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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1948
Page
23
President Truman will spend Thanksgiving Day working at his desk then share a turkey dinner with his family at Blair House. He received his seventh live gift turkey from the Salem Oregon Exchange Club, while staff will observe a holiday.
Ava Illinois reports a growing fad of self-induced blackouts among Tri-County Consolidated High School students. A freshman girl blacked out 15 times in one noon hour and nearly two hours unconscious. The principal ordered assemblies to address the behavior while a local physician described the condition as a carbon dioxide imbalance akin to aircrew air dives.
In Caracas on November 24 the Army seized control without firing a shot and occupied all public buildings. Lieutenant Colonel Marcos Perez Jimenez said the move aimed at stopping perceived government incapacity and threats of a general strike by extremist labor elements. The president’s whereabouts were unknown as oil workers in Zulia reportedly began a general strike and Creole Oil shut down operations.
The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a stay of mandate for P. C. Sanders the judge-elect of the 37th Judicial District at San Antonio. The stay requires Sanders to post a $500 bond and preserve his appeal to the United States Supreme Court claiming deprivation of constitutional rights. The court previously denied Sanders a motion for rehearing of a contempt finding and remand to custody, delaying a three day jail sentence.
Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell chief scout of the Boy Scouts of America will give the principal address at the University of Texas Interscholastic League annual breakfast Friday. Administrators teachers and coaches including Dean T H Shelby of the extension division and Rodney are listed among expected attendees.
New York November 24 stock market sank to a fresh low for the year as about one billion dollars of listed value vanished. Volume topped 1,000,000 shares with many issues slipping to yearly lows including Chrysler Woolworth Douglas Aircraft Glenn Martin Pepsi Cola International Telephone and Western Union.
Martha Culbreth, 19, owner of a Fayetteville music shop, received a $7,500 check from Thomas Baker and bought the piano and the store after a hotel lobby act of kindness. Deeds show the transfer from Andrew Tola and wife to Baker. Culbreth, daughter of Eulon and Mrs Culbreth, graduated from Central High School Eastover.
Keiji Sakuma a Japanese Army sergeant was found guilty by a Philippines war crimes tribunal of torturing and murdering four Filipinos on Mindanao during World War II and was sentenced to hang on Wednesday.
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