Right of Way Purchase Starts for New Inter-Regional Highway
Travis County officials report starting 300-foot right of way purchases for the first leg of a planned inter-regional highway from Austin to Fiskville and Rundberg Lane. Three central routes are under study as the final segment awaits Williamson County routing decisions. County Commissioner N L Gault objects to the cost of the original plan.
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Travis County
N. L. Gault
Fiskville
Austin
State Highway Department
Capital Memorial Park
Highway Department
Cloves of Zanzibar Dominate World Trade
Four fifths of the world's cloves come from Zanzibar and Pemba, islands off the East Africa coast, highlighting their key role in global spice markets and regional trade.
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Zanzibar
Pemba
East Africa
Helps You Overcome False Teeth Ad for PFAS TERTH powder
An advertisement claims PFAS TERTH improves false teeth with an alkaline powder that secures plates for comfort. It promises relief from wobbliness and embarrassment and urges readers to buy at drug stores.
Courthouse and Inheritance Notices and New Car Registrations
Court records show divorces and executors in 126th District and county courts, estates of several deceased including Wren and Nicholson, guardianship and inheritance tax filings, plus new car registrations for Mercury Ford and Buick models and owners listed. Names include Roberta, P Stevenson, J Karl Stevenson, L G Wren, Trannie Wren, Belle Higgs, Bessie Stuart, M H Alford Jr, Patty Sue House, Robert Mueller, Chilton House, Mariella Meier, Velma Meier, L P Jeffreys, Lois Jeffreys Jenkins, Raymond Nicholson, Gertrude Michelson, Victor Gleckler, Roger Abernathy, Rupert Gregory, Edward Harris, Luis Quintana, F K Eidelbach, Edger Hornsby.
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County Court
Johnson
L. G. Wren
Trannie Wren
Belle Wren Higgs
Bessie Stuart
HM. B. Alford Jr
Patty Sue House
Robert Mueller
Guardian
Lois Gardner
Chilton Clay House
Mariella Meier
Velma Meier
L. P. Jeffreys
Lois Jeffreys Jenkins
Raymond Nicholson
Gertrude L. Michelson
Heffington
Victor Gleckler
Mercury
Roger E. Abernathy
Ford
Rupert S. Gregory
Edward W. Harris
Luis R. Quintana
Dodge
F. K. Eidelbach
Buick
Edger
Hornsby
Dentists Endorse Fluoridation of Austin Water
The Austin district dental society unanimously supports fluorinating the city water to cut tooth decay, especially in children. A resolution is being prepared for submission to the City Council next Thursday. The State Health Department reports fluoridated water reduces tooth decay 25 to 47 percent after three years, with expectations up to 60 percent.
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Austin District Dental Society
Austin
State Health Department
Bread Bakers Contest Set by Travis County Demonstration Club
The Travis County Home Demonstration Club will stage a bread baking contest on Saturday at 9 a.m. in Calcasieu auditorium at Second and Lavaca. Mrs. L. Briley, home service director, announced the event.
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Travis County Home Demonstration Club
Free Austin Offers First Home Nursing Class
Rebecca Pond of the American Red Cross arrives in Austin to coordinate a free home nursing course starting October 17 at Brackenridge Hospital Nurses' Home. The Travis County Red Cross chapter expands enrollment beyond 12 with morning, afternoon and evening sessions. instructors include Mary Holman and Ruth Tillman. Applications to the Travis County Red Cross chapter at 322 Jessie Street or by phone 8-1601.
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Rebecca Pond
American Red Cross
Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Travis County
The
Red Cross
W. FE. Allen
Home Nursing
Mary Holman
Brackenridge
Ruth Tillman
Fort Worth
Red Cross Chapter
Jessie Street
Century Old Clove Trees Endure Under Time
The report notes clove trees often bear fruit for a century, highlighting the long-lived maturity of this spice crop and its enduring agricultural value through generations.
1200 Squaring Away for Fall Dance Tonight
About 1200 members of the Mid-Tex Square Dancers Association are squared away for their fall jamboree in Gregory Gym from 8 pm to midnight Saturday. Dancers will begin with a session at the Austin Athletic Club from 2:30 to 5 pm. Out-of-town guests register at the club. Delegations arrive from Central Texas and major Texas cities, Oklahoma City and Amarillo. The event aims to promote square dancing in Central Texas with prior dances in San Antonio and Luling. Notables and club presidents will attend grand march events and receptions at the university, city offices, and the Cham ber of Commerce.
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Mid- Tex Square Dancers’ Association
Gregory Gymnasium
Austin Athletic Club
Texas
Okla- Chal
Panhandle Square Dancers Association
Wilson
Central Texas
San Antonio
Luling
University of Texas
T Painter
Texas Supreme Court
James P. Hart
Meade F. Griffin
D. H. Turner
A. L. Quicksal
Jess Irwin
Henry Cain
J. C. Holcomb
O. T. Bergstrom
Ruth Swanson
W. H. Dietrich
Joe Murphy
F. C. Burns
Jack Farrell
Prosthetic Appliance Expert Set for VA Visits in Austin
Austin area veterans with prosthetic needs are invited to visit the Veterans Administration office for conferences with a prosthetic representative from the VA Regional Office in Waco. James Howze said Jim Flowers will be in Austin Monday noon through Thursday for consultations.
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Austin
Veterans Administration
Waco
James Howze
Jim Flowers
Gatsby on screen as faithfulness and ironies endure
A dense Paramount release praised for faithfulness to F Scott Fitzgerald's novel, preserving its irony. Alan Ladd as Gatsby impresses in a difficult bootlegger role while Betty Field and Barry Sullivan give strong support. Cyril Hume contributes solid screenplay work.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Gatsby
Alan Ladd
Ladd
Barry Sullivan
Cyril Hume
Scott Fitzgerald
Screen listings note star lineup and showings at drives
Dudley Early notes Fitzgerald film untouched while Howard Da Silva Henry Hull and Elisha Cook Jr star in a not pleasant but good picture. The page lists multiple drives with film titles, showtimes, and stars including John Wayne Lynn, Marx Brothers, Batman and Robin, Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers and Randolph Scott, with times like 2 10 and 6 08 and mentions counties California and Texas local theaters.
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Fitzgerald
Howard da Silva
Henry Hull
Elisha Cook Jr
Memorial Fund Nears Half Mark in Austin Gold Star Mothers drive
The Austin Gold Star Mothers fund rose to about $4,000 with $5,500 still needed. Lois Fugler announced the goal and received a $250 contribution from the Austin Building Trades Council. A bucket campaign on Congress Avenue and a benefit dance at Dorie Miller Auditorium are planned with student tickets at 50 cents and adults at 75 cents. A life size statue is proposed for the island at 11th and Colorado Streets.
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Austin
Gold Star Mothers Memorial Fund
Lois Fugler
Gold Star Mothers Inc
Fugler
Austin Building Trades Council
Congress Avenue
Negro Recreation Council
Samuel Houston
Train Hits Car Injuring Couple Near Station
A car carrying Mr. and Mrs. Howard Toliver of 1615 Holly Street sustained minor injuries when it collided with a Southern Pacific passenger train backing into the station on East Fifth. The crash occurred about 5:25 am Friday, the car was pushed 89 feet, and both occupants were treated at Brackenridge Hospital and released.
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Howard Toliver
Holly Street
Brackenridge Hospital
East Fifth
Southern Pacific
January Carnation and Garnet Birth Month Note
The text identifies January flower as the carnation and birthstone as garnet. It presents a brief month tradition item without additional context or dates.
Hoover Commission member lauds Defense cuts and know how
James M. Todd, Hoover Commission member, praises Defense Secretary Louis Johnson for cutting 147 000 civilian employees from armed forces payrolls as a model of trimming government costs. He spoke at the University of Texas Engineering Building, urging engineers to guard know how and resist nationalization while noting duplications across agencies and the need to maintain high employment.
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Louis Johnson
Hoover Commission
James M. Todd
Commission
Johnson
Todd
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
University of Texas
Cover Commission
Agriculture Department
Co of US Engineers
Interior Department
Veterans Administration
Austinite Leads Hotel Greeters’ Meeting
Steele Alexander of Austin, president of Hotel Greeters Chapter 18, will preside over the meeting Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Riley Hotel in Waco. About 65 hotel officials from Central Texas are expected to attend the session, banquet and dance, Alexander said.
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Steele Alexander
Austin
Riley Hotel
Waco
Central Texas
Alexander
Kidnaping Trial and Ten Other Cases Set for Monday
In 98th District Court Judge Charles O Betts and District Attorney Bob Long announced next Monday trials for ten cases including the Robbins kidnaping. Three murder trials are docketed a week later. Defendants named with charges include Ira Mays Steve A Grepiotes and Albert Young Jr. Bail for newly indicted defendants was set at up to $10 000.
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Robbins
98Th District Court
Charles O. Betts
Bob Long
Betts
Long
Ira Mays
Steve A. Grepiotes
Albert Young Jr
Armando Ruiz
William Franklin Davis
Robert Andrada
Curtis Franklin
Edward James “Bunty” Alexander
James Barber
Ruiz
Alexander
James Clark, Jr
Jimmy Cantwell
Ivan F
Bitsy) Robbins
John Gerald Brown
James McIntyre
Vernon Heiser
Elmo Robinson
Essie B. Clark
Thomas Guerra
Theodore Roosevelt Moore Jr
Grand
Brown
Young
Sheriff's Department
Kiwanis Club Plans Ladies Night Party
The Capital City Kiwanis Club announced a ladies night party for Thursday Oct. 20 at 6 30 p m at the Stephen F. Austin Motel in Philadelphia. The program will be informal with no speakers. Follows a luncheon noting a Texas Longhorns win over Temple University Owls.
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Capital City
Kiwanis Club
Texas Longhorns
Temple University Owls
Philadelphia
Stephen F. Austin
UT Dean Arno Nowotny Speaks at Serra Club Luncheon
Dean Arno Nowotny of the University of Texas addressed the Serra Club at Friday’s luncheon in the Engineers and Associates Club. Louis V. Shurr served as president and presided over the meeting.
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Dean Arno Nowotny
Serra Club
Austin Serra Club
Arno Nowotny
University of Texas
Eengineers and Associates Club
Louis V. Shurr
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Bread Bakers’ Contest
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Paramount
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Jerry Lewis
Marie Wilson
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Batman and Robin
John Warner
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Hopalong Cassidy
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Roy Rogers
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