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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1948
Page
2
An 88 year old eel at Halsingborg Museum in Sweden, claimed as the oldest aquarium fish, is failing. Putte, captured in 1863 by two boys near a southern Sweden creek, has outlived its captors and developed a tumor about a year ago. Experts in fish diseases have not helped.
Dr Willard Elsbree of Columbia University arrives in Austin to consult with Austin Public Schools on a permanent teacher salary schedule. He meets Finance and Personnel Committee Wednesday at 2 pm and 7:30 pm and with the School Board Thursday for final discussion.
A Los Angeles adventurer calling himself the Voice of Two Worlds claims a hidden Tibetan system can unlock mind power and universal energy for improved health, strength, charisma, and achievement. He says the sleeping giant of mind power awakens during sleep and offers a free 9000-word treatise from the Institute of Mental Physics, Los Angeles, with limited copies available.
Ray Snook, 36, missing after his 28 foot cruiser was rammed by a shrimp boat near Port O’Connor, rode a life raft for 73 hours with no food or water. The craft sank in darkness, he reached shore near Freeport, then hitchhiked to his San Antonio home, recounting the ordeal. Coast Guard search had begun as word spread.
City officials announce a new sale of properties along East Avenue and the Lamar Boulevard extension as bids opened. High bids totaled 21 366 29 with multiple 5 to 7 room houses listed and plans to clear the right of way for utility relocation before February paving work by the Texas Highway Department.
Prague city officials revived a 1945 order requiring removal of German inscriptions from tombstones. Exemptions apply where removal would damage other artwork. The deadline is year end, with enforcement resuming after liberation era tensions. The order targets Sudeten German inscriptions and mandates replacement with Czech.
For over 40 years Dr F M Edwards, an Ohio doctor, offered Olive Tablets to relieve constipation and associated symptoms such as headaches and dull eyes. The patent remedy is described as purely vegetable and stimulates both upper and lower bowels without griping, selling at 15 or 30 cents in drugstores.
The 1946 explosion left Karl W. blind and jobless, facing a grim future. The Travis County Association for the Blind in Austin shows how the Community Chest funds aid, training, and recreation for the sightless, supporting 16 Red Feather agencies and aiding workers at the factory.
A Missouri Pacific and Cotton Belt freight wreck near Renault Illinois left a diesel engine and 32 cars off the rails toward Danley with oil ignited in the collision. The Cotton Belt train struck derailed cars injuring three crewmen who were treated and released.
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