Cafe society figure Allen Sturges dies amid violent Houston episode
Allen T Sturges 26 New York cafe society figure was found shot in a bedroom at River Oaks Houston. Police said he broke into the home and left letters to his mother and Miss Yturria. He faced felony warrants in Brownsville and prior California records showed a 1945 jewelry robbery conviction and probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Allen Thomas Sturges
New York
J. D. Irwin
Frank L. Murray
Sturges
Brownsville
Boynton Fleming
Cameron County
Los Angeles
Allen T. Sturges
Juce Cabot
California
Yturria
A. T. Sturges
Midland Park
N. J
New York City
Elmer M. Olson
E. N. Taveniere
Olson
Lutheran Home Cornerstone Box Opened in Rites
About 1000 people attended the cornerstone reopening in Round Rock for Trinity Home later named Trinity College dormitory. Gifts included $6,000 from the Augustana Synod, $2,950 from Round Rock citizens, and a Chevrolet pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornerstone
Rites
Round Rock
Trinity College
Texas Lutheran Welfare Society
Trinity Home
Hugo Haterius
Texas Conference of Augustana Synod Lutherans
Ben F. Siebel
San Antonio
Lutheran Homes
W. W. Rucker
Milton Moore
Ben Bustin
Siebel
The
Lutheran Aid and Orphan's Society
Palm Valley Lutheran Church Choir
O. M. Bloom
Lewis F. Speaker
Austin
Texas Synod of United Lutheran Churches
C. N. Roth
Seguin
Texas
American Lutheran Church
I. P. Paulson
Waco
H. William Sorenson
Evangelical Lutheran Churches In
Glenn Stenholm
del Valley
F. G. Roesener
Eric N. Hawkins
Kurt Hartman
Pflugerville
Burglars To Bottles Variety of Calls Keeps Austin Police Busy
Weekend in Austin saw a burglary at 616A West 32nd Street and a man robbed of $65 in the 600 block of East Sixth. Suspects include Willie M. Jones and Edward Cary Clarks burg charged with burglary and assault. A cafe fight followed an olive oil spill. a man charged with destruction of personal property. Victims across multiple spots reported missing wallets, a guitar, coats, a bag, and jewelry. Police sought a mooching suspect and other potential assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
East Sixth
David A. Rauh
West 32Nd Street
Willie M. Jones
Oak Grove Courts
Frank W. McBee
Edward Cary Clarksburg
Miranda City
The
Ranh’s
George C. Holloway
Froney
Caruso
West Sixth Street
Clarence H. Shaffer
West 35Th Street
East Sixth Street
Last Day Movie Showings and Details at Local Theaters
The listings show Paramount and Capitol theaters offering multiple films with varied start times and prices. Troop through 12:00 to 10:00 PM showings for titles including The Fountainhead, My Little Chickadee, We Were Born, and Ma and Pa Kettle. Notable venues: YANK North Austin Drive In, Montopolis Drive In, and EF Drive In with rotating features and late-night screenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YANK
Marjorie Ter
Wall James
Mark Stevens
North Austin
Enchantment
Vid Niven
Ries
Winton Banaie
Montopolis
Willames’ Land
Coloradoerritory
Joel McCrea
Jammed Together At Top Thomas Sees Unification Progress
Senator Elbert Thomas, a father of the unification law, says current Pentagon battles over merging services will bring agreement nearer. He notes progress since 1947 and 1949 changes and expects unity to grow through joint education and shared bases despite ongoing tensions.
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Washington
Elbert Thomas
Utah
Thomas
Navy
Air Force
Weather Summary of Texas and Nearby Regions
The report notes temperature readings across Texas cities including Fort Worth and Galveston with values around 48 to 60 degrees and mentions an overall theme of mild to moderate cooling. It references a developing trend toward cooler mornings and a potential absence of flooding in the next 24 hours along with a brief note on Austria and Sursee context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Texas
Fort Worth
Galveston
San Antonio
Missionary Rev Basil Lesko Healed By Faith
Reverend Basil Lesko of Houston a missionary evangelist reports a divine healing from tuberculosis after medical failure. He says God healed him completely and called him to ministry. Public invited to 7:45 PM services citing 1 Peter 2 24.
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Basil Lesko
Houston
Evanglist
T.B
Portugal Honors Franco on Visit
Portugal hosts Spain in a five day state visit with Francisco Franco receiving a Portuguese Army rank and Antonio Carmona promoted in the Spanish Army. The two leaders pledge peaceful solidarity as talks focus on the Iberian pact and Western defense alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Spain
Francisco Franco
Antonio Carmona
Iberian Peninsula
Franco
Soviet Press Affirms UN Unity Despite Yugoslav Seat
Pravda asserts Soviet policy will keep the UN as a peace instrument while not recognizing Yugoslavia as Eastern Europe’s representative in the Security Council. Izvestia defends the UN against Western attempts to undermine it and pledges to strengthen it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Yugoslavia
Security Council
Soviet Union
United Nations
United Nations Day
Europe
Sarvestia
Ussr
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Marshal Tito
Izvestia
I Izvestia
Judge in Los Angeles Urged for Federal Post
Senator Downey of California urged Edward R. Brand a Los Angeles Superior Court judge for a U S federal judgeship in the Southern District. Downey submitted the recommendation to Attorney General McGrath and President Truman noting Brand born in Los Angeles and with a long state court career.
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Washington
Downey
D-Calif
Edward R. Brand
Los Angeles
Southern California
Brand
J. F. T. O'Connor
McGrath
Truman
Southern University
California
Los Angeles County
Burglary of Highway Cafe Being Probed
The Goodson Cafe No. 2 on Bastrop Highway was burglarized Sunday afternoon. Deputy L J Chapman said entry came through a side window. Missing were plates pies ham burger meat cigars candy gum and nickels from a juke box. The cafe had been closed since Friday and was locked Saturday.
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Goodson
Bastrop Highway
Sheriff's Department
L. J. Chapman
Chapman
East German Plan Urges Fast Communist Takeover of Industry
Berlin reports show Heinrich Rau outlining a five year plan leaning toward peoples owned industries in the Soviet zone. Large cities shift from private to state controlled plants with nationalized operations already 60 percent of Berlin area industry. Eastern press promotes ration free stores and Polish apple shipments as the regime readies for trade and reparations obligations.
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Berlin
Heinrich Rau
Taegliche Rundschau
Germany
East
Poland
Nehru Arrives in Ottawa for Three Day Visit
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru arrived in Ottawa from Toronto for a three day stay. He was greeted by Prime Minister Louis St Laurent and Cabinet members as a guard of honor inspected by Nehru. A 19 gun salute was fired by the Royal Canadian Artillery before he went to Rideau Hall. He is set to address a joint session of Parliament on Monday.
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Ottawa
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Toronto
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
W. L. Mackenzie Kin
30Th Field Regiment
Royal Canadian Artillery
Nehru
Rideau Hall
House of Commons
Senate
Russians Love Peace claim voiced by Soviet envoy in Italy
Mikhail Kostilev the Soviet ambassador to Italy said the Russian people love peace but do not beg for it. He told the Italo Russian Cultural Relations Congress opening in Turin that it is sufficient to fight for peace.
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Rome
Mikhail Kostilev
Italy
Turin
Memorial Park, Hempstead, and Gonzales Obituaries
Death notices and funeral details for Mrs. Charles A. Clark, Benton Worth Yantis Jr., Robert Morris Hamby, Miss Ellen Cooke, John Winfield Brown, Mary Frances Large, Carl Harry Gettmann, Leslie Addison Alister, F. J. Lang, Charles D. Fulks Sr, and W. F. Robertson. Includes service locations in Austin, Norman, Hempstead, and Gonzales with burial sites at Memorial Park, Oakwood Cemetery, and Capital Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Clark
Weed-Corley
Harry M. Moffet
Memorial Park
Alfred Ellison
Walter Long
Arno Nowotny
C. J. Eckhardt Jr
Jim N. Boswell
William R. Fuge
Carl von Blucher
Colbert Glenn
Norman Okla
Benton Worth
Robert Morris Hamby
Cook Funeral Home
Michael J. Lux
St. Austin's Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
John Winfield Brown
Melvin C. Eldon
Mary Frances Large
Jess Hall
D. W. Large
Austin
Mary Faglie
Obie Iarge
Big Springs
Bent Large
Covington
Carl Harry Gettmann
Belvidere
San Antonio
Hudson Motor Company
Nash Motor Company
War Assets Corporation
Texas
Salomay Harrison Gettmann
George Koefler
Milwaukee
Wis
Richard C. Harrison
Houston
Marvin Vance
Gonzales
F. J. Lang
Frank D. Charlton
Jas. W. Parker
J. Kelley Neal
Germany
Milton Hoffman
Jessie Lang
Eugene Lang
Edgar Lang
Fred Lang
Round Rock
Charles D. Fulks Sr
Walnut Creek
Co. D. Fulks Sr
Mary Lash
Los Angeles
Calif
Daisy Metcalf
Loucretia Peterson
Virginia Rose Gill
Charles D. Fulks Jr
Kate Payton
Roy, N. M
Condra Funeral Home
Robert L. Payton
Capital Memorial Park
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New York Journal-American
Associated Press
Journal-American
River Oaks
AMY Ford Dealer
Congress
Ethel Ross
Welfare Society
Round Rock Citizen's Committee
Louis Henna
G. R. Lundelium
D. B. Gregg
O. W. McDaniel
Oliver J. Carlson
Trinity Homes
Lutheran Welfare Society
Dorothea Wiedmann
Lucia Pfluger
Alma Janssen
Eric Hawkins
Arthur Fuchs
Thrall
Robin Bernhard
Fredericksburg
Nath Kern
C. H. Warner
Rauh
P. Caruso
Charles A. McCleskey
University of Texas
McCleskey
Mary Ann House
Jo Anne Cass
Tgart
Tancaste Fey
Wet Heath
Ted Venture
Olden
George
Capitol
Preapo Murray
Relea Pamily
Jennifer Jones
Gary Cooperatures
Pields
Aily
Yemen
Aubert
Pentagon
House Armed Services Committee
Marines
Armed Services Committee
War
Santa Fe
Chicago
Exas
Fred Harvey
Temple
Fletcher Mitchell
Majestic
Christian Missionary
Alliance Church
Eugene H. Duke
Eastern
Soviet Zone
Western Germany
J. Nehru
Dr. A. Burstyn
Optometrist
Yantis JR
Ellen Cooke
Hempstead
Solomon
Mrs
H. Gettmann
Leslie A. Alister
Leslie Addison
Bost
N. S. Bryant
Belton
Charles D. Fulks
W. F. Robertson
First Methodist Church
Masonic Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Methodist Church
O9oke Funeral Home
Austin’s
Thurlow B. Weed
Jack Corley
Lavaca
Eldon Powell
Florist
Hillyer
Wilke
Chapel of the Bells
Congress Ave
Hyltin
Joe Manor
Pres
C. A. Hyltin
Dial
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