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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
4
Melbourne authorities report that the Australian government has introduced a bill to reimpose gasoline rationing. Full Minister William Ashley cited a defense reserve of 55 million gallons versus 83 million at the war’s start.
A trio of Bonham youths held for robbery and wounding a Crosbyton store owner will be tried first in Crosby County Texas on hold up charges. Orville Mann, 21, and two others were arrested near Dallas, with another youth charged in Lubbock. authorities transported them Wednesday for immediate trial.
In Opelousas Louisiana on December 7 a statewide alert was issued for a man and a woman after an aborted baby abduction. Cora Fontenot, a housemaid for Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Toler, warned officials when two strangers offered a $10 bill to take a three month old. The suspects fled after she notified authorities and officers launched a statewide search.
Dr. Leo Kanner of Johns Hopkins told an AMA meeting that many young women view motherhood as secondary to vocation. He warned that firstborn children may bear the brunt of a mother’s perfectionism driven by job culture and mechanized childrearing. He praised calm stable mothers who resist cultural pressures.
A federal grand jury indicted four men and a woman in Brownsville on counterfeiting charges tied to a ring that passed bogus $10 and $20 Federal Reserve notes from Mexico. Indicted are Manuel Garza Moya Felite Garcia Antonio Anaya and Frank G Tovar. Anaya was arrested in El Paso on Nov 3 and others in Rio Grande City. Tovar from Chicago faced Wednesday’s indictment and bond details.
Doug Symmank of Giddings FFA will exhibit a Guernsey heifer calf at the 1950 Houston Fat Stock Show Feb 1 12. It was won in the 1949 dairy milking race with Bill Williams of Houston as sponsor. The Giddings FFA chapter will attend FFA day.
Six oil leases totaling 484.40 acres were filed with the Lockhart county clerk in the past week. H A Rader secured five five year leases in the John Tyler League southwest of Lockhart covering 131, 52, 42, 30.40 and 90 acres from multiple owners. M M McDowell and David Haak took 89 acres from J B Moore and wife in the John McCoy league in the county's eastern part.
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