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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1948
Page
7
J M Roberts Jr reports General Lucius D Clay wishes to retire but avoids any hint of running. Russians press Berlin with propaganda on his possible departure while Germans resist Soviet influence, aiding the Allied airlift to hold the city through winter.
Mrs. Joel Ritter of Allentown Pennsylvania visited Waco Airport as authorities continued a 30 day search for a missing plane carrying her husband and two other Pennsylvanians. The Civil Air Patrol coordinates coverage from Lufkin to Houston with a sighting being investigated, and the search extends to about December 28 unless the plane is found earlier.
Roy B. Wilson, 68, is charged with murder in the shotgun death of city patrolman Bennett Spradley near Wilson's second hand clothing store off Main Street. Spradley died minutes after the Santa Claus parade. He is survived by his wife and daughter Ms. Charles De at Miami Fla.
A Soviet sector ban on chewing gum goes into effect in Berlin on December 3. A Russian police spokesman says chewing gum is American and must be stopped, as locals report the practice is now illegal.
Governor Beauford Jester voiced full support Friday for a proposed Texas tax study committee modeled after the Gilmer-Aikin group. A similar measure failed in the prior legislature but is expected to be reintroduced by Rep Joe Pyle of Fort Worth with broad representation from public life.
In Galveston the Texas State Guard association will host a two day session on the national defense program with Colonel Joseph McShane noting over 1,000 attendees. Speakers include Lt Gen Claud V. Birkhead Colonel Peacock and Brig Gen Raymond Phelps from San Antonio and Lt Col Stanley Foran discussing the defense program.
A US Air Force B25 on an emergency mission flew seven month old Tot from Enid Oklahoma to Mitchell Field to save his sight. Captain William C. Seagle flew with the baby and his mother Mrs Frances Gearhard of Enid while surgeon performed the tumor related operation.
Hamburg report states Dr Claude Dornier was acquitted by a denazification panel at Lübeck. Dornier built the DO X flying boat and the Dornier 17 bomber, which also served as a fighter. The panel found his postwar work in civil aviation outweighed earlier Nazi party membership.
Covina California December 3 Officer Orville Budd on patrol saw a light at home and learned his wife Goldie was in labor He summoned an ambulance but delivered twin girls before it arrived The officer said he had feared such a moment but acted decisively making his own children the newborns
Jerry Crane Dallas mortician and secretary of the North Dallas Park Cities Kiwanis Club spoke before the Capital City Kiwanis Club about modern funeral home service. He traced progress since 1903 when the State board was formed and noted students begin state exams this Thursday.
Oklahoma City reports O C Shirley sought a job at the police station and was offered work on the station’s clean-up gang for five days. Jailer A B Phillips recalled Shirley had left on November 1 while serving a disorderly conduct sentence and still owed $10.
County officials report several Austin attorneys have approved installing an alcohometer to chemically test intoxication levels of drivers. Judge Mace Thurman Jr and County Attorney Perry Jones say proponents see it as clearing doubt in court. UT officials and State DPS promise assistance. plan heads to City Council and County Commissioners Court.
Smithville December 3 The annual Chamber of Commerce banquet featured Dr James I McCord of the Presbyterian Seminary Austin as the principal speaker Walter E Long introduced him The chamber has reorganized into five divisions led by Paul H Rigby with M L McDowel elected general chairman and other division chairs named A general meeting is set for December 7 to advance the reorganiza tion and assign sub committees
Austin police report Travis S. Kitchens, 29, wanted on burglary charges, captured in Waco. He was sought since Oct. 12 for the Aug. 2 burglaries of Charlie's Liquor Store at 403 West 19th and Byrdson's Lumber Co. at 415 West 19th. Police had arrested two of three suspects earlier in October.
Austin police report a traffic crash on Lamar Boulevard on Friday led to a charge against driver Robert E L Love Jr. for unlawfully carrying arms. In the overturned vehicle at 1500 block, officers found a .38 Smith and Wesson pistol and a six inch knife on the ceiling. The charge was filed in County Court at Law.
No arrests have been made in the burglary of J. D. Talley’s liquor store on the Dallas Highway at Coxville. Deputy L. T. Gunn said the thief broke a window lock and stole five full cases of blended whiskey plus one bottle.
Frank M. Folsom was elected president of Radio Corporation of America succeeding David Sarnoff. Sarnoff becomes chairman and chief executive officer, with John G. Wilson succeeding Folsom as head of RCA Victor. The announcement confirms the leadership shift in New York.
An eight year old boy confessed to taking a piggy bank from a theater. The incident ended when a theater manager alerted police. The piggy bank contained four show tickets ten candy bars ten ice cream sodas three bags of popcorn and six packs of gum.
Four defendants pled guilty in County Court at Law Friday before Judge Mace Thurman Jr. Three faced permitting intermittent playing in a public place with fines of 100, 25, and 100 dollars for Hamilton Faulk Nick Cornwell and W R Colgrove. Fritz Funderburgh admitted rude display of a weapon and was fined 30 dollars.
John S. Burns, officer of Capital National Bank, was elected president of the Young Men's Business League succeeding Dick Kircheville. John Harrison Jr. was chosen vice president, with a slate of directors including William G. Chote Julian Clapton L. C. Dwre Morgan Nexbitt Don O'Brien Wallis Paul Jack Phillips Jack Stableford and Mac Amstattd. Installation will occur at the next regular meeting.
A. E. Davis of the Civil Service Commission says federal clerk exam applications must be filed by December 9 at the regional director's Dallas office. The Sept 7 notice also lists December 21 as the deadline for junior professional and related exams in Washington and nationwide. Applicants must be 18 to 62, with veteran preference waivers possible for 18 to 35.
Poliomyelitis in Texas shows its sharpest seven month decline with 16 cases reported in the past week. Health officer Dr. George W. Cox had predicted relief with cold weather as totals had risen to a yearly peak of 1,713 cases, with earlier weeks averaging around 30 and months peaking between 70 and 90 cases in late spring and summer.
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