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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 25, 1950

Page

3

Deaths and Funerals list of Austin area

William M. Douglas 83 dies at home on Dallas Highway with survivors including widow Bama McKinney Douglas and four sons and three daughters. Many service details follow for other local deaths Mary Louise Kasperik 6 months, Elise Schmidt, Marcia Richardson, Albert Beck, F W Cooksey, Audie Lee Carpenter, Jeff Smith, H M Roper and others with burial plans in Memorial Park and local funeral homes.

William M. Douglas Travis County Dallas Highway Bama McKinney Douglas Brooks Douglas Sonora George E. Douglas Waco Marvin E Douglas Dallas William M. Douglas Jr Linton W. C. Scott Austin Joe Cahill McNeil

Body of Barefoot Blonde Found Near Christiansburg

The battered body of 20 year old Alice Marie Taylor of Roanoke was found on a mountain slope near route 460. Investigators call it murder as FBI fingerprints aid ID. Miss Taylor left work ill the day prior and was last seen at her Roanoke office.

Christiansburg Alice Marie Taylor Roanoke Veterans Administration George Arington FBI David R. Smith Blacksburg Bernice Dowdy Smith Route 460 Miss Taylor

Obituaries From Texas Towns Report Local Deaths

Mrs Emma V Eiler widow of Joseph W Eiler dies at daughter’s home near San Saba born 1860 in Alabama final rites at First Methodist Church officiated by Rev Charles Nixon burial in City Cemetery survivors include J D Eiler Mrs Kirkpatrick R L Eiler Mrs G A Green Mrs M G Awdry Joseph W Eiler and sister Mrs Lillie Biggs Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Carter Osteen 87 die in Lockhart to be held at McCurdy Funeral Home burial in Dale survivors include two daughters two sons and sister Mrs Osteen Funeral services for Martin Reisner 40 of Granger at Condra Funeral Home then Sts Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church burial in Holy Cross Funeral for Oscar Mundkowsky 60 at Condra Funeral Home burial in Taylor City Cemetery Jessie H Shaffer of Strawn dies in Temple hospital burial at Florence with three sisters listed as survivors.

Mary JO Desimon Dorothy Aragon San Saba Linda Fay Aragon Cook Funeral Home Memorial Park Frederick E. Brooks Marcia Richardson Marcia Lucinda Richardson Wilke Hugh Baker The Christian Church of Clarence FE. Smith Paul Smith M. R. Miller Nolan Miller Carl Miller Rockne Claude E. Foust Beck Austin D. F. Kaufman Frances Beck Tony Goertz Adolph Wilhelm Adolph Muehr Leonard Freric ANS Emma V. Eiler Joseph W. Eiler W. W. Kirkpatrick Alabama First Methodist Church Charles Nixon J. D. Eiler Kirkpatrick R. L. Eiler G. A. Green M. G. Awdry New Orleans Springfield Colo Lillie Biggs Mullin Sarah Osteen Lockhart Sarah Carter Osteen East 15Th Street McCurdy Ed Horne C. W. Ferguson Dale Denie Miears Lockhart Ehtel Cast Arthur Osteen Alton Osteen Lou Osteen California Martin Reisneer Taylor Martin Reisner Granger Condra Funeral Home Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church Msgr J. J. Vanicek George Tydlacka Holy Cross Cemetery Oscar Mundkowsky Taylor Oscar Mundkowsky H. C. Ziehe Taylor City Cemetery Jessie H. Shaffer Round Rock Strawn Temple Hospital Condra Florence W. A. Casper Robert R. Mitchell McCamey John Jordan Simpson the Baptist Church

Night watchman shoots self after shooting youth

Montreal police report 43 year old Alphonse Deaulieu was wounded by five bullets in a suicide attempt and chest injuries after the 16 year old Claude Morin witnessed the events. Deaulieu told his wife he was tired of it all and attempted to kill himself.

Night Watchman Montreal Alphonse Deaulieu Claude Morin Beaulieu Morin

Czech Refugee Hruby to Speak at Czech-Moravian Service

The Rev. Blahoslav Hruby, Chicago, will address Czech-Moravian Brethren Church services Sunday at 7 30 p m at University Community Congregational Church West 23rd Street. Pastor Rev. Josef A Barton will also speak and administer the Lord's Supper. Hruby, an OSS veteran and Czech Protestant leader, spoke in Taylor and San Angelo and will visit Granger Tuesday night.

Blahoslav Hruby Chicago University Community Congregational Church West 23Rd Street Josef A. Barton Hruby National Council America Texas France Office of Strategic Services US Army Prague Czechoslovakia Taylor San Angelo Granger Brethren Church

Another Flying Disc Seen in West Texas

Lamesa resident Mrs. Ross Davis reported spotting a bright round object at about 15 000 feet as it moved rapidly south eastward and appeared to turn over and over before vanishing in under a minute. Air Forces say they cannot substantiate flying object reports.

Lamesa West Texas Ross Davis

Italy Reds Cancel Protest Plan As Force Threatened by State

Rome March 24 Communists cancel Sunday protests after government warns that agitation will be crushed with force. Premier de Gasperi urges authority to be strong amid strikes and clashes. CGIL calls a halt, while police crackdowns and arrests continue in Rome Milan and beyond.

Italy Reds Rome Alcide de Gasperi Christian Democrat Italian General Confederation of Labor CGIL Ere Fater Milan

Daniel and Price Daniel Travel to Argue Tide lands Case Before Supreme Court

Attorney General Price Daniel and a seven member staff leave for Washington to present Texas tide lands arguments Tuesday before the Supreme Court. The suit, seeking land for the public school fund, centers on the annexation agreement and whether Texas can submit evidence. If the government succeeds in a motion for judgment on the pleadings the case ends. if denied, a master will hear evidence.

Price Daniel Washington Tidelands Supreme Court Public School Fund of Texas Daniel Texas J. Chrys Dougherty Jesse Luton Don Heard Fidencio Guerra K. Bert Watson Claude McMillan Walton Roberts

Mother of Seven Starving Children Abandoned With $200

In Pittsburgh on March 24, seven undernourished children were placed in temporary homes after their mother Marian Saunders 25 abandoned them with a $200 relief check. Two children were ill with fever at Allegheny General Hospital others sent to a foundling home and juvenile court supervision. Missing Persons Bureau seeks Saunders while her husband Luther 26 escaped from Cambria County Prison Farm for auto larceny.

Pittsburgh Allegheny General Hospital Missing Persons Bureau Marian Saunders Luther Cambria County Ebensburg

Florist Treated Hyacinth H Bomb Under Home

Hobbs New Mexico reports Iris Pribble a florist fears his pet skunk Hyacinth under his house will have a litter. He dubs the skunk his private H bomb. The story notes the creature's expected offspring.

Hobbs, N. M Iris Pribble Hyacinth Pribble

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Andrew Hall Weed-Corley Funeral Home Blake Smith Mary Louise Kasperik Archie S. Kasperik Indian Trail E. Schroeder Vernon Marshall Ferrell Weed- Corley Edmund Heinsohn Val Verde Burke San Antonio Weed-Corley R. C. McCullough Scott Tatum Polly Stanley C. L. Bohls Cedar Valley Elise Schmidt East Avenue Richard Schmidt John Gould B. C. Hachnel Walter Schmidt Adolph Schmidt F. G. Roesner Dennis W. Macken Herman Becker William Dieter Lester Palmer Chester Drake Arch Jenkins Capital Memorial Park Albert Beck A. Leopold of Leo Goertz F. W. Cooksey Audie Carpenter Jeff Smith Johnson City H. M. Roper Corley Lavaca Chapel of the Bells Congress Ave Hyltin-Manor Funeral Home Guadalupe He-Man’s Jewel Cy Ea Zale Jewelry CO Congress Austin Incl Diamond Importers Yi. Wey Congress Austin, Tex Emma V., Eiler George Clark West Seisecorn MR. Lewis John B Vaucur Hardware CO T- pynoTt Use Jaught Hardware Co Scarbrough
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