Texas Declines Annexation While Mexico Recognizes Independence
On May 19 1845 Mexico acknowledged Texas independence after French and British mediation conditioned on Texas rejecting annexation by the United States The Republic faced ongoing threats of renewed war Santa Anna held captive Wharton was captured and escaped Bee offered 5 million dollars plus 200000 bribe to Santa Anna all to no avail The Texas Congress soon accepted joining the Union Curtis Bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic of Texas
Mexico
Texas
Lone Star
United States
San Jacinto
Santa Anna
Republic
James Webb
Vera Cruz
William A. Wharton
Rio Grande River
Heldrisoner
Metferd M. Bee
San Antonio
Austin
Texas Congress
Union
Three Forgery Suspects Reported Out of Town in Court
Justice of Peace court heard charges of forgery and passing against Leonor Bowers Connie McVade and J M Murphree all said to be out of town. Bowers believed in Atlanta McVade in Manor Murphree in Austin area with forged checks totaling 77 55. Detectives traced thefts including an arm chair radio and two kegs of nails at local addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of Peace
Travis Blakeslee
Leonor Lewis Bowers
Atlanta
C. L. Hagood
West Sixth Street
Connie McVade
Manor
C. W. Saathoff
Austin
Austin National Bank
Jacob Schmidt
East Sixth Street
J. M. Murphree
J. W. Shanks
Blanco
J. RK. McNutt
West 40Th Street
Bert Rienke
East Liveoak Street
Sycamore Drive
Shivers Forms Petroleum Industry Advisory Group
Governor Allan Shivers named a petroleum industry advisory committee to work with the Legislative Council on a study of the industry and taxation. D. W. Hovey of Canada Refining Co. was named chairman, with members from Houston, Midland, Amarillo, Dallas, Corpus Christi, Fort Worth, Wichita Falls, and Longview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Shivers
Legislative Council
William J. Murray Jr
Railroad Commission
Texas
D. W. Hovey
Canada Refining Company of
Houston
Gov. Shivers
E. O. Bennett
R. J. Gonzalez
Harry Leyendecker
Glenn McCarthy
Pat R. Rutherford
H. E. Childs
Midland
Harold Dunn
Amarillo
Roy Hubbard
Sidney Latham
Raymond M. Myers
Dallas
John Lynch
Corpus Christi
Sid W. Richardson
Fort Worth
Clay Underwood
Wichita Falls
John Wrather
Longview
Certificates Awarded at Austin Public Evening School
Principal Sam L. Martin presented 664 certificates at the closing spring term of the Austin Public Evening School. Attainment, special, and achievement certificates were distributed alongside diplomas toward the high school, with 15 completing all requirements for graduation and six driver education certificates awarded. Enrollment rose to 824 for the term, the largest since 1908, with 3,477 for 1949-50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam L. Martin
Austin Public Evening School
Austin High School
Martin
Air Force aims for world range Intercontinental Guided Missile
Tulsa Oklahoma May 18 The Air Force seeks an intercontinental guided missile capable of reaching all possible target areas in the world. Assistant Secretary Harold C. Supart said the finished hardware is not yet ready but the goal is practical and not prohibitively expensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Oklo
Air Force
Air
Harold C. Supart
Dulles to work on Japan peace treaty questions
President Truman announced a hopeful timeline for a Japanese peace treaty as John Foster Dulles was named to specialize on Far Eastern issues. Defense Secretary Johnson plans to discuss the pact with General MacArthur in Tokyo next month and seek agreement on policy between State and Defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
John Foster Dulles
Reblican
Oftate
Dean Acheson
Defense
Louis Johnson
Douglas McArthur
Japan
Tokyo
Johnson
Defense Department
Truman
Acheson
Belgium
MacArthur
Dulles
China
Far East
Tracy Vorhees
W. Walton Butterworth
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Butterworth
H. Freeman Matthews
Sweden
Joint Chiefs
Eight County Schools hold commencement for 52 graduates
Reverend Lawrence Bush urged eight county schools graduates to safeguard their souls and strive to be their best at University Junior High. Gus Urbankie awarded diplomas to 52 pupils from eight schools including Fiskville Pleasant Hill and Nichols. Honor students Elsa Rundberg Charlene Anderson Dale Brewington and Tom Beard recognized. musical numbers and a piano solo accompanied by the Tonette Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University Junior High School
Lawrence Bush
University Christian Church
Gus F.urbankie
Travis County School Board
Travis Peak
Cox Springs
Pleasant Eats
Pleasant Valley
Summitt
Fishville
Dry Creek
Pleasant Hill
Nichols
Elgar
America
L. O. Sluder
Walnut Creek Baptist Church
Lester Timmerman
Elsa Fay Rundberg
Charlene Anderson
Fiskville
Dale Brewington
Tom Clyde Beard
Gus F. White
Janice Burnham
Tonette Band
Obie Jones
Man Put in Jail Under Debt Law
Burlington Vermont May 18 A 28 year old father of two is jailed in Cuttenden County under the poor debtor law for failure to pay a 16 000 judgment from a 1946 automobile crash. Leo A La Berge of Charlotte was jailed indefinitely on a close jail certificate as the Vermont Supreme Court upheld the verdict. Others jailed include three war veterans freed after terms. a Memphis cotton broker paid the judgment and another worked off his debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Cuttenden
Vermont
Leo A. la Berge
Charlotte
la Berge
State Supreme Court
Arthur W. Sears
Vergennes
Memphis, Tenn
Advertising Needs New Look, Typography Expert Says
A typographic counselor told the Austin Advertising Club that advertising must adopt a faster, modern style. Howard N. King of York, Pennsylvania urged moving beyond dated layouts and noted newspapers have improved with color, changing makeup, and stronger art direction. He is Maple Press Company’s typography VP and director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Advertising Club
Howard N. King
York
Intertype Corporation
King
Maple Press Company
York, Pa
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Chicago Society of Typographic Arts
Brooke rules out North South union marriage like Irish joke
Sir Basil Brooke the Northern Ireland prime minister told 3,000 in Toronto that there will be no wedding of North and South Ireland. He described the Irish Republic as a charming colleen but not a match for the North and affirmed Belfast loyalists to the King and the British Commonwealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Basil Brooke
Northern Ireland
North
South Ireland
Belfast
England
Prison Inmate Gifts Prize to Disabled Veterans
Walter F. Johnson, 40, inmate at Norfolk Prison Colony, won first prize in a radio song contest and donated the award to two disabled veterans at Cushing General Hospital in Framingham Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Mass
Walter F. Johnson
Norfolk Prison Colony
Cushing General Hospital
Framingham
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Curtis Bishop
Texas State
Texas State Optical
Congress
Shivers
Capitol
B.F
P. W
Bobby Gordon
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio
Dulles and
Bash
Lorraine Wilchuck
Bruce
Rita Meany
Sir Brooke
Irelands
Penney
Penney’s
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