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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1948

Page

11

Young Men Take Over Chest General Solicitation Campaign

Leadership of the Community Chest general solicitation division shifts to five young men volunteering as section peers Ed Syers announces the new team includes Jay Smith Cal Newton Harold Navy Dr M Allen Forbes and Bob Kinnan Each section chairman will oversee 100 plus solicitors and the division totals over 600 fundraisers across 10 divisions with a yet unnamed woman leader directing the women's section The overall goal remains 219 000 with a large share allocated to the general solicitation division

Ed Syers Jay Smith Smith Brothers Motor Company Cal Newton Texas Student Publications Harold Navy Capital Theater M. Allen Forbes Travis County Medical Society Bob Kinnan Dill Venetian Blinds Austin

Koch Case Facts Delivered to Army for Truman Review

Senate committee records on Nazi war criminal Ilse Koch were sent to the Army for relay to President Truman. Congressman Ferguson said Truman had requested information and could correct what he called an unjust sentence reduction from life to four years.

Washington Senate Ilse Koch Army Truman Koch Ferguson

Delta Air Lines Seeks Westward Route Extension

Delta Air Lines asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to extend its routes west from New Orleans and Fort Worth to Los Angeles. The petition did not name any intermediate cities between Fort Worth and Los Angeles or New Orleans and Los Angeles.

Atlanta Delta Air Lines Civil Aeronautics Board New Orleans Fort Worth Los Angeles

Hudson Motor declares regular and extra dividend

Hudson Motor Car Company declared a regular dividend of 10 cents a share and an extra dividend of 10 cents. The payments are scheduled for December 1 to stockholders of record on November 6.

Detroit Hudson Motor Car Company

Savings Bonds meeting outlines November drive plan

Travis County Savings Bonds Chairman Fred C Morse calls a meeting of all committee chair men for Thursday at 3 p m in Mutual Savings Institution 905. A Treasury Department Savings Bonds division representative will outline plans to renew part of the Security Loan drive and expand the systematic savings program through payroll deductions and buy a bond a month. The continued need to secure the

Travis County Savings Bonds Fred C. Morse Mutual Savings Institution Savings Bonds Division Treasury Department

Schoch To Speak On Acetylene Study

Dr. Eugene Paul Schoch of the University of Texas chemical engineering department will speak Friday before the American Institute of Chemical Engineers South Texas section in Galveston. He will present a two decade study of acetylene, a light hydrocarbon gas, with Drs. Claassen Holcomb Howard Kasperik and Lightfoot taking part in the presentation.

Eugene Paul Schoch University of Texas Chemical Engineering Department American Institute of Chemical Engineers South Texas Galveston University E. J. Claassen H. A. Holcomb W. B. Howard A. S. Kasperik R. P. Lightfoot

Railroads seek 13 percent freight rate hike opposed

The department voiced opposition to an emergy increase in railroad freight rates as the Interstate Commerce Commission reviews a railroad petition for a 13 percent rise. Secretary Brannan filed a statement with the I C C noting no showing to support the move.

Interstate Commerce Commission Secretary of Agriculture Brannan

Protests Filed Against Rate Measure By Trade Groups

Similar protests were filed Wednesday by the International Apple Association the National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association and a group of cement manufacturers challenging increased rates and urging proper adjudication under commission rules.

Commission International Apple Association National League of Wholesale Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Distributors United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association

Association committee weighs preschool welfare legislation

Mrs. Dorothy Patella, president, said the committee would discuss legislation concerning pre school children and child welfare.

Dorothy Patella Association

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