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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1949

Page

3

Last Nazi General Mannstein Convicted in War Crimes Trial

In Hamburg on December 19, British military court sentenced Nazi Field Marshal Eric von Mannstein to 18 years in prison for war crimes. The 62 year old commander on the Eastern front was found guilty of nine of 17 charges including mistreatment of Russian prisoners of war and use of Russians as slave labor. He stood impassive as the verdicts were read.

Hamburg Germany Eric von Mannstein Mannstein

Even St. Paul Bandits Get Christmas Spirit

Cab driver Robert Johnson in St. Paul reported two passengers pulled a gun on him and took about $17 after demanding receipts. They spared his $11 Christmas money for his children and let him keep the billfold.

ST. Paul Robert Johnson Johnson

Canadian Mayor Charged in Death Of Crippled Clerk

Sidney Nova Scotia on December 19 1950 Dan Jack Maclean the recently re elected mayor was charged with murder in the death of Joseph Mackinnon 65 crippled voting registrar who was struck by his car in a dark alley witnesses said the car rolled over him twice as he cried Stop Jack stop A pathologist examined blood stains on the mayor car and a liquor bottle was found in the glove compartment Maclean had defeated Victor Coffin by a narrow margin to win a fifth term as mayor.

Sidney Nova Scotia Dan Jack Maclean Jack Joseph Mackinnon Royal Canadian Mounted Police Mackinnon Jackie Maceachern Margaret Macaskill Halifax Maclean Sydney Victor Coffin

Geologist Paul Schlosser Dies at 51 in Denton

Denton mourns as Paul Schlosser, 51, research geologist for Phillips Petroleum, dies at his stock farm home after a cerebral hemorrhage last fall and a stroke earlier this month. He passed away Sunday in Denton following health complications from Midland.

Denton Paul Schlosser Phillips Petroleum Company Schlosser Midland Peer

Texas Youth Council launches integration plan for youth rehabilitation

The Texas Youth Development Council accepted Governor Shiv ers designation to represent the state at the White House Youth Conference in December 1950. It aims to build local youth councils statewide and link with national planning while exploring a Texas Youth Research Foundation for grants and endowments.

Texas Youth Development Council White House Allan Shivers Texas Conference For Children and Youth Walter K. Kerr Texas Agency Texas Youth Research Foundation Kerr State Council S. L. Bellamy State Board Ed Whalen McAllen Texas Commissioner of Education State Board of Education

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