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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1948
Page
5
Stockholm models say the pay they receive barely covers living costs as wage talks intensify. News agency report notes models complain about insufficient earnings while industry discussions continue in Sweden.
Hotels along Pennsylvania Avenue report cancellations after the election and a surge of demand for inaugural rooms. Raleigh Hotel manager C C G Shiffeler notes about 100 cancellations with many rooms claimed, Washington Hotel’s Miss Anna Lemacchi cites late confirmed reservations, and GOP and Democratic committees adjust space for the anticipated parade crowd and future events.
Beulah Brimberry said she is engaged to another man and does not want to see Cecil Wright now that he has been released from Alcatraz after his long legal fight. Wright, known as the "lawyer of the Rock," studied law in prison and earned his freedom.
Wyoming wildlife experts study an invasion of South American nutria after a specimen was captured near Casper. The animal, a fur bearing rodent released in the Mississippi Delta in 1940, was trapped Monday by retired submarine chief W. A. Funda while hunting the North Platte River brushlands.
About 10 000 spectators are to watch ex-tenant Ned Sherette see 100 farm machines and 500 workers modernize his 172 acre farm 18 miles east of Waco. The day aims to demonstrate soil conservation and livable improvements from dawn to dusk with experts from agricultural agencies and Chamber of Commerce affiliates. The project includes terraces brush clearing sodding improved stock tanks fencing orchards pastures fertilizer and landscaping. Sherette who bought the farm a year ago under the tenant purchase plan will keep and maintain all changes and make the model farm his lifelong home with his wife Juanita and children Paul and Cheryl.
Paris officials said France will submit a draft security plan for a North Atlantic pact with the United States and Canada to Western European Union representatives in London this week. Foreign Minister Robert Schuman approved the draft for Thursday submission as delegates from France Britain Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg discuss terms for a military link with the US and Canada before presenting to Washington and Ottawa.
The federal parole board refused parole for Kathryn Kelly and Ora Shannon, both serving life for the 1933 Charles Urschel kidnapping. Eligible after 15 years, they faced a hearing at Alderson reformatory in West Virginia with all aspects considered.
In Los Angeles on November 9 a 19 year old model faced a legal snag being old enough to marry but not to divorce. Lorraine Carroll Conley’s divorce action against Albert J. Conley Jr. was postponed as a guardian must be named for the bride. The couple had been married a little over two months and California sets 18 as the age of consent for marriage.
The United States urged a war crimes tribunal to convict Baron Ernst von Weizsacker the Nazi ambassador to the Vatican and 20 other leaders of aiding Hitler’s wars. Prosecutor Dr Robert W Kempner accused the defendants of making a pact with the devil and dedicating their lives to Hitler.
Three New Mexico representatives flew home for consultations as the Pecos River Compact commission in Austin postponed its session to 10 am Thursday. The group will discuss an engineers report with Carlsbad irrigation officials while Texas and New Mexico seek a division agreement ratified by both states and Congress.
In Washington on November 9 the Pentagon hosts a routine three day meeting of top-ranking Army commanders led by General Omar N. Bradley to discuss Army reorganization. Attendees include Generals Devers Hodges Ge row Gillem Handy Chamberlin Clark and Major General Hobart R. Gay.
Hudson Motor Car Company announces consolidated net income of 5,497,199.76 for the nine months ended September 30, 1948, or 3.03 a share, compared with 5,156,854 or 2.84 a share in the prior year. Detroit report dated November 9.
Harvey Thurmond, operator of a broom factory in Cisco, died in Colorado City on Monday. Funeral services will be held here on Wednesday.
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