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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1950
Page
7
The third victim of a three vehicle crash near Mineral Wells died Tuesday. Robert Eugene Fulton of Dallas, a junior engineer for Texas Electric Service Company at Handley, had been among three employees killed after an automobile and two trucks collided Friday night. Earlier victims were Wayne A. Chadwick of Arlington and Lloyd Lawrence Durham of Colorado City.
A thief pried into Jack and Lillian Cummings car trunk after their wedding and honeymoon in Pasadena. The thief took the wedding cake and bride’s bracelets, while the two suitcases were later recovered in a nearby yard.
Domestic oil production averaged 5 291 barrels per day for the week ending June 24, the Oil and Gas Journal reported. The figure rose by 11 850 barrels from the prior week, marking a new record.
A New York skin specialist warned that sun exposure can cause chronic skin diseases including cancer. Dr George C Andrews noted sunburn injuries vary by individual and that none of the creams offer full protection. He urged healthful habits, vitamin intake, protective clothing, sunscreen, and prompt skin checks.
Homer Cook a 26 year old ex GI from Muskogee Oklahoma pleaded innocent to escaping arrest and faced 10 charges in an Allied High Commission Court in Munich Germany He had previously escaped custody by bending bars to visit his German girlfriend Anna Sporrer and was recaptured under her bed last week His attorney Morton Lange of St Louis cited records yet to be entered for the defense.
Coast Guard crews drag Lake Michigan for the DC4 Northwest airliner wreck with 58 aboard. Captain L A Glettel says rough water prevents divers and small-boat aid until a definite lead is found, with only fragments recovered so far and possible engine remains at the lake bottom.
Mexico asserts ownership of certain California islands due to ambiguities in the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty of 1848. The treaty ceded territory to the United States but allegedly did not specify these islets, prompting a note of contention from Mexico.
Baton Rouge June 27. A bill to raise salaries for the governor and other state officials passed the legislature. The governor would earn 15,000 and lieutenant governor 7,500, with other raises for Supreme Court justices, appeal court judges, wildlife and fisheries commissioner and public service commissioners, sent to Governor Earl K. Long for signature.
Consumers already benefit as yellow margarine prices drop 10 cents per pound ahead of the federal tax repeal set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Competition among makers forced early price reductions, with leading manufacturers cutting prices ahead of the change.
Industrialist Jack Frye won dissolution of his nine year marriage on testimony his wife preferred to stay in Arizona while his business kept him in the East. Frye formerly was president of Trans World Airlines and now heads the General Airline and Film Corporation. His wife, formerly married to Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., had her maiden name of Helen Warner restored.
A Marrero Louisiana man suffering severe neuritis and rheumatic pains credits Hadacol with relief after deficiencies of vitamins B1 B2 iron and niacin. He reports finger swelling shoulder and hip pain easing and plans to continue Hadacol daily with a money back guarantee offer and trial sizes priced at 1.25 and 3.50.
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