Burt Brydson Lumber Firm Founder Dies at 64
Austin resident Burt Brydson longtime founder of Brydson Lumber Company died at his home at 3015 West Avenue. He was 64. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 4 pm Weed-Corley Funeral Home with Dr. Edmund Heinsohn presiding. Burial in Memorial Park. Survivors include his widow Blanche Brydson two daughters Pauline Pardue and Raymond Ramsey Jr. three sisters Daisy Brydson Mary Sanford and Pauline Brydson.
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Boston
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Houston
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San Antonio
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Georgia Negro Details Reds Plan for US Revolution
A Georgia Negro named William O'Dell Nowell testified at a conspiracy trial that he studied in Moscow and was trained to help forge a Negro nation in the Deep South. He described a violent uprising to spread Communism from Virginia to the Mississippi Delta and aid northern workers, as the defense challenged the relevance of events years earlier.
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Witness recounts 1929 Moscow trip and Lenin Institute visit
Judge Me dina urged the witness to proceed as Nowell testified he went to Moscow in 1929 as an American Communist party official. He described attending a Russian revolution anniversary and returning in 1931 for Lenin Institute activities meeting Jacopo Stachel and Clarance Hathaway among others.
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Forestry Values Told ARVA Group
Charles A. Connaughton of New Orleans told the ARVA annual convention in Shreveport that better forest management in the Red River Valley will stabilize soil and regulate water. He warned that depleted plant cover accelerates erosion and runoff and urged sustained forest crops, watershed protection, tree planting, and state forestry legislation.
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Billy Rose May Succeed Johnson as Boss at Met
Atlanta April 18 Showman and columnist Billy Rose may become Metropolitan Opera chief after Edward Johnson steps down after the 1950 season. Johnson named five tentative candidates alongside Rose including Lawrence Tibbett Lauritz Melchior Charles Kullman and John Brownlee.
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Texans Told Five Rules On Avoiding Polio
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis urged Texans to follow five rules to prevent polio with emphasis on cleanliness and hygiene. Texas logged 1,8765 cases last year with counts by county and a May to October danger season noted.
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Governor Will Attend Opening of New Port
Governor Beauford Jester and state officials will attend Saturday’s exercises at Raymondville dedicating the new Port Mansfield on Redfish Bay. The port carries the name from a resolution by Senator Rogers Kelley honoring the late J J Mansfield, former chairman of the House rivers and harbors committee. Mansfield Dam on the Lower Colorado River Authority was also named for a Columbus congressman.
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Yank Troops Foil Big European War Games Attack
Seventy thousand American soldiers repelled an air attack by about 100 planes and prepared defensive lines along the Czechoslovak border as week-long maneuvers simulating an eastern aggressor unfolded in Nurnberg Germany. The First Infantry Division with two armored brigades guarded the frontier to counter a predicted Tuesday assault by two larger enemy armies.
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Peace Measures Dropped As Legislature Rushes Lawmaking
Texas senators and representatives returned to tense debate on licensing chiropractors and abolishing the poll tax while the film of a public school streamline issue faded from view. The day featured chaplains’ pleas and lawmakers’ sharp rhetoric as the session barrels onward.
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Truman Message Heard by DAR at Continental Congress
President Truman urged the nation to confront internal and external threats, defending the 12 nation North Defense Pact and urging strong air power. DAR President General Mrs. Roscoe C. O’Byrne emphasized readiness and air supremacy, citing the Berlin airlift and warning against a Cold War freeze.
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ERC Recruiting Drive Planned
Lieutenant Colonel John M. Hilsher announced an intensified ERC recruiting drive set to begin April 28. A statewide meeting of veterans ERC members and high school graduates will occur in major cities, with details to come from Lt Col Robert A. Wright Jr. The Texas quota is 28,000 enlistees toward a national goal of 700,000.
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Circus Aerialist Falls 42 Feet at Shrine Show
Lydia Cimse a 17 year old aerialist making her Shrine Circus debut fell 42 feet from a rope at Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo injuring a broken right heel and bruises. She was rushed to Deaconess Hospital with her mother by her side.
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Heavy Rain and Hail Floods Valley Town
A heavy rain and hail storm hit Edinburg on Monday afternoon causing street floods and a roof collapse at a radio shop. In 30 minutes 1.45 inches fell with large icy pellets. McAllen and Red Gate reported heavy showers but little hail. Courtroom trials were interrupted and traffic disrupted by the downpour.
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Showers To Brush Austin Area As Forecast Calls For Rain
The Weather Bureau reports showers and thunderstorms general over the Austin area through Tuesday night. Tuesday dawned with sunrise at 6 00 a m and the forecast includes cool high temperatures around the low 80s with variable wind. Data shows rainfall in the last 24 hours and river stage notes for Montopolis and Marshall Ford areas.
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Condition of Jewish Leader Worse
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, 75, Jewish leader and president of the American Jewish Congress, remained critically ill at Lenox Hill Hospital Monday night, after entering for an abdominal operation on March 30. His condition had improved Sunday but deteriorated by Monday.
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Israel Syria Truce Near as UN Rep Hints Sign
Haifa April 18 Brigadier General William F. Riley United Nations representative said he believes an Israeli Syrian truce will be signed next. He spoke as regional diplomacy intensifies with quiet talks and monitored exchanges near key border points.
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Greek hits Reds in Polk murder trial
Gregory Staktopoulos, 38, Greek newspaperman on trial for aiding in the George Polk shooting, testified that the Greek Communist party Cominform and Moscow were behind the crime. He said he intended to help Polk and denied knowledge of any plan to execute him. He and his mother Anna face charges of aiding Polk's captors after luring the journalist toward rebel lines for an interview.
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UT Tower Remains Dark During Repair Work
Austin skyline featured a lightless University of Texas Tower on Monday as electrical repairs continued. Superintendent Carl Eckhardt said the fix would finish by Tuesday night and the tower would shine again as usual.
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Postal Chief Defends Rate Hike at Texas Postmasters Meet
Texas postmasters heard General Jesse M. Donaldson defend proposed increases in second third and fourth class postal rates. He warned critics that the rise would reach about 300 percent in some cases while the Postal Service faces a $550 million deficit. About 300 Texas postmasters attended the convention seeking more funding for third class offices and veterans in civil service. Frank R. Harwood noted a pending bill to extend Workmen's Compensation coverage to postmasters and support higher funding for third class offices.
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Obituary notices from Austin and surrounding areas
Funeral services are listed for John S. Robinson Sr. 64 at Weed-Corley with full military honors from Bergstrom AFB and Travis Post 76 American Legion. Other obituaries include Elmer Lee Ross 3% lifelong Austin resident, John Doyle Sturdivant 11 at First Baptist Church, and multiple services at Cook Funeral Home with various burials in Memorial Park Boggy Cemetery Oakwood and Mt. Calvary. Additional notices cover Joe Hipolito infant, Theresa Gallardo infant, Louise Barnett, and Mrs Anna Lee McElroy with funeral details in Lockhart and surrounding towns.
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Express Dispute Hearing Opened Over Wages and Rules
A Monday opening of an emergency board hearing on the nationwide Railway Express Agency and AFL Brotherhood of Railway Clerks dispute covers wages hours and work rules. The union seeks 14 1 2 cents rise and a 40 hour week with two consecutive days off effective in New York. The company offers seven cents and proposes a staggered week starting in September. Both sides demand changes to about 50 working rules.
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Elliott Roosevelt refutes Look claim on FDR health
Elliott Roosevelt writes in Liberty that Franklin D Roosevelt did not suffer heart attacks or brain hemorrhages before death. He says Dr Karl Wolds Look article is unsupportable and that FDRs health was typical for his age at office.
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Alcohol Control Head Appointed in Kansas
Arthur A. Herrick of Meridian Kansas was named director of alcoholic beverage control by Governor Frank Carlson. He will lead the new bureau to license liquor stores and end Kansas long dry era, earning $7,000 annually.
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Oklahoma Girl Injured In Car Collision Here
A 20 year old Norman girl June Pettus was injured in a three car crash at 41st and Red River Streets Monday morning. She received treatment at Brackenridge Hospital and was released. Another Sunday night accident victim, Mrs. Pearl Harvey, 1100 West 41st Street, rested fairly well at Brackenridge Hospital.
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Manor
Spires
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Austin Girl Seeks Lost Chihuahua Amigo
Martha Jean Hunnicutt seeks her missing Chihuahua Amigo last seen in Austin near 900 Robertson. The owner asks neighbors to help reunite the small dog with its mistress who misses her “little Friend” and hopes for a safe return.
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8th Army to Name New Chief of Staff
Major General William Dean will become chief of staff of the Eighth Army next month, announced by Eighth Army headquarters on Monday in Tokyo.
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