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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1949
Page
7
The list records multiple divorce decrees from county and justice courts, including Encaustic cases like Maureene Hayes and others, with several grants. Fines appear for driving with suspended license and worthless checks, plus estate and guardianship items and marriage licenses issued.
Fairfield Illinois May 26 A brother of wounded Earl Shelton said the gang leader s family is on the warpath again and threats to explode into violence loom amid prowl for vengeance. Earl Shelton was shot in the back through a window at the Farmers Club and rushed to Deaconess Hospital Evansville Indiana as investigators seek clues. The shooting follows a history of Shelton family killings and a reported St Louis gambling syndicate attempting to extend gaming in Southern Illinois.
Biggs Field disclosed home towns for eight crew members of a B29 bomber after a crash near the Sacramento Mountains New Mexico. Captain Burt A. Alley of Pasadena Calif was killed when the navigator parachuted from the burning plane. Injured were Master Sergeant John A. Blomberg El Reno Oklahoma Hunter W Crowder Winfield Kansas Donald R Wilson Glenolden Pennsylvania Dean C McConkey Bloomington Illinois and others. Pilot instructor Captain William M Wood Salina Kansas and Captain Robert L Wellander Heilertown Pa Captain Charles T Fleenor San Leandro Calif and First Lieutenant Laurence D Rogers Los Angeles were aboard. Wood ordered the crew to jump after engine four caught fire. crash occurred 31 miles northeast of El Paso. Roy and L A Campbell from Ysleta Texas aided the survivors arriving in a pickup.
The Texas Liquor Control Board reported April revenue of 965 340, boosting 1949 totals to over 4 500 000. Inspectors seized five stills last month totaling 525 gallons of mash 14 12 gallons of moonshine and four arrests in Titus Franklin Red River Harrison and San Augustine counties.
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