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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1949
Page
1
Cleveland news reports Bill Odom perishing in a crash during the National Air Races as Cook Cleland wins the event at a record 397 miles per hour. Cleland claims $19,100 in prize money from the Thompson Trophy race.
Labor Day weekend toll in Texas reaches 20 with ten traffic deaths. Also listed are shootings, electrocutions, drownings, and fatal crashes across multiple cities including Brownsville, Dallas, San Antonio, and Fort Worth. Notable names include Jacqueline Cochran pilot Bill Odom and family tragedies in Whitewright and Minneapolis.
Peggy Matthews, a carpenter local candidate, was chosen Labor Day queen amid a day of Austin festivities at Zilker Park. The celebration featured a 100 unit parade down Congress Avenue, band concerts, games, prizes, and a city park program coordinated by Perry Leigon and local labor unions.
Britain suggests detailed daily reports for reporters on the dollar crisis talks under way at the State Department with parallel briefings by the three powers. The plan aims to inform American British and Canadian publics as ministers from the United States Britain and Canada seek to reduce Britain's dollar drain and bolster Western unity against Communism.
An Associated Press tally reports 460 deaths over the Labor Day weekend, including 354 in traffic, 37 drownings and 69 miscellaneous accidents. The toll surpassed Safety Council forecasts and older records, with totals across states listing Alabama to Wyoming.
Will L. Clayton, noted cotton deal maker and former undersecretary of state, remarried his wife after a brief divorce. The ceremony took place August 6 in Jasper Alberta while the Claytons vacationed with their daughter and her husband, S Maurice McAshan, amid reports they had divorced on May 24. Clayton cofounded the Anderson Clayton and Company cotton firm.
Shirley May France 17 of Somerset Massachusetts began her English Channel swim from Wissant France at 5 25 a m French time with light rain and heavy seas. She told her father and supporters she was sure to go ahead after a cautious start and preparations by her coach and friend.
In El Paso Army private Charles E. Meloche surrendered after admitting he struck Second Lieutenant Edward L. Helmstetter in a driveway. Helmstetter was found beaten and suffocated, with jaw broken and brain concussion. Meloche said Helmstetter accosted his girlfriend and forced her into a car. he claimed he did not realize the fatal injury until reading about it the next day.
President Truman, in Labor Day speeches, vowed to fight to the finish against selfish interests opposing the Fair Deal. He promised to continue the battle to repeal the Taft-Hartley Act until it is wiped from the statute books.
William J. Murray Jr., chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, was critically injured in a cab-car collision at Wilshire Road and Airport Boulevard. His two young daughters were hospitalized for observation, while the cab driver Grady and another driver Joe Swain sustained non fatal injuries. The accident left both cars demolished and caused long skid marks on Airport Boulevard. Murray, 34, formerly Houston resident, served on the railroad commission since 1947 and is a UT petroleum engineering graduate.
The top four American League teams New York Boston Cleveland and Detroit won Labor Day doubleheaders to keep the race unchanged. The Dodgers gained a game in the NL by sweeping the Braves while the Cardinals split with Pittsburgh. Pancho Gonzales retained his national tennis title by beating Ted Schroeder in five sets. Wilmer Allison lost to Gilbert Hall in the veteran's final. The Pioneers faced Temple in a twilight doubleheader to close the 1949 season. Big State League playoffs start Wednesday.
A federal judge, James P. McGranery, sent a telegram to Sen. Clyde R. Hoey defending Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan from Drew Pearson’s testimony about alleged intervention in a Louisiana jury bribing case. The White House confirms the telegram. Vaughan remains in Missouri visiting his mother before returning to Washington.
Austin’s Pioneers face a setback as shortstop Fred Campbell is suspended indefinitely and fined $50 after allegedly roughing an umpire in a 7 to 6 loss to Temple. League president J. Walter Morris will meet with umpire Ed Harris to decide potential further penalties into 1950.
A light sprinkle fell at the Austin Weather Bureau Monday afternoon while central Texas skies were partly cloudy. Monday highs reached about 95 in Austin, with a forecast of a few isolated showers for Tuesday. statewide highs ranged from 73 at Guadalupe Pass to 99 at Laredo and Alice. Brownsville reported .11 inch rain and El Paso .08.
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