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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1949
Page
11
Harvard University in Cambridge shows 45 pieces of scientific apparatus from colonial and revolutionary periods. The exhibition includes electricity making machines designed by Benjamin Franklin.
Washington March 15. Retired Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts and other former government leaders announce a plan for a federal union of Atlantic pact signers. The Citizens Committee, including Robert P. Patterson and Will L. Clayton, seeks an international convention after Senate action to form a true federation to deter the Kremlin and strengthen the United Nations. Clarence Streit joins one of 18 organizers. Roberts distinguishes this from Streit’s Union Now movement.
Sammy a 15 months old thoroughbred cocker spaniel in Chicago has completed fourteen ether dental procedures to fit braces on misaligned teeth. Owner E C Wanger says the long ordeal yielded top dog show blue ribbons and the dog is now happy with no more dentist visits.
The 126th and LORD district courts list multiple divorce filings with granted cases, a guilty verdict for a swindling charge, injunction suit, and theft and aggravated assault filings. Marriage licenses issued include several couples. new car registrations feature multiple brands and owners.
Cambridge report from Harvard neurologist Dr Edward Cole suggests jitterbugging could curb stuttering. He says talking is a motor act and dancing provides exercise to relax the vocal muscles.
A jail on wheels with a cell and electric chair arrives in Austin for a four day exhibit endorsed by Police Chief R D Thorp and Lt Bob Birdsong. Former Sheriff J Edward Slavin of New Haven Conn promotes juvenile delinquency prevention with the display opening at 10 am Wednesday and running through Saturday. The bus sized jail showcases sobriety testing gear weapons and policing equipment including a drunk-o-meter leg irons handcuffs vests fingerprinting gear and ultra violet detection tools. Slavin leads the crusade asserting the criminal never wins.
Slavin, a national lecturer on law enforcement and founder of Boys' Village in Milford Connecticut, promotes his non profit home for homeless or troubled boys. He collects donations for the jail on wheels and belongs to the American Prison Congress and several national police and sheriff associations.
In Spokane Boots the Labrador retriever barked at night alerting her family. The dog house caught fire from a short circuit in an electric heating pad, owners Karl and Mrs. Moore reported as firefighters investigated the blaze.
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