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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1949
Page
3
A 10 year old boy is severely burned over more than two thirds of his body in a Vernon area incident. Doctors praise his strong heart as he battles for survival after gasoline ignited on him while his older brother dumped fuel on smoking weeds. TheMay 10 accident left him with third degree burns and serious facial injuries.
The peso slid to 8.50 to the dollar as banks bought near 8.40 and closed at 8.50, marking a loss of over one fifth in a month. The article notes ongoing downward pressure and a shift in exchange rates through the trading day.
Wesley Anthony Brown, 22, will become the first African American to graduate from the U S Naval Academy and leave as an ensign on June 30 He says he is just an average Joe and faced questions about integration during a pre graduation press conference At the time two other Negro midshipmen are fourth classmen and Brown hopes future cohorts will render such events routine Brown rose from a single parent home with his mother Rosetta Brown ironing clothes to fund his education He ranks mid pack in scholarship among the 792 graduates and will join the Civil Engineer Corps as one of 18 in this year’s class He will be the sixth regular Negro officer and the only Annapolis graduate in the Navy
Crane High School awarded diplomas Friday night with Superintendent L L Martin in line among graduates. Martin, trained before high school diplomas existed, earned his own diploma during the ceremony after a long teaching career in several schools.
An automobile with six passengers fell into Johnson Creek near Cascade Idaho. Mrs Aleatha Thatcher, 29, of Boise, drowned. Driver William Pegner escaped then reentered icy water four times to pull Thatcher’s four children aged 10 to four to safety. Sheriff Mosman placed the accident 50 miles from Cascade in the Cascade Stibnite mountains.
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