Railroad Official Retires From Southern Pacific
Retirement of John G. Torian as manager of personnel for Southern Pacific in six western states announced Sunday.
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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1949
Page
2
Treasury bonds of 1949-51 called for redemption
Public notice announces redemption of all outstanding 2 per cent Treasury Bonds of 1949-51 dated January 15 1942 on June 15 1949. Interest ceases on that date. Full surrender details are in Department Circular No 666 dated July 21 1941. John W. Snyder Secretary of the Treasury Washington February 14 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
United States
Department
War Veterans Benefit Payments Drop $1 Billion From Last Year
The Veterans Administration said benefits to war veterans and dependents totaled $6.495 billion for the year ending June 30, 1948, down about $1 billion from 1946-47 but higher than 1945-46 and 1944-45. The report itemizes payments by war, living and deceased veterans, and includes GI Bill tuition and subsistence aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Four Burglaries Solved by Austin Police
Four juvenile boys were arrested early Sunday solving four February burglaries. The suspects hit Van Smith Grocery on Feb 6 Ross Grocery and Market on Feb 7 Avio Grocery on Feb 11 and Whited Grocery on Saturday night. At Whited Grocery they took cigarettes and meat and were turned over to juvenile authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
van Smith Grocery
Ross Grocery
Avio Grocery
Whited Grocery
Whited
East 9Th Street
Assembly of Israeli Will Convene Today
Jerusalem buzzed with festive mood on the eve of Israel’s Constituent Assembly opening. One hundred twenty delegates will convene Monday in Jerusalem before moving to Tel Aviv, capital of the new State of Israel on the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Constituent Assembly
David
Solomon
Tel Aviv
Israel
Mediterranean
Weather data and city temperatures for Austin and Texas cities
Reported temperatures and weather metrics include highs and lows for Texas cities such as Amarillo and El Paso, rainfall totals, river stages for Montopolis and Lake Buchanan, and moon phase notes. The piece notes Austin Monday sunrise sunset times and moonset, with the moon's last quarter on February 19 and forecast details for the Colorado river.
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Casaaua
Austin
Colorado
Montopolis
Lake Buchanan
Lake Travis
Marshall Ford
Texas
Amarillo
el Paso
Abilene
Fort Worth
Galveston
Brownsville
Laredo
Cros_ Christi
San Antonio
del Rio
Waco
Solons Prepare For New Round In Tideland Row
Washington February 13 Congress readies for another round in the tidelands oil dispute. Senator O Mahoney introduces the administration bill to govern off coast beds by the Federal Government while bills favoring state ownership circulate. He argues national ownership and shared royalties for reclamation public works and education, with protections for state equities and past trespass liabilities. The issue of land ownership beyond the three mile limit remains nationwide with past Supreme Court rulings and ongoing suits in California Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Tidelands
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
California
Texas
O’mahoney
Truman
Supreme Court
France’s Recovery Is Tested by Political Sneeze
Paris reports after a year of Marshall Plan aid France enjoys steadier food prices and plentiful markets. A 100 billion franc bond drive nears completion, with subscriptions rising toward March end. Government coalition led by Henri Queuille has endured five months, showing progress in financial reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Associated Press
Henri Queuille
Houston Show Nets Stockmen Over $364,000
The Seventeenth Annual Houston Fat Stock Show closed with exhibitors earning over 360000. Seven auctions brought 264603.94 and premiums around 100000. The event drew a near capacity crowd at Sam Houston Coliseum for the final rodeo. Dates for 1950 were set February 1 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Nets
W. Albert Lee
Sam Houston Coliseum
Italian Red Leader On Visit to Warsaw
Eugenio Reale a leading figure in the Italian Communist Party arrived in Warsaw for a private visit. He is described as Italy’s first postwar ambassador to Poland and a founder of Cominform. Reports of a Cominform meeting in Eastern Europe could not be confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Eugenio Reale
Communist Party
Reale
Italy
Cominform
Europe
Missourian Succumbs From Razor Wounds
Princeton Missouri February 13 Eli Dock Black age 58 died Sunday from razor wounds officials said were personal safety related Saturday when Black killed his estranged wife with the same razor The slaying occurred as he pretended to kiss her seeking reconciliation The daughter and three of her small children attempted to intervene before Black slashed his own throat
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Eli
Dock) Black
Black
Die Announces For Councilman Die Announces For Councilman
Tom G. Die a 38 year old plumber announced Sunday he would seek a City Council seat. He aims to reopen the telephone rate case and represents Austin as a working man. Die is a former Plumbers Local 286 president and sits on the state joint apprenticeship committee. He joined the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Knights of Pythias and is a chief petty officer in the naval reserve with Pacific service in World War II. He is married with two daughters and moved to Austin in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom G. Die
Die
Austin
Texas A&m College
Order of Eagles
The
Knights of Pythias
Active Naval Reserve
Pacific
Oil Industry Seeks Timber Alternatives for Drilling Material
The United States seeks new drilling material to replace Argen tina quebracho. The Interior Department cites two hopefuls: bark from the California redwood and ligno sulphates from pulp and paper waste. Quebracho, a South American hardwood, provides tannin for leather tanning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Argentina
Interior Department
California
United States
Prague War Hero to Face Spy Trial in 1945 Hero
Prague reports state court will try General Karel Kutlovasr and 12 accomplices on Thursday for spying and plot actions against the Republic. Kutlvasr is known as a hero of the Prague uprising that expelled the Germans from the capital in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Karel Kutlovasr
Republic
Kutlvasr
Greek Rebels Attack Phlorina in Northern Greece
Communist guerrillas renewed a major assault on Phlorina near the Greek Albanian Yugoslav frontiers as 4000 fighters descended from the Vitsi Mountains. The first attack failed but the army counted 216 rebel dead and 264 prisoners after a night fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Phlorina
Greece
Vitsi
Markos Vafiades
Ioannis
John) Ioannides
Nicholas
Niko) Zachariades
Konitsa
Phlor
Valentine Ball to Benefit Holy Cross Hospital
A charity ball to fund the new Holy Cross Hospital will be held at the Crystal Ballroom, Driskill Hotel, Monday from 8 to 12 p m. Ben Kirkpatrick will provide music. Sponsored by the Catholic Daughters of America. Admission is 2 50 per couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Cross Hospital
Crystal Ballroom
Driskill Hotel
Ben Kirkpatrick
Catholic Daughters of America
Atomic experts cast doubt on stockpiled bombs idea
Washington reports that top scientists question existence of completed U S atomic weapons. They say the arsenal is likely stores of bomb parts and fissile material, with exact counts kept secret by President Truman. Also obituaries for Walter E Underwood Lydia Sherman and G F Smothers noted with funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Try
Truman
Brien McMahon
Dconn
Senate
House Atomic Committee
US Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Congress
Desirable pecan variety praised by Texas agriculture officials
SAM H. BURCHARD outlines a new pecan called Desirable praised for flavor and shell. credits the Texas agriculture department for selection and propagation. Q C Boatman and C A Freund visited Burchard’s orchard. Grass Day slated Feb 18 near Kyle with Soil Conservation District coop. Davis Foster to advise on grass planting. Dr A A Warlick’s Duroc sow sets national 56 day weight record. Andrew Smith from Dime Box in Dallas hospital six months. plans for farm improvements stalled. USDA offers limited government potatoes to Texas livestock producers for feed for two weeks. details from ACA offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Shanks
Austin American Agricultural
Sam H. Burchard
Nzales
Burchard
Commissioner of Agriculture
Texas
Q. C. Boatman
C. A. Freund
Austin
Goa
Hays - Caldwell - Travis Soil Conservation District
Kyle
LexWord Farm
Highway
Davis Foster
Soil Conservation Service Nursery
San Antonio
A. A. Warlick
Gonzales
Warlick
Andrew Smith
Dime Box
Lee County
Veterans’ Hospital
Dallas
Andrew
U. S. Agriculture Department
ACA
AAA
Obituary Henry Earl Keys and John H Requardt
Funeral cortege for Henry Earl Keys will leave Cook Funeral Home Monday at 1 p m Graveside services at Hillcrest Cemetery Temple at 2 30 p m John H Requardt a resident of Austin for two years died at a local hospital Sunday He was an employee of Sinclair Oil Company He is survived by his widow Hattie Requardt his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Requardt Sr of Needville a son Clarence H Requardt four sisters Mrs Annie Oberhoff and Mrs Elsie Oberhoff both of Needville and Mrs Minnie Requardt and Mrs Freddie Kowis of Houston three brothers Hugo Requardt of Rosenburg Henry Requardt Jr of Beasley and Rudolph Requardt of Corpus Christi The body was taken to Rosenburg by Cook Funeral Home Sunday Burial will be in Beasley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Underwood
Walter Eugene Underwood
Austin
College Avenue
West Texas
Agnes Underwood
Stanley Underwood
California
J. R. Underwood
Corpus Christi
Queen Bulger
St. Louis
Wilke Funeral Home
Live Oak Cemetery
G. F. Smothers
Round Rock
Spb
Round Rock Baptist Church
Kyle Cemetery
Smothers
Mae E. Smothers
A. M. Smothers
San Antonio
F. D. Smothers
John H. Requardt
Sinclair Oil Company
Hattie Requardt
Henry Requardt Sr
Needville
Clarence H. Requardt
Annie Oberhoff
Elsie Oberhoff
Minnie Requardt
Freddie Kowis
Houston
Hugo Requardt
Rosenburg
Henry Requardt Jr
Beasley
Rudolph Requardt
Cook Funeral Home
Oklahoman Dies From Wreck Injuries in Dumas
Fritzie Lloyd Sifford age 23 of El Reno Oklahoma died in a Dumas hospital Sunday from injuries received when struck by a truck on US Highway 87 near Dumas Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumas
Fritzie Lloyd Sifford
el Reno
Okla
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Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury Department
Ian Wars
Military and Naval
National Service
Littlefield
Austin Laundry Ning Company
Mal
Lavaca Street
Wesley
Geo Wesley Cleaner
Distinctive Dry Cleaners
SaUhy Veciie
Assembly of Israeli Will
Dairies
Solons
Tideland Row
Senate Interior Committee
Lee
Seth Turner
Coryell County
Haly Cross Hospital
Ately
Lydia Sherman
Lydia Jane White Sherman
Wilke Funeral
Pipe Creek
Piland Cleaners
C. W. 6Th St
Coca Cola Plant
Virgie de Witty
Henry Earl Keys
Hillcrest Cemetery
Temple
Westbrook
Everett
Westbrook North Blvd
Ave
Austin’s
Thurlow
Jack Corley
Lavaca
Eldon Powell
Florist
Funeral Home
Guadalupe
Highway 81
Travis County
Nalle Bldg
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