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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1950
Page
9
Ten tentative funeral arrangements for Walter Caldwell Sr. a prominent southwestern oilman who died in Houston Sunday have been set for Wednesday afternoon at St Andrews Episcopal Church in Amarillo.
Obituaries list multiple Austin area deaths with service details in local churches and funeral homes. Notables include Mrs Louisa Boyd of Avenue G, Gus Swenson, Mary Beard, Edgar Davis, Antonia Arredondo, Elisa Dominguez, Margaret Kress, John Crenshaw Taylor, Walter Miles Taylor, Julius Hohn Taylor, Jessie Bates, and Harry Harrell with burial sites Memorial Park Burnet Cemetery and other local arrangements.
Stockholders of the American National, the Austin National and the Capital National will meet Tuesday to elect directors and appoint officers for the year. The American National will also vote on increasing capital stock from 300 000 to 500 000 and reducing par value from 100 to 20 per share. The American National meeting begins at 2 p.m.
Members of 15 youth groups plan to raise about 1 million dollars for the Japan International Christian University near Tokyo, the university foundation announced Monday.
Three escaped convicts killed three Negro children and wounded two others in cold blood in Attala County near Louise Mississippi. Malcolm Whitt Turner and Wendell Whitt identified as attackers. Father Thomas Harris and daughter Verlena injured. mother identified Turner as lead shooter. Caesar Young, an accompanying Black man, said the trio abducted him Sunday night.
The State Highway Department plans a new farm to market road in Travis County from SH 20 east of Manor to New Sweden, about 4.7 miles along Manor Rice Crossing Road. Estimated land purchase totals 13 acres from 15 owners to widen the existing roadway.
The Foundation for the Study of Cycles reports a wave in births by season. Ellsworth Huntington of Yale finds February and March conceptions tied to healthier, longer lived babies with higher potential for genius, while other months show more weakness.
The Austin Chamber of Commerce board will review plans for the annual membership meeting at the Driskill Hotel. The last regular monthly meeting of the current group will be held Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. President Joe C. Carrington will host a dinner for the directors prior to the session.
A vintage advertisement touts BC as a fast acting headache remedy with multiple ingredients. It claims superior relief for simple headaches neuralgic pains and minor muscular aches and notes the powder and tablet forms with two tablets equal one powder. It promises directed use and local pricing of 10c and 2s5c.
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