Obituary notices in Austin and surrounding areas
Multiple funeral services and burials are reported for residents and former locals from Austin, Lampasas, and surrounding towns. Included are services for G. S. Thomas, Wadia E. Menem, Warren U. Ives, Mrs. Bessie Andrew Northington, Mrs. Chloe E. Duncan, Annie S. Turner, Forest B. Wiley, Mary Bell Fisher, Nellie W. Martin, and Jessie Frances Gunn, with details on burial places and family survivors. Funeral homes include Cook Funeral Home, Weed-Corley, Wilke, and Memorial Park, with dates and locations in Austin, Lampasas, and Thompsonville referenced.
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G. & Thomas
G. S. Thomas
Cook Funeral Home
M. B. Harris
Memorial Park
Warren U. Ives
Czechoslovakia
Austin
Ives
Pilsen
Vel W. Ives
M. E Rhemann
Helen Primrose
Nelda Watters
Lorraine Bazemore
Bessie Andrew Northington
Leon Stone
Clyde A. Northington
Lampasas
George Andrew Northington
Okinawa
First Presbyterian Church
Edgar Hubbard
Chloe E. Duncan
Pleasant Valley Road
C. C. Duncan
Weed- Corley Funeral Home
Jessie Frances Gunn Gonzales
Thompsonville
Jessie Frances Gunn
Philip M. Riley
Carroll Gunn
S. R. Gunn
Lula McCall
Elgin
J. F. Robinson
S. T. Robinson
Turner Robinson
Solon Urges Centralized Texas Prison System Plan
State Representative Carlton Moore of Houston called for a permanent centralized prison system as an alternative to the Ellis Plan. He argued for a single main prison near major transport routes, with one head and two executive assistants, claiming substantial cost savings and better efficiency.
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United Press
Carlton Moore
Houston
South Texas
Moore
O. B. Ellis
Ellis
Austin
Premier Sophoulis Threatens Resignation Over War Command
Athens dispatch reports Prime Minister Themistokles Sophoulis, 88, warned Friday night he would resign if not allowed to form a government and secure a generalissimo to lead Greece’s fight against guerrillas. King Paul plans to meet him Saturday as debates over cabinet changes and defense leadership unfold.
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Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis
Paul
Sophoulis
War Ministry
Papagos
Supreme Defense Council
Liberal Party
Constantin Tsaldaris
Greece
George Papandreou
Social Democratic
Panayotis Kanellopoulis
National Unionists
Wife Stands by Pastor Facing Sex Charge
Mrs Helen Brougher wife of Glendale pastor Dr J Whitcomb Brougher Jr reiterates faith in his innocence amid court action by two church members accusing him of improper relations with more than 40 women. She says she does not know the accusers and that their claims are false.
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Glendale
Cal
Helen Brougher
J. Whitcomb Brougher Jr
Brougher
Sadie Williams
Fletcher E. Maxwell
Police Probe Punchboard System In Georgia Origin Claim
Gainesville Florida police held Jasper Meeks and his wife after they allegedly used a punchboard system to reveal winning numbers. Chief Ziegler said punchboards were technically legal, and the couple faces fraud charges while investigations continue into the Georgia connection.
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Gainesville
Fila
R. G. Ziegler
Jasper Meeks
Ziegler
Meeks
Georgia
Wholesale Prices Fall Half of One Cent
Wholesale prices fell 0.5 percent for the week ended Jan. 11, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. The index slid to 160.9 percent of the 1926 average, 0.7 percent below last month and 38 percent under the 1948 level, yet 12.4 percent above two years ago.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Boys confess plot to blow up Philipsburg High School
Two 14 year old boys confessed a plan to blow up Philipsburg High School with 180 sticks of dynamite over schoolwork, twice attempting the act earlier in the week. Police found 112 cases of dynamite a half case of dynamite caps and a six cell battery to use as a detonator.
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Philipsburg
Philipsburg High School
Russell Duck
Duck
Stiffer penalties sought for horse meat sales
Harris County legislators push to toughen penalties for selling horse meat without proper identification. Representative Bill Miller of Houston says a member of the county delegation will introduce a bill to make illegal horse meat sales a felony or raise current fines.
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Harris County
Bill Miller
Houston
Routine Commissioners Meeting Expected Saturday Morning
County Judge Tom Johnson expects only routine business at the Commissioners Court session set for 10 a m Saturday. He says no old business is pending and nothing special in new business is anticipated.
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Tom Johnson
Commissioner’s Court
Johnson
Kerns B. Taylor Joins White Taylor and Chandler
Kerns B. Taylor is named member of the law firm White, Taylor and Chandler effective January 1. He is son of Mr and Mrs C Taylor, a long time partner in the firm. Taylor is a major in the 49th Armored Division, Texas National Guard and served five years in World War II. He earned the bachelor of laws from the University in 1948 and was admitted to the bar, plus he held the role of secretary treasurer of the Travis County Bar Association.
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Kerns B. Taylor
White, Taylor and Chandler
Taylor
C. Taylor
49Th Armored Division
Texas National Guard
Travis County Bar Association
Mills Installed as President of Local 299 Clerks
Luther Mills was installed as president of Local No. 299, National Federation of Postoffice Clerks, in a Thursday night meeting. Other officers installed were Edsell S. Lowell as vice president, Jesse E. Skrivanek as corresponding secretary, Delmar Sears as recording secretary, and Frank Schiller as treasurer.
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Luther Mills
National Federation of Postoffice Clerks
Edsell S. Lowell
Jesse E. Skrivanek
Delmar Sears
Frank Schiller
Medina clears way for trial of 12 Communist officials
Federal Judge Harold Medina rejected defense requests for a 90 day postponement and ordered the trial of 12 top Communist Party officials to begin Monday. The defendants are charged with seeking to overthrow the US government. The defense cited Foster’s illness and a nationwide hysteria argument.
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New York
Harold Medina
Communist Party
William Z. Foster
Moore Named In Gambling Charges In County Court
Two charges of permitting intermittent playing in a public place were filed Friday against Ewell Moore in County Court at Law. Police turned two slot machines over to County Attorney Perry Jones as evidence from the Motoramp Bowling Alley. Clarence Green pleaded guilty Friday afternoon and paid a $100 fine plus costs.
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Ewell Moore
Perry Jones
Jones
Motoramp
Clarence Green
Rioting in Durban Kills 90. 300 Hurt in Two-Day Clash
Two-day race riot in Durban, Union of South Africa, left at least 90 natives and Indians dead, more than 300 injured. Army, Navy and Air Force deployed to restore order after widespread arson, looting, and displacement amid ethnic violence.
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South Africa
Durban
Union of South Africa
Hun
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Vateet Sabade Een
Beeemont
Wadia E. Menem
Wadia FE
Menem
St. Mary's Cathedral
Joseph McAllister
George Joseph
Paul Joseph
Lee Hallo
Alex Habeeb
John Tannous Jr
Ferris Nassour
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Mrs
Bessie Northington
Annie
Turner
Annie S. Turner
Travis County
West 49Th Street
L. A. Turner
Etta Galbreath
W. E. Hanks
J. F. Fowler
Lloyd Tollison
San Antonio
Richard Parsley
Lucy Patrick
Port Arthur
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Forest B. Wiley
James G. Wiley
Detroit
Dallas
The
Wilke Funeral Home
Mary Bell Fisher
Nellie W. Martin
Leesville
Solon
Texas
Hopfie
Austin's
Thurlow
B. Weed
Jack Corley
Levaca
Eldon Powell
Florist
Lavaca
Wilke Non Me Car Ambulance Service
Congress
Hyltin Funeral Home
Guadalupe
Postoffice
Ewell
Henry Tischler
Mary Mobi
Sone
Dreds
Ens Drug Store
R. L. Kennedy
Optometrist
sKeen
J. H
Jimmy) Ferrel
Grand Prize Distributing CO
Colorado Street
J. D
Jerry) Ferrel
John H. Ferrel
Ferrer
Grand Prize Brewery
Grand Prize Distributing Company
Peerw
Gulf
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