Deed to Round Rock Baptist Children's Home Presented
The Baptist General Convention of Texas will receive the deed to a new 112 acre Baptist Children's Home at Round Rock at a 2 pm dedication. The Henna family gift funds a debt free facility with three cottages for 60 children, a superintendent’s house, and a dairy. The project joins Buckner Orphans Home in Dallas and the Mexican Baptist Orphans Home in San Antonio as convention homes supported by Texas churches.
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Round Rock
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Louis M. Henna
William Fleming
Herbert D. Dollahue
Convention
Buckner Orphans Home
Dallas
San Antonio
Former foe of Allies named envoy for India
The government named Awad Sahay as India's commissioner for the British West Indies including British Guiana. Sahay, once a minister in the Azad Hind government, opposed the Allies in Malaya and Burma and previously lived in Kobe Japan and Bangkok organizing the Indian independence movement abroad.
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New Delhi
India
Awad Sahay
British West Indies
British Guiana
Sahay
Azad Hind
Free India
Malaya
Burma
Kobe
Japan
Bangkok
Georgetown Livestock Market Shows Strong Demand
The Georgetown Community Sales Barn sale on September 4 reports a strong livestock market. Stocks include top lambs at 24.75, stocker cows 125 to 200, and numerous calves priced from 20 to 30 dollars per hundredweight. Individual buyers from Georgetown, Lampasas, Florence, Burnet, and surrounding areas posted multiple calf and cow transactions.
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Georgetown
Robbins Jenkings
Bill Isbell
Florence
Neal Landry
J. Calentine
Lampasas
J. H. Griggs
G. W. Davis
Daniel Florence
Farris
Andice
Clyde Brown
Ray
A. Miller
Bobby Thomas
H. T. Warrick
Salado
W. A. Witcher
Liberty Hill
Andy Prude
T. H. Godwin
C. E. Carlson
Southwestern University Dairy
Griffiths Defense Policy Outlined in Labor Day Speech
Paul H. Griffith, assistant secretary of defense, told a Labor Day audience in Johnson City that the Korean affair proves the United States can deliver a paralyzing retaliatory blow to any aggressor. He praised mobile, ready forces and defense efficiency, noting troops adapted to North Korean attacks despite being outnumbered.
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Johnson City
N. Y
Paul H. Griffith
Griffith
Korea
Endicott-Johnson Corporation
Mason Slaying Case Postponed by Judge
District Judge Thomas E. Ferguson postponed the murder trial of H. C. Harris to October 30 after the case was moved to this venue. Harris, 40, is charged with the pistol slaying of Ray Burnett, 42, a Mason cattle buyer, on March 31 in Mason. No reason for the delay was given.
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San Saba
Thomas E. Ferguson
H. C. Harris
Harris
Mason
Ray Burnett
Bus Wreck Near Sparta Kills 24 in Greece
A bus overturned five miles north of Sparta killing 24 people and injuring seven as of Sunday night. Athens dispatch reports identify the location and casualty toll, with authorities investigating the crash.
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Athens
Greece
Sparta
Three Lampasas youths admit burglaries and thefts
Llano Sheriff L B Turbeville announced three Lampasas youths aged 17 and 14 admitted sixteen burglaries and a car theft. They were apprehended at a store rear window by watchman J C Shirley. Two 17 year olds jailed. 14 year old held for juvenile authorities.
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Llano
L. B. Turbeville
Turbeville
J. C. Shirley
Llano County
Funeral Services Held For Martha C. Lockett
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for Martha C Lockett 83 who died Sunday in Houston A resident of Austin for 40 years she served as the first director of the Littlefield Dormitory at the University of Texas The Rev Joseph Harte officiated at All Saints Episcopal Church Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery Weed Corley Funeral Home directed Survivors include two sisters Mrs H P Brown of Austin and Mrs Robert P Thompson of Brenham
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Martha C Lockett
Houston
Austin
Littlefield
University of Texas
Joseph Harte
All Saints Episcopal Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
H. P. Brown
Robert P. Thompson
Brenam
Israeli Village Named Kfaritruman Honor Truman
A new Jewish immigrant village named Kfaritruman was established near Lydda Airport to honor President Truman. Eighty families from Poland Romania and Hungary formed the first settlers. A scroll praising Truman's aid to Israel was read at a dedication with about 50 American Jewish leaders.
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Tel Aviv
Kfaritruman
Lydda
Poland
Romania
Hungary
Truman
Israel
Hooked corpse pulled from Colorado River near Matagorda
Paul C Bartlett of Lake Jackson reeled up a man's body from the mouth of the Colorado River but the line broke and the corpse sank. The body of Arthur Sterry, 60, of Matagorda, was recovered Monday and inquest by Judge G R Halliday of Palacios returned death by drowning with no verdict on accidental death. Sheriff Benedict led a seven-boat, 27-man search Sunday and Monday after Sterry had been missing since Saturday night.
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Matagorda
Paul C. Bartlett
Lake Jackson
Colorado River
Arthur Steery
G. R. Halliday
Palacios
Bartlett
M B Anders
Bay City
G. F. Benedict
Sterry
Pilot of FSO F80 Crash Kills Air Force Pilot Near Del Rio
A U S Air Force F80 jet pilot was killed when the aircraft crashed 43 miles north of Del Rio during a routine training flight from Biggs AFB El Paso to Kelly AFB San Antonio. Home base Neills AFB Las Vegas Nev. The pilot’s name was withheld pending next of kin notification.
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San Antonio
del Rio
Kelly Air Force
Biggs Afb
EF Paso
Kelly
Neills Afb
Las Vegas
Nev
Coupland School Begins Crown and I I
The Coupland school district opens the new term amid ceremonies and student activities. Teachers and staff welcome pupils as classes start with a traditional assembly and schedules posted for the term.
Turkeys Named Selves Explain Turkeys Call Origin
The passage states the turkey gained its name from its own call notes "Turk turk turk" and cites this as the most accepted explanation. It presents a concise etymology linking the bird's name to its vocalization.
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Turkey
Canada Rail Strikes Force Newsprint Cut
PAMPA Sept. 4 The Pampa Daily News reports a Canadian rail strike has stranded two carloads of newsprint, forcing fewer pages for a time. Advertising is rationed, stories condensed, with one car of newsprint expected to arrive in about a week.
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Canada
Pampa
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