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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
6
Banking Commissioner J. M. Falkner reported gains for state banks with deposits rising to 1,051,897,475 and loans up to 366,172,990. The number of member banks grew to 443, while government holdings and public funds increased, and individual demand deposits declined.
A pair of ceiling fixtures shines over the sink and range, improving visibility and promising clearer sight for kitchen tasks. The new lighting enhances activity at the workstation and cooking area.
Seven year old Trevis Wissenburg awoke at Douglas County Hospital after swallowing 23 sleeping tablets. Doctors called it a near hopeless case but the boy regained consciousness and asked for food. His widowed mother credited prayer and his late father’s willpower for the recovery.
Norwich August report on actress Sarah Churchill daughter of Winston Churchill who soothed a summer theater audience during a fire. She told stories to ease alarm while smoke from rubbish caused a blaze backstage and actors doused the fire. Churchill recalled one tale about a fellow actor stumbling on a line.
Erika Raeder wife of Grand Admiral Erich Raeder spoke of four years in Russian captivity. She recalled being fed caviar in Moscow but starved in Minsk and made to peel potatoes at Sachsenhausen before release without explanation. She heads to her son’s home near Kiel in the British zone as Erich Raeder serves a life term in Spandau for war crimes.
Harry Bridges won court permission to travel to Honolulu Friday and return by September 1 while on bond for a 1945 citizenship perjury indictment. The ILWU chief’s trip relates to the island waterfront strike ahead of the 95 day Hawaii dock walkout, with union headquarters declining comment.
A 20-year-old Houston radio engineer Billie Jean Pendergrass and his 16-year-old wife drowned after he tried to rescue her from Double Lake near Cleveland, Texas. He could barely swim and jumped in Tuesday after she slipped from a rubber float. both bodies were recovered moments later as his mother also tried to help.
Representative Still reports steady progress on the Gilmer-Aikin school laws with interim measures already in effect under State Auditor Cavness. The Tufares bill fixes election timing for the State Board of Education as Secretary Ramsey prepares notices while Woods remains as state education chief until the new board is chosen.
The tree known as the box elder is identified as a legume species, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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