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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1948
Page
2
The Jefferson Hardware and Sporting Store was broken into by the Brace and Bit gang who bored holes through the ceiling, cracked a safe, and took over $1,000 in cash along with ammunition and firearms. Police say the same group has operated in San Antonio for a year.
A record fall enrollment of 11 378 students at the University of Houston was announced by registrar Dr. Terrel Spencer.
Austin Chamber of Commerce began listing rooms in Austin homes for visitors to the Aggie Longhorn Thanksgiving game. W Luther Thompson praised past listings for the SMU game and urged similar cooperation this year. The Chamber makes no charge and shares listings with hotels and tourist courts for reference.
About 1,000,000 taxpayers in the South Texas internal revenue district will receive individual 1948 income tax return forms and a 16 page instruction book by November 30. Form 1040-A will be used for salaries under 5,000 dollars, with withholding receipts attached. No tax table appears on the salaried form this year.
United Gas Corporation and subsidiaries announce three months ended September 30 1948 net income 3 143 155 up from 2 755 513 in 1947 earnings per share 29 cents vs 26 cents.
Citizens State Bank may relocate from Seventh and Brazos to 1908 Guadalupe in the University area. A new drive in banking facility is planned with a 70 by 128 foot lot, pending formal approval from the State Banking Department.
On this day in 1873 the Harrel clan shot three state police in Lampasas as Carpetbag Governor E. J. Davis sent officers to tame the town. The feud escalated with gun battles, a 50-man clash in the public square, and a ranger intervention ending lethal hostilities.
McCAMEY Nov 15. Robert Wylie Hines six years old remained in satisfactory condition after being shot through the chest in an accidental discharge by a playmate while the boys were handling a .22 caliber rifle found in the home. Jerry Hines five ran home to tell his parents as the Fathers found the boy under the bed. no lung puncture or fractures. The child is the son of Mr and Mrs Jake Hines of Mc Camey.
Veterans of two wars will be honored in a Tuesday evening party hosted by the Graham D. Luhn Post of the American Legion and its auxiliary at the legion home.
Six people were killed and 58 wounded in a communal clash in northern Calcutta on Monday. The report from Calcutta, dated November 15, notes the fatalities and injuries as authorities seek to restore order.
J E Motheral director of public works awaited a decision on the type of intersection at Airport Boulevard and the Interregional Highway on East Avenue. A cloverleaf plan may require more right of way on the east side. The US Bureau of Public Roads funds half of a 5 million paving program and wants grade separation. The city aims to let the paving contract by mid February after moving eleven houses, with bids on structures and a Lamar Boulevard extension house sale set for Tuesday.
At Texas A M College a pipe smoking contest measured one bowlful of tobacco and one match. W B Steep a civil engineering student from Willis won as King of Stokers after puffing for 1 hour 12 minutes. Entomology student J W Selby from Houston lasted 66 minutes, with briar pipes outperforming bigger calibash smokers.
The Austin Area Economic Development Foundation calls a general meeting for 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Stephen F Austin Hotel. Lake front and dock owners, tourist cabins operators, tackle dealers and recreation leaders are invited as ideas to boost tourist travel and use of lake facilities are sought. The objective is to raise payrolls through tourist services and increase tourist dollars into the region.
Mr and Mrs W H Joiner and family sold their new three bedroom brick house in Elgin to Mr and Mrs Wallace Arbuckle. The Joiners have bought a home in Giddings and moved there recently.
Cleveland November 15 report that Mrs John Stakes aged 29 gave birth Sunday night to three boys, her first children. Official details confirm the birth at a local hospital with the family awaiting health assessments for the newborns.
Gallup says election polls have no social good while other opinion surveys aid the nation. He defends non election sampling on Meet the Press and plans to continue election polling despite losses noted in the Dewey forecast. He stated our heads are bloody but unbowed regarding the recent presidential results.
The town of Haskell in Arizona was named for Charles N. Haskell, Oklahoma's first governor who served from 1907 to 1911.
Kilgore Fire Chief Bill Willis was named president of the Northeast Texas Firemen's Association at its semi annual meeting in Hughes Springs. New officers include Carl Bechtold Marshall first vice president George Nugent Quitman second vice president Ray Clark Jefferson secretary treasurer and Rev Ed Mathison Mount Pleasant chaplain.
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