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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1951
Page
2
Ilse Koch known as the Witch of Buchenwald was found guilty on nine counts of concentration camp atrocities against German prisoners and was sentenced to life imprisonment by a West German court. The court issued the maximum penalty as the death penalty had been abolished.
Dr. Clyde C. Calvert started as Austin Kiwanis Club president with a talk on Kiwanis Relations twice interrupted by a crowing rooster named David Crockett. The bird, sent by Capital City Kiwanis Club led by J C Murphy, travels with a traveling gavel to Texas Oklahoma districts clubs. Roy Johnson directed songs and Malcolm R Gregory sang Two Grenadiers and Without a Song.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices. Ida Schriber Uhlig and Sarah Bankston mourned with services at Cook Funeral Home. burial at Salem Cemetery and Oakwood Cemetery. John Richard Maultsby, James N. Gardenhire, C H Davenport, John T Fulcher Taylor, George W McCutcheon, and O F Wimberly are noted with service details and burial locations. Survivors listed include spouses and children across several Texas towns. Memorials requested for church window and family members referenced.
Private First Class Herbert Hudson of Bergstrom Air Force Base was injured when his car overturned about three miles west of Bastrop on Farm Highway 20. Police said he likely was not seriously hurt and would be released from Bastrop hospital to return to base.
Officials in Austin report no change as President Truman allows volunteers for a 21 month Army hitch. Selective Service and Army offices note 21 month enlistments already existed under Public Law 850. Volunteers and draftees will serve 21 months and then five years in the reserves.
Edwin J. Dingle, once a dying patient in tropical lands, credits a Tibetan mystic with awakening powers of knowledge that transformed his health, wealth, and career. He offers a free 9,000 word treatise through The Institute of Mental Physics in Los Angeles, limited copies available.
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