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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1949
Page
5
Taylor Press published on schedule after printers walked out Tuesday in a dispute over working conditions. Four shop men from the early evening paper reportedly participated. editor Ige Peeler declined to comment, saying it was not a union matter and that one man sparked the walk-out.
Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council, told the Texas Safety Association conference in Houston that the 1948 accident death toll of 98,000 is a disgrace and mass murder by apathy. He urged widespread application of safety techniques to cut deaths, noting 35 years of study. Charles A. Miller outlined a 1949 community level campaign to push the effort nationwide.
American singer Paul Robeson announced he would interrupt his world concert tour at end of May to testify for the defense in the New York trial of 11 leading US Communists. The statement came during his Glasgow stop on the international tour.
Albert W. Schmidt 57 owner of Fox Schmidt electrical and plumbing firm dies after long illness in Austin Texas. Funeral Thursday at St Marys Cathedral with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by wife two sons and several siblings. Schmidt active in Chamber of Commerce Kiwanis and a Knight of Columbus.
The first international shipment of human eyes left Mexico City for New York to stock the New York eye bank. A pair from a patient who died in Mexico City traveled in a 40 degree cooler via Pan American and Eastern Airlines with no charge, transferring in Houston and New York.
Atlanta firemen credit Lindsey Pryor a 24 year old janitor with the safe evacuation of 240 students from Ella W Smillie School after a second floor coat room fire. He alerted teachers and the principal sounded an alarm as firefighters arrived to control the blaze without a roof collapse.
The 226th district and lower courts list numerous divorce filings and grants. Additional items include fines for speeding and drunken driving, matters about barber college licensing, and marriage licenses in the jurisdiction. The court calendar also notes vehicle registrations and notable cases in progress.
SALEM Oregon March 9 A bill to bar Communists from state employment won unanimous Senate approval and moved to the House It blocks any person who supports sabotage force violence sedition or treason against the U S or Oregon government by direct or indirect means The measure allows appeal to the State Civil Service Commission for anyone dismissed under the law
Edwin Waller filed his ballot application for the San Marcos mayoral race on March 9, joining incumbent Norman Jackson and Frank W. Zimmerman. The election is set for April 5, and Saturday was the filing deadline. Waller has been a Memorial Hospital patient for the last month.
In 1923 a man achieved higher, farther, and faster flight than any previous year. The record highlights advances in aviation with unprecedented milestones and pioneering methods that pushed the boundaries of flight.
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