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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1949
Page
9
A man claims to have perfected a sixth sense for tuning out early commercial chatter and snapping back to the program. He notes commercials recur at the same point weekly and now synchronizes watches to catch the end of host interludes, enabling precise radio tuning during ads.
Steve Perkins lauds a radio hobbyist turned movie advocate praising England's BBC style and onward cinema. He describes testing a drive-in setup with a portable speaker to critique films by turning down voices and enjoying music and Esther Williams musicals for silent viewing.
The Trinity River flood eased between Rosser and Trinidad as the crest subsided. At Rosser a levee breach had inundated 6,000 to 7,000 acres, while Trinity’s level fell from 32.06 to 31 feet by noon. Fort Worth began emergency levee repairs after last week’s deluge, with county road and bridge losses near $1 million.
Listings for Paramount Capitol Vareit Ritz Texas Austin North Austin Drive In and more run through Thursday with a mix of classic and contemporary titles. Screenings feature stars Richard Rose Scott Brady Gary Cooper Joan Leslie Clifton Webb Fredric March James Cagney and Tyrone Power among others with multiple daily start times and venue changes.
General Shoe Corporation of Nashville reported a net profit of 1,041,220 dollars for the six months ended April 30, equal to 1.33 dollars a share. This compares with 1,461,487 dollars, or 1.92 dollars a share, for the same period last year.
The United Auto Workers proposed arbitration with Ford to settle the main issue in the strike after a 19 day deadlock. Walter Reuther urged six minor issues be resolved first, then a strike settlement. The dispute centers on speeding production at Ford plants and the right to require workers to meet production levels.
Danny Donahue, a sick nine year old from Pittsburgh, crawled into a laundry chute and was found stuck halfway between floors. Firefighters cut away wall and freed him to slide to the cellar where he was returned to bed. He says he wanted to see if he could fit in the chute and now knows better.
The peso stayed below eight to the dollar in Mexico City on Monday with banks buying at 8.03 and selling at 8.06 and closing around 8.07 to 8.99. Bankers say the central bank is content to keep the peso under eight to one dollar despite a 14 percent loss over the month.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the April 15 consumer price index at 169.7 percent of the 1935–39 average, up 0.1 percent from March. This marks the second monthly rise after a five month decline, with prices 27.3 percent above June 1946 and 72.1 percent above August 1939.
Donald Olson a 15 year old Minneapolis paperboy began his world girdling mission by delivering the May 22 Minneapolis Sunday Tribune to Sir George Awlyn Lord Mayor of London at the Mansion House Heathrow Airport. He plans to traverse Asia then head to San Francisco and Minneapolis continuing the longest newspaper route in the world.
Blue eyed Nelda Susan Pelt a 15 month old Louisiana blue baby will be operated on June 1 Radford Memorial Hospital for Babies set the date. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Delford Pelt of Pitkin La and the second Louisiana blue baby treated at the hospital this year. The previous child Travis Shaw of Converse recovered.
John L. Lewis announced he will personally open negotiations with Southern coal operators in Bluefield West Virginia on Wednesday. Eight miners and eight representatives of the Southern Coal Producers Association will attend as talks cover the current contract expiring June 30 and possible royalty changes.
Storm damaged ten states as crews repair homes and assist the injured. The American Red Cross set aside 500000 for relief to hundreds left homeless by weekend tornadoes and windstorms. 46 deaths reported in Missouri Illinois Indiana Kentucky Pennsylvania with heavy damage in West Virginia Texas Tennessee Iowa and Maryland.
Three top Columbia University School of Journalism students earned $1,500 Pulitzer traveling scholarships. Mortimer P. Stern of Pine Bluff Arkansas Marvin L. Stone of Burlington Vermont and Harold T. Scarlett of Fort Worth Texas received the fellowships established in 1911 by Joseph Pulitzer to study abroad and examine social political moral conditions and the foreign press.
Medical examiner cites strong suggestive evidence of drowning in the death of television producer Owen Davis Jr. His body was found at a rocky cliff by Long Island Sound after he disappeared from a 29 foot sloop during a midnight cruise. Authorities anticipate further findings by Monday or Tuesday.
Funeral services are set for Leonard G. Felder, 36, who died after being electrocuted while attempting to repair a door bell wire in his attic home. The incident occurred Sunday. the service will be held Tuesday morning in Fort Worth.
Houston business man H. J. Porter asked Governor Jester to collect 79 million dollars in delinquent taxes and fix tax statutes. He proposed a state tax committee to report on remedies and draft delinquent tax bills for the next session, and urged closing evasions in the gasoline tax.
Depositions from Wahoo ordnance plant workers were read as the $200 million Texas City liability suits entered their fifth week. Welder foreman Don Driscoll testified ammonium nitrate is highly corrosive and attacks weak spots in tanks during manufacturing. Tankhouse operator Gilbert C. Odell said about half the steel pipe for nitrate flow was replaced by stainless piping in 16 months.
Donnie Glenn Maddux a 10 year old boy from Fort Worth was flown to Rochester Minnesota for treatment at Mayo Clinic after a mysterious illness resisted blood transfusions. His parents Mr and Mrs Frank R Maddux requested Air Force help and Carswell Air Base provided a C47 transport.
During Sunday services at Summit Baptist Church Amari llo the church office was broken into and the day's offering was stolen while Rev. Walter S. Sibley quoted from the Ten Commandments.
Representative Preston Smith of Lubbock proposed a bill to raise 212 million dollars to 4 million annually for new hospital and eleemosynary buildings by investing unused state funds. The plan would lend the money to buy government bonds, with net earnings funneled into the eleemosynary special building account.
An armed robber burst into the home of Mrs. Josephine Halper in Chicago and demanded money. She cried that she needed bread, and after her tears the gunman surrendered, offering a dollar for food before fleeing. Mrs. Halper later used the dollar at bingo but did not win.
Dallas four year old Vickie Joyce Henry, known as the champion baby glass eater, was back home eating plain food after Parkland Hospital treated her Sunday for swallowed glass. Earlier in the week doctors removed a perfume bottle fragment and a safety pin that had passed naturally. This time a broken glass tube lodged in her throat caused bleeding.
Columbia University will conclude its seasons in baseball tennis and track with a final match against Army. The triple finale features the Lions facing Army on the same date across venues, highlighting the end of spring campaigns for the three sports.
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