Deaths and Funerals
Obituary notices report the deaths of Nelson Woos Lowry and his wife from a Pasadena plane crash. Services set in Santa Monica with burial in Chapworth Cemetery. Also listed are notices for Ben Zuck, L M Stinnett, Eugene Adam Holliday, infant Mendez, and Adolph Ernest Hopf with funeral details and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Woos Lowry
Downey
Calif
Pasadena
Lowry
Austin
First Christian Church
Santa Monica
Chapworth Cemetery
Hyde Park
North American Aviation Corporation
Adolph Ernest Hopf Taylor
ANS
Adolph Ernest Hopf
Thorndale
Brenham
Taylor
Condra
E. Harber
Taylor City
Beulah Ohr
San Antonio
Evelyn Boldt
Lydia Jirasek
Louis Hopf
Henry Hopf
Paul Hopf
Thrall
Big Truck Knocks Down Creek Bridge in Ohio Incident
A milk tank truck skidded on wet pavement and jackknifed, destroying an 80 foot steel bridge over Mud Creek in Defiance County. The truck and a passenger car were tossed into icy water. occupants escaped with minor injuries. Trucker R T Pressler, 30, and car occupants Henry and Caroline Brandt, 64 and 60, were treated. a new bridge plan is due in about six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Ohio
Mud Creek
Here
Highway Patrol
R. T. Pressler
Monpelier
Pressler
Henry F. Brandt
Caroline
Hamlet
Henry County
Fire Costs Marathon Lubricant Plant In Fort Worth
A three alarm blaze in Fort Worth gutted the Marathon Lubricant Company two story brick building. Oil and grease valued at 25000 burned with damage to the structure estimated at 20000. Insurance covered the building. R E Baker firm secretary treasurer said merchandise loss pending inventory check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Marathon Lubricant Company
R. E. Baker
British critic cites socialized medicine at Texas meet
Cecil Palmer of London, an author and publisher, denounces Britain's welfare state as a menace and argues socialism erodes liberties. The Texas Medical Association gathering includes sessions by the House of Delegates, the Texas Heart Association, and the American Physical Therapy Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Great Britain
State Medical Association of
Texas
Cecil Palmer
London
Palmer
Medical Association
House of Delegates
Texas Heart Association
American Physical Therapy Association
Texas Air Medics Association
Consolidated
Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Martha Schmalenbeck
Gonzales
Physical Therapy Association
Mary Callahan
San Antonio
Pauline Swayze
Joseph Schwart
Dallas
Louis J. Levy
Frank Schoonover
Herbert E. Hipps
Waco
Charter Award Ceremony At Zilker Cub Palaver
Cub Pack 14 at Zilker School received its charter Thursday from the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Floyd Dzer presented the charter to the PTA president as Chief Venne from Camp Tom Wooten attended in costume and entertained with songs sign language and an Indian love story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zilker School
National Council of
The
Boy Scouts of America
Floyd Dzer
School Parent Teachers Association
Chief Venne
Tom Wooten
Tommy Proffitt
Mickey Cochran
Charles Anderson
Joe Lawrence
Den
Martin Beaty
Douglas Hooper
James Bure
Dickie Sievers
Gene Franks
Johnny Roundtree
Larry Hendrickson
Clarence McFarland
Larry Anderson
Rickie Bible
Stewart Shelton
Allen Benbrook
Food Minister backs vegetable boycott plan in England
Food Minister Maurice Webb told housewives organizations on Sunday he approved their boycott of green vegetables until prices fall. He argued reform under public ownership of perishables marketing is the real solution. The high vegetable costs to be debated in Parliament Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
England
Maurice Webb
House of Commons
Annual Kite Tourney Held After Two After Rain Delays
After two postponements due to rain the annual kite flying tourney was held at Zilker Park Sunday. Exchange Club and the Austin Recreation Department sponsor the event with eight contests. Otto Ludwig Jr won the most unique class with a flying saucer kite, while Granville Wheeler flew the largest kite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zilker Park
Exchange Club
Austin Recreation Department
Otto Ludwig Jr
Charles Edwards
Jack Gurling
Susan Jones
Granville Wheeler
David Jones
Brownie Price
James Hard
Tom Penicke
Chiang Declares Army Fights Anti Soviet War
Chiang Kai shek in a May Day message declares Nationalists fighting an anti Soviet war. He calls Formosa a base in the anti Communist and anti Russian struggle and criticizes Mao Tze tung for leaning toward Soviet Russia. He cites wartime mobilization and labor sacrifices as part of the national drive. Generals Hsueh Yueh and Chen Chi are noted with actions around Hainan and Formosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai- Shek
Soviet
Russia
Chiang
Mao Tze- Tung
Soviet Russia
Taiwan
Hsueh Yueh
Hainan Island
Hainan
Chen Chi
Fourth Army
Car Wreck Kills Sheppard Airman Near Lawton
An airman from Sheppard Air Force Base died after a car from Pensacola collided with an embankment and overturned on US 277 six miles south of Lawton Oklahoma. Two other Sheppard airmen, 18 year olds William Schaujan and Gerald King, were critically injured and hospitalized at Fort Sill. Police attributed the fatal crash to the vehicle missing a turn and striking a highway island. Oklahoma’s highway fatalities for the year rose to 139.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Okla
Texas
Here
Ben W. Harwell
Pensacola
Fla
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Fort Sill Base
William E. Schaujan
Gerald A. King
Sheppard
Fort Sill
Wes Miller
C. W. Adams
Harwell
Oklahoma
Lunch Today Honors 125 Garbage Collectors
Campeg n leaders of the city cleanup drive will honor about 125 garbage collectors with noon time refreshments Monday at the city incinerator. Mayor Taylor Glass City Manager Guston Morgan and public works head C G Levander attend along with Mrs Alden Davis and other district chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campe‘g¢n
Alden Davis
Cochairman
Taylor Glass
Davis
Guston Morgan
C. G. Levander
Boyce Campbell
Gene Ravel
Arctic Magnolias Unearthed in Frigid Arctic Zone
Fossil remains of ancient magnolia trees have been uncovered in the Arctic Circle, revealing flowering plants once thrived in extreme cold. This discovery highlights historical plant distribution and ancient climates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic Circle
All the Choice Films and Showings This Monday
A crowded listing shows film premieres and showtimes across theatres. Major titles include Borderline with MacMurray and Claire Trevor, White Pongo with Fraser and Royce, Mrs. Mike with Powell and Evelyn Keyes, and The Heiress starring Olivia de Havilland and Montgomery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacMurray
Claire Trevor
Quan Ptouen
Richard Fraser
Lionel Royce
Ty Ca Finceh
Robert Ma
Anche Ober Barrett
Mike" Powell Law
Evelyn Keyes
Austin
Olivia de Havilland
Montgomery
Parachute jumper fails to soar at French air show
In Paris April 30 Leo Valentin, famed parachutist, aimed to fly from 12 000 feet with canvas wings at Villacoublay Airport. He landed a mile away, blamed faulty wings, and arrived to boos as France staged its largest postwar air show featuring helicopters, a Vampire jet display, and a mass parachute jump by 30 soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Leo Valentin
Villacoublay
France
Recitals Planned by Austin Music Teachers Association
The Austin District Music Teachers Association will hold a Wednesday 8 pm recital in the University of Texas Music Building auditorium. The event replaces the group’s regular Monday meeting and features numerous listed students and participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin District Music Teachers Association
University of Texas
Laura Lee Cockrell
J. A. Biggers
Marion Holmes
Tinsley Penick
Mary Lou McDaniel
Bonnie Mae Mishchuk
Vera Joyce Carter
Evelyn Coa Bell
Bobbie Teasson
J. H. Schueter
Janelle Fowler
Holt Lewis
Nancy Joe Dyer
Ola Childress
Jane Harvey Bailey
W. Hope Tilley
Gay Stolley
E. L. Tucker
Evelyn Joleen Robertson
Mabel J. Martin
Marjorie Ann Mayfield
Janelle Straiton
Kathleen Millsap
Virginia Rae Wiley
Bernice Klepac
Caroline O. Stell
Ben Gomez Jr
Bertram Simon
Carolyn Scott
Antoninette Roebuck
Barbara Copeland
F. S. Gustafson
June Burkhart
Donna Kay Hausenfluck
T. L. Cole
Shirley Steger
I. J. Broman
Leon Ward
Beulah Beaver
Carol Mueck
John Ellen Walker
Charles Burnette
Marvin Heinatz
Edna Mae Irons
C. E. Burgess
Tom Fairey
Miriam Gordon Landrum
Ora Rae Drawner
Barbara Ann Pratt
Jack Shelby
Jorita Brasfield
Doris Kelley
Margaret Morris
Niki Koutsigas
Joan Oliver
Laura Pare
Mozelle Phillips
Lois Oliver
Former Parker Sheriff Dies of Heart Ailment
Joel M Gilbert aged 68 longtime Texas peace officer died Sunday after a heart attack en route to a hospital in an ambulance. He served as Parker County sheriff for eight years and as deputy sheriff for eight more years and was a state game warden in the Rio Grande Valley until a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Perlita
Joel M Gilbert
Texas
Gilbert
Rio Grande Valley
Parker County
Democrats Use Comic Book Tactics To Promote Brannan Plan
The Democratic National Committee distributes an eight page "John and Mary Blake and the Brannan Plan" to drum up support. The tale portrays Wall Street and the 80th Congress as villains and argues the plan would let prices find a market level while the government pays the gap, funded by taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic National Committee
John and Mary Blake
Congress
Truman
John and
Blake
Brannan
Missouri
Wall Street
Park Cars Go Wild at Lakewood Amusement Park
ATLANTA April 30. A fatal crash on a scrambler ride left one man dead and four girls injured when small cars malfunctioned. Passenger Ruth Faulk, 20, said the cars snapped and went in all directions. James Carl Greenwood 21 died about an hour later. Dorothy Davis 21 had head injuries and lacerations while three helpers sustained lesser injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Lakewood Amusement Park
Ruth Faulk
James Carl Greenwood
Dorothy Davis
Chain-reaction crash injures two. six cars damaged
A chain reaction crash on East Sixth Street damaged six cars and injured two people. Both victims were treated at Brackenridge Hospital and released. Vehicles driven by F L Robbins and Charles Ojeda initial collision sent Ojeda into a parked car, then Robbins struck Lee Burditt and head-on with Hugh Burris Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Sixth Street
Brackenridge Hospital
F. L. Robbins
Willow
Charles Ojeda
Creedmoor
Ojeda
Robbins
Lee Edward Burditt
del Valle
Hugh Burris Simmons
Garden
Burditt
A. E. Garrison Jr
W. R. Swinney
C. H. Petri
D. Eastman
First practical electric light Tapio by arc 1875
The first practical electric light was produced by the Tapio arc lamp around 1875, marking an early breakthrough in electric illumination and signaling the shift toward modern lighting technology.
Real Communists Plan Mock Invasion in Mosinee Wisconsin
In Mosinee Wisconsin residents and Legion members prepare for a staged Red invasion set for Monday. About 85 volunteers will play storm troopers. they will seize the mayor police chief clergymen and key local facilities to dramatize what a Communist takeover might look like.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosinee
Wis
Milwaukee
Civic and Legion People
United States
Legion
Joseph Z. Kornfeder
Benjamin Gitlow
Communist Party
Legal Champagne Rule Tightens French Wording
A law restricts the term champagne to wine produced in a defined French region. Producers from outside the area may not use the name on labels. The change reinforces regional branding and consumer clarity in the market.
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Me. and
Mrs. Woods Lowry
Ben Zuck
W. H. Zuck
Yorktown
E. J. Koppi
Reno
Nev
Egon Zuck
Corpus Christi
L. M. Stinnett
University Law School
Coryell County
Charles M. Austin
Ben Wandell
Jackson
Mich
John M. Stinnett
Florence Collins
Fannie May Stinnett
Eugene Adam Holliday
Hylton Manor
Joe Love
Scott
Mendez
Hismiel Mendez
Kyle
Marcos Mendez
Ellen Mendez
Irene Mendez
Rachel Mendez
Blas Mendez
Steve Scoggin
St. Louis
WEED
Corley Funeral Home
Lavaca
Chapel of the Bells
Congress Ave
Zilker Cub Palaver
Fryer
Tex
Nancy Boles
Kent Johnson
James
Sun Yat-Sen
Chi
Webb
Rte
Teyas
Tareus
Song of Love
Katherine At
Robert Walker
Ritz
Capigl Parith
Ingridge Bergman
Joseph Cot
Yank
Pinky
Jean
Sands of
Iwo Schaat
John Wayne
Adele Mara
Crain
Lundigan
Ethyl Barrymore
Chuust
Parker
Gta
Minder
Peratures
Aes
Panhat
South
Cee
Ainfall
Colorado River
Monitopolis
Lake Bucapad
Lake Travis
Marshal Ford
Port Worth
Amarillo
Alveston
Houston
el Paso
Biai
Daily Worker
Champagne
Pons
Central
Best Food Stores
Housewives
the Mutual Savings
Southern Union
J . Southern
Congress Avenue
Union Gias
Reat Southwest
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