Deaths and Funerals in Austin Area Reach Granger and Bastrop
Alexander Kleinert 87 of Austin died at home after moving from Round Top. Haston Clay Smith funeral held at University Baptist Church. Jesse Whitaker 86 died in Buda with services at Buda Baptist Church. James Reynolds 78 died at his Austin home and is buried Oakwood. Rev Mark N. Terrell funeral at Wilke with Capitol Memorial Park. Frank Joe Zach 61 buried Granger Cemetery after Czech Moravian service. Survivors listed with spouses and children.
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Alexander Constantine Kleinert
Austin
Round Top
Bastrop
Hasler
F. M. Brasier
Bastrop Cemetery
Haston Clay Smith
University Baptist Church
Blake Smith
Cook Funeral Home
Memorial Park
University Masonic Lodge
Jesse W. Whitaker
Jesse William Whitaker
Lula Cowan
Buda
Buda Baptist Church
Live Oak
Pennington Funeral Home
San Marcos
James
Reynolds James M. Reynolds
Avenue F. Sundey
The
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Kelly Smith
Corene Reynolds
E. F. Reynolds
Houston
Decia Radush
San Antonio
E. L Reynolds
Dallas
Weed-Corley
Melvin C. Eidson
Oakwood Cemetery
Mark N. Terrell
Wilke
W. E. Anderson
O. C. Crow
Howard Pitts
Sanford Ragsdale
N. B Brookshire
J. W. Bailey
Sam P. Ingram
Clinton Cluck
Baxter McCarty
Capitol Memorial Park
Frank Joe Zach Granger
Frank Joe Zach
V. Vavrino
Granger City
Granger American Legion Post
Zach
Resica
Austria-Hungary
Granger
Rosie Zach
Rosalie Haisler
Corpus Christ
Adeline Vitek
Johnnie Zetak
Germany
Nurserymen Begin 3 Day Convention in Austin
Texas nurserymen arrive in Austin for a three day convention at the Driskill Hotel with about 350 delegates. The August 22 to 24 meeting features trade sessions lectures by extension staff and university partners, tours, barbecues, and new officers to be chosen in the final Wednesday session. Noted speakers include J E Rosborough of Texas A&M extension and Dr Richard E White of the American Association of Nurserymen.
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Austin
Driskill
Steven J. Brady
Fort Worth
Don King
Lubbock
Murray Ramsey
Amsey’s Nurseries
Colorado River
Driskill Hotel
J. E. Rosborough
Texas A&m Extension
Richard E. White
Washington, D. C
American Association of Nurserymen
Circus Tent Explosion Injures 13 in Berlin
An explosion in an east Berlin circus tent injured 13 people, including five children, Sunday, police report.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Truman Heads War Over Bolter Ouster at Democratic Meeting
President Truman weighs ousting Southern Democrats who bolted in the last election as the Democratic National Committee set to elect a new chairman. Senator J. Howard McGrath cites seating rights for Mississippi and Louisiana delegates, while Thurmond and Thurmond allies face possible exclusion.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic National Committee
William M. Boyle Jr
J. Howard McGrath
D-Ri
Misissippi
Louisiana
McGrath
Alabama
Marion Rushton
South Carolina
J. Strom Thurmond
Democratic National Party
Burnet R. Maybank
Thurmond
Maybank
Anne A. Agnew
Lennard Thomas
Railroads pledge to get along while wage talks loom
Association of American Railroads president William T. Gariey said railroads would try to get along without further freight rate increases, but the final decision hinges on new wage scales effective Sept. 1. He noted a 12 percent drop in freight traffic in the first half of the year and a 2.65 percent return on depreciated property investment.
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Washington
William T. Gariey
Association of American Railroads
Pennsylvania Railroad to Close Stations on Saturdays
Philadelphia August 21 freight stations and smaller passenger stations of the Pennsylvania Railroad will be closed Saturdays after September 1.
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Pennnsylvania RR
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cooler Weather To Stay Awhile In Central Texas
The Austin Weather Bureau reports a cooler Sunday with a high near 93 and a forecast of similar conditions for Monday. Laredo tops the state at 103 degrees as Central Texas records fair skies, little temperature change, and notes on moon phases and rainfall totals.
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Austin
Mercury
Austin Weather Bureau
Laredo
US Weather Bureau
Texas
Colorado
Montopolis
Lake Buchanan
Lake Travis
Marshall Ford
Bilene
Fort Worth
Marillo
Galveston
Houston
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
del Rio
Spanish Aid Lawyer Hunts Grants in Tideland Case
McAllen August 21. Attorney Fidencio Guerra says Spain and Mexico grants from the 16th century may bolster Texas tidelands claims against the federal government. He will travel to Mexico City to search records as two House bills seek to define rights to underwater lands offshore.
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Mcallen
Phillip II
Spain
Texas
Fidencio Guerra
Price Daniel
Mexico City
Chile
House
Guerra
Mexico
Reuther Says Union Holds Pension Stand
Detroit August 21 Reuters reports Walter Reuther told about 3 000 Ford old-time workers the company will not budge on opposing a pension plan for 106 000 workers this year The CIO United Auto Workers president warned the union will strike rather than sign a new contract without a pension plan
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Detroit
Walter Reuther
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Addressing a Social Ill in the Southwest
The writer argues Mexican immigration, termed a social illness, harms the Southwest economy and society with lower wages, higher poverty, illiteracy, crime, and disease. They urge cross border cooperation with Mexico to control the so called wetback infection and critique the BRA pact treatment as ineffective.
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Southwest
Texas
United States
Mexico
Frisco Fishing Vessel Narheliz Sinks Off San Luis
A 50 foot fishing vessel named Narheliz sank nine miles south of San Luis on Saturday night. Two men aboard were rescued unharmed.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Narheliz
San Luis
Inventors Preview BINAC as Next Step in Electronic Brains
Philadelphia report says BINAC debut marks a move toward automated calculation and machine aided thinking. Inventors Mauchly and Eckert explain BINAC runs 12 000 times faster than a human, handles 25 percent more complex problems, and supports engineering tasks for Northrop Aircraft with missiles and aircraft design in mind. A larger UNIVAC may follow within months.
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ENIAC
BINAC
John W. Mauchly
J. Presper Eckert Jr
Northrop Aircraft, Inc
Hawthorne
Woman Falls 800 Feet to Death at Royal Gorge Ledge
Helen S. Smith, 49, of Larchmont New York, died after an 800 foot fall from a ledge near the Royal Gorge Bridge during a family vacation. Her husband Hoyt, daughter Sylvia 13, and another teen, Matte Arup 14, were on the trip. Smith reported she went back to the car and could not be found. The body was located in a gulley by Royal Gorge Bridge manager Joe Chapman.
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Canon
City
Cole
Helen S. Smith
Larchmont
N. Y
Royal Gorge Bridge
Hoyt
Sylvia
Mamaroneck
Smith
Joe Chapman
The
Royal Gorge Bridge Company
Chapman
Mrs. Smith
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J. G. Miller
Dudley Gibson
George Kleinert
Edward Kleinert
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Charles Kieinert
Fannie McCrary
Julie Odell
Driftwood
Alice Tomblin
Henry Whitaker
Kyle
John, Lee
Jim Whitaker
Bob Hope
Snyder
W. A. Moncrief Sr
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Bing Crosby
California
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T.H. Davis
Frank Linden
W. S. Birdwell JR
Martin Blomquist
Thurlow
Jack Corley
Thevaca
Eldon Powell
Florist
Hillyer
Lavaca
of the Bells
Aestia
Congres
Lavece
Hyltin
Funerat Home
Dee Mener
Prea. Mre. C. A
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East Ave
Hood-Clark
Louisian
William H. Talbot
New Orleans
Mary Evelyn Dickerson
Oakdale
National
Reuther
Escapie
Russia
Drew Nichols
Nracly Cal
Merle Comal Lumber CO
Comal Lumber CO
Ando Subsidiary A Comationing 4 Pte
Teae Gs
Eckert- Mauchly Computer Corporation
Royal Gorge
Rauscher, Pierce & CO
Capital Nat. Bk. Bidg
Phesne
Easy Credit
R. K. Shannon
Optometrist Offices
Austin Amrican Reader
American Statesman
Boots & Her
Dick Tracy
Buz
Steve Canyon
Priscille
Bugs Bunny
Jack & Judy
Terry & the Pirates
Columinists
Walter Winchell
Editor's Notebook
Woman's News
Reuben
Central
Curtis Bishop
Moin
Business Review
the American-Statesman
Wiley
Renfro
Austin Savings
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