Offside penalty costs Maroons state title in close finale
At TCU Stadium Fort Worth the Austin Maroons lose the Class AA football final 14-13 to Wichita Falls Coyotes as a late offside call with four minutes left ends their bid. Wichita Falls captures its second state title, having won in 1941. A crowd of 17 000 watches the dramatic finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocker
Charles Gregg
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Maroons
Bill Lee
TCU
Austin Maroons
Coyote
Coyotes
Temple
Longview
Dallas
Austin
Kruger Resigns Credit Position in Austin Association
Herman Kruger of Dessau resigned as secretary treasurer of the Austin Production Credit Association after a board meeting. He had been acting treasurer since Dec 1 1947 and will return to his farm interests. E J Kasiske serves as acting treasurer pro tempore until January election. The association holds about 1 million dollars in assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Kruger
Dessau
Austin Production Credit Association
Association
Kruger
H. Onstot
E. J. Kasiske
Central Texas
Luling Man Killed In Highway Accident
A 22 year old Magnolia Petroleum employee Gilbert Kinnebrew of Luling died in an auto wreck between Edna and El Campo while returning to his parents home in Tilden for Christmas. Funeral arrangements are pending. He is survived by his parents two sisters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luling
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Gilbert Kinnebrew
Edna
el Campo
A. R. Kinnebrew
Tilden
Ing
Kinnebrew
Brother
US tightens blockage of Sino American seaborne trade
The United States warned American captains that sailing into Shanghai waters could suspend or revoke their licenses. A separate policy stance allows Formosa's Nationalist government to buy weapons with its own funds in the U S, while the Driggs Engineering export license to China was rejected. The measures target Isbrandt sen Steamship Company operations linked to Shanghai policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 two hours after his car collided with a street car here Friday. The street car operator and four passengers escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Bert W. Mooney
Mooney
Missouri Governor Sets Truce Talks With Southwestern Bell
Missouri Governor Forrest Smith arranged a truce delaying a threatened strike for at least ten days. A six state meeting in St. Louis next Thursday aims for a full contract settlement with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company amid a labor dispute involving pay and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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, released from Sing Sing after 18 years, said his gift was volunteering for dangerous medical experiments to aid leukemia patients. He shared tears with family at the station as he planned to live with his mother while maintaining his innocence in a 1931 gun hold up case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yule
Sing Sing
Ison
N. Y
Aristmas
Roy
Boy
New York
Joseph Correnti
Louie
William E. Snyder
Parole Board
Joseph
Louis
Leander Boy Hurt In Auto Accident
A 71 year old Leander boy Charlie Burch was seriously injured in a traffic crash a mile north of Cedar Park on State Highway 29. He suffered a fractured skull and broken leg and was taken to Seton Hospital in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 shoe gifts for Austin children without footwear. Hundreds lack shoes, and donations to the shoe fund at 105 East Second Street will supply pairs to barefooted kids, bringing heartfelt thanks as a personal gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Salvation Army
East Second Street
American-Statesman “Shoe Fund
Central Texas to Face 26 Degree Freeze This Weekend
A 26 degree low is forecast Saturday morning in Central Texas following a 24 degree low Friday. The area braces for a third winter freeze with fair weather on Saturday and a warmer, partly cloudy Sunday. Austin and Waco recorded 24 degrees, Amarillo 15, El Paso 19, with highs around 53 Friday and an expected 60 in Austin Saturday. Frost may affect Rio Grande vegetable areas. no statewide freezing remains after morning readings. Christmas weather appears mild and dry with clear skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Texas
Austin
Waco
Amarillo
el Paso
Brownsville
Texas
Dalhart
Rio Grande
Weather Bureau
President Approves Austin Survey Loan
President Truman approved a preliminary loan of 154000 for a survey and planning of 520 proposed public housing units in Austin. W. W. Stewart of the Austin Housing Authority announced approval aided by telegrams from Washington offices of Congressman Homer Thornberry and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Housing Authority
Truman
Washington
W. W. Stewart
Local Housing Authority
Homer Thornberry
Lyndon B. Johnson
Air Force B50 Crash Kills 11 Including Hornsby's Son
In Savannah a B50 bomber plunged into a marsh killing 11 airmen five minutes after takeoff. among the dead is Rogers Hornsby Jr., 29, navigator and son of baseball great Rajah Hornsby. Survivors include the widow Wanda Grace and two children. Rescue work faced mire filled with water and debris as investigators probe the fire and crash near Chatham Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Air Force
Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby Jr
Denison
Texas
Rajab
Young Hornsby
J. R. Hayden
Fort Worth
Texas A&m College
Wanda Grace
Sherman
Ann
Rogers
Chatham Field
el Paso
J. A. Lyles
Carpenter William Gomillion Dies After Austin Fall
William Alton Gomillion a 45 year old carpenter from Lytton Springs died after a fall from a scaffold at the Calcasieu Lumber Company building 302 West Second Street in Austin. He sustained a fractured skull and died Friday at San Antonio hospital. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. in Lytton Springs Methodist Church with Rev. J. C. Jones officiating. He is survived by his widow a daughter Nelda his parents Mr and Mrs Will Gomillion of Buda a brother Reece Gomillion of Austin and two sisters Mrs J J Rackley of Buda and Mrs Alvin Day of San Marcos.
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Austin
Lytton Springs
William Alton Gomillion
Gomillion
Calcasieu Lumber Company
West Second Street
Lytton Springs Methodist Church
J. C. Jones
Nelda Gomillion
Will Gomillion
Buda
Reece Gomillion
J. J. Rackley
Alvin Day
San Marcos
Railroads Get Priority on Coal Deliveries in US
ICC grants first call to railroads short on coal amid holiday slowdown. Order effective 12:01 a.m. tomorrow through midnight Feb 256 sets priority based on nine days of fuel stock. Railroads must list source mines and weekly needs to receive expedited shipments during the coal shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
John L. Lewis
Mine Workers Welfare Fund
Lewis
10C
ICC Service Bureau
Mina
Also Mentioned on This Page
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
Rajah
Hornsby
Transauras
Tucson
Riz
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
Ariz
W. A. Gomillion
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