Deaths and funerals in Weatherford area and central Texas
Obituaries announce the deaths of Mrs. Susan A. Conlee of Weatherford and Mrs. Annetta Jane Morris of Travis and Hays Counties, with funeral details in Weatherford and Fitzhugh. James G. Spiller, a 30 year old WWII veteran, dies in Houston with a military funeral planned. Additional notices list Frank G. Resneschek, John Kurecka Taylor, H. M. Clemons, Felix V. Holubec, and Charles W. Smith with service times and burial localities across Texas towns.
Pope Pius XI urges return to one true church worldwide
In a Christmas address in the Vatican, Pope Pius XI called believers outside Catholicism to return to the one true church to unite against militant atheism. He directed his appeal to Protestants and Greek Orthodox, while also inviting Jews to enter the church as the Holy Year opens with the symbolic holy door. Meanwhile Protestant and Jewish leaders in New York rejected joining the Roman Catholic Church, stressing respect for all faiths.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XI
Jesus Christ
Sacred College of Cardinals
Vatican
Roe
Vatican Radio
Pope
Rome
Boniface VIII
Pius
St. Peter's Basilica
Jesus
Pius XI
Christ
Pope Pius
St. Peter's Throne
New York
Pius XII
Temple Emanu-El
United States
John W. Behnken
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
God
Charles K. Gilbert
G. Bromley Oxnam
Methodist Church
Wreck injures seven near Bastrop in head on collision
A family of seven from Natalia and Woodrow Haley of Houston were injured in a head on crash three miles east of Bastrop on the Red Rock to Bastrop road. Mrs Ewing and Louise Ewing were treated in Bastrop Hospital with lacerations and fractures. Treva Nell Ewing was sent to Brackenridge Hospital in Austin for a broken femur.
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Bastrop
George B. Ewing
Natalia
Woodrow Haley
Houston
Red Rock
Bastrop Hospital
Ewing
Louise Ewing
Treva Nell Ewing
Brackenridge Hospital
Austin
Marvin Ewing
Charles
Dorothy Ewing
Haley
E. D. Cartwright
Crow and
Nichols
The Sign Said Steal So Thieves Complied
Baltimore readers report a used car was labeled a steal on its whitewash sign in a window. Thieves acted on the sign and the car was ordered from the lot last Thursday.
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Baltimore
Embezzler Suspect Johnson Released on Bonds
Kenneth Ray Johnson a 28 year old former Kuntz Sternenberg Lumber bookkeeper was released on two bonds 2500 and 3000 after surrendering to police. He faces embezzlement charges as officials say about 21000 is missing and he had been in jail since early this month.
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Kenneth Ray Johnson
Kuntz-Sternenberg Lumber Company
Johnson
Lockhart Bank Charter Hearing Delayed By Illness
A group of Caldwell County citizens seeks a $200000 Lockhart State Bank charter. Hearing held earlier, but Attorney General Price Daniel and Joe Greenhill were unavailable due to illness. Action postponed to after holidays. year end closures and flu outbreaks affect next steps and state offices.
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State Banking Board
Caldwell County
Lockhart State Bank
C. F. Richards
Lockhart
Price Daniel
Joe Greenhill
Jesse James
Daniel
Capitol
Statehouse
Banking Board
Allan Shivers
Robert S. Calvert
Austin
Manor Man Jailed On $6,000 Bond In Robbery by Assault Cases
A 22 year old Manor man named William J Crump was jailed on $6,000 bond in county jail Friday after three robbery by assault charges. He was arrested at 4 40 p m Friday by detectives Flow and Waggoner. The incidents include an Austin grocer robbery plus two incidents looking to stop passersby to fix lights on a truck.
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William J. Crump
Manor
Austin
Travis Blakeslee
Crump
K. P. Herbert
Woody Rampy
Jefferson
Walter F. Flow
William D. Waggoner
Hit Run Driver Sought in Death of Mrs. Mildred Hayes
Highway patrolmen hunted two boys in a bob-tail truck who sidewiped a car near Bryan injuring Mildred Hayes of Iola, 32, who was en route to Bryan for Christmas shopping when the fatal crash occurred Thursday night.
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Bryan
Mildred Hayes
Iola
Hayes
Truman Home Christmas As First Family Gathers
President Truman returns to Independence Missouri for a family Christmas staying through next Wednesday. Neighbors greet him as sleet gives way to sun and the gate security is noted as the party prepares for a holiday dinner and his annual Christmas Eve address.
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Independence
President Truman
Truman
Margaret
Bess Truman
Fairfax
Mr. Truman
Washington
Trumans
White House
Charles G. Ross
Matthew Connelly
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Wallace Graham
Graham
Robert G. Bates
Grahams
Kansas City
State Communist Sentenced to Jail
James J. Green Texas Communist Party secretary was found in contempt of court by Federal Judge T. M. Kennerly and sentenced to Wharton County jail until he testifies before the Immigration Service about Kurt and Steffi Regina Whittenberg two aliens facing deportation. The sentence is postponed until noon January 3 and Koening and Robert L. Brannan must appear before immigration authorities December 30 to testify and produce records on the Whittenbergs.
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Houston
James J. Green
Texas
Communist Party
T. M. Kennerly
Wharton County
Green
Immigration Service
Kurt and
Steffi Regina Whittenberg
Kennerly
Miss Koening
Robert L. Brannan
Kurt
Steffi Wittenberg
United States
Texas Democrats foresee civil rights clashes in new session
Texas lawmakers report expected fireworks in Congress starting Jan 3 over civil rights labor taxes and cotton policy. Reps Wingate Lucas Ed Gossett Frank Wilson Albert Thomas Eugene Worley and others flag battles on housing assistance war taxes and federal controls while predicting bitter debates centered on civil rights and fiscal policy.
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Washington
Texas
Wingate Lucas
Fort Worth
Grapevine
House Agricultural
Eas Ue
College Station
Ures
Ed Gossett
Wichita Falls
Frank Wilson
Dallas
South
Wilson
Congress
Marcantonio
Al-Ny
Powell
D-Ny
Albert Thomas
Houston
Kilday
San Antonio
Eugene Worley
Samrock
Beeety
John Lyle
Corpus Christi
Emperor Hirohito Publishes Poems for Magazine
Tokyo dispatch reports Emperor Hirohito sent seven poems to Kaizo magazine and refused payment. Editors offered 10,000 yen, but the emperor’s officials chose five copies for distribution to his family. They considered fruit as a gift instead.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Kaizo
Two Austinites Injured In Car Overturns
Two Austinites were injured when their car overturned at 198th and Red River Streets. Mrs Minnie Tindel 37 of 2100 Holly and R L Vinson of 610 West 31 12 Street were treated at Brackenridge Hospital for head blows. police investigated the accident late Friday with details unavailable.
Death Rate in US Drops to Historic Low in 1948
The Census Bureau reports 1948 death rate fell to 9.9 per 1,000, lowest on record, with 1,444,337 total deaths. Heart disease and cancer titles dominate, while population tops 150 million as polio and measles deaths rise modestly and infant mortality improves.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Office of Vital Statistics
United States
Bidault Wins Narrow France Budget Confidence Vote
Premier Georges Bidault secured a 303 to 297 confidence vote in the National Assembly on the 1950 budget. The cabinet proposed 2.257 trillion francs with new taxes to balance, while the finance committee offered a smaller, unbalanced alternative requiring extra taxes. The slim margin signals an unstable coalition ahead.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
National Assembly
France
Assembly
Finance Committee
Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Austin’s Poster Girl Presented Luggage
Eight year old Wanda Wiley, Austin’s national polio poster girl, will travel to Washington next month to attend the president’s March of Dimes ball. She received a matched luggage set at the Capital Kiwanis Club’s annual Christmas children’s party, presented by William D. Campbell, retiring Capital City Kiwanis Club president.
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Wanda Wiley
Austin
Washington
Thesident
Capital Kiwanis Club
Austin Kiwanis Club
Givers
William D. Campbell
Capital City Kiwanis Club
Altar Bureau Headed By Count De Marigny
Count Alfred de Marigny formerly acquitted in 1943 of the Bahamas slaying of Sir Harry Oakes arrives in Hollywood to run a matrimonial bureau. He will head the 13th branch of a nationwide network of friendship clubs described as an introduction center for lonely people. His wife Nancy Oakes received an annulment last week. De Marigny jokes about baseball as he speaks.
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Hollywood
Alfred de Marigny
Bahamas
Harry Oakes
de Marigny
Nancy Oakes
Bartlett Man and Wife Die Within Eight Minutes
Ed Lawrence and his wife Willie Kelly Lawrence died Friday in two hospitals in eight minutes. The couple, longtime Bartlett residents and active in Chep Christ and local affairs, leave two sons Lorraine of San Antonio and Kelley of Big Spring. Surviving siblings include Harry Kelley of Corpus Christi and five sisters. Funeral set for Saturday at 10 a.m. with burial in City Cemetery.
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Susan A. Conlee
Weatherford
George Best
Willow Street
Kate Voyles
Olney
Lee Mader
Austin
H. E. Conlee
California
Phillip Conlee
H. E. Vaughn
Iola
Cook Funeral Home
John Kurecka Taylor
John Kurecka of
Granger
Saints Cyril and Methodius Church
Msgr
John Vanicek
George Tydlacka
Holy Cross Cemetery
H. M. Clemons Bartlett
H. M. Clemons
C. Y. Butler
Clemons
Waller County
Bartlett
Ruby Roberts
Methodist Church
Henry Clemons
Estel Clemons
Ray Clemons
Falfurrias
Felix V. Holubec
Smithville
Felix Victor Holubec
Holubec
Rover
Bastrop County
Johana Holubec
Victor Holubec
Eugene Holubec
John Adamik
Sophia Graham
Julius Holubec
la Grange
Marrs Memorial Chapel
H. FE. Beseda
Caldwell
Eng
Oak Hill Cemetery
Charles W. Smith Lampasas
Charles W. Smith
Oliver N. Smith
Smith
Missouri
Briggs-Games Funeral Home
R. H. Mathison
Rock Church Cemetery
Ed Lawrence
Lawrence
San Antonio
Willie Kelly
Chef Christ
Lorraine Lawrence
Kelley Lawrence
Big Spring
Harry Kelley
Corus Christi
Guy E Clare
O. F. Belk
Hulda Durant
Cleburne
Dave Wilcox
Kitty Kelley
Georgetown
Will Lawrence
John P. Lawrence
Corpus Christi
City Orders End Of Transit Strike
Cleveland Transit System orders 4,900 striking workers back to duty after board reconsiders a single issue. Mayor Burke pledges police protection for returning crews. action could lead to injunctions under Ferguson Act. Union says members must vote to end strike.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Transit System
Thomas A. Burke
Transit Board
Robert Stack
Detroit
AFL Transit Union
Freezing Weather Forecast in Area Reports Frost Across District
A Texas forecast warns of light frost in Laredo and Eagle Pass with ground temps near 32 and a killing frost at 27. South Texas cities report 32 to 33 degree lows with no coastal frost. some vegetables may be damaged but losses unlikely. Highs reach the 50s statewide. no rain observed.
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Austins
Centra Bureau
Texas
Sreseer
Colorado Buchana River Bion
Ravis
Amarillo
Belvestes
Browneville
Antonio
Lone Star
Rio Grande Valley
Laredo
Eagle Pass
Rio Grande
Weslaco
Mercedes
McAllen
Mission
Bill Friend
Brownsville
Friend
Dalhart
Pardon Granted Innocent Convict in Ohio Case
An absolute pardon freed Ralph Eaches of Rickwood Ohio who had been imprisoned since November 26 1948 for a grocery store robbery in Marion Ohio. Governor Lausche found he was convicted by mistake and ordered Eaches released immediately. The crime was originally tied to an accomplice Earl Bircham now awaiting execution in Kentucky for slaying a man in Marion.
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Ralph Eaches
Rickwood
Eaches
Marion
Earl D. Bircham
Kentuck Rison
Charles
Bircham
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Annetta Jane Morris
Travis
Hays
Fitzhugh
Burton Morris
Dripping Springs
Maggie Lou Stubbs
Lee Sanders
Sadie McDonald
Round Rock
J. P. Dillingham
H. N
G. W. Dillingham
Fitzhugh Baptist Church
C. L. Maxwell
Keith Bailey
Fitzhugh Cemetery
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
James G. Spiller
John Sealy Hospital
Spiller
St. Mary’s
Eleanor Ann
Margot Spiller
Annie Spiller
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Horace Shelton
Department of Texas, American Legion
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Vernon Stahl
Frank McBee Jr
Fred G. Knetsch
Woodrow Young
Thomas G. Muir
William P. Holloway
Cecil Lann
Plumbers
Frank G. Resneschek Hutto
Frank G. Resneschek
Seattle
Wash
Joe Bell
Balaclava
Canada
Jean Tinning
Hutto
Walter Hyslop
Resneshek
Man
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WEED
Corley Funeral Home
Lavaca
Chapel of the Bells
Congress Ave
Hillyer
Eldon Powell
Florist
Hyltin Manor
Funeral Home
Guadalupe
Donnie Totten
Donnie
Billy Don Rogers
Billy
C. L. Rogers
Lockhart Bank
Secret Service
Eugene L. Clapps
Liberty
Arlene Barr
Arlene
Fred Wallace
Denver
George
Frank Wallace
D. W. Wallace
J. Vivian Truman
Mary Jane Truman
Solons
Japan
Austinites
Count de Marigny
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