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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1949
Page
5
The August meeting of the 4 H girls club was held last week at the residence of Mrs J R Jones. Miss Alice J Carleton demonstrated the preparation of vegetables for storage in a deep freezer. It was the last meeting before the start of school.
Military authority imposes martial law nationwide. Troops and 11 warships guard coal, copper and nitrate mines amid four days of disorders in Santiago sparked by bus fare hikes. One hundred ten0 coal miners endure a sit down at Lota Mine while others abandon protests. Lirquen Mine resumes normal operation. Public life in Santiago returns to routine with plazas and cathedrals busy.
Senate dispute over next year farm price supports widens as Republican Young of South Dakota charges Democrats are political inaction. He urges delivery on promises while Anderson backs a compromise plan to hold price props near current levels with possible declines if surpluses grow.
The Trinity Methodist Mothers Club will hold a picnic at Zilker Park on Wednesday at 9 30 am in place of its regular monthly meeting. Those attending should meet at the church at 9 30 am.
A miniature Nurenberg has been built in Hamburg for the trial of former German Field Marshal Erich von Manstein. The hearing on seven war crime charges against the officer is scheduled to begin Tuesday.
The former boxer Bill Summers started umpiring in 1921 in the Eastern League marking the turn of his baseball officiating career.
Adam Gubrinowicz, chief of protocol for the Polish Government, resigns citing Catholic faith and the Vatican excommunication decree as incompatible with serving a Communist dominated Poland. The move follows Dr. J. T. Rakowski’s recent resignation as consul general in Montreal, signaling a pattern of officials stepping down.
Washington August 71 The government pledged to push slum clearance and city development projects in cities plagued by unemployment to create jobs Housing Administrator Raymond M Foley noted these efforts cannot offer much relief to war and urged cities with high unemployment to complete requirements for federal aid in developing low rent public housing
David Fairchild, an 80 year old horticulturist who introduced the soybean to the United States, is awarded the 19 Johnny Appleseed Award by the Men's Garden Clubs of America. Portland's Joe M. Johnson lauded the board of directors choice. The 14th annual convention runs Monday through Thursday in Minneapolis.
Dozens of fires spread across western Montana Idaho and eastern Washington after a night electrical storm. Fire crews and supervisors were rushed in from neighboring states as payette and two Idaho sites faced thousands of acres burned and ongoing threats from strong winds.
Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul G. Hoffman and Ambassador-at-Large Averell Harriman arrived in Frankfurt to confer with Western Allied officials on economic developments in Western Germany. Hoffman flew in from Greece. Harriman traveled from an unspecified location.
In Glamis Castle vicinity Scotland Princess Margaret celebrates her birthday with a royal party. King Queen and Duke of Kent join a family procession to Crathie Church as congratulatory messages pour in from across the empire.
More than 1,000 additional reinforcements for the British colony debarked Sunday from the troop ship Devonshire. The forces included the main body of the First Battalion the King's Own Borderers, part of the Third Royal Tank Regiment and an advance body of the 40th Infantry Division.
Communist dominated Chamber of Labor called a half day strike of all Rome railroad workers at noon Monday. Strikers seek a 46 hour week 26 day yearly vacation and pay increases from the state operated railways.
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