Leaping Lass Survives 600 Foot Fall With Minor Injuries
Miss Peggy Barnette, 17, of 704 West 29th Street, jumped from a Brackenridge Mountain ledge after telling companions she wanted the sensation. She fell about 600 feet, struck ledges, and was rescued after 30 to 40 minutes. Doctors report no broken bones and only minor cuts with no scars expected. Deputy Sheriff Forrest Krause and two companions were present.
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Austin
Brackenridge Hospital
Peggy Barnette
West 29Th Street
Forrest Krause
Miss Barnette
Krause
Bob Sjoberg
Doctros
Moursund Proposes Advisory Group for District 85
A.W. Moursund, write-in candidate for state representative in District 85, urged each of the four counties Blanco Gillespie Kendall Kerr Liano to appoint a legislative advisory committee to work with him. He outlined a 10 point program emphasizing farm to market roads soil and water conservation low cost electricity and decreased taxes.
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Johnson City
A.W. Moursund
Commissioners Court
Moursand
Mourland
Alfred Petsch
Fredericksburg
Tom Martin
Blanco
Gillespie
Kendall
Liano
Virus Linked to Cancer Says Dr Gregory
Dr John E Gregory of San Marino California argues a cancer causing virus exists that renders normal cells receptive to stimuli like chemicals irritants and excess hormones. At the Southern Medical Association meeting he showed electron microscope images of virus in cancer tissue and noted isolated virus from human tissue grown in eggs. He cited animal results with rats and monkeys requiring hormones to develop cancer.
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Miami
Fila
John FE. Gregory
San Marino
Calif
Gregory
Pasadena Research Laboratories
The
Southern Medical Association
District of Columbia
Gable Collapse Fatality From Goldthwaite Church Fire
A gable toppled from a burning First Baptist Church in Goldthwaite Mills County struck a crowd, killing T Barber 36 a service station worker and wounding eleven others. The two year old red brick church valued about 100000 was largely destroyed. Fire was reported between 1 and 2 am as workers repaired the building.
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Brownwood
Goldthwaite
T. Barber
First Baptist Church
Mills County
San Saba
Joseph Emery
Roosevelt's Last Home Dedicated in Warm Springs Shrine
Roosevelt's final residence, the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, opened as a national shrine. The Memorial Commission preserved the cottage with personal items, the 1938 Ford, dishes, a broken lid pot, and a note by Daisy Bonner. Jackson performed Roosevelt’s chosen tunes as visitors toured.
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Warm Springs
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Ivan Allen
Warm Springs Memorial Commission
Hyde Park
Albany
Daisy Bonner
Graham Jackson
Memorial Commission
Three Austinites Win Bendix Contest Prizes
Three Austin residents were announced as Bendix contest prize winners by J R Reed Music Co. Mrs Farnest F Glogyna won an electric range Miss Ann Konsky received an electric blanket and Vernon V Sisney earned an electric iron The Bendix Home Appliances Inc contest runs weekly for four more weeks offering 94 prizes weekly and a top prize of a Hudson sedan plus a Honolulu trip for grand winner
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Austin
J. R. Reed Music Company
Bendix
Farnest F. Glogvna
Ann Konsky
Congress Avenue
Vernon V. Sisney
East 45Th Street
Bendix Home Appliances Inc
Honolulu
Cave factories in Sweden keep operating despite cave move
Some Swedish factories moved to caves during the war still run there as heat and maintenance costs are reduced.
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Sweden
Obituary notices from Austin area crowd local funeral updates
Obituaries list residents including E E Hackney and W M Daywood in Austin with siblings and spouses noted. Private S M Bartles and James Dorsey Hays memorials reference service details, graveside plans, and survivors. Additional notices cover Mrs Charles Goodman Llano death anniversary and burial, with family survivors listed.
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Charles Goodman
Llano
Methodist
R. K. Heacock
Goodman
Brownsville
Neb
Edith Barnes
I. B. Barnes
Ranger
Llano County
Fort Worth
State Patrol class possibilities and 1949 recruit rules
Potential unscheduled session for Texas Highway Patrolmen hinted by Chief W J Elliott as 1949 applications stream in. Dec 1 start filled 90 member class. eligibility includes age height weight morals education residency and a rigid physical exam. Third class graduates this week with 66 to patrol statewide next Monday.
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W. J. Elliott
Texas Highway Patrol
Elliott
Texas
Australians to Harvest Huge Wheat Crop Early Next Month
Australians will begin harvesting a large wheat crop in early November, continuing to the end of January. By late January about 180 million bushels are expected to be gathered.
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Sydney
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Rio Grande
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OLD Quaker Distilling CO
Lawrenceburg, Ind
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Alcamo Coffee Room
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Mimi Sot
Gizzard
Dial
Kirsch Sunaire Blinds
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Leslie
Geean
Herman St. San Antonio
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E. E. Hackney
C. N. Galloway
Silsbee
Cook Funeral Home
W. M. Daywood
East Avenue
Mary Daywood
Sophia Joseph
Elizabeth Abraham
Janie Daywood
George Daywood
David J. Daywood
James Dorsey Hays
Josie Hays
Ted Hays
Willard Hays
Ruth Floyd
Liberty Hill
Jack Hays
Rube Hays
Leonard Hays
Walter Hays
Ss. M. Bartles
S. M. Bartles
Temple
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Hull Printing Company
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San Diego
Cal
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England
France
Cherbourg
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Houston
John S. Bartles
Jack Bartles
W. G. Taylor
Harry DeFord
Dallas
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
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Joe Jamar
Harrell Jamar
Woodville
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Lockhart
R. E. Roberts
Beeville
P. O. Heil
Wharton
James Nelson
Charles
Walter J. Everett
John Pulkrabek SR. Taylor
John Pulkrabek Sr
Talbot Street
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Stephen Brown
J. J. Polansky
Granger Holy Cross
George Tydlacka
John F. Pulkrabek Jr
Joseph Pulkrabek
Frank Pulkrabek
Taylor
Rudolph Pulkrabek
Bartlett
Lucille Pulkrabek
Andrew RE. Preece
Georgetown
Andrew Benton Preece
Leander
Peterson
Bagdad
F. M. Bennett
George Pearson
Dean Preece
Leandeyv
Austin Beverage Company
Jax
John W. Greene
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3Rd St
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Lonawett
Colorado
T.H. Davis
Frank Linden
W. S. Birdwell JR
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Eldon Powell
Florist
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Lavaco
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Thurlow
Weed Jack Corley
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