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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1950
Page
5
Funeral notices list Richard Lee Hutchings Maggie Amstead Effie Whitehand J A Comer Ann Elizabeth Wilson William Byrd Kelly and Lawrence N Slade among others. Edwin Green Jackman M A Powers Louis G Brumme August F Domel and families are noted with survivors and burial plans across Texas locations.
W. H. Mullins 87, a longtime Runnels County cattleman and cowpuncher, died Sunday in Ballinger. Funeral services are set for Tuesday with burial in Winters. He helped found the Runnels County Cowboy Association and is survived by three sons Harris and Jack of Dalhart and Eugene of Ocean Springs Miss, and two daughters Ruth Bankston Ballinger and Mrs. T C Root Dallas.
Funeral services for Will Waltz fifty two? wait, 72, a native Austin resident, will be held Tuesday at 4 p m at Tears Funeral Home. Burial follows at Mount Calvary Cemetery. He died Sunday night at home after a two year illness. Born in Austin in 1878, he operated cafes in East Austin for about four years before he became ill. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Georgia Owens.
A South text tile industry figure asserts the region accounts for about 75 percent of American textile production, highlighting regional dominance and economic impact.
Teachers at Lone Star School near Lincoln Park zoo faced a tense day as news of an escaped leopard kept pupils and anxious parents inside. Principal Mrs. George Cox said children stayed indoors except for restroom breaks while a brave eighth grader Jim Robb Blair reported leopard tracks found on a farm.
The Texas House debated sex crime law and other measures during a special session likely to end Wednesday. Legislators killed bills from Rep Zivley licensing practical nurses and Rep Williams delaying the 1950 census, amid rule suspensions and budget reallocations.
The Weather Bureau reports mostly cloudy and warm conditions for Tuesday and Wednesday in the Austin area with scattered thundershowers. Readings include temperatures around 92 and 83, with sunrise and sunset times and moon phase noted, and general forecasts for Fort Worth and San Antonio regions amid scattered data garbled by OCR.
The March Reader's Digest offers an absorbing report from a discussion group where women confront sexual fears frigid ity and repression in unhappy marriages. It explains causes and remedies and notes the condensed Parents' Magazine origin with 48 articles of lasting interest.
Try BC tablets or powders for fast relief of simple headaches neuralgic pains and minor muscular aches. Each dose uses the same BC formula with complete confidence. Two tablets equal one powder. 10¢ and 25¢ sizes. Sold everywhere.
City detectives hunted for a missing typewriter wallet and wrist watch after two men allegedly stole from Luther McWhorter in the 800 block of Red River. The wallet held $15 and papers. Two 16-foot aluminum canoes with orange permit numbers were taken from W. W. Bennett at Lake Austin. Gatewood Newberry reported a portable typewriter stolen from his car on February 23.
A. H. Poole remained in very critical condition Monday night at Brackenridge Hospital after a traffic crash on the old Cameron Road early Sunday that killed two and injured another. Mrs Minnie Neline Poole, 30, and Ray C. Neal Jr., 29, died en route to the hospital. Neal’s widow was not seriously injured and listed in fair condition.
In Wichita Falls over the weekend safecrackers hit two nearby businesses. The Tower Theater reported loss of its day’s receipts while the Allison Walgreen Drug Store suffered unidentified cash and items including narcotics liquor cigarettes lighters and perfume. Roof entry was used in both cases.
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