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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1948
Page
1
Funeral services are set for 3 p m Thursday for the Rev J J Jackson 48 a prominent Austin Negro who died Monday at Brackenridge Hospital He served in the St John District of the Baptist Church aided UT students with ministry and leaves a widow a mother and five children at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev J C Lott officiating
A brief item notes Russia’s daily demand for frankfurters reaches about 500 000 as a sign of strong meat consumption and industrial appetite.
In Shaker Heights Ohio a 62 year old woman Helen Takacy mother of two physicians was killed by a man described as tall and shabby who wrapped a necktie around her neck then dragged her to an empty lot. He later moved the body to a neighbor's lawn and tried to summon aid after a failed attempt to attract attention.
Ford Motor Company president Henry Ford II warned in Philadelphia that a fourth wage increase is inevitable and prices must rise. He said productivity isn’t enough to cut costs and criticized price controls as harmful, praising the Taft Hartley labor law and noting dealers’ black market practices. He estimated plentiful cars may take 6 to 18 months, with no major redesign planned.
Allies clash over how to regulate Reich output as Germany shifts toward a German administration under Allied control. Paris rejects full German self rule and presses for international or French dominance while Britain weighs market protection and European recovery. Experts note potential American investment could ease French fears.
An Texas survey finds a popular fat loss plan that lets you eat freely but consumes less energy, marketed as Barcentrate. It promises dehydration and elimination, selling bottles across Texas with a money back guarantee if first bottle fails.
Courthouse records list foreclosure, divorces, lawsuits and injunctions across S3rd Gardner, 98th Betts, and 126th Roberts districts. Cases include foreclosures by Homer Daiker versus Bob Wents and various divorce filings among Guthrie Plasencio Hodges and others. County Court notes fines for beer sales in wet areas and drunken driving. Marriage licenses issued to Mitschke Taylor, Kieke Eckert, Hill Peck.
Colorado Springs report: William Roberts claimed the coin placed in a parking meter was a $5 gold piece rather than a penny. He watched the meter being counted Tuesday to retrieve the valuable coin from city officials.
A high flying New York owl broke into a 67th floor RCA Building window Thursday and landed on an office desk. It was captured and turned over to the ASPCA which released it at a lower altitude.
An unidentified man with a broken knee welded to his wooden leg at a Munising factory and then resumed his deer hunt, illustrating strong season enthusiasm despite injury during Michigan’s current deer hunting period.
J. L. Marshall the only defendant to plead not guilty was given a five year suspended sentence on a burglary charge. Others pleading guilty received five year suspensions for burglary or related charges. Solomon Isaac drew three years in prison. Chester Hamby got five years suspended for theft. Week’s criminal docket closed with cases set for Dec 6.
Dr Williard Elsbree of Columbia University will report to the Austin School Board Thursday at 2 p m on recommendations for a permanent school salary schedule He conferred with the advisory committee on finance and personnel policies and the board will hear the report at the Bickler Administration Building.
The body of Novelle Floyd McGuffin a 45 year old brickmason living five miles southeast of Sanger was recovered from a cistern on his farm Tuesday night. Found weighted with a tractor weight and an anvil in about 18 feet of water a note to his wife preceded the discovery. Justice of the Peace W A Lewis ruled death by own action by drowning. A Sanger physician cited a form of dementia as a contributing condition.
American Telephone and Telegraph directors on Wednesday declared a quarterly dividend of $2.25 a share on capital stock. The payment, about $52,250,000 for 23,226,000 shares, will be Jan. 15 to stockholders of record Dec. 15, with roughly 750,000 holders worldwide. The rate has been $2.25 since 1922.
Many bird parents do not feed their young. hatchlings hunt for food within hours of emerging. The statement highlights precocial species where fledglings are independent early in life.
A company executive states an automatic transmission is under development and expected to be in operation soon. The new design will have about 50 percent fewer parts than current models, aiming to satisfy the buying public.
A gale that at times reached 80 miles an hour battered parts of Ontario overnight causing structural damage in several areas and prompting weather warnings. Local reports indicate widespread disruption and fallen trees across communities.
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