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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1948

Page

2

GRID FANS FILL CABS FOR BIG GAME RUSH

Yellow and Black and White cabs will be packed as fans stack into taxis for space. The city faces a shortage of rides as crowds surge and a San Antonio plane emotion looms. An Austin housewife misread a football ticket ad and lamented that ten fans will travel with no tickets or even a bed.

Austin The American Statesman San Antonio R. D. Thorp Vernon Matthews the Tally-Ho Milady la Vena Walton

False teeth wearers enjoy steak and corn with new cream

A sprawling item mentions false teeth wearers chewing steak and corn aided by a cream called STAZE, with promises of keeping food particles out and a 35 cent price. It notes police and city care in tough times, a chef stocking extra supplies, florist prices for game day bouquets, scalpers charging high prices and emergency justice figures ready to act.

Lancer Justice of the Peace Tom Johnson

Heart Surgeon Dr. Horace Smithy Dies After Valve Research

Charleston report states Dr. Horace G. Smithy 35 assistant professor of surgery at the Medical College of SC died of pneumonia and a heart condition styled like the one he relieved in others. He pioneered a valve operation that saved one young patient and performed seven more valve surgeries with mixed results.

Charleston S. C Horace G. Smithy Medical College State of South Carolina Smithy Betty Lee Woolridge Canton Ohio Roper Hospital

Ruling Nears On Demo Scrap

Federal Judge Joe B. Dooley will rule on jurisdiction Friday in a suit arising from a Democratic intra party fight. The case, moved from state to federal court, seeks to invalidate the state convention and challenge the election of party officers with defendants including John C. Calhoun and Tom Tyson.

Fort Worth Joe B. Dooley 67Th District Court Gillie Johnson Texas Ernest May May Johnson Jack Carter J. W. Douglas John C. Calhoun Tom Tyson Corsicana

Senate ballot probe widens as records vanish in Texas

Duval County officials report ballots burned by janitor Oct 20 amid Senate probe into irregularities in the Second Democratic Primary. District Attorney Lloyd says no action until January grand jury. Wharton and Cameron counties face ballot handling questions as investigators review ballots and county procedures.

Frank B. Lloyd Alice Duval County Grand Jury Duval South Texas Stevenson Senate Texas Wharton County Price Daniel F. L. Kral US Senate P. L. Marquess Lyndon Johnson Johnson Texas Election Bureau Daniel White Man’s Union

National slate campaigns warm up across states

Truman labels a policy as violent rhetoric while Senator Barkley campaigns in Illinois and Governor Warren canvasses California. Thurmond tours Texas, Norman Thomas headlines Philadelphia, and West Virginia United Mine Workers urge a split ticket against Truman and Senator Revercomb.

Senator Barkley Illinois Earl Warren Dewey California Wallace Taylor J. Strom Thurmond Texas Norman Thomas Philadelphia West Virginia United Mine Workers

Birth of Beverly Ann Eads Daughter to Claude H. Eads

Mr and Mrs Claude H Eads announce the birth of a daughter Beverly Ann at St David s Hospital on October 10 The couple already has a daughter Jane Mrs Eads is the former Anna Ruth Beverly

Claude H. Eads Beverly Ann St. David's Hospital

Johnson cites recounts and irregular ballots in Texas race

Johnson alleges a scheme to influence the contest with ballots handled outside legal deadlines and boxes reused in Dallas and Duval counties. He accuses Stevenson supporters of slander while claiming a true election contest would have widened his margin by hundreds of votes and uncovered fraudulent ballots in Dallas and coast counties.

Myers Senate Texas Travis County Johnson Duval County Dallas Stevenson Brown County Jack County Dallas County Tombstone

Three Nations Sign For ECA Loans

Three European countries signed for loans totaling 95 million dollars from the Economic Cooperation Administration. Ireland took 60 million, Denmark 25 million, and Sweden 10 million. England and Iceland had previously borrowed 310 million and 2.3 million respectively. ECA cut off new recovery gifts to nine countries until loans are accepted.

Washington Economic Cooperation Administration Eire Denmark Sweden England Iceland ECA Congress Europe

Judge Simpsons Report Governs Nazi Appeals

FRANKFURT Germany Oct 28 Army said General Lucius D Clay rejected a request from German clergymen to suspend Landsberg executions. Simpson report urged limited commutations but no new trials and did not spare those on death row. Clay reviewing 45 Nazi sentences as the hanging group began Oct 15. Zionist leader Judah Magnes dies at 71 in New York after heart attack.

Johnson Jim Wells County Austin Texas Frankfurt Germany US Army Lucius D. Clay Landsberg Army Royall Gordon Simpson Texas Supreme Court Simpson Army Clay New York Ra Judah Leon Magnes The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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