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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
3
British and American officials opened 62 minutes of talks at the State Department with hopeful notes but clear pessimism about a new aid formula. Bevin and Cripps led Britain's negotiating team seeking harmonized policies to stem Britain's dollar shortage and global economic strain.
An ad touts Southern Select as the finest beer ever brewed praising its delicious golden drop and inviting readers to try it.
In McAllen on September 7 a Texas bank adds a free coffee bar for customers. Executive VP R C Adams announces a new coffee counter and teletype machine allowing patrons to sip coffee and watch market quotations while handling deposits or withdrawals.
The Driskill Hotel Crystal Ballroom hosted a coasted beauty contest for about 400 babies aged six months to five years. Five judges evaluated six age groups over more than two hours with winners from each group to be announced Tuesday and later crowned at the City Coliseum on September 14. Proceeds benefit Veterans Administration hospital care.
Polio, Inc. of Austin plans to ask the City Council for a rent free lease of the old Butler homestead tract west of La Mar Boulevard to house a $75,000 rehabilitation and recreational center. Councilman W. S. Drake Jr. cited a Polio committee decision to request the site. The council also may decide on an option sale of 400 acres of the Austin Metropolitan Park to the Austin Area Economic Development Foundation for a $4.5 million vacation village project with city payment of $46,500 under the option agreement.
Brownwood Texas district attorney received Sandra Peterson’s birth certificate showing birth date December 11, 1931 making her 17. She is accused of shooting Brady Real Estate Man Lewis Patterson and leaving his body in a ditch near Brady on August 25. Peterson remains jailed in Brady. a McCulloch County grand jury has adjourned subject to recall for further investigation.
Fort Worth reports infantry veteran Micky B. Burns, 28, of Paradise, who already lost sight in his left eye in North Africa, fights to preserve his remaining eye after a steel fragment pierced his right eye while helping assemble a mowing machine at Gowan Tractor Company. A specialist removed the steel with an electric magnet.
Fort Worth and Dallas police testified of raids tied to betting rings and Western Union wires used to relay race information. Attorneys argued over whether the services should be banned, with officials asserting ongoing danger of illegal use and Western Union denying knowledge of illicit operations.
Senators Hayden and McFarland urged President Truman to prevent any tariff reduction on lemons. They argued U S lemon production exceeds domestic consumption and a lower duty could cripple the current lemon marketing agreement. The President promised to review the issue amid the Annecy trade conference.
The special grand jury meets in Alice on September 7 to investigate the July 29 death of W H Mason a crusading radio commentator. Deputy Sam Smithwick charged with murder is held without bond as the jury is urged to probe all angles including beer taverns and houses of prostitution.
Houston report says Constable Dale Richardson, known for anti gambling raids, plans to seize marble table machines countywide starting Thursday. He warned operators to remove them or risk confiscation ahead of the new school term.
Funeral services were pending Wednesday for E. E. Justice 48 city manager of Marshall who died Tuesday of a heart attack Justice a former Marion County school superintendent is survived by his family and colleagues in Marshall and Marion County
An advert promotes T-4-L a penetrating fungicide that kills embedded germs on contact and dries instantly. It claims satisfaction or your 40 cents back from any druggist and notes availability today at Renfro Drug Stores.
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