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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1948
Page
3
G Henry Davis of Amarillo visiting relatives in Fort Worth awoke to find a burglar entering through a window and taking a $2,000 ermine coat plus two purses and $78 in cash. Davis and his wife were asleep in the room during the break in.
Friends surprised the Rev Robert Mohr at the parsonage Tuesday evening to celebrate his birthday. Attendees included the Rev and Mrs Mohr plus several Pfluger Marosko and Ging families and their spouses and children.
Fort Worth police stopped a potential swindle involving a Virginia tobacco farmer who wore outlandish garb and carried $300. He hoped to buy the freedom of his sister’s mail order fiancé, held at Huntsville State Prison, by paying the wife of another convict.
Fort Worth livestock market reports a continued decline in hogs with cattle and calves mostly steady to weak. Cattle and calves show limited demand as frost affects steer prices. prices for cows and yearlings listed with various ranges. Chicago market notes fair activity with mixed results across cattle calves and hogs, with replacements and stockers affected.
Funeral services for Mrs Cora L Condit widow of Charles L Condit pioneer Austin merchant will be held Friday at 4 pm at the family home 2308 San Antonio Street with Rev Harry M Moffett of University Presbyterian Church officiating Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery The body will be at Cook Funeral Home until 10 am Friday Mrs Condit longtime Austin resident widow of a Condit and Franklin partner she helped organize the Austin Art Club and the American History Club Survived by daughter Mrs S R Fuller son Jerome L Condit and four grandchildren
The Navy abandoned search for an unidentified submarine reported near Pearl Harbor Naval Base, saying there was no verification of the submarine's presence after a widespread air and surface hunt.
Kolmar Graef of Creedmoor faces driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault with a motor vehicle counts in two county court complaints. The wreck with Bernie Martin Moore of Austin occurred two miles south of Austin on the San Antonio highway Tuesday night. Moore and passenger Marie King were hospitalized for burns after Moore's car burned. Patrolmen E. B. Underwood and T. O. Dillard investigated the collision.
A Borger blaze destroyed the Big Heart Cafe, a school supply firm, and three apartments, with damage estimated at 30,000 dollars. Firefighters from Borger and a Bonavista truck battled the flames from 9:50 to 10:35 a.m. No cause yet. Fireman Dick Price was slightly injured.
In San Diego on Wednesday night a skidding car struck pedestrian Mrs. Clara Ruddy, 46, twice after first colliding with another vehicle and jumping a curb. She suffered bruises and shock as police investigated the incident.
Two Houston men, Dr. E. H. Westmorland and Stone Wells, accepted appointments Thursday to the Baylor University Board of Trustees in Houston.
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