Flood crests move toward Gulf Coast in Texas
Texas river floods advance toward the Gulf as new crests threaten cropland and highways. Drowning toll rises after four days of rain and wind. Camp Hood reports two soldiers dead in Henson Creek area. Rio Grande valley awaits rain benefits as pumping holidays are declared.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
Prinity
Brazges
Neches
Sabine
Little Rivers
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande
Laredy
Get Hep Show to Feature Paula Jean Smythe and Cast
Lions Club Dixie Dice stage production at the high school auditorium May 15-16 at 8 pm features Paula Jean Smythe as featured vocalist with a dancer trio including Wanda Lee McMurtry and Ekelund. Tickets 75 cents through stores and cast members as two thirds sold, promising a sell-out audience.
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Guyedell Fireland
Get Hep
Lions Club
Dixie Dice
Miss Ekeliaid
Miss Dice
Wanda Lee McMunttry
Paula Jean Smythe
Miss Ekelud
Roy Cloninger
Viions
Betty Jones
Nida Jean Winters
Jackie Funderburg
la Verne Taylor
Garydell Ekelund
Wanda Lee McMurtry
Shirley Harris
Wanda Nell Martin
Frances Irvin
Bontsle Gold
Juanita Cook
Magician's Wife Objects to Living With Egyptian Mummy
Mrs James Hamilton, wife of a New York magician and mind reader, complains about sharing her home with a 2600 year old Egyptian mummy. The note highlights the couple's tensions over the mummy while the husband continues his act. The item appears in a 1944 newspaper page with an ad for Ayds weight loss.
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Danel; Meckel
Danid
Potter County
Amarillo
James Hamilton
Parmelees' Brother Wounded in Camp Windstorm Incident
Mrs J L Parmelee of 3108 Harrison Street learns her brother Pvt O E Lake of Omaha Nebraska was injured when a windstorm toppled a tree into a bivouac area near Camp Fan vin Tuesday night. He is reported seriously injured.
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J. L. Parmelee
Harrison Street
Red Cross
Pvt
O. E. Lake
Omaha
Neb
Camp Fanvin
Lake
Corrigan Tests Attacking Bombers for Douglas
SANTA MONICA California AP Wrong Way Corrigan the Irish aircraft welder turned test pilot for Douglas Aircraft Company flies two engineered A 20 attack bombers from 9 AM to sunset. At 37 he joined Douglas after a ruling ousted him from the Army Ferrying Command.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Doug
Corrigan
New Year
Los Angeles
Ireland
Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas
Army
Army Ferrying Command
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