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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1948

Page

19

Obituary notices for Hargrave Throm DelRio and Gibbons

Funeral services were held or announced for Naomi Elizabeth Hargrave at First Nazarene Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Frank Throm had a requiem mass at St Marys Cathedral and burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Raul DelRio's funeral was set for Guadalupe Church with burial at Mount Mary Cemetery. J M Gibbons, 71, was sent to Montague by Weed Corley Funeral Home for services there Friday.

Naomi Elizabeth Hargrave First Nazarene Church J. Erleen Moore Jr Cook Funeral Home Oakwood Cemetery Frank Throm St. Mary's Cathedral Mulreamy CSC Mount Calvary Cemetery Raul DelRio Guadalupe Church Nicholas Diaz Nash Moreno Raul Moreno Mike Arredondo Henry Moreno Joe Saldivar Roy Velvet Mount Mary Cemetery J. M. Gibbons Montague Weed-Corley Funeral Home

Woman Wins Uncontested Divorce Over Hearing Conflict

Corpus Christi November 24. Judge Cullen W. Briggs grants an uncontested divorce to Mrs Flo Ellen Pfeiffer after she testified her husband shut off his hearing aid to avoid hearing her side of family spats. The judge rules deprivation of opportunity to speak constitutes mental cruelty.

Corpus Christi Cullen W. Briggs Flo Ellen Pfeiffer

Annual Bonfire Hires Up Fans

The gym rally led by Bob Bearden the retiring head yell leader energized students as Dean Amno Nowotny and coach Blair Cherry praised the Aggies and Longhorns fate in Memorial Stadium. The event featured torch piles on Freshman Field and a large crowd celebrating until fire crews extinguished the bonfire.

Cony Bob Bearden Aggies Bearden Amno Nowotny Memorial Stadium Aggie Dean Nowotny A&m Blair Cherry University Texas A&m Univerty Texas

Greek Premier Sophoulis Struck By Critical Heart Attack

In Athens 88 year old Prime Minister Themistocles Sophoulis suffered a severe heart attack in his Parliament office. Doctors said his condition is critical with acute pulmonary edema and a weakened heart. King Paul was notified and a cabinet crisis was anticipated as Tsaldaris traveled to Paris.

Athens Greece Themistocles Sophoulis Paul Constantin Tsaldaris Paris Sophoulis

Coast Guard Loses Hope For Anglo Ship Hopestar

The British freighter Hopestar with 37 crew members is believed sunk after a severe Atlantic gale near New York on November 14. A two day air and sea search failed to find survivors, and authorities say there is little chance anyone remains alive.

New York North Atlantic Coast Guard W. R. Richards England Philadelphia Cape Henlopen N. J

William Ruthes Ray Appeals Rape Conviction

In Corsicana on November 24 preparations for William Ruthes Ray to appeal his Navarro County district court death penalty for rape were underway. Ray was convicted last July of assaulting a 9 year old Fort Worth girl and was denied a new trial in September. The transcript was being prepared to send to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin. Ray remains held in the Dallas County jail.

Corsicana William Ruthes Ray Navarro County District Court Ray Fort Worth A. P. Mays J. C. Gaston Court of Criminal Appeals Austin Dallas County

Weather Summary For Texas Regions And Sunrise Sunset

The report lists temperatures and times across Texas cities including El Paso Abilene Amarillo Galveston Austin Houston Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio Brownsville and Corpus Christi. It notes sunrise at 7 05 am sunset at 5 31 pm moon phase new on Nov 30 and gives river stages for Colorado River Lake Buchanan and Travis Marshall Ford with slight changes expected.

Iskwedius Accovess D. m Henestas Austin Colorado Lake Buchanan Travis Marshall Ford Texas el Paso Abilene Amarillo Galt Worth Austin Silveston Brownsville San Antonio del Rio Waco

Chicagoan to Head Concordia Library Ceremony

Dr. J. W. Behnken of Chicago national president of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church will deliver the main address at the cornerstone laying of the Hirschi Memorial Library at Lutheran Concordia College Austin. The 3 30 p m event will be led by acting president Rev George Beto with liturgists Dr H Stadtmann and Beto. The $80 900 brick building with Bedford stone trim will house reading, stacks for 20 000 volumes, a librarian workshop and administrative offices designed by Carl Staats. J M Odom is general contractor.

J. W. Behnken Chicago The Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church Hirschi Memorial Library Lutheran Concordia College George Beto Concordia Bernken Kilian Hall Concordia College Behnken Houston Lutheran Church Austin Beto H. Stadtmann Hirschi John Hirschi Wichita Falls Carl Staats J. M. Odom

Rock Lawyer Cecil Wright Weds Beulah Brimberry in Chicago

Cecil Wright known as the rock lawyer, who talked his way out of Alcatraz, marries Beulah Brimberry after planning a Thanksgiving Day ceremony. The couple will celebrate at Mattoon before moving on to Hollywood where his life story may be filmed. Wright, self trained in habeas corpus law, earned fame freeing others during his 18 years in prison for a $2.43 post office robbery.

Chicago Cecil Wright Rock Alcatraz Wright Beaulah Brimberry County Buildine Mattoon Charleston Ill Hollywood Unson

Sale of Oklahoma Drug Firm Okehed

An Alexander Drug Company official said stockholders approved its sale to McKesson and Robbins Inc. L. & Fitschen, president, said the completion would take at least six weeks. Alexander Drug, a longtime wholesale firm with branches in Amarillo Texas and Tulsa Oklahoma, did not release further details.

Oklahoma City Alexander Drug Company McKesson and Robbins, Inc L.& Fitschen Alexander Oklahoma Amarillo Texas Tulsa Okla

Price Ceiling Violators Offered Discount

Mexico City reports that price ceiling violators fined from 1943 to 1947 were offered a 25 percent discount if they paid by New Year. Hundreds of small merchants, especially butchers and bakers, were fined to curb living costs. Some paid, many delayed awaiting court action. total owed not yet calculated.

Mexico City

Alaska Statehood Seen as Defense Measure Push

Representative Peden of Oklahoma predicted that the incoming Congress would clear Alaska statehood as a defense measure. The remark came on a Wednesday and ties statehood to national security considerations.

Washington Peden

Two Explosions Hit Lisbon Factory Killing 23

Two explosions at the Amoras Mamata factory on the Tagus River near Lisbon killed 23 people and injured 36, according to police reports. The blasts struck Wednesday afternoon, causing widespread damage and panic in the area.

Lisbon Portugal Amoras Mamata Tagusiver

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Naomi Hargrave Frank Ibrom T.H. Davis Frank Linden W. S. Birdwell JR Martin Blomquist Austin's Trurlow B. Weed Jack Corley Leveco Eldon Powell Florist Lavaca Wilke Funeral Home Congress Guadalupe Freshman Field Denver Okehed Alaska Ida A. E. Broughton Optometric Eye Clinic Loor Chevrolet America Chevrolet America Capitol Chevrolet, Inc San Jacinto
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