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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1949
Page
13
More than 135 theaters in the Interstate chain will implement a junior price scale for ages 12 to 17. In first run top price theaters the price drops from 60 cents to 40 cents, with overall reductions from 20 to 10 cents depending on the theater.
Two youths ages 15 and 16 admitted to a spree of nine burglaries and three car thefts starting Aug 28. Police traced the gang to four members with a 17-year-old not yet charged in one burglary and another 17-year-old implicated in one. a 17-year-old’s girlfriend was arrested but not charged in the crimes. The gang targeted Davis and Wesson Service Station, Capital Laundry, Blum Grocery, Fannie Nielson’s Used Cars, Hoffman Paint, Covert Auto, and Pil and Cleaners, including a Sept. 7 peak night and burglaries across Bastrop and Travis counties. A rifle stolen Sept. 13 from Tubentino Ramirez of Cedar Creek was recovered.
Only 140 property owners filed protests against 5 100 tax assessments as the city tax department reported. City assessor Clifford Stohl said protests are due by Thursday and noted most increases stem from new construction in 1948 while some owners lowered values from last year. The board of equalization heard 15 protest cases and made a major change on Jacob Schmidt’s inventory value, with other rechecks ordered for several properties.
The Rock Hill Company of San Antonio cannot receive credit for overpayment of oil production taxes by Petrolite Corporation. Since Petrolite is no longer a producer, the claim of 9407.51 from 1942 46 cannot be recovered via offsets. Ruling issued by Assistant Attorney General W V Geppert under Attorney General Price Daniel.
The report estimates Puerto Rico’s white population at between 70 and 75 percent of the total, based on available census data and demographic analysis. Further breakdowns by region or category are not provided in the excerpt.
Wendell Addington, a young Communist and UT senior, said Tuesday he signed the new loyalty oath required by the Legislature. He plans to return to classes with about 15,000 other students while asserting his Communist Party membership remains valid. The oath bars un American causes at state colleges and allows expulsion or dismissal for noncompliance with appeals possible to Travis County district court.
The East Austin skyline will feature a new $90,000 Masonic temple at 1017 East 11th Street. J. M. Odom is general contractor with John Lynn Scott as architect for St. Joseph's Grand Lodge AF&AM led by S. C. Marshall, a former Negro schoolteacher who became grand master eleven years ago and heads the Supreme Council of grand masters nationwide.
Governor Allan Shivers will address a state and regional meeting of rural electric cooperatives in El Paso on Oct 26. The convention runs Oct 24 26 with New Mexico and Arizona governors also scheduled to attend.
City School Superintendent J W Edgar is expected to approve a planned outdoor camping program for sixth grade students at Friday Mountain Camp 17 miles southwest of Austin. The program, costing about 3000 dollars, runs October then April and May with one week per October homeroom and potential expansion if successful.
Santa Monica Calif Sept 20 Robbin Coons longtime Hollywood AP writer and later magazine journalist died Tuesday from a heart attack He was 44.
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