Poage frames Texas tidelands claim against federal transfer
Congressman W. R. Poage told the Rosebud Lions Club that if the federal government takes over Texas tidelands, Texas could claim portions of Oklahoma New Mexico Colorado and Wyoming sold by Texas to the U S in 1850. He argued Texas has moral and legal standing equal to the federal claim. He noted Texas was admitted by joint resolution in 1845 and that the original treaty was never ratified.
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Texas
W. R
Bob) Poage
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Poage
Rosebud
Lions Club
Texas Tidelands
Congress
Republic of Texas
Tidelands
Republic
Texas Lands Returned to State After Public Debt Paid
Poage explained that the 1836 Texas statehood resolution granted public lands to Texas to cover its debt. After the debt was paid in 1850, remaining lands were to stay with Texas, which sold lands now part of Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming to the federal government.
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Republic of Texas
Texas
Poage
Claude Robinson Found Guilty In Assault Case
Claude Robinson was found guilty by a jury in District Court on charges of assault on Charlie Landis of Rockdale. He was fined 500 and costs. Landis, a former Night Watchman in Rockdale, was attacked recently. Robinson was represented by Bill Wallace of Cameron and prosecuted by Bill Morrison, county attorney.
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Claude Robinson
Charlie Landis
Rockdale
Landis
Robinson
Bill Wallace
Cameron
Bill Morrison
Mrs Sam Terry Visits Cameron Country Relatives
Mrs. Sam Terry of Houston spent a few days this week in Cameron visiting Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Barron and other relatives.
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Sam Terry
Houston
Cameron
Douglas Barron
Plane With Radical Wing Design Makes Successful Flight
HAGERSTOWN MD Airdraft by Willard R Custer using Custer channel wing made its first short test flights at Municipal airport with Frank D Kelley piloting. The craft rises vertically from a 30 mph takeoff, relies on air drawn through the channels, and may later add straight wings. Custer, a former auto mechanic, has invested over $200,000 and works from a chicken farm west of the city.
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Hagerstown
Willard R. Custer
Custer
Municipal
Frank D. Kelley
Kelley
Here
Modern Pied Piper Lures Rats to Death With Clever Devices
Vancouver, James G Anderson uses fear and recorded rat cries to herd rodents into doom. He and a recording engineer captured 50 rats, played their cries to drive them from warehouses, then used a pistol to finish the job. Anderson runs a rodent extermination business and vows to clear Vancouver of rats.
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Vancouver
B. C
James G Anderson
Anderson
John Anderson
James
Silo Explosion Does Not Wake Slumbering Farmer
Maurice Reynole a farmer in St Charles Illinois slept through a silo blast that tore off the roof sent it 50 feet high and caused the silo to collapse onto the barn which in turn fell onto the feed shed and windmill the last toppling onto the implement shed authorities say silage gas caused the blast and the farmer heard only a slight noise.
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ST. Charles
Ill
Maurice Reynole
Reynolo
English dignitary defies tradition at housing project
London councilman I J Howard launches a 22 million dollar housing project in St Pauls Cray England by struggling with a chromium spade and declaring it could have been done better with a pick. The scene mocks ritual soil turning as dignitaries traditionally inaugurate public buildings.
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ST. Paul’s Cray
England
London
Bargain Fur Scarf Heist Ends With Vagrancy Arrest
Indianapolis loan shop owner Max Sacks bought two $250 scarves for $30 each from a man who later returned with a third. Detectives seized the scarf seller on vagrancy charges and arrested Sacks’s former wife, who turned out to be his employee and the scarves’ source from his own vault.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Max Sacks
George Hubbard
Ernest Hughes
Sacks
Manufactured Weather Beats Nature’s Mood, Say Industry
Toledo report explains how factories use artificial climate control to stabilize processes. Tobacco, textiles, plastics rely on precise temperature and humidity. without “manufactured” weather, beans, nylons, gasoline shipments in Boston New York and Galveston could face disruptions.
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Toledo
Ohio
Boston
New York
Galveston
Woman 90 Marries 37 Year-Old Suitor in Crowded Chapel
In Moira New York Mrs Eliza Murray believed to be over 90 wed Clarence McGee 37 before a capacity crowd at a Methodist church. Both Brushton residents near the Canadian border. The bride listed age 80 on the license but her son, 69, says she is over 90. She has three living children. her first husband died at 98.
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Moira
N. Y
Eliza Murray
Clarence McGee
Brushton
New York
James
Charlie
Sardine Night Hauls Drive California Industry
In San Francisco Dr. Robert C. Miller explains California sardine fishing relies on moon phases and dark nights. Fishermen locate schools by luminescent water streaks created by stirred microscopic life, unlike daylight fishing common in Washington Oregon and British Columbia.
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San Francisco
California
Robert C. Miller
California Academy of Sciences
Miller
Washington
Oregon
British Columbia
Northwest
Funeral for Mrs. Willie Hollowell Held in Cameron
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Marek-Burns Chapel for Mrs. Willie Osburn Hollowell known as Chunk. She died December 18 1948 at her parents home in Cameron after months of illness. Surviving are her parents four sisters and two brothers. Interment followed at Oak Hill.
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Willie Osburn Hollowell
Marek-Burns
L. L. Morriss
First Baptist Church
Oak Hill
Swank Shaker Heights Women Run Used Furniture Scam
Cleveland police crack down on a second hand furniture racket in Shaker Heights. About 25 wealthy matrons allegedly bought cheap items from junkshops and auctions and resold them at over triple price while tagging their own high priced pieces as sold. Husbands reportedly knew and were embarrassed.
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Cleveland
Shaker Heights
B 29 Drops 21 Ton Trial Bomb at Muroc Test
A B 29 Super fortress dropped a nonexplosive 21 ton missile at Muroc Army Base California to measure fall speed and earth penetration. The test aims to learn effects on the aircraft and keep most details secret. Earlier tests used a 12 ½ ton bomb in Germany by US and Royal Air Force forces.
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Washington
Muroc Army Base
California
Army Ordnance Department
Air Force
Army
Germany
United States Air Force
Royal Air Force
Mrs Herman Sutter Improves After Hospital Stay
Friends report Mrs. Herman Sutter is improving after a hospital stay at Newton Memorial Hospital. She was able to return to her home on Thursday.
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Herman Sutter
Newton Memorial Hospital
Burlington resident Louis Miller visits Cameron Saturday
Louis Miller of Burlington spent last Saturday as a Cameron visitor, stopping by the town and meeting local residents during his trip.
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Louis Miller
Burlington
Cameron
Shirley McLean Elected K of P Chancellor in December Meeting
At the Knights of Pythias regular session on December 13 Shirley McLean was elected Chancellor Commander for the new term. Other officers named include Thomas Brashear as Vice Chancellor and J M McLean as Secretary with a slate of officers in place.
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Knights of Pythias
Shirely McLean
Thomas Brashear
R. L. McCown
FE. W. Rutherford
J. M. McLean
W. W. Lowe
R. J. Woodum
Ron Wright
Lester Williams
Enrolled Students at Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Gladys Nell Bowling Christine Fad monds Dorothy Kirk Sally Moore and Hubert Shafer of Gause are enrolled at Southwest Texas State Teachers College in a recent registration update.
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Gladys Nell Bowling
Christine Fadmonds
Dorothy Kirk
Sally Moore
Hubert Shafer
Gause
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
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