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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1949
Page
16
A 17-year-old Humboldt youth, Alfred Meyer Jr., was killed when he stepped in front of a .22 rifle fired by a 16-year-old companion during a frog-hunting outing. The bullet struck his heart.
William Fouts, 53, is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Grace Nutt, 36, in Parsons Kansas. He pleaded innocent at his arraignment after being held on Tuesday following the Friday shooting.
An old advertisement describes a condition called Borderline Anemia due to ferro-nutritional blood deficiency. It claims up to 68 percent of women, men, and children are affected and promotes Ironized Yeast Tablets as a remedy to rebuild blood cells and restore vitality and looks.
Hollywood Florida April 26 delegates to the General Federation of Women's Clubs seek a constitutional amendment to empower Congress to enact uniform marriage and divorce laws to curb illegal divorces and remarriages. They also favor abolishing the electoral college and proportioning states votes to popular ballots. Senator Claude Pepper urged peace as key to democracy. The Florida Federation of Women's Clubs opposed socialized medicine and small housing initiatives.
In Mll April 26 a 16 year old boy and an 11 year old boy, after being spanked by teacher George W Donahoo, allegedly sought revenge. The 37 year old Nina Donahoo was shot in the groin with a .38 pistol during the attempt to grab her purse outside the White School. The assailants fled under a bridge. Titus is named as the shooter. Sheriff Braden reported no charges yet. An ambulance was summoned after John Ozier heard cries and alerted responders.
Burnet High School senior class will stage Out of This World in the high school auditorium on Thursday and Friday nights. The performance marks the class's spring showcase and community entertainment.
The Carl Hagenbach Circus features Cheerful Gardner, famed elephant doctor and former Human Pendulum, in a 35 act show with Roland Tiber’s educated sea lions Mabel Stark’s tigers Adolph Delbosq’s Serenade II and Dwight Moore’s mongrel revue. Two daily shows begin after opening day with tickets on sale at Walgreens.
Seattle printers receive a five dollar weekly wage rise effective May 1 after approval by Local 202 of the International Typographical Union and the two daily Seattle newspapers the Times and the Post-Intelligencer. The 35 hour week scales run to 95 dollars for day work and 100 dollars for night work. Hickey said the union will continue to operate without a contract as it has for a year and the union scale committee will meet Friday to press raises in commercial shops.
Ex-WAF Davie Wylon, about 35, daughter of Atlanta businessman J A Wilenskey, was arraigned before a US commissioner on possessing forged prescriptions for narcotics. Her father posted a $2500 bond. She was discharged from the Air Force at Lackland Air Force Base for temperament unsuited for military standards. first WAF discharged there among 678 stationed.
Applications for the October class of officer candidate school in the Women’s Army Corps are being accepted by Major H E Robinette at the Austin Army and Air Force Recruiting Office. Deadline is May 15. Qualifications include US citizenship, ages 19 to 28, single status, two years of college, and ability to pass screening tests. Those lacking college credit may qualify via an Army educational examination. Further information is available from the recruiting office.
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