Escapee Convicted Murderer Recaptured After Long Manhunt
Otis Fogle, convicted of murdering taxi driver Rock Carter in 1943 and jailed for 75 years, was recaptured in Eagle Pass after escaping Oc tober 1947. He had served 47 months, lived under the name William Honea in Brownsville, and evaded an international manhunt with his brother. Detectives Perry and Pope arrested him as he waited for a bus reunion with his wife. The case ended with a relieved deputy noting the long ordeal is over.
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Otis Fogle
Rock Carter
State Penitentiary
Eagle Pass
Fogle
Carter
Bee Caves
Zilker Park
Joe Perry
George Pope
San Antonio
Brownsville
County Treasurer Seeks 25 Percent Salary Increase
Travis County Treasurer Clay Price, in his first term, formally requests the maximum 25 percent raise allowed under new state law. He earns 2500 dollars annually, says pay has lagged behind other county staff, and worries about future eligibility for expenses. The court postponed a highway conference with Engineer Dockery due to his absence.
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Travis County Commissioners Court
Clay Price
Beauford H. Jester
Price
Highway Division
W. D. Dockery
Dockery
Highway Department
Austin
Austin's Blue Boy undergoes presurgery tests in Dallas
A 14 year old Austin boy nicknamed blue is in Dallas for presurgery tests ahead of a delicate heart operation planned Wednesday. A $130 County Court and the Children's Medical Center fund make possible the life changing surgery. Train tickets were paid for by county officials for the boy and his mother. The boy lacks oxygen in his blood causing blue skin. He has a sister and two healthy brothers.
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Dallas
Travis County Commissioners Court
Children’s Medical Center
World Eturn of vaudeville widens in RKO chain
Vaudeville return grows as RKO plans to extend old-time shows across Boston Cleveland Cincinnati Kansas City San Francisco Chicago Indianapolis Omaha Dayton and other ace houses. Interstate Theaters also eyes a vaude circuit within a year. Huey Long’s Louisiana bill and New Orleans note color this fast-moving showbiz snapshot.
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Boston
Cleveland
Cincy
Kansas City
San Francisco
Chicago
Palace
Indianapolis
Omaha
Dayton
Louisiana
Huey Long
New Orleans
Huey
Crescent City
Lake Ponchattain
Harry Mendel
127
Avenue of Americas
New York
Ditto
Polack Brothers Circus Indoor Gag Sparks IRS Quip
Steve Perkins notes a film scene where MacRae as Steve Carter dies in a car crash mirroring the real death of actor Myron Kirk as witness Myron Kirk escaped unharmed. Craig Rice now sells tickets for thePolack Brothers Circus and seeks material for a new indoor tentless show. Bob Hope jokes about taxes surface in Washington golf tourney and Earl Wilson pays sharp tribute in Let Them Eat Cheesecake.
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MacRae
Marilyn Miller
Steve Carter
Carter
Myron Kirk
Kirk
Craig Rice
Polack Brothers Circus
Austin
Internal Revenue
Plea of Cancer Patient Spurs $22,973 Gift Total
San Diego on June 13 report shows donations total 22,973.32 to cancer research appeals by Forrest Warren a dying newspaper columnist 71 who announced he had cancer May 17 and said he would die of it. His wife noted his condition worsened but doctors could not predict his remaining life.
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San Diego
Calif
The
Daily Journal
Forrest Warren
High Speed Tire Pressure Advice
Drivers at high speeds for long periods should use slightly higher tire pressure. This guidance emphasizes stability and wear reduction during extended highway use.
Movie Theater Showings Compete in Weekly Lineup
Through Thursday local cinemas present list of feature films with start times across venues. Paramount offers The Kissing Bandit with Sinatra. other houses show The Dark Past, A Foreign Affair, Bowery Champs, For The Love of Mary, Bad Boy, A Letter Three Wives, Command Decision, Lightnin in the Forest, Dude Ranger, Heading for Heaven, Law and Order, South of St Louis, The Green Promise, and related double bills.
Insurance Firm Chief Arrives For Parley
Frank J. Seitz of Topeka Kansas president of the American Home Life Insurance Company arrives for a conference of state agents. Homer Waters of Austin serves as state manager for Texas. The meeting is slated for Tuesday at the Driskill Hotel.
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Frank J. Seitz
Topeka
Kan
American Home Life Insurance Company
Driskill Hotel
Homer Waters
Austin
Texas
Corsicana Grocery Damaged by Blaze
A early morning fire at M. O. Odom grocery in Corsicana caused about 3000 in damage. Fire Chief H. P. Bivins reported the loss with John Allen trapped but escaping through a window. The store belonged to S. L. Burnett.
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Corsicana
M. O. Odom
H. P. Bivins
John Allen
S. L. Burnett
Plea for Lobbying Probe Turned Down in Texas
Justice of the Peace P. L. Nairn refused Russell J. Ballard’s petition for a court of inquiry into lobbying at the Legislature. Ballard, president of the Good Citizens League of Texas in Wichita Falls, was told the inquiry could not proceed due to Nairn’s heavy caseload and to refer the matter to Attorney General Price Daniel’s office. Ballard claimed lobbying was rampant at the Capitol with daily hobnobbing between lobbyists and legislators.
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Austin American Capitol
Justice of the Peace
P. L. Nairn
Russell J. Ballard
Ballard
Good Citizens League of Texas
Wichita Falls
Nairn
Price Daniel
Capitol
Inquest Verdict in Knife Death at Oak Hill
Justice McBee announced an inquest verdict after autopsy findings linked Cedar Valley youth Fred Darity to a fatal artery laceration. H. H. Hetzel faces murder and assault charges. Morene Glass and Richard Bible were also injured in the Oak Hill altercation. Darity’s funeral is set for Tuesday at Fitzhugh Cemetery.
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Oak Hill
Fred Daunty
Cedar Valley
Frank McBee
Robert J. Jaehne
H. H. Hetzel
Treadwell
Dargity
Hetzel
Darity
Miss Glass
Richard Bible
Bible
Brackenridge Hospital
McBee
Darnty
Fitzhugh Cemetery
Iron Curtain Month Proclaimed For June
The Austin American Capitol Staff reports Governor Beauford Jester proclaimed Iron Curtain Refugee Month through June to back the International Rescue Committee campaign delivering CARE packages to refugees escaping Communist areas. Admiral Richard E. Byrd chairs the campaign as Jester urged Texans to contribute generously, urging solidarity with allies who fought alongside the United States and refused to compromise with tyranny.
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Austin American Capitol
Beauford
International Rescue Committee
Richard E. Byrd
Gov
Jester
Texas
Six Jurors Selected in First Day of Roper Murder Case
In 98th District Court on Monday six jurors were chosen for the murder case against Austin dentist C. H. Roper. Efforts continue Tuesday to select six more as prosecutors await a 12 juror panel. Testimony planning begins amid venue concerns and prior postponements by defense attorneys Polk Shelton and Dan Moody.
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Roper
C. H. Roper
98Th District Court
Travis County
Talismen
Sheriff's Department
Austin
McCreary Crow
Dripping Springs
Crow
Fredericksburg
Polk Shelton
Dan Moody
Military District To Move Office In Austin
The Texas Military District will relocate its principal offices to the American Statesman Building on June 23. Col Oscar B Abbott announces the third floor occupancy continuing to use Third Fourth and Guadalupe facilities. The staff includes 12 officers, one warrant officer, 54 enlisted personnel and 27 civil servants with a monthly payroll around 24000 dollars.
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Texas Military District
American Statesman
Oscar B. Abbott
Military District
Colorado
Autha
Third
Fourth
Guadalupe
Austin
Organized Reserves
Organized Reserve Corps
National Guard
ROTC
Texas
Nevada Abolishes Estate Tax in 1925
Nevada has no estate or inheritance tax as the state repealed its estate tax in 1925, leaving it without such levies while other states maintain them.
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Nevada
Union
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