Australia speeds migration and settlement after war
The article notes about 142000 Europeans arrived in Australia under assisted migration since the war, with two year government labor contracts. About 9000 workers have completed these contracts, many remaining in their initial jobs while others switch to new professions or start their own businesses. It also includes an extended testimonial about HADACOL from Frances C Hood of Kansas City praising health benefits and urging others to try the product.
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Australia
Sydney
Frances C. Hood
Wabash
Kansas City
Mr. Hood
Hunter dies from gunshot on Bonham ranch near Cedar Valley
Austin man John William Kallgren aged 57 died Sunday from a rifle wound while hunting alone on the Bessie Stanley Ranch near the Bonham property. Deputy Baker said a shot was heard and Kallgren cried out before being found. Autopsy ordered, rifle taken for lab analysis. Buried in Austin Memorial Park with widow Marie and brother Carl W. Kallgren surviving.
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Austin
Cedar Valley
John William Kallgren
East 35Th Street
Bonham Ranch
Fred Stark
Bob Baker
Kallgren
Stark
Baker
Tly
Justice of the Peace
Frank McBee
McBee
Bessie Stanley
Bonham
Department of Public Safety
Glenn Anderson Harrison
Guadalupe Street
Paige
Hylton Manor
Austin Memorial Park
Marie Kallgren
Carl W. Kallgren
The Story of Ernie Pyle Condensed Tale
The piece presents a warm portrait of Ernie Pyle, war correspondent, tracing a life shaped by a troubled marriage and devotion to American troops. Written with intimate letters and veteran recollections, it frames Pyle as a defining figure in wartime journalism.
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Heaven
Hell
Ernie Pyle
America
Ernie
Current Books
Frigid Canadian Air Drives Southward Front Across Nation
A mass of very frigid air from Canada moved southward Monday. By noon the temperature in Canada was 24 degrees below zero. The front was expected to sweep the Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes region with snow already seen in North Dakota Minnesota and the Great Lakes. Texas and the Southwest had fair weather.
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Canada
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
North Dakota
Minnesota
Texas
Southwest
Old Santa Delivers Gifts to Fort Bragg Vets
Hundreds of Christmas gifts from civilians flooded Fort Bragg Post Hospital for wounded Korean War veterans. The haul grew after an Army appeal. gifts arrived from local residents and recruiting stations to lift patient spirits.
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Fort Bragg
N. C
INS
North Carolina
Fort Bragg Post Hospital
Army
China Reds Ignore American's Appeal
An American woman in Formosa observes Christmas alone as her husband, a former Civil Air Transport chief, remains a prisoner in Yunnan. Mrs Sue Buol of Minneapolis and Albuquerque had appealed to Premier Chou En Lai for safe conduct into and out of the province but received no response.
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Taipei
Formosa
Sue Buol
Minneapolis
Stockton
Calif
Reds
Mengisz
Chou
Buol
Two men jailed in Christmas hotel holdups wave
Two suspects were arrested after a pre dawn spree at five New York hotels on Christmas day. They allegedly held night clerks at Carleton Arms Strand Union Square Elite and Hotel Ashland, taking 301 dollars before being identified by victims. Patrolman John Cyran detained them after they registered at Elton.
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New York
INS
John Cyran
Carleton Arms Hotel
the Strand
Union Square
Elite
Hotel Ashland
Elton
Cyran
Deaths and Funerals: Ford Davis Soniat Griffin
Mrs. Winnie Irene Ford of Austin dies after 50 years in the city. Survivors include daughters Mrs. James L. Sarver and Mrs. N. Johns and son Elston Ford. Private service Tuesday at Weed-Corley with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Also notes A K Davis of Leander aged 75 dies, with graveside at Bagdad Cemetery Tuesday. Charles T. Soniat’s body shipped to New Orleans for burial. Laura Bertha Griffin of Austin dies Christmas Day. survivors include two sons, two daughters, and a sister. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of relatives.
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Winnie Irene Ford
Anccient
Austin
H. E. Ford
Central Christian Church
James L. Sarver
Washington, D. C
Weed-Corley
John Barclay
Oakwood Cemetery
A. K. Davis
Leander
Presbyterian Church
Carl Mason
A. L. Mason
E. D. Mason
Wood- Corley
Bagdad Cemetery
Robert F. Grebble
T. Soniat
Charles T. Soniat
Cook Funeral Home
New Orleans
Laura Bertha Griffin
Sunset Avenue
Hustin Manor Funeral Home
C. D. Griffin
Grover Griffin
W. A. Douglas
Fort Worth
Gary Johnson
M. L. Hutchings
Austin Youth Struck by Rock Injures Eye
Valente Flores a 12 year old grandson of Mrs Louisiana Flores of 2905 Conway Street was hospitalized Monday after being hit in the eye by a rock while playing with three other boys in a pasture near the 3000 block of Conway Police said an unknown youth threw the rock Brackenridge Hospital officials reported his condition was good but the extent of eye injuries remained undetermined
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Valente Flores
Louisiana Flores
Conway Street
Brackenridge Hospital
Young Flores
Conway
Christmas Deliveries to Wounded Soldiers
Nurses and Red Cross workers hung stockings for veterans as Santa visited wards with presents. The best gift went to the walking wounded who were allowed to spend the holidays at home.
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Red Cross
Saint Nick
Mrs Erma Anton Dies At Home In Lockhart
Miss Erma Anton aged 46 died at her home in Lockhart on Monday. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 3 p m at Field Funeral Home with Rev E H Wierth officiating. Survivors include her mother Mrs Andreas Anton and sister Mrs Herbert Otto, both of Lockhart.
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Lockhart
Erma Anton
Field Funeral
E. H. Wierth
Andreas Anton
Herbert Otto
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East
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Corley Funeral Home
Lavaca
Rock
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Hanover
James Parker
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