Bushwhackers Leave Dallas Gambler Down but Not Out
Gambler Herbert The Cat Noble, a frequent target for gangland gunmen, is expected to recover after a porch ambush in Oak Cliff. The attack marked the sixth known attempt on his life and came amid a wave of Dallas underworld violence that followed the Christmas Eve shooting of Lois Green and the Nov. 29 dynamite blast that killed Noble’s wife. Nobles’s hospital room is guarded as police investigate. two shots from a late model Hudson struck his Cadillac and his left arm.
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Cat” Nobile
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Oak Cliff
Mildred Noble
King
Lois Green
The
Ques
Tulsa Bus Workers Idle
About 300 CIO drivers and mechanics walked off in Tulsa delaying city transit for a second day over new assignments and schedules. Taxi cabs benefited while officials urged private autos to help, and jitney licenses were offered to ease the disruption amid a holiday.
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CIO
Tudilsa City Lines
Roy Lundy
City Lines
Church Ousts Pastor Who Wed Divorcée
The Episcopalian diocese of Michigan read out 61 year old Kirk B. O Ferrall from church orders after he married a divorcee and resigned as dean of St Pauls Cathedral. He later served as acting dean in Paris and lectured in the United States. The action followed his July 6 1947 marriage and a subsequent divorce by his former wife. The article notes his resignation was filed Sept 18 but delayed three months by Canon Law.
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Amarillo
Texas
Richard 8. Emrich
Michigan
O’ferrall
O’ferraill
St. Paul's Cathedral
Isabelle Morrill
Detroit
Kirk B. O’ferrall
Daytona Beach
Fla
Helen Head Reed
United States
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O'Ferrall
Episcopal Pro-Cathedral
Paris
Emrich
Lighting costs rise from candles to modern electric bills
The nation’s average monthly residential lighting bill runs about $1.25 with electricity. Using candle light would equate to roughly $200 in the same period, highlighting the dramatic cost difference between old and new lighting methods.
Mexicans Map War On Citrus Threat
Officials from Veracruz San Luis Potosi Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas met in Jalapa to draft a joint campaign against the citrus black fly A quarantine on infected plants inspection stations to enforce the quarantine and controls on disease free certificates for citrus fruits were proposed The four states reported the plan during the meeting.
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Jalapa
Mexico
Veracruz
San Luis Potosi
Nuevo Leon
Tamaulipas
New York Water Shortage Stabilizes After Rain
New Yorks water supply now stands near 91 billion gallons, roughly where it was at December start. Officials say a month of saving and a rain break improved levels but the reservoir remains far below normal. A 192 million gallon daily gain still covers only about five hours of city needs.
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New York
Edward J. Clark
Burris Announces Office Move at Rock Island Station
Agent L. B. Burris of the Rock Island Railroad declares his office and entire staff have moved upstairs in Rock Island Passenger Station, located between Polk and Taylor Streets.
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Father and Two Sons Die in Snow Crash Near Chehalis
A holiday reunion ended in tragedy as Joel C. Dolby 41 of St Helens Ore and his sons Robert 17 and Frank 15 were killed when a small plane crashed into a slough near Chehalis during a snow squall. Dolby, a private pilot, was en route to Olympia where Robert lived with his mother and stepfather. The plane went down moments after circling low and became lodged in three feet of water. authorities recovered the bodies from the mud.
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Joel C. Dolby
St. Helens
Ore
Robert
Frank
Olympia
Lloyd Hendrickson
Dolby
Scapoose
Newaukum River
Transcontinental Highways Crossing Arizona
Arizona is crossed by four east west United States highways 60 66 70 and 80 while the north south Canada to Mexico highway 89 traverses the state.
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Arizona
Canada
Mexico
India estimates 1949 50 cotton output at three million bales
India projects a cotton crop of about 3,000,000 bales for 1949 50, one of the largest on record. The estimate reflects early official expectations as growers face postwar demand and weather factors affecting yields across major producing regions.
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India
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