Hotel Slayings Baffle Laredo Police
Two men killed in a Laredo hotel early Sunday in rooms five stories apart. Henry Whittenberg 31 an operator of Farmers Gun Company died from four 32 calibre shots through his upper leg. James Lindsay 33 ex non commissioned officer from San Antonio died from a 22 calibre shot through the right eye. Police hold a woman witness and seek a suspect believed to have killed both men.
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Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Henry Whittenberg
Farmers Gun Company
James Lindsay
San Antonio
Lindsay
Whittenberg
McAllen
Whittenberr
Wedding Invitation Charlotte Childress to James Wiggs
Mr and Mrs George Childress invite friends to the marriage of their daughter Charlotte to Mr James Marcus Wiggs of San Antonio on Monday evening August 8 1949 at eight o clock in the garden of their home.
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George Childress
Charlotte
James Marcus Wiggs
San Antonio
Mrs Shofner Sterling and Son Visit McLanes Sunday
Mrs Shofner Sterling and her son of Austin visited Mr and Mrs Homer McLane on Sunday.
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Mrs
Shofner Sterling
Son of
Austin
Homer McLane
Mrs Leonard Bush Visits Texas City Families This Week
Mrs Leonard Bush of Texas City is visiting in the homes of N. D. Puller and W. C. Rinn and families this week.
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Leonard Bush
Texas City
Groesbeck Mayor Charged After Judge Kirby Beating
A complaint charging assault with intent to murder was filed against Groesbeck Mayor Allen Therrel after a service station affray last night seriously injuring Judge H. Fountain Kirby of the 77th District Court. Kirby is in Cox Hospital with severe facial injuries and possible eye damage. the assault occurred about 10:30 p.m. in Groesbeck. Sheriff Bill Green reported the incident and said the charge was filed in Judge Clarence Ferguson's County Court today.
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Groesbeck
Allen Therrel
H. Fountain Kirby
Kirby
77Th District Court
Cox Hospital
Stanley Cox
Bill Green
Clarence Ferguson
20 000 Braceros Due in U S Soon
Mexico City reports a new agreement on immigrant workers to be signed tomorrow at 11 am CST in the Foreign Office. Leslie A. Wheeler will sign for the United States as Mexico expects to send 2000 braceros for field work under the pact. The ban on Texas discrimination is dropped. 3 W Garner of Rockdale noted as a Cameron business visitor.
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Mexico City
Mexican Foreign Office
Foreign Office
Leslie A. Wheeler
U. S
United
Mexico
United States
Texas
Truman seeks 1.45 billion for world war against communism
President Truman asks Congress for 1.45 billion in U.S. arms to aid free nations against Soviet aggression, a plan met with bipartisan Republican opposition led by Arthur Vandenberg and Walter George. Dulles and Taft criticize the scope and power shift as excessive, while the North Atlantic Treaty is ratified to unite allies.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
U. S
Sen
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Senate
Walter F. George
Georgia
Finance Committee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
John Foster Dulles Jr
New York
United Nations
GOP
George
Taft
Dulles
United States
Defense Alliance
Free Nations
Europe
Asia
Court House News Marriages and Property Transfers
Marriages listed include James Park and Lorene MecCurley, Douglas Owings and Jessie Harper, Jimmy Wiggs and Charlotte Childress. Deeds cover multiple Milam County parcels with varying sums, including Beulah Irwin to Claude Ellisar and George Wilson transfers. Probate notes appoint guardian for Ella Mae Johnson and heirs, with appraisers named. vehicle listings accompany estate items.
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James Park
Lorene MecCurley
Douglas M. Owings
Jessie E. Harper
Jimmy M. Wiggs
Charlotte Childress
Wallace J. Farley
Danciger Oil and Refining Company
Gideon B. Bowen
C. H. Gilstrap
C.D Johnson
Milam County
E. T. Caffey
C. D. Johnson
First National Bank of Waco
Ella Mae Johnson
Arron Johnson
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W. Garner
Rockdale
Cameron
The
Cameron Herald
Court House News
Edward Seelke
Anna Marie Cosby
City of
William Allen
St. Monica Catholic Church of
Milano
Pear L. Coons
W. M. Coors
George Wilson
Giles A. Griffin
Town of
Beulah Irwin
Claude Ellisar
Killen
Hugh Powell
Sterling C. Evans
J. A. de Pena
Samuel P. Carson
Carl Alvin Meyer
Ford
W. C. Banzhaf
Plymouth
W. E. Beckhusen
Wayne Neal
Roy E. Brown
Southern Distributing Co
Automatic Amusement Co
Dodge A. T. Epperson
Dorothy B. Lesovsky
L. R. Parks
V. O Samer
Lonnie Hirt
G. H. Ingram
Buick
Wearwell Motor Oil
Fed. Tax Inc
Rwiste
Bett
G. M
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Laetiis
Ivory
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