Texan Proposes US Rent Plan for Airlines
Texas air operator Trans-Texas Airways proposes the armed services lease transport planes to airlines on a reasonable basis. President R Earl McKaughan tells the Senate commerce committee such leases would ease aircraft costs, boost airline finances, and aid national defense. He denounces a Civil Aeronautics Board show cause order against his company, issued last April 4 after inaugurating partial service in October 1947.
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Washington
Texas Air
Armed Services
R. Earl McKaughan
Trans-Texas Airways
Senate Commerce Committee
McKaughan
Civil Aeronautics Board
Trans-Texas
Dallas wage pact renewed with carpenters and bricklayers
Dallas County Construction Employers Association announced a one year wage agreement with AFL carpenters and bricklayers unions. The deals set bricklayers at $2.50 per hour and carpenters at $2.12 1/2 with July 1 effective date. Association manager Julian Capers Jr. said the pact will curb rising construction costs in the Dallas area.
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Dallas
Dallas County Construction Employers Association
AFL Carpenters and Bricklayers Unions
Julian Capers Jr
Love Triangle Plot Linked to Plane Explosion Kills Fifteen
A Filipino woman and six men face murder charges for blowing up a Daet to Manila flight with a time bomb. The crash killed the husband, 12 other passengers, and two Americans Ludwig Sundeen and Robert Parker. NBI says motive was inheritance and a forbidden affair. Two alleged accomplices are named Amadeo Salazar and Gavino Largo.
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Manila
Daet
Amadeo Salazar
Gavino Largo
NBI
Salazar
Largo
Ludwig J. Sundeen
Litchfield
Min
Robert Parker
Rochester
N. Y
Ohio Youths Believe West Is Still Wild
Two teenage Ohioans Richards Kropp 18 and Angelo Wellman 19 from Girard were taken into police custody in Dallas after attempting to buy pawn shop pistols for a Texas trip. They said they had only traveled as far as Columbus before setting out toward Texas, spurred by an uncle’s tale of the Texas wilds. Police held them in protective custody pending parental checks.
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Dallas
Ohio
Wilds
West Texas
Richard Kropp
Angelo Wellman
Girard
Angelo
Richard
Columbus
Texas
Texas. An Uncle of One of Them Had Told Them Years Ago About the “Wilds
Ward's Mail Order Sales Show Slump
Montgomery Ward and Company reported May total mail order and retail sales of 100,334,199 dollars, down 4.1 percent from 104,611,740 the year before. For the four months ending May 31 the gross was 358,939,807 dollars, down 10.9 percent from 402,728,107 last year.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
San Saban Judges Lead Goldthwaite Spring Flower Show
Mrs. R C Felts and Mrs. Laurence Hamrick judged the Goldthwaite Garden Club Spring Flower Show in Goldthwaite on Saturday. Felts, a nationally accredited flower show judge, led judging and attended with luncheon host Mrs. John G Berry who has supported garden club activities as a state officer.
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San Saba
Spl
R. C. Felts
Laurence Hamrick
Goldthwaite
Felts
Cover Up review notes dull mystery and unseen killer
Steve Perkins critiques the cheap whodunit Cover Up as slow and melodramatic. Insurance investigator Dennis O Keefe arrives in a Christmas town to probe a death by own action while facing distrustful locals and a romantic arc with Barbara Britton. The villain is never seen, and the finale feels contrived despite a tentative happy ending.
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Dennis O’keffe
William Bendix
O'Keefe
Hollywood
Bendix
Officers Clean Up Homebrew Still Near Corsicana
Three officers tore down a local homebrew still near Corsicana. Sheriff David Castles said a skunk trapped inside died during the raid. Liquor Control Board Inspector R. T. Bailey and Deputy R. E. Jones helped. the incident led to the officers noting the skunk would be skunk drunk soon.
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Corsicana
David Castles
Liquor Control Board
R. T. Bailey
R. E. Jones
Dallas Tot Recovers From Wind Blown DDT Incident
Robert Charles Lee Jr., 22 months, is recovering after wind sprayed DDT exposure in Dallas. The father sprayed the backyard when a gust toppled an iron, striking the child and rendering him unconscious. he was revived at a clinic.
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Dallas
Robert Charles Lee Jr
Robert Charles Lee Sr
Drive In Movie Guide Listing for Thursday
Multiple city theaters announce Thursday showings. Covers parson drive ins with titles such as Night Has A Thousand Eyes and Stage Struck plus feature times, last day notices and sneak previews. Includes Doris Day, John Wayne, Audrey Long and Sidney Blackmer among listed stars and films.
Tourist Court Operator Held In Death Of Two In Eloy
In Eloy Arizona on June 7 two Tucson men, Francisco G. Cuen and Richard Carpeno, were shot dead in a tourist cabin while a third man, Reuben Dominguez, escaped by pleading on his knees. The cabin owner J M Schraeder, age 43, is jailed after being accused of the shooting following an allegation of theft of the operator's wallet.
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Eloy
Ariz
Francisco G. Cuen
Richard Carpeno
Tucson
Reuben Dominguez
Jack Terry
Dominguez
J. M. Schraeder
Schraeder
Terry
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Ala
Eutomatic Gas Renge
Steve Perkins
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Ou R Green
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Jonathan ix
Paramount Theater
Larry Best
Donovan
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Chest OF Drawers
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