Immigrant George Brath Shapes Texas Frontier History
An 1832 arrival from Vienna, George Barnard Brath, moved to Texas in 1833 and learned surveying in the Brazos Valley. He laid out Caldwell, Cameron, Waco, Meridian, and Stephenville, served as a Texas Ranger sergeant and Indian scout, sat in the Republic Congress in 1842 and the postwar Texas Legislature, and died in 1891.
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Vienna
New Orleans
New World
George Barnard Brath
America
Cincinnati
Brath
Alabama
Texas
Brazoria
Erath
Brazos Valley
Caldwell
Cameron
Waco
Meridian
Stephenville
Texas Rangers
Congress of the Republic
Eight Thousand Expected at Dallas Farm Bureau Meeting
An estimated 8,000 persons are expected to attend the American Farm Bureau Federation meeting in Dallas December 10 to 16, aiming to be the largest convention ever held in the city.
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Dallas Farm Meeting
Dallas
American Farm Bureau of Federation
Pioneer Air Line Seeks Permanent Texas Operation Permit
Pioneer Air Lines urged the Civil Aeronautics Board to grant permanent authority to operate as a Texas feeder line. If denied, a five year extension for Texas routes was requested. The examiner recommended five year renewals for several Houston to Amarillo Dallas and Midland routes and a one year renewal for Lubbock to Albuquerque.
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Washington
Pioneer Air Lines, Inc
Civil Aeronautics Board
Texas
Robert J. Smith
Pioneer
James M. Verner
Houston
Amarillo
Dallas
Midland-Odessa
Lubbock
Albuquerque
el Paso
Examiner
Hovston
Austin
Austin-Houston Direct
Austin- Temple-Bryan-Houston
Braniff Airways, Inc
Anderson
D-N
Big Spring
Plainview
Poage
Braniff
Waco
Temple
Richland Boy Drowns In Fort Parker Lake
Jarrell Dean Tidwell of Richland Texas drowned after falling from a speedboat at Fort Parker State Lake near Mexia. His body was recovered at 9 p m about 90 minutes after the accident during a family picnic outing. It was the second drowning at Fort Parker Lake since it opened in May 1941.
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MEXIA
Jarrell Dean Tidwell
Richland
Texas
Fort Parker State Lake
Here
Tidwell
Fort Parker Lake
Bob Long
PD. Pol
Truth Campaign Increase Urged Over War Time Need
Truman's information advisory panel urges Congress to fund and accelerate a global truth campaign against Soviet propaganda. The five member commission led by Mark Ethridge says the Korean war heightens the urgency of a U S information program to counter open psy chological warfare from the USSR and Russia. The panel cites insufficient current funding and warns that delaying action could miss critical opportunities to present America’s true aims to foreign publics.
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Washington
Truman
Advisory Commission On Information
Congress
Russia
Five Man Commission
Mr. Truman
Mark Ethridge
Louisville Courier- Journal
Secretary of State
United States
White House
Commission
US Information Service
America
Kremlin
Free World
Ethridge
Mark A. May
Yale University
Institute of Human Relations
Justin Miller
National Association of Broadcasters
Philip D. Reed
General Electric Co
Erwin D. Canham
Christian Science Monitor
Navy unveils twin jet Skyknight night fighter for carriers
The Navy reveals the F3D Skyknight a twin jet carrier night fighter built by Douglas. It speeds to 600 mph can intercept bombers at high altitude and carries four 20 mm guns radar from Westinghouse and options for napalm or jellied fuel bombs. An initial order of 100 Skyknights is rolling off the El Segundo assembly line.
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EL Segundo
Calif
Navy
Bob Rahn
Westinghouse
Air Force
United States
Douglas el Segundo
Shamrock Band Leader In Critical Condition
Orchestr a leader Henry King aged 45 is in critical condition after a heart attack Sunday night while directing his band at the Shamrock Hotel Emerald Room in Houston. King, reported Monday, led the Shamrock Orchestra at the venue.
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Houston
Henry King
Ing
Shamrock Hotel
Emerald Room
West's Drouth Ignites Fire on Salmon River
A Mt. Hood National Forest crew reported a fisherman dropped a cigarette into a log jam on Salmon River. The dry conditions caused a river fire that jumped to shore and climbed a canyon wall before crews could extinguish it with hand pumps.
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Portland
Ore
West
Mt. Hood National Forest
Salmon River
Shields to Head Train Engineers After 25 Years
Alvanley Johnston stepped down as grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers after 25 years. James P. Shields, first assistant grand chief engineer since 1946, won the job over Roy E. Davidson. Shields is a Neoga Illinois native and began railroading in 1906, becoming a locomotive engineer in 1916.
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Cleveland
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
James P. Shields
Shields
Roy E. Davidson
Calumet City
Johnston
Neoga
Ill
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan City
Ind
BLE
Union Pacific Railroad
Army to Use Oakland Ports for Korea Supply
The Army asked the Port of Oakland to lease two large terminals in the outer harbor to boost war shipments to Korea. It seeks to reuse the five big piers operated in World War II, enabling Oakland to again serve as a staging area for Pacific-bound supplies. Port chief engineer A. H. Abel said the port would comply.
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San Francisco
Army
Oakland
Korea
A. H. Abel
English Trio Reach US in Small Cutter
Three young sailors from Yarmouth England arrived in Miami aboard their 40 foot auxiliary cutter Content. Crew members W I B Crealock 29 Ernest Chamberlain 25 and Donald Hodge 24 plan to sail to the Pacific via the Panama Canal after a brief stay in Miami and a sightseeing visit to New York.
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Miami
Fla
Yarmouth
England
W. I. B. Crealock
Ernest Chamberlain
Donald Hodge
Pacific
Panama Canal
New York
Eleanor Favors Korea Win First
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt urged that the United States win in Korea before discussing seating the Chinese Communists at the United Nations. She spoke after a White House visit while reporting on a monthlong European tour with nine countries.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Korea
United Nations
Roosevelt
White House
Truman
Europe
Army Overvalues Language Abilities of Reserve Officer
Roger W. Reynolds, a 42 year old first lieutenant in the organized reserve from Tulsa, says the Army overestimates his Korean language skills. He recalls basic phrases from World War II service but doubts readiness for technical interpretation and notes his wife discouraged volunteering.
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Tulsa
Oklo
Roger W. Reynolds
Defense Department
Reynolds
Organized Reserve
Army
Korea
Pilot's Body Recovered After Plane Hangs From Power Line
Harbor police in Portland recovered the body of 61 year old Ira E. Cook of Portland. He died when a low flying plane struck a power line and became suspended 200 feet above the Willamette River for seven hours before the craft was lowered to a barge.
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Portland
Ore
Harbor
Ira E. Cook
Wilamette River
Banks urged to curb inflationary lending nationwide
American Bankers Association president F Raymond Peterson warned banks to limit loans to consumers and businesses that could fuel panicky buying amid rising demand for tires automobiles nylon hose and appliances. He said bank credit should not finance speculative purchases and urged a reexamination of lending policies.
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Washington
The
American Bankers Association
F. Raymond Peterson
ABA
Peterson
Wichita River Search for 11YearOld Boy Body
Volunteers from North Texas and Southern Oklahoma towns hunted the Wichita River for the body of Jackie Tedford 11 of Grandfield Oklahoma who drowned Sunday and was missing Monday.
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Wichita River
Wichita Falls
Texas
Oklahoma
Jackie Tedford
Grandfield
Okla
Car Production May Fall Sharply After June High
Detroit July 17. Output this month likely not exceed 700 000 vehicles. A sharp drop from last month’s 852 000 as June’s blistering pace used up steel stocks. Factors include supplier labor troubles and fewer working days after Independence Day. Manufacturers aim to rebuild stocks at lower rates hoping to resume growth next month unless Asian developments curb demand.
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Detroit
United States
Census puts Montana population at 587 thousand
Helena Montana observes the US Census Bureau report showing Montana’s population at 587 196 in 1950, up 27 740 from 559 456 in 1940. This marks a significant state growth according to federal figures.
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Helena
Mont
US Census Bureau
Montana
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