Roper Case Deliberations Move Toward Noon Verdict
Testimony compared between Mrs. Roper and Mrs. Crow as jurors hear conflicting accounts of the fatal night. Mrs. Dobie testified of an attempted kiss by Roper on her bed while Mrs. Crow and Mrs. Roper clash over who attacked whom. State witnesses noted Roper's heavier drunkenness and a grand jury corroborated concerns about his ability to drive.
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Mrs. Crow
Roper
William Dobie
Crow
Pioneer Club
Dobie
Dripping Springs
Beaumont
Travis County
Lauren Johnston
W. F. McNamara
J. F. Rose
Johnston
Ropers
Henry Brooks
Inflation Raises Costs in Roper Murder Trial
Interest in the C. H. Roper murder case drives higher court reporting costs. Attorney Harry S. Pollard reports increased expenses after securing court reporter Henry Beck away from testimony with a promised double fee, despite Beck’s reluctance to leave.
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C. H. Roper
Doctor Ross Admitted Insane Enters Austin State Hospital
Dr. Lloyd Ross, judged insane, enters the Austin State Hospital amid high security. He will undergo routine tests and be treated like any patient, with meals in his room initially. Ross, a San Antonio physician, was sentenced to death in 1948 for the murder of Mrs. York and later committed after a sanity trial.
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Lloyd Ross
Austin State Hospital
A. T. Hanretta
la Grange
Hanretta
Ross
Dr. Ross
State Hospital
Austin
Hobo Basket Visits Austin in Polio Drive
After traveling 10034 miles on US railways the hobo basket reached Austin on its polio rounds. Workers contributed to infantile paralysis funds at stops, with funds then donated to local polio chapters and a scroll of acknowledgment placed inside. Last year the basket raised 11494 dollars and 20 cents. Friday contributions came from M K T Railroad employees in Austin as the basket moved on to San Antonio via Joe Irwin.
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Austin
M-K-T Railroad
San Antonio
Joe Irwin
Katy
CAB Hearing Called July 18
The Civil Aeronautics Board began plans for an air line service hearing in the state with W R Smith of the Chamber of Commerce aeronautics committee announcing the event. The hearing starts July 18 and runs through the week with Francis W Brown CAB chief examiner and a board attorney present. About 30 towns and cities are involved and expected to send representatives.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
W. R. Smith
Chamber of Commerce Aeronautics Committee
Smith
CAB
Chamber of Commerce
Francis W. Brown
Gandhi talk by Dr. Sushila Nayar set for Sunday
Gandhi's personal physician Dr. Sushila Nayar will discuss "What Did Gandhi Leave to India?" Sunday at 7 p.m. in the open air theater by the Law Building on the University of Texas campus. Nayar visits Texas for the Texas Institute of International Relations, which opened Thursday in San Antonio and runs through Monday.
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Gandhi
Sushila Nayar
India
Union
University of Texas
Law Building
Nayar
Texas
Texas Institute of International Relations
San Antonio
Add This to List Of Television Terrors
Television split radio announcer Don Wilson from wife Marusia Wilson in a California divorce hearing. Polish beauty testified he preferred staying home to watch TV and called her a "stupid Pole." Judge Bartlett noted cruelty proven though mere viewing TV may not be cruelty. The couple divides 110000 dollars in community property and Don retains the TV.
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Los Angeles
Don Wilson
Marusia Wilson
Alfred L. Bartlett
Wilson
Jack Benny
Roger Marchetti
Don
Fayette Sheriff Calls Ross Act In Court An Act
Fayette County Sheriff J T Flournoy said Dr Lloyd I Ross who killed four people put on an act in court He contrasted his behavior there with normal jail conduct and noted Ross did recognize family and others Ross escaped the electric chair when a jury found him insane and Judge Fuchs directed an insanity verdict The case involved the 1947 Willard York family killings in San Antonio and a commuted death sentence to life after the insane finding
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Fayette County
Ross
State Hospital
Austin
Rena Ross
J. H. E. William
LaGrange
J. R. Fuchs
J. Lee Dittert
Barron Trial Set After Week Of Federal Court Activity
Judge Allan T Hannay closed the first week in federal court after sentencing more than 25 defendants and admitting 17 to citizenship. Frank C Barron, an Austin realtor, pleaded innocence in two indictments charging him with falsely influencing a veteran about VA loan purchase price. Jurors will be empaneled Monday for trial.
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Allan T. Hannay
Houston
Ben H. Rice Jr
Frank C. Barron
Young Austin Realtor
Veterans Administration
Impressive Citizenship Ceremony for 17 New Americans
In federal court a diverse group of 17 individuals were admitted to U S citizenship including Carmen Mercedes Ries a Venezuela born wife of the American embassy press attache in Mexico City and Johanna Fojtik who regained citizenship she lost in 1911. Judge Allan T Hannay led the oath as veterans groups stood guard and multiple divisions contributed applicants from San Antonio Waco and Austin.
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Carmen Mercedes Fermin Ries
Mexico City
China
Ries
Porlamar
Venezuela
The
YWCA
St. Pierre
Miquelon
San Antonio
Camp Hood
Waco
Johanna Fojtik
Granger
Joseph Fojtik
United States
Praha
Fayette County
Hannay
Jack Davis
Horace H. Shelton
F. E. Dickinson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Taylor Chandler
Jose Maria Cavazos
Thorndale
Mexico
Joe M. Cavazos
Petra Damos Moya
East Second
Ingeborg Elizabeth Weigel
Oak Grove
Czecho- Slovakia
Margrith Glasgow
East Ostors
Switzerland
Rita Schultz
Australia
Ivar Berger
West 19Th
Oslo
Norway
Carmen Mercedes Ries
Jeanie Russell Parks
Scotland
Bill proposes tax on street photographers in Texas
Representative W. A. Miller Jr. of Houston introduced a bill in the Texas House to require street photographers to pay a $100 annual state license fee. The measure, sent to the revenue and taxation committee, aims to level taxes with studio photographers and other taxpayers.
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Austin American Capitol
W. A. Miller Jr
Houston
Revenue and Taxation Committee
House
Car sale ends with silver dollar payout in Spokane
The Spokane sales manager handed over a new car to Charles M. Hink and received payment in 2600 silver dollars weighing 170 pounds. All coins minted in 1921. Hink declared the box the payment, and the salesman hauled it away in hard cash.
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Spokane
Charles M. Hink
Hink
Bold Gunman Robs Suburban Grocery for 4500
In Houston a masked intruder with a blue tie and white shirt robbed a suburban chain grocery of 4500 in cash. Assistant manager W. C. Crouch was forced into a meat cooler as the bandit grabbed the money and fled after a two minute theft. About 7000 was in the drawer, but 4500 was taken.
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Houston
W. C. Crouch
Crouch
Former Staff Deputy Buried in Arlington
Major General Briant H. Wells longtime deputy chief of staff was buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery. He died June 10 in Long Beach California while visiting from Honolulu where he had lived since retirement in 1935. Chaplain Major Gregory L. Lock officiated at Fort Myer Chapel services with honorary pallbearers including West Point classmates and notable Army allies such as General George C. Marshall General Omar N. Bradley General Charles Summerall and R G Bell. Wells later served 11 years as vice president of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association.
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Washington
Briant H. Wells
Arlington National Cemetery
Long Beach
Calif
Honolulu
Gregory L. Lock
Fort Myer
West Point
Wells
Army
George C. Marshall
Omar N. Bradley
Charles Summerall
Charleston
S. C
R. G. Bell
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association
Association
Gene Burns Resigns From Travis County Deputy Sheriff Post
Deputy Sheriff E A Gene Burns resigns after five and a half months service to Sheriff Ernest Best. He cites the cost of living on deputy salaries as the reason. Burns earned 225 dollars monthly plus six cents mileage for car use.
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E. A. Gene Burns
Travis County Sheriff's Department
Burns
Ernest Best
Parents Illness Delays Hanks Trial in Texas Court
Raymond M. Hanks former state comptroller office chief in Corpus Christi faced a postponed trial after his attorney cited his parents’ serious illness. The Travis County grand jury indicted him on four counts including false gas tax statements and forgery. Two defendants pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and received suspended sentences of five and three years. Judge Jack Roberts planned a docket review Monday with possible bond forfeiture for nonappearance.
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Barron
Rice
Hannay
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Bastrop County
Camp Swift
Clarence Earnest Baldree
Melvin Thomas Baldree
James Lee Tabor
Wesley Castlow
Martin Gale Castlow
Homer Lee Copeland
Alvin Baldree
John Henry Fustin
Daniel A. Lopez
John Collins
Margie Lee Gibson
Everas Lee Anderson
Jesse V. Barrientos
Raymond M. Hanks
State Comptroller’s
Corpus Christi
126Th District Court
Hanks
Travis County
Grand Jury
Paul Holt
O. B. Goodin
J. D. Smith
Jack Roberts
New Law Prohibits Speeding on Beaches
A law to prohibit speeding and drunken driving on beaches became effective Friday afternoon after Governor Beauford Jester signed it into effect.
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Beauford Jester
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Willard York
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York
Court of Criminal Appeals
EVION
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Terminix CO
Hyde Park Presbyterian Church
John Mueller
Fortieth
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Fayette
James Oliver Rhodes
Bobby Gene McGuffin
Coy Knox
Ebner Samuels
Treasury
James H. Liggons
Charles T. Franklin Jr
New Orleans
Lisa Septima Smith
Lafayette
Canada
Edith Patterson
San Marcos
Waco Air Force Base
Austria
Cesar Augusto Salas
East Ninth Street
Nicaragua
Phyllis Doreen Wallace
Parkway
England
Jose Refugio Pacheco, Jr
East Seventh Street
Bill
Arlington
Gene Burns
Austin American Capitol Staff
Continental Casualty Company
America
Homer Owens Company
Capital Natl. Bank Bldg
First. Baptist Church
Carlyle Marney
James A. Berry
Training Union
Jesus
First Baptist Church
American Service CO
West Second ST
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Kansas City, MO
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