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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1948

Page

7

FDIC chief warns of heavy business failures if inflation ends

Maple T. Hart, chairman of the FDIC, urged banks to curb existing credit now to avoid a surge in failures should inflation end and prices stagnate for several months. He cited rising debt, restrained lending moves by the Fed, and urged strengthening capital to weather potential storms.

Washington Maple T. Hart Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC Federal Reserve Board Reserve System Reserve Board Hari United States

Taylor Women Plan Club Parley Tuesday

The Woman's Study Club at Taylor Country Club will hold its first meeting Tuesday at 1 p m. The program centers on gardening and will begin with a luncheon hosted by Mesdames H N Patterson Louis Prewitt Jack N Titsworth Earl Mathews and Miss Mary Moody.

Taylor Woman’s Study Club Taylor Country Club Mesdames H. N. Patterson Louis Prewitt Jack N. Titsworth Earl Mathews Mary Moody

Forces rehearse invasion counterinvasion tactics at Eglin

At Elgin Field Florida and nearby airspace 8500 servicemen train in operation combine II a third refresher course on invasion and counterinvasion using Namora Deluvia as a hypothetical war backdrop with air sea and ground forces including 100 plus jet fighters B 29s and paratroopers supported by Navy Marine Air Groups and Army units led by Major General William D Old.

Elgin Air Force Base Fla Army Navy Air Marines Gulf Namora Deluvia Atlantis William D. Old Tactical Air Command 9Th Air Force Greenville S.C Air Group 2 Marine Air Group 14 3Rd Army 82Nd Airborne Division Enem Eglin Field Air Force Marine Georgia Alabama Marine Group 14 Supp Navy Group 2

Galveston Port Seized by Union Forces in 1862

On October 4 1862 Union gunboats Harriet Lane and two others captured Galveston with little resistance. Magruder counterattacked from the sea on January 1, using cotton bale shielding to reach the harbor. The Confederate port stayed open longer than others but lost strategic value after New Orleans and Mobile fell and the blockade tightened.

Galveston Harriet Lane Magruder Texas New Orleans Mobile

Llano PTA Plans First Meeting of New Year

The Llano Parent-Teacher Association sets its first meeting of the year for Wednesday with president Mrs. Shirley Williams in charge. The program theme is Evaluation of Home and the opening talk, The Home In the Light of the Health of the Family, will be given by Mrs. Frank Otto.

Llano Parent-Teacher Association Shirley Williams Frank Otto D. B. Edwards

UT Specialist Opens Retail Credit Lectures in Austin

Sterling S Speake retail credit specialist of the University of Texas Division of Extension will start a five session course in retail credit procedures in the East Room of the Austin Hotel. He will lecture Monday through Friday 7 30 to 9 30 p m to store owners credit managers and sales staff. The ten hour course aims to acquaint merchants with latest developments in the field and enrollments are welcome after the first session. Speake a UT graduate has conducted credit schools across Texas since the war and has taught to over 2000 retailers in 48 cities.

Sterling S. Speake University of Texas, Division of Extension Austin Credit Women Horace C. Barnhart Retail Merchants Association and Retail Credit Executives of Barnhart Credit Bureau Speake University of Texas School of Business Administration University of Texas Division of Extension Texas

Mint Kept Busy With Nickel Production Across 75 Years

The U S Mint produced over two billion nickels in the first seventy five years of their circulation highlighting sustained demand and manufacturing capacity for the five cent coin.

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