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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
12
A Community Chest revival plan urges year round fundraising and broader donor base in Austin. The report notes many cities of similar size raise more and cites past shortfalls with no general chairman. It recalls 1944 drive surpassing a 229,910 goal with 232,000 subscribed under Will Caswell.
An Indonesian office spokesman announced the Indonesian Republic received a 2 million pesos loan from the Philippines government. The loan was negotiated by Dr. A Maramis the Indonesian foreign minister who arrived in New Delhi after two weeks in the Philippines.
Warner Bros Pictures, Inc. reported 6 months ended Feb 27 net profit of 5.624 million dollars or 77 cents a share. This compares with 7.311 million dollars or 1 dollar a share for the same period last year.
Everett L. Looney of Austin has been elected 10th District director of the State Bar of Texas. He will take office after the annual convention in Fort Worth June 29 to July 2, succeeding Harris Melasky of Taylor. Allen Crowley of Fort Worth was named president, succeeding R. G. Storey of Dallas.
Atlantic City June 7 The AMA House of Delegates backed the retirement and silencing of Dr. Morris Fishbein as editor and spokesman. Trustees announced the plan to retire him and bar public commentary on issues like national health insurance. The resolution preserves the trustees’ control over personnel.
Dallas report states General Kerzee a 56 year old Black man was sentenced to die in the electric chair on July 11 for the mutilation murder of Gladys Scott six weeks after his appeal was denied by the Court of Criminal Appeals. He had been convicted on November 12 of the 1948 June 12 killing in a South Dallas alley.
J. M. Davidson aged 103, a pioneer chemist and gourmet, died Tuesday in Orange. Born October 1, 1845 in Aberdeen Scotland, he worked as a chemist in Cleveland before moving to Orange about 50 years ago. After retiring he was a local wholesale agent for a major oil concern and marketed a relish he developed. Funeral services will be held here Wednesday. body to be sent to Houston for cremation.
Newton Gephart of San Antonio was knocked from his doorway when lightning hit a pecan tree nearby, setting his Quonset hut home on fire. He helped save his wife and two children who were stunned. he was hospitalized for bruises and cuts. Two dogs perished.
George Kimes, longtime Southwest bandit and 50 year bank robbery convict, was arrested in Burns Oregon on June 7 after a tip. He admitted identity and waived extradition. he had been in the area since fall while working in lumber camps and ranches with Mrs. Kimes, who accompanied him.
At North Camp Hood on June 7 a parade and review honor Governor Beauford Jester with six hundred vehicles and six thousand guardsmen. Lieutenant General Ernest O. Thompson will witness his first two hour review as Texas National Guard commander.
The sun is far larger than the moon, yet the vast distance between Earth and these bodies makes their apparent sizes nearly equal when viewed from the planet.
Police searched for six year old Freda Buck in Grants Pass after she disappeared from a park. The mother Volney Buck Brock said she brought the child from Ardmore Oklahoma and has no custody notice. Witnesses reported a young man led the girl from the park and drove off in a black Ford sedan. Police chief Carl Dallas said investigators consider the possibility the father L. D. Buck of Ardmore may have reclaimed the child without notice.
Hollywood reports Nancy Walker and husband Gar Moore have separated. Walker filed for Mexican divorce in Tijuana on Saturday. The couple wed August 2, 1948 and have led largely separate professional lives across the country.
The body of Leon Bibbs, 32, was recovered by professional divers in 20 feet of water in a lake near Boerne. He fell from a boat while baiting turtle traps.
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