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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1950
Page
3
William Oldendorph a former Pharmacist's Mate and veteran of the Spanish American War and World War I said he would like to oblige Navy officers at Great Lakes Illinois who mailed him a form memorandum urging a return to active duty. He believes they may reconsider his request.
Captain Leonard C. Smith of the freighter Mary Luckenbach will be tried on negligence charges after a 13 day hearing into the August 25 collision with the Navy hospital ship Benevolence near San Francisco. The Coast Guard says Smith’s ship was at excessive speed in fog, and the inquiry covered merchant marine personnel only. A separate Navy inquiry will forward its findings to Washington.
In New Castle Indiana a restaurant in Kennard had its stubborn window pried open after months of tagging. A burglar entered last night and stole $40 from the cash register.
Central Texas cloudy warm and humid with scattered thundershowers in north and central areas Thursday. West Texas mostly cloudy with isolated showers and cooler temperatures. Austin Thursday sunrise 6 19 am sunset 6 29 pm. moon phase full on the 25th. Highest temps near 101 degrees since January 1. rainfall none in 24 hours ending 6 30 pm.
Eleven Navy nurses were among 26 people killed when a four engine Navy transport crashed into the sea near Kwajalein after takeoff from Kwajalein on a westward flight from Hawaii. The dead include Ensign Marie Margaret Boatman of San Antonio and sister of John Harvey Boatman of Houston. The crew member named is Albert J. Johnson of Beaumont.
In Corsicana on Highway 75 four miles south, Mrs. Sue Mathis, 18, suffered fractured legs and critical injuries in a two-car crash early Wednesday. Her husband Bill Mathis, Val Horne and his wife, and James Ard were injured less severely. The Mathis vehicle was northbound while the Horne vehicle traveled south.
The Organized Reserve received a building permit for a $204,860 two story training center on government land north of Camp Mabry. Foundation work has begun on the site just south of Highland Park. A short extension of Fairview Drive to serve the new armory was recently completed.
The Rev. P. E. Womack of Cedar Grove AME Church Corsicana will represent Texas at the planning commission meeting of the National Council for Churches of Christ in the United States in Cleveland Ohio from November 28 to December 1. He commutes weekly from Austin where he serves as pastor at 1901 New York Avenue.
Tourists from the United States enjoy lower rail fares after currency devaluation. Reserved seats on trains cost about 14 cents and buffet car dinners about 56 cents, making travel in Britain more affordable for visitors.
Corporal David J. Daywood 29 spent six months in Korea with occupation troops after World War II and was wounded on Labor Day in the First Cavalry Division. He’s the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Daywood of 703 East Avenue and attended Allan Junior High School.
The history of 110 years of photography is shown at George Eastman House in Rochester New York, the photographic center.
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