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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1951
Page
16
Pope Pius on New Year’s Day told 37 Vatican diplomats that the 1950 Holy Year proves worldwide desire for peace. He called the Holy Year a symbol of Christian universalism and a plebiscite of the people in favor of peace for all humanity.
The National Geographic Society in Washington maintains a graphic library of 20 000 volumes.
Senator Sparkman says many small defense suppliers face profit cancelling prices on gray and black markets. The Senate small business committee will hold public hearings January 17 on critical material shortages with witnesses including Charles Wilson William Harrison and W Stuart Symington.
Fredericksburg reports F C Lochte of Meusebach Creek wins the Fredericksburg Standard plaque as outstanding 4-H member. He has 12 years in 4-H, showing cattle sheep and swine, earning many prizes and serving as county 4-H club president. The ceremony featured district agent R S Miller and other award winners from dairy crop and meat programs.
Williamson County reports another Korean War casualty as Cpl. Drummond, Thrall High School class of 1948, is confirmed killed in action after being missing since November 30. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Drummond, of Thrall, receive the news.
The New Year’s Day session of the House brought out 338 members to answer roll call. Total membership is 435 with five vacancies. The turnout served as a christening for the newly decorated and refurnished chamber and members could rest in the soft new $190 seats.
Clay tiles used on German stoves in the 1st through 14th centuries still survive, illustrating long preserved medieval craft.
OCR glimpse shows scattered lines about people such as Robert Cummings and Lisabeth Scott, plus places like Burnet and Odessa. The text is fragmented and includes stray phrases and dates, offering little coherent event but hints at a feature with multiple names and possible theater or society notes.
A farm news column warns meat price ceilings may trigger rationing and shift diets toward carbohydrates. It cites Federal Reserve Bank guidance on price controls, proposes a five point plan, and reports regional notes on Hereford breeders, rainfall, ginning, and poultry prices.
In SAN MARCOS scout units form anew Troop 130 with Scoutmaster Cranston Shaw and committee chair Willie C Wilson overseeing seven explorer Scouts and twelve scouts. Troop 160 led by Roy W Rutherford Jr includes chairman Barney V Aldis and three more committee members with seven registered boys. In DRIPPING SPRINGS a PTA sponsored Troop 124 organized under Hayden G Haley with E O Bethke as assistant meets at the school. Andice reorganizes Troop 154 with D Love as Scoutmaster and M A Montgomery as committee chair and six boys listed.
Bill Veeck admits he is out of place as an actor after his first week as Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner. He notes crowds were weak and reviews friendly but not favorable, comparing the experience to Sarah Bernhardt playing second base. His wife Frances attended all performances to see the outcome.
Milam County Registered Hereford Breeders Association organized in Rockdale with H. D. Maxwell presiding. YMBL pledges livestock show support in March. Sam Peebles and W. P. Hogan pledge full league and city backing. Officers elected: S. L. Stewart president, Paul Graves vice president, Dana Monroe secretary-treasurer.
Figures from J R Thornton federal agent show Hays County cotton ginnings by December 1 total 4 861 bales, less than half of last year's 8 995 bales for the same period. The decline highlights weaker production in the county this season.
Mrs Elizabeth Woods Vaccaro, 70, died at her home in His Tennessee on Monday from heart failure. She was the widow of Vincent J. Vaccaro and mother of Ernest Vaccaro. The family home and local obituary details follow in the report.
German island Helgoland remains under squatters after a British attempt to enforce removal order failed when the pursuit boat broke down. Seven Germans and one American observer refuse to leave the bomb scarred island once a Nazi fortress, now used for bombing practice, once housed 1400 residents.
Gillespie County Fair Association calls annual stockholders meeting for January 9 to review 1950 fair operations. Eight new directors will be elected to join 16 holdovers and a vote on lighted baseball field equipment and grandstand expansion will be considered when materials become available. Retiring directors include Petsch and Rein bach among others.
Martin Hultin district manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority and two Texas electric coops said a planned office and warehouse building for the authority has been abandoned for now due to the national emergency. A private builder was to construct it for rental, but the parties agreed to delay indefinitely.
Llano County ranchmen gather hogs to ship due to drought conditions. Some hogs are too poor to fetch prices, prompting feeding ahead of shipment. Several losses from the recent freeze hit old sows with piglets, as cattle and hog herds endure the cold.
Market notes show steady to higher bids for cattle and hogs with calves and stockers moving between 20.00 and 30.00. Bulls and sows steady to 28 higher. feeder pigs up about 50 cents. Sheep and lambs quoted with carload prices. spring lambs and slaughter demand referenced.
Llano, Jan 1. T. D. Swenson will head the arrangements committee for the Llano Chamber of Commerce annual banquet. M. C. Dalecau president announced. Members include Charles Ratliff and Lester Inman as the group decides time and place and handles other preparations. Will E. Leslie chairs the program committee.
Wives of two Army officers will travel to Washington on January 9 to receive the Medal of Honor for their husbands missing in Korea. The award goes to Major General William F. Dean, ex-commander of Ft. Douglas Utah, last seen near Taejon on July 20. Mrs. Frederick F. Henry will accept the medal for Lieutenant Henry, reported missing in action along the Naktong River on August 31.
Frederickburg Jan 1 Six new county and precinct officials take oaths in Gillespie County Felix Scherer announces Victor Sagebiel becomes county judge defeating Henry Hirsch Hugo Klaerner named sheriff with a 33 vote margin Milton Durst sworn in as assessor and collector replacing William Petmecky William Schneider becomes county attorney replacing Joe Petsch Emil Dietrich takes oath as commissioner Precinct One defeating Eugene Kramer William Kasper elected constable Precinct One to fill vacant post Other officials reelected include E L Schmidt Reinhold Tatsch Felix Scherer Felix Pfiester Arnold Märkwardt and Felix A Herbert Justice William Bruns begins sixth term in precinct office
A National Planning Association policy committee urged the United States to sharply increase grain reserves to guard against crop shortfalls and war disruption. It called for 200 million extra bushels in cattle feeding stockpiles, lifting total reserves to about 1 billion by Oct 1 1951, and wheat reserves up by 100 million by next July.
Private Horace R. Tiller son of Mrs C R Neill of San Marcos returned home for the holidays after being flown from Korea where he was wounded in action He served with the 3st Regiment Seventh Infantry Division as a bazooka crew member and was hit in the arm and leg while attempting to disable an enemy machine gun position He is now hospitalized at Brooke General Hospital in San Antonio.
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