Mrs. Hopper 79 Grange Native Dies in Houston
Mrs. B. S. Hopper a native of La Grange and longtime Houston resident died at her daughter's home in Houston on Wednesday. Funeral services will be held here Thursday with burial at La Grange. Survivors include four daughters, a sister, and a brother.
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Houston
B. S. Hopper
la Grange
Hopper
John Schuhmacher
Schuhmacher
R. H. Bauer
Seguin
Martha Perlitz
Uvalde
Second Girl Succumbs To Lake Cabin Burns
Victoria report that three year old Angela May Peter son died after a Shawinigan Lake cottage fire that claimed her sister Wendy Jean a two year old. The grandfather E Brandson rescued Angela who had minor burns as their mother suffered minor injuries during the rescue attempt.
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Victoria
B. C
Angela May Peterson
Wendy Jean
Angela
Shawinigan Lake
E. Brandson
Eforts
World Cotton Supply Estimate Shows Drop
The International Cotton Advisory Committee estimated world cotton stocks on Aug. 1 at 14.7 million bales, down from 14.2 million a year earlier. The revision reflects higher 1948-49 consumption in China than expected.
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Washington
International Cotton Advisory Committee
China
Trouble Again for Paroled Boy Town Parolee
A 12 year old Colorado boy paroled to Boys Town Nebraska from a second degree murder sentence is jailed after an alleged attempted robbery in Council Bluffs Iowa. James Melton admits hiding in a car and striking a man with a sap. Police consider charges while Colorado moves to revoke his parole.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Colorado
Boys Town
Neb
James Melton
Las Animas
Colo
Ben Montgomery
James Marr
Young Melton
Montgomery
Melton
Marr
Frank Altrock
Don Jackson
Gene Becker
Colorado State Prison
Roy Best
Msgr
Nicholas J. Wegner
Lad
Denver
Lee Knous
Knous
Colorado Penitentiary
Best
Frank Warhole
Oil Refinery Strike Ends at Deer Park
In Houston on Sept 21 1950 350 CIO oil workers at Crown Central Petroleum Deer Park refinery ended a two month strike after ratifying a new contract running through Sept 1950 The agreement includes improved sick pay seven guaranteed holidays stricter contract work rules and a retirement plan to start in January said Arthur Hajecate secretary of Local 227 IOU.
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Houston
Crown Central Petroleum Corporation
Deer Park
CIO
Arthur Hajecate
Oil Workers International Union
Hajecate
Students threaten strike over lunch rations in Mexico
Five thousand rural school children in Ciudad Victoria threaten an October-long general strike unless the government doubles their lunch ration. Spokesmen say the army feeds horses three pesos daily while the government spends only one and a half pesos on students. They demand a three-peso lunch, free medicines, and better facilities.
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Ciudad Victoria
Mexico
Giant Wielding Pistol Terrorizes New Orleans Highway
New Orleans a giant oil field worker Leo Roberts 24 halted traffic on Highway 90 near Boutte La for nearly an hour early dawn. He drove diagonally across the road wielding a 45 caliber revolver posing as a federal narcotics agent and claiming to seek 3 million dollars in dope. He surrendered when state troopers leveled shotguns at him and faced aggravated assault and illegal carrying of weapons charges.
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New Orleans
Here
J. E. Currie Jr
Leo Roberts
Boutte
Capt
Currie
Roberts
Captain Currie
Woman fractures toe after dropping five pound chicken
In Buchanan Michigan Mrs Conrad Steinhauer bought a five pound frozen chicken and dropped it on her foot, fracturing a toe.
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Buchanan, Mich
Conrad Steinhauer
George Favors Keeping German Muscles Flexed
Senator George of Georgia urged the Senate to permit Germany to maintain military strength as a hedge against a Russian attack. He pressed to cut the foreign arms aid bill and sought to curb rearmament costs for Western Europe, arguing Congress must retain oversight of defense plans.
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George
Washington
D-Ga
Senate
Germany
Russia
West
Congress
Western
Europe
Knowland
RAF Chief Arrives For B36 Inspection at Carswell
Lord Tedder, chief of the British Air Force, arrived at Carswell Air Force Base with Lady Tedder for an inspection of the base and a view of the B 36 superbomber. The party came aboard General Hoyt Vandenberg’s staff plane from Maxwell Field Alabama.
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Fort Worth
Lord Tedder
British Air Force
Carswell Air Force Base
Tedder
Royal Air Force
Carswell
Hoyt Vandenberg
US Air Force
Maxwell Air Base
Ala
Public Housing Plan Advances in Fort Worth
Fort Worth City Council defeated a motion to halt public housing construction by a 6-3 vote on Wednesday. The decision aligns with last week’s approval of an application for 500 federal low rent housing units in the city.
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Fort Worth
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