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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1949
Page
10
Galveston on February 15 will host a one day conference of the mid western area of the American Red Cross with President Basil O Conner in attendance.
Linda Brown of San Antonio, March of Dimes poster girl, visited President Truman on his birthday to open the 1949 campaign. She sat on the desk in a cowgirl outfit, fired toy pistols, and received a cake. Linda, once paralyzed by polio, now plans a tour of cities before returning for the inauguration.
In the Tehachapi Mountains near Bakersfield a 24 year old woman, Mrs James De Freitas of Southgate, was found alive amid the wreckage of a plane that crashed five days earlier. Rescuers battled heavy snow and extreme cold as Dr Richard Dykes led a party through drifts to reach the scene.
Four week old Dennis Ray Simons stopped breathing at his grandfather's home in St Louis. The grandfather, trained in first aid a decade earlier, gave mouth to mouth resuscitation for 15 minutes until a doctor arrived. The baby regained normal breathing and consciousness at Missouri Baptist Hospital.
The French freighter Magellan sails Friday to New York with gifts of dollars and French souvenirs for Friendship Train donation centers in all states. Aime Forand proposes free duty on these goods, arguing normal tariffs would hinder the gift.
Italian sculptor Alceo Dossena reproduced many Renaissance pieces after World War I and claimed they were copies sold at a small profit. The art dealer, impressed by their quality, passed them off as originals for fabulous sums.
Isidor Roth, a corset maker aged 63, boasts a habit of admiring women from all over the world. His wife tolerates his behavior as he describes women as figures to study and fit into his “jewel cases” while detailing body types and fashion across continents.
A young blonde woman registered as Mrs. Earl Mansfield of Bay City Wisconsin fell from a fourth floor fire escape at a downtown Dallas hotel. Justice of the Peace Pierce McBride ruled death by own action in a coroner's verdict.
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