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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1949
Page
12
In Dortmund on April 26, doctors announced Siamese girl twins born April 18 remain alive after eight days. Professor Georg Meyer-Xu-Hoerste of the Communal Children's Clinic confirmed the condition with two heads and two hearts and a total of three arms and two legs.
Tokyo reports anti foreign incidents in China prompt Japanese to question how the United States and Britain can save face. The Yangtze shelling of British ships and the suspension of diplomatic immunity by Red soldiers at US Ambassador Stuart’s residence heighten scrutiny of Western power.
Veterans Administrator Carl R. Gray argued that cutting the national VA budget would necessitate later deficit appropriations to fund benefits and operations. He spoke during a VA facilities inspection in Denver and planned a visit to Grand Junction for a new 3.5 million dollar veterans hospital project. He also addressed the 15th annual conference of veterans employment representatives and noted Congress must decide the hospitalization level for 18 million veterans. Vernon K. Banta warned of a lack of understanding hindering veteran rehabilitation.
GOP leaders map a farm vote strategy aiming to win back farmers who left the party in 1948. Chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr. derides Brannan price supports as vote catching and predicts a Midwest farm meeting, with Des Moines or Chicago hosting, to gauge farmer views.
The US Air Force military court on Guam postpones the rape murder trial of two American Negro soldiers, Herman P. Dennis Jr. from Texas and Calvin Dennis of Maryland, to Monday. A third defendant, Staff Sergeant Robert W. Burns of Washington state, will be tried later. Ruth Farnsworth, a Navy civilian employee on Guam, was found dying in a jungle patch last December.
In Long Beach California Gerald Trapp 25 an aircraft worker admitted guilty to a drunk charge after he walked Atlantic Boulevard testing unlocked car doors and leaving them open. Municipal Judge Harry Keeler fined ten dollars suspended the sentence praising the lesson to auto owners and motorists.
Harvey L. Ervin a Fort Worth mail carrier since January 1 was freed on bond after arraignment on federal charges of unlawfully secreting and destroying 55 pieces of circular mail from the Crippled Children's Society Fort Worth intended for rural route box holders.
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