polio fatality of the year occurred in San Antonio as 2 year old David Bazan died at Robert B. Green Hospital after contracting poliomyelitis.
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San Antonio
David Bazan
Robert B. Green Hospital
Two New Polio Cases Reported in Blanco County
Two new polio cases from Blanco were reported to the Blanco County Chapter last week. Children of George Kneupper and Alfred Wagner are affected. one sent to San Antonio is improving, the other to Warm Springs in serious condition. Roy Shoefoeeter of Hye remains at Warm Springs with slow improvement and a six week further stay planned.
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Johnson City
Blanco
Blanco County
George Kneupper
Alfred Wagner
Kneupper
San Antonio
Wagner
Warm Springs
Roy Shoefoeeter
Hye
Gonzales
Eighty-Eight Votes 88 Truman 88 Dewey
Final tabulation from Eighty-Eight Kentucky shows identical scores for Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower with 88 votes each. The preview notes the parity as the key takeaway from the latest counts reported by United Press.
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Truman
Dewey
Eighty Eight
City officials head to Beau mont for phone rate talks
Austin councilman Taylor Glass and City Attorney Trueman E O Quinn join Mayor Otho Plummer and City Attorney George Murphy in Beaumont to discuss Southwestern Bell Telephone rate increases. Beaumont seeks a public utilities commission. Austin and Beaumont consider higher residence and business rates modeled on Little Rock schedules.
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Taylor Glass
Trueman
E. O’quinn
Beaumont
Otho Plummer
George Murphy
Austin
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Plummer
Public Utilities Commission
Texas
Tom Miller
Austin and Beaumont
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Utilities Commission
Small Craft Warned Of Strong Gulf Winds
The United States Weather Bureau issued small craft warnings along the Gulf Coast from Brownsville Texas to Apalachicola Florida. An afternoon advisory said southerly winds of 25 to 35 miles per hour were expected.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Brownsville
Texas
Apalachicola
Fiapalach
River Drop Blamed On Recent Drouth
The drouth in Texas blamed for reduced Guadalupe River flow and lower Buchanan and Marshall Ford reservoirs in October. Guadalupe at New Braunfels ran at about 20 percent of the October average since 1928. This marks the 13th consecutive deficient month with reservoirs down 9 to 19 feet and total stored water down about 30 000 acre feet. Surface runoff in East Texas rivers nears an all time low.
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Drouth
Texas
Guadalupe River
Buchanan
Marshall Ford
Texas Board of Water Engineers
New Braunfels
Guadalupe
Crosley Auto Demolished by Train Near Grapeland
Grapeland reports a Crosley driven by Raymond Craig of Crockett stalled on a rural crossing three miles north of Grapeland. Craig escaped with minor injuries as the northbound Texas Eagle struck the car, demolishing it.
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Grapeland
Crosley
Raymond Craig
Crockett
Craig
Texas Eagle
Rent Curbs Removed Near Letourneau Technical College
Rent controls have been removed from housing on the campus of Letourneau Technical College in Gregg County near Dallas. The action lifts price limits on campus dwellings affecting students and staff. The change signals a shift in housing policy for the institution and its nearby community.
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Dallas
Letourneau Technicalee
Gregg County
Drys Win Local Option Vote in Caldwell Precinct
A local option election in Justice of the Peace precinct 4 Caldwell state on Tuesday produced a 276 to 0 dry margin. A fifty year dry era ends as residents vote to prohibit alcohol in the area.
Missionary Harry Romig Dies After 40 Years in China
Missionary Harry G. Romig, 73, who spent four decades serving in China, died in Houston. Rites are planned for Friday following his long religious work and leadership in mission circles.
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Houston
Harry G. Romig
China
Romig
Jester Plea for Soft Labor Law Predicted
Dallas AFL leader Wallace Reilly urges Texas Legislature to soften state labor laws in response to Democratic victories. He says the mandate from Texas voters requires correcting statutes viewed as restrictive and unfair by labor.
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Dallas
AFL
Texas
Wallace Reilly
Dallas Central Labor
Cilee
Democratic Party
Lengthy earthworms lay eggs as big olives
Readable note reports that large worm eggs form in certain earthworms described as unusually long. The piece mentions egg size and worm type, focusing on the unexpected olive‑sized eggs and their origin in these large species.
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Austin American
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Small Crosley Auto
East Caldwell Drys
Brown
Congress Ave
Stephen F. Austin Hotel
Gmye
Ain
Ony Rinso
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