Deaths and Funerals in Texas and Nearby States
A string of obituaries notes A N Ashmore and William Thomas Allen, with survivors across Fort Worth, Elgin, Manor, Austin, Crockett, and other Texas towns. Funeral services set at Cook Funeral Home in several cases, with burials in Manor, Oakwood, Memorial Park, and South Gabriel Cemetery. Other notices report Dr Donald E Louverde and Tom Cooper among the deceased, with survivors including wives, children, and siblings cited. Funeral arrangements detail locations and officiants across Bar r on Georgetown Bertram and surrounding areas.
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Charles Ashmore
Crockett
Frank Ashmore
Austin
George Ashmore
Manor
Melvin Ashmore
Carmine
Thadius Ashmore
Bertram
William Ashmore
Alice
Cook Funeral Home
Manor Cemetery
William Thomas Allen
Melvin Eidson
Oakwood Cemetery
A. V. Ives
J. H. Guest
Charles Bullion
Benny Hudson
G V. Powell
Seth Barnard
Irene Howard Hydrick
R. B. Sweet
Memorial Park
Ison P. Hydrick
James R. Hydrick
Marshall
R. H. Howard
New Port
Arkansas
Thad C. Holt
Lucille Stone
Brenham
Taylor
Barron
Wis
Donald E. Louverde
Elizabeth Johnson
Louverde
Rochester
Minnesota
J. W. Johnson
Bill Harper
Spooner
David 8. Hanson
Georgetown
ANS
Tom Cooper
Dick Cooper
Austin and Halley
Tommie Cooper
George Miller
Conroe
Friedrich Funeral Home
Aubrey C. Russell
A. C. Gatty
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Mary Heusser
Sweden
South Gabriel Cemetery
Edgar Funeral Home
Annie Brooks
Ella Owen
Elgin
Edith Heusser
Wilson Heusser
Democrats Unite Behind Truman Formosa Policy
Senate Democrats backed President Truman's hands off Formosa stance while Republican critics charged Henry Wallace's 1944 China report shaped current policy. Senator Ferguson claimed a synopsis of Wallace's proposed shift to the Communists exists, though the State Department noted no secret Wallace report.
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Truman
Formosa
Washington
Senate
Democrats
Henry A. Wallace
Ferguson
Wallace
Far East
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
South Salem
N. Y
White House
China
Orient
State Department
Chiang
Michael McDermott
Department
John Carter Vincent
McDermott
Army
Michigan
Congress
GOP
Senate Democrats
Lucas
Illinois
Fort Worth
Texas
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Teague
Wiliam R. Boyd, Jr
American Petroleum Institute
Connally
Travis Association For Blind Re-elects President and Board
The Travis County Association for the Blind re elected President Harry D. Pruett and all board officers for 1950 at a January board meeting. Officers include H L Hilgartner vice president G C Seiders secretary and T J Hemphill treasurer. Lighthouse for the Blind director is Mrs Charles O Weber and Charles O Weber is business manager. Wayland D Towner executive director of Austin Community Chest outlined work toward a 231000 chest goal for Red Feather agencies including the Association for the Blind and announced continued see for yourself tours in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Pruett
Travis County Association For the Blind
H. L. Hilgartner
G. C. Seiders
T. J. Hemphill
Charles O. Weber
Lighthouse For the Blind
Wayland D. Towner
Austin Community Chest
Red Feather
Association For the Blind
Chest
Margarine tax repeal battle advances in Senate split vote
In Washington on January 17, the Senate rejected a dairy group substitute and moved toward full repeal of federal margarine taxes. The 48 to 37 vote kept the goal alive as Southern senators favor repeal and Langer pushes civil rights amendments. President Truman would sign a repeal if sent to him.
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Washington
Senate
House
Langer
R-Nd
Ferguson
R-Mich
China
Lucas
Illinois
Truman
Man Exposes Self. Firemen Pursue Suspect on East Avenue
Firemen from the East Avenue station chased a man exposing himself in a grocery store parking lot as children passed by. He fled in a car on Kalmar Street after investigators confronted him. described as 25 to 30, wearing brown trousers and a tan trench coat.
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East Avenue
Kalmar Street
Tell
Clayton Urges Political Union for World Peace
Dallas Jan 17 Will Clayton urged a political union of Britain France Canada the US and the Benelux nations as the path to world peace He said a united bloc would deter attacks and reduce the economic burden of the cold war by aligning foreign policy currency and defense under one framework He warned Stalin uses fear of armament costs to threaten democracies and urged rapid action to halt communism’s spread.
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Dallas
Will Clayton
Britain
France
Canada
Houston
Dallas Kiwanis
Chamber of Commerce
Stalin
Clayton
Western
Europe
Court Judge Jails News Photographer
LAS ANGELES, Jan. 17. A news photographer was jailed five days and fined $100 for taking a court room photograph of the crowd during a hearing before Superior Judge Paul Nourse. Fowler of the Evening Herald and Express admitted the act, claiming orders from his city desk. Bailiff James Chambers testified he warned Fowler not to use a camera in the court.
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Los Angeles
Paul Nourse
Perry Fowler
Evening Herald and Express
Fowler
City Desk
James Chambers
Nourse
Dozen Tugs Couldn't Budge the Mighty Mo
The 45 000 ton battleship Missouri ran aground on Chesapeake Bay mudbank near Old Point Comfort. More than a dozen tugs failed to pull her free as Navy and Army engineers planned to assist. a board of investigation will be appointed.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Old Point Comfort
Navy
Army
Comber
Guantanamo
Cuba
Weather forecast for Austin Texas shows warm highs
Weather Bureau forecast for Austin Texas notes warm temperatures and dry conditions with partly cloudy intervals. Hourly readings include sunrise around 8 98 am and sunset near 5 50 pm though several garbled items suggest missing data and unclear moon phase details.
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US Weather Bureau
Texas
Ol Sanseses
Austin
Fort Worth
Fugitives Believed South Texas Bound
Gonzales January 17. The search for two men who broke from Gonzales jail Monday night continued southward after earlier gunfire from Sheriff T D Kindler. George Mills and William Meadows pried bars and escaped via vent and roof, with Mills previously escaping on January 6. James Meadows and James Seaton briefly escaped with them but were recaptured.
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Gonzales
T. D. Kindler
George Albert Mills
William Meadows
Kindler
Mills
Lowell Cash
Meadows
L. J. Whittlesey
James W. Seaton
James Meadows
Seaton
Jap Cops Toting Pistols Return Under US Occupation
Tokyo reports indicate Japanese police are carrying firearms again after previous limits. Officers previously used swords and night sticks. now many wear .38 revolvers and some carry US Army Model 1917 45 calibers. Officials give few details on acquisition amid possible protests from Communists and Russians.
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Tokyo
Trolmen
R. T. Battey
Occupation Public Safety Division
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A. N. Ashmore
Molly Ashmore
Jack Wilson
Melvin Odom
Roby Ruth Ashmore
A. N. Ashmore Jr
Eugene Ashmore
W. P. Ashmore
Lee Ashmorer
Lou Ella Howell
Irene H. Hydrick
C. M. Shelton
Matl) Funeral Home
LA Biai
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Corley
Puneral
Lavaca
Eldon Powell
Florist
Hillyer
Chapel of the Bells
Congress Ave
Hyl¢in-Manor
Neral
Guadalupe
Travis Association For Blind
Senator Frear
Man
South Texas
Torre
Sexas
Austin Savings
Capitol Floors
W. Peu Pheres
Eae
Ath
Ouro
Abe
Daguon Academy
Leutwyler
Shaws Agin
Orestes Seweie
Nash
America
Aubassidy
Ayrflyte
Noth Motors
Neth Kelvinator Corporation
Detroit
Mick
Ger
Alrflyte
P. K. Williams Nash CO
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