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Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1950

Page

5

Scrapping World Arms Unlikely to Stop Wars, Panel Finds

A foreign policy report says total disarmament including atomic weapons would not prevent war. It argues nations will find means to fight and that the Hydrogen bomb offers limited strategic advantage, while UN steps to study control and peaceful uses of atomic energy could help.

Washington Foreign Policy Association William H. Kaufmann Yale University Kaufman Hans A. Bethe Cornell University Peter Kihss New York Herald Tribune United Nations Bethe Russia Ussr Kaufmann Kihss

School Transfer Hearings Today

City and county school boards meet Monday to consider about 500 transfer requests. The city board gathers at 7:30 a.m. in the Bickler Administration Building, while the county board meets at 10 a.m. County transfers arise from grades not taught in local districts. The city board will also discuss the 1950 51 camping program for students.

Bickler I. W. Popham Irby B. Carruth

Palestine Man Killed In Houston Accident

HOUSTON Aug 13 One man was killed and five people injured in a Sunday automobile collision. M C Springer 40 Palestine received fatal injuries while Evelyn O Daniels 22 also of Palestine was hospitalized with a broken leg.

Houston M. C. Springer Palestine Evelyn O'Daniels

All Bran promise boosts relief from constipation

A reader from Cleveland credits Kellogg's All Bran with relief from constipation after trying medicines. The letter urges daily consumption of one ounce with water and offers a double money back guarantee if not satisfied after ten days.

Allbran Sam Plesky Churchill Av Cleve Tast Kellogg’s Kellogg's Battle Creek Mich

Workers Win Raises In Grain Strike Deal

In Buffalo on August 13 a two week grain strike ended with a compromise raising hourly wages by 10 cents to an average of 1.60 dollars for 450 workers. Fifteen waterfront grain elevators with over 50 million bushels capacity plus four flour mills and two feed mills will reopen Monday.

Buffalo N. Y

Joining Reserves Won’t Shield Draft Eligible Youths

The Defense Department announced that all men aged 19 to 26 within the proper age range are subject to the draft unless they were in organized military units before June 24, 1948. Those ordered to physicals cannot delay induction by joining reserves, though some 19 to 25 year olds may enlist before their orders arrive. Dependents or turning 26 can exempt a man from induction.

Washington Defense Department Armed Services Organized Reserve

MacArthur Becomes Rival Political Symbol In Election

In Washington on August 13 1950 General Douglas MacArthur surfaced as a wartime hero claimed by both parties As Republicans seek a strong leader to counter Truman administration policies Democrats also praise his role in Korea and on Formosa MacArthur stressed that supporters in Washington were criticizing his trip while Truman and Acheson defended his actions as UN commander.

Washington Douglas MacArthur United National Korea MacArthur Far East Truman Wisconsin Thomas F Dewey New York Brewster Maine Charleston W. Va Acheson Stalin Chiang Kai-Shek Formosa MacAr Thur United Nations

Harris County Convict Escapes Prison Farm

A 32 year old convict, James Rice, escaped from Ramsey State Prison Farm near Angleton during a noon check. Rice, serving a 30 year robbery by assault sentence from Harris County, was assigned to a dairy project at the time, and the prison records chief said he was missing at the check.

Angleton Tex Ramsey Here James Rice Harris County J. C. Roberts Prison Records Bureau Huntsville Rice

A La Carte Menu Debuts at The Town House

The Town House introduces an A La Carte menu allowing customers to order only desired items. Previously focused on full luncheons and dinners, the new menu offers selections priced from fifty five to eighty five cents with no minimum charge. Sixth and Lamar.

Treasure Island B Movie Run Opens Tonight

The listing shows multiple classic features and double bills ending today across theaters. Notable titles include Treasure Island with Bobby Driscoll and Robert Newton, Bright Leaf with Gary Cooper and Lauren Bacall, Bomba and the Lost Volcano with Johnny Sheffield, Duck Soup with the Marx Brothers, The Ghost of Frankenstein, and The Reformer and the Redhead starring June Allyson.

Capitol Bela Lugosi Lon Chaney Cedric Hardwicke

Mexico Sends Aftosa Experts to Venezuela

A Mexican technical group led by Assistant Agriculture Minister Oscar Flores left for Venezuela to help combat hoof and mouth disease, flying commercially via Pan American and not carrying vaccines. They will reach Caracas on Monday, with Venezuelan Ambassador Manuel Pulido Mendez seeing them off.

Mexico City Venezuela Colombia Oscar Flores Agricultre Caracas Havana Manuel Pulido Mendez

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