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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1949
Page
3
Preston Tucker and five co defendants in a federal mail fraud case receive continuances to Wednesday on bond reduction motions in Chicago. US Attorney Otto Kerner Jr ordered Tucker's arrest after he failed to appear for a $25,000 bond posting. Deputies sought Tucker at his Lake Shore Drive apartment but could not locate him.
Lake Travis Association hosts second annual barbecue at campgrounds south of Jones town while Austin area buyers purchase Aberdeen Angus cattle. Williamson County reports lead oat yield by John Green, plus notable fishing, tractor school progress in San Marcos and local market updates on tomatoes onions poultry and eggs with prices from Austin vendors.
The sale lists half acre prices with cows at 12 to 21 dollars, hogs 16 to 21, and sheep up to 27 dollars. Buyers include Clarence Cullen Buda Ray Wilson Austin Bogarth Austin Ralph Terry Smithwick Route Marble Falls and many others. notable lot: St Edwards University bull 21.20, multiple steers cows and heifers across Cedar Creek Creedmoor Manor Kingsland Paige and Austin.
The jackrabbit derives its name from long donkey like ears and is not a rabbit but a hare, a common misnomer clarified in regional zoology notes.
In Oklahoma City La Verne Sandy reports a hen laying an egg measuring 7 inches by 8.5 inches, far larger than a typical 5.5 by 6.5 inch egg. Sandy claims it is the biggest egg she has seen and anticipates recognition for the find.
Princeton University police investigate the theft of 12 to 15 lead bars weighing about 600 pounds from the Palmer Physics Laboratory. One bar contains radioactive cobalt attached to a brass rod, posing danger within five feet. The same weekend three Rembrandt and Degas etchings and drawings valued at 11,800 went missing from the university art museum.
The article ranks agriculture railroads public utilities and petroleum as the nations leading sectors in capital investment reflecting their scale and growth across the economy.
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