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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1950
Page
11
Karolyn takes Bonnie the dog for a wagon ride around the Pfluglers' yard in Pflugerville. The two-part picture serial shows girl and pet enjoying happy play. Photographed by Dave Shanks for the Austin American-Statesman Farm-Ranch editor.
In Denver a 90 year old ex Navy man Ambrose Ramsey sought land for a filling station near Alkali Bend, Cole. He presented a 1877 honorable discharge and a tintype of himself in uniform, but the parcel was reserved by the reclamation bureau. Ramsey vowed to try another option.
Jerome Brock, 27, was found guilty of murder with malice in the death of his three year old son Denny at Ennis on Jan 17. He received a life sentence after a 2 hours 51 minute jury deliberation. The health officer testified the child died from internal injuries after being dropped or stomped. The district attorney had sought the death penalty.
Kang Che Yim, 80, fractured his arm on Wednesday after bumping into a bus he was attempting to catch in Honolulu.
Fathers at Wooldridge School stage a circus to honor a child who died. John Broad, an Austin contractor, is asked to dress as an elephant and quips about always being chosen for the role. A friend notes Broad weighs 250 pounds.
HARVEYSBURG OH March 9 A high school girl, 25 year old Jane Ellen Fite, serves as a village council member. She returned to school last September after dropping out seven years ago and is active in school affairs. Both pupils and teachers accept her role.
Bonn March 8 German General Staff officers form a committee to restore officer prestige and push for regular Wehrmacht pensions. Gen Fritz Koch leads with Generals Heinrich Class and J Linde, claiming contact with Finance and Interior ministries. Allied officials caution on underground groups and veterans associations.
A Texas Public Affairs Institute review of a national TB survey shows Texas trails many states in beds per death, chest surgery access, hospital admissions, and age limits for patients. It notes nine month discharge rules are changing but calls for more beds to improve TB control statewide.
Texas Independence Day celebrants learn of Joanna Troutman the so called Betsy Ross of Texas though she never lived in the state. She crafted a blue star banner for her Georgian fiancé whose company fought at Goliad and was killed. In 1913 the Legislature honored her with reburial in the Texas State Cemetery and a bronze statue by Pompeo Coppini.
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