Easter egg hunt cracks Austin safe crime case
City Detective Cros by Wilkes led a Hill Country cash hunt after a Fehr Baking burglary. The Easter egg style clues yielded $468 in a baking powder can, torn money bags, charred checks, and a milk bottle with $24 in silver. The investigation used a lie detector and spanned Fredericksburg Road to Marble Falls before the arrest.
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Austin
Fehr Baking Company
Colorado Street
City
Crosby Wilkes
Bill Sterzing
Bob Miles
W. H. Harvey
Herbert Taylor
Sterzing
Wilkes
Johnson City
Marble Falls
Highway 281
Bee Caves
Colonel Davis outlines ROTC review for Texas Guard
Colonel Joe Davis of the Fourth Army spoke to the Capital City Area Chanter Texas State Guard Association Tuesday at the Commodore Perry Hotel. Davis coordinates ROTC activities in Texas. The chapter elected Dr. C. W. Castner as first president with Robert Collins and Harry S. Pollard as vice presidents and Homer Speer as secretary treasurer. Brig. Gen. Allen D. Rooke, commander of the Second Brigade Texas State Guard Reserve Corps, attended as a guest.
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Joe Davis
Fourth Army
Capital City
Chanter
Texas State Guard Association
Commodore Perry
Col. Davis
Texas Military District
C. W. Castner
Robert Collins
Harry S. Pollard
Homer Speer
Allen D. Rooke
Woodsboro
Texas State Guard Reserve Corps
Civic Officials Welcome AAA Texas Division in Austin
Austin welcomed the American Automobile Association as a new Texas division local officials noted its role in safer highways and tourism. Leaders praised its services and pledged collaboration with highway authorities while outlining education and driver safety gains and a new state headquarters opening at 403 West Sixth Street.
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American Automobile Association
Austin
Texas
AAA
J. W. Edgar
Education
Fred Wemple
Midland
State Highway Commission
Ike Ashburn
Texas Good Roads Association
Edgar
Ashburn
Wemple
Texas Highway Department
Association
Holland
Paul Kulp
Ken McClure
West Sixth Street
Taylor Glass
R. D. Thorp
Smithville Chamber Opens Membership Drive
Smithville Chamber of Commerce membership campaign aims to grow general and associate memberships. L. E. Hampton announces amendments to allow associate members to vote and serve on committees. Rail workers clerks and nonbusiness individuals urged to join at $3 annual dues. Farmers and ranchers encouraged to participate in farm and ranch program initiatives.
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Smithville
20 Freight Cars Derailed at Woodbine
About 20 freight train cars derailed and splintered when they cut off the track at Woodbine six miles east of Gainesville. No injuries were reported and there was no fire. PMID
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Woodbine
Gainesville
Here
Texas Coast Snow and Deep Freeze Strain State
Severe cold and ice paused crops across Texas with farmers fearing livestock losses in Jefferson and surrounding counties. Port Arthur saw the heaviest rain freezing on contact while gas usage was cut 20 percent to safeguard supplies amid high demand.
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Demon
Rio Grande Valley
Southwestern Bell
Texas
Houston
San Antonio
The
Highway Commission
East Texas
Texarkana
Port Arthur
Weather Bureau
Lone Star Gas Company
Oklahoma
Abilene
Sweetwater
Colorado City
Lone Star
Post Offices Galore Across U S Details
The article notes there are over 41 650 post offices nationwide including U S possessions, reflecting extensive federal mail service infrastructure.
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United States
Rochester Returns to States After Far East Cruise
Heavy Cruiser Rochester returns to Long Beach California after nine months in the Far East. The ship’s decks were crowded with 1250 cheering sailors. It served on the Korean War theater including the Pusan Taegu perimeter and Inchon invasion, acting as flagship for the commander of the Seven Fleet.
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Long Beach
Calif
Rochester
Far East
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