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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1949

Page

17

Kerr urges statewide Youth Development Council for Texas

Rev. Walter Kerr urges creation of a state Youth Development Council to coordinate juvenile work across agencies and establish municipal councils. He cites high inmate origins in reform and calls for diagnostic first, targeted training, and local prevention efforts to reduce delinquency.

Texas Walter Kerr Central Methodist Church Kerr State Training School Code Commission Austin Rotary Club Huntsville State Penitentiary Board of Control Vocational Training, Employment Commission Education, Health, Welfare Public Snffty Beauford H. Jester

Fourteen Balloons Reach Stratosphere From Denver Flight

Four teen instrument laden balloons lifted off from Lowry Air Force Base Denver on Tuesday heading southeast toward the upper atmosphere. They may reach 80 000 feet according to Dr Byron E Cohn chair of the University of Denver physics department a ground party waits at Limon Colorado and Lowry planes track the balloons as they ascend to the stratosphere.

Denver Lowry Air Force Base University of Denver Physics Department Byron E. Cohn Limon Colo Lowry Air Base

Three Indicted In New York Wire Tapping Case

Three investigators linked to the Fusion movement were indicted by the New York County grand jury on charges of conspiracy and illegal wire tapping aimed at city hall. Defendants are John G. Broady Kenneth Ryan and Edward Treasurgent.

New York William O’dwye New York County Grand Jury John G. Broady Clendenin J. Ryan Fusion Movement Kenneth Ryan Edward Treasurgent Ptm Clendenin Ryan Ryan Grand Jury O'Dwyer O’dwyer Tammany Hall New York County Democratic Frank Costello Jones Broady

Pravda Labels Ark Hunt a Spy Expedition

Pravda denounces the Mt Ararat Ark dig as a cover for espionage by British American and Dutch archaeologists. It singles out Egerton Sykes as an intelligence officer and predicts remains at 11 000 feet. Sykes and colleagues deny the claim as London reacts with skepticism.

Moscow Pravda Communist Party Mt. Ararat Turkey Egerton Sykes Warsaw Tehran Iran Sykes Noah London Hans Roozen E. Aaron Smith Greensboro N.C Mt. Arat

REA Grants Loans To 2 Texas Co-Ops

The Rural Electrification Administration on April 12 approved loans totaling 10,851,000 to 20 borrowers in 14 states for rural electric service expansion. Texas loans include McLennan County Electric Cooperative in McGregory for 335,000 and Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative in San Augustine for 325,000.

Washington Rural Electrification Administration Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative Portales N.M Lea County Electric Cooperative Lovington McLennan County Electric Cooperative McGregory Texas Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative San Augustine

Ah That Java Coffee Growers and Produce

Coffee is the most widely cultivated beverage plant noted in this brief item. It highlights the plant’s prominence in global agriculture and daily consumption.

Java

German Headsman Faces Hard Times in Berlin

Gus tav Voelpel, a professional heads man who says he cut off 30 heads since the war, was jailed on Tuesday. He denied robbing an aged invalid in the American sector last Saturday and complained times are tough with no profit in beheadings.

Berlin Gustav Voelpel Voelpel Voespel

City of Good Breezes Buenos Aires Means Good Breezes

The phrase translates to good breezes in Spanish and is linked to the nickname for Buenos Aires. Local lore ties the term to climate and maritime heritage, reflecting how the city’s winds shape daily life and its coastal identity.

Buenos Aires

Driver Cleared In Gas Poisoning Incident

In Graymont Georgia on April 12 officials cleared bus driver Dent Roundtree of blame for a carbon monoxide incident that sickened about 50 students on a crowded morning ride. Principal M. E. Nichols cited an obsolete bus as the cause and said money shortages prevented maintenance.

Graymont Emanuel County Institute M. E. Nichols Dent Roundtree Nichols

Two Canadians Enter US by Tree Limb at Peace Bridge

Two Canadians from Toronto climbed down a tree limb to enter the United States via the Niagara River at the Peace Bridge. Orval Stringer and Jack De Forest were sentenced to six months in jail for jumping from the bridge to the branch on March 28 before the branch broke away.

Buffalo N. Y United States Immigration Service Orval K. Stringer Jack A. de Forest Toronto Ont Tenced Ceena Seeniaia Peace Bridge Niagara River

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