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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1949
Page
6
New York agencies report dozens of high paying vacancies from $40 a week to $30,000 a year remain unfilled. Agencies say specialized roles deter applicants while others turn down lower pay. Executives cite no spike in unemployment despite scarce bids for some postings.
Cleveland Stovall Jr., 22, a Negro, is scheduled to die in the electric chair at midnight Sunday for raping a white woman in Azle. He was sentenced July 5 in Fort Worth District Court for the Aug. 16, 1948 crime. The clemency board denied further relief after a 30 day stay.
Herman a life-termer will address a public AA meeting Friday night at the clubhouse 608 West Seventh. He has worked with an AA group behind Huntsville prison walls and was granted a three day leave by the Board of Pardons and Paroles for the Austin appearance. Invitations go to law officers district judges and members of the Court of Criminal Appeals along with others interested in alcohol issues.
Nearly 20 000 Japanese have been repatriated from the Soviet Union since June with a third wave entering Mai zuru port. Some returnees welcomed Communist participation while others rejected it, concerns rising about reintegration and job prospects as former prisoners report Soviet education and camp oversight.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reports public construction in the US for the first six months this year is 36 percent higher than the same period last year while private construction spending is six percent lower. It notes a nationwide drop in construction costs by five to ten percent.
Edward Reisbeck of Portland Oregon waits in New Orleans as four nations race to reunite his family before the Sept 21 quota deadline. His wife and two year old Beatrice Marianne face travel hurdles from Germany to Bremerhaven then Southampton aboard the SS Aquitania. Travel agencies and individuals coordinate across Germany England Canada and the United States to secure passage.
Gladys O'Brien Sylvio charges band leader Don Sylvio with extortion and guardianship threats in an amended divorce filing. She says he demanded 200 dollars monthly, a new car, and a home for his mother or he would reveal information harming Margaret O'Brien's guardianship. She also alleges he charged large sums to her accounts after moving into her apartment. Sylvia denies the allegations and says he will answer soon.
Captain Joseph Phillips of Alton Illinois, a 35 year old Air Force officer, faced a murder count in El Paso for the shooting of Vernon Hopper 28 who had been dating Phillips wife at a bar. Phillips said my wife still loves me and will fight the charge. Attorneys said they would seek his release on a writ. Mrs Hopper said the couples marriage was strained and Hopper had dated Phillips wife for about two months. The couple has two children.
A Dallas motorist found his parking meter missing after returning to his space. A traffic officer explained a crew removing the nickel taker for a bus loading zone caused the disappearance. The driver claimed he had just deposited a nickel before leaving.
Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark, Treasurer of the United States, left Kansas City by plane for Washington to resume her duties after a stay for several speaking engagements.
The Tpatchers reunion gathers hundreds of past and present Texas 36th Infantry Division members in Waco for a three day event. Lt Col Charles M Beacham opens officers meeting. A large military parade Saturday honors the division reviewed by Maj Gen H Miller Ainsworth.
The Basic Science Examining Board plans a tentative Sept 24 meeting in Austin to develop examinations for healing arts licensing including chiropractic. The board supplements basic science exams with required board-specific tests for applicants seeking healing arts licenses. The Legislature recently created the new chiropractic license board along with the basic science board.
Readers are urged to seek the red and white Checkerboard wing tag on locally raised Pursina fed meat-type fryer chickens. The copy promises tender flavor from Flavo Fed Purina Fryers and implies ordinary chickens fail to meet the mark.
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