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Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1949

Page

12

Tiny Detroit baby tops survival odds at one week

A week-old girl, born three months early and weighing 19 ounces, survives beyond a week at Ford Hospital in Detroit. Doctors say she could be the smallest infant to live, with her parents Virginia Rye and Russell Bye hoping for a miracle amid pioneering care.

Detroit INS Russell Bye Dearborn Ford Hospital Phillip Howard Virginia Rye Rouge Ford Motor Company

Big Spring and Terrell Hospitals Face Overcrowding and Reform

A Texas comparison shows Big Spring Hospital expanding to 1 000 beds to ease senile overload and keep TB isolation, while Terrell struggles with crowding and a prisonlike atmosphere. Both lack sufficient doctors, nurses, and attendants as lawmakers consider budgeted upgrades.

Big Spring A. M. Bowden Bowden J. P. Howser

Victim of Blaze Dies of Injuries

Otha Scott Rogers aged 48 of Sherman died in a Fort Worth hospital from burns suffered near the Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks. Police theorize he was burned after falling asleep too near a fire used for warmth. Rogers worked for a Sherman telephone company.

Fort Worth Otha Scott Rogers Sherman Missouri Pacific Rogers

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