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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1948
Page
3
A Demo group will attend a Thursday meeting of the party national finance committee in Washington to discuss fundraising and strategy. The gathering aims to align donors, plan events, and review campaign finance tactics.
Central Texas square dancers gather 3000 participants at Gregory Gym for the Mid Texas Fall Jamboree from 8 to 12 p m Saturday with four callers and two bands. The event features no intermission and includes dances by Lone Star Five and Crippled Creek Ranch Hands among others. The grand march is led by jamboree officers and sponsors with an after the ball party planned at the Austin Athletic Club.
In Savannah Georgia police saved Frank Mack 28 an ex convict from possible lynching by angry Negroes after he robbed and assaulted Dr B W Hardee 71 white druggist Mack was chased by onlookers and captured by J W Walker and F B Mullino A mob urged to take him and ensure he would not trouble again was deterred by the white detective and officers.
Wellington Springs South Dakota reports 18 people fined $100 each for shooting hen pheasants. Fifteen shotguns were confiscated as illegality of hen pheasant hunting was cited. Defendants include Glen H. McCarthy Houston oil man W Howard Lee Texas banker and rancher Glen A Perry Harris County judge Neal Polk Harris County sheriff Linton Carney and air crew members James Rubel R L Peacock and others hired by McCarthy.
Travis County grand jury to review the death of City Traffic Officer Walter Lee Tucker after a collision at South Congress and Monroe Street. Eleven statements from eye witnesses have been turned over to District Attorney Bob Long for jurors. Three of four key witnesses and two investigating officers will testify in person. Tucker died three hours after the crash involving a car driven by Paul Lundell of 1705 Haskell Street.
Long Beach police questioned Rudolphus Hill 23 about a scalp wound needing 17 stitches from aWednesday incident. Hill, a sailor from the USS O'Bennen, said his girlfriend wounded him after he was seen talking with another girl. He declined to prosecute, saying he was happy to know he affected women that way.
Washington officials announced the Economic Cooperation Administration authorized its first foreign aid to Ireland. The tentative allocation amounts to 4 million 498 thousand 200 dollars for corn purchases in the United States.
Dr. Alexander Beeker a former Rhodes Scholar and Harvard teaching fellow speaks on Germany pawn between East and West at 8 p m in the Geology Auditorium UT campus as part of United Nations Week. Austin FPA members and guests invited with no admission charge.
A nationwide drive to put Tucker automobiles on the road began in Chicago with 500 dealers forming a Tucker distributors and dealers committee led by George R. McKinney of Buffalo New York. The aims include expanding production with skilled executives, securing financing possibly from the government, and uniting dealers to push the war era car project. McKinney said the effort could achieve significant progress through united action and noted the group has already invested over 7,000,000.
An island in the Indian Ocean named Mauritius is described as half the size of Long Island New York. The finding frames Mauritius as a compact landmass versus the broader expanse of Long Island.
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