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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1949
Page
15
A 25 year old Dade County convict and son of a wealthy New York family underwent pre frontal lobotomy in Miami as part of Operation Reform. He is reported in satisfactory condition. He faced embezzlement charges and months in jail after reading about the procedure in a jail magazine.
Burton H Mason, son of a slain Alice radio commentator, did not appear in county court for the trial of a man charged with beating him on August 14. Judge John Snell Jr dismissed the aggravated assault charges against Chester H Brinkman, a Pasadena bus driver, on motion by the district attorney. Mason was hospitalized after the incident. His father Bill Mason, an Alice crusader, was killed on July 29.
Bethlehem Steel Corp reports a third quarter net income of 23.02 million dollars or 2.23 a common share, with a 60 cent dividend payable December 1 to record holders November 7. Nine month earnings total 82.90 million dollars, 8.14 a share, amid a CIO steel strike. Directors approved a 1.75 per share dividend on preferred stock.
Harry Kerr, the city's first and only fire chief, resigned to enter private business. City Manager J B Early will name a successor within two weeks. Kerr joined as a volunteer in 1913 and became chief in 1926, leading Lufkin’s switch to a full time department in 1933.
An old advertisement touts Ostres tablets promising stronger nerves, vitality, and younger looks. It lists widespread availability and urges readers to try the product for new pep and health benefits.
Snowball the circus dog from James E. Strates Shows acts as a nurse for a lion cub born a week earlier after its mother refused to feed. The dog, already tending her own Spitz puppy, takes over feeding and caring for the cub, prompting trainers to wonder if she will return to her act.
Woodrow Wilson spoke at the Texas State Fair in 1911 invited by Colonel E. M. House of Austin who saw him as the strongest Democratic candidate. Wilson called the United States the political laboratories of a free people. House had invited William J. Gaynor, who declined. House's role aided Wilson securing the Democratic nomination at the next convention.
Burma's government offered no comment on a report from Nationalist China requesting reopening of the Burma Road. Chinese Ambassador Tu Yeun Tan said Beijing is eager to restore wartime efficiency and use as a supply line, while Burma's fate of the route, once a WWII link from Ledo to Rangoon, remains under official silence.
Berlin dispatch reports Paul Markgraf, East Berlin police chief and former Stalingrad officer, allegedly arrested by Soviet agents and confined in a suburban jail. Some sources doubt the claim while others expect Arthur Pieck to succeed him by November 1.
Hollywood reports a contract making Gloria Grahame pledge obedience to director Nicholas Ray from 9 am to 6 pm daily during the filming of In a Lonely Place for Columbia. Grahame calls it slave labor while producer Robert Lord defends the arrangement as standard for director husband and wife dynamics.
One of the earliest magazine pieces about how to build a television receiver is dated July 1928.
Calvert Distillers Corp outlines Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey at 86.8 proof and 65 percent grain neutral spirits. Product positioned by the New York City company as a blended whiskey offering.
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