Offside Penalty Costs Maroons State Title
Austin Maroons fall 14-13 to Wichita Falls Coyotes in the Class AA state football final at TCU Stadium Fort Worth. A fourth quarter offside penalty costs Austin late as Wichita Falls secures its second state title. Attendance 17,000. scoring notes include a late Maroons TD to pull within one point.
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Hocker
Charles Gregg
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Maroons
Bill Lee
TCU
Austin Maroons
Coyote
Coyotes
Temple
Longview
Dallas
Sunset
Austin
Kruger resigns post as Austin Production Credit head
Herman Kruger of Dessau resigns as secretary treasurer of the Austin Production Credit Association after a board meeting. He had served as acting secretary treasurer since December 1947 and led the association of Central Texas ranchers and farmers, which now lists about $1 million in assets. Acting chief pro tempore E J Kasiske fills the role pending January elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Kruger
Dessau
Austin Production Credit Association
Association
Kruger
H. H. Onstot
E. J. Kasiske
Central Texas
Luling Man Killed In Christmas Highway Crash
A 22 year old Magnolia Petroleum employee Gilbert Kinnebrew of Luling died in a car crash between Edna and El Campo while en route to his parents in Tilden for Christmas. Funeral arrangements are pending. He is survived by two sisters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luling
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Gilbert Kinnebrew
Edna
el Campo
A. R. Kinnebrew
Tilden
Kinnebrew
US Tightens Barrier On Sino Red Trade At Shanghai
The United States warned American captains that sailing into Shanghai's waters could lead to license suspension or revocation as Washington tightens a blockade linked to Nationalist efforts. A separate policy note confirms Formosa’s govt can buy rifles with its funds, rejecting Driggs Engineering’s export license. The move targets the Isbrandt sen Steamship Company over Shanghai policy.
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Washington
United States
China
State Department
Shanghai
Formosa
Michael McDermott
Driggs Engineering Company of
New York
Driggs
McDermott
Car Trolley Wreck Fatal for Dallas Man
Bert W. Mooney aged 27 of Dallas died after his automobile collided with a street car Friday in Dallas. He succumbed to injuries two hours after the crash. The street car operator and four passengers were unhurt.
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Dallas
Bert W. Mooney
Mooney
Missouri Governor Arranges Truce With Southwestern Bell
Missouri Governor Forrest Smith calls a truce delaying a possible strike against Southwestern Bell for at least 10 days. Leaders from six states meet in St. Louis next Thursday to seek a full settlement on the contract dispute.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Forrest Smith
Missouri
St. Louis
Smith
Oklahoma
Kansas
Arkansas
Texas
Illinois
Allan Shivers
M. B. Morgan
Jefferson City
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Davis
Little Man Freed After 18 Years As Yule Present for Medical Aid
Louis Boy, 50, freed from Sing Sing after 18 years for volunteering in dangerous medical experiments to aid leukemia patients. He exchanged blood with a dying girl. the child died, but he remains in good condition. He reunited with relatives, expressed mixed feelings about his wife remarrying, and plans to stay with his mother.
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Yule
Ison
N. Y
Aristmas
Roy
Boy
New York
Joseph Correnti
Louie
William E. Snyder
Parole Board
Joseph
Ife
Louis
Leander Boy Hurt In Auto Accident
A 17 year old Leander boy Charlie Burch was seriously injured in a traffic crash Friday one mile north of Cedar Park on State Highway 29. He suffered a fractured skull and broken leg. He was taken to Seton Hospital in fair condition.
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Charlie Burch
Cedar Park
James Perry Burch
Leander
Louis Bergstrom
Young Burch
Whitestone School
Bergstrom
Ada Hoover
Bridge Street
Lampasas
Seton Hospital
Proverb Reminder Shoes Needed for Austin Tots
A Salvation Army appeal urges Christmas gift shoe donations for Austin children without footwear. Hundreds lack shoes, and gifts via the shoe fund at 105 East Second Street can help. Donors are promised a personal, heartfelt thanks from recipients.
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Austin
Salvation Army
East Second Street
American-Statesman “Shoe Fund
Central Texas braces for 26 degree freeze and warm Christmas
The area faces a 26 degree low Saturday with Friday dipping to 24 and Am arillo 15 and El Paso 19 the cold spots. Austin may reach 60 Saturday while Brownsville tops 63 statewide. Frost threatens Rio Grande vegetables though by afternoon no freeze remained in the state.
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Central Texas
Austin
Waco
Amarillo
el Paso
Brownsville
Texas
Dalhart
Rio Grande
Weather Bureau
President Approves Austin Survey Loan for Public Housing
President Truman approved a preliminary loan of $154 000 for a survey and planning of 520 proposed public housing units in Austin. W W Stewart of the Austin Housing Authority said telegrams from Congressman Homer Thornberry and Senator Lyndon B Johnson announced the approval in Washington.
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Austin Housing Authority
Truman
Washington
W. W. Stewart
Local Housing Authority
Homer Thornberry
Lyndon B. Johnson
Air Force B50 Crash Kills Hornsby Son and Ten Others
A B50 bomber crashed into a marsh near Savannah after takeoff for a training flight, killing 11 airmen including Rogers Hornsby Jr. and injuring none. Rescue teams faced swamp conditions to recover bodies and the cause is under investigation. Survivors include Hornsby’s wife Wanda Grace and two children.
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Savannah
Air Force
Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby Jr
Denison
Texas
Rajah
Wanda Grace
Sherman
Ann
Rogers
Carpenter Dies After Fall From Scaffold in Austin
William Alton Gomillion 45 a Lytton Springs carpenter died from a skull fracture suffered in a scaffold fall at the Calcasieu Lumber Co building 302 West Second Street Austin. He died Friday at Ackenridge Hospital and is to be buried in Lytton Springs with funeral services Saturday at 3 p m. He leaves a widow a daughter Nelda and parents Mr and Mrs Will Gomillion of Buda plus siblings in Austin Buda and San Marcos.
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Austin
William Alton Gomillion
Gomillion
New Calcasieu Lumber Company
West Second Street
Ackenridge Hospital
Field Funeral Home
Lockhart
Lytton Springs
Railroads Get Priority for Coal as Shortage Hits Nation
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered railroads with less than nine days of locomotive coal supply to receive first call on coal from their usual mines. The measure, effective midnight tonight and lasting until February 26, aims to prevent service disruption as miners reduce output over Christmas and New Year.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Mine Workers Welfare Fund
Lewis
The
ICC Service Bureau
Service Bureau
Im Coal
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Bill Waggoner
M. Blakely
Marvin Hooker
Waggoner
Isbrandtsen Steamship Company
James A. Davis
State Cio Council
Everett E. Cotter
Leander Boy
American Or Statesman
Joyce Wiley
Gonzales Warm Springs Foundation
Joyce
Wanda
Earl N. Wiley
Gonzales
Hornsby
Chatham Field
Ir Force
J. A. Lyles
Savannah River
Tucson
Ariz
Chatham Air Force Base
George V. Swearingen
Columbia
S. C
Andrew G. Walker
Norfolk
Robert W. Beckman
Birmingham
Ala
Anthony C. Colandro
Baltimore
James W. Johnson Jr
Welsh
W. Va
Leonard B. Hughes
Fred W. Cunningham
New Orleans
Manson L. Gregg
Meadow
Garnell W Myers
Frankford
Ind
Billy C. Bristol
W. A. Gomillion
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