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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1949

Page

4

Britain’s Ulster Proposal Triggers Irish Anger

Dublin wires report Britain’s Commons bill to update relations with Ireland after Easter declaration of independence. Northern Ireland could withdraw only by its Parliament’s consent. Irish leaders denounce it as unjust partition to be righted. de Valera calls it retrograde. Irish Times warns of new instability. Belfast Newsletter defends constitutional right of Ulster.

Dublin Ireland Southern Ireland Northern Ireland United Kingdom Ulster Eamon de Valera Belfast Northern Ireland Unionist Party

Steer Finds Basement Residence in Peoria Incident

A 1200-pound steer wandered into Mrs. Mary E. Welch’s West Bluff home in Peoria and was trapped in the basement after escaping from a farmer’s truck. Police and packing workers debated methods to remove it, finally hoisting it out the window and to the packing house.

Peoria Mary E. Welch West Bluff Bradley University

Police Bet Big Wins as Officers Nab Gamblers

St. Louis police gambling squad bet on two horses to help make arrests on gambling charges. They won their bets but lost $32, as Khaki and Laurania won at Jamaica. Return on $6 would have been $32.

ST. Louis INS Jamaica

Ingrid Bergman to Stay with Husband Amid Romance Rumors

Ingrid Bergman said she will rejoin her physician husband Dr. Peter Lindstrom after finishing the film God's Earth. She stated the move was to protect her family and discussed their situation with Lindstrom and Roberto Rossellini, denying planned divorce.

Rome Ingrid Bergman Peter A. Lindstrom God's Earth Roberto Rossellini Messina Sicily Miss Bergman Lindstrom Rossellini Sweden United States Ingrid Real Royal) Hotel Rochester N. Y Italy Isle of Stromboli Tyrrhenian Sea Signor

Riverton Wyoming Farms Open to Homestead Entry

Fifty new farms on the Riverton reclamation project in central Wyoming were opened to homestead entry. Veterans will receive preference and a $1.50 per acre payment to the Indians applies. Applicants filed by August 2 will be treated as simultaneous. winners chosen by lot from that group. An additional 54 units and 200 Riverton farms may follow in 1950 and 1951.

Washington Riverton Reclamation Wyoming Citizens Board Reclamation Bureau Riverton

Yugoslav Claim of ERP Trade Deals With Austria Hungary

Belgrade reports that Cominform nations are negotiating ER P aid barter deals with Marshall plan countries. Borba cites Austria Hungary exchange weeks February signing, offering Plant cotton for rye and vegetable oil, with 20 000 tons rye and 3000 tons oil.

Belgrade Yugoslavia Borda Voice Marshal Tito Austria Hungary Borba Poland Romania

Atlantic Globemaster carries 85 men to Marham AFB

The US Air Force Globemaster carried 85 passengers from Brookley Field to Marham Air Base Norfolk England, the largest Atlantic flight by one aircraft. The 4,480 mile 27 hour trip included stops at Bermuda and the Azores with 75 airmen to return home after duty.

Atlantic US Air Force Marham Air Base Norfolk Eng Brookley Field Mobile Ala Bermuda Azores Walter Wall Columbia S.C Marham Wall United States England William R. Burton Port Orange Fla Sidney Pullen Detroit

First Melons Of Year Seen Here

The first watermelons of the season in Austin were sent to a critically ill 12 year old girl, Wanda Fields of Sweetwater, by George Nacol head of a Houston produce firm. The gesture supported a campaign to raise money to fight cancer. The watermelons were air delivered to the child.

Austin George Nacol Nacol Houston Wanda Fields Sweetwater

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