Deaths and fun erals fill Austin notices
Louise Annie Gustafson Boyd dies after long Austin residence. Services at Cook Funeral Home with Dr. Tom Brabham. Oakwood Cemetery burial. Edgar E. Davis funeral with full military honors at Cook Home, Oakwood. Davis C. Avery dies at home. burial pending. Mrs. Ula B. Billingsley of Austin mourned. services at Hylton Manor. John Hall Miles of Buda dies. services pending. Elisa G. Dominguez funeral at Weed-Corley. burial Austin Memorial Park. Margaret K. Kress rites at Weed-Corley. burial Austin Memorial Park. Multiple deaths announced with survivor lists and funeral details across Austin area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Boyd
Austin
Cook Funeral Home
Tom Brabham
Finis Sanford
T. C. Boyd Jr
Fred Boyd
Hugo Hornberger
W. F. Nauert
Lamar Richardson
Oakwood Cemetery
Edgar E. Davis
Scott Tatum
Horace H. Shelton
Werner Stahl
Bergstrom Field
Archie Davis
Howard Davis
Lerman Davis
Roy Davis
Warren Davis
Davis C. Avery
East 11Th Street
Don S. Avery
Etna
California
Frank M. Avery
Redding
Roy Avery
Reno
Nevada
Ula B. Billingsley
Hylton Manor
Flynn V. Long
First Southern Presbyterian Church
Memorial Park
John Hall Miles
Buda
Hylton- Manor
Elisa G. Dominguez
Weed-Corley
Carlos Paredes
Benjamin Herrera
Austin Memorial Park
Efrain G. Dominguez
Efrain Dominguez Jr
Hugo Dominguez
Romeo Dominguez
D. G. Canales
Jorge Aguirre
Margaret K. Kress
Cora A. Lewis
H. B. Dunagan Jr
Richard S. Brooks
J. R. Spell
L. E. Dabney
Carl Swanson
R. I. Williams
Fowler Slated For Honor On Waterlift Idea
The Austin New York waterlift concept, started as a gag, was praised for its economic benefit to Austin. Wick Fowler of Austin will receive an engraved plaque for originating the idea amid reports of broad publicity and support from the Austin Development Foundation, Lower Colorado River Authority, and Texas entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin-New York
Austin
Wick Fowler
Highland Lakes News
John E. Babcock
Lower Colorado River Authority
Industrial Bureau
C. B. Smith
Austin Chamber of Commerce
New York
Highland Lakes
Smith
Austin Development Foundation
Texas Motor Transport Association
New York City Hall
Richardson Wood
Foundation
Butlin Holiday Village
Texas
Lake Austin
E. F. Nordell
Texas Club
Fowler
William J. Keen
Flying Arrow patched after shelling off Shanghai coast
Two US destroyers Stickell and Russell stood by to escort the freighter Flying Arrow after a Nationalist gunboat opened fire at 200 yards. The ship suffered about 30 holes from 40 mm shells above the steering engine room with cargo damage and water loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Richardson
Flying Arrow
Shanghai
Stickell
Raussell
C. L. Stuart
Martin L. Gross
Clearfield
Taipei
Formosa
Isbrandtsen
Eight year old Wanda Wiley begins story book journey
Wanda Wiley, an eight year old in a wheelchair, starts a travel to Washington and New York for a national story book tour. She wears a hooded coat and yellow tiger lily corsage as her family and friends bid her farewell aboard a train bound for a nerve journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda
Washington
New York
Lewis Hatch
Travis County
The
National Foundation
N. E. Wiley
David
Jewel Raye
Carna
Christine Hatch
Miller Named Most Worthy Citizen in Austin History
Former mayor Tom Miller is honored as Most Worthy Citizen, praised for 16 years guiding Austin’s civic growth. Mayor Glass lauds his lifelong service, noting parks, pools, Lake Austin dam, Barton Springs expansion, and a tireless voice for community progress. Incumbent votes reflect public admiration for Miller and his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Real Estate Board
Glass
Austin
Tom Miller
Lake
Barton Springs
Austin Chamber backs Braniff Pioneer on Houston run
Austin Chamber of Commerce directors urged the Civil Aeronautics Board to keep both Braniff International Airways and Pioneer Air Lines operating between Austin and Houston. The CAB examiner's report found sufficient business to justify both lines, and Pioneer asked that Braniff be dropped from the route. The board has not yet acted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Civil Aeronautics Board
Braniff International Airways
Pioneer Air Lines
Austin
Houston
Pioneer
Braniff
Austin-Houston
Examiner
Chamber of Commerce Board
W. R. Smith Jr
Aviation Committee
CAB
I. W
J. Roy Jones
Texas Coach Sales Com
E.G. Morrison
Morrison Construction Company
J. D. Mayes
F. W. Buckner
F. P. Goodman
Goodman’s Furniture Company
John Broad Construction Company
Austin Concrete Works
Weather summary for Texas and surrounding region
Partly cloudy skies with a cold belt of air. Temperatures near 2 degrees and low readings around freezing. Austin and Fort Worth noted in the forecast with river and channel readings and colder lows across Abilene Amarillo and Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astin
Tre Gees
Jebgels
Austin
Jan Ighest
Inces
Colorado
Travis
Halle Rado
Abilene
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Galveston
Eye opening rupture protection offer from Rice ad
An advertisement promises a free explanation of a new rupture protection method by William S. Rice Inc. Send name and address to Dept. 882-85 Adams NY for full details. It claims a device relieves truss pressure and holds rupture in place without hard pads, promising comfort to users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Rice, Inc
Adams
N. Y
Rice
Wendler Rites Slated Today in San Antonio
Funeral services are set for Kenneth S. Wendler 51 of Austin at 9 a.m. Wednesday in St. Marys Church San Antonio. Wendler died Monday at Brooke General Hospital. He worked as an examiner of licenses and permits for the Liquor Control Board. Burial will follow in St. Marys Cemetery with crematory arrangements at Alamo Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Amos Rich
Thomas J. Rich
Jessie R Wiley
Junction
Houston
San Antonio
East Texas
Rich
Land Department
Gulf Oil Co
Antonio Arredondo
Guadalupe Catholic Church
Father Green
Memorial Park
Willie Funeral Home
Alice Walker Law
Georgetown
ANS
Liberty Hill
Bertram Hospital
W. S., Law
John Teague
J. A. Cole
Sam Sanders
Myrtle Talbert
California
C. J. Vickers
Eva Nunn
Dallas
Alex Cox
Buda
Bagdad
Leander
Ferr
Liberty Hill Methodist Church
San Antonio St. Mary’s Church
Kenneth S. Wendler
Brooke General Hospital
Liquor Control Board
Alamo Funeral Home
St. Mary's Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elgin
McDade
Louise Annie G. Boyd
Louise Annie Gustafson Boyd
T. C. Boyd
John D. Boyd
Emil
David C. Avery
Mrs
Nettie Peters
Sabinal
Louis M. Peters
Margery P. Wofford
Fred R. Peters
Sabinas
Hubert G. Peters
Rankin K. Peters
Edna Moody Dykes
George W. Dykes
Erwen A. Cathright
E. V. Dykes
Mabel Crosley
Copperas Cove
Andrew M. Smith Taylor
First Baptist Church of
Little River
Andrew Montgomery Smith
C. B. Bass
Silsbee
Richardson
Wilson Valley Cemetery
Ed Morgan
William T. Bostick
O. W. Foster
J. T. Smith
J. M. Taylor
N. L. Biggs
J. D. Center
Fred Alexander
Hugh Smith
J. N. Smith
L. L. Rector
Bastrop
J. W. Griffin
Fred L. Nolting
E. H. Heartfield
Hearne
Fred Moore
Hartford Jenkins
H. Griesenbeck
Joe Hasler
Tom
Will Roitsch
Bozeman, Mont
Walter Garza
LaGrange
Bertha Romberg
Seguin
Schulenburg
Robert
Lampasas
Hugo Roitsch
Edinburg
Jeg
Weed-Corley Funeral Homes
Lavaca
Eldon Powell
Florist
Hillyer
Chapel of the Bells
Congress Ave
Hultine Manor
Guadalupe
Bseevier
Jones-Blair
Austin Builders
Burners Supply Co
Bowie
Sick
No. 5
Charmer
Wanda Wiley
Dallas Highway
Ea Aky
Continental
Chicago
Los Angeles
Denver
Brownsville
Shreveport
Son
Oklahoma City
Brazos
Ae LA Tietam
Tsavel
Wendler
St. Joseph
St.Joseph Aspirin
Robe, Mueller & Bother
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