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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1951
Page
1
A humorous wartime style letter to L N Kirkpatrick of Austin discusses breath stories, cattle feeding, and a fattening formula request. It notes a continued contest extension and recalls a deer hunting anecdote from Lincoln Smith of Round Mountain. It includes market notes on sorghums, grain storage, and peanut growing deadlines.
Giddings Presbyterian women will host a foreign missions program Wednesday at 7 30 pm in the church. Mrs Maggie Bobo chairs the event. Principal speaker is Mary L Dodson of Austin, a former missionary to Korea.
Washington reports that a government directive due Monday will raise defense certified orders for steel companies. The National Production Authority will require higher percentages of defense rated business, tightening limits beyond the previous 5 to 25 percent monthly cap based on last year’s averages.
Roy L. Brown USNR has been recalled to active duty reporting Monday in San Antonio. His brother Raymond Brown USA is finishing basic training at Camp Cook California. They are sons of Mr and Mrs L D Brown of Prairie Lea.
San Marcos PTA announces the second annual vaudeville show set for February 3 at Evans Auditorium. Finance chair Mrs. Charles W. Scheib leads the committee with Mrs. Pennington and Mrs. Ramsay coordinating acts and C. D. Roberts of San Marcos High School directing the skits.
Belgrade January 21 The Tito government condemned Tanjug for an exaggerated claim that 100 Bulgarian planes crossed Yugoslavia's border. Tito's press office said the incident involved only a few aircraft and reflected a typical Cominform breach of Yugoslav air space.
A two room frame house at 2511 New York Avenue burned Sunday when a wood stove fire spread. Assistant Fire Chief W B Erwin said the structure was practically destroyed. Miss Maxine Miller occupied the home and there were no injuries.
In Luling on January 21 the regular den Club meeting at the Country Club elected officers led by Mrs. Robert W. Carter as president and Mrs. E. L. Rheinhardt as vice president. Other posts went to Mrs. W. J. Biggs secretary Mrs. J. T. O Banion treasurer Mrs. R. Muenster corresponding secretary Mrs. G. K. Suite purchasing agent and Mrs. R. FE. Bailey publicity chairman. The program on shrub and tree propagation was given by Mrs. C. G. Wright with Mrs. C. R. King as principal speaker.
Ten members of St. Edward's High School Explorer Scout unit completed a two day camping course under Scout master Ed Yokers and Assistant Scout Master Paul Burke. The scouts will lead younger troop members in camping techniques and are clearing land on school property to build a camp. Participants include Bill Daples Jack Brown Onnie Bailes Jim Norris Rudy Fernandez Sam Saleh Bob Ferguson Frank Whitehurst Dale Smith and Joe Molina. Brother Stanley Repucci served as institutional representative.
The Red Cross said the Army will fly Private Lynwood Jackson home from Korea for the funeral of his two young sons who died in a sledding accident in Norway Maine. Lynwood 11 and James 10 died after their sleds were struck by a truck on an S curve. The family has no other children.
Mrs C H Sonny Hirt was elected president of the Ladies Auxiliary American Legion Carlyle Post in Rockdale. Collier Pearson was chosen vice president and C B E Ziegler was named sergeant at arms for the auxiliary.
Miss Mary Beth Worthy of Prairie Lea was honored at a Magnolia Club shower before her Jan 13 marriage to Sergeant Buddy Messer of Coats North Carolina. Co-hostesses included Rex Thorne and M. O. Balcom among others. Dawn Love presented gifts. program by Margaret Epperhart and Marilyn Seay. refreshments on a lace table with pink carnations.
W. Stuart Symington head of the National Security Resources Board says the United States is building an adequate Air Force and will construct more B36 bombers than originally planned if needed. He spoke on a television interview affirming the B36 as a powerful weapon.
An autograph party will honor writer Frank Lembo and illustrator Mrs Merry Kane FitzPatrick for their new poetry book Raindust at a local San Marcos bookshop. Lembo, a Southwest Texas State Teachers College music faculty member, and FitzPatrick, formerly art and history instructor there, have earned favorable critic reviews. Raindust, published by Exposition Press, is Lembo's second poetry collection.
The Union Press said 40,000 farmers in Western Hunan joined a revolt against Red Troops, aided by Nationalist guerrillas. The report claimed many Reds were slain while rebel losses were heavy, with about 4,000 rebels killed or captured near Paotsing Yungshun and Tayung, about 450 miles north and northwest of Canton.
Pulborough England obituary reports writer and critic Hugh De Selincourt died at his home on Saturday. He was 72 and renowned as a novelist playwright and critic with a long literary career.
Clarice Moerbe and Roland Urban were married in a double ring service at Fedor Trinity Lutheran Church. The bride, given away by her father T G Moerbe, wore white slipper satin with an ice blue veil. Family members served as bridesmaids and groomsmen, with music by Professor E F Wendland and a solo by Ewald Winkler.
A major insurer considers Austin for its national records center moving from New York to a smaller inland city. The Austin Area Economic Development Foundation was asked to advise on 40,000 square feet of single floor fireproof storage and suitable office space, with the center possibly linked to a regional or state office of the company.
The Byrd chaired joint committee urged a rein on federal civil service expansion, saying hires rise over 1,000 daily. It proposed involvement by the NLRB, appropriation committees, and the budgeting director to assess necessity of future increases. The group comprises members from both chambers.
Detectives moved against pay-off pin ball machines in Austin on Saturday taking 11 machines. They also confiscated a Sar-O-Dough gambling device and seven bags of lottery refills. Detectives W. H. Harvey and Herbert Taylor led the operation and stored the machines at the County Courthouse awaiting possible gambling charges.
The article outlines three primary types of time used in astronomy: sidereal time, apparent solar time, and mean solar time. It briefly distinguishes their bases and uses in tracking celestial motions.
A tea and shower for Mrs Leroy Olfers was hosted at the home of Rev. and Mrs E H Adams. Hostesses included R A Harvey and G L Tatum among others. About 50 guests attended with a heart titled bride book and valentine decor in red and white.
Alvarado tragedy after a two story house fire in the morning claimed the life of Mrs. Wilburn Allen about 35 and her three children Gary 8 Rickie 3 and a two year old. Sheriff Earl King said a heating stove explosion started the blaze and caused the deaths as Mrs. Allen tried to save them. The father Wilburn Allen who runs an ice ramp was rescued and is in serious condition in a Cleburne hospital.
A miscellaneous shower honored Miss Ethelyn Polansky bride elect of Lewis Garret of Houston in the Giddings high school. Hostesses were Mesdames E. G. Marburger A. C. Harzke Joe F. Kocurek Lewis Zscheck M. E. Peters Albert Mimtz Ernest Etzel and Leonard Dodd.
In Abashari Japan on January 21 a group of about 29 Japanese civilians waved down a train at a crossing and boarded as the engineer braked. A bystander explained they had learned hitchhiking from American GIs and joked they might ride a train next.
Santa Ana Calif Jan 21 The pilot who died in an F4U Corsair crash was named Second Lieutenant Robert S. Bos o of Belpre Ohio by the Marine air station at El Toro He belonged to a training squadron at the El Toro base
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