Guard unit narrowly escapes death in bus fire
Forty five Oklahoma guardsmen of the 45th Thunderbird division were in a three bus convoy returning from weekend leave when one bus overturned on Highway 235 near Deweyville Louisiana. A fire started as rescuers battled delayed shock among six soldiers, the driver W H Woyle of Alexandria and others were injured. The group had trained at Camp Polk and served in World War II including Sicily Salerno Anzio and Southern France.
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Orange
Oklahoma
Naval Dispensary
Camp Polk
45Th
Thunderbird
W. H. Woyle
Alexandria
Continental Bus Lines
Houston
Louisiana
Deweyville
Joe Stewart
Crip Trahan
Robert McDaniel
Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
France
French Cadets Train in Texas After Ocean Crossing
One hundred thirty-five jitterbug French air force cadets arrived in New York aboard the De Grasse and head to Waco Texas for 15 months of jet piloting training. Their average age is 23 and they expect to meet Texas girls while missing two Christmases at home.
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New York
de Grasse
Texas
United States
Waco
Floyd Bennett Air Field
Texas Company Names Assistant Comptroller
Houston news brief reports Herbert F. E. Schnur promoted to assistant comptroller of the Texas Company as announced by executive vice president J. S. Leach. Also mentions merger rate decline compared with the 1920s mining and manufacturing boom.
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Texas Company
Houston
Herbert FE. Schnur
J. S. Leach
Vinson Proposes Block to Sending US Cruisers Abroad
Chairman Carl Vinson of the House armed services committee said he will introduce a bill to block plans to offer US cruisers to Latin American nations. He noted that mutual defense aid authorities may consider transferring combat vessels to countries with long coastlines and navies such as Argentina Brazil Peru and Colombia, though no offers have been made.
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Armed Services Committee
Consid
Argentina
Brazil
Peru
Colombia
San Marcos Fire Leaves Two Residents Critical
In San Marcos on Sunday a home fire destroyed the residence leaving Susana Medrano 52 and Jessie Rodriguez 10 in critical condition. Both were treated for asphyxiation and burns at a local hospital. Rodriguez is the son of Nicholozo Roderiquez and Medrano is his uncle.
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San Marcos
Susana Medrano
Jessie Rodriguez
Rodriquez
Nicholozo Roderiquez
Medrano
Two Foreign Cadets Killed In Car Crash
Two naval cadets died when their car crashed through a bridge barrier and plunged into a truck near Pensacola. The victims were Lieutenant Armado D. Marcos of the Mexican Navy and Lieutenant Luigi Brini of the Italian Navy, trainees at the Pensacola naval base.
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Pensacola
Filia
INS
Naval Air
Italy
Armado D. Marcos
Luigi Brini
Pensacolair
Texans Reported Killed in Action in Korea
Washington reported Private First Class Urbano Pena of Premont and Private First Class Bonifacio Rodriguez of Corpus Christi killed Monday in Korea on casualty list No. 180. The list also names wounded and missing Army personnel including Sergeants Mayo Caldwell Ravenna and Sam Chapman Sulphur Springs, and Privates First Class Walter Else Marshall and James Milter Stephens Gladewater with other names and hometowns.
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Washington
Urbano Pena
Premont
Bonifacio Rodriguez
Corpus Christi
Mayo Caldwell
Ravenna
Alexander H. Chavez
Crystal City
Dewitt Berney Combs
Wichita Falls
Gabriel E. Garcia
San Antonio
Ector R. Garcia Laredo
Roberto Lara Gutierrez
el Paso
Billy D. Nicholson
Sherman
Ernest H. Reeves Jr. Dalhart
Dennis Glendell Robinson
Perryton
Elmer Rose Jr
Houston
Hector L. Trevino
Laredo
Willie D. Williams
Galveston
Sam Chapman
Sulphur Springs
Walter Else
Marshall
Joel A. Hinojosa
Falfurrias
Billy Gene Smith
Dallas
Ivate
James Milter Stephens
Gladewater
Joe Torres
Route 2
New Lamp Factory to Be Built at Paris Texas
Washington reports Westinghouse Electric Corporation will build a lamp factory in Paris Texas. The plant will employ 400 to 500 workers with about 2 million dollars payroll yearly. Construction on a 19% acre site near Paris Junior College is planned with 75,000 square feet of space. Paragraph notes power and natural gas availability influenced site choice.
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Washington
Paris
Texas
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Patman
D-Tex
Paris Junior College
Texas and Pacific
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Clarence R. Williams
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