Austin School Year Opens With Registration Rush
The 1949 50 Austin school year begins with staggered registration for about 15 000 students. 9A and 10A 10B pupils register today while others follow Thursday and Wednesday slots at Austin and Anderson High Schools. First graders need birth certificates health forms vaccination proof and parental escort to registration. Regular classes start Monday.
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Austin and
Anderson
Austin High School
Austin Public Schools
Clarksville
Brackenridge
Freight Embargo Disputed. Austin May Still Accept Loads
Missouri Pacific officials in Austin announced freight shipments will continue despite a St Louis embargo set to start at midnight Tuesday due to a threatened strike by operating employees Friday. The embargo excludes International Great Northern and Gulf Coast Lines but covers Missouri Pacific Lines from Texarkana to St. Louis. passengers and parcels face separate St Louis embargo with cancellations for northbound Texas Eagle departures.
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St. Louis
Brotherhoods
Austin
A. R. Fox
Texarkana
Texas Eagle
Shirley May France Fails In English Channel Swim
Dover England September 6 4 Exhausted and hysterical Shirley May France was hauled from the water six miles from her Dover goal after a ten hour forty minute attempt to swim the Channel. The 17 year old from Somerset Massachusetts endured dire tides cold and near exhaustion as Hollywood producer Edward Small pledged support and possible appearances.
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England
Shirley May
France
English Channel
Somerset, Mass
J. Walter France
Harry Boudakian
Edward Small
Small
Hollywood
New York
United Artists
Gertrude Ederle
Cap Gris Nez
Boudakian
Shirley
John Temme
Tony Brierly
Providence
East Cliff
New Houston Train Schedule Backed by Austin Chamber
Austin Chamber of Commerce directors voted to file with the Texas Railroad Commission demanding earlier morning and late afternoon passenger trains between Austin and Houston, replacing the current daylight service. President Carrington reported the commission hearing to oppose the railroad’s abandonment plea as communities urged better schedules.
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Austin Chamber of Commerce
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Austin
Houston
Joe C. Carrington
Carrington
David Omc
Starr Kealhofer
Beaumont
R. W. Byram
Educational Bureau
University of Texas and Colleges
John Linn Scott
John M. Scott
C. B. Smith Motors
Noble Prentice
Walter E. Long
Chamber of Commerce
Record Labor Day Toll Milestones Across Nation
National Safety Council tallies 550 deaths over Labor Day weekend with 410 traffic fatalities, 53 drownings, and 87 in fires, crashes and other mishaps. The 78 hour period from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight produced a rate of about one death every eight and a half minutes. Texas reports at least 26 violent deaths, including 17 traffic, two plane crashes, and one each by train, shooting, stabbing, electrocution, and drowning.
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Ned H. Dearborn
The
Safety Council
Texas
Austin Receives AA Rating for All Bonds
Austin earned an AA rating from Moody Investment Service for its revenue bonds, a distinction that could lower interest costs. City Manager Guston Morgan announced the rating two days before a bond sale to raise 7.15 million dollars for power, water, and sewer plant enlargements through 1952, with a separate 930 thousand dollar issue for school improvements and a police courts building.
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Moody Investment Service of New York, Investment Rating Authority
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Police Courts
Texas
Stalking Killer Kills 12 on Camden Street Rampage
Howard Unruh, a 28 year old ex GI, walked River Road Camden firing a Luger pistol. He killed 12 people and wounded four others before being shot in the buttock. police call it the worst street murder spree in US history.
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Howard Unruh
River Road
Cooper Hospital
Unruh
Cohen
John P. Pilarchik
Clark Hoover
Orris Smith
Maurice Cohen
Harold Unruh
N.J
Murray on critical list after Austin crash injures official
Texas Railroad Commissioner William J. Murray Jr 34 remains in critical condition after a Monday collision at Wilshire Road and Airport Boulevard. His wife and two younger daughters were hospitalized for observation while a third daughter Jo Anna 8 was unharmed except for a black eye. Also reported: Lieutenant General Ernest O Thompson escaped injury. investigation by Traffic Captain Warren Blackman continues with drivers of the cab and car unavailable for statements.
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William J
Bill” Murray Jr
Texas
Murray
Wilshire Road
Airport Boulevard
Brackenridge
Murrays
Marsha
Janice
Jo Anna
Dryden
Warren Blackman
Harry Grady
Rio Grande
Joe Swain
Route 3
Amarillo
Ernest Thompson
Olin Culberson
Colorado
Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
W. O. Murray
Austin
Thompson
Bill
Sports Sparks in Big State League Playoffs Open
Austin and Texarkana start the Big State League playoffs in Texarkana on Wednesday. Jimmy Thompson, noted long hitter, appears in Austin Friday. Baseball shifts to Thursday with the Austin Maroons hosting Thomas Jefferson in San Antonio. The New York Giants halted Philadelphia’s seven game streak in the second game of a doubleheader. The Red Sox and Yankees begin a crucial series in New York. Ted Williams leads the American League in hitting while Enos Slaughter closes in on Jackie Robinson’s pace in the National League.
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Texarkana
Jimmy Thompson
Golfdam
Austin Maroons
Thomas Jefferson
San Antonio
New York Giants
Philadelphia
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
New York
Ted Williams
Enos Slaughter
Jackie Robinson
No Relief Sighted In Local Drought
Austin marked its 20th dry day with no rainfall and high temperatures around 96 degrees while Corpus Christi reported a 2.38 inch gully washer. The Weather Bureau warned no rain in sight for the next few days, with 96 degree highs across Austin San Antonio and Fort Worth.
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Mercury
Presidio
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Corpus Christi
Weather Bureau
Pretty Good Score Mass Killer Fires On Cops In Camden
Howard B. Unruh, the Camden mass killer, answered a telephone interview while exchanging gunfire with police from his River Avenue home. He claimed a "pretty good score" and said he would talk later after surrendering to officers advancing with tear gas.
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Marshall Thompson
River Road
Unruh
Mitchell Cohen
Camden
N. J
Howard B. Unruh
River Ave
Border Patrol Nets 200 Migrants at Rio Grande Crossing
UPI reported at El Paso that border patrol crews captured 200 Mexican farm workers crossing the Rio Grande into the United States Monday night. Mexican agents on the south bank arrested 33 more. A smuggler leader escaped. Near Ysleta about 100 would be cotton pickers crossed the river under his guidance.
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US Immigration Border Patrol
Rio Grande
Ysleta
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Rose
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Seige
Philip W. Buxton
Camden Evening Courier
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