Police aid called as pickets distribute against segregation
City officers helped two Young Austin Progressive party pickets outside the Paramount theater on Congress Avenue Sunday night and again Sunday night to maintain crowd control while they handed out mimeographed literature urging non segregated audiences for the film Home of the Brave. The pickets were jostled but not struck, and asked officers to call a taxi as the circulars were snatched from their hands.
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Congress Avenue
Cal
The
Brave
Young Austin Progressive Party
Miss America Reverses Stand On French Bikinis
Bebe Shopp the Miss America title holder, reversed her earlier stance on French bikinis. She said they are not bad when worn by beautiful women, clarifying the opinion applied to French girls and not necessarily American ones. She met Rita Hayworth in Deauville and posed for many photos with French photographers.
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Deauville
France
Bebe Shopp
Bebe
Minnesota
London
Miss Shopp
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Barkley attends ball game with St. Louis widow
Vice President Alben W. Barkley visited a St. Louis ball game with Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley, a widow, at a field box beside Mayor Joseph M. Darst and other notable attendees as the Cardinals faced the Giants. The report notes Barkley denies a romantic attachment and lists Coburn and Saigh among the spectators.
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ST. Louis
Alben W. Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
St Louis
Barkley
Hadley
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Joseph M. Darst
Cardinals
Fred Saigh
Richmond Coburn
Coburn
The
General's Plane Flies Wife and New Son to Sergeant
Sergeant Urban Singleton in England for a Superfortress unit. With no room in an English hospital, his wife Margaret was flown to an American hospital in Germany where son John Michael was born eleven days ago. Major General Johnson’s Flying Fortress then landed at Northolt Air Field carrying Singleton, his wife, and baby. Singleton hails from Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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London
Urban Singleton
US Air Force
England
Singleton
Margaret
Air Force
Germany
John Michael
Johnson
Northolt Air Field
Colorado Springs
Colo
Mrs. Frank H. Rawlings Dies After Long Illness
Fort Worth reports the death of Mrs. Frank H. Rawlings 58 wife of former state senator from Tarrant County after a long illness. She had resided in Fort Worth for 35 years.
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Fort Worth
Frank H. Rawlings
Tarrant County
Reverend Hugh R. Baker resigns from South Austin Christian Church
The Rev. Hugh R. Baker announced his resignation after three years as pastor, effective by Oct. 1 with his last German sermon Sept. 11. He will take a two week vacation starting Sept. 15 to return to Fort Worth's Brite College for a bachelor of divinity degree. The church, founded by him, has 165 members at 206 East Annie. Fred Beeman leads the board which will meet Sept. 1 to consider a successor. Mrs. Baker assists during services and their son Mack, 2, is part of the family. Baker is a TCU graduate who came from a South Dallas church.
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Hugh R. Baker
South Austin Christian Church
Baker
Brite College of the Bible At
Fort Worth
Fred Beeman
Four Crown as Car Plunges off Ferry
The Columbia River disaster near Wenatchee on Sunday claimed four lives when a car broke through a ferry endgate and dived into 12 feet of water. Victims identified by state patrol were Oscar R. Wiker and spouse of Manson Washington and two visitors, Mrs. Harvey C. Petrie of Lewisville Indiana and Clementine Petrie of Richmond Indiana.
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Wenatchee
Wash
Columbia River
State Patrol
Oscar R. Wiker
Manson
Harvey C. Petrie
Lewisville
Ind
Clementine Petrie
Richmond
Dr Rutledge To Face Prison Sentence Today
Cedar Rapids reports Dr Robert C. Rutledge a 28 year old St Louis physician is to be sentenced at 10 a m CST Monday for the slaying of his wife's bachelor admirer. He faces a term of 10 years to life in prison.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Robert C. Rutledge
St. Louis
Infant Morris Deaths and Multiple Obituaries
The death notices list infant Morris, Mary Ann Bratton, Lydia Morris, Pearl Lena Noren, Frances Foerster Taylor, and Bobby Gene Rieger with funeral arrangements in Austin Taylor Kosse and surrounding areas. Services span Weed-Corley, Kosse Cemetery, Oakwood, Coupland and St. Marys, with burials in family or local cemeteries and graveside rites.
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Taylor
Bobby Gene Rieger
Otto L. Rieger
Coupland
Taylor Hospital
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
J. J. Polansky
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Condra Funeral Home
Husband Faces Assault Charge in Justice Court
An Austin woman, Frankie Williams, charged her estranged husband John Williams with assault with intent to murder after a Saturday fight near 904 San Marcos Avenue. A warrant was issued for John Williams, 29, who has no Austin address and was reportedly picking cotton near Corpus Christi. Police also investigated three thefts Sunday including $12 from Minnie Leatherman at 604 West 15th, an Army cloth duffle bag from a Missouri Pacific train, and a tire, tools, and chest from a car on Congress Avenue.
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Austin
Justice of the Peace
Frank W. McBee
Frankie Williams
San Marcos
John Williams
Corpus Christi
Minnie Leatherman
West 15Th
B. E. Vanecek
Missouri Pacific Railway
County Attorney's Wife Dies in Traffic Mishap
Mrs. Tom Prestage wife of the Van Zandt County attorney was killed near Mineral Wells in a headon crash between a pickup and a car. Her husband was seriously injured and her mother Mrs Early Bridenthal and sister Miss Dorothy Bridenthal were injured. The pickup driver Leon Prater of Houston sustained minor injuries.
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Mineral Wells
Tom Prestage
van Zandt County
Here
Early Bridenthal
Colorado
Dorothy Bridenthal
Leon Prater
Houston
Weather forecast for Austin area with temps and moon data
The Weather Bureau reports warm mid level clouds for Austin Texas with hourly readings through 11 PM. Temperatures range from the mid seventies to low eighties and include sunrise and moon information plus a note on rainfall since January 1 and record temperatures for the period.
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US Weather Bureau
Austin
Texas
Essen
Reno
Lake Ft. Col
Torecas
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