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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1949
Page
2
A concise sale listing shows white work uniforms including pants and shirts priced at 2.98 per pair or item, shirts at 2.65, and t-shirts in navy at 1.98 plus shipping and service charges noted as s&s. The ad reads like a vendor catalog fragment.
FBI testimony linked Coplon to guiding a wider Soviet espionage network. The State Department rejected new Soviet demands to free Gubitchev, stating he had no immunity as a UN Secretariat member. Gubitchev and Coplon face separate New York trials for espionage conspiracy and theft of government secrets.
Complete results from the Interscholastic League Meet list winners across Ready Writing Declamation Extemporaneous Speech News Writing and Copyreading. Top finishers include Shelby Reed Austin first in Ready Writing and multiple firsts acrossConference AA A B divisions with named students from Gonzales Beaumont Lindale Temple Tyler and others.
Three former US Army officers testified under oath that German Malmedy massacre prisoners at Schwabische Hall were not beaten or mistreated. They denied allegations of punching, starving, solitary confinement, or withholding heat and comforts to force confessions.
James E. Kilday, aide to the attorney general, told the Serra Club that under Tom Clark the Justice Department practices Americanism not ism. He warned against communism, contrasted it with business monopolies and traced how lunch clubs evolve into trade associations enforcing price fixing and antitrust concerns.
Judge Charles O Betts in 98th District Court granted a temporary restraining order against the Texas Railroad Commission. Valee Gin Company claims the commission illegally stopped transport of gun machinery from Dallas to a Hidalgo County site. A hearing on May 13 at 10 a.m. will decide the injunction.
Glenn R. Welty of Ontario Oregon writes Governor Beauford H. Jester in Texas asking for help finding a wife. He seeks a Southern belle near his age, 25, with light brown hair and blue eyes, 156 pounds, and does not object to a woman with one child. He invites interested Southern belles to call at the Governor's office.
Stuart Long urged the Young Men's Business League to support a $7 million bond issue on May 16. He said Austin's water and light plants, vital to city expenses, have outgrown capacity and must be expanded to serve new customers and accommodate growth. He also cited the need to enlarge the inadequate sewage disposal plant.
A record 49 DWI cases will be called in County Court-at-Law next Friday with a total docket of 86 cases for the day. County Attorney Pergy Jones oversees the settings as defendants seek postponements awaiting a Court of Criminal Appeals ruling on the legality of alcohometer tests used in the counts.
Scouts are filling reservations for Camp Tom B. Wooten with opening set for June 12. Second week slots are gone and more than 90 reservations are booked for the third week, prompting officials to urge prompt enrollment.
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