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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1950
Page
7
On Tuesday the City Zoning Board docket lists one petition for zone reclassification. Cecil H. Hale seeks to reclassify 1101 West Gibson Street from Residential A to Commercial C for a consulting chemist office.
Summary of divorce filings and grants across multiple district courts, removals of minority, damages settlements, tax refunds, and executorship appointments. Includes marriage licenses issued, new car registrations, building permits for residences and commercial projects, church relocation, and various estates filed in County Court and Justice Court.
Jones predicts big time racketeers would pay up to 100,000 dollars a year to run full scale gambling in Austin. He notes Austin is currently clear of organized gambling but warns once entrenched it is hard to uproot. He recalls three approaches during his terms and links gambling to violence such as a Fort Worth bombing.
State charter issued to Parkinson Estates Inc an Austin real estate firm with $1800 capital stock and incorporators Ben A Parkinson Henry S Parkinson and Mona Lae Roberts Also chartered Armo Mills Produce Lockhart agricultural commodities $4000 and Armo Mills Supply Lockhart merchandise $10000 with Newton W Wilson Jr Ama C Wilson and Oran Coker r as incorporators Foreign permit granted KRS Properties Inc New York real estate allowed to operate in Texas with Arthur P Bagby Austin as state agent Lion Service Company Oklahoma admitted to do business in Texas State offices designated 310 Comal Austin with Irving Miles as state agent
Local contractors agreed Friday that a construction slump is underway in Austin. They cited government restrictions on 44 construction types and a steel and cement materials shortage as main causes, with weather a minor factor. Housing projects remain but are reduced and fewer plans are in the pipeline, the AGC Bulletin reported.
The Texas State Health Department Bureau of Laboratories was named a collaborating lab for the Southwest in a World Health Organization influenza study program. Texas lab will perform serological tests on influenza patients, isolate virus, monitor regional flareups, evaluate conditions, and report to the NIH in Maryland.
Joseph Castle, Austin violinist and former UT pupil of Angel Reyes, appeared as student soloist with Sul Ross State College’s College Symphony Orchestra in Alpine. He performed a solo in the Bach Double Concerto for two violins under Preston Stedman, a figure in Alpine music since his September arrival.
A fellowship tea hosted by the nine local Methodist Wesleyan Service Guilds Sunday will honor Mrs. J. A. House of Yoakum and Mrs. H. C. Pletz of San Antonio. The event runs 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the University Methodist Church education building with a receiving line of guild presidents and other officials and a musical program planned.
The chief purpose of early chemistry and alchemy was to transform baser metals into gold and silver, seeking material gain through transmutation and hidden knowledge.
Bill Harding of The American Statesman predicts UT stars Byron Townsend and Tom Adske will be All Americans and that coach J T King will be among the nation’s top coaches in the next decade. He backs Ed Price for Texas head coach after Blair Cherry retires and lauds Cherry’s honesty.
Major Peter W. Jena Jr., stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, is in base hospital with a fractured leg. Major McKittrick is the son of Mr and Mrs P W McKittrick Sr of Austin.
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