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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 06, 1950

Page

5

Rosemary Sprig on Shaw Coffin Highlights Celebrity Friendship

George Bernard Shaw burial in London features a single rosemary sprig from Ellen Terry's garden placed on the coffin lid by Terry's former associate. Christopher St John sent the sprig and Bernard nickname noted by the editor. Cremation planned for Monday with ashes to lie beside wife Charlotte until final disposition.

Ellen Terry Bernie Golders Green Crematory Shaw Charlotte Welwyn Hertfordshire Ayot St. Lawrence Alice Laden London Christopher St. John Shaw- Terry

Missing Pilot Found At El Campo Airport

SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 5. William S. Tyson, 23, of Boston, the nephew of Perle Mesta, landed at El Campo after a search for his private light plane was cancelled. Tyson, a former Harvard student, was reported missing Saturday on a flight from Brownsville to Houston during an air junket. The alert for his light plane was cancelled at 8 am. He landed Saturday at 5:20 p.m.

San Antonio William S. Tyson Boston el Campo Civil Aeronautics Administration Tyson Perle Mesta Luxembourg George Tyson Harvard Brownsville Houston CAA

Double Tough Steel for Ships

Sun Day reports a Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp development of carilly, a high strength low alloy steel. The alloy, made at open hearth furnaces, is aimed at ships and heavy mobile equipment and claims almost double the strength of common low alloy steels and threefold strength over welding-grade structures. It also offers two to three times more corrosion resistance than plain carbon steels.

New York Carnegie- Ilinois Steel Corporation United States Steel Corporation Carnegie - Illinois

Episcopalians Set Meeting Tonight For 1951 Planning

Members of the Church of the Good Shepherd will hear Bertram Parker of Corpus Christi discuss plans for 1951 and support next year at a covered dish dinner Monday at 6 p.m. in the parish house. Parker chairs church promotion for West Texas and laymen’s work nationwide.

Ee Church of the Good Shepherd Bertram Parker Corpus Christi James Piper Parker Department of Promotion Episcopal Diocese of West Texas Protestant Episcopal Church United States National Council New York C. Barrell Cox Cochairman Piper Rot R Ammann Joseph Baumgardner Ted Buttery Robert Hatchett John I. Leach Harris Toler Frank Moore M. S. Nicholson Langston Smith W. T. Mayne Reggie Stolley Mac Amstattd Jack C. Adams

Persian wall tile depicts Bahram Gur on camel hunting gazelles

An ornate Persian wall tile showcases Sultan Bahram Gur seated on a camel while hunting gazelles, illustrating royal hunting scenes and courtly imagery from medieval Persia.

Persia Sultan Bahram Gur

Vitamin Sale Up In Last Fifteen Years

Vitamin sales rose from near zero to 1.5 million pounds per year over the past 15 years, reflecting substantial growth in demand for dietary supplements and health products.

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