Littlefield Murders and Texas Violence Recap
A 1943 Littlefield neighbor’s daughter told of a double murder as Dr. Roy Hunt and his wife were killed in their home. The year also saw Beaumont race riots injuring scores, a fatal Houston hotel fire, and multiple other homicide cases across Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Plains
Littlefield
Texas
Jo Ann Hunt
Mrs
Roy Hunt
Beaumont
Houston
Mary K. Frailey
Louise Beaumont Martin
Watt Martin III
Dallas
Watt Martin, Jr
Miami
Fla
Frailey
Laredo
Guadalupe Flores
Pablo Rodriguez
Isaac Reynosa
Sierra Blanca
Dr. Hunt
Jo Ann
Huntsville
State Defense
Sidney C. Mason
Pennsylvania Shipyards
A. M. Aikin, Jr
Mason
Television in U S To Boom In Ten Years
Senate hearing heard a National Broadcasting System chief engineer forecast rapid growth for television. O B Hanson said a Boston to Washington network is probable within two years after the war and a coast to coast system within a decade while FCC keeps current radio wavelengths. He urged clear license principles and standards to accelerate development. He noted one third of dentists may serve in the military in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O. B. Hanson
National Broadcasting System
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Boston
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Hanson
Who Killed Dr and Mrs Hunt In 1943 Violence
Camp Bullis notes offer no direct evidence of fifth column activity in Beaumont. The Houston Hotel fire victims fought to reach the one escape open to flames. Thirty six were buried in a mass grave and many remained unidentified or unclaimed. The year closes with the question who killed Dr and Mrs Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Bullis
Beaumont
Houston
Fur-Bearing Animals Play Wide War Role
Fur bearing animals may receive Selective Service 3-F status as they supply fur fat and food for the Axis war effort says Soil Conservation Service biologist Philip F. Allan. About 16 million pelts from muskrat opossum skunk raccoon and others came in last year aiding warm clothing for troops and civilians in Arctic and high altitude conditions. Skunks opossums raccoons and others also contribute to fat salvage drives across states. If fats were saved by all trappers the annual pro-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Philip F. Allan
Soil Conservation Service
Allan
Argentine teacher returns $100000 to public schools
Buenos Aires reports Sen orita Gabriela Julieta Mailhac found $100,000 in her house left by a prior occupant and gave the money to the public schools’ treasury, receiving a gold medal in return. The note mentions U.S. war expenditures totaling $90 million that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
U.P
Qabriela Julieta Mailhac
Senorita Mailhac
Senorita Manhac
Treasury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Potts Boswell
Associated Press
States
Osgood Monument CO
Ling
Johnson-Price CO
Fillmore
Polk
U.S
Polk St
Amarillo Abstract Co
Sears Map & Blue Print Co
U. S
Walter C. Irwin, Pres
Lincoln
M. B. Witt
Walter Irvin, Inc
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