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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1950
Page
5
Western officials report Berlin now holds 182 days of flour and grain, 47 days of other food, and 150 days of coal after 11 months since the Russians lifted their blockade. Storage was expanded as transport from the Soviet zone shifts to East Germany, preventing energy and supply shortages.
Personal representatives of William S. Rice Inc Adams New York will be at the Driskill Hotel on Wednesday April 12 to demonstrate the Rice Method for reducible rupture control. Experience the Rice Appliance with a thirty day trial and no charge unless satisfaction is achieved. Hours are 10 to 12, 2 to 5, or 7 to 9 evenings.
Bernie Griggs known as Bernie the clown was injured when a slap stick misfired at Clyde Beatty Circus causing his pants to catch fire. He was taken to a police receiving hospital and described the moment the blank cartridge burned him while performing.
Mailing of refunds for overpayment of 1949 income tax was about two thirds finished by Sunday and could end in about a month. Simple, correctly filed returns with withholding exceed taxes owed are processed. errors, missing signatures, or incorrect addresses slow refunds. Interest accrues at 0.5 percent per month on refunds mailed after April 1.
The American Red Cross announced on Sunday it will distribute immune serum globulin to doctors nationwide for the peak measles season. Officials noted deaths dropped from one in 328 at the 1944 start to about half by 1946 and continue to decline as the serum is freely supplied to states.
Hong Kong report says General Lin Piao ordered to take Hainan with eight Red armies, a force possibly up to 80 000 men, as Canton dispatches note preparations and calls for a major assault beyond small-scale landings. Nationalists warn of heavy losses if invasion proceeds.
Five youths died when an automobile left the road and plunged into a creek ten miles south of Raleigh. Victims were Eddie Gibson 18 Albert Lawrence 16 Ben Lawrence 18 Joe Franks 18 and William Cooper Jr 22. Driver Frank Denton 17 was seriously injured. He said he swerved to avoid two parked cars at a bridge. Bodies were recovered. death listed as concussion rather than drowning.
Wire reports say Charles Binaggio sought a peace accord with President Truman in final weeks, a claim the White House denies via A C Canfil of Kansas City. Quiet on the murder probe continues as investigators seek the two gunmen and a possible woman linked to the Binaggio clubroom shooting on Truman Road.
The motorship Anking left its dock and anchored in Hong Kong harbor Sunday night delaying the voyage to Shanghai to remove Americans and other foreigners. About seventy passengers bound for Shanghai were aboard with no clear word on Communist approval for the trip.
President Truman and his staff restored tops to swim attire after a seaside Easter service at the Naval Station in Key West Florida. He enjoyed two swims the holiday and planned a 9 a.m. Monday flight to Washington to resume duties at the White House.
Tokyo April 9. Japan marks the third annual Women s Week with meetings nationwide celebrating the 1947 vote. Women speakers urge peers to demand equal status, though observers fear most will return home and follow their husbands’ lead as in centuries past.
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