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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1949
Page
2
Everett McMillan 36 of Avonmore Ont stopped at a railway crossing in Cornwall. A westbound train passed and he stepped on the accelerator, an eastbound train dragged his car 25 feet and wrung it, killing him.
The Federal Reserve Board reports that business loans fell for the 19th straight week ending May 25. Loans totaled 13,628,000,9000 after a drop of 118,000,000 from the prior week.
Washington June 2 The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen rejected government seizure of plants in national emergency labor disputes. A F Whitney president of the union led the stance opposing Taft Hartley amendments and warned unions fear court injunctions or seizure creeping into railway labor relations law.
Houston plans a new economy-size monkey house at Hermann Park Zoo. Parks director Hugo Koehn reviews a $296,000 bid from Hall-Hubbard Company, a drop of $146,000 from higher bids on a larger, pricier structure.
Pearl Harbor dispatch reports Rear Admiral Charles A. Pownall announced he will relinquish duties as Guam governor to a civilian on September 1, ending fifty years of Navy rule on the island.
GI Anthony V. Martino, believed dead in 1944, returns home to Staten Island with two families and two wives. Army psychiatrists study memory loss versus AWOL while authorities seek his records in Washington and St Louis. Martino may receive back pay if amnesia is confirmed.
SAN ANTONIO June 2 A helicopter was added to the aerial campaign against polio and diarrhea in spraying San Antonio with DDT. It will target hard to reach spots using downward directed spray. A force of 16 Texas Air National Guard planes shuffled in the latest operations as Lt. Col. William N. Hensley said the program would run until August 15 and rely on public subscriptions.
Moscow blasted Marshal Tito’s government as anti Communist and terroristic after a Yugoslav note accused Russia of hostile actions. Tass released a formal note saying Yugoslavia had slid into the foes of the Soviet Union and rejected Yugoslav charges as gross slander. The note, handed to Belgrade on May 31, also defended hospitality to emigrés and denied full Soviet support to them.
Mrs Pat Buttram obtained a divorce from hillbilly radio comic Pat Buttram after accusing him of returning home late and causing her nervous health decline. The court did not require his contest and noted the marriage began August 3 1936 in Crown Point Indiana.
The House public works committee approved a bill authorizing 800000 dollars for additions to the Terminal Annex Post Office in Los Angeles. Congress last year provided 1000000 dollars for a fourth floor and extra mail loading platforms.
Donna Richardson, daughter of Captain Donald Richardson, was flown from Germany to Westover Air Force Base to receive infantile paralysis treatment in an iron lung. Her family accompanied by her mother and infant brother Dana. she had polio since April 12 and previously could not be helped by German doctors.
T H Maenner of Omaha, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, forecast lower real estate costs at the Texas Real Estate Association conference in Dallas. He said business is receding, volume will shrink, and while prices may fall, buyers will get value in tangible benefits. Construction costs are easing and the lumber industry is seeking more work.
One person was killed instantly and four others injured in two Fort Worth traffic accidents on Thursday. Simon Oliva, 26, a Texas Christian University graduate student, died when a car struck a light pole at a three way intersection. A Carswell airman group, including Private First Class W D Stoutt, 20, of Success Arkansas, was seriously hurt when their car hit a house being moved on White Settlement Road.
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche said there is Jim Crow in Washington but that his turn down of a Truman offer for assistant secretary of state was to stay with the United Nations. He noted his UN trusteeship role and stated the move was not due to race issues.
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