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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1949
Page
5
The Federal Reserve Board reported that consumer income in the third quarter was 190 percent higher than 1939, about three percent below last year’s peak. Wage and salary income rose across industries, with services showing notable gains, while transfer payments and dividends also grew, indicating a strong postwar earnings surge.
The 1950 Pontiac debuts with price cuts on Hydra-Matic transmission and the all steel station wagon. Jack Stableford Pontiac Co. lists a $25 Hydra-Matic reduction and a $250 wagon price drop, with the model set for display at West Fifth and Guadalupe from 8 am to 6 pm Saturday and 2 pm to 6 pm Sunday. The firm plans a move to a new building at 11th and Lamar, highlighting the five passenger streamliner sedan coupe for 1979.
The earliest charter for an Eastern Star chapter in Texas dates to 1850 in San Augustine County, linked to the Royal Arch Masons auxiliary. The group faced standard incorporation limits of 20 000 dollars, and while other auxiliaries may have existed early, this remains the oldest on record. There is speculation the Cherokee Indians may have formed a Masonic auxiliary in Texas earlier, though evidence is lacking.
Percy Coplon known as the five by five fatman died in Birmingham after a 92 day fast on water lemon juice and epsom salts. He weighed 357 pounds at start and lost 112 pounds before a fall and other factors led to his death. Dr. Russakoff warned his self designed fast lacked medical supervision.
A Colorado sheriff disclosed a probe into possible foul play in the April plane crash that killed John C. Reeves of Englewood. Ground glass-like substance found in the fuel pump sparked the inquiry. no arrests or other evidence of foul play have been reported. Reeves disappeared en route to Albuquerque. his body and the wreckage were found October 15 by deer hunters in Laveta Pass, near Wallenburg.
Two youths fled after claiming a perfect right to carry a 500 pound safe in a high powered sedan. Police linked them to a stolen safe of 350 dollars from an adjacent office. the recovered safe was found, but the suspects remained at large.
A thief broke into a Houston car Friday and stole a hat coat and gloves but left six Notre Dame Southern Methodist game tickets in the glove compartment. The gloves were later found with the tickets still there.
E. M. Boyd of the French Bootery files suit in 53rd District Court against S. Ferris Corporation seeking 100000 dollars and a permanent injunction. He argues the use of The French Room damages his established business identity built since 1925 and registered as French Bootery in 1946.
S E McGuffin a 46 year old Oklahoma City man who lost sight in both eyes in 1934 and 1941 recently underwent a cornea grafting operation at University Hospital. Doctors expect to know in three weeks if the graft took and about two months to gauge any vision return. He rushed to the city after learning a donor eye was available and expressed hopeful anticipation.
Major Martin Charteris 36 takes over as private secretary to Princess Elizabeth in London replacing John Rupert Colville. London gossip suggests Prince Philip may have prompted the shift as courtiers note Charteris is less formal.
Gargantua the giant gorilla of Ringling Brothers circus died of tuberculosis in his cage at 4 a m in Miami Oklahoma. The animal and his mate Toto were performing in the last show of the season before a winter retirement to Sarasota, Florida.
In St Chatarines Ontario on Friday Eddie Caine stopped his dairy truck and hurled quarts of milk onto a burning school bus to battle the flames. No injuries were reported.
Court listings show 58th 9th and 126th district cases filed including damages quo warranto divorce and various aliases. A large batch of marriage licenses issued lists numerous couples and vehicle brands alongside names. Building permits issued include a brick veneer residence and a frame residence with specified values.
Lieutenant Thomas L. Allen, a former University of Texas student, will be buried in San Antonio Saturday afternoon at Laurel a Methodist Church after a mid air collision over Stockton California on November 16. Allen aged 22 was killed in the mock bomb run when his B29 collided with another killing 19 airmen. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Leonard Allen formerly of Austin now of San Antonio. A sister Mrs Franklin Stout lives in Austin.
Private First Class Robert FE. Binns, 20, who enlisted in 1947, has outgrown Army clothing. At six feet four inches and 314 pounds, he can no longer be accommodated, and the Army grants an honorable discharge as he returns to civilian life from CAMP HOOD on November 25.
The Travis County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis selected Steve Heffington as 1950 March of Dimes chairman. The goal is $50,000, matching 1949. Campaign runs January 16 to 31 with a regional meeting at the Austin Hotel featuring Ed S. Stewart and John E. Loughlin to outline the drive. attendees include delegates from seven region counties.
Texas health officials announce a week long educational effort from December 5 to 11 to curb venereal disease. State Health Officer George W. Cox cites prior success and notes high syphilis and gonorrhea rates with 20 000 syphilis and 27 000 gonorrhea cases reported.
In Chattanooga Tennessee a 20 foot air inflated hippo mascot broke loose from its stand ahead of a Christmas parade. A gust of wind carried it over a fence where a barbed wire scrape damaged its hide. It rose and skimmed a private home, knocking bricks from a chimney before landing in a vacant lot.
Miss Sloan Simpson fiancé of Mayor William O Dwyer of New York spent Thanksgiving Day in the home of Mr and Mrs Boyd Rogers of Memphis Texas according to Amarillo dispatch.
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