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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1950
Page
2
At Las Vegas airbase, teams piloting F 4 Phantom jets use the A-10 radar sight designed by MITs Draper Laboratory to automate fire control for machine guns rockets and dive bombs. The system weighs about 80 pounds and may in future allow flight by the plane itself.
The Austin region in Central Texas sees a forecast of scattered afternoon showers with cloud cover and minor temperature shifts for Monday. Expect partly cloudy skies, with no major temperature changes, and note moon phases and rainfall totals from recent 24 hours.
Franklin April 2 S B Jones Hearne insurance man now in prison will be returned April 4 for trial on the second count of a worthless check indictment. He was convicted last year of a $10,850 check against First State Bank of Franklin, which closed due to about $41,000 in worthless checks. The second count concerns a $9,000 check drawn on McAllen and cashed at the bank.
A truck load of feed was stolen from the Home Mix Feed warehouse on Hidalgo Street and later recovered by police. Six men were seen taking the feed toward Round Rock after buying it for 70 dollars. R Meador, manager, identified the feed as the company’s. An employee was questioned by police.
The Latin-American Center sponsors Cub Pack 119 in San Marcos with Ambrosia Villaponda as cubmaster and Paul Espinoza as pack committee chair. Committee members include Emeterio H. Mendoza Roy Guerrero Isaac Pinales and Joe Garcia. Den mothers are Mrs Carmen Espinoza Mrs Frank Martinez Helen A. Osborn and Leonora Flores Samaniego.
Mrs C V Robinson hosted the Llano AFIF AFIF Club gathering at her Llano residence. Tables were set for 42 with members listed including Mesdames W W Watkins Frank Rothmann Allan Newsom Walter W Lipps J A Mages Fred Lange J H Carter and W J Saunders.
Sally Ann Starnes daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Starnes will perform a recital in the First Methodist Church educational building Wednesday April 5 at 8 15 p m Assisting in vocal numbers will be Ray Starnes her cousin a Southwestern University ministerial student Miss June Lillibridge her teacher will help with special numbers Friends of Miss Starnes and her cousin are invited to attend the program.
Ernest Presley aged 20 of 1407 Neches was found with a shotgun wound to the left neck in the 1100 block of San Bernard Street about 9 p m Sunday. He had been shot on Angelina Street and was treated at Brackenridge Hospital where his condition was listed as good.
Llano and San Saba parents joined Richland Springs and Cherokee this week for the Liano-San Saba bi-county PTA council gathering in Cherokee. Seventh district president Mrs. Homer Shaw spoke as Richland Springs supplied special music.
Bonn April 2. Chancellor Adenauer calls for a powerful European parliament to prevent another war. He urges Germany to join this Parliament of Europe quickly and argues Europe must unite to ensure peace and allow the United States to focus on Asia.
Dallas deputies suspend the three day hunt for a body after a burned car is found and police fail to locate an informer in Tulsa who reported a murder in Dallas. Sheriff Bill Decker says no new information means no restart Monday.
President Truman completed a major farm policy message to Congress likely advocating a Brannan plan style revision including price supports for cotton and peanuts and production controls. He flew the draft to Washington with aides, and the speech will address commodity credit funding and other farm program inequities. The Trumans attended Palm Sunday services at the Naval Station Memorial Chapel.
Burnet Texas April 2 Charles William Gibbs 29 died Sunday in a motor cycle automobile crash on the Austin highway near San Antonio. A Bertram native he had lived in San Antonio nine years. Survived by mother Mrs S N Brown San Antonio a sister Mrs H N Helton Jr Enid Okla and a brother Clifton Gibbs Austin Funeral services pending Edgar Funeral Home Burnet burial Mount Zion Cemetery.
U S narcotics agents will be called to Austin to investigate the theft of 107 narcotic items from Prescription Lab No 2 Saturday night. Howell Jordan, lab manager at 1501 Guadalupe Street, reported losses including morphine and other drugs. Entry was made via a window between Dr H L Williams office at 1503 Guadalupe and the lab. a 15 inch hole was bored. Detective Captain Ted C Kligus said fingerprints are being checked.
John A Rowe 59 former Humble Oil purchasing agent died at a veterans hospital in Houston after a heart attack. He is survived by his widow Lucille Rowe and a son John A Rowe Jr. Funeral services will be held here Monday.
A dozen San Marcos Academy FHA girls traveled to San Antonio from Thursday to Saturday for the state meeting. Attendees included Judy Humphreys Carol Roberson Peggy Barnsley Pat Price Norma Garrett Betty Miller Jodo Seales Lily Galindo Eva Clark Betsy Evans Emily Henderson and Betty Holland.
An invitational sectional Explorer Scout bivouac and Travis District Camporee top the April and May agenda at scout headquarters. Four neighboring councils will join the bivouac April 28-30 at Camp Wooten. The May 12-13 Camporee at Zilker Park hosts Explorer Scouts with Dr. Joe C. Carrington Jr. in charge. New Cub Scout Pack 14 at Zilker School and an Explorer Post at the School for the Deaf are formed, sponsored by Zilker PTA.
Fort Worth veteran Joe M. Frausto, a 25-year-old WWII hero who earned the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, says a cafe refused service to himself and two companions because they are Latin American. He calls it a painful, bewildering incident and says he wants light shed for his future children.
A 19 year old youth used a fixed flat tire and a running car to commit an armed robbery at Bob Horton’s Service Station. He obtained $70 from A. Ramms before fleeing, and detectives later arrested him at another service station as a second flat was being fixed in East Austin.
Edwin Dobbs formerly of Taylor will present a senior voice recital Monday evening at Cowden Hall Fort Worth in fulfillment of the Bachelor of Sacred Music degree from Southwestern Theological Seminary He plans to pursue religious music and education full time after graduation in late May.
Thomas Oliver Glenn 34 and his mother Maudine Glenn 63 of 1904 Neches were X rayed for injuries after their car skidded off Highway 81 overturned and rolled down a 30 foot embankment three miles south of Austin Sunday. State Highway Patrolmen C D Brandon and C M Platt investigated. No other cars were involved.
Three people died when their 40 foot trailer house burned in Lubbock as an exploding stove is blamed for the blaze. The victims are Lt Charles Hahn 35 his wife and Lt Ernest L Schrock 35 all engineers from Fort Warren AFB Cheyenne Wyoming. The fire occurred while they slept early Sunday and investigators noted an exploding stove as the likely cause.
An April 3 column recalls a 1917 legislative act exempting buffalo cattle and crossbreeds from state taxes. It notes the buffalo population grew from about 100 to share scarce wildlife protections and game law seasons set by the Game, Fish and Oyster Commission.
Luling April 2. Cub Scout Pack 103 formed with Pioneer Civic Club as sponsor. Father Leo cub master, Roberto R Ayala chairman of the pack committee. Members include James Rodriguez Manuel Contreras and Eleanor Kallus is den mother.
Soviet writer Konstantin Simonov resigns as editor of the monthly Novyi Mir to take over the same post at the Literary Gazette. He is succeeded at Novyi Mir by noted poet Alexander Tvardovsky who will oversee new novels poetry and literary criticism.
Fire swept a whole city block at Second and Edison Streets late Sunday, destroying the Wilmington Sash and Door lumber yard where flames started. Damage estimated at $1 million, one dead and eight injured as 18 nearby homes were damaged or destroyed. Cause unavailable at report time.
John R. Stockton Jr of 1010 Gaston pledged the University of Texas chapter of Delta Upsilon. He is a freshman majoring in electrical engineering, and he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Stockton.
Ernst Russek 69 auditor for state comptroller died after heart attack at Brackenridge Hospital. Native of Schulenburg he served as Schulenburg alderman for 20 years then moved to Austin. Survived by wife and children. Funeral Monday in Schulenburg under Schwenke-Baumgarten. Additional notices: infant Pamela Phillips died. graveside services Monday in Austin Memorial Park. William Edward Allison died in Austin area after five years with Railroad Commission. Survived by wife, son, sisters and brothers. Funeral Monday 3:30 p.m. at Cook Funeral Home, Memorial Park burial. Otto Turner and John Pierson funeral services conducted at Cook Funeral Home. Ralph Lee services at Memorial Park. Dr Bibb R Jones 39 of Lampasas died in car crash. services Sunday at St Marys Catholic Church. Burial Oak Hill Cemetery. Jones survived by wife and parents.
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