John H Reagan A Texas Pioneer in Confederate and U S Roles
Born 1818 in Tennessee John H Reagan moved to Texas in 1839. He served as congressman postmaster general of the Confederacy US senator and first chairman of the Railroad Commission. Imprisoned in 1865 with Davis and Stephens, he shaped Texas politics and railway governance. His home stood near Palestine Texas.
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Tennessee
John H. Reagan
Texas
Confederacy
Railroad Commission
Davis
Alexander H. Stephens
Reagan
James S.S. Hoge
First Railroad Commission
Palestine
Poor Boy's Station Robbed in Fort Worth Heist
Fort Worth on October 7 reports a gunman robbed Poor Boy's Service Station of 75 dollars Thursday night. He escaped with a female companion in a late-model car.
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Fort Worth
Review of US defense plans urged faces Navy critique
Admiral Radford argues Navy input is sidelined in defense planning and condemns the B36 bomber as obsolete. He asserts carrier air power and mobile striking forces are essential for future war, and that the Air Force favors a dated strategy focused on atomic war. He cites other top naval leaders as sharing concerns.
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Navy
National Defense Establishment
Air Force
Radford
Matthews
Denfeld
Belleig
John G. Crommelin
Russia
Canadian seaman survives knife through heart in New Orleans
In Charity Hospital Canadian seaman Carl Carmel aged 42 was stabbed through the heart in an argument. Doctors say rapid surgery saved him. eight stitches closed the wound and he walked within a week. He is to be released soon with only light work advised for a year. Carmel previously lived in Montreal.
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New Orleans
Charity Hospital
Carl Carmel
Carmel
Montreal
Unidentified Woman Found Dead in Oakland Park Lake
The body of an unidentified about 45 year old woman was recovered from Oakland Park Lake Friday after being spotted by fisherman J. B. Simmons of Gulf Oil. A laundry tag read Oglesby and a purse hung from a limb 70 feet from the bank. no identification or clear violence beyond a small cut over the right eye.
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Fort Worth
Oakland Park Lake
J. B. Simmons
Gulf Oil Company
Oglesby
Nine Bodies Found In Air Force Plane Crash
Rescuers found nine burned bodies amid the wreckage of a C47 on Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina. The plane carried seven crew members and two passengers, all soldiers, en route from Washington to Mobile. Rescue teams faced fog, rain, and steep terrain as they recovered the crew.
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Mt. Mitchell
Here
Washington
Brookley Air Base
Mobile
Ala
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Wreckaer
Warren Declines Run for U S Senate Seat
Governor Earl Warren refused to be interested in running for the United States Senate. The Santa Clara County Republican Committee and about 50 county GOP leaders urged him to challenge Helen Gahagan Douglas as Downey’s seat was open. Warren reiterated he will not pursue the candidacy.
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Sacramento
Calif
Earl Warren
US Senate
Santa Clara County
Republican Central Committee
GOP
Warren
Senate
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Douglas
Sheridan Downey
Centex Highway Bids Open For Texas Construction
The Texas Highway Commission lists Centex Highway project among bids totaling 3,405,600 dollars with bids to be opened Oct 18 and 19. A 40,000 dollar Lampasas County farm to market project covers 4.566 miles of Highway 582 from Rumley to near Lampasas. Prospective awards include 153.6 miles of farm to market roads 12 miles of state financed roads and 31 miles of federal aid highways.
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Central Texas
The
Highway Commission
Lampasas
Rumley
Altar Trip Delayed Year Cupid Triumph Peggy's Faith Wins
In Baltimore on October 7 a judge suspended a 10 year forgery sentence for William Sansbury and placed him on three years probation largely due to Peggy Peterson 22 who had followed him from San Francisco. Sansbury 24 was paroled to Maryland with conditions including restitution limits and a one year waiting period before marriage. The parole department arranged a job at 130 dollars monthly and will set probation terms.
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Baltimore
Peggy Peterson
Criminal Court
Robert France
William J. Sansbury
Peggy
Sansbury
San Quentien
Lansbury
Maryland
San Francisco
France
Department of Parole
Ex Austinite Teaches Admiralty Law at Yale
Charles L. Black Jr formerly of Austin will teach a weekly admiralty law course at Yale University. Black is also associate professor of law at Columbia University.
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Yale
Charles L. Black Jr
Austin
Yale University
Black
Columbia University
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William D. Leahy
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Bloch Freres
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Centex Highway
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Cupid
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