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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1950

Page

4

Americans wary of horse meat as diet in some parts of world

Wayne Dinsmore a former Horse Association of America secretary says horse meat has long been eaten in Belgium, Holland, France, and parts of Germany while many Americans oppose it. He notes high US production for export and questions nutrition, while James Wilson of AMA cites protein value but few studies.

Chicago Wayne Dinsmore Horse Association of America Belgium Holland France Germany Dinsmore James Wilson American Medical Association Council On Foods and Nutrition

Beauty Operator Praises Bakers for Dandruff Remedies

Mrs Buford H Jones of Austin Texas com ments on Baker's Hair Tonic for dandruff and itchy scalp and Baker's Lathernist Shampoo for clean scalp and lustrous hair. She endorses buying at drug stores barber shops or beauty shops with a money back guarantee.

Austin Texas Buford H. Jones Roundtree Dr Baker’s

Post Lands West Texas for Utopian Colony

Charles William Post bought 225000 acres in West Texas for about 750000 to found a utopian settlement. Immigrants did not flock as planned. Waterworks finished 1910. Post died 1914 with the town largely unsettled. He backed rain making tests using 21 small explosives on kites. some brought rain, most failed. A cotton mill he founded still operates in Post.

Dallas West Texas Charles William Post Texas Post

Guided Missiles Battleship Role Seen by Blandy

Admiral Blandy said Russia may build mobile guided missile battleships, reducing the battleship’s future role. He noted Missouri should be placed in mothballs until guided missiles mature, as modern warfare favors carriers for early conflict stages.

New York Russia William H. Blandy New York Board of Trade Blandy Missouri

War Dead Beneficiaries Paid 3.87 Billion National Life Insurance

The 430,000 World War II dead left their beneficiaries 3,872,543,648 in NSLI through last Nov. 30. VA says 81.3 percent came from congressional appropriations for deaths traceable to service hazards, the rest from premium funds. Federal payments to dependents of enemy casualties total 93,350,000.

Washington Veterans Administration Congress NSLI

Ransom Paid Frees Manila Businessman Vicente Araneta

Manila businessman Vicente Araneta, president of Ramie Development Corporation, was released unharmed after his family paid a $50,000 ransom. He identified his captors as guerrillas who opposed the Japanese during the war. Araneta was abducted Sunday from a Cavite Province estate and said five other men remain in hostage hands.

Manila P. T Vicente Araneta Ramie Development Corporation Araneta Cavite

Dalton Claim as Jesse James Up Today in Missouri Court

A 103 year old Texan, J Frank Dalton, petitions Union Missouri Circuit Court to resume the name Jesse Woodson James. St Joseph residents travel to testify the corpse identified as James, while attorney Edgar Eagan plans deposition from a fourth witness.

Dalton Jesse James Missouri ST. Joseph INS Jesse Jehovah Bob Ford J. Frank Dalton Union Jesse Woodson James Quantrill Stigers John Roach William Stafford Edgar Eagan Jesse James Jr California John Hubbard

US Pilot Linked to Viet Minh Execution Found in Saigon

In Saigon March 9 an American wartime pilot, identified only as a large man, was found dead in a grave with three French soldiers. French expedition members say he was captured after a 1945 bomber bailout and executed after three years in prison. body to be shipped to Manila for identification.

Saigon Indo-China Manila

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