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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1950
Page
2
A scrambled report mentions teams and personnel including a 108th from South babene and a 27th ty one, plus references to a captain and reserve duties. The text is fragmentary with names, dates, and actions that are difficult to parse into a coherent event.
A seven year old boy was branded with a lighted cigarette on his back six times at a playground last week. Lieutenant Birdsong of the crime prevention division said four teenage youths are sought by police. three are believed held locally while the fourth burned the cigarette. The incident was reported to police on Tuesday.
Malone Malik labels a UN plane incident report provocative while defending U S aims in Korea. He cites Soviet maneuvers near Manchuria and Red China as raising tensions, condemns Western cover up claims, and reiterates calls to localize the conflict.
An Austin missionary describes a sudden retreat from Korea after a border incident. The piece notes her return to the Capital City and references more detail on Page One and Page Two sections. It also mentions fashion in Giddings and a Southwest Conference training camps tour starting Wednesday.
The Austin Chamber of Commerce board voted unanimously to sponsor a municipal auditorium to host big conventions and trade shows. The action supports a long-standing goal shared by the chamber and its auditorium committee, with city leaders and former mayor Tom Miller among speakers stressing the need. Plans discussed funding, sales measures, and potential profits from convention traffic to repay capital costs within three years.
Braniff Airlines DC3 skidded to a belly landing after takeoff in Memphis Tennessee with 14 aboard, all unharmed.
A fragmented Chattanooga scene shows a Marine Reserve unit boarding a train, a photographer capturing a jovial veteran’s kiss and a blond spectator’s disappointed reaction as the train departs with another man. The report preserves the local newspaper tone and period detail.
Alma Rather Duncalf wife of Dr Frederick Dunecalf UT professor died Tuesday morning at their summer home in Waquoit Massachusetts She was a Gonzales County native who moved to Austin in 1911 with her parents Burial will be in Austin Funeral arrangements were incomplete per Cook Funeral Home Survivors include a sister Mrs E J Villavaso of Austin
Heavy showers fell in parts of Austin Tuesday with only light rain overall. The Weather Bureau measured 0.2 inches at 6:30 p.m. More showers are forecast for Wednesday afternoon as temperatures stay moderate.
McCloy urged West Germany to consider rearming options as joint chiefs weigh Korean war demands. He warned of East German alert troops and a 100000-strong Soviet-linked security presence in Europe, with US forces distributed across Germany Austria and Trieste.
Austin resident Mrs. W G Franklin a longtime club worker died at her home. Funeral at St David s Episcopal Church Wednesday at 10 am with Rev Charles A Summers officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery under Weed-Comey Funeral Home. Survived by daughter Mrs Barston Smith and sisters Miss Jilia Baker and Mrs Raymond B Cox.
Austin airman Wayne Lowe parachuted into a rice paddy to elude North Korean troops. Captain Ray S. White, his wingman from Austin, fired on a pursuing officer and guided a helicopter in under heavy fire to extract Lowe and two litter patients, with Lieutenant Paul Wesley Van Bover coordinating the lift.
Six Leander youths earned calf certificates after the calf scramble at Williamson County Sheriff Posse rodeo in Georgetown. The Tuesday show drew about 3,000 to the new $60,000 arena with another performance scheduled for Wednesday at 8 p m. Winners named were Mack Bennett Ancil Maynard Lee Faulkes Bill Jackson Albert Ragland and John Price.
Tokyo dispatch reports heavy fighting across Korea with US and United Nations forces defending Taegu and Pohang. Red forces launch offensives from Tabu and Bowing Alley toward Mount Kasan while American units hold key passes and establish fortified positions along the Pohang to Pusan corridor.
Allied planes press a large scale strike against North Korean targets with over 300 tons of ordnance dropped. Day fighters hit a Masari made tank near an unnamed port while others strafed supply points and warehouses al 15 miles east of Nam Won.
British and Scottish troops pressed actions in Korea as a British company broke from a Red encirclement under cover of darkness. A high ranking American officer said the unit likely suffered its first casualties of the war in this clash.
Dr. Sidney Weinbaum, 52, once tied to a top secret US jet propulsion project, denied on Tuesday that he was ever a Communist Party member. He spoke in Los Angeles as investigations into his affiliations drew public scrutiny.
The hurricane with 125 mph winds slams northwest Florida towns including Cedar Keys Inglis and Yankeetown then veers south toward the peninsula. Red Cross ferries food water and medical supplies while crews clear roads. Coast Guard resumes 10 missing-tug search as damage reaches Williston Bronson Chiefland and Archer.
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