Police Arrest Three Persons On Worthless Check Charges
Three people were arrested Monday in a small town case involving nine worthless checks totaling about 400 dollars. A 23 year old San Marcos woman passed three checks at Handy Andy Food Store Southland Corporation and Stewart Herbert Dry Goods Store and was released after restitution. Detectives charged two men Sidney Hester Shumake 19 Luling and Jimmie Julius Cantwell 23 1210 Singleton with forgery and passing six checks drawn on a local father. A burglary and theft probe linked to El Charro No 2 and A Bar Hotel uncovered a 200 pound safe eight cartons of cigarettes and cash as well as table lamps chairs and a juke box. The case also notes a felony theft charge against Theodore Roosevelt Moore Jr. 22 for a suit stolen from a car earlier this year.
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San Marcos
Handy-Andy Food
Travis Blakeslee
K. R. Herbert
W. H. Rampy
Jimmie Julius Cantwell
Singleton
Cabaniss Furniture Company
East Sixth Street
el Charro No
Speedway
A-Bar
Guadalupe
el Charro
Theodore Roosevelt Moore Jr
Comal
S. L. Cantwell
Leo Weaver
Fishing Hearing To Open Today
Forty nine Texas coast fishermen are slated to appear in 126th District Court Tuesday to challenge a temporary injunction. The state led by Attorney General Price Daniel seeks to bar fishing in tidal waters until commercial licenses required by the 51st Legislature are obtained. Daniel accuses fishermen of wholesale depletion and of conspiring to violate the act. Judge Jack Roberts had issued a temporary restraining order two weeks earlier.
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Texas
126Th District Court
Price Daniel
Jack Roberts
Daniel
Roberts
Connally backs full arms plan to aid Europe
Senator Connally of Texas urged unqualified Senate approval for a 1.314 billion foreign arms program aiding 17 nations in Europe and beyond. He warned against amendments and said swift, decisive aid is vital to win the cold war and restore military balance in Europe.
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Washington
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Europe
Barkley Praises Truman Record At Western Democrats Meet
Vice President Barkley told more than 1,000 delegates at the Western States Democratic Conference that the Truman administration kept faith and met campaign pledges within eight months. He argued the nation leads world recovery and urged caution against certain ideologies. Brannan urged a price support system to bolster farm purchasing power. Krug noted progress on western power and water but said the U.S. trails in water development and low cost power.
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San Francisco
Alben W. Barkley
Truman
Congress
Democratic Conference
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
Julius Krug
Frank Morgan Rites Planned After Death at 59
Hollywood obit notes comedian Frank Morgan died in his sleep at his Beverly Hills home likely from a heart attack. Rites set for 1 p.m. PST at All Saints Episcopal Church Beverly Hills with Dr J Herbert Smith officiating. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn NY.
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Hollywood
Frank Morgan
Beverly Hills
All Saints Episcopal Church of
J. Herbert Smith
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
N. Y
World money devalue wave halts markets across Europe
Global financial centers suspend exchange trading as governments hold emergency sessions to study devaluations. Countries including Britain, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and others move to devalue or suspend currencies, while several markets remain open with mixed reactions.
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Stock Exchange
New York
South America
British Commonwealth
Britain
Brussels
London
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Ceylon
Czechoslovakia
National Bank of Cechoslovakia
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
Van
Greece
India
Ireland
Israel
Japan
MacArthur
Malaya
New Zealand
Pakistan
Portugal
Norway
Spain
South Africa
Carolina Crash Kills Two Cooks on Southern Train
A Southern Railway passenger train derailed on a sharp curve near Newton North Carolina killing two dining car cooks and sending 34 people to hospitals. Three trainmen were critically injured as four Pullman cars rolled clear and passengers survived with minor injuries. The wreck occurred at 4 10 a m on a Salisbury to Asheville run. The identified cooks were Robert Freeman of Salisbury and Hersten E Longmier of Knoxville.
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Newton
N. C
Southern Railway
Newton Hospital
Salisbury
Ashville
New York
Robert Freeman
Hersten E. Longmier
Knoxville
Tenn
Sentencing Delayed for Convicted Prof
Judge T B Greneker postponed sentencing Russell B Maxey a 45 year old former University of South Carolina professor who beat an attractive nurse with a pistol The judge said he was not in a hurry and would sentence Maxey later this week possibly Tuesday in Columbia
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Columbia
D. C
T. B. Greneker
Russell B. Maxey
Greneker
University of South Carolina
Mexican youth nets colossal sierra at Tampico pier
Rodolfo Sosa Fernandez and his father hauled ashore a 16 foot 950 pound sierra weighing heavy near Tampico after fishing from a dock on the Panuco River. The rare Pacific coast species drew a truck to beach the catch.
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Tampico
Mex
Rodolfo Sosa Fernandez
Pacific Coast
Panuco River
No Clues In Attack and Robbery Case
Deputies search for three men after they beat a man and robbed his female companion near Creedmoor Road and San Antonio highway. Sheriff Ernest Best and Deputy Perry Miller report extensive leads yielded no results. The couple were picked up outside a night club and later assaulted. the woman walked to Kyle for help.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Austin
Perry Miller
Ernest Best
San Antonio
Creedmoor
Kyle
Sheriff's Department
Miller
L. J. Chapman
Machete feud in Mexican village leaves six dead
In San Andres de la Cruz two families, Rebolledo and De Jesus, clashed with machetes. Six people were killed and two injured as troops halted the feud, which has spanned generations and sparked an armed street battle.
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Mexico
San Andres DE LA Cruz
Mex
Acapulco
Rebolledo
de Jesus
Rebolledos
de Jesuses
Trinity Basin Flood and Water Projects Urged
Trinity Improvement Association forms local committees along the Trinity Basin to push flood control and soil and water projects. Manager John M. Fouts of Dallas says the group will shift from broad master plan work to addressing local flood control and water supply problems with follow up in Washington, D. C.
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Dallas
Trinity Improvement Association
Trinity Basin
TIA
John M. Fouts
Trinity
Esso the Ennis Dog Keeps Vetting Her Boss’s Firm
A German shepherd named Esso has adopted the Frankie Davis Motor Company in Ennis, arriving early and staying late for six years. Esso guards the office, keeps watch for her employer, and rides home with shop foreman Johnnie Stochum when the day ends.
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Ennis
Frankie Davis Motor Company
Davis
Esso
Eunice Vanderslice
Fred Newton
Lena Newton
Johnnie Stochum
Deaths and Funerals Notices
Obituary notices list H. A. Ball, Robert H. Finley, Garvis J. McIntyre, and George W. Lewis. Services set at Cook Funeral Home and Wilke's Chapel with burial in Memorial Park or Masonic Cemetery. George W. Lewis, 69, died in a local hospital. body to be sent to Cleveland for final rites with Wilke Funeral Home directing. He is survived by three brothers.
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H. A. Ball
Cook Funeral Home
Memorial Park
Robert H. Finley
Robert Henry Finley
L. R. Cole
Masonic Cemetery
George W. Lewis
Austin
Cleveland
Wilke Funeral Home
H. J. Lewis
J. D. Lewis
C. W. Lewis
Nacogdoches
Acheson Urges End to Caribbean Turmoil
Secretary of State Acheson urged Latin American nations to halt years of warlike unrest in the Caribbean and join the United States to oppose aggression. He defended the Rio Treaty as a security framework facing a crucial test and highlighted U.S. drive to promote democracy and economic development in the hemisphere. The remarks were made before a Pan American Society dinner with Latin American leaders.
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New York
Acheson
Caribbean
Latin America
United States
Pan American Society of the
Hot Type Returns as AFL Printers End 22-Month Strike
AFL printers resume work in Chicago after a 22 month walkout and publishers plan to switch back to hot type within the week. Daily News expects some hot type by Tuesday and full print by Friday. Sun Times Journal of Commerce Herald American and Tribune foresee regular type by week’s end.
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Chicago
AFL
Daily News
Sun- Times and Journal of Commerce
Herald- American
Tribune
Wife and mother-in-law of city manager ill in Fort Worth
Mrs. Frank Wood wife of the Wichita Falls city manager and her mother Mrs John E Wolfe Fort Worth were at Cook Memorial Hospital Monday Mrs Wood fell ill Sunday afternoon after arriving in Fort Worth Sunday morning for word that her 74 year old mother was ill Doctors said Mrs Wood could be discharged in a few days
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Fort Worth
Frank Wood
Wichita Falls
John E. Wolfe
Cook Memorial Hospital
Per Capita Insurance Breaks Texas Record
New York news reports Texas families held an average of 3600 in life insurance per family at the start of the year, a state total of 7.4802 billion. District of Columbia led with 7700, New York 7300, Connecticut 7200 per family.
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New York
Institute of Life Insurance
Texas
District of Columbia
Connecticut
Dr. C. H. Dobbs Returns From Family Reunion
Dr. C. H. Dobbs of Austin, a chiropractor, returned home by air Tuesday after a lengthy visit in Watertown New York with his mother Mrs. Fred C. Dobbs for her 69th birthday. He attended a family reunion at brother Claude Dobbs home and toured the Thousand Islands in Canada.
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C. H. Dobbs
Austin
Watertown
N. Y
Fred C. Dobbs
Claude Dobbs
Thousand Isles
Canada
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