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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1949
Page
5
In Elmwood Kentucky on Sunday Mrs. Nettie Brooks 61 attempted to rescue her dog from in front of a Louisville and Nashville train. The dog was tethered and escaped toward the tracks with a rope around its neck. Mrs. Brooks was struck and killed along with the dog.
Princeton resident Nason Henry Arnold a longtime newspaper man of 50 years and a former nationally known balloon pilot died Monday at age 75 in Princeton Mass.
Paul Pratho, a former Giddings FFA student now at Texas Lutheran College, shows three Herefords including a grand champion cow at the Lee County Fair. Instructor Douglas Symmank and Tom Cherry support Pratho’s growing cattle program as Elmo Cook aims to expand such projects in Travis County. The county gin reports 864 bales ginned, three times last season’s total, with night runs phased out. A local humor note entertains a black-eyed pea pie contest, offering $5 prize. National 4-H Week is set for November 5 13 amid regional rainfall reports and cattle interests across central Texas.
Dallas Oct. 17 Mrs Don Beckloff 34 mother of two died Sunday of bulbar polio Dallas County s eighth polio fatality this year
The body of Elwood Louis Woerner 21 of Fredericksburg was found in a wrecked car on Highway 29 about five miles east of Llano. Police said the driver appeared to have died when the westbound car struck a post and plunged into a creek. The car was found at 9 a.m. Monday by Francis Morgan. An inquest by Justice of the Peace E. B. Morrison ruled the death about five hours prior. The Body was moved to Llano by Battery Funeral Home pending arrangements.
The 1949 San Marcos Chamber of Commerce farm tour departs at 8:30 a.m. with 75 business leaders touring ranches near Hereford Oscar McLerran and Bob Fourqure farms. The day features soil, forage, poultry and grain topics with a noon luncheon in Martindale and a 4 p.m. return.
Austin police search for a four foot wooden Chinese figure mounted on a railroad iron rail base. The statue used as a door prop disappeared from the Chinese Kitchen at 1128 Red River.
LaGrange hosts the 22nd Fayette County Fair from Thursday to Saturday with a record 2300 dollar premium list. Dairy day opens at 9 15 with dairy judging and prizes for four registered heifers and a bull to 4 H and FFA youth. Free daytime entertainment features the Flying Valentines John Baca Bozo and films with night dances by Smittys and Zbraneks bands.
Delegates arrived in Miami Beach to attend the four day convention sessions of the 54th national encampment of the Jewish War Veterans. The gathering kicks off Wednesday with multiple meetings and activities planned.
A bold claim promotes a cream in a tube that supposedly lets users chew steak corn and apples without fear. It says the product helps hold plates tighter longer and keeps out particles with a money back guarantee and 35 cent price.
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