County AAA committees form from Burnet Hays results
County election results show ACA committee selections across Burnet and Hays counties. New and returning members include Santos Holland Milam Gilcrease Ellis Taylor and Joppa Alton Field with 1949 terms. San Marcos and Kyle communities name delegates and alternates for the county convention and 1949 ACA slate.
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Burnet
Burnet County
AAA
ACA
Briggs
Lake Victor
Bertram
Marble Falls
Jud Smith
Andy King
Lawrence Jones
Hurschel Reavis
Houston Levis
Andy J. Webb
John Cook
Houston Davis
Andy
Paul Singleton
George J. Askew
Henry H. Mezger
Kinser Heinatz
Lowell E. Gregg
Clyde Keele
Myron M. Greer
Jack Frazier
Charlie Ross
Amsy Hahn
Santos J. Holland
Milam J. Gilgrease
Ellis M. Taylor
Joppa
Alton L. Field
Bill Jones
Santos Holland
Holland
San Marcos
Hays County
Thomas H. Marrow
Kyle
Joe Franke
Ernest L. Hill
Uhland- Niederwald
Otto Bevershausen
Walter L. Leursen
Buda
Wyatt Green
Chester Cohen
Driftwood
Martin O. Rogers
Joe Cruze
Dripping Springs
Clarence Mierow
Roy Breed
Wimberley
Glenn Rodgers
Barry S. Garnett
Oran W. Cliett
Francis Mercer
Trade Ins Only Hope for Buyers
Washington Ford dealer Cherner Motor Co faced a House subcommittee as witnesses testified of quick deliveries to traders with old cars while other customers waited years for new cars. Veterans reported missing deliveries from December 1945 and March 1946, and a witness said Cherner resold a traded 1948 Ford after offering $1,380.
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Washington
House
Washington Ford
Cherner Motor Co
Cherner
France Begins Work of First Atomic Pile at Fort de Chatillon
France’s first atomic energy pile started operating Wednesday at Fort de Chatillon near Paris. Telegram notified Premier Queuille. The device uses uranium and heavy water and produced several watts, with potential output of several kilowatts when fully functional. Frederick Joliot-Curie and Raoul Dautry signed the government statement.
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Paris
France
Henri Queuille
Fort de Chattillon
Frederick Joliot-Curie
French Atomic Energy Committee
Raoul Dautry
Forgery Spree Ended by One Way Street
In Chicago three Joliet laborers Norman Allen 24, Landus Stewart 21, and Frank Senters 20 planned a scientific check forging spree for Christmas presents. They admitted stealing a scale company property and a typewriter, then forged 1600 dollars in checks before being arrested for driving the wrong way on a one way street. They will be returned to Joliet to face charges.
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Chicago
Norman Allen
Landus Stewart
Frank Senters
Joliet
Ill
Weigh Wright Automatic Scale Company
Davis Found Guilty On DWI Charge
A six man County Court at Law jury convicted Roy C. Davis of driving while intoxicated after he denied the charges. The verdict carries a $100 fine plus court costs and license forfeiture. Earlier, Walter D. Tharp was found guilty and fined the same. Albert Horace Harper failed to appear and his $300 bond was forfeited.
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Roy C. Davis
Davis
Walter D. Tharp
Albert Horace Harper
Mace Thurman Jr
Harper
Five Fort Worth Students Admit Holdup on Massachusetts Salesman
Five college students from wealthy Fort Worth families confessed to slugging and robbing a Massachusetts salesman early Sunday, taking about $900 with parents agreeing to repay. Officials say the group chased thrill rather than need, with three at Texas Christian University and others at Baylor University and North Texas Agriculture College.
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Fort Worth
Massachusetts
William Rosen
Texas Christian University
Baylor University
Waco
North Texas Agriculture College
Arlington
TCU
Pik Nik Grill Opens In Modern 3023 Guadalupe Site
The Pik Nik Grill celebrates a formal opening at 3023 Guadalupe on Thursday. Owner Ellard and manager Whitie El announce a six day week with 24 hour service six days and Monday closure. The eatery, opened Feb 17 1946, moved to a new masonry building within three years.
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Guadalupe
W. D
Whitie
Ellard
General Hotel Supply Company
Elgin Pastor Resigns to Take Arizona Post
The Rev. Paul R. Jakes, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Elgin, resigned Sunday to accept a pastorate at Cavalry Baptist Church in Casa Grande, Arizona. The resignation takes effect January 1, 1949.
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Elgin
Paul R. Jakes
First Baptist Church
Jakes
Cavalry Baptist Church
Casa Grande
Ariz
Faster rocket flights teased for 3 year horizon
Eastern Air Lines official Philip Archer told the Exchange Club that within three years Americans may fly New York to Miami in one hour using rocket planes in development. He cited Constellation services carrying 60 passengers at 350 mph with 2,500 hp engines and a cost around 1.2 million dollars per plane.
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New York
Miami
Aeronauical
Philip Archer
Eastern Air Lines
San Antonio
Exchange Club
Constellation
Archer
Truman
Matron of Jail Dies in Attack
A 68 year old jail matron in Dallas died after being attacked by two girls during a Tuesday night escape attempt. Mrs Kassie M Chandler died from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain. A post mortem was ordered. The assailants were a 17 year old Georgia prostitute detainee and a 15 year old Gainesville girls reformatory escapee.
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Dallas
Kassie M. Chandler
Georgia
Gainesville
Hungary Rejects US Protest Over Oil Confiscation
In Budapest on December 15 the Hungarian government rejected a US protest against the confiscation of American oil property. A note to the US Embassy said Hungary would use the property to compensate damages caused by the American government. The action followed Budapest’s charges that US oil subsidiaries sabotaged Hungary’s oil deposits.
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Budapest
Hungary
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