Obituary notices and funeral services listed for local residents
Funeral services for Dora E. Gibson 86 were held at Weed-Corley with burial in Memorial Park. Frances E. Goldbeck 79, former UT dean of women, to be buried Oakwood after 4:30 pm service at Weed-Corley. Lillie Edna Hawkins died at home Survived by husband and siblings. arrangements pending at Cook Funeral Home. Florence Mae Collins services at St David’s Episcopal Church with Oakwood Cemetery burial. Joe E. Pittsford Jr. services at Cook Funeral Home with Rev. Pesnell officiating. pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora E. Gibson
Weed-Corley
O. G. Barrow
Blake Smith
Memorial Park
Homer A. Williams
Lee G. Williams
A. W. Swanson
A. F. Hunt
L. G. Baker
C. H. Jung Jr
Frances E. Goldbeck
University of Texas
Oakwood Cemetery
Lillie Edna Hawkins
East 41St Street
W. T. Hawkins
W. H. Lewallen
Austin
W. T. Matlock
Thorndale
Maude Lawrence
Ruth Lane
Viola Rudish
Houston
A. H. Leath
Oklahoma
F. L. Leath
Bud
Florence Mae Collins
St. David's Episcopal Church
J. Raymond Denton
Joe E. Pittsford JR
Cook Funeral Home
Harry Pesnell
Jack Cox
Oscar Krue
Funeral Rites and Burials in Area Honoring War Dead
George Franklin Hanley 51 and Fritz William Brinkmeyer Jr. hold funeral services at Condra Funeral Home with burial at Taylor City Cemetery. Full military rites by American Legion. Private First Class John Mack Alexander reburied in High Valley Cemetery San Saba with full military funeral.
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George F. Hanley Taylor
George Franklin Hanley
Condra
James Rushing
Church of Christ
Taylor City
Graham D. Luhn
American Legion
San Saba
John Mack Alexander
High Valley
San Saba County
Philippines
W. L. White
Mollie O'Daniel Granted Divorce
Mollie O'Daniel Wrather White won a divorce from Henry Ford White of Midlothian with custody of their year-old son and a property settlement. The jury awarded ranch land near Midlothian, cash sums on parcels, and a portion of a joint fund. White received assets and improvements. the daughter of Senator W Lee O'Daniel sought a receiver for an on site auction barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxahachie
Mollie O
Daniel Wrather White
Henry Ford White
Midlothian
Daniel Wrather
White
W. Lee O’daniel
High Court Asked To Help Wallaceites
The Wallace Progressive party of Illinois seeks Supreme Court relief to invalidate an Illinois nominating petition law. Curtis D. MacDougall and others argue the rule requiring 25 000 names with at least 200 from 50 of 102 counties blocks their ballot access. They also seek an injunction to place Henry A. Wallace on the ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace Progressive Party of
Illinois
Supreme Court
Curtis D. MacDougall
High Court
Henry A. Wallace
Campaign blasts as Dewey Truman lock horns on the trail
A crowd of about 1,000 greets Dewey as the train is backed up after a misstep near Beaucoup. Dewey denounces the crowd while Truman campaign stops in Minnesota and Oklahoma influence key Senate races.
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Tindle
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Beaucoup
Mr. Truman
Minnesota
Dewey
Oklahoma
Austin Council Guns for Final Passage on Phone Ordinance
The Austin City Council awaits final passage on a phone ordinance to clarify commercial and industrial zoning with four zoning changes on the agenda. Opposition to an amendment allowing beer sales in East Austin's industrial district was voiced by local prohibition leaders. The Texas Supreme Court’s inaction on the city election appeal threatens the seating of Emma Jackson Long, while Gov Beauford Jester is urged to help avert a Southwest Bell strike amid wage talks with the CWA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Supreme Court
Emma Jackson Long
Supreme Court
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Council
Long
Homer Thornberry
City Legal Department
Robert P. Toomey
Barton Springs Road
Jane Sumner
Roberta Robinson
Alice Avenue
Eugene Vega Jr
Haskell
Anthony
Bert Ford
W. G. Okie
Bouldin Avenue
Dawson Road
Jester
Texas
Communication Workers of America
Ind
Beauford H. Jester
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Robert Eckhardt
Dallas
CWA
Eckhardt
Everett Colter
St. Louis
Ray Hackney
Eva Adams
Cotter
Actress Lynn Carver Seeks Annulment After Rowdy Nuptials
Hollywood reports film actress Lynn Carver 23 sought annulment of her marriage to actor John Burt 26 after a hurried ceremony the night she admitted drinking. The couple wed 24 hours after they had previously broken an altar ceremony six weeks earlier. A friend testified the broken nose from festivities came after Burt allegedly beat Carver, while another said she suspected someone drugged her drink.
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Hollywood
Lynn Carver
John Burt
Miss Carver
Henry M. Willis
Burt
Jacqueline Sheridan
Miss Sheridan
Wackiest Hour in Austin Ends with Babies and Drunks
A chaotic stretch on Congress Avenue features a woman delivering a baby in McLellan's store after a car crash, an ambulance crash, and a rush to Brackenridge Hospital. Police then handle a drunk man who fell from a bridge and two more supposed victims at 4th and Sabine, all ending with both men jailed and street calm restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
7Th
Congress
McLellan’s
Brackenridge Hospital
Congress Avenue
Cook
4Th and
Sabine
Demo Chiefs Rebel On Loyalty Pledges
D Bell, Cooke County Democratic executive chairman, announced a Saturday meeting of the comms to resist signing a loyalty pledge to the Truman Barkley ticket. He said he would refuse the pledge and that three county chairmen would resign rather than sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
D. Bell
Cooke County Dem
Wed
State Executive Committee
Truman-Barkley Presse
Bell
Ethct
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Florence Collins
Capr
Colorado
T.H. Davis
Frank Linden
W. S. Birdwell, UR
Martin Blomquist
Austin’s
Thurlow
Weed Jack Corley
Levaca
Eldon Powell
Florist
Hillyer
Lavaca
Wilke Funeral Home
Hyltin
Guadalupe
Fritz W. Brinkmeyer JR. Taylor
St. John Lutheran Church
Fritz William Brinkmeyer Jr
Rev. E. Herber
Taylor City Cemetery
John M. Alexander
Mollie O’daniel
Wallaceites
Telephone Company
Truman
Hubert Humphrey
Minneapolis
Farm Labor
Joseph H. Ball
E. H. Moore
Robert S. Kerr
Ross Rizley
Senate
J. Strom Thurmond
States’ Rights
Louisville
Progressive Party
Dalton
Church of God
Wallace
Earl Warren
Pacific Northwest
Spokane
Wash
Alben W. Barkley
New Mexico
Bulova
Elgin
Navy
ER Utee
Congress Ave
Dr. West
Johnson & Johnson
Airwick
Deodorizer
Woodbury
Parke Davis
Abbott Vitakaps
MEAD
Lederle Videlta
Stuart
LILLY
Seiberling Bulb
S.T
Lag
Primrose House
Conti
Sofskin
Barbara Gould
Gillette
Blue Jay
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