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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1950
Page
3
A vintage ad touts BC Headache powders and tablets for headache neuralgia and muscular aches. It promises full relief with the same formula in powder or tablet form and notes two tablets equal one powder with directions for safe use.
Frankurt Germany is the setting for Miss Sadie Belle Arbuthnet of Orlando Florida who was named the first woman judge in the US German court system. She studied law while secretary in the Department of Justice and arrived in 1946 to aid war crimes trials at Nurnberg later serving as a district attorney in Stuttgart with headquarters in Bad Kissingen.
U S forces entered Taejon after a 44 hour battle with Communist forces. Reported atrocities include the murder of American prisoners and executions of South Koreans in Chongju. Two American soldiers relevantes named were Ralph Peterson and Carey Weinald.
Zeta Omicron Chapter Beta Sigma Phi outlined civic and welfare projects during Monday evening meeting at Mrs Dean Whiffen 1904 Fernwood Mre Wayne Jarvis co hosted. Program on Conduct presented by Mrs Jarvis with assistance from Mrs Pearce Johnson. Members listed include Michael Attas Howard Clagett Maurice Flahive George Foote Rogan Giles Henry Halil Jarvis Johnson Jim McCuslick Buddy Miller Leslie Pollard Wray Rollow Elora Jane Smith Glenn Tanner Dan Watson William Washington and Whiffen.
Members of the Ridgetop Baptist WMS met in the home of Mrs. Clarence Jenkins to hear a program on state missions. Sunshine sisters were named and refreshments were served with a long list of attending ladies.
West Austin residents see large fires at Shoal Creek and West 12th as Boy Scouts from Post Five clear trees and grass to prep a parking area for high school football games. The three acre site is south of 12th Street, with proceeds funding the scouts summer outing.
President Truman named George J. Bott general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board replacing Robert N Denham who resigned at the White House request. Denham had clashed with NLRB members over TaftHartley interpretations. Bott had served as associate general counsel since 1948.
In Eugene at Sacred Heart Hospital a six year old polio patient Terry Cleland copied a comic hero by jumping from a sixth floor window to soft dirt, after tossing toys out the window. Doctors expect the bruises to heal and say the boy’s case is light.
Dallas reports a bat-wing Cutlass fighter pilot William Patrick Harrigan, 30, died after overshooting the Dallas naval air station runway and crashing into Mountain Creek Lake. Rescuers recovered his body after about 1 hour 20 minutes. pulmotor attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
A Senate committee announced a plan to build military strength to 3,000,000 by next July. The Army expects to induct 50,000 monthly with doctors and dentists drafted from World War II trained personnel. Selective Service targets 19 to 25 year olds, while reserves and National Guard units expand the mobilization effort.
Missouri serviceman Private First Class Matthews 19 of Webb City found in Army hospital Tacoma Washington He was listed missing in action in Korea by the Defense Department on Sept 21 His brother George Matthews of Carthage said a telegram confirms he is a patient at General Madigan Hospital Tacoma.
Air Force Private First Class Everett Martin at Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa stuck his finger into a jet engine blade and lost a portion. He returned with a bandaged finger and repeated the act, losing another chunk.
The annual Social List of Washington released September 4 to 7 omits Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan the President's military aide and other former officials. Names like Louis Johnson Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and Admiral Louis A Denfeld are missing due to their move from public posts. The book, priced at 12 56, is published by Carolyn Hage Shaw. Vaughan reacted with humor saying he never expected to see his name there.
The French engineer Lenoir built the first known internal combustion engine automobile.
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