Life-Long Travis County Resident Dies Here at 71
Ellen Smith Abrahamson 71 a life long Travis County resident died at 530 pm Tuesday in a local hospital Born in Kimbro May 1 1877 she was the daughter of the late William and whose family settled in the Kimbro community 80 years ago She is survived by her husband a daughter a son a brother three sisters and three grandsons Funeral services will be held at 10 am Thursday at the Evangelical Free Church with two ministers. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery under Cook Funeral Home direction
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Ellen Smith Abrahamson
Travis County
Texas
Kimbro
Abrahamson
William Smith
Abra
Ustin
M. F. Abrahamson
Carl E. Munson
Austin
Leroy Abrahamson
A. F. Smith
Albert H. Anderson
C. A. Sandahl
Walter Lind
Charles
Jimmie Munson
Lynnwood Abrahamson
Evangelical Free Church
Paul Rosell
N. J. Christensen
Oakwood Cemetery
Cook Funeral Home
Senate Group Approves Hike For President
The Senate civil service committee backed a bill to raise the President’s salary to 100000 dollars a year and create tax free expenses of 50000 dollars. The measure also increases pay for the vice president and cabinet members and sets salaries for 222 top officials. A study will assess extending raises to other executives.
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Washington
Senate Civil Service Committee
Perne
Johnston
D-S.c
Civil Service Committee
Senate
White House
House
Rayburn
Dtexas
O’conor
D-Md
Congress
Truman
Barkley
Taft
Rohio
District of Columbia
Langer
R-N.d
Rural Electrification Administration
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Legislature Proving Ground in Governor Race in 1950
The piece analyzes how Lt. Governor Allan Shivers and other Texas leaders position for the 1950 race. It notes Shivers shaping Senate timing and publicity chances, Price Daniel’s constitutional role, Bascom Giles’s submerged land fights, Colberene’s state ties, and Beauford Jester’s long-term ambitions, with no one declaring plans.
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Bascom Giles
Texas
Justice Department
Supreme Court
California
Olin Colberene
Realtors Board Installs 1949 Austin Officers
Members of the Austin Real Estate Board and guests dined at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel where officers and directors for 1949 were installed. Speaker Herbert L. Crate of Hodell and Company addressed the gathering. Edmunds Travis served as MC. New officers named Tom Graham as president Jim Cochran first vice president Bob Gorham second vice president Joe Franzetti secretary treasurer.
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Austin Real Estate Board
Stephen 7. Austin
Herbert L. Crate
Hodell and Company
Houston
Edmunds Travis
Tom Graham
Jim Cochran
Bob Gorham
Joe Franzetti
N. A. Giblin
Chester C. Buratti
W. Murray Graham
Harold Legge
C. D. Wilson
Brazil Airline Crash Kills All in Plane
A Lockheed Lodestar of Gaudia Aviation Company of Brazil crashed near Pelotas in Rio Grande do Sul, killing all aboard. Initial reports described eight on board, four passengers and four crew, with few details available.
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Brazil
Porto Alegre
Gaudia Aviation Company
Pelotas
Rio Grande Do Sul
City takes quarantine toll as 62 more strays picked up
Travis County enforces a six month dog and cat quarantine while Austin reports 62 additional stray dogs collected. The total since enforcement began Jan 1 reaches 424. Cecil A. McGee begins duties as the county dog warden. Call 23177 to report stray animals.
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Travis County
Austin
Cecil A. McGee
Sheriff's Department
McGee
Train Derails After Hitting Bulldozer in Wyoming
The Union Pacific City of Los Angeles derailed in Pine Bluffs Wyoming when a diesel locomotive struck a bulldozer. The incident left 141 passengers shaken but unharmed.
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Pine Bluffs
Wyo
Union Pacific
City of
Los Angeles
Mrs. Ella Jessen Undergoes Major Operation
Mrs. Ella Jessen president of Von Boeckmann Jones Co underwent a major operation at St David's Hospital Tuesday forenoon. She had been in the hospital for observation since last Wednesday. Two sons donated blood for two transfusions. others remained at her side as doctors reported a successful operation and hopeful recovery.
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Ella Jessen
von Boeckmann-Jones Company
St. David's Hospital
Jessen
Frank W. Jessen
Austin Development Foundation
Werner Jessen
Snowbound Senator Delays 51st Session Oath
Amid ice and sleet in the Panhandle the Texas Senate opened with Senator Grady Hazelwood of Amarillo reported snowbound. He arrived about an hour late and took his oath of office solo after being welcomed by Lieutenant Governor Allan Shivers.
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Panhandle
Texas
Senate
Grady Hazelwood
Amarillo
Allan Shivers
Hazelwood
Registrar of SMU Dies in Hospital
Robert L. Brewer 69 longtime SMU registrar dies after operation in Dallas hospital. Born Kenney Texas June 25 1879 he attended Southwestern University Georgetown earned AB in 1910 while at Moody Hall duties. Brewer served SMU for 30 years before his death Tuesday.
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Dallas
Robert L. Brewer
Southern Methodist University
Kenney
Texas
Brewer
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Moody Hall
Courthouse Proceedings Across District Courts in Houston Area
A dense list of cases from multiple district and county courts includes divorces, damages, and fines. Notable entries mention H E Wright, Bell Callison Jordan, and several divorce filings in 126th and 98th districts, plus driving while intoxicated penalties and unlawful weapon charges in County Court at Law.
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Gardner, Ju
County Court AT Law
Thurman
Samuel Pauli
Aubrey E. Sherman
John R. Wottehead
Arre Senn
W. F. Pulcher
Ted. Ester O. Hibler
Arnold L. Cain
Tenis Cher, Jr
Lee
Arveen
Ada Bennett
Clarence Green
Vernon
Deut Tp
Taylor
Secretary Garland Smith to Read All Senate Bill Titles
Garland Smith of Caldwell was elected secretary of the 51st Senate and will read bill titles as introduced. The Senate also named Rev. Frank E. Luker of Lufkin as chaplain for daily prayers, with officers including Boyd Rhea sergeant at arms Noel K. Brown parliamentarian Mrs. Henry Wendlandt acting journal clerk and Martha Turner calendar clerk.
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Senate
Garland (Chink) Smith
Caldwell
Smith
Frank E. Luker
Lufkin
Boyd Rhea
Noel K. Brown
Henry Wendlandt
Martha Turner
Fort Worth
Ice Storm Paralyzes West Texas and Midwest Regions
West Texas towns Crane Spur Helmleigh Loraine Westbrook Seymour faced isolation as ice toppled hundreds of telephone poles and cut long distance circuits in Missouri and central Illinois. Southwestern Bell deployed 280 repairmen to restore services while ranchers feared further temperature drops and freezing rain threatened highways and cattle.
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Oklahoma
Missouri
Illinois
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Dallas
Llano
West Texas
Crane
Spur
Southwestern Bell
Helmleigh
Loraine
Westbrook
Seymour
Colorado City
Snyder
Roscoe
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
East Texas
Amarillo
Lubbock
Clarendon
Childress
Wichita Falls
Corpus Christi
Alice
Galveston
Victoria
Brownsville
Midland
Big Spring
Abilene
Fort Worth
Austin
Ashley Heading Election Panel Takes Senate Post
Senator Carlos Ashley will chair the privileges and elections committee in the Texas 51st Legislature as reforms to election laws are pursued. He also serves as vice chairman of the contingent expenses committee and holds multiple additional assignments across civil jurisprudence constitutional amendments criminal jurisprudence finance and other panels.
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Texas
Carlos Ashley
Ashley
Austin
Allan Shivers
Beauford Jester
Senate
Train Kills Tiny Beaumont Toddler
Beaum ont January 11. Barbara Anne Frisby 17 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry A Frisby was instantly killed Tuesday when struck by a Santa Fe train. The child was playing on the railroad tracks near her home.
House Elects Bob Murphey Sergeant-at-Arms for 51st
The Texas House chose Robert W. Murphey 73 to 61 in a runoff to serve as sergeant-at-arms. Murphey 27, a rancher and lawyer with WWII merchant marine service, lost his left arm in a childhood rodeo near Junction. He previously served as assistant sergeant-at-arms in the 50th Legislature.
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Austin
House of Representatives
Robert W
Bob) Murphey
Woodrow Bean
el Paso
House
Murphey
Junction
Coke R. Stevenson
Page
US Maritime
Egypt's Queen Mother Nazii to Leave Mayo Clinic
Egypt's Queen Mother Nazii is expected to depart Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota soon after a checkup. She underwent a kidney operation during a prior visit to the clinic about a year ago and is here for follow up care.
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Egypt
Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Nazii
Mayo Clinic
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