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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1949
Page
12
Gus Eriksen, named Syracuse’s new crew coach, has never coached a losing shell. His Washington freshmen were undefeated for two years, underscoring expectations for success.
Five New York doctors tested a regimen claiming to end laxative dependence. The plan includes nightly doses of minerals, gradual taper, daily water, regular timing, and Carter's Pills to unblock the digestive tract. It promises natural regularity and urges purchase at local granaries for 48 cents.
Czechoslovakia purged directors and managers of nationalized industries amid political unreliability and absenteeism concerns. The official Gazette reported 20 more private enterprises seized, with arrests of small-business owners and exile flights continuing. Sokol curtailed athletic competitions and Slovak Pravda cited instructors sent to factories. The nation barred many Western travels for sport as top stars deserted, raising doubts over Davis Cup Wimbledon participation and the world amateur ice hockey defense.
In San Jose California on October 19 1947 Melville Homer De Covey cafe operator and his daughter Valere Schwoob of Butte Montana were reunited after 31 years. De Covey believed his wife died in the 1918 flu epidemic and thought his daughter had died as a child. The FBI helped locate him in 1942 and Valere reached out prompting the reunion with her husband George and granddaughters Marjorie and Lorna present.
A 1875 shipment of dressed beef from Texas to England marked the first large scale use of refrigeration for overseas meat sales. Timothy C. Eastman led the export, with Texas slaughter expanding to 50 000 head in 1877 and monthly shipments surpassing three million pounds by 1876. The Morgan Steamship Lines reportedly launched the first refrigerated Texas voyage, aided by refrigeration discoveries and railroad growth that ended long trail drives.
Researchers note whales have been documented living over 100 years. The finding emphasizes whale lifespans and challenges assumptions about marine mammal aging in long term studies.
Five years after the Leyte invasion a stone marker near Tacloban recalls General Douglas MacArthur's landing and the 600 ships that carried the Sixth Army ashore. Four veterans Calvin Eanes Danville Virginia Joe Z Sandoval San Antonio Texas Earl L Rollison Altoona Pennsylvania and Donato E Herrera Zamboanga Philippines viewed the scene aboard a Turner aircraft.
Houston police search for a lightfooted blonde burglar after Mrs. Roy Garrison woke to find a slender blonde rifling her husband’s billfold. The intruder escaped in a sedan after snatching about $40 from the billfold and around $20 from three other apartments.
The United States leads global steel output by producing more than half of all steel. Industry observers cite large iron ore capacity and heavy manufacturing demand as primary factors driving U S dominance.
Philip Glatfelter, president of the Columbia Trust Company, admitted defrauding creditors in a case billed as unprecedented in Pennsylvania. He testified he moved assets to avoid payment and could not be prosecuted for his truthful statements under state law. Attorneys expected him to surrender the funds to creditors as a settlement, ending the matter.
Only three favorites out of the last 15 have emerged as football champions in the Southwest Conference.
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