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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
12
President Truman received 48 tie gifts from the Men's Tie Foundation to launch National Tie Week. The drive aims to collect three million old ties for relief groups. A cartoon scene shows the President at a piano with a donkey and an elephant guiding a bear on a leash.
In San Antonio on Wednesday Officer C. W. Kilgore chased a professional race car driver for 55 blocks through five stop signs and three red lights at about 85 mph. The motorist was booked on driving while drunk and reckless driving after being stopped in downtown traffic. The souped-up car and the driver were stored.
The East Texas regional school safety conference at Kilgore on October 6 kicks off a 14 stop campaign. Homer Garrison Jr. will deliver the principal address as driver education courses, juvenile traffic schools, school safety programs and bus accident study are outlined.
A Guernsey cow owned by Waldo Walworth in Muskegon Michigan delivered triplets. The calves include one male and two females and were described as normal and healthy.
Four to five month drive outlined by Community Chest executive committee aims to raise 220000 this year. Don Abel reports USO campaign may run alongside and Bergstrom service men benefit. Campaign uses division plan with advanced gifts as first unit, possibly running through February 1949. Board meeting at City Hall Friday at 8 p m to discuss details.
In 98th District Court listings Judge Betts and Judge Thurman note multiple filings including divorces, partitions, annulments, aggravated assault and public drunkenness cases. Marriage licenses issued include James Berler and Arlene Belz, John Dodson and Hazel Phipps, among others.
Boston based printer Thomas J. Lyons reveals a collection of over 1,000 old type fonts from 1830 to 1890 and says he still seeks about 27,000 more fonts, keeping his hobby active.
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