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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1940
Page
6
Court House News lists marriages and new autos registered. Couples Hernandez and Silva at Temple Allen and Warren are noted, followed by a long register of land transfers and deeds across Cameron Rockdale Thorndale Milano and surrounding areas with amounts ranging from $1 to $7,500 including lots and acres in multiple surveys and towns.
J F E Moseley transfers 12 acres of the James Shield survey and 182 acres of the Jose Leal survey to Willie Lee Moseley for $1 and other valuable considerations. The record notes the transfer of these land parcels in the property transaction.
The six day Finnish battle ends in a decisive Red Army rout with about fifteen thousand Russian soldiers slain and 150000 casualties since the war began. Finland holds lines as Russia brings in fresh troops. Finnish heavy artillery disrupts Soviet supply routes. American volunteers join the Finnish air force alongside 10000 Swedish fighters and French and Italian forces aiding.
Local residents and visitors fill weekends with gatherings across Shiner, Milano, Georgetown, Round Rock and Temple. Guests include families of Brannon, Reed, Stewart and Pate plus visitors from Cameron, Rockdale and Ottawa Ontario. The Y P D held a social and the First Quarterly Conference of the Minerva Maysfield charge is planned for Maysfield.
Cameron firemen battled a blazing residence just south of the Santa Fe railroad tracks in Alabama town a Negro section on Saturday morning. The house was outside water limits and could not be saved but nearby property was saved with water from the reserve tank. John Andres of the department reported the fire.
Don Weir, manager of Grant Lumber in Cameron for two years, accepts a post with Woodson Lumber in Bryan. Cameron Rotarians gave him an affectionate farewell on Wednesday as the town awaits a new manager for the local lumber firm.
Mr and Mrs R Allen visited Temple on Friday. Robert Murff of Bartlett spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Louis Murff. Arvin Mitchell of Georgetown and Miss Etolie Mitchell of Lockhart visited their parents Mr and Mrs L E Mitchell. Van Sweet from Baylor University in Waco visited his parents. Mr and Mrs Ben Lorenz and family spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Clarence Dreyer. Miss Marie Meinen of Austin visited her parents Mr and Mrs H H Meinen. Mr and Mrs L Dodd visited Mr and Mrs Carl Allen of Lott on Sunday.
The Robert Calloway assault case in district court was postponed due to Judge Graham Gillis illness. Calloway, indicted by a recent grand jury for assaulting Lillian Calloway with a pistol at Maysfield on December 29, 1939.
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