Public school budget set for public hearing today
Austin approves a record 1949 50 school budget totaling 3 703 805 with a 572 499 rise over 1948 49. The Foundation Fund 647 634 and per capita 956 329 lift state aid to 1 633 126 while local taxes provide 1 853 330. Bond funds 750 000 boost total outlay to 4 453 805 as salaries rise under Gilmer Aikin driven expansion.
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Austin
Board of Education
Bickler
Gilmer-Aikin
R. W. Byram
Excuse Helps Night Watchman Escape Speeding Ticket
Hillsdale Michigan Al Walters a night watchman avoided a speeding ticket by telling police he was rushing home to fetch his false teeth so he could eat his lunch.
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Hillsdale, Mich
al Walters
Courthouse Records and Licenses Report
District court filings include accounting suit by Mrs. Annie Ethel Driskill vs Federal Life and several divorces. Marriage licenses issued to six couples. New cars registered list names and makes for multiple owners.
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Annie Ethel Driskill
Federal Life Insurance Company
Jury To Study Dittlinger Case in Travis County
The Travis County grand jury will review the fatal shooting of Clara Dittlinger a 57 year old Austin woman on September 19 District Attorney Bob Long said it will be the first case for the 126th District Court grand jurors when they reconvene. Funeral services were held at Wilke's Chapel of the Bells with burial in Memorial Park. Dittlinger died after four and a half days in Brackenridge Hospital. A charge of assault with intent to murder has been filed against her husband John E. Dittlinger of Route One. The shooting occurred at their home on Webberville Road near Big Walnut Creek.
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Travis County Grand Jury
Clara Dittlinger
Austin
Bob Long
126Th District Court
Dittlinger
Wilke
Chapel of the Bells
Harry Pesnell
Memorial Park
Brackenridge Hospital
John E. Dittlinger
Route One
Webberville Road
Big Walnut Creek
Mobile Library Out for Repairs
The Austin Public Library mobile unit will be laid up for a week for repairs. This week's stops are canceled. After fixes, the trailer will resume its route next Monday. No fines will be charged for books due at the missed stops. Next week’s schedule lists Metz School Chal mers Courts Ridgetop Baker and Rosedale with dates October 3 to October 7.
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Austin Public Library
Miss Mary Rice
Miss Rice
Metz School
Chalmers Courts
Ridgetop
Baker
Rosedale
Teddy Bear Bites Teen In Union Paw Incident
Carol Carman, 15, was bitten on the foot by a teddy bear after stepping on it in Council Bluffs Iowa. The bear’s button eye sprung loose when stepped on, piercing her foot and prompting caution around stuffed toys.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Carol Carman
Carol
Salesman Charged After Driskill Elevator Incident
Clement Aaron Baker a 28-year-old salesman of 210 East Ninth Street faced aggravated assault charges in County Court-at-Law for an attack in a Driskill Hotel elevator Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Cecil Hart of 3313 King Street described a man entering on the third floor and wrestling with her between floors. The elevator halted at the second floor and she ordered him out. Police also reported two pistol thefts and other separate thefts in nearby areas.
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Clement Aaron Baker
East Ninth Street
W. H. Rampy
K. R. Herbert
Driskill Hotel
Cecil Hart
King Street
Thomas M. Williams
Camp Mabry
Herman Burditt
Route 2
Chicon Street
Two Local Trade Mags Win National Awards
Two Austin trade magazines won national awards at the 1949 Society of Associated Industrial Editors conference in Kansas City. The Texas Parade edited by Hugh Williamson and the Texas Good Roads Association received an excellence award among 19 titles. Harriet Cunningham edited the Texas State Journal of Medicine published by the State Medical Association of Texas earned an improvement award.
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Austin
Society of Associated Industrial Editors
Kansas City
Texas Parade
Hugh Williamson
Texas Good Roads Association
Texas State Journal of Medicine
Harriet Cunningham
State Medical Association of Texas
House
Travis County Law Enforcement Commission Organized
The Travis County Law Enforcement Commission meets Tuesday in the 126th District Courtroom to organize. North Millican, appointed by the summer term grand jury, invited 15 former foremen as founding members. The nucleus includes Ben Lee Chote Joe C Carrington Curtis N Chapman Charles E Green Ben Wayne Greig Walter S Guttman Charles Peacock E W Jackson W H Parnell J C Pollard Jesse L Rose W C Schulle George H Templin Wilford L Turner and Millican. The panel aims to propose fixes for local enforcement and will mirror the Chicago Crime Commission’s 28 years of operation.
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North Millican
Millican
Ben Lee Chote
Joe C. Carrington
Curtis N. Chapman
Charles E. Green
Ben Wayne Greig
Walter S. Guttman
Charles Peacock
E. W. Jackson
W. H. Parnell
J. C. Pollard
Jesse L. Rose
W. C. Schulle
George H. Templin
Wilford
Tourism boom spurs camp construction at Lake Travis
Lake Travis sees a 1949 tourist trade surge more than doubling 1948, prompting several new camp builds. Bowden’s Boat Docks owner Bowden and Lt Col Shawn plan 25 air conditioned cabins at Bee Creek. Dodd City’s C R Starnes to construct 20 modern cut stone cabins. Other camps include Camp Savage, Hall Camp, Camp Wilson, Singleton’s, Naumann’s, Camp Ralston, and Camp Scearce in Burnet County and surrounding areas.
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Lake Travis
Hal Hatter
Lake Travis Improvement Association
Hatter
Big Bee Creek
Dodd City
Bee Creek
Bowden
Charles F. Bowden
Charles J. Shawn
C. R. Starnes
Gladewater
Austin
Celia
Camp Savage
Cypress Creek
Spicewood
Hall Camp
Camp Wilson
Burnet County
Singleton’s
North Lake
Travis Peak
Cow Creek
Naumann’s
Pedernales Point
Camp Ralston
Bald Mouroe
Camp
Interviews Begin For Citizenship Applicants
Interviews for citizenship will start Tuesday morning at the January term of the federal court. Naturalization examiner Taylor Chandler from San Antonio will conduct the interviews through Thursday in the clerk's office at the federal building. Prospective applicants have been notified to appear before Chandler.
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Taylor Chandler
San Antonio
Chandler
Federal
Two Austin Dentists Named as Delegates
Two Austin dentists Drs B E Farmer and E E Harris were listed Monday among 11 Texas State Dental Society representatives to the American Dental Association annual session. They will serve on the ADA House of Delegates as about 8 000 to 10 000 American dentists attend a four day meeting in San Francisco October 17 20.
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Austin
B. E. Farmer
E. E. Harris
Texas State Dental Society
American Dental Association
House of Delegates
Dental
Canada
Central
South America
Europe
San Francisco
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Courthouse Records
98Th District Court
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Myrtle Davis Wade Miller
Jesse Lewis Miller
M. Garcia
Frances Garcia
Henrietta Hill
Robert Hill
George O. Prosser Jr
Genetta Prosser
Eva Marie Stark
Clovis Stanley Stark
Walter C. Scott
Edna B. Scott
Mary Aylward
Herschel Aylward
County Court AT Law
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Vernon Dorsett
Ewell M. Whitten
Roy Parker
Limberg
Guadalupe Martinez
Ruth Rosas
Mike Hernandez
Esperanza Lopez
Edward Earl Thompson
Mary Ann Blue
Willie Lee Urdy
Lucille Sanders
Charles H. Barefield
Juliet Deane
Henry C. Sudduth Jr
Dorothy M. Pennington
Heffington
John D. Reed
DeSoto
Edward R. Mueller
L. B. Lanfear
Ford
M. O. Rogers
J. A. Lewallen
H. C. Smith
S. A. Bergman
Hudson
L. E. Duncan
Mercury
O. J. Hinton
Oldsmobile
Lloyd F. Grove Jr
Plymouth
E. F. Bradley
James E. Lindeman Jr
Pontiac
Congress
Driskill Elevator
Travis County Law Enforcement Commission
126Th
Sunny Brook
Kentucky
Rmseay A Be
Old Sunny Brook
KY Waiske
Kent
BLEWO
le Sage Co
Pioneer
San Angelo
Woneer Air Lines
R. K. Shannon
Optometrist
Tals
Leemer
Altheimer & B
Drliserste
Tynes
DURAN
Good Housekeeping Institute
Stanford Furniture Co
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