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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1948

Page

2

Koreans Predict Independence in Four Years

South Korea’s new government, led by President Syngman Rhee, hopes to run the nation with minimal aid within two to four years. Col. Ben Limb, who headed the exile Korean commission, notes UN supervised elections this summer and that the northern half remains under Russian control. The south governs about 20 million people in the American occupation zone.

Washington Russia South Korea Ben Limb Syngman Rhee Limb United Nations Korea Japan China United States

Rheumatism Cure Promoted by Excelsior Springs Clinic

Excelsior Springs Missouri reports a Ball Clinic program linking mineral waters and baths to a new combined treatment for rheumatism and arthritis. A free book titled Rheumatism Good Health Life's Greatest Blessing explains the method and how to obtain it with no obligation.

Excelsior Springs Ball Clinic Missouri

Square Dancers Jam Draws 3000 at Gregory Gymnasium

The Mid-Tex Fall Jamboree drew more than 3,000 dancers from Dallas Abilene Laredo Corpus Christi San Angelo Houston Fort Worth and Ballinger to Gregory Gymnasium on Saturday night. Emcees were C. J. Shorty Alderson Perry Dawson Loyd Collier and D H Turner with Johnny Deison's Crippled Creek Ranch Hands and Uncle Dick Pilgrim's Lone Star Five providing music. The Austin Athletic Club hosted out of town registration and an after the ball party.

Gregory Gymnasium Mid-Tex Dallas Abilene Laredo Corpus Christi San Angelo Houston Fort Worth Ballinger C. J Shorty Alderson Captain Perry Dawson Loyd Collier D. H. Turner Johnny Deison Crippled Creek Dick Pilgrim Lone Star Five Austin Athletic Club

Mighty Big Lake

Victoria Lake in Africa is so vast that Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island would not be visible from its shores.

Victoria Lake Africa Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island

Camel Mildness Test Ad Promotes Taste and Throat Ease

Advertisement urges readers to judge Camel cigarettes by taste and throat feel. It promises rich flavor from aged tobaccos and cool mildness, inviting consumers to prove Camel mildness for themselves.

Steel Defenses and Steel Nationalization Dominate New Parliament

London reports a tense opening to Parliament as defense remilitarization and a heated fight over nationalizing the steel industry confront the Attlee government. The steel bill, to be introduced in November, could pass with one-year Lords delay, influencing the 1950 election.

Robert Hewett London Labor Britain Attlee Soviet Russia West Bank of England House of Lords Lords Commons

She Loved Him Too Much A Chicago Tragedy

Gladys Stein 19 walked to Belt Line tracks near her home and died after stepping onto a freight train. Don ald Dreschel 21, a telephone installer and Air Force veteran, had dated her for months but started seeing another girl. He burned her violet stationery note asking for a single camellia, realizing too late her feelings.

Chicago Donald Dreschel Gladys Stein Brunet Miss Stein Dreschel Air Force Calvary Lutheran Church Drescher

Fish Snags SMU Prof But Doubters Scoff

DALLAS. October 24. Dr. W. M. Longnecker, SMU science professor, famed for angling, recounts a bass tale at Bluebonnet Lake near Grand Ecore. A four pound bass leaped into his boat as he paddled. it was the largest he has caught this year.

Dallas W. M. Longnecker Southern Methodist University Longnecker Bluebonnet Lake Grande SMU Prof

Texas farmers weigh magnesia and mint juleps? not asked

E Hein of Texas Industrial Minerals urges use of magnesia in Texas soils noting Florida yields on tomatoes with magnesia aid. He cites pale crops in Texas and suggests Dr Frank Jessen may be interested. Other notes include personnel moves at Austin associations, land leasing in Florence, and harvest yields from terrace farming near Rogers Ranch.

Dave Shanks Austin American Agricultural Co. E. Heinz Texas Industrial Minerals Llano Texas Appalachian Mountains Florida Heinz Frank Jessen Austin Area Economic Development Foundation Austin Chamber of Commerce

Kerr Denies Spending Report in Oklahoma Senate Race

Oklahoma City October report cites $65 000 spent on Kerr in primary and runoff elections. Kerr says the claims are false and that he violated no election laws. He notes Republican spending four to five times greater for the Senate contest against Ross Rizley.

Oklahoma City Robert S. Kerr United States Senate Kerr Oklahoma B. Nelson Deranian Senate Ross Rizley Guymon Okla

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