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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1950

Page

6

Autopsy Ordered After 12-Year-Old Found Dead Near Somerset

In San Antonio on March 16 Justice E H Talbert ordered an autopsy for Antonio Lague 12 who lived three miles south of Somerset. The boy died after being found with a head wound in his yard late Wednesday night authorities suspected a fall but a neighbor testing a 30 20 rifle fired at a bird and a cap with a bullet hole was found by deputies.

San Antonio Antonio Lague Somerset Justice of the Peace E. H. Talbert George Wideman Talbert

Dynamiting of Store Jars Detroit Area

A Detroit squad of 20 detectives investigated a dynamiting at the Big Bear Market in northwest Detroit. The blast at 11 pm damaged the store and shattered glass at four neighboring firms. The device, likely dynamite sticks, was placed in the market vestibule. no injuries or labor trouble were reported.

Detroit Big Bear

Foreign Coffee Trader Huge Profits Bared

Senator Gillette said foreign coffee traders on the New York exchange have reaped enormous profits not taxed under our laws. He chairs a Senate agriculture subcommittee probing coffee prices and says the futures market has been used by foreign interests for speculation. Witness Leon Israel declined comment on the statement but forecast coffee prices to stay high.

Washington Gillette D-Ia New York Exchange Senate Agriculture Leon Israel of New York Leon Israel, Inc Israel

Captain of 'Mo' 2 Officers Face Courts Martial

Norfolk March 16 The Navy ordered general courts martial for Captain W D Brown and two other officers over the January grounding of the battleship Missouri on a Chesapeake Bay mud bank. Mil lett and Gierris face trial, with Carr reprimanded but not tried. Trial set for March 27 at Norfolk Naval Base, open to the public.

Norfolk INS Navy W. D. Brown Missouri Chesapeake Bay Brown Pr Ge John R. Millett Frank G. Gierris Norfolk Naval Base John E. Carr Allan E. Smith Smith

Drug Acth Sought For Leukemia Victim

The Hawkins family of Fort Worth seeks ACTH in Dallas for 13 year old leukemia patient Jean Hawkins. They appealed to a New York research institute for treatment but doctors said the drug is out of supply and existing doses go to current patients.

Fort Worth Acth Dallas Jean Hawkins New York

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