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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1949
Page
2
Dumont residents speculated about a flying saucer sighted near the town. Photographer George S. Cannard described it as a lens shaped metallic object two thirds the size of an airplane that wobbled in flight and glistened in the sun. Postmistress Helen Disque also saw the silvery object and others reported sightings.
Labour MP Tom O Brien denounced American big business as conspiring to overthrow the Labour Government. He warned Britons would choose communism over being ruled by US dollars and urged Bevin and Cripps to press Washington on Britain’s dollar shortage ahead of Sept. 6 talks with US and Canadian officials.
A national polio control guide states quarantine offers no proven benefit and may worsen hysteria and hardship. It urges limited restrictions, emphasizing home and contact timing over broad visitor bans and school closures to avoid panic and spread.
USF stugar sugar and its 10 000 derivatives are used in more than twenty industries, highlighting broad application and market reach across manufacturing and consumer sectors.
Dallas police prepared charges against a 20 year old detained in Wichita Kansas for hot check schemes in Dallas and Tulsa. He allegedly passed a 7 7 million dollar check to enter college and used bogus checks to buy a car in Big Spring Texas and open accounts in Dallas and Wichita. Police say he planned to transfer his Dallas account as part of the swindle.
The Shanghai office of American President Lines said August 22 that the liner General Gordon has been granted safe conduct into Shanghai by the Nationalist government enforcing the blockade.
Mexican Health Department faced pressure to repeal a polio certificate rule that would admit tourists without a certificate only if claiming non exposure by oral declaration. Hotel and rail groups warned it would cut tourist business. border ports reported mixed enforcement and several passengers denied entry.
In New Orleans Aus 2 a million dollar veterans housing project patterned on Baton Rouge Legion Village was unveiled by American Legion Post No. 333. Andrew P. Carter said land is being acquired for a modern subdivision with 109 houses for sale to veterans on easy pay, expanding to 500 homes. Prices range from 7500 to 10000 with top priority for veterans facing eviction from Bienville Homes.
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