Obituary notices from Llano and nearby cities
Obituaries report Effie Rich of Manor died Wednesday morning with two daughters and two sons surviving. Funeral plans list burial in Kossee Cemetery. Separate notices detail Jim Edrington’s burial in Meridian, Texas, and Augusta Johnson’s funeral at Cook Funeral Home, Oakwood Cemetery. Serenus M. Spear’s death includes two sisters as survivors and memorial arrangements at Cook Funeral Home. Mrs Jimmie Goulding Henderson of Llano, 26, formerly of Llano, buried in City Cemetery with survivors including her husband and two sons.
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Effie Rich
George J. Rich
Manor
Herbert F. Smartt
Austin
Carl Allen
Houston
Wilbur
James Rich
Fred Bennett
Chicago
Kossee
Bural
Augusta Johnson
Cook Funeral Home
N. J. Christensen
Oakwood Cemetery
Serenus M. Spear
W. H. Lunsford
Ignacio
Colo
M. L. Beck
Shattusk
Oklo
M. B. Harris
Memories Park
Llano
Jimmie Goulding Henderson
W. M
Billy) Henderson
Liano
Lester Probst
Paternity Tests Make Progress
Cornell University Law Quarterly reports that blood tests for paternity have improved to about 55 percent accuracy in clearing innocent men. The addition of RH tests to blood groups and blood types strengthens reliability, though no single test is definitive.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University Law Quarterly
Texas Plant To Build Bombers With 8 Jets
Washington reports that Con solidated Vultee at Fort Worth Texas will produce an eight jet long range bomber. Floyd Od lum disclosed possible 40 to 42 million loan talks with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to help finance Convair Equipment Company. The Air Force prime contract with Northrop is rumored over 100 million. The jet bomber will be built alongside the B36 in the sprawling Fort Worth plant where tooling has begun.
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Washington
Air Force
Fort Worth
Texas
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
Floyd Odlum
New York
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Convair Equipment Company
Northup
War veteran seeks apartment with pricey key
A New York war veteran replies to a three room apartment ad offering $65 a month. He asks if furniture is needed and learns the key costs $2,000. The district attorney’s office notes the oddity of the offered arrangement and questions legality.
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New York
Ae District Attorney's Office
Villa Grove Pancake Festival Draws 15,000 for Ninth Annual Event
Townspeople of Villa Grove Illinois gathered for the ninth annual pancake festival expected to serve about 100000 flapjacks to 15000 visitors. Businessmen oversaw cooking with parade crowning of Pancake Queen Nellie Dobson 20 while lots of flour syrup and sausages came from manufacturers and merchants funded the rest.
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Villa Grove
Ill
Illinois
Nellie Dobson
Corn Used as Feed Across Grain Belt
Corn serves mainly as animal feed on most farms in the corn belt while remaining a cash crop only on some grain farms.
Exchange Club Hears Traffic Death Warning
Sergeant Tom Law of the Texas Department of Public Safety warned Exchange Club members that Texas could see 2000 or more traffic deaths by year end 1948 if drivers do not reduce speeding and intoxicant use. He cited last year near 2000 deaths with a quarter among pedestrians and urged education in safe driving for juniors. Johnnie B. Rogers proposed a citywide courtesy campaign and monthly awards for courteous drivers, while promoting the tuberculosis free X Ray campaign.
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Texas
Tom Law
Texas Department of Public Safety
Exchange Club
Law
Johnnie B. Rogers
Austin
Rogers
Stork Busy On Woman's Family In Manville
In Manville Rhode Island Mrs Hectorine Begin 57 years old has three grandchildren in 28 hours as her two daughters Mrs H Paul Vinasse 33 and Mrs Gerald Charland 29 and her daughter in law Mrs Paul Begin 28 each welcomed a baby granddaughter in rapid succession forming a busy family hour.
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Manville
R. I
Hectorine Begin
Stork
H. Paul Vinasse
Gerald Charland
Paul Begin
State Treasury records praised as well kept by auditor
State Auditor C. H. Cavness reported the State Treasury Department’s records were well kept for the last fiscal year. End-year cash and securities totaled 700,940,860 with a 44,612,008 increase, deposits 590,798,595, and outlays 546,186,586. He noted 70,282 may be cleared on unpaid breath relief notes from 1918 19 to ten counties.
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C. H. Cavness
State Treasury Department
Beauford H. Jester
Jesse James
Treasury
Cavness
Brown
Fisher
Kent
Kerr
Lamp
Ochiltree
Palmer
San Patricio
Scurry
Stonewall
Treasury Department
Department
Locomotive Explosion Kills Two Near Marysville Kansas
A Union Pacific freight locomotive pulling 100 loaded cars exploded five miles east of Marysville Kansas killing engineer E P Schreck 58 Kansas City Missouri and fireman J E Delich 29 Kansas City Kansas. Head brakeman E M Blevins 29 Kansas City Kansas was in critical condition in Marysville. No witnesses and no explanation yet.
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Marysville
Kan
Kansas Town
E. P. Schreck
Kansas City
J. E. Delich
E. M. Blevins
Union Pacific
Indonesians Capture Pariitan From Communists
Batavia reports Indonesian Republican troops seized the stronghold of Pariitan from Communist forces as announced by the Republican government on Wednesday.
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Batavia
Java
Pariitan
How To Hold False Teeth More Firmly In Place
Do your false teeth slip or wobble while you eat or talk Try FASTEETH the alkaline powder that holds plates firmly and comfortably with no gummy taste It does not sour and helps control plate odor Get FASTEETH at any drug store.
Pixiecrat National Convention Cast Draws Mock Presidents
Talent scouts at the Austin Little Theater auditioned actors for the Pixiecrat National Convention comedy to be staged in the House of Representatives next Tuesday night. Auditions sought actors resembling Harry S. Truman and Thomas E. Dewey for key roles in a skit with invitations sent to Washington and Albany to play themselves.
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Austin Little Theater
Wedneday
House of Representatives
Harry S. Juman
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Washington
Albany
Seton Hospital Benefit Dinner Postponed to Nov 7
The Seton Hospital benefit dinner, set for November 3, has been postponed to November 7. Officials announced the change on Wednesday, noting the rescheduling aligns with other events on November 3.
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Seton Hospital
Southern Baptists Set Day of Prayer Invite World Observance
MEMPHIS Tenn Oct 20 Dr Robert C Lee head of the Southern Baptist Convention urged Baptists worldwide to observe Oct 27 as a day of prayer. He asked believers to pray from breakfast to bedtime for God to solve the problems that bewilder modern people.
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Memphis
Tenn
Robert C. Lee
Southern Baptist Convention
Get the New Look Slim Down Your Waist Line
An ad promotes Barcentrate as a weight loss preparation. It claims no diet or vitamins are needed, advises taking two pills twice daily, and promises money back if the first bottle fails to show results.
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Jim Edrington
Meridian
Mrs
Jimmie Henderson
Austin's
Thurlow
B. Weed
Jack Corley
Leveco
Eldon Powell
Florist
Dependable Service
Guadalupe
Lavaca
Wilke Funeral Home
Levece
Ltin Funeral Home
Renter
Momma
Stu Piuinal
Anout
Kroehler
Meekr
Austin’s
E. Sixth St
Rollaway
Mr. Stork
Bec Ae
Ieeree
Kansas
Seton
Southern Baptists
Grutarize
Acis
Florence
Route 1
Box 650
San Antonio
Exes
Kroenlet
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