UT students hired to canvass for North Austin petition
University of Texas workers circulated petitions urging the city to buy the 290 acre St John’s Regular Baptist Association site for a Negro subdivision. Students were paid 10 cents per signature, with work described as house to house canvassing done by volunteers in parts of North Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas
City of Austin
North Austin
University
Wed
Frede
Progressive Party
Progressives
St. John's Regular Baptist Association
Crescent Industries Development Company
Taylor Glass
Glass
City Land Board
Drilling Begins on Smithville Test Well No. 1
Two Midland oil operators started drilling the Frank Freytag et al No. 1 well about two miles south of Smithville. E. H. Griswold and E. A. Wahlstrom drill to test formations with oil and gas showing in nearby wells. The project involves leases on thousands of acres and a local Smithville office, with Paul Voss of Luling as the drilling contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithville
Midland Oil Operators
Frank Freytag
Griswold and
Wahlstrom
Warner B. Hagan
San Angelo
Ed, Lueschner
Minnie McMahan
Paul Voss
Luling
Centexas Deer Kill Reported as Good
The opening day of hunting in Centexas drew strong deer kills with about 100 Austin residents taking buck early in the day. Liano reports 100 deer in cold storage by noon and more by night, as hot weather spurred rapid locker deliveries. Governor Shivers bagged a six point in Comal County and a four year old Austin boy claimed a four point. Joe Giddens of Austin nailed an eight point on the R K Allen Ranch near Leander. Carl Johns of Leander captured the first buck to be delivered to Petmeckys on Congress Avenue, a seven point, 74 pounds, winning a hunting suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Liano
Hill Country
Allan Shivers
Mens
Comall County
James Dudley Morse
Emmett Morse
Vista Lane
Joe Giddens
R. K. Allen
Leander
Giddens
Mr. Buck
Petmecky Sporting Goods
Congress Avenue
Carl Johns
Route 1
Johns
Permeckys
Austin Sees Mild Weather Amid Midwest Snow Storm
The article reports Austin Texas enjoying sunny skies and mild temperatures while a cold front chills the Midwest. Buffalo records 17.3 inches of November snow, and storms spread from Wisconsin to New York City with icy winds expected to reach the Southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Austin
Texas
Weather Bureau
Dallas-Fort Worth
Buffalo
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Iowa
Illinois
New York City
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Plains States
Father Kills Toddler In Driveway Backing Car
In San Antonio on November 16, 17 month old Stephen Welch, son of Walter L. Welch, was run over and killed by his father as he backed his car out of a driveway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Stephen Welch
Walter L. Welch
Weeeseone
B29 Carrying 20 Down Off Bermuda
A B29 with 20 aboard reportedly ditched in the Atlantic off Bermuda on Wednesday. Rescue planes and ships searched 75,000 square miles overnight, but no trace was found as weather and radio issues hindered locating the missing crew. The craft was en route from California to Britain with possible US Air Force officers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Bermuda
US Air Force
California
Britain
Kindley Field
US Air Force Base
Coast Guard
Seaboard
New York
Mackay Radio
Hamilton Field
Atlantic
Riot and labor clashes frame Truman soft coal move
A 600 member left wing NMU CIO mob besieged the NMU headquarters, holding about 60 inside for nine hours and beating two officials including VP Adrian Duffy. Police restored order as 2 rioters were arrested. separate talks advance at Alcoa with 10,000 AFL workers and 20,000 CTO strikers across plants. President Truman to decide on a fact finding board or Taft Hartley injunction amid looming coal strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Truman
National Maritime Union
CIO
NMU
Aluminum Company of America
AFL
Al‘coa
CTO
John S. Lewis
Lewis
James Day Rites Slated Thursday
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday in Port Arthur for James E. Day 63 general manager of the Port Arthur News. He died Monday afternoon in a local hospital from a heart ailment after years of illness. Survivors include his widow Jessie Everett Day and two brothers E L Day of Des Moines and Frank Day of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
James E. Day
Day
Texas
Des Moines
Iowa
the News
Jessie Everett Day
E. L. Day
Frank Day
California
Freshman Teixas Memorial Stadium Crowd Expected
Massive crowd anticipated for the Texas A&M freshman debut at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Austin Maroons to unveil new tricks Friday against Corpus Christi Buccaneers. Austin College hosts Texoma Bowl as regular season nears finals in Central Texas area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Stadium
Jury Convicts Grepiotes and Imposes 20 Year Term
Steve Grepiotes, a 55 year old Austin restaurant owner, was found guilty of murdering his business partner Costas Galiangas at the Post Office Cafe in Austin. A Travis County jury sentenced him to 20 years in the state penitentiary, denying bond and drawing the stiffest penalty seen this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Grepiotes
Grepiotes
Austin
Costas P. Galiangas
Lavaca
Galiangas
Jackson
Travis County
Cer
Labor Leaders Urge Strike Vote By Phone Union
San Antonio reports two national labor leaders urged a strike vote by delegates at the Communications Workers of America Southwestern division convention. They supported a vote authorizing a strike if wage demands are not met before the December 1 contract expiry with Southwestern Bell. Beirne cited wage inequities and a government fact finding panel. Curran urged unity and CIO political action while noting Taft-Hartley limits on expulsion for nonpayment of dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Communications Workers of America Southwestern Division
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Beirne
CWA
Curran
CIO
Plot to murder Turkey’s President Inonu crushed
Ankara reports a failed assassination plot against President Ismet Inonu. Three Nation’s Party deputies are under arrest and police search other party members homes. The plan also targeted Celal Bayar, head of the Democratic Party, with an Ankara prosecution opened into the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Nation’s
Celal Bayar
Democratic Party
Shemsettin Gunaltay
Denizli
Res
Killing suspect nabbed near Jacumba in Linda Glacoft case
San Diego authorities report a 67 year old baker named Fred Stroble was arrested at a roadblock near Jacumba while driving an old model car. He carried Mexican border ID and had Bulgarian origins. UPI dispatch notes varying height and weight descriptions and ties to Rosarita Beach and Ensenada leads. FBI involvement followed a formal district attorney complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Jacumba
Fred Stroble
Baker
Linda Joyce Glacoft
Sheriff’s Office
L. A. Mathiot
Stroble
Tion
Mexico
Bulgaria
Mathiot
Jim Darmond
Tijuana
Federal
Los Angeles
Rosarita Beach
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Linda
FBI
District Attorney's Office
Texas Housing Loans Fund 7,405 Units in Williamson County Taylor
President Truman announced 1,624,000 in Texas housing loans for 7,405 units across 17 Texas cities including Dallas and Williamson County. The Taylor project in Williamson County covers 70 units with a 28,000 loan for survey and planning as part of 108 city loans totaling 20,374,000 for planning and low rent housing. Plans call for work to begin within two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eee Housing Authority
Williamson County
Uman
Taylor
Texas
Dallas
Truman
Beaumont
Brownsville
Commerce
Corpus Christi
Corsicana
Denison
el Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
McAllen
McKinney
Mercedes
San Benito
Temple
Wichita Falls
Frisco Executive Falls to Death at Seattle Hotel
Kenneth Edwin Larsen 35, Pacific Coast manager of Lakeside Laboratories, San Francisco Bay Area, died after falling from an eighth floor hotel room window in Seattle at 2 a m Wednesday. The coroner’s office identified him and investigators were mystified by the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
San Francisco Bay Area
Kenneth Edwin Larsen
Pacific Coast
Lakeside Laboratories, Inc
Palo Alto
Calif
Acheson Tightens Pressure on Holding Envoy Crisis
Secretary of State Acheson announced a swift protest to Nationalist China over the Flying Cloud shelling off Shanghai and said American recognition of the regime is off the table due to the detention of Consul General Angus Ward. He outlined talks with Bevin on recognizing China and indicated Ambassador Jessup may be sent to the Far East, while Russia agreed to press Communist authorities in North Korea for ECA staff releases. He reviewed Paris talks with Bevin and Schuman on giving Western Germany more economic influence and recounted his Germany visit after the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
China
Flying Cloud
Shanghai
Acheson
Angus Ward
Mukden
Philip Jessup
Far East
Jessup
Truman
Russia
North Korea
ECA
Korea
Paris
Bevin
Schuman
Inter
Germany
Chinese To Bomb Straits Shipping
Nationalist China ordered bombing of all foreign shipping in the Strait of Formosa. Kobe harbor master relayed a message from Taipei and Chungking to British and American attaches, stating instructions to attack Formosa Strait vessels. The blockade targets Communist ports, but U S and Britain do not recognize it. interceptions and firings have occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
China
Strait of Formosa
United States
Kobe
Taipei
Formosa
Formosa Strait
Chinese Foreign Ministry
Chunking
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Britain
Britain warns Russia in UN time running out
Britain and the Soviet Union clashed in the UN General Assembly with Hector McNeil accusing Moscow of an attempt to murder peace and warning that relations may be reduced to a minimum unless the Kremlin lifts the iron curtain. Vishinsky offered conciliation while condemning Western aggression and Hiroshima atom bombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
N. Y
Britain
Russia
United Nations
Hector McNeil
Kremlin
Moscow
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishany
General Assembly
McNeil
Vishinsky
Inter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ralph Frede
Student Employment Bureau
W. W. Patterson
St. John's Association
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
The
Baptist Ministers Union
Rickey M. Key
Land Board
Russell Lombard
Crescent Industries
St. John's
Federal Housing Authority
Lombard
New Smithville
Morse
A. F. Moss
Bar-O Quarter Horse
Llano
Neal Douglass
Jay
Deer Gunners
Southwestern Ice and Cold Storage Co
McDill Air Base
Tampa
Fla
Truman Law
Joseph Montal
Adrian Duffy
Cyrus S. Ching
White House
Sino Reds
Caseman
Fred Williams
Joseph Beirne
Joe Curran
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Inonu
Ensenada
Gerado Souza
Hector Estrada
Rene
Truman Okehs Taylor
Frisco
Chungking
Hiroshima
Marshal Tito
Japan
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!