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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1949
Page
5
Elmo Warren, a Austin Negro, was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to a murder indictment. He faced the piss fol slaying of his former wife Ardelia Warren on April 3, with Judge Jack Roberts explaining rights before Warren waived delay.
The 20th Century Fox release stars Lionel Barrymore and Richard Widmark in a nautical drama about a sea captain clinging to command as his crew braves ice and danger. Dean Stockwell co stars as the captain’s grandson in a push to make Widmark’s villainous persona more likable.
By Steve Perkins Stockwell again impresses as one of Hollywood's most able boy actors. He would not get in your hair on a real voyage and keeps audience from getting hair on this fiction alone. If you want to know how Widmark does as a hero vote after seeing the show Our ballot is marked yes.
In San Francisco on April 15 a new Navy policy sends a Wave reservist to sea duty for the first time. Lt Clarice Pierson, formerly private secretary to Rear Admiral John R. Redman, sails aboard USS General H. W. Butler bound for Pearl Harbor. The ship carries 300 crew plus 370 passengers and 125 women and children. two nurses also aboard. Pierson trains in administrative duties while her husband Commander Lester Pierson, also a reserve, lives in Oakland.
Memorial gifts to the Travis County cancer drive aid the $11,503 campaign. Fagan Dickson, local drive chairman, notes gifts range from 5 to 200 dollars and flow in as in memoriam donations for recent cancer victims.
Rev. David Currie of Westminster Presbyterian Church tells the YMBL at the Driskill Hotel that Good Friday shows God’s unbreakable love and Christ’s forgiving nature. He commends the YMBL for Sunshine Camp support as the club begins a one week annual fundraiser.
A listing of daily film showings across multiple drive in venues. Descriptions include titles such as Lone Star Pioneers Son of Gods Country Dick Tracy Returns Highway Hell Eagle Squadron I Love Trouble and Pardon My Sarong with various stars like Monte Hale Cornel Wilde Robert Stack Abbott and Costello. Showtimes span early afternoon to late night with late ads noting 11 30 pm.
The State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers will hold a quarterly meeting May 4-6 in the Tribune Building. Secretary Carl L. Stevenson said the board will conduct oral examinations process applications and discuss an engineer in training program.
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