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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1950
Page
3
In San Antonio on February 28, W. G. Mason of Chicago argued that wartime trends boost sales of traditional hot cereals, while W. H. Irons of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas offered a stable business outlook, predicting no slump or recession.
LAMASCO Texas residents, still recovering from the April 1949 cyclone, report they surpassed the 1950 Red Cross quota with 15 families contributing 35 dollars two days before the drive’s official start. Chairman Emmitt Ward cited gratitude for Red Cross aid after the disaster.
Dallas district Judge Dallas Blankenship settled out of court with a car driver after his wife, driving a newer model given by him, collided with a parked vehicle near a church following Sunday services.
Government witness Mervyn Rathborne testified he lied about not being a Communist in 1940 and 1941 under orders from party leaders. The admission disrupted the Bridges trial with Judge George B. Harris assigning misconduct to defense chief Vincent Hallinan, a prior contempts recipient.
A school bus carrying about twenty children to Central School from farming districts collided with a freight train in Monticello Maine on Tuesday. Three children died and nine were injured. The victims were identified as Pamela Davis and Bonnie Flewell both about 11 and Bonnie's sister.
In Pen City Alabama on February 28 1947 top Klan leader Rev Alvin C Horn and furniture dealer Claude J Luker were charged with the murder of Charlie Hurst 39 near Pen City. Hurst was ambushed as he asked for help after signaling the Klan was after him.
Only one candidate has formal opposition to incumbent Travis County officials this summer as Les Procter, a young Austin attorney, will challenge Perry Jones for county attorney. Campaign expense estimates may reach 750 dollars per candidate unless more newcomers enter. County Democratic Chairman J. M. Patterson lists reelection seekers including Lawson Boothe N L Gault Sam N Allred A W Murchison M M Thorp for constables precincts three and five Emilie Limberg county clerk M O Metcalfe county surveyor Clay L Price county treasurer Frank McBee Travis Blakeslee J P John H White constable precinct five T Martin Jr district clerk and Sheriff Ernest Best.
President Truman sent to the Senate for ratification a treaty of friendship commerce and navigation between the United States and Ireland. The move comes as the two nations seek stronger postwar ties and closer economic cooperation.
A claim asks readers for proof rather than promises in choosing Endocreme hormone cream. It asserts the product is from a specialist in ormone cosmetics, originated and tested by doctors, approved by thousands since 1937, and offered at 3.50 dollars plus tax.
Police recovered documents linking a labor youth league drive among striking miners to the Communist Party. The material includes a mass mobilization plan, lists of Pittsburgh residents marked as communists, and a note book with contact numbers. A car crash killed driver Charles Tropnick and injured four others.
Sam Kirk, 49, of Dallas, dreamed Monday night of an atomic bomb attack. He woke with a shattered elbow and bruised hip after jumping from bed to window screen and leaping from the roof, now hospitalized recovering from injuries.
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