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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1949
Page
10
The body of Miles Carter was sent to Houston by Cook Funeral Home for burial. Survivors include his widow and a son, Louie Carter.
AP analysis notes US opposition to Russia’s bid for a UN appointed governor in Trieste. Allies plan to return the area to Italy under the treaty, while Yugoslav and Italian tensions risk a three way civil conflict.
Multiple obituaries report deaths in Austin area. Retired merchant Davis survived by widow Sallie and five grandchildren. Eddie Ludwig, 58, painter and WWI veteran, dies. services set at Hylton Funeral Home. Rev Solan Sanders Vardiman, 75, longtime Topsy pastor, dies. James Cavanaugh and Ed Jarosek funerals planned in Granger with Calvary Cemetery burials. Private First Class William J. VanHorn Sr., 29, KIA Okinawa, funeral in Lockhart with military rites.
John Griffith of Taylor and D W Gardner of Burnet were elected officers of the Texas Bankers Association at the Central Texas district meeting. Griffith becomes third district chairman. Gardner is secretary. Conference speakers included Arthur A Smith of SMU and banking officials, with Austin chosen for the 1951 convention.
Washington reports that on February 18 an embassy spokesman announced Argentina will pull out of the 56-nation International Wheat Conference.
Daily temperature readings show highs and lows across multiple Texas cities with rainfall totals and river stages. Austin sunrise at 7 08 a m and sunset at 6 23 p m, rainfall 0 02 inches in 24 hours, Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis levels noted, and moon phases listed for Feb 19.
Judge J. Harris Gardner in the 53rd District Court ruled against Southwestern Greyhound Lines in a suit to block Texas Electric Railway from operating buses between Dallas and Waco. The bus company filed suit Dec 31 after the 1948 order dated Aug 30 and after the interurban system switched to buses on Jan 1, 1949.
New York evidence reveals Mary Phillips, a 28 year old singer, testified she had intimate relations with her manager Edwin Wyman in fall 1948 and with opera tenor Ferruccio Tagliavini since 1946. She claims Tagliavini is father of her daughter born October 5, 1947.
Washington February 18 The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the weekly wholesale index rose one percent for the week ended February 15 reaching 158.5 percent of the 1926 average. Prices for grains livestock and related products fluctuated with cold wave losses and weather impacts.
Federal Judge William H. Atwell ordered a new trial for Orpha Norman Turner in Dallas. The trial centers on rent overcharges totaling 663 dollars, with the March 14 date set after reconsideration of the War Assets Administration case. C A Nail, an employee, was involved in the earlier ruling.
Twelve fishermen rescued from the tobacco tuna clipper Reina Del Mar were en route to Manzanillo Mexico after the SS Hoosier State picked them up from a life boat following the vessel fire. Coast Guard air station reported the pickup was guided by a patrol plane.
Mercedes Ramirez of San Antonio fainted after sniffing a bottle labeled perfume held by a visitor at her home on Thursday. She recovered to find the thief gone and her purse containing 75 dollars missing, police were told on Friday.
A twin engined Air Force training plane missing since Tuesday from Bolling Field Washington to Pittsburgh was found wrecked Friday in the Laurel Mountains near Johnstown. Spotters reported no signs of life around the scene.
An explosion blamed on gas in a vault at Velvet Ice Cream Company in Corsicana caused about 30000 dollars in damage on Friday. Superintendent Charles Vess was slightly injured.
Nathan Leopold, co convict in the 1924 kidnap and murder of 14 year old Robbie Franks, was granted a parole hearing for April 12 after serving in wartime malaria experiments. He faces life plus 99 years and may seek early eligibility or a possible pardon.
Miss Margaret Truman marks her 25th birthday aboard the S S America as she declines to cut her cake, keeping the confection intact for photos. Her mother travels back to Washington after visiting Mrs Louise Stewart sailing for England. Captain John Anderson presents the green iced cake inscription.
Twenty one women from San Antonio Texas arrived Friday on a goodwill tour of Central America. Mrs Preston Dial chairwoman presented greetings from President Truman and Texas Governor Beauford Jester to Honduran President Juan Manuel Galvez.
The British Army Journal, the War Office bi annual publication, advised that the best defense against the atomic bomb is to avoid being present when it detonates. The comment appeared in a UK dispatch dated February 18.
126th District Court lists divorces granted for Mrs. Ernest Macanfield, Katherine Smith Bouldin, Alice Fisher Turner, Frances Bartley, and others while several divorces filed include Ella Wallis, Vaughn Lester, and Laraine Curtis. Foreclosure and damages actions appear with H H Perry vs Herbert Nasour and H G West vs Southwestern Bell. New marriages and cars registered also noted.
Defense witness Gunnar Drangsholt burst into the trial claiming Mildred Gillars threatened American soldiers at Stalag 2-B in 1944 as she departed. Other testimony said Gillars tried to quit broadcasting but was pressured by a Nazi official. witnesses described guarded German studios and fear for her safety.
R G Storey of Dallas urged Texas lawyers to reform how judges are selected and retained. He proposed initial appointments to appellate courts, three-lawyer candidates for vacancies, governor picks, and a bar governor commission, with voter review of judges’ records at term end. He cited tenure, leadership for the bar, and a March 20 referendum as key steps.
The Texas Council of Negro Organizations representing 31 groups met at Tillotson College and adopted a 1949 program covering agriculture business civil rights education health housing labor and recreation. A. Maceo Smith presided in place of ill Dr. Joseph J. Rhoads. A public meeting at Ebenezer Baptist Church featured Rev. Marshall Sheppard as guest speaker.
At Austin Development Foundation headquarters on Friday, plans for an Austin section at the Southwest Exposition in Fort Worth May 8 15 were discussed. The number of Austin product displays remains open with 15 area operators consulted and Nalle Plastics set to exhibit Austin made products.
Tulsa pastor Wallace J. Murphy testified before the House banking committee, calling rent controls ungodly and condemning Housing Expeditor Tighe E. Woods as incompetent. He linked controls to communism and alleged widespread evictions backed by the Property Owners Association of America, while noting no questions were asked after his statement.
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