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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1949
Page
10
Automotive News forecast a new postwar weekly output record for American plants at 144,981 vehicles. The estimate splits into 121,321 cars and 23,600 trucks, following a prior week of 140,008 vehicles amid heat related stoppages.
BC Headache Tablets promise quick relief for simple headaches and minor muscular aches with a consistent formula. Available as tablets or powder, two tablets equal one powder, in 10¢ and 25¢ sizes sold everywhere.
An appeal from Hawaii residents asks for aid to end the longshoremen strike. The two page ad in The New York Times and The Washington Star says unemployment has doubled in Hawaii and many businesses are ruined. It claims 2000 member union, only 500 citizens, and that ships are halted with relief food shipments the only movement possible.
An advertisement funded by voluntary subscriptions from Hawaiians pleads for swift Congressional action as the CIO Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union wages a wage dispute strike. It declares Washington treats the issue as urgent and warns of widespread losses without prompt help.
Fujiyama, the renowned Japanese volcano, is reported at a height of 12,395 feet. The measurement places it among the globe's tall summits.
Tex Thornton famed oil field trouble shooter and Nitro glycerin Company president was found slain at the Park Plaza Tourist Court in Amarillo. A maid found the body with two skull fractures. a shirt and towel were wrapped around the throat and police found two visitors, a man and a woman aged about 22, who arrived with him. Thornton, 57, had recently worked in Farmington New Mexico and was known for extinguishing oil and gas well fires. Survivors include his wife Sarah a son C B Thornton of Los Angeles two brothers Van Goree and Dude Seagraves three sisters Illa West Bowie Howe Ratliff and Bob Gilliand Odessa. Authorities found no weapon and mixed drinks on tables. the party left in a car with a Potter County plate.
The nude body of a 22-year-old mother was found in the cooler of her husband’s Morrison tavern. Authorities described the crime as savage with throat slashed and breasts severed. the victim’s baby slept nearby as the killer dragged the body inside. Her clothing and a broken pearl string were noted at the scene. Police labeled it the act of a madman or sex maniac.
A Frisco Railroad work train derailment at Lebanon Missouri killed Prentiss Journigan, 42, of Tupelo Mississippi, and injured eleven workers among about 100 aboard. The derailment happened in Frisco Yards as the train traveled from Troy Oklahoma toward St Louis. cause not yet determined.
President Truman signed into law a bill providing five million four hundred thousand dollars for renovating or rebuilding the White House. The funding is part of an agency appropriations measure totaling eight hundred sixty two thousand five hundred eighty three dollars and five cents.
Texas wheat farmers remain under a combine shortage with nine counties reporting a need for 223 units. Areas including Randall Armstrong Carson Hansford Ochiltree Lipscomb Hale Briscoe and Swisher face rain delays and standstills in Hansford. Early yields in Panhandle and South Plains exceed North Central Texas figures with 35 to 45 bushels per acre reported.
Atlantic City June 23 Eric Johnston urged insurance companies to lead in developing private social security plans. The former Chamber of Commerce head and current MPAA president said insurance offers a capitalistic concept and can tailor plans to diverse needs using risk spreading and actuarial expertise. J Hugh Jackson of Stanford was elected Kiwanis International president.
In Youngstown Ohio racial conflict closed one city pool after threats toward Nathaniel C Lee and his three children. Park officials promised all six city pools would reopen the next day as police intervened.
Crosby and Hope teamed with oilman W A Moncrief in the No 1 Dewey Moore wildcat in Central Scurry County. The test well reached 7978 feet with no oil indications and preparations were made to plug and abandon.
The Motor and Industrial Finance Corp announced on June 15 that it declared its seventeenth consecutive interest payment on its 6 percent debenture preference stock, to be paid June 30. It also noted plans to move to larger offices at 113 East 6th Street to better serve investors ahead of the next payment on September 30.
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