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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1948

Page

2

Lyndon States Speech Tour Continues Across Texas

Lyndon Johnson enlarges campaign circuit with stops in Austin New York and Dallas and plans to visit all parts of Texas through January to meet agricultural industrial and civic leaders. Porter claims Stevenson endorsement supports clean elections and predicts a close or landslide General Election outcome. Johnson cites oil price parity concerns and pushes for a national fair employment practices commission and state oil tidelands ownership. An inquiry winds up in Duval County as the campaign trails proceed.

Austin New York New Mork Herald Tribune Texas Dallas Johnson Porter Coke Stevenson United States Senate Marshall US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Duval County

Voting irregularities probe delayed to Monday in Duval County

Ury at San Diego Texas into urged voting irregularities in Duval County was put off until Monday. The district attorney explained Thursday that he had more witnesses he wished to question.

Contempt Ban Put on Printers Continues

The court, ruling on a form contract for printers, found it discriminatory against non union workers and in violation of the Taft Hartley act. Judge Swygert ordered the union to stop using the contract and condemned continued closed shop aims in the newspaper industry.

Swygert

Crow Attacks Kids in Detroit Suburb

In Dearborn a crow attacked several children including five year old Dennis Mancuso. Patrolman Clayton shot the bird after it bit him while seizing the exhausted crow. The carcass was sent to state laboratories for study.

Detroit State Scientific Laboratories Dearborn Dennis Mancuso Dennis Mancuso

Ike Ashburn Appointed Merit System Member

Governor Beauford H. Jester announced appointment of Ike Ashburn of Austin to the merit system council to fill the vacancy caused by M. J. Sorrell of Dallas resignation.

Ike Ashburn Austin Merit System Council Beauford H. Jester Ashburn M. J. Sorrell Dallas

Color Change In Chameleon Linked To Emotions

The article notes that color shifts in a chameleon may partly reflect emotional states such as anger and fear. It explains how stress and mood influence skin color changes observed in these reptiles.

Ruth Melcher Named Queen Of Lee County

Ruth Melcher is crowned queen at Lee County events with parade featuring 54 floats and a Toonerville Trolley. Betty Lou Burthchell serves as princess with escort Prince William Blaha Jr. Hogs, crops, poultry, and dairy winners announced. Brown O. Spivey and Tom Cherry lead agricultural judging.

Roy Allen Richard Boswell Louis Weiss George Peruss Betty Lou Burthchell Elden Burtchel Emil Schueler Manheim Joe Peters Giddings Gerhard Kilian Lincoln Tom Cherry Schley John Longley Maise Dan Schultz Lebaugh Victor Unlang Oscar Ardit August Zoch Balsan E. O. Winkler F. B. Bage Oscar Voight Alfred Sanders Joe Frobase Brenham Washington County Harold Franke W. J. Moore Texas A&m Douglas Symmank Giddings Ffa Paul Pratho Bobby Rodgers Lexington Floyd Zach Milton Behrend Leroy Mutschink Jersey Ruth Woefel Irma Mertink Serbia Monroe Schatte Edgar Wachsmann Herman Kieschnick Jr Paul Medack Jr Walter Helmer Jr Dime Box Edgar Waschmann Louis Woelfel Jr Boars Franklin Birnbaum Clifford Rhodes FFA Delbert Geisler Concord Gilbert Koslan Lee County Ruth Melcher Otto Melcher

Atom Draws Renewed Attention From Presidential Candidates

President Truman campaigns across Minnesota Wisconsin and Indiana urging voters to back his foreign policy and warning of a Republican led crisis while Dewey pushes in Missouri and Oklahoma with a sore shoulder and stops in St Paul Minnesota for a Republican women’s event as election day looms.

Atom Dewey Missouri Kansas City Truman Minnesota Wisconsin Washington Big City Independence Congress Mankato Minn Rochester, Minn Rochester Oklahoma St. Paul Indiana

New Substance Held Patent

Research scientist Dr Manfred Curry from Boston says a wind driven ozone like substance named aran could induce unease fear and explosive rage in people in enclosed spaces such as telephone booths He notes aran concentration varies with wind direction influencing criminal propensity and suggests unhappy people during south winds are least likely to be murderers

Evanston INS Manfred Curry Boston Mass Northwestern University Journal of Law and Criminology Curry Dr. Curry

FFA third place meat and poultry awards listed

Monroe Schatte of Serbia 4-H earns third in poultry with a young pen of three laying pullets Reuben Rost of Ledbetter wins pen of three laying hens Rost and Reuben also place in cock category.

FFA Monroe Schatte Serbia Reuben Rost Reuben St

Neutrals Seek Last-Minute Crisis Solution

The article reports neutral powers seeking a final diplomatic fix as Russia demands a one third cut in arms for the Big Five. Australia’s Colonel W R Hodgson was named chairman. Oscar Lange of Poland warned that American dollars are rebuilding a new imperialist Germany. US officials held talks with Britain and France on Berlin while Evatt and Lie weighed whether to intervene.

Russia W. R. Hodgson Australia Oscar Lange Poland University of Chicago Assembly Germany Warren R. Austin Security Council Philip C. Jessup Berlin Jessup Britain Sir Alexander Cadogan France Alexandre Parodi Bramuglia Herbert W Evatt Trygve Lie Evatt

Crawford clothes price cut sparks cautious market attention

New York reports say Crawford Clothes Inc cut prices 20 percent on all new fall suits coats and sports wear with 61 stores in the east. Industry sources note no immediate follow suit by rivals while acknowledging a possible market softening though overall clothing sales show recent gains.

New York Crawford Clothes Inc Crawford

Bantam Fancier Buys Eggs At Hutchinson Price

Larry Clarke in Hutchinson Kansas charges three dollars a dozen for bantam chicken eggs but buyers do not use them for cooking. They are snapped up by fanciers for hatching purposes.

Big Hutchinson Kan Larry Clarke Larry

Mexican labor swarm crosses border for farm work in Southwest

About 1000 to 6000 Mexican farm workers crossed the Rio Grande into El Paso to take jobs in Colorado New Mexico Arizona and West Texas. Workers were loaded into trucks trains and cars at concentration points with tacit immigration approval. Wages ranged from 2.50 to 5.00 per hundred pounds for cotton picking and related tasks.

EL Paso Colorado New Mexico Arizona West Texas Rio Grande Denver C. V. Mafidux Pecos Valley Juarez Mexico

Tom Clark faces forced retirement of Los Angeles marshal

A Justice Department spokesman said the retirement of 72 year old US Marshal Bob Clark of Los Angeles is mandatory under civil service rules. Clark has been ordered by the Civil Service Commission to retire effective Oct 29.

Washington Justice Department Tom Clark Bob Clark Los Angeles Clark West Civil Service Commission

UT Students Back Thomas In New Unit

Austin chapter of Students for Norman Thomas and a New Party formed in County Courthouse. Bill Fain elected chairman, Carter Pate secretary, William A. McAnear program chairman. They challenge any party to debate on radio or in a hall and propose three aims for a new party including ending boom bust war cycles and promoting peace. Olcott Sanders, organizer, outlines support for a threefold program and wagon vote strategy. A meeting before the election will feature a recorded address by Tucker P. Smith, Socialist VP candidate.

Austin Norman Thomas University of Texas Bill Fain Carter Pate William A. McAnear Olcott Sanders Tucker P. Smith

Spitz Rescued From Dry Well After Hot Day

Austin’s weather weary dog, a white spitz owned by L. E. Dickery of 408 Sterzing Avenue, fell into a 20 foot dry well. Fire department rescued the animal but the heat could not be beaten and the spitz did not survive.

Austin L. E. Dickery Sterzing Avenue

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