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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1949
Page
2
A gust of wind during landing sent a Spearman biplane over a 50 foot bluff into the sea near Westport, killing pilot Calvin Shannon 25 of Westport. Passenger Robert Shannon 33 was treated for shock after the crash.
In a retail notice from Washington, the ad markets aspirin tablets with price breaks: 12 tablets for 10 cents and 100 tablets for 45 cents. The offer is tied to the name St Joseph, suggesting a branding emphasis for the product.
Courthouse records list district court actions including divorces and removals of disabilities of minority for several parties. Also noted are damages and injunction filings, criminal charges, and multiple marriages licenses alongside new car listings.
Austin's Dog Society, formed to build a shelter for healthy dogs, plans a Friday 8 p m meeting at the City Library Auditorium to decide whether to seek City aid or operate independently. The group aims to care for dogs until adoption and to curb stray destruction and rabies through education.
Twenty five criminal cases will be called Friday in two Travis County courts before criminal week. Judge J Harris Gardner will call 37 cases in 53rd District Court and Judge Mace Thurman Jr will call 88 in County Court at Law. District court cases are felonies and county cases are misdemeanors. Both courts will accept guilty pleas and schedule jury trials for next week.
Blonde dancer Vicki Evans, 26, charged with possessing marijuana after a party with actor Robert Mitchum, was acquitted by a Los Angeles jury. She testified she never smoked marijuana and denied discussions about the drug with Lila Leeds and Mitchum. The district attorney moved to drop the charge, leaving her facing only conspiracy to possess. Mitchum and Leeds received 60 day jail sentences after a raid on Leeds’s Laurel Canyon cottage.
Peanut hull cellulose tested in experiments for making fibre boards heavy papers and related products.
Researchers opened the first wind tunnel designed to test near vacuum flight conditions 50 to 80 miles above Earth. The small testing space will study how extremely thin air behaves when objects move at three to four times the speed of sound, using nitrogen and glow visualization. The project, financed by the Office of Naval Research, is led by E. D. Kane and R. G. Folsom at the University of California.
Investment securities firm Rauscher Pierce & Co announces services from the 315 Capital National Bank Building with contact numbers 6 2649 and 6 2640 for brokerage and financial guidance.
March 11 marks the death of Joseph S Cullinan, a colorful Texas oil pioneer tied to Corsicana's 1897 oil boom. He moved to Houston, funded ventures, flew the Irish flag, and displayed a skull and crossbones flag from the Petroleum Building as a liberty warning. He was known for charitable donations.
The Agriculture Department said the 1949 early lamb crop will be about six percent smaller than last year. Early producing states will have the smallest crop since records began in 1924, reflecting a decline in sheep numbers. Early lamb progress was better than expected despite western weather, with marketings before July 1 down in line with the reduced crop and dependent largely on California conditions.
The Austin school census first report shows 15,393 scholastics counted this spring, 696 more than 1948. Arthur Cunningham says final may reach about 18,500 as census continues through March. The effort, run by teachers and PTA, covers ages six to 18 as of Sept 1 1949 and affects state funding over one million dollars.
A charter will be presented to the Austin Chapter Society of Residential Appraisers at a Friday dinner at the Driskill Hotel. District Governor Floyd Snyder of San Antonio will present it. Miss Frances Legas of Chicago will attend as an honor guest.
Blanco Mayor Wayne Smith reports the recovery of a typewriter and adding machine stolen from his office on January 15. The robber was apprehended by San Antonio police.
The Associated Press reports rising speculation that India may become an independent republic and seek changes to the Commonwealth structure. British officials weigh revising allegiance rules and potential treaties while stressing no pressure on India. Trade links and postwar recovery influence London’s stance as U S policy urges openness.
A man calling himself Sally Manasse walked into the Los Angeles CARE office and donated $100 for CARE packages to Japan. He said he spent 44 months in a Japanese prison camp and survived the Bataan Death March, urging international friendship.
Tokyo dispatch quotes Emperor Hirohito saying World War II and Japan’s defeat produced at least some good results. He cites greater understanding between Japan and the United States, according to Makoto Takano Asahi editor who reported from the Imperial Palace after a U.S. trip.
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